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the news the tell about this is a hail of bullets on a crowd after people raise the african national flag. a symbol, the military have replaced the cross country with their own banner. it's not the only show of resistance of 10000 up 10 folders reportedly rally in the north of the country under the leadership of the vice president who is now a legitimate leader. it is claims they've already wrested back areas near cobb. the taliban take over, rips open old wounds in europe, where there are mounting fears of a possible repeat of a 2015 migrant crisis. and 20 years and 3 trillion dollars later us political commentator,
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share his thoughts on whether the war was worth it about. we invaded the inner cities of america and we bring health care to those people. we bring shelter to those people. we bring medicine to those people. we bring counseling to those people. how about we invade america? and we start trying to help america. ah, quite guessing live direct from our studios in moscow. this is our to international . i'm showing thomas. glad have you with us as we bring you continuing coverage of the situation and i've kind of stamp 3 people are confirmed, killed in the african city of gyla bod, where taliban fighters open fire on a protest against the groups. seizure of powers and doesn't more were injured, has come to day after the milton vowed to bring peace to the country. the shooting started after demonstrators took down the
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militant groups, black and white banner and hoisted the african national flag instead. public resistance to the telephone take over has been limited, though similar protests have been seen in other provinces as well. for example, for the south in the city of cost, people also tore down the telephone's banner from the main square and hoisted the old african flag instead. taliban fighters open fire soon enough, but no casualties were reported. local journalists belong, worry, says the militants are under greater scrutiny these days with everything ending up online on one's going to install the african national flag. if you are the taliban, you would have not expected this 20 years ago today to different up on. and then there's a younger generation people have access to social media. so we will have to see what is the official position of this other bond about this issue right now. this is a major headache for the taliban soldiers trying to police the city
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a city. i don't. busy know a city that's too complicated and vacuum. some people have just thought, ok, this is the time. let's go and pick up some vehicles and weapons from formal officials at the taliban have been shedding their what's up numbers, the number of cell phones asking rigid in to basically get in touch if they saw such incidents. and they have been rather swift in quick, in terms of responding 20 years ago. no one could speak on how to access the social media to did i want to start watching in the world is watching. in the meantime, a more serious threat to the tele bond's power grab is forming in the countries north. it is reported that around $10000.00 afghan army soldiers are rallying in pounds. your province is the only region of afghanistan that is still contested. it was an outpost of top bound resistance in the 1990 s, and was never captured during the civil war. and also held out during the soviet invasion punch. your province is located within a valley of steep mountains that form a solid natural defense. spearheading the resistance. there now is the afghan 1st
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vice president and ruler fillet. unlike us nato, we haven't lost spirit and see enormous opportunities ahead. useless caveats finished joining the resistance of l. a has declared himself have demonstrated legitimate acting president after his former boss fled the country. amid the telephone's advance on cobble, he has fought the islam of before and was also in charge of spying on the militants leaving the national security directorate. and other key figure is helping him rally the resistance together. not masoud, the son and namesake of a prominent african warlord, who opposed the 1st taliban rule. here's what my food was saying. back in june about defending his homeland. they're going to fight for the rights of the people. they're going to fight for the rights of women, and they're going to fight for many other values. the church and you look at you from the past 2 tickets. you're the 1st line of defense. we are defending europe,
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you're defending division, and i have cancer fighting, not just for themselves, but for everyone. and videos have already started emerging on line of the resistance forces. here you can see the troops flying the green and white flags of the northern alliance. this was formed after the telephone 1st came to power 996 and it fought the group until the us led invasion. we discussed the emerging resistance with a number of experts and opinion is divided over whether it poses any real threat to the telephone. well, it remains machine, how strong this is going to be, but it is a moment to sort of symbolic way because to try to bundle one control of the country, pretty much all of it. and this is all small pockets. resistance could be remaining there and they could develop designs can, can doomed in the, in the short term not get very big. i think one big question will be whether any foreign countries don't recognize north and line any other resistance group and to try and ostracize him. i'd like to try to been given that considered valuable to
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district has a history of standing up against any kind of italian rule, little bit later to the civil law. i'm the one that is a good chance that all those were pushing the on the raleigh around the literacy fall. i met some, some who at the moment, i'm given that to the vice president. back and he's making the claim he's going to be very i'll under mental in terms of goal is things that got to go to produce and which was in there pretty slowly coming together. and the fight promises to be a bloody one. as the taliban has gotten its hands on the high tech arsenal worth billions gifted by the americans to the african army, us national security adviser faced some embarrassing questions about all of the weaponry left behind. those black hawks were given to the top. they were given to
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the african national security forces to be able to defend themselves. we don't have a complete picture, obviously of where every article of defense materials has gone. but certainly a fair amount of it has fallen into the hands of the taliban. and obviously we don't have a sense that they are going to readily handed over to us at the airport. taliban fighters have been parading around to cobble showing off their new made in america, rifles and humvees, and tele on social media accounts have been posting videos, films, and other cities and regions of arms originally supplied by western powers. earlier we spoke to the founding editor of the online new site. this can't be happening. he says. busy the seized weapons wouldn't stand a chance against the foreign enemies because of the nature of the tele, bon african army wasn't being armed, fight against a, a high tech opponent. so i'm not sure that it gives the tell, bought a lot of material to oppose
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a force that's getting arm safe from the wes, they've got some pretty fancy stuff and they may have a lot of like ard where they don't have any of the really high tech stuff, they don't have any aircraft, missiles and things like that because the, the ask and military wasn't supplied with those. so i'm not sure it gives a great advantage. they wouldn't have things for attacking another power coming in . because the they were being armed against the telephone. remember, comedian jimmy doors have some advice for washington on how to avoid such humiliation. he shared this advice without returning on our she's going undergrad. you want a u. s. intervention a military intervention. tell me about which country you want the u. s. intervening . and i think it's about, i mean, because a lot of people are saying we need to stay in afghanistan to help the women. i say, how about the united states takes about 3 or $4000.00 troops. and invade los angeles and brings health care and medical aid and shelter to the
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60000 homeless people in los angeles. how about we invade the inner cities of america and we bring health care to those people? we bring shelter to those people. we bring medicine to those people. we bring counseling to those people. how about we invade america? and we start trying to help america. when is, when is america going to care about the women? and, you know, one out of 5 kids in america lives in poverty. so if you want to help people, why don't you give women and children want to give women a living wage in the united states? give them health care and give them an education. ironically, that's what the government up gavin ended up until we invented the taliban. if you took said there's 600000 according to statistics or 600000 homeless people in america. lot of those are women. lot of those are children. now if you gave them each a $1000.00 stipend, i'm on the $1000.00 a month to go get housing. that would cost $7200000000.00
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a year. 7.2000000000. we've been spending 2 trillion dollars or the last 20 years, 300000000 dollars a day to kill people and get it then. so the united states ever really cared about women. they could spend a $7200000000.00 to do or take care of the homeless people in the united states. give them a 1000 that they won't do it. so yet joe biden, nancy pelosi, chuck schumer, mitch mcconnell, all the leaders and both parties. they know that they're, that one out of 5 children lives in poverty in the united states, along with their mothers. and they don't care. ah, as we're going to stand itself, it's international airport in the capitol saw more chaotic scenes on wednesday. the unverified video shows african women at the air hub, pleading with us guards to let them in america and other western countries are
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prioritizing, getting their own nationals out 1st. meanwhile, with crowds of afghans queuing outside the perimeter, it is now been confirmed. the us troops have fired warning shots as quote, a crowd control measure of the area surrounding the airport though is being patrol by telephone fighters who also open fire to disperse the crowds. they are reportedly not shooting at people, though. a long use have also formed outside different embassies in cobble made up of people hoping to escape. france has moved its embassy to the capitals airport to speed up processing, and ensure greater safety for those trying to flee. as many are trying to flee afghanistan out of fear for our lives. it is especially the case among those who had helped the western coalition. here's one such story by an african interpreter for the us military, who managed to escape before it was too late. because of my work, there was a serious, right?
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so my lives that if i would stay in the country for longer, i could be assassinated or i can be, you know, i could lose my life, not just for me as so from my family. i decided to move. that was a time to move from the county and come with her in the you. there was a serious threat direct me because the post that i work in were not rebound for me or my life. and i was highlighted by the enemies, whatever was fighting against the government and polish, and forces work there a day in the me starting lows. i'm the are girls were against the government. i was targeted targeted list. and i've been giving a lot of warning to create jobs from the p 4, you know, were fighting against the government. people had theatre, you know,
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god forbid and it wouldn't go back to the 90, you know, where were civil war fighting? even do that. the taliban made they're, they're not going to go to 90. they're not going to that. they're going to keep it kern achievement at they're gonna honor the human. right. they're going to let the woman in a go back to school. they're going to keep schools open for girls and they're gonna lead to a political. several men will be in with other parties in a country. we're not like 100 person trust, a 91. so that what we would just wait to the future, whether they're gonna, you know, turn into the reality or will or whether there's something behind it or. ready or they were just saying that because to gain trans public, the fall outreaches beyond have kind of stands borders. several european nations
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are refusing to take refugees from the country ripping wide open divisions over mass migration with many fearing a repeat of the crisis of 2015. when more than a 1000000 people came to europe policy, we're pick up the story toilet. increasing number of european nations are refusing to accept refugees from afghanistan. what they most afraid of is a repeat of the 2015 migration crisis and countries. i'm not afraid to admit that you have, for example, austria saying that it's against immigration. the interior minister said that the aim of europe should be to keep the bulk of the us gun population in the region. at the same time we heard from hungary saying it's refusing to take in more refugees. it says it won't make it that isn't pay for the quote floor the decisions of the united states wanting from the french president in manuel mac cron has come under fire for using the term irregular migration coming from
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a county son. and this had left a lot of people angry micron disorder and france. he mainly wants people to stay there. he doesn't give a damn about anything. it is important for him that no one comes to us. what about the right to silence? what about these children? these women, these men, her flaying the terror of the taliban, france must not stand aside. congress actions are needed now. levine yet wait for this has agreed to taking 5. not 50, not 500, not 5000, but 5 refugees. how many times in the last 3 days have we heard your pin leaders talk about human rights? they seem to be saying all the why things, when it comes to love and compassion and justice. and yet the reality speaks a very different story. these huge qual at the moment between brussels and member states and that quarrel is over quoted. it's over protective measures and the like
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. at the same time, we've heard these european leaders practically reaping when it comes to the issue of women's rights. and yet it just remains words, it's almost like it's fancy p r. the overall sentiment really is one that europe does not want migrant and they're not going to be offering any kind of helping hand . and just in case you need further proof of it, germany has come under fire for using military ship to bring some $65000.00 cans of beer to germany instead of bringing hundreds of us guns and the families who have hoped the german authorities in afghanistan. these people were not going to be and they had not been evacuated in time. the german president had said that the gun turmoil shamed the waste, the images of desperation at campbell airport. shameful for the political west. we
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are experiencing a human tragedy for which we share responsibility. pearlin must do everything it can to bring our people and all afghans who stood for years by their side to safety . jim is increasingly worried about an influx of refugees. almost 2 thirds of the population has admitted that they are concerned about a repeat of the 2015 migration crisis. now this comes as important. elections are to be held next month, a general election in germany, and presidential elections that will be held in april next. in france. the issue of migration is likely to be a hot potato. come those elections, which is why you have politicians fighting over the us gun migration potential crisis u. k. parliament has been recalled from its summer recess to debate the situation in afghanistan including repatriated people and taking in refugees. britain has
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pledged to resettle 20000 afghans, but only 5000 in the 1st year. the withdrawal and into chaos has left many m. p. 's incensed the reputation of the west to support democracy across the world has suffered recent defence not going to stand shade and the west trying to impose just a west. im example of democracy possibly was a roots that we should reconsider. we look many options, which is because including the potential for staying longer ourselves. factoring complacency from our government was our intelligence really? so whole what would, what would i do differently? i wouldn't, i suppose, cetera, said he shot trick. now, shop, take the time on doing everything we can to get these people. so what does everything, the kind of mean evacuation to go ahead. we get this done in a expeditious fashion as we can y'all sacrifice deserves better than this. and
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so to the people they say on lives on their lives for that fellow, when i'm for the whole it will support just 5000 in the 1st year. what the 15000 men to do, i know round and wait until they've been executed. case issues are working, run the hundreds of thousands of british people of flowed trust going to serve the private to flew to avoid public service. this is off the mac marketing point, rafael, the filing system. the politicians decided to withdraw. the politicians must be responsible for the consequences. while parliament was debating inside protesters gathered to condemn the government's response to the current events among those where people with family trapped in the country. with some carrying sign, saying africans have been left to be butcher. the protectors are demanding more people be brought sooner. you came also in the crowd. the british ex opposition leader. will both explain the chaos of
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the evacuation would agree on a much larger number of refugees, counties this come to the support for them, dropped the anti refugee rhetoric pretty battelle has been dish with the past few months. bubble give us something thing. taking a learn the foreign policy less britain after all, the chances of training the afghan. i, britain, after all, set up a timing cool to the army and the result is not going to go by earlier we heard from, for we have seen the daughter of the british national stuck and i've got to stand. she told us officials have done little to help bring back her elderly mother. my mother's a 79 years old, fragile disabled woman was previous for history of a stroke. and she is currently going through severe arthritis and which is waiting for our surgery. and so she cannot travel without a wheelchair access, and we will services from the airport and freshman issue and knocked twice at the
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airport by crowd passengers trying to get into these flights and other civilians who was trying to flee couple so pressure. and she wasn't able to avoid the flight because of her medical condition when she attended the office. there was one in the couple on threat. surely she was constantly being dismissed by the guard. i tried literally bombarding their treasure account, the social media current, trying to get their attention to and bear in mind and pay attention to my mother's condition. unfortunately, every time i've contacted them, i was getting the same call continues on, the embassy was insisting and encouraging all citizens to try and a commercial life which on question may be full, been suspended because of the u. s. groups trying to control the airport. us president joe biden admit, he knew there would be chaos in afghanistan,
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but he decided to pull out the troops anyway in an interview with a b. c. news, biden assert that the security collapse in the war torn country was unavoidable. i don't think it could have been handled in a way that we were going to go back in hindsight, look, but the idea that somehow there's a way to have gotten out without chaos and suing. i don't know how that happens. i don't know how that happened. the decision seems to have cost by nearly back home with the u. s. president's approval ratings sharply hitting an all time low. here is our corresponding kill him up and with the details. the chaotic scenes and cobble have certainly not been good for the white house. the approval rating of joe biden has now dropped to less than half only 46 percent of americans say they like the jobs the new president is doing now. the events in afghanistan has certainly been a factor because prior to them he was at 53 percent. so
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a 7 percent drop seems to have resulted. some polls are now showing that joe biden's handling of afghanistan is less popular than george w bush's handling of afghanistan. and we now have a situation where a senator bob menendez, representing the u. s. foreign relations committee of the senate. he's coming forward with this statement. the events of recent days have been the combination of a series of mistakes made by republican and democratic administrations over the past 20 years, including the trumpet, ministrations floored negotiations with the taliban, and the biden administration's flawed execution of the u. s. withdraw. the committee will seek a full accounting for these shortcomings. now, republicans are being far less forgiving. they say that jo biden's decision to rapidly pull out of afghanistan is harming the united states, discrediting the country, hurting relations with allies. there's been a fire storm of anger from the republican side of the aisle this biden
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administration. so they plan for every scenario. they told us to day prior that coble cobble was not eminent. he told us less than a month before that this would never happen yesterday. president biden would accept responsibility and explain how he would fix the catastrophe in galveston. instead, he blamed his 3 pre discusses, and the absence for decide our troops for 20 years thing the pointing won't solve this crisis boaters there should be top to bottom accountability at the pentagon and within the administration for this disaster that this stunning failure has been met. with silence from biden's cause into serious question, his ability to carry out his duties as commander in chief, the president's failure to acknowledge his disastrous withdrawl provides no comfort to americans or afghan partners whose lives hang in the balance. now to add insult to injury, there are millions, if not billions of dollars of weapons were talking gun ammunition tank helicopters
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that have simply been abandoned. these were weapons that were given to the u. s. trained afghan forces and they seem to have been left behind. and from what jake sullivan was the national security advisor joe biden says it's pretty unlikely that the taliban is simply going to hand them over at the airport. now. nancy pelosi stepped up and defended the president on this point. i commend the president for the action that he took. this is what happens when you withdraw you some stuff. some equipment is left there. now joe biden stands by his decision. he says that there were not ever been a good time for the usa to pull out of afghanistan. this would have resulted at any point in which this happened. he says he did the right thing. polls are showing americans are not pleased. there is also some outrage in the international community, not a good day for the white house by denial of american nation building enough dentistry has been slammed by china with beijing saying us military intervention has not only been unproductive there, but also in plenty of other places. as well,
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would you lead all by then? i have noticed that the president biden said that the goal of the united states and of ghana stern is not to rebuild the country. she was right in iraq, syria, or a canister. wherever the u. s. military goes, it leaves behind turmoil, division and destruction of homes and people. it has always lived behind the shambles. the power and role of the united states is destruction, not construction. the chinese foreign ministry spokes person affirms that beijing respects. i've got to stand sovereignty and avowed that china will help to rebuild the war torn country and sword. anyone seeking to harm china from african territory? we discussed meetings, criticism of america's actions with politics. professor joseph gregory mahoney says u. s. involvement in central asia has always been to stabilize. shooting disengagement from afghanistan is generally recognized as part of washington's
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efforts to re position strategically against china. so for this reason alone, we shouldn't be surprised by the agents criticism, you know, american involvement in central asia, starting in the late 1972. the president has always been the stabilized. and when the u. s answered after 911 was incredibly due stabilizing and not just for us. but the whole region, especially as the americans put our bases in several other central asian countries, creating new security risk also for china and russia with the current american withdrawal. chinese criticism is not, that's the us is leaving, rather it's the complete mess it's made and it's departure starting with trumps unilateral deal with the tele bond followed by biden's incredibly, the stabilizing character. i think china will try to work positively with the taliban. but keep for some time, a little bit of
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a diplomatic distance. i think they will work through their positive later, but pockets on to try to shape the situation in afghanistan. more positively. that's a rap on this ours coverage of the unraveling situation in afghanistan. we have been following it very closely and will continue to do so. this is our t and traditional life from moscow. the ah, ah ah, the ah, ah
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all. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have crazy plantation. let it be an arms race is on, 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 to me the news the new britain. mr. moses was.

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