course the subconscious always one thing is clear. is wildly popular. and she is sure. to just composer. i constantly begin to imagine a world class horn player similar on a musical journey of discovery. 2 without. starts a temper 16. this is. the final hurdle on a possible road to peace. afghanistan's government begins releasing a final batch of prisoners setting the stage for talks that could end the deadlock for the taliban in afghanistan but what will that entail plus.

beethoven in the middle of a pandemic the story of how one german composer brought. to south korea in these difficult times. i believe welcome to news asia glad you could join us talks to and of ghana sounds a long running war are expected to begin in the next few days in doha the capital of the afghan government has already sent teams to prepare the groundwork for peace talks with the taliban a group the government has fought for nearly 2 decades idea the government began to release the last batch of taliban prisoners to pave the way for talks with the militant group i'll be asking an expert what one can expect from the talks but 1st a quick primer on how we got to this stage. taliban

prisoners greet one another as they prepared to leave this jail in afghanistan's capital kabul. freeing them has been a controversial decision. but it's part of the deal the united states signed with the taliban insurgents at the end of february in order to try to bring peace to this war torn country. and get u.s. forces out for good. i'll be back. in early august afghan president ashraf ghani even agreed to release the last 400 taliban prisoners considered the most dangerous. this war of attrition has lost in almost 2 decades. leaving more than 40000 dead. it began after the $911.00 attacks on the u.s.

outcry did the terrorist group responsible was based in afghanistan and the ruling taliban with blamed for shielding them but it wasn't until may 20 levin that is some of bin laden the mastermind behind those attacks was eventually killed in pakistan. it was in june that year that homemade cause i who was president of afghanistan at the time confirmed secret talks between the u.s. led taliban had taken place but they later collapsed. in 2014 most foreign troops were withdrawn a resurgent and ruthless taliban quickly filled the vacuum. retaking territory. and mounting more attacks. in july 28th in the u.s. held direct talks with taliban representatives in doha further rounds followed and

now there is hope for a peace deal can be agreeing to between afghans themselves. even if the price is meant fraying taliban prisoners like these. so will the price be worth it for more joined by brother lee our drug czar from. good to see you what other taliban and the afghan government going to be discussing of doha. the final goal is clear and is to find a political solution to the 1000 year long afghan conflict however the positions of the 2 warring sides still remain unclear what we know from the afghan government delegation as that they will call on the taliban to agree on a long term ceasefire so that the guns remain silent during talks in addition this delegation will insist on the current government system and the core achievements of the last 2 decades including women's rights and freedom of expression

but the taliban position is more ambiguous the group says it wants to establish an islamic system in afghanistan but there is no. really little clarification on. what this system may look like its position on other important issues like women's rights and election also remain unclear what we hear from our sources close to taliban their group me seek a regime like that in iran but i would like to stress that study by the members have not confirmed that yet. part of one attacks in the past month only increased. is this a strategy for strengthening its negotiating position of the talks. yes it seems to be the case taliban members feel they are in a strong position on the battle ground and they want to bring that to momentum on

the negotiating table on the contrary afghan government does not have that much leverage on taliban as it faces deep internal political divisions. now are u.s. troop withdrawal was also part of the agreement between the united states and the taliban in february and that the dollars already begun kind of consequent to forces ashore security in the country. it entirely depends on the outcome of the talks in doha if negotiations result in a cease fire the pressure on afghan security forces will decrease however if the talks are dragged and or feel to yield outcomes resulting in decreased international interest in afghanistan the taliban forces will be in a really tough position. to observe and watch out for a month from the thank you so much not included in these

talks or however the islamic state group that has been increasingly mounting a violent campaign against the government in afghanistan we meet one man who abandoned their ranks and now provides a unique insight into the workings of this radical islamist group. share mohammed is careful about who he lets inside his house so-called islamic state is after him for almost 4 years sure mohammed was an i.a.s. fighter himself he was 18 when they recruited him in photos from the time he looks almost like a child he says back then almost all the boys in his village joined dyess. well what it showed us islam is propaganda like videos of foreign soldiers killing afghans they said it's our holy war to kill these infidels up with real brainwashing. in the mountains of mungo hard province 3 groups are fighting each

other the afghan government the radical islamists and the even more radical islamic state originally most fighters came from pakistan in tajikistan their fanaticism attracted young people from this poor region share mohammed only went to school for a few years easy prey for us ideology today he leaves the house only when armed. he deserved it i yes so he's considered a traitor yes leaders forced him to commit atrocities against civilians what exactly he did he won't say but it was too much for his conscience together with friends he finally decided to escape or what in the end we were totally scared and they caught us they would have killed us we were around massacres often enough to know what would await us. what about us what i want to. the provincial capital jalalabad is an idea stronghold some 2000 i as fighters are said to be in the area

in the city there are still ruins from the latest attack most people here fear the militants but lately more and more dissatisfied afghans have begun joining our yes including more affluent people especially since the taliban joined peace moves for afghanistan. this began when the taliban signed an agreement with the u.s. last february now many people here see the taliban as the americans darlings and prefer to align themselves with ah yes. today show mohammad works for a private militia together with government soldiers they're supposed to protect the village from his former comrades the war in afghanistan continues pitting calm patriots against each other. none of us make will fight to the last breath otherwise they'll cut our heads off that's what they do with prisoners. and. these

fighters are all young and have never known anything besides war and terror fighting is the only work they've ever had the afghanistan they know has been this way for 40 years and they cannot imagine change coming anytime soon. this year marks the 250th anniversary of the on beethoven's bus with various special. events around the world on noting the classical composer but the coronavirus pandemic has forced many music lovers to improvise how they're celebrated saying here's a look at how one german maestro made sure the beethoven festivities planned in south korea would still go on. to bring beethoven to music lovers this man is willing to do just about anything christoph poppen your 2 weeks of state sanctioned quarantine and those south korea

ended up scaling back the festival celebrating beethoven's 250th birthday pop and says he has no regrets. we have performed very and gone through and through believing in the importance that that every concert which we can really deliver to the people due to the qubit 900 situation few could attend schools premier symphony hall concerts will be broadcast christoph poppins visit came at a particularly difficult time for south korea a month ago the country appeared to have the covert $900.00 pandemic under control the last 2 weeks have seen a resurgence still the music played on. in concert poppen conducted much of beethoven's work with the aid of sheet music he extolled beethoven's unique a motional commitment beethoven i think he was 100 percent himself at every 2nd

when he was composing and he was fighting for every note and that's what we feel in his music and that connects with musician oath as a listener in a different way. well concert goers kept 2 seats apart performers also maintain covert 900 protocols wind instruments faced glass partitions in beethoven however pop and suggested one could find inspiration. music can really really give something to the people because it gives energy music can console can give comfort and give hope and especially doing that more important than ever. from the conductor's podium and the stage in south korea beethoven's music has provided some temporary antidote.

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in the. climate change. or so. much. as today the future. dot com megacities the making of the sun could turn. europe's museums are full of art that was stolen and lucid during colonial times artifacts that are quite literally drenched in blood a new w. documentary looks at how african nations and experts view the question of repatriation and also coming up. colombian army has to. confront the

legacies of spanish colonialism both within our history and in society. and after the devastating explosion one month ago in beirut the city's cultural scene is shellshocked and. the debate about how or whether to repatriate art that was acquired by colonial powers most often under brutal circumstances has been raging for some time in the capitals of europe not least here in berlin where the city's long contested who is preparing to house vast ethnological collections of stolen soul is a new documentary that tries to illuminate this debate and get africans to weigh in on possible solutions. africa's colonial overlords brutally strip the continent of countless cultural treasures the fate of these items is debated in new d.w.

documentary stolen songs africa's. people . are like prisoners friends. the prison of. germany's ethnological museums are brimming with artifacts amassed overseas bought traded gifted and leave well over 1500000 of them the issue has politicized the european art sector like no other topic in recent memory chop off. the impression that our debate here tends to remain very eurocentric off option one is talking to africans and asking them what they envisage. for example what you nigerians in visits for the famous benyamin bronzes in 897 the british launched punitive expedition to beni city the troops looted the royal palace stealing fire. thousands of valuable bronze and ivory works and distributed them to europe's major museums.

for young people can see this excellent 3 percent growth of. nigeria's contemporary art scene is one of the most vibrant in africa like it nneka art gallery in lagos the gallery owner. would love to see the bronze is back in the country but she's well aware of the challenges. that. the documentary stolen soul collects voices from europe and africa and ultimately poses multiple questions to which there are no easy answers. indeed well joining me now is the author of stolen soul i would didn't from the w.'s documentary department welcome to the studio and wrote such an impressive overview of this issue you've brought us and yet it's hugely complex the

scope of your film is of course so much broader than what we've seen as a visual anthropologist what were you trying setting out to do with this film i had read a lot about what european museum experts and researches thought about the issue of restitution but there often i felt like african voices were a bit more of a side note so we tried to change that perspective and to really listen in what african opinions were out there and what i found was that the ideas and hopes of what to do with looted art a very diverse and it's also very controversial debate within african countries so i was really struck by that quote that ethnological museums are like prisons from the one prince and yet the finishing touches are being put on berlin is what for many people asking the question whether there will be anything to put in it what's the solution in your opinion well 1st of all i think it's quite unrealistic to think that there will be nothing to fill the museums. we saw in the film that there

was a return there with bible to namibia but there was still quite an exceptional event restitution are rare and the museums are not emptying out now when it comes to solutions there is no quick fix. the problem is that for a very long time germany's colonial legacy has not been addressed by museums or by the public in general so what museums could do is they could work even closer with post colonial initiatives and bring the debate to the museums and when it comes to freeing the objects from the prison as prince commando ms says it needs a legal framework and political solutions ok so obviously that's an issue that needs to be taken up with the politicians as as we've talked about earlier and that's perhaps the subject of your next film. with any with at any rate thank you very much for bringing us this job well done and stolen soul for our viewers is available on our you tube channel e.w. documentary so do be sure to check that out and thanks so much for coming into the studio today and. on the topic of rejecting the rules imposed by

colonialism in our mini series we'll look at how foreign born artists who are based in germany are salvaging cultures that were sidelined by. colombian artist uses his work to challenge the legacy of spanish rule and draw attention to vulnerable communities. handed out these quakes cultures to passers by china they weren't so sure what to make about. if you can't already tell their cucumber hundreds of. these sensual abstractions are also made of clay. first. and this. is something that. for sure. is inspired by sculptures from his native colombia where ceramics were once highly valued cultural objects the spanish

. they've made. that. tricky thing so they this is pretty this is. art rejects rules imposed by spanish colonialism the berlin based artist is interested in transgressions including sex in public. in this park where men meet for anonymous encounters installed temporary mirrored structures because. of the fact we were used to be free with our body not about. or. practice it was to.

for the past 2 years espinosa has traveled back to colombia to work with the community of trans sex workers collaborating on projects such as this float for botha's 1st trans march. to call attention to the rampant violence against trans people he helped make ceramic markers for the sites where members of the community have been murdered interventions and performances to work through the traumas of colombia's armed conflict through shame and discrimination spinosus work with trans people is rooted in his admiration for their courage. and we're all wondering how they have the balls to do it at in a place like colombia you can be killed or. cattle danger how you go and you have 10 app in the 3 and you fied the whole thing corralled.

he created this portable light up sculpture for a performance in dresden germany. it works like a kind of. that all still with all their. cultures to go through communicate. members of the community joins for performance by a spinoza and his collaborator or 2 from. the event marked november the night's conflicted date in german history the anniversary both of the fall of the berlin wall and of the nazi program against jews known as style and. now espinosa wants to sound the alarm here in berlin normally the street would be filled with trans sex workers due to the coronavirus they were forced to stay home for months many had no way to pay the rent. to fight on the track is the fight of the woman is the fight of the indigenous is the fight of their. all.

we ceased to must as choosers to work with vulnerable communities as he says no wife is more important than another. the paris of the middle east is how beirut was once described a vibrant city with a live for the moment philosophy that was on crushable despite years of civil war destruction religious strife and corruption a thriving cultural scene was also a spring of hope until august 4th when 2700 tons of ammonium nitrate blew the city's port to smithereens. in the days following the explosion anger in beirut group not a single building was left on damaged in the residential area behind the poor in recent years and not seen heard emerge harking back to the cosmopolitan beirut of old many hoped it heralded a more liberal minded city now this hope has been destroyed. this is our museum for

contemporary art was reopened in 2015 following a long period of renovation it was a place where people could enjoy art free of charge to the 4th. when the explosion occurred the last visitors had left for the day ringback directors and i read i was still in her office it's a miracle she wasn't injured when i got who really i was like i was shot by a sniper in 78 i was 8 years old i was at the beach since i was inside no kid it's our generation the war generation who did not want to forget who want to talk interest and who threw the cup ters artistic initiatives we have been witnessing non-responsibility of the government and of course a civil society that is more and more. like acting as if it's to placing the state

which we have already been doing for the past 30 years. the trauma of lebanon civil war that ravaged the city is still very present the 15 year long conflict ended in 1990 terror attacks assassinations and economic collapse followed in a state in which the author marty seemed to have given up critics say this year's explosion was an accident but not a coincidence. museum will be rebuilt the building needs to be secured before the harsh weather sets in help is coming from all over the world . but zain i read out says simply rebuilding what was there before is not enough this time. i'm committed to the museum i'm committed but i don't know how long i don't know how long i'm committed

that depends i'm committed to my country depending on how it is going to evolve i mean we are ready we are ready to govern this country. and our thoughts are with the people of lebanon as they rebuild yet again well that's all for this edition of arts and culture so until we meet again all the best from us here in berlin and to stay safe.

they've been robbed of their soul that's what a people experiences when their heritage is taken from them. countless cultural riches were brutally stolen from africa and carted off to europe by colonialists. each artifact has blood on it from the wounds that have yet to heal. what should be done with the stone or from africa. this is being hotly debated on both continents. so one soul starts september 7th on g.w. . with him how to be done it goes up close with the highest if i had known that the boat would be found small i never would have gone

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