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. welcome. it's good to have you with us the united states and the taliban are set to sign an agreement on saturday aimed at ending nearly 2 decades of conflict in afghanistan and sending american forces home it follows that altogether and a half of talks between both parties in doha in qatar the u.s. said it would go forward with the agreement as long as the taliban kept a promise to reduce violence in the week before the signing the details of the accord have not been published but at its heart is a commitment by the u.s. to start a phased withdrawal of its remaining troops from afghanistan set to number between 12 and 13000 in the time the taliban has promised not to allow of gun is to be used as a base for. against the west the deal also envisages the start of peace talks between

the taliban and the of government something the taliban has refused to take part in up to now has more or nearly 20 years of war that the united states hopes will soon be a thing of the past. the 1st bombs rained down on afghanistan on the night of october 7th 2001. the opening salvo in the war of attrition that would last almost decade. on my orders the united states military has begun strikes against al qaeda terrorist training camps and military installations of the taliban regime. an international alliance followed in the subsequent weeks carrying out an intensive a result taliban training camps. underpinned by advancing taliban forces on the ground the taliban stronghold kandahar fell in november. celebrations pull

cart as locals a marriage from the york of repression. that i'm so happy that until now it was like a prisoner of my beard and i'm free meanwhile so was osama bin laden the man the u.s. desperately wanted remained elusive escaping from the tora bora cave network between the battle lines the violence unleashed on anniston afghans was beginning to a marriage of family homes bombed in the chaos of war. when we're in a situation. where we're in a combat so. unfortunately sometimes mistakes are made. and 2014 most foreign troops withdrew. into the vacuum step to results in taliban who mounted a ruthless guerrilla campaign retaking territory and stepping up its use of suicide attacks by the end this long war had left 40000 civilians dead.

after the blast it was a horrific scene many people were on the ground and i managed to get myself to the ambulance. i don't know what happened next no phone. when the 1st hints of a truce were revealed enemy fighters out on the street. after so many years of violence and vengeance. for months now seems of all from did joins me now for more. let's just talk about the deal u.s. president donald trump gets to show he's getting u.s. soldiers home in an election year the taliban are free of u.s. troops what do the of gun people get. well there will certainly get uncertainty because we don't know what the next step the intra african talks will be like we do not we do not know what stance the taliban have on elections women's

rights and freedom of speech so far the group has given general statements about these and other important topics that the taliban leaders say that these topics will be discussed in detail during the in traffic and talks with the students also giving some hope to africans that the war in their country will end everybody seems to be tired of war ordinary afghans are talk to people posting on social media want peace the fighting has been going on for 40 years with nearly 2 decades of the so-called war against terror but civilians suffer the most as they can protect themselves from western airstrikes and taliban get really a tactics they are caught between american politics and taliban power spirit it's in their opinion the bloodshed must be stopped and there should be a permanent ceasefire this war has become useless after declaring the taliban edge of prometric entity with more or less legitimate demands and focusing on al qaeda

and isis right now you talk of the intra of god talk which is supposed to be the next step but of course a component of that is of course the afghan government itself but how stable is it i mean you have incumbent president ghani has been declared winner of last september's election but his rival of the law says there were irregularities and he has refused to accept the result. well officially afghanistan has a government support it is very weak when he was elected but he was not able to inaugurated as president as this ceremony was postponed the reason is that his main rival of the of the is contesting the results and has threatened to form a parallel inclusive government this puts then he at a very difficult situation because he has to form a negotiation. because he has to form a negotiation team and in the meantime present his administration a strong because the african talks with the taliban will begin after the us taliban

deal a meeting both of these objectives has become very difficult because his legitimacy has been questioned by abdullah and his allies the most important of them warlords that have been part of a legitimate government and therefore again want their share and what about the taliban i mean do people trust the taliban will keep its promise of not allowing of god had a trade to be used for terrorism and to actually talk to the afghan government a government that they have described as illegitimate. well as i said before people in afghanistan are cautiously optimistic they hope that these developments will result in a permanent reduction in violence and this is a unique situation the taliban have never been or put in a position like this and also the afghan people so people are willing to give it a chance because they are tired of war and bloodshed just yesterday we spoke with

the afghan government and taliban officials who gave us conflicting statements about a potential meeting between government and taliban representatives in doha the afghan government told us that a delegation was sent to do have to establish 1st contact with the taliban but the taliban said they are not willing to meet the afghan officials this shows that even at this stage the afghan government and the taliban are not on the same page with regard to interact can talk sense a real peace treaty for the war torn country regarding the al qaeda and i says these groups were never a major threat to afghans to difference is that these groups rather have an international agenda while the taliban are focused on their own country these are groups who are a bigger threat in combination with the taliban insurgency if the taliban can strike a deal with the afghan government the u.s. animating other groups will be relatively easier because it can security forces will not be challenge that's much like it is seen now right now since i've already

lived there for the time being thank you so much for your time. the death of this man dr livan liang prompted an outpouring of sorrow and grief in china dr lee was one of the 1st frontline doctors who sounded an only alarm about the coronavirus outbreak or thought he silenced him for his efforts now his death has become a trigger for demands for greater transparency and free speach. it is of course a provocation few people in china would dare to walk around with a hoodie openly demanding freedom of speech yet since the outbreak of the coronavirus is far from alone in taking issue with china's censorship. in the whole world you won't find a better example an example that's happening here and now and concern so many people if the communist party and state media had not tried to cover up the

outbreak we would not be suffering like this. boy. who has signed an open letter by some 700 citizens demanding freedom of speech the letter was drafted after the death of young a doctor who warned other health care professionals in chat groups about the disease and was silenced by the police later he died of the virus his death triggered an outcry on social media and led to demands for an end to censorship the police made him sign a pledge not to talk about the disease again a copy is circulating on the internet sicko to get how they got several many cattle who remember him who are posting demands for freedom of speech on social media see themselves and lee went beyond. they say i would have done the same i would have signed and kept silent and now we are seeing this huge crisis so remembering him has become an act of resistance. she said of god i don't fuckup.

speaking up is not without risk for whom he has spent 4 years in prison and has been warned repeatedly that he might be sent back any time most likely for many years who is suffering from liver disease and thinks he might not survive another sentence. so you know they also told your parents are already 83 years old they're in poor health so if you go to prison again your whole family will perish. but who has decided not to comply he is under constant surveillance police guard the entrance to his apartment and he had to sneak away from them to meet. the doctors are saying when there aren't many people around you can take off the mask. take a deep breath. who is a marathon runner that recently has been mostly staying in people are advised to

stay at home in some cities they even forbid him to leave their houses after signing the letter i was confined to his apartment by the police now the restrictions have been eased but he never knows whether the next day he will be allowed to go out again. it's in june it's been quite a while more than 40 days it's so depressing story most people have never experienced this suddenly they're experiencing something we dissidents have known for a long time house arrest base appearance what it means to be lost at home and you're not able to go out at all. so now he hopes to get back to regular training and things get back to normal he wants to run another marathon. and that's a for today river with images of the celebrating a reduction of violence in that country ahead of the expected signing of the deal between the u.s. and the father bob have

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