with the breaking news headlines this one day cut about and government buildings and tv got us phones, president fleas and quit leaving the country. chaos groups already and out of the i've got a war is over the disarray and patrick at cobbled airport with thousands of crime terminals in desperate flights out. some taliban closes in the us lows with your flag and early evacuated work as images of helicopters, swooping in for desperate for a minute sense of his anxious escape from vietnam. less than 5 decades ago. the life of joining us that i on our team to national we're focusing on those headlines

from gaston, where the taliban now control the whole i've got capital except for the airport. well, these are recent pictures from that location or a vacuum at the currently on the way. thousands of people from the terminals in parking lot in desperate search of flights out with gunshots occasionally heard at the scene. i mean one insurgents, i've seen the presidential palace in the afghan capital president should have gone leaving the country and resigning a ton about now says that the afghan war is over. it will soon declare and islamic amorous of dentist on representative of the group still seen as a terrorist organization by many states, has already addressed the nation, was what it would be in jersey. how was i'm going to diplomatic institutions that function properly for the past 20 years should continue to function as a representative of the afghan people, i ask you to continue your work and to establish diplomatic relations with the

afghan people. the process of power transition if peaceful, land ongoing. my great request to the people of couple is to come to their workplace is open markets and shops. local and international organizations are requested to continue their activities as long suffering people solely needed. well, he is the mas group out, he ordered forces to enter the capital, to prevent looting and violence. we're not going lower force and please the scene and verified footage. circulate your line, shows people from the rocks that security officers leaving cobble without a fight. at 9 p. m. curfew came into place and remains enforced to rule the meanwhile, cobble residents haven't fleeing the city in large numbers. throughout the day, hundreds of cars were stuck in traffic jams with some locals even running away on foot and massive cues formed outside banks with trying to withdraw the live savings

for leading. been in a different order or local reports on how the situation is unfolding. and cobbling where the people de woke up in the morning and they thought that it's all about already be and i'll just get off the call and get a plan to be able to call the people to rush away a day. we just went to the bank so they went to the, to the gate there to buy food. that was a lot of crowd of traffic. people who just saw the people who are in the car and the motor by, by food, they will know that they were, they were out to just to solve the problems. but in the afternoon with the intent to the d. c. t. look why, there was no more more more people, the 1st people blame on the america because the people are drinking or people are saying that, in fact, i've gone to some 100 to tyler bond one year ago when americans and dad talked

about the time. i've got some 100 over to, to the top from the time american did not have a government gun people. they always that lead to tell about the program to lead to districts of benefits. they did not try to prevent the for capturing mistakes and capturing of the 1st people that are playing on blending when america i'm the 2nd people are blaming listed over a month, which was that lead by any tell about around the top. it's offensive in april following joe biden is confirmation that he was pulling out american troops. as you can see on this graphic and just a month, the medicine group has gone from a week position to controlling the entire country. this is how events unfolded. the

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jail. they also see the background military prison located us. 25. can i want to know the capital bought about 5000 chromebooks was set free, mostly on 5 isn't ready to join the sold will list for the 2nd line. so it's about setting up a roadblock between these for about a couple people driving through reportedly being checked for documents with men without a beard being asked if they're mostly o u. s. ministration as an out. the number of his troops that i've got us on will be increased to 6000 within the next 2 days. that says hundreds of americans several already left the country and thousands of scrambling to follow. meanwhile helicopters and planes were seen flying over the gun capital. as nato sought to ensure the safe evacuation of florence, the u. s. embassy in a cobble load of stars and stripes on monday morning set at the document and saw to the airport and more pennies in new york. following the american reaction,

as i've got to start a rebel, while the flag is down, the u. s. embassy is evacuated, and the staff is at the cobble airport. and from what we understand, they were ordered to burn sensitive documents before leaving the embassy. and now the voices are comparing the situation and cobble to the situation in saigon, in 1975, the famous photograph of the us helicopter, pulling out as the government of south vietnam bell. well, here's some of what's been said, the unmitigated disaster enough can it's done the shameful, saigon, like abandonment of cobalt, the brutalization of african women. and the slaughter of our allies is the predictable outcome of the trump biden doctrine of weakness. now republican senator ben sas also said the united states would regret it action than afghanistan, and that this would hurt the international community and it would weaken the

alliances of the united states around the world. however, anthony, blinking, the u. s. secretary of state does not agree. he said that he said, basically that cobble is not signed on. and that is quite interesting because quite a little bit of difference there. lincoln said that the united states had achieved its goals in afghanistan. and that because the terrorist responsible for $911.00 were apprehended and killed, hit add, achieve its goals, and it had been successful in the country. now it's important to note that the terrorists responsible for 911 were largely from saudi arabia. they were not afghan . furthermore, osama bin lotten was killed in pakistan, not in afghanistan, so quite interesting, but lincoln is satisfied with the u. s. mission after 18 year years that we succeeded in achieving those fundamental objectives and the idea that we would sign up for remaining there in the midst of the civil war for another $510.00 or 20 years, was simply not in the national interest. now part of the reason there's such

a scramble is that us estimate about how long it would take the taliban to retake the country. seem to have been changing at one point. they thought they had 6 months or 12 months. at one point they thought they had 90 days, and even as recently as 2 days ago, they were saying there was no threat to cobble. here's what was said by a representative of the pentagon. always not right now in an imminent threat environment. but clearly, if you just look at what the taliban has been doing, you can see that they are trying to isolate couple others talk more troops, but you sent them to oversee the evacuation of us citizens. but as far as protecting afghans the white house has made clear, they do not feel that is in the interest of the united states at this time. this war has cost the us army, the lives of almost 200000 soldiers. question is, what are the feeling today of those who fought and lost comrades?

and i've got on to us veterans question, the goals of that war? well, at this point, for, for all of the men and women of our country have served in afghanistan who have lost friends to move and seeing people injured, have gone through terrible emotional and physical trauma as a result of this service. and had hope that in some way they were helping afghanistan for all of these people. most of them are sad, some are angry, but really they're sad and they're asking the question, and i think it's been reported widely. why, why was, why were we there? what were we really doing? because we did not achieve any mission that was sold to our soldiers. jar, young men and women who served there. what they were told they were doing was not, i'm sorry, it was not the mission that was accomplished. ok. we didn't accomplish that mission, whatever mission the biden and trump, and george bush and obama were hoping to accomplish that was kept

a secret from our troops that troops were told of very positive things about the future. but again, a standing, none of it was true, and i until committee knows very well that it, most of it was based on false imagining imagination, the veterans on iraq, the veterans of afghanistan, all of us veterans ought to be going to our congress to say no more wars because every one of these conflicts has ended up not only with hundreds of thousands, if not millions of millions of citizens of the countries we've gone into being dead or wounded. but certainly the veteran population of the united states that continues to suffer suicides at $22.00 a day and long term mental problems that affect not only them personally, but their whole families and their communities is something that our us congress and our politicians ought to be held accountable for forgetting us into these endless wars the when was for the defense contractors of the united states of

america, they got really rich and those afghans that, that help them on a high level, not really rich, but those that actually implemented the projects didn't get rich and now the, the retribution and retaliation from it's all a bond who said you'd never should have been working with the u. s. government on in any of this anyway. is tragically going to happen. meanwhile, 1st sponsor british troops arrived in cobble on saturday to safeguard nationals and relocate for more. i've gotten stuff. $600.00 soldiers are expected in total. this week sporting defense secretary was that i'm going to stop on the brink of collapse brining the us, pull out, i mistake ben wallace added a ton of medicine. clearly have momentum across the country. and i've got to start heading towards civil war, also predict and the battle scar nation will again become a breeding ground for al qaeda. or many, i've gotten abandoned by that british evacuation effort workers to help foreign

troops see reprisals from the ton of one group up gan, sued, assisted u. k. forces right on the streets of cobble on friday morning. the british government protect them. we spoke to one full interpreter, he worked for both british and american forces. he's all the remain anonymous fear for his life. my family has received threats in the post sometime my friend b home was attacked twice. my father has been given warnings and threats many, many times my. my dad's name was called that his life will be severely at risk because he offered not one but 2 of his sons against the italian. recently, one of the interpreter, his father was caught in a province, he was beaten very badly. and he was asked to ask his son, who is an interpreter,

to come and change the cause of the taliban in the past year. and so a number of interpreters have been appealed or targeted by the taliban. recently, one of the interpreter who used to be an interpreter for the american special forces was assassinated by the telephone. of course they will be coming off to them . they'll be coming off to their families and those interpreters. so there will be but sure there won't be 2. americans have gone away versus going away. everybody is running away. who are they leaving behind. b interpreters who have served for years and years old enough to understand tracing risk can benches. however, the you could government instead of saving deadlines, bringing them here to live in peace and safety with their kids. they are making excuses and new conditions put in place only to reject their case. it's all i'm

hearing from my colleagues is that their cases have been rejected, rejected. there was a number of cases which were told that they were good to go. there were even given they were sent an email confirming that when they were ready for their flights, they are told now that they can really take to the u. k. i and my brother, both of us would interpreter for the collision forces. my brother still in the british government is making false accusations and excuses to withhold. not only my brothers, but many of the interpreters who genuinely need the british government's help and very high risk. it's frustrating for the people who have served the british forces and currently on a trace. and i think it's a huge is a moral and moral legation to,

to protect those who have worked alongside them, enough kind of stuff. i strongly believe that the telephone will hot down actually, or an interpreter who is so if the british american forces, it will be the african interpreters or who will create the ultimate force. working countries have been evacuating nationals in a panic agency, fraud and creation, struggling to whole heavy rucksacks bags and suitcases packed with 11 buildings to avoid military helicopters, cobbled airport. other states also suspend the diplomatic missions than morgan. norway are temporarily shutting the shared compound money in finland, closing their facilities, citing that here, racing situation, and more than 60 countries of call, what i've got to start to ensure the safety of those who want to leave the town about. meanwhile, says it won't stop foreigners departing. russia, which has long advocated working with the transition. government says its mission is not on the threats and has no plans to shut it. which is a power vacuum,

a significant of course, there's gap fire in the city armed looters. we know about the smell of burning. the important thing is that the taliban as they themselves promise are interested in a peaceful transition of power. they guarantee the safety of foreign embassies, including our embassy. we have significantly reinforced our security and advice. now there are no threats to our diplomats. our property will continue our work here in a calm and normal manner. a member of the russian federation, counsellors worried that a resurgent thought about well now try to spread its influence through former soviet states. their reports to the taliban on negotiated with authorities and most likely on the surrender of the city and the transfer of power to the taliban. who's to blame the usa? they brought in troops 20 years ago, supposedly trained an army that's losing ground, that a fight under being abandoned. now, if they are trying to attract the world community, then let them call the un security council and let them decide how to stop what's

happening. and i've got this done because bloodshed may begin, the security council may decide to enforce peace and may even use the troops of other powers to restore peace enough ghana, stan, let's compare that to the withdrawal of soviet troops back in 1989. that was an organized pull out. we left nancy bull are there who defended. i've got to stand for the movie, dean for years. the americans have not yet managed to leave the territory of afghanistan. and this army, which they supposedly prepared, has turned out to be completely demoralized. we can say for sure that it's unlikely that russia will enter, got this done. and even if there are some peacekeepers, it's unlikely that russia will be part of that. one of the most dangerous things though, is that if the taliban head to the north, where are allies tajikistan and cut a guest on our, we will have to do all duty and protect those states. i was sort of even going to

start. i've taken a serious hold on the countries humanitarian situation already heavily burdened by the current of ours pandemic from one charity wilker about the prussia. the local population is under. as the conflict has escalated over the past few weeks, we've seen a massive humanitarian disaster playing out. the escalating fighting has led to civilian casualties and large scale civilian displacement across the country. and particularly in the past few weeks, we've seen tens of thousands of people fleeing the fighting to safety. here in cobble, this was also on top of an existing humanitarian disaster in which there was conflict . the ongoing impacts of the 1910 damage and a drought was announced earlier this year. so half the population even before the latest escalation and fighting with a need to monitoring assistance. and those needs are even greater right now. with the un, warren's nearly 400000 civilians have already fled home with this year with

a particular spike. since may, most of the display, reportedly women and children. here are just some of the heart wrenching stories from the refugees. i have been just from telecom. the taliban killed my son. they took all the belongings from my house and set fire to demonstrate the punch me in the mouth, causing my teeth to fall out. they demanded my son, and i told them that he's a school teacher. she recently became a teacher and had not even received his salary yet, had a class has broke out and we were taken hostage in the fighting, went on for about 6 to 7 days that we couldn't go outside to do anything we managed to escape. and now where displaced was widespread fighting escalates women and children, and i've got a son paying the highest price. according to the last un office report. in the past 6 months, casualties, women casualties, women and children gravely increased passing grim total set in 2009 more and more women are concerned about the future of ions harsh version of islamic law. let's

understand that well. 7 there are women in the cities particularly cobble that made gains during these last 20 years. women are still oppressed in the countryside. there it still is an extremely poor country with a terrible health care system. and the fighting has really attracted women and girls. so stability and peace is very important for women. the teller binary said they're not the same tale, but there were 20 years ago that they will allow women to go to school and to work . we've seen some of that in the places where they have control, and we've seen in some other places that women have been fired from the places they work or they fear continuing to work until they've gone back into their homes. so i think it's important for the international community to pressure on the taliban to respect the rights of women. and to make sure that in this transition process,

women will be able to go to school to work, to have their rights respected. many kind of sodom seek is want to come to the e. u, but they're not that welcome with the block cornell at loggerheads. what exactly to do with migrants and those fleeing vine? and the next thought is policy. eric floors. what happened to europe's open door policy? european union is less what to do with african refugees seeking, assign them. in the letter to the european commission, civil countries insisted they have the right to forcibly deport those whose cases have been rejected. they vote not to deport them, would motivate war refugees? to flee to europe. we would like to highlight the need to perform returns both voluntary and non voluntary to ghana. stan stopping return sends the wrong signal and is likely to motivate even more afghan citizen to leave the home for the e. u. the situation in afghanistan is deterioration. bobby, all,

when it comes to the us and nato prepaid to what's called a troops at the end of the month. after decades long war, the situation is so bad that the netherlands, germany, and france have decided to port the deportation to be for now. the situation in afghanistan is likely to change and events for the coming period are so uncertain that i have decided to introduce a more atoria on deputation decisions and departures. agrees, or stress belgian and denmark standing. they want the rejected, assign them because the e u is not really and does not have the capacity to kind of another major migration crisis. why your guns are waiting, make up around 10 to sit until asylum seekers there. the 2nd largest group off the syrians and for a continent still scarred by the migration crisis of 56 years ago. there was

a feeling of a who, a feeling of having been may be full. and has your opinions worried. they might be on the verge of a fish refugee crisis course, lia, or t harris. well, to recap on the latest situation on the tele, when advanced, the militant group has seized the presidential palace and the garrison cobble. the president should have gone and fled the country. he confirmed his records a resignation on his facebook page of the month and now control the entire city by the airport and of said, they'll soon declare and islamic amaran's off, going to stop. he's a recent pictures homer about to lation efforts on going forward is now the only way to country thousands of people trying to determine oven parking lot in desperate search or flight south gunfire. occasionally heard at the scene, will be keeping you updated with all the news from the country as it comes in.

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get to because i know that of the when anybody who did the they didn't even notice whether the course you don't know. but i know the company just wasn't go or whatever it is me the what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy. even plantation, let it be an arms race is often very dramatic. development only personally, i'm going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very critical time time to sit down and talk

the the me the me a good welcome to all the part in the beginning was the word that the word was with god and the word was god. this opening phrase from the gospel of john is often cited by atheist emphasizing the significance of language in the absolution of the human species. but in spite of or perhaps because of the power of the word, humans have always tried to regulate. if censorship inevitable, especially in this day and age, and especially when it comes to politics. while to discuss it,

i'm now joined by jonathan zimmerman, professor of history modification at the university of pennsylvania, an author of free speech. why we should give a damn profess it's good to talk to. thank you very much for your time. thank you. it's good to be here. now, let's start with i'm sure purposefully i g. title of your book. why should anyone and specifically, why should any american give a damn about speech? well, i think the reason they should give a damn it is that every great movement for social justice, every great campaign to fight oppression in history, the 9 states was powered upon and depended upon free speech. that's really why we both got to remind people about the radical uses in the radical potential of free speech. unfortunately, in my view, free speak, of course the united states has now been coded as a conservative value. and i find this ridiculous and

a historic and the reason we wrote the book and the reason that you should get down if you want to make anything better in america, you need free speech and campaign to do that has relied on, i think, not only in this part of the world, but also many americans, i see free speech as something that is in line with the views of the powers that be everything else is categorized as either propaganda or let's say, hey speech, how would you personally go about separating all those things it's important to make some distinctions just because i believe in the right to free speech. doesn't mean that i agree with all speech and doesn't mean i endorse it. i endorse the right, just people to say what they think. that doesn't mean i agree with what they think

and often they don't. i'm sorry, often i don't. so you mentioned hate speech. speech is protected in the united states were protected. mean says that the courts have said that the constitutional wow speak the say he thinks i agree with that. but i also believe in raising one's voice against hateful speech. so i both believe that hateful, see, should be allowed, and the people of goodwill should release their voices again, which is itself a form of free speech. so the question is whether the state should be in the business of regulating and i don't believe it should be in this context. what that 3 be referred to free. why though free to do what free to be really feat regulation and control why regulation and control because you know that many of the public for in the united states privately owned why.