that is fair. i even got white hair, is a gym along with me and they told me to check with you want to know their story, migrants clarifying and reliable information for my grants. this is the devon news asia coming up today. education for afghan women under taliban rule. after the 6 months for the thought about allow women to, to talk to some universities in the country. is this the face of a new reform to thought it on, or just window dressing to and a international concerns about women's rights. plus the thought about security headache, regular tax based on which states militants are challenging, volleyball games. they have made of glass based on c, 4 of guns. ah,

i british manager, you're welcome to d, w and use asia. glad you could join us for the 1st time since using power in of got us on last august. the taliban has reopened some public universities and allowed some female students to attend the militant save. women must remain segregated from their main counterparts in line with that interpretation of sharia law. and can only study subjects approved by the poly bomb. the international community has made equal access to education for women. one of the conditions of unfreezes of god is tons, assets overseas. now some members of the taliban say the move shows they have now fulfilled this condition and that the us should lift any sanctions against them. what was that we have provided, complete security. we have respected the rights of women. yet the woman was

appointed as the head of mala lies maternity hospital just a few days ago. alissa schools are open and universities are opening. and now the united nations in the united states have no excuse to continue sanctions against us . any thought of my, the vanishing of by, than namisha by get that be my baby. right, let's get more on this or from dr. eleanor zane, or she is director of the southwest east shared regional program at the german thinktank. the conrad added our stiff dung doctors in a welcome. you just had one taliban governor there, or is this reopening of some universities for some women? just a tally bon ploy to get access to international funds. do you think well, we have to understand that the taliban never officially prohibited girls or women education and not even women to go to work. they have even proclaimed that during the whole. do have peace process that women and girls can go to school and,

and work, but they put their conditions and i think they may conditions quite difficult and sometimes quite vague. so to give you one example, they put the condition of gender sex separation. but they can, of course they can always argue that the situation and conditions are not yet. they are to let women go to school. so i think we have to take a taliban by their words and proceed from there. but do we really need to fall upon brother was because just based on the words, as you pointed out, they are in favor of educating women and girls. but the conditions that existent have gone on, or at least under them, imply that women and girls can't get education nivia talking of are universities only in 6 out of $34.00 provinces. and we haven't really seen any plan to make this a make education available for women. so should we really be taking the taliban on their words?

i wouldn't say the taliban are in favor of girls education. definitely. they have a strong resentment against that. or some objections against that, but we have to counter the taliban also by religious arguments because they act on conviction. and so there is no religious argumentation against women education. and that's why we should take them by their words. because that's the way how they argue. and but on the other hand, of course we can see we can use all the whole diplomatic to kids that we have. we can try with political conditions. we can try with economic pressure. but i think the taliban will not be much pressured by the other mean. so we should try also this kind of dialogue or talks and negotiations on that. but how far will that good given the body by me convinced essentially that women in many ways are inferior to

man, have a 2nd class in society. and an education for them is perhaps not at all with education for men. we have to say very realistic and i think now we have to work with a new reality that we have seen. and unfortunately the taliban are in reality if you like it or not. and i see the only way forward to at least to negotiate some minimum standards. some minimum guarantees for women is to proceed that way to keep the channels open and demanding concessions and taking them by their words. because i don't see there's no military option there on the table in anymore, and also not in the future and economically, politically, yes, maybe we can put pressure on them, but we have to play it very wisely. do you think international funds that have been frozen tribute used to the thought of on at least, i mean from my perspective,

i think yes, we have to release certain amounts and it has already happened to decrease the humanitarian crisis. but i think it's we have to played very wisely and not release them all of a sudden because it's the only on asset that we have in our hands and the taliban need. they know they also pick medic and they know to survive. they would need some kind of international donors to survive economically and politically in the future . all right, we'll leave it there for the time being. thanks so much for joining us, dr. eleanor zeno, from the german think. the conrad arden, our stiff, don't. prentice on with them? thank you. and in addition to education for women, the taliban also promised security for off guns, but fundamentalist outfits like the slum extrude are putting the promise to the test on a daily basis. ah,

fear hangs over the eastern afghan city of july about as night falls, inhabitants rush to get home before the shooting starts. once a fringe fundamentalist group islamic status stepped up attacks across afghanistan, since the taliban took control of the country last year, especially in anger, har, province, the taliban, or checking vehicles in the trading hub. the ton about playing down the threat of the group, also known as dash with what days mr. dice does not exist. it doesn't exist because it does not have a base or a place here to declare its government to the do not even a single piece of land in afghanistan is under their controls. look about why functionality in the streets of july, the bad taliban fighters tell of regular attacks. analysts estimate there have been nearly 100 attacks since mid september. nearly all the talking to taliban. the bloodiest was a suicide bomb blasted cobble airport in august,

as tens of thousands of afghans tried to evacuate. over $200.00 people were killed in the attack, including 13 u. s. service members. islamic state are believed to have about 2 to 4000 fighters in afghanistan compared 280000 . taliban said that the violence against taliban has been on the rise. but exactly how much of how much is ice k p. responsible for that remains. it's difficult to say, ah, the chief ideological difference between the 2 islamist groups is that the taliban wanted in afghanistan, free of foreign forces. i asked once in islamic caliphate stretching from turkey to pakistan and beyond. suspected taliban reprisals have seen dozens of corpses showing up mysteriously? a number of bodies were found last month along

a canal in july labatte. the un accuses the taliban of secretly eliminating 50 suspected i asked members in manga hard, longer cars, a stronghold for the selfish community, a fundamentalist branch of sony islam. the taliban has responded quite but by targeting the selfish community and gone. and they continue to do that, and that has not only talked fear within the community, but potentially could also drive disenfranchise telephone to join the ranks of life . but so pervasive is the culture of fear in july about that. no one dares to speak out about the reprisals. and from out of this, i'm joined by correspondent the fee in is tumble ali. how serious is the threat posed by islamic state called us on to the taliban? the biggest start to the taller bond is really in terms of their p r upper. and

it's very because the one thing that the total bon said that when they come to power that they can deliver will be peace and order. and what we've seen is the opposite of that, we've seen that, you know, crime hasn't necessarily gone down. and most importantly, attacks claimed by the so called the some states have not ended at all. they know. and a lot of ways they've gotten worse spread out across the country, you know, they, they attacked areas and condos them in places that normally they wouldn't have attacked . so really now it's up to the call of on to prove that they can finally deliver the safety and security that they've been promising all the years. and that they can basically not end up in the same situation as they're a public which was unable to really hold back and insurgency or terrorist network. however, you saw this all about in the past and really actually provide security. you know, now it's up to them to deliver on the problem it's, it's interesting you go, you talked about a threat to the p. r apparatus was probably about it because we just made it

a board in which it's all about an official came the stomach state doesn't exist and have gotten on. i wonder therefore if that's the bonds way of saying they don't know how to deal with the threat from the it's hilarious because that is the exact statement. the former government made in 2018 or 19. they made very similar statement saying that they have completely eradicated the so called a plumbing state. and then for years after that, they continued to stage attack and called ball angela bod and other cities. so it's funny because it seems like they're, they're, you know, operating off the same playbook as former republican that way. where does that leave the people of, of gone on early. i mean, how assured can they be, especially in places like a lot of bob that taliban government can provide them security? well, if you look at it, for instance, the city of angela bond is currently considered one of the lee safe and the country in part because of, you know,

mafia's and crime networks and things like that. but also specifically because of the threat posed by the so called state, because it has always been one of the city of job is always been one of the primary target. and it's continued to the day. you know, those attacks are not letting up. and there are still reports of fighting between the 2 groups in and around you all the bod. so it's really not helping, you know, as i said, you know, the number one thing. i mean, when i was still in the emerett, i remember i was talking to follow the official. he's like, look, we've delivered peace and we've delivered security in order to you. and i said, well, no, you haven't. because look at what happened at the airport right before the end of the occupation, the end of the withdrawal, when you know, the so called the front, they claimed a massive, massive attack. you know, on the outside perimeter of the air for work. now, people were waiting, you know, and they blame that on the us thing, the u. s. failed and their security efforts, and that was not. but then after that we saw some condos. we saw the tax mod

without tax and we thought tax and fighting into all the ball in missouri and other cities, so they really have yet to deliver on that primary promise. are you living the reporting from istanbul there? that's it for this week is cost more from the region on our website did over dot com, forward slash asia. and as of are, you can follow us on facebook and twitter as well. when you buy care on monday, for by one of mankind's oldest ambition could be within reach or what is it really is possible to reverse aging researchers and scientists all over the world are in a race against time. the dna molecule, though, has 28000000 different our glasses. they are peers and rivals

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