this is deja news asia coming up today taliban prisoners released in afghanistan. the government begins releasing the last batch of president has asked for the terms of for us taliban deal but will this lead to peace in the war torn country bred in kabul for answers. and crisis in bangladesh the country is experiencing its worst flooding in more than 2 decades leaving families scrounging for food and sustenance we ask how much can bangladesh to.

welcome to did after news asia glad you could join us afghanistan has begun releasing the 1st of $400.00 taliban prisoners as part of a deal agreed between the u.s. and taliban the release of the prisoners was a sticking point holding up eventual talks between the government and the taliban many of the prisoners are accused of serious crimes and were only released after a council of prominent elders called by president usher of danny gave the go ahead . even though grannies signed the eventual order approving the release he called the prisoners a danger to the world here's what some of them had to say as they left prison. and then. i was detained here for kidnapping and i spent almost 80 years in prison.

but only by calling might lead is and the president who ordered our release and call on them to embrace a permanent ceasefire and to stop the bloodshed. so that we can all live peaceful lives. the lives of our youth who have been made miserable due to war and the future looks bleak as well let them study and make a good life going away when yes and. i was detained here for being a taliban member my crime is assassination and i want a permanent ceasefire and peace and today i am released by the order of the president. so let's get more on this now from kabul joining me on the line is correspondent. ali good to see you president ghani has said that these prisoners are a court danger to the world yet he ordered their release is he really on board with this entire process towards peace. so i've been talking to some people about this

people who attended the judge god that made the decision about the release of these 400 prisoners and one of the attendees you know she said that she felt like there was pressure put on the president and she actually wondered she said what specifically was the pressure that made him within 4 days have people you know assemble 3000 people and decide to release these people these prisoners and of course the big question about these prisoners is that even the attendees and the judge guy in the gathering last week there was no actual details or biographical information about who these 400 prisoners are you know there was no details even their names where they're from where they're going back to what crimes they've been accused of it just said that these are 400 high value prisoners where that's all on but high risk for us that they want released as a precondition to the interim long talks which are technically supposed to start in

2 days' time so it really was one of these things of you know the way the president put it is we're at a crossroads we either release these prisoners and move ahead with the peace process or we see if the talabani live up to their threat that they would make the war war wars if we don't do this from the way you're describing it is going to feel that all the cards are stacked against the of gone government and in favor of the taliban bearing in mind that the taliban has called the of gone government or us puppet i mean does the of con government really have any cause that they are holding for any future peace talks. this is you know this has been the tarnal question since this peace process began i think some of the cards that they held were you know this prisoner release has been delayed for months at a time you know this was supposed to happen and in mid march and now we're in mid august. and you know i would assume that the government felt that they had some

cards in their hands by by delaying the release and staggering it and saying that you know they had conditions to it but what's happened since then is that violence has surged all over the country the big cities are relatively safe from taleban attacks but in the districts in the provinces in the villages years seeing daily daily reports of civilians being killed of security forces being killed so there really are a lot of questions about what cards the government has to play at this at this state which and with this essentially question of security. to these. peace talks whenever they're out how do we also see overdrawn on foreign forces from the country where will that leave security not gonna stand. so i mean if we if we look at it there's really there's only a few 1000 foreign forces left in the country and they very much been at least the way they explain it isn't

a training and advising role. but of course this is this is the fear of the government and of the people the biggest fear is that and i think why they're sort of feeling compelled to move ahead with the peace process is that we don't end up with what happened in 1909 in 1990 where in the soviet union ended their occupation they withdrew their forces the covert mission by the cia and it and then we were left with you know a handful of warlords who essentially basically started the civil war and so this is this is the biggest concern of the people and the government you know when these foreign forces do finally leave that we're not in some kind of a vacuum that there are assurances or guarantees or the possibilities of support when needed. and that really like peace come of the taliban. you know defeat in kabul thank you very much for that.

humanitarian tragedy is unfolding more than a 3rd of the country is underwater and at least $160.00 people are reported dead after the worst flooding in more than 2 decades heavy monsoon rains have caused at least 2 rounds of flooding beginning. millions have been affected at a time when the country is already dealing with the impact of the covert 1000 pandemic for the families caught up in the situation the floods have made an already difficult existence. 2 small bags of rice and some lentils. that's all russell can buy with what's left of the family's savings. in the village of low had john has been flooded for weeks russell's family has been living in a makeshift shelter his mother has a few onions to add to the meal 14 year old russell is not happy. there were

nothing to eat again. for children and their parents sit down for their meager meal their mother managed to find 3 pieces of bread which she gives to her husband and oldest son russell is ravenous. and i would want to buy before the flood we had food stored away now there's never enough no matter what i do. after eating wrestle goes outside floods are common in bangladesh but this year there were several now according to unicef $1300000.00 children are starving if they try catching fish these children used to get food in school but the schools have been closed for months. at the. lesson stopped when the virus hit. then the floods came. in school we had afternoon cookies i'd sure like some now.

the padma river has turned into a seascape. russell's father is a fisherman and lets his son uses a boat but now the currents are too strong to cast the nets that's why the family has no income. the ride through the village reveals the disasters extent one 3rd of bangladesh is now underwater a 1000000 and a half people displaced russell's family home has also gone. up much of the flood came so fast it was scary we took just a few things when we returned the next day it was all gone and everything washed away by. now in low head john people fear the future experts warned the food shortage could lead to sickness among children. russell heads out to the emergency shelter he's hungry again but he's a teenager and if he had money he says he'd buy something different. i gave 400 i know 500 football jerseys and give them to all my friends i mean with i get the

number 10 my friendly moan would get number 8 and no one would get 9 minutes that would be so cool. then it starts raining again this year's monsoon has brought the most rain in a decade not good news for the people of bangladesh. and this record flooding is of course happening in the middle of the cone i want to spend make earlier i spoke to professor a cam so full islam from the institute of water and flood management of the by now this university of engineering and technology i start about asking him how could one of us measures what impacting the flood recovery. very crucial time we are experiencing flood as you know that there are this. is a bit weird to be. part of a media and then. if he said he has a good income so all this makes it

a challenge for management. but equally it will have to. be 19 and any and it was a very long time so there are some of the roads and all that has also. challenging to provide relief to the vulnerable people and many houses. students are also not about to go to school so all this makes it very difficult situation to these. single. ride and by now there's being no one country is unfortunately no stranger to flooding i wonder how the government is being able to deal with this situation. gallman try their best actually because this is the door that this is. going to france situation

that we have seen the just. the shia telling this more also i mean to say the least but they're acting for their good byes to give. money to the people and they're planning to give more seats and also the teens for the building construction but still i think as you mentioned that more than 1000000 people either affected about one 3rd of the country is so that for it is very. difficult to actually capture on the story or support the old. professor from islam from the body a vision of rest of engineering and technology thank you so much thank you. that's it for now be sure to check out the other stories on the dot com focus less on facebook and twitter we leave you now with these pictures from pakistan as

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but that's we begin with the announcement this friday of the winning design for a new museum in berlin it is a museum about exile which of course hundreds of thousands of germans experienced themselves in the 930 s. under the nazi regime the nobel prize winning author i have to move initiated this idea for a museum nearly 10 years ago and she was there on friday with a number of dignitaries including the former german president gul patron of the project as they set everything in motion more in a minute after a look back at how this all came about hams. germany under the nazis hundreds of thousands fled towards an uncertain future jews members of the political opposition anyone who didn't fit the nazi mindset was forced out of their own country now a new museum is planned in the heart of berlin to tell their stories of exile.