such. place blame. this is g.w. news live from berlin and the u.s. and nato are pulling their troops out of afghanistan to get in on may 1st president biden says that all u.s. troops will be back home by september 11th bringing an end to america's longest war . also coming up india sets another new record for corona virus cases 200000 in a single day so far this month the country has lost 2 william new infections because they don't want to hospital with a vaccine dr it's been described as chaos. i'm

sorry kelly welcome to the program. president joe biden is pulling american forces out of the longest war and u.s. history speaking at the white house by then said that the withdrawal would begin next month and before the 20th anniversary of the $911.00 terror attacks the troops will leave afghanistan by the symbolic date of september 11th washington's nato allies will also remove their military presence u.s. forces have been fighting in afghanistan for 2 decades biden says that the american involvement in the long running conflict has become unsustainable. we cannot continue the cycle of extending or expanding our military presence in afghanistan hoping to create ideal conditions for the road drawl and expecting

a different result and now the 4th united states president to preside over american troop presence in afghanistan 2 republicans 2 democrats i will not pass this responsibility on to a 5th after consulting closely with our allies and partners with our military leaders and intelligence personnel with our diplomats and our development experts with the congress and the vice president as well as with mr ghani and many others around the world i've concluded that it's time to end america's longest war it's time for american troops to come home now the withdrawal of u.s. troops will begin from may 1st then all foreign troops under nato command will be pulled out by september 11th there are nearly $10000.00 military personnel in afghanistan from nato in the u.s. there are fears that the country could collapse into a brutal civil war once all foreign military leave is how president biden's

announcement was received in afghanistan. the news broke on in the national holiday it's ramadan and in the streets of kabul many were on their way to the mosque or to do some last minute shopping to break the fun stuff to talk. nobody here expected the u.s. announcement of its troop withdrawal. by the bidens decision took me completely by surprise as i think it did all afghans. it's definitely not the right time to withdraw u.s. and all other foreign troops from the country and. for the us it's a historic decision after 20 years the longest of a conflict the us military has been involved in will come to an end and with it the deployment of all other allied troops there are still 10000 soldiers stationed here mostly to consult and support afghan security personnel what will they leave behind

parliamentarian and women's rights activist naheed fareed is concerned rebel leader may have to act as the math this hasty decision to pull out u.s. troops plunges afghanistan into a deep crisis to me but it could trigger another civil war ronnie commit to one. her view is shared by many international experts security in afghanistan has deteriorated dramatically. an agreement the trumpet ministration reached with the taliban in february last year failed to bring any peace. 20 years after they were expelled by the u.s. and its allies the taliban now control nearly half the country over the last few months they have repeatedly threatened war. after the u.s. announcement the taliban spokesperson demanded the immediate withdrawal of all foreign troops and announce that the taliban won't take part in any further peace

negotiations. after 20 years of international military engagement and billions of financial aid the u.s. and its allies set to leave behind a country that remains one of the poorest and most unstable in the world. and let's get the perspective from afghanistan on this matter i am joined now by latif a journalist in kabul afghanistan thank you so much for joining us we heard in that report the fear among some that this troop withdrawal could potentially even lead to civil war how valid is this concern it's certainly concern it's a concern that's been around since 2013 but really right now a lot of the talk in the country is just sort of. this is an answer you know people are expecting some kind of an answer from the united states but it's an answer that leads to more questions. it's more worry it's more uncertainty and people

just kind of feel like now it's going to be 4 more months of worry 4 more months of wondering what's going to happen next so it's not really any kind of a solid answer it's an answer that leads to more questions what has been happening there on the ground because you know we we have reports in the past year there has been this surge in violence especially targeted killings among civilians among among women among you know civil society groups people like journalists judges for example walk us through what's been happening there on the ground and what it's been like for civilians. this is exactly the pres like now we're at a state where like i'll give you an example couple months ago i traveled to logout province which is about 40 minutes south of kabul and that province has always been unstable it's always been insecure it's always been plagued with. poverty but and in the past when we would go to logout we would be afraid of mines along the

way and the irony is this time when we came back to kabul the driver said welcome back to kabul the land of land mines and. so that's really how badly the situation has changed to the point where the city of kabul feels just as unsafe as any other province in the country right now and you know 2 other provinces that have spent a lot of time in over the last couple years knowing are in the east hate often the west both have become remarkably. safe over the last couple years with there are we have the city of jalalabad becoming less and less safe as the so-called islamic state forces move away from the districts and more towards the provincial capital and then in the city of herat we have in the province of it out we have both the provincial capital the city becoming unsafe and districts that were you know no problem to go to only a year and a half 2 years ago becoming complete no go zones and these are 2 of the biggest most important commercial economic cobbs of the country that are becoming less and

less secure along with kabul ok so really had to tarry writing security situation here describing there and tell us also about i mean you know there are thousands of afghans who have helped the u.s. and its 20 year war in the country what happens to them now does this move now put them in greater danger because presumably they have a target on their back from the taliban. they absolutely have a target on their back from the taliban and they were given promises by the united states by the u.k. by other countries that they helped that they would be brought in that they would be given visas but there are so many letters still waiting and they are under threat obviously from the taliban there are some who left their posts in the military who also feel under threat from the military and from the government they feel under threat of arrest with these targeted killings that you know people are claiming responsibility for that creates even more fear for them of who could kill them who could arrest them. and clearly you know it's

a very real issue and it's something that you know as the u.s. is ending its longest war here it also has to take responsibility for the people that work for them that put their lives in danger and that are out risk every moment that they're in this country to provide them some kind of assistance and actually bring them to the united states as they promised. following the situation on the ground for us in afghanistan joining us from kabul thank you so much for your reporting. in q. and let's take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world the editors of a russian student magazine that covered nationwide protests supporting jailed opposition leader alexei nepali have been charged with incitement to charges stem from a video documenting intimidation and threats against students the editors could face 3 years and present. the us police officer who shot and killed dante right and

unarmed black man has been arrested prosecutors plan to charge kimberly potter with 2nd degree manslaughter she faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted the incident has sparked 3 nights of unrest now the city of minneapolis. india has set another new record for corona virus cases 200000 in the last 24 hours and in just the 1st half of this month 2000000 new infections have been locked experts are blaming complacency and frustration among the public for the search many states have started reimposing restrictions such as curfews as the cases increase so too do the demand for vaccines as. reports for. add to small private hospital people who are struggling to register the nation against called in 1000 who feel that the sheriff is one of them almost 70 he has dispersed short of doctors good soup for her and. told us that we have seen.

and read nor heard really sick even if they become infected are decided to get it. you're going to want getting prepared or at least i want to be there at 60 for do. with the crowd is larger than usual one staff member called it. this hospital and that one point had to turn people because they had drawn out a vaccine the pa few days of many hospitals in this area including the one right behind me face up over 1000 vaccine shortage why some offical had to cut down on the number of people they were vaccinated every other had to stop the vaccination process entirely for a few days these reports came out a time when several states in the country are facing a pub in 1000 vaccine shortage including maharashtra which at the moment if the worst hit state the hospital did receive its stock in fact seem to day after having

gone for nearly a week without people hopefully they can get the job. well there was some hesitancy to get vaccinated earlier the past few weeks have seen demand increased rapidly. move up we didn't have the rock scene available quarter short i don't know why we weren't getting supply. to 2nd we've started by people who started coming program. for their wars and. india is recording an alarming number of new coronavirus cases every day and infections are now spreading much faster as hospitals scramble to increase capacity there are clear signs the indian health care sector is again coming under severe strain. is dr who founded a chain of hospitals offering affordable care costs the 2nd be a tsunami the numbers are mind boggling the medical infrastructure is completely

overburdened beyond struggling to get medicine struggling to find oxygen patients are struggling to find birds. before where 7. birds and. the doctors needed to provide the facilities that are to be necessary to combat this pandemic but josh says he is disappointed that the lessons from the past year have not been learned adequately. for the people waiting here there is some really at least for now. they are getting their short. hoping that will give them some protection against a cruel numbers. in the champions league quarter finals manchester city have been dormant to want to advance to the next round darkman scored early in the match but in the 2nd half man city were too much to hand off and city's phil folded netted the go ahead goal with

a last team left in the tournament also on wednesday where madrid held liverpool to a goal a straw the result means we all go through to the semifinals after their win in the 1st leg. well 2 years ago today the world watched in horror as a huge fire ravaged notre dame cathedral in paris on the 2nd anniversary of the blaze reconstruction of the famous landmark appears on track for its planned opening in 2024 the interior of the cathedral is still filled with a web of scaffolding and 1000 specially selected trees are trying out to reconstruct the spire french president emanuel mccraw is visiting the site today to thank people taking part in the reconstruction effort as well as the firefighters who fought back the flames a quick reminder of our top story u.s. president joe biden is pulling american forces out of the longest war in u.s.

history troops will leave afghanistan by the symbolic date of september 11th washington's nato allies will also withdraw from the country. the next it is dr phil thank you so much for joining us your idea of news i'm sorry kelly in berlin and take care and stacy. their story their very own personal drama. the people who survived to deter freedom remember. and the sheer private footage of ghosts that is never been seen. to turn old storage people 20 years on t w.