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hold for them. ah. after decades at war, the us and its allies called it quits, leaving the poly bomb in charge. and if there's a set of images that best capture up, how of gone reacted to the poly bon takeover? it is these desperate people clinging on to where u. s. military plane as a default. gobble airport. images from the 16th of august. the day after the taliban into the cities airport would go on to see what teens of death and hopelessness as people struggled to leave the country. all of this leading to inevitable finger pointing at the united states court abandoning of guns. president joe biden would have none of that. mixtures cannot and should not be

friday or, and dine in a war that afghan forces not willing to fight for themselves. there is some truth to that, while many brave guns will just did, 5000 did surrender to the power button for of guns. of course that meant dealing with the taliban, they feared, would exact revenge on people who worked for western nations out and stamped out in mac and waste outside cobbled airport hoping to be lifted as suicide. bombers killed more than 100 and just oz before the august 31st deadline. the last us soldier boarded the last military, playing out, leaving the poly bon fully in charge. not only that, if he is one of many who was there at the thought about to pull up his and i've gone john list whom i've spoken with over the years about development in i've gotten it done. he, even though he now and i have reached out to him to ask what it was like in kabul in those weeks of transition. we tend to be quite honest. everyone thought that you

know, the day the tall bar would come, the world would and that there would be, you know, mass killings on the st. blood everywhere that, you know, you would essentially be like an armageddon. and luckily it didn't turn out that way. you know, there was a lot of fear, especially like the day on august 15th, when there were rumors that the tall a bon, were coming into the city. you know, i was out in a very busy, highly trafficked area of the city. going to meet a friend ah, for lunch when you know, i just saw hundreds of people just running in each direction. it looked like a disaster movie and you know, i had the last time i had my headphones on, on the street. so call. i take off my headphones and make what's going on and people are saying, the tall bonner coming, the tall bonner coming and everybody was running screaming like just trying to get

into cars trying to get away. i'm just panicking. it turned out that it was a completely false alarm. and you know, then in an upcoming until the middle of the night. but that was the level of fear going into it. and then the initial days after they actually took over and it could be seen everywhere on the streets of car will you know, the streets were very empty. people were afraid to go out. they didn't know how to behave. they didn't know how the tall bon would react. you know, there was no economy, most most stores, most restaurants, most businesses were all closed officers were closed. so not a lot of people were going out. ah. and then slowly, you know, like more and more people started going out more and more women. although to, to be fair. you know, to this day there's, there's a lot fewer women out on the streets of major cities including called ball than there would have been in years past. and even $56.00 to go. ah, but now what's happened is that the biggest issue for people is that there's no

money. there's no money anywhere. and you know, i've honest on is an entirely cash based society. it's the kind of play where if you don't have physical money, you don't eat and that has become the reality for everybody in the country now. you know, even if he were, you know, a 1000000 is a little hard interrupted, but it's like, it's something that we're seeing from 1st time our correspondence have been to problem to have seen that. it basically leads me to ask you, do you think that the poly bond can actually run a country so far? they haven't shown it. because if you look at it, it's been 4 months since they took power and the taliban have not shown anything that shows how they would run a country, you know, they haven't put forth any specific exact laws thing. this is exactly what we want . you know, they haven't set up say like a specific tax code. they haven't, ah,

they haven't made any official statements to say that these are, this is the way we envisioned this country. you know, it's been 4 months and i can't think of anything that they did. that is a concrete example of how they want to run the country or an achievement or so forward. i'm, you know, we're still using old passports from the republic. people are still getting documents that say the stomach were public on top of it. ah, you know, they, they haven't, you know, said there's nothing. there's no specific law. there's no deb really, there's no guidance and into what they want a country to look like. oh, we'll have to leave a bear with apartment a leave of therapy. joining us from a door with the very 1st person perspective went so much oliver's running us to her . ok, thank you. so the taliban have done the fighting. now they need to do the governing and based on what i mean, that if you just said they appear to be feeling if something did correspond to mick connelly with the 1st time when he wasn't gone to the time in september. this is

his report with a canister foreign reserve frozen, the taliban administration has chosen to paralyze the banking system in an attempt to stop hot currency flooding out of the country. in the process, they brought the whole economy to a grinding halt. i'm just waiting for my salary. i don't know the fusion, no one is ok. everyone is depressed here in a piano. no one does challenge them for now. but i've kind of stones new taliban rulers know full well that tensions arising as ordinary africans, cash reserves run out. and new jobs prove almost impossible to come by. these tradesmen tell us they haven't worked in weeks before i would only work as a carpenter. now i'll clean toilets if i have to. we might end up starving or killing ourselves and the taliban will cut your hand up if you feel like you're getting into someone in a country when nearly all basic food stuff from rice to oil and flour or imported

clothes banks and currency controls been rising prices and scarcity. and then in october, the u instead at least 14000000, i've gone. so that's about one 3rd of the population was caught on the brink of starvation. the european union pledged 1000000000 euros in 8 for granted. but as the world food program told me back then promises me nothing without follow through . what does the international community need to be doing so that you can do your job? and i've done this on to the international community. we thank you for the glitches that you made, but we really would appreciate if the cash would follow so that we could get that food into our warehouse. and since then, some cash has started to follow. france, for example, has delivered to 25000000 euros to the u. s. world food program. the id group has sent food convoys over the border from the gist on into van, on russia and china have also delivered when does supplies. the united arab

emirates has reopened. it will embassy that article that saudi arabia and india intend to do the same. and china has met with the taliban in doha, after is acting as an intermediary for other western countries. and one can only imagine that efforts, such as these we gather pace in the coming months. the people have advanced on need the world and the world will hopefully step up. but while small steps are being taken for the people have gone this time it's women appear to be moving backwards. since coming to the taliban, have made it nearly impossible for all the girls to access education for women to work in company jobs and be visible on tv screens in a flash, some 2 decades of progress in women's rights have been lost. a back in september, just how one public university student described to us what she was feeling. you know, like when, when, when the cleaning fluid for the greater light working,

when he went to do to get that. and suddenly, and one night, if you can just damage just imagine. and now i might, if i'm in a room, we only get it, you know, go for the, you know, whether or not this is the feeling have right? well, and joining me enough, i'm all is not just in a honda, she's from a minister of mines and petroleum of, of gone is done. she joins me now from our slow down in today's of gone, this done. can women and girls be hopeful of a bright future? i was not love because the, you know, the situation as far along as they can put on their guns are not allowed to do. women are not allowed to have what the woman that they have business.

all given her to sit here and love their woman journalist and after that i'm not able to continue to work. so there is nothing even as long given the hope that the change i want the office either. why had there was confused engaging with all of them and demanding from the thought of on listing at the policy and some yes, great policy for one woman. but so far we do see any change in policy. baby b, b 3 is just focusing on wolf. my manager is not that me, that woman, woman before being an active part of this is the only to help defeat gave it to me on how would you say the world from engage with the regime, but believes that women have a secondary place in society. a very close fact to leave with the father,

especially there and we know that the the want to get them back and they don't have any. we have a good policy woman to go, staff diplomatic engagement isn't. but if we continue that ethical relations in place is better for them to meet equal, give ignition and good information i'm thinking here and that often don't even be getting from them. so i will say that they would continue that. and part of this consistency persistency and working together one was leading one. leave it there for the time with thank you so much for joining us to dinner just behind working together with one voice for the people have gone on. i'll be honest, it sounds hard to bet it isn't impossible. as we showed earlier, that is already a trickle of an effort underway. and here's hoping it turns to a flood in the new. yeah. believe you're here today. there's more on our website

deducted dot com forward slash asia. i'm going to see you soon. ah. mm mm. the fight against the corona virus pandemic. how has the rate of infection been developing? what does the latest research say? information and context? the corona virus update because 19 special next on

d w. we, europe, we diversity and anything unusual? no mountain is too high. no road is too long. in search of the extraordinary we are the specialists of lifestyle, europe, euro macs, on d, w. o . nurses are on the front line in the battle against the pandemic. the new on the kron variant is a much more infectious form of corona virus. and it's making the job of health care workers even more demanding. and they're at risk of infection every day due to the

large number of infected patience. world health organization estimates that at least 115000 nurses world wide have died from covert 19. and there are staff shortages and burnouts. the pay is generally low and working conditions are harsh. in many countries, nurses are fighting for better recognition. but apart from applause, as a thank you. they often get very little return. welcome to your covered 19 special. i'm daniel winter. the jobs of health care workers were already demanding even before the pandemic. but once the virus struck, they took to the front lines and saved millions of lives around the world. came an outpouring of appreciation. but did anything really change? many doctors, nurses care as and hospital workers believe their work has once again fallen out of

the public's awareness, leaving them worried that things will never change for the better. to hear from the people themselves, we travel to spain, india, and germany. working as a nurse has always been demanding, even before coven 19 struck. but the pandemic has exacerbated the problem. catherine burger can feel the impact on her everyday life. the i see you nurse from berlin is one of many who take care of covey patients day in and day out. it's a back breaking job. as little as the co strain is enormous. it's a huge strain working in this protective suit. and a psychological part also plays a big role. we take care of critically ill patients. that's our normal work, what we've been trained for. but now we have critically ill patients who can also put us at risk. this is really stressful and prosperous as to pandemic. hit nurses received a lot of praise for their efforts,

but they're working conditions didn't change. all the beds were full and then there's constant stress for far to little money. many also complain about like of recognition nurses in spain, especially dissatisfied, hundreds of them were recruited to help out during the height of the pandemic, only to find themselves jobless again, when the infection numbers dropped, they were informed by text message and others. a asked that the boy, they call my fondest way of informing people about their dismissal, really inappropriate. i can find that, and that it shows 0 respect for those who gave their role. during the pandemic bellow, it could have a high lobby and rank their local. we've got it all, they were desperately needed to keep the system working. and now it seems like they're just staff who are disposable. that will m on it. i ask them all, but shall i lose? how did the data but the importance of having enough health care professionals is now clear to many countries, especially as to pandemic continues. spain has also changed and must hitler

currently putting in a lot of effort to create more permanent positions and ensure that fewer staff have to work in unsafe conditions. sokulaf has history. we hope the situation will continue to improve in 2022 that i, i let me vent the doors for lease women in india. the nursing problems in europe opened up new opportunities for them. the caregivers and nurses gained a lot of experience during the pandemic. now they want to offer help to european countries ban. let me get candour in india compared to the west indies, especially the you get so i get, i know that i can do the same for them. also. we, how many stu contained the bantam? again, the 1st few months it was, it was on model for the whole world. and i, we believe that we can do the same in the, or in all the other countries as were cut when burger in berlin with welcome such support. the world may have to brace for

a completely new era after all. for now what we're talking about, the cone, a virus, me stay with us permanently. and we have to develop strategies as a yarmouth. we have to strengthen our health care system with enough staff, with enough equipment with all the necessary tools. corona is not leaving us any time soon, or novelist will fight my subtler creating better conditions for the caregivers. this will remain one of the key issues in 2022 and we're now lucky enough to be able to speak to christian krygier needs, who's a long specialist, an intensive care physician. thank you very much for joining us, christian. so from your personal perspective, how are healthcare professionals coping with the pandemic right now? i guess it's, it's more or less the routine now over 2 years. but most of our nurses and also doctors, we shouldn't forget them, are very tired at the moment. you mentioned that before that there was a lot of applause in the beginning,

but at least in germany it was not more or so. so we have not more stuff. we even have less than that. 10 to 20 percent less nurses than before. and that's the major problem we are faced with at the moment. so it sounds like you're suggesting that more should be done. what more do you think can in practice be done to support health care workers? and one of the major points in germany is that we have really in nursing crisis. and there's nothing crisis again, by far earlier than the pandemic occurred. and one of the major problems in germany, it's germany, is a huge economic pressure on the ospital. and that we have to treat many patients and have to last nurses and all the doctors were it. and that is one of the major point and depend damage really has a huge impact on that because they have to do more and you had to do more and the workload was even higher than before. and that is one of the major points. and

therefore, i guess the 1st thing we have to do is to lower the workload and you can only do that if you have more colleagues. and the 2nd point is that especially the nurses earn more money than they do at the moment in germany. so understaffing is a key weakness. what more should the government should healthcare companies be doing to bring more especially nurses into the health care system? in your case in germany? and let me give an example in your k, for example, you have one nurse for vonn when elated patient in germany. one nurse has to care for at least 2 ventilated patients during the night. mostly for 3 patients. and that is one of the major points we have in germany. so we have to, i guess we need in. yeah, let's say, and you not in your health care system, but we have to reorganize the work how we do that. we have too many hospitals in

germany, and that means that to less nurses per hospitals are there. and therefore, i guess we have to concentrate are many her nurses in one hospital to lower their workload and to make life easy. i guess that is one of the key points we have to do in the future. ok. so a reorganization, a stronger recruitment drive and more pay. when we look at the, the situation that we're in right at the moment with omicron, how has on the kron affected admissions? so far as you can tell, because we're hearing different messages on the one side, it's far more transmissible that it is already very clear on the other early data appears to show that it could be a more mild illness. yeah, i fully agree with you so, so it's very early now with the, with army kron and in germany, let's say we have 2 weeks behind the other countries in europe, especially behind your cale front. and at the moment the numbers are increasing. so

in some parts we have $1020.00, and amber, for example, 40 percent of all cases, all micron. but we have today only 8 patients with omi crohn all over the country on the i c u. so it's very early at the moment, but if you look at fran thought, you k, it seems that at least on the i see you, we have not such a search like we expected 12 or 3 weeks ago. and i guess we needs at least 2 weeks more to have a definite idea if it's really less severe than the data very and, and that's what we read. we all wish, at least for the use that the workload is low and the pressures lower case. there's plenty still to do. christian, kara g, i need as thank you very much for speaking with us. thank you. and now it's time for you to ask and for us to answer his view,

a question for us signs correspondent derek williams. oh, who is considered a coven? 19 survivor. is it regardless of its severity? this is really more of a semantic question than a scientific one, but it caught my attention because i've used the term here quite often, but i've never really thought about it before. so let's think about it. the word survivor is a pretty dramatic one. the cambridge dictionary defines it as a person who continues to live despite nearly dying. now, that definition certainly applies to the many, many people in this pandemic who contracted severe coven 19, but didn't succumb to it, but not necessarily to everyone who tested positive for the disease. of the 2 members of, of my immediate family who had mild cases of coven 19, for example. they told me they wouldn't describe themselves as survivors. in

scientific literature, the term is often but not exclusively applied to people who recovered after having been hospitalized with the disease. but there are also arguments for thinking of those who recovered from even a mild case as survivors. some studies have shown, for instance, that there are increased longer term risks for them as well, of developing the range of symptoms, commonly known as long cove. it and, and online support groups for the condition are full of people who got only a little sick from the initial infection, but have struggled ever since recovering with a wide range of, of ongoing life altering complaints. though i don't know anyone personally who suffers from long coven, i'm certain that many of those who do would also consider themselves. survivors who

have to keep working to survive every day. so, long and short, there doesn't seem to be a really narrow definition of the word survivor in the pandemic. but because coven 19 affects people in so many different ways, that shouldn't come as a surprise. mm hm. and that's a, it's from the coven. 19 special from me and the whole team stay healthy. stay safe and see you again. soup with

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