headlines in r.t. 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 migrants clash with greek police on the country's border with turkey after ankara announced it would no longer prevent refugees from heading to europe and researches it say a report alleging fraud during the believing election fall short on evidence present even morale is left his post amid mass protests over supposed irregularities.

hello they're just gone midnight here in moscow you're watching r.t. international now the u.s. and the taliban have signed a peace on shaky ground while president trump has even said he won't hesitate to send u.s. troops right back if necessary. bad things happen we'll go back. let the people know we'll go back you'll go back so fast it will go back with a force like nobody's ever seen under the peace deal 'd the taliban's pledge to prevent terrorists from operating in the areas it controls and they've also promised to 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 all goes well in a little over a year no u.s. or nato forces will remain in the country. looks now at how much america has lost in the war and what it has achieved in the yet. 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 to a period of stability as 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 singing a happy song and also replacing one another we're making progress right now an

array of areas that 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 roles myself. and it's very substantial 2016 has been 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 weren't seems to present a narrative of the u.s. 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 so almost to require or for people to law there is an odor of men. dass city

throughout the afghanistan issue and i know congressman connelly has heard me talk about this years ago mendacity in 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 at 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 full goose newsham that would ruin the taking there is a fundamental gap of understanding of the front end of the stated objectives. 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 kaleb oppen artsy new york where there are genuine concerns that some of the criteria for the plan will be difficult to meet discuss the issue with a research analyst at the center for confidence and he studies in afghanistan. i am

like other optimistic but in the mean the same time cautious about it because you know they are actionable 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 taliban detainees from the afghan custody by march which is 10 days from now or preparing the afghan government to set across from from the taliban in negotiate and start the interim one dialogue while we don't even have a proper negotiation team on the other side like if you talk about taliban going after transnational elements and jihad this that are seeking safe thing trees 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 deliverable is really difficult at some point to meet but the fact that the sign is a success. the deal does follow a weeklong reduction in violence that was agreed between the 2 sides however many afghans do believe that pace should have been reached years ago. if you still like it was me this peace deal will be permanents 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 the we're happy about the us dollar bill and peace agreements but i wish the species deal had been signed when the us came to galveston but now it is also not to wait we called the towers burn to stop the conflict you want the us to leave our country as soon as possible . push out into the us whatever she 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. and now we're gone both the us and the conflict so that we. can live in peace we were born in war and we don't want to be huge in the war anymore for the us invasion of afghanistan was no interim response to the $911.00 attacks and it was aimed at defeating al qaeda and toppling the taliban which harbored the terrorists but 18 years on and it is the longest war in u.s. history well at 1st though the campaign was seen to be victorious because within a month the taliban and al qaeda had been mostly defeated there and the afghan interim administration was also established however it took 10 years to track down and kill al qaeda is founder and leader washington still has thousands of troops to be deployed in afghanistan which account for half of all international troops there

we spoke to a $911.00 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 and they try to hold us the idea that the the rakli people we walked with that he was doing so at this scene way over what we're doing right here in afghanistan we were in the year when their 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 but 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 . greek police have fired tear gas against my car and the country's border with turkey is thousands of people gathered for just one desire getting into europe refugees have been seen throwing stones at offices through the turkish creek border with origins claim they have brought $4000.00 people from illegally entering their country and it comes shortly after the turkish leader announced his country would no longer keep its tools to be. a couple 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. we're strengthening our forces on land and at sea the disloyal

booysen army forces are being transferred to a government is determined to do whatever is necessary to save god. you know. what i heard one was referring to is the 2016 deal with the to stop the refugee flow to europe in exchange for financial aid he has since repeatedly accused the block though of failing to on its part of the deal but it's only now that he's gone from words to action or the turkish president took action following a spike in tension in syria's last remaining terrorist stronghold province and correct claimed that $33.00 turkish soldiers were killed in an air raid this week by the syrian army and that is the region is engulfed with intense fighting between the turkish backed militants there and the syrian army supported by russia moscow claims the turkey failed to separate the terrorist from the moderate opposition furthermore it says that turkey initially confirm his forces were not in the area something that later denied one journalist in writing to me curious from stanford

populace believes that greece has become the victim of turkey's blackmail campaign against europe. hugo. was not only stopped to. be there to go to greece. to show how cheery of course you do this is all the information with the sound of. over efficiency me guys how do you mr pedagog to put pressure on the european union in order for the european union to give it. to them to stop or schumi it to. do voters who is shooting interest here on the other hand. the european union british and not think. it is not. anybody should be going to get out of it. god you would hope being that it is going to solve the problem but are

you accepting all of those. but simply this shows a lot of the capacity to do it greece has already issued an enormous number of refugees said to me goodness it is a very bad seed because all of the would be problems which were important needed by its european partners at the i.m.f. . searches that america's best they say that there are reports that claimed the lives elections were full of irregularities wasn't backed up by sufficient evidence the allegations of election fraud sparked mass protests which then forced president evo morales to quit the report was made by the organization of american states and it looked at the bolivian general election results of november and claimed that the election results were not accurate one of the researches jack williams explained why it was wrong to jump to that conclusion. we. wanted to specifically look at the

portion where they claim that there is significant difference in the results following the interruption and then also in the last 5 percent of results of the of the unofficial vote count. during this process me and my colleague were unable 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 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 effect in the release of the report some media outlets did 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 americans put out a report saying that. they felt that. the holes you actually. jack williams again believes that the media and opposition use the oas report for their own ends. 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 those people knew that there was problems with the oas research but maybe didn't have the technical expertise stewart center for economic and policy research had released a report prior but had not gain much traction among especially the media so i think that they really wanted someone to evaluate this and take it seriously. that russia is that currently celebrating the end of winter the so-called mass and

it's a holiday which marks the start of spring often includes 2 the burning of a straw well this year one 3rd of all in a town a few hours from here in moscow has taken things a bit because this bridge was made of wood and straw and it was that winning creation from an international competition and then after months of preparation it was consumed by flames in just a matter of minutes russia's massive it's a festival normally last week and sees people across the country enjoying a range of festivities while eating lots of pancakes for the celebration of lent. to. come for you an appeals court in the u.s. rules in favor of you tube in a case centering around the speech will have a look at this story just.

the world is driven by a dream shaped by one person. thinks . we dare to ask. 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 existant theory about money. again

i'm saying the wrong thing on social media these days or why seem to trigger a backlash what are. now some of the why and that rage that has been happening this week. 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 word that came his way and alexandra because there cortez were $580.00 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 get 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 spear is a spring spear hunt count me in i possibly think it's got a real fun ring to it. but

you're going completely out of. it isn't fun. i'm sure i did read about how now it's not ok to expect people to turn up on time because in some cultures time is a fluid concept who knew i just hope for the people who signed up for this lesson and witness in time to get the most out of it also they could have the d.c. . tell mr robertson enough to walk up such a sweat. also slightly killing the bible while fashionistas a clamping down on a hoop earrings no longer for white people apparently so gone of those carefree days we sauntered along here in the gentle worship your in the wind and ok not the best news for you argent applaud as out bad because oxford university did cancel 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 wait on they call she appropriation. we've got a problem. what's been dubbed a landmark case a court has ruled that you tube is allowed to censor content on its platform it won a legal fight against the media company praga university which argued that it should be able to post what it wants on the basis of free speech on the 1st amendment. addressing the 1st amendment claims the panel held the despite you tube's ubiquity and its role as a public facing platform it remains a private forum not a public forum subject to judicial scrutiny under the 1st amendment in the law 30 praga you claim that violated the 1st amendment when some of its videos were deleted from the platform and suggested that he was guilty of false advertising

presenting itself as a platform for free speech the company believed its clips were banned because of the conservative nature of the content but the court rejected those claims said it had restricted access to some of the group's videos because they were inappropriate for younger audiences after the course decision the parent company google stressed there was no political bias involved and prog planes were meritless prog maintains the tech company has become dangerously powerful. sadly it appears as if even the 9th circuit is afraid of calliope google we're not done fighting for free speech and we will keep pushing forward this is a significant decision because the effect of it is that the court of appeal is stating that social media companies such as google and facebook have

arrived to make a decision. what people are going to be exposed to the reach of those companies is unprecedented but we ducked reach there's not been an equivalent in imposition of responsibility their risk of course is that those companies will be able to control the political agenda so in order for this to change the rules be a need for additional laws to be to be brought in in order to ensure that social media companies are not placed in a position. word there is. really controlling the entire political system. now when it does come to dealing with the threat of coronavirus you would think this scientific literacy would not just be a plus but also a must although it appears not to be 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. why is mike the players 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. condoms are a very very poor protection against sexually transmitted disease. and i'm going to go home and prey on it. to.

be a. 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 say we're back with more news and stories and the headlines about how. you become a battleground in the u.s. government people are demanding the shutdown of a local plant from my yankee is right now my focus because it's a very dangerous nuclear power plant that was attempting to run the reactor beyond

its operational limits this case just sort of put some. blasts where's the power in this country where is it going is it moving more towards corporate interests or is it more in the idea of the traditional for just a. power lie with the people this case demonstrates that struggle in very real ways . for your rocky's now they should we have a much better 17 years could we could have a much more prosperous iraq of stable iraq yes as their. mistakes happen absolutely . things about time they could've should've made to. take away from the flag. stood up to romney dictator who was blood thirsty participated in the mud and killing of hundreds of thousands of iraqis and millions

of more of them. then the invasion of kuwait and solar. because they're coming here where americans in america covering american news are called foreign agents. bernie sanders one that ivana caucus says and 538 dot com is now saying he has almost a 40 percent chance of winning the nomination before the convention in july which would mean the superdelegates wouldn't be able to drop a load in his proverbial punch. and are stupendous ethically exceptional corporate media has dealt with bernie served with professionalism and grace that

we've all come to know and love. but the 4 friends in the summer of 1940 and the general reno course of churchill and says it's over and sure so how can it be you've got the greatest army in europe i'm going to be over he said it's over so i had a pretty suppressed feeling i can't be as wild as carville but he is damn smart and i think he's damn right on this one yes bernie sanders winning the primaries which would make him the 1st jewish nominee for president is just like the nazis taking france. when ahead there was massacring those 11000000 people including 6000000 jews i bet he himself was thinking i feel just like a guy who wants to give health care to everyone. and when hitler bombed the london he actually said this feels. kinda to getting corporate money out of politics.

let's not exaggerate go chris matthews is one solitary lunatic with work with ways to live up or brains no one else at m s n b c has lost their mind on that level we've all been on the. receiving end of the of the party line brigade and here's what he says he says no other candidate has anything like this sort of digital brownshirts for a game i mean except for donald trump the question no one is asking is this what if you can't win the presidency without an online mob ok so barney sanders supporters are like the nazi brownshirts i mean it makes sense if bernie sanders is hitler as emma somebody has made clear then his followers are the nazi soldiers i don't understand why people are upset about this it's just pure luck here. so of all our crap casting corporate media is furious bernie sanders is winning. i think we all know what happened next i think we all know what it is we're joined by

this incredible new york times story breaking tomorrow morning we got to which is the russians are coming again the russians are in the ring in this election we're in right now guy they're already in their dog sleds bearing down on us right now whatever it is they used to commute i don't know i don't know maybe maybe they reanimated those woolly mammoth they keep frozen in siberia and now they're riding on their back we don't know we don't doubt whatever it is or apply. you probably recall last week every outlet was running around saying. get sanders elected but also trying to get trouble like that they're trying to get everyone to lack a. show of democracy.