hopes for peace in afghanistan is the u.s. and the taliban sign a deal to end america's longest war washington expects to remove all of its troops from the country in the next 14 months after almost 2 decades of conflict and thousands of lives lost also the migrants clash with greek police on the country's border with turkey says after ankara announced it would no longer prevent refugees from heading to europe and researches it say the report alleging fraud strewing the bolivian election fall short on evidence president evo morales left his post amid mass protests over supposed irregularities.

hello good evening you're watching r.t. international now the u.s. and the taliban have signed a peace deal which is expected to finally bring washington's longest ever war to an end. the united states and the taleban have endured decades of hostility and mistrust. previous talks have faltered. to separate only became real for the united states when the taleban signaled interest in pursuing peace and ending their relationship with. another foreign terrorist groups . they also recognized that military victory was impossible under the peace deal the taliban's pledge to prevent terrorists from operating in the areas it controls and they've also promised to enter into talks with the afghan government in march as for washington it's promising to review sanctions on the taliban and will begin withdrawing their troops in stages if it all goes well in a little over

a year's time no u.s. or nato forces will remain in the country he's kind of more pain looks now at how much america has lost in the war and what it has achieved in the end. back in 2003 u.s. officials were telling a story of success when it came to afghanistan listen to donald rumsfeld we're at a point where we clearly have moved from major combat actually to a period of stability and to blues asian and reconstruction activities the bulk of this country today is permissive and secure it is clear that that is the case by virtue of the fact that we see people returning to their country from all across the globe in large numbers but 17 years and 4 presidential terms later one of the great powers of military history sinus peace deal with the taliban warlords they've been fighting all this time and the peace treaty looks an awful lot like outright surrender so 1st we have to be realistic and proud of our gains but our generals have determined that this war is unlikely to be won militarily without tremendous

additional resources all sides are tired of fighting for the past years you've heard nothing but reports of progress u.s. officials were saying a happy song and also replacing one another we're making progress right now an array of areas. are critical to our combined success with afghanistan the progress is real and importantly that progress is sustainable make no mistake the progress there i think is very rolls my cessna to mistake will and it's very substantial 2016 has been a significant year for afghanistan and progress has been made but this was all just hype documents reveal interviews with people that were actually on the ground and the material ironically labeled lesson learnt seems to present a narrative of the us defeat in afghanistan the operation is described as a self looking ice cream cone u.s. officials giving reports of progress we're telling bold faced lie the problem is

there is a disincentive really to tell the truth we have created an incentive to almost require or for people to law there is an odor of mendacity throughout the afghanistan issue and i know congressman connelly has heard me talk about this years ago mendacity and who bruce the original plan was to defeat al-qaeda in afghanistan and overthrow the taliban that was sheltering al qaeda all of that was arguably achieved but then washington moved on to the nation building phase that a cost of billions of dollars and at that point it starts to look like no one had a clue what they were doing would trying to do here we didn't have the nous in the would ruin the taking through the fundamental gap of understanding of the front and of the stated objectives an overreliance in the military and the lack of understanding of the resources necessary and then the drone started flying many

instances of success were recorded on that front but in many instances things also went terribly wrong. somewhere along the way it seems like some folks have just had enough in the coming months all announced the next phase of our drawdown and by the end of next year america's war in afghanistan will be over needless to say it was not over a trillion dollars spent and over $4000.00 u.s. military personnel and contractors killed and at this point the taliban still controls a little less than half of the country and under the new peace deal the taliban will be part of the new government they'll be in the government just like they were you know before the u.s.

invasion. artsy new york where there are genuine concerns about some of the criteria for the plan and that they won't actually be met i discussed the issue with a research analyst at the center for conflict studies in afghanistan. i am like other optimistic but in the same time cautious about it because you know there are. things on all sides that the americans and the taliban need to do in the afghan government has to do in if you look at the timeline it just really seems some point and realistic for example releasing up to $5000.00 taliban detainees from the afghan custody by march which is 10 days from now or preparing the afghan government to sit across from from the taliban negotiate and start the interim one dialogue while we don't even have a proper legal solution team on the other side like if you talk about taliban going

after transnational elements in jihad this that are seeking safe sentry's in afghanistan that also seems unrealistic because there are elements hard core elements within the group that will not allow that to happen so i think the deal is in the deliverables really difficult at some point to meet but the fact that the sign is a success when the deal follows a week long or duction in violence agreement between the 2 sides it succeeded in reducing hostilities although many afghans do believe the dream and should have been reached years ago. if. we hope this peace deal will be permanent not like before the wish this peace deal of been signed 10 years ago thousands of our people were killed many more wounded disabled and also many women were widowed. killed for labor we're happy about the u.s. dollar bill and peace agreements but i wish the species deal had been signed when the u.s. came to ghana stern but now it is also not to wait we're told the tower burned to

stop the conflict you want the us to leave our country as soon as possible. push out into the us we will be happy if the deal brings peace but i wish this peace deal had been signed 10 years ago because back then most of our brothers and sisters hadn't lost part of their bodies and they were well i myself lost my leg in a bomb explosion. so. we're gone the and the conflict so that we. can live in peace we were born in war and we don't want to be huge by the war anymore well the u.s. invasion of afghanistan was launched in response to the 911 attacks and it was aimed at defeating al qaeda and toppling the taliban which harbored terrorists but 18 years on and it is the longest war in u.s. history 1st the campaign was victorious that with in a month the taliban and al qaeda had been mostly defeated there and the afghan

interim administration was then established however it did take 10 years to track down and kill al qaeda is founder and leader washington still has thousands of troops deployed in afghanistan which to account for half of all international troops there we spoke to a 911 survivor who believes the long lasting war is not the so-called justice they wanted. well mixed feeling number one because as a survivor of 911 we when they're looking for osama bin laden and. with the taliban was basically they were supporting al qaeda both at the same time you know we killed osama bin laden many years ago we should have been having this occupation for so long as a survivor i didn't need these actually we didn't have remember when we were going to war we went to places we were in you know afghanistan and then we went to iraq

and iraq didn't have anything to do with 911 to try to the idea that the iraqi people we walked with that he was in so a at this seen way of what we're doing right here in afghanistan we were in the year when your main purpose that main purpose was a change of viber i won the award to win and not only because of the people that we lost one of the people that were killed in the process because there were many civilians that were killed in afghanistan do we know our occupation of the contrary . i greek police are fighting a gas against migrants at the country's border with turkey refugees have been seen throwing stones at offices through the turkish border because origins they have blocked 4000 people from illegally entering their country they come shortly after the turkish leader announced his country would no longer keep its doors closed to the e.u. . not to upload what we did is we

opened our borders because you promised us assistance but you did nothing and we will not close these doors because the e.u. must keep its word. you love our. greece yes they saw an organized mass the. way told borders and stood firm to protect them and europe more than 4000 troops were birds that the 6 the 6 who came through have been detained to have nothing to do with. what we're referring to is the 2016 deal with the you to stop the refugee flow to europe in exchange for billions of euros in aid turkey has been repeatedly saying there it can't handle the situation by itself but critics claim that it is trying to perhaps blackmail europe to get support for his actions in syria italy province is currently ranked with intense fighting between the turkish backed militants there and the syrian army supported by russia early this

week ankara claimed 33 to the soldiers were killed in an air raid and according to the russian military the troops died while operating alongside terrorists and turkey failed to form them but they were there let's get some reaction now from tony bosch and i could listen to on the phone and security and international issues he's with us this evening good evening tony are we seeing the start of a new refugee crisis in europe do you think. well i would say. we got to escalate the crisis. mode because of price drops. and. through our team we can understand their future use a little more to. hold them to speed. you know to slow these people or the space here. at some characteristics

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thanks for coming on. the research is that america's meat university say a report they claim police elections were full of irregularities wasn't backed up by sufficient evidence the allegations of election fraud did spark mass protests which them forced president evo morales to quit when the report was made by the will deny zation of american states and it looked at the bolivian general election results of november and claimed the election results were not accurate one of the mit research is jack williams explained why it was wrong to jump to that conclusion . we. wanted to specifically look at the portion where they claimed there is significant difference in the results following the interruption and then also in the last 5 percent of result of the unofficial vote count. during this process me and my colleague were on. to find the evidence that the oas had created here results are out there and you know having an effect on the world without any

methodological or even like even just the code that they used to produce the results that they created we find it extremely difficult to naturally find the breaks that they found and then used for their results so really we would really appreciate if the oas would share their. both their methodology and then also if they could share what they used to produce this report that had such a large following the release of the las reports some media outlets to speak of election fraud as if it was a proven fact and audit indicated there was a clear manipulation in the country's elections last month accusations of irregularities in last month's presidential election was raised of american states put out a report saying they're being furious. after they said that. the whole shebang actually. jack williams again believes the media and opposition use the report for their own it. the statistical claim was the one that was able to be

tied to the results and to claim the results that were being presented were illegitimate and that's what the opposition party and that the media has also used to justify the people knew that there was problems with the oas research but maybe didn't have the technical expertise to it center for economic and policy research had released a report prior but it had not gained much traction among especially the media so i think that they really wanted someone to evaluate this and take it seriously so to come the sad dozens of former leaders and ministers from across europe and. saying that they have concerns over donald trump's middle east peace plans will have the south. the republicans have a reputation as knowing a little more about money than the democrats but the democrats are always very

confusing and so bernie sanders is just out of a tradition he's talking about socialism which again is a it's a it's a model based on a in comprehensible. non existent theory about money. the world is driven by shaped by. the day or thinks. we dare to ask.

again now it seems that online fun going to die the not the death this week. shares her thoughts on internet killjoys and their latest poll of well. diary what a wreak of distressing stories there's new evidence suggesting that back in the seventy's buddy was a loony rate front assist a disappointment on his visit to india donald trump managed to vote but he must every single engine that came his way and alexandra because there cortez were $500.00 sequined dress during the day but the thing that really got my anxiety levels peaking was this tweet to be so. that someone

somewhere is enjoying the shoe joyousness of these people and seeing to behold these pilots. should be kept as far away from cultural power as possible joylessness is this a joke this is a classic case of conservative debbie downer is raining on our parade there's so literally no evidence to support it. yes ok the university of arizona is basically begging students to run each other out effect being aggressive triggering insensitive well you got it i know some would say that fosters an environment of paranoia censorship and soul sucking depression but i just don't see it and yes school in seattle said easter eggs should be renamed spring spears a spring spare hard to count me in my past and think it's got a real fun ring to it.

but you're going completely out of order. isn't fun. i'm sure i did read about how now it's not ok to expect people to turn up some time because in some cultures time is a fluid concept who knew i just hope all the people who signed up for this lesson and witness turned up in time to get the most out of it also they could have the d.c. . to tell mr robertson have to work up such a sweat. also slightly telling the bible fashionistas clamping down on earrings no longer for white people apparently so gone of this carefree days we sauntered along here in the gentle worship your. ok not the best years for me argent applaud is out that because oxford university did can't fall clapping but why are people making such a big deal about it there are loads of other ways to show your appreciation like.

jazz hands super fun but way on the cultural appropriation. we've got a problem. i don't plan to resolve the palestinian conflict by his administration as the deal of the century has come in through a new criticism as 50 former leaders and ministers from across europe and joint letter expressing their concerns. to prosperity is not a road map to a viable 2 state solution nor to any other legitimate solution to the conflict the plan and visitors of formalization of the current reality in the occupied palestinian territory in which 2 people living side by side with equal rights such an outcome has characteristics similar to a path or it's a term we don't use lightly. the tribes plan was enacted a quote undivided jerusalem would be israel's official capital meanwhile the

palestinian state would have to reconcile itself to a capital somewhere in the east of the city and then on top of that they would have to relinquish their own army to palestine's territory would consist of parts of the west bank and gaza enclave connected by roads and tunnels and in exchange for these concessions they would get investments to the tune of $50000000000.00 well the palestinian leadership has rejected the deal in no uncertain terms. difference we heard a little while ago from president trump and prime minister netanyahu talking about a cool deal of the century which we described as the slap of the century we will say a 1000 times no to this proposal. one of the signatories to this less was more like a former danish foreign affairs minister and also former president of the un general assembly he told us that trump's plan runs counter to previous u.n. resolutions on the israeli palestinian conflict. all its shares.

namely a peace and solution. works really are very very concerned about it will. reoccupation an equal rights. of the carriage been injured. during. each and all of. the conditions of the. agreed important in. russia number of. years. that russia is currently celebrating the end of winter and the so-called massillon it's a holiday which marks the start of spring often includes the burning of the strategy although this year in a town a few hours from moscow has taken things even further because this bridge made of wood and straw was the winning creation from an international competition and after

months of preparation. by flames in just a matter of hours. festival normally lasts a week and see people across the country enjoying a range of festivities while eating lots of traditional pancakes the orthodox tradition of lent after its. current. power when it comes to dealing with the threat of coronavirus you would think that scientific literacy would not just be a plus but would be a must although it does appear that isn't the case after the us vice president mike pence was put in charge of america's response to the crisis. i think this is great because mike pence has a lot of experience in this area he's been quarantining himself from women his whole life i why is my colleagues in charge what is this plan to stop the virus abstinence.

despite the hysteria from the political class and the media smoking doesn't kill. it a condoms are a very very poor protection against sexually transmitted disease. and . i'm going to go home and prey on it. and. a a a a a. a. a you. greatest threat to public health since spanish flu 917 sure why not put the guy no one wants working on anything in charge there is another person who doesn't have anything else to do press secretary can you imagine how. we're all going to dawn.

watching us he will have more stories speak about how. i mention are times are we going underground after a week in which the whole world watched an alleged travesty of justice in a london courtroom the extradition trial of julian a saga of wiki leaks coming up on the show it was wiki leaks that revealed secret u.s. cables deep.