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puts on full display of the delusions of the u. s. which after all has been in afghanistan for almost 20 years. consuming, according to some estimates, 2 trillion dollars. this money has not gone to the benefit of the afghan people, obviously. and this whole enterprise has been very bad for the american people as well. many us soldiers have died. the good thing about exposing the delusions of the us empire and the neoconservatives to run u. s. foreign policy is that it's going to make them harder to continue, so there needs to be a lot more criticism and exposure of what the reality is versus what are the promises and the, the false estimates by us intelligence officials, us has evacuated, the largest number of national so far and plans to rescue 22000 refugees by the end
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of august, for the u. k, the authorities have brought back more than 300 british citizens and over 2000 to afghans. germany, which was slammed for taking only 7 people on its 1st playing out of cobble, has now helped almost a $1090.00 correspondent peter oliver picked up the story for us. well, what we've been hearing here in germany from the interior ministers of the 16 states that make up the federal republic is there petitioning calls the whole for the federal interior minister saying germany needs a new african refugees program, the official message, or the message coming from the top of government here in berlin low is that they want to see african refugees. how's been looked after in neighboring countries to of canister countries like a ron and pakistan as well. what we've heard from angular merkel though is she says there are lessons that must be learned from what's happened enough gunn, phone. these are still missing at this point. i can say that we have, nor did she tell goals,
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and we have to discuss more lessons. we have learned from this or german evacuation flights are continuing to leave the airport in cobble as of thursday morning, around 900 people had been taken out on those planes, but not before. they'll germany vacuum 265000 cans of beer and $340.00 bottles of wine that come in for some criticism for doing math before people were put on those planes were also looking at how it's being perceived in the why the european sends a lot of you politicians desperate to avoid a repeat of the 2015 refugee crisis. what we've, what we've heard from the likes of a manual mark on the french president, this him saying that his country needs to be protected from those who are seeking refuge. austria has said that camps need to be set up in neighboring countries too off. got us done to detain those people who've already previously been expelled from the european union to stop them. essentially,
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trying to get back in to the you, when it comes to greece, which is one of those countries that is an entry into the european union for refugees and migrants. well, they're saying they're not going to see 2050 repeat itself. very strong words coming out of athens, as they say absolutely no way. is that going to happen there, in fact threatening, they'll send people back to turkey, which is in turn, say no way they can't take any more refugees coming over these particular routes. president, one, they're saying fences and walls will be erected the commission as well. those saying refugees need to avoid those routes that had been used since 2015, 16 to get into the european union. we should avoid irregular routes, dangerous routes that are of that facilitated by smartness. instead, we should engage in legal, safe ways for people in need of international protection to come to your opinion.
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well, it's not just those people that have been referred to is illegal, irregular that are having issues at the moment. those that have right says it would be to get out of call blackboard on some of those planes are also at a loss how to do that. right now our colleagues, it off the german language system service, spoke to one german passport holder, one german citizen who told us his situation. and i just, i'm a german citizen. throughout the day, i stay in constant contact with the german foreign ministry and the german ambassador to couple. i received an email saying that one can enter germany, only one is a family member of a german. my fiance is such a person, but she's not being recognized in the official status. she's a citizen of afghanistan. we hope to leave the country as soon as possible and one of the evacuation charter flights. of course, we're very worried about what's going on. we haven't gone out since the day before yesterday since the taliban set up checkpoints all around the city were also worried that they could find out that i'm a foreigner or that in the future are situation like you're worse if they find out
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that my fiance is engaged or got married abroad once we arrive safely in germany, we'll of course have no more reason to fear for our lives. we live in a free and democratic country. that's where i want to return to. that's where i belong. i'm calling on the government and the german foreign ministry to let us finish all the paperwork in germany. we have the originals of all of our documents in our hands. let us finally leave this caliphate. give me and my fiance permission to enter germany. andrea, who co, who is the deputy chairman of the left parliamentary group in the bonus. don says that the german government has not been entirely honest about the situation in afghanistan. there's a lot of high progress the at the moment, interest to ation. we have to fear it is a complete disaster. what we are witnessing even and the beginning of this year, the government created to picture in our parliament that there is now a full democratic state. ready enough time, there is
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a lively civil society and all these nato involvement success. all this is of course, is hypocrisy. it's. it's page. it was for 4 years of painted a picture which is not in line with reality, which we can see, you know, i think we should take and bring refugees who are in fear of life. but at the same time, i think it's necessary to really talk to the real power in afghanistan, the tardy benz to go to negotiations to negotiations as well. concerning of the refugees and not to break all diplomatic ties.
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journalist, sorry yet another group at risk of retaliation by the taliban driven broadcast or deutsch. vela claimed that the milton group had killed a close relative of one of its staff members and seriously injured another. these people have become collateral damage of the tele bonds, door to door searching for the journalist who is actually currently working in germany. dutch villa has already condemned the killing and called on the government to react. but women remain to be among the most threatened groups in telephone and controlled. i've got a sense to take over st ads and cobble showing women's faces have been painted over several shops and beauty salons have also close their doors, not a fear of possible reprisals. some local, say, women have practically disappeared from the streets with only a very small number, daring to come out. all that is occurring despite telephone's earlier promises to respect women's rights, you ought to guess i eat a chilly. and journalist who is stranded in trouble says that he hasn't seen a single woman in his hotel since the taliban took control of you with the like,
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i live in the hotel and capital citizens and stuff because i can't leave the premises. the 1st thing i witness doctor riding in capital was a horrendous terror. attacking the defense ministry. that was the sign of things to come. the attack was terrible soldiers, taliban fighters that were all blown to pieces. locals had been watching recent events with horror. these are dark days tragedy that's causing a tremendous upheaval in society. don't forget that the taliban is talking about the inevitable creation of an emerald of gap has done. what does that mean? it means the regime that's more religious than political on top of the religious matches though, introduce more violent ones. and these are the worst for women which make up of the half of the population. so have no basic rights, no freedom of expression, they will be covered from head to toe with just little flips for the eyes, women, a very bad, are frightened by what could be in store for them. they will effectively be turned
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into slaves. many of them are leading figures activists, many i and sport, and using different types of activities. i've been told, for example, about a female pianist spend 20 years studying to realize the dream of attending the conservatory of the taliban and told her no, you won't play any more the end of her pass. so one time to life, that's what i've been told and that's a drama. united nations security council has wrapped up possession devoted to issues of terrorism and of threaded poses just days after i've got to stand fell into the hands of the taliban situation in that country was high on the agenda. among the speakers at the session was voted moravian, who served as chief of presidential programs under africa and president, how many cars i made an impassioned plea for help the world most inter, when to alert and mitigate. and a couple of big humanitarian tragedy and to defend you and must overcome its
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usual approach by declaring your situation as engine humanitarian crisis on to chapter 7, provision of the united nation charge. and this should include serious an edge and deliberation, to declare cabal as safe and protected by a un peacekeeping missions. this would love their opposing faction to come to an inclusive political settlement while working to mitigate the unfolding catastrophe . at the meeting of the 15 member body that leads the united nations, we heard dire warnings from the afghan and boy talking about the threat of terrorism and how the situation and afghan, it's dan threatens the global community. now what was interesting is when we heard from the representative of the united states, it seemed like a very different message. the us representative did not play up concerns about the situation and after janice dan, but seemed to kind of downplay the potential threat only reflecting on the possibility that if the terrorists were to set up shop in afghanistan,
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this could somehow result in the plotting of terror attacks in the united states, a very interesting message, we will hold the taliban accountable for its commitments not to allow any terrors to threaten the united states or its allies from afghan soil. and as i said earlier this week, we all, we must all work together to ensure afghanistan cannot ever, ever again be a base for terrorism. folks will recall how the situation in cobble is kind of capturing the attention of the world. there is a number of people surrounding the airport begging for the opportunity to leave the country, fearing the taliban and their return to power. but the united states is scrambling to evacuate its own personnel and its own citizens, let alone people in afghanistan who fear for their lives amid the return of the taliban, the u. s. department of defense, as admitted that it basically doesn't have
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a breakdown of who has been on the evacuation flights and that there they are, may be, it does not know. basically how many americans are still trapped in cobble. now, at the un security council, the message of the united states would seem to not really be concerned about the implications of their sudden withdrawal from afghanistan, and that the implications of the world that message did not go down so well with various international figure. so here's some of what we heard criticizing the us approach, leaving the country abruptly after 20 years was that i did just consider the tragic events in september, the 11th 2001 and for the past 20 years of dentist and was full of american. the nato troops, military instructors and advises, was officially declared goal, was to fight terrorism and to prepare african security forces to take part in this fight as well. tremendous human and financial resources were expanded on this. and what's the bottom line? once for an instruct isn't troops left all 20 years worth of efforts were nullified overnight. no one was willing or able to fight for the values imposed by foreign
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powers. has a gun to stand seems to be a terrorist and brought threat? certainly not. but it's now up to the new ab going to authorities and the countries neighbors to deal with that. now the western troops of left the african people having to deal with an even bigger pile of problems, meeting wasn't solely devoted to afghanistan. it focused on the threat of terrorism around the world. and a lot of time at the meeting was devoted to discussing the continuous, more mation and presence of the i feel terrorist group around the world. there was concern about the continuous bomb attacks and terrorism in different parts of the world. the attacks on civilians and military camps in african states. it was also touched on what would be done about the ice l foreign fighters who continue to be held in custody in syria and iran and iraq. how would they be dealt with? how would they be processed and dealt with. also there was some concern about the fate of children being held in detention camps with their parents. these children
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who are held and associated with ice hill. so that was the focus of the meeting. the focus was on the world situation, the threats of terrorism, a lot of different countries spoke up. that was the meeting of the un security council, particularly upset at the rapid fall of the western back to government in couple and the resurgence of the taliban. our british veterans and families who lost loved ones to the conflict there. some are questioning if all those sacrifices were in vain accusing the us and u. k. governments of bothering to withdraw. we spoke to the mother of fallen british soldiers, sean binnie, who was killed in a firefight with telephone notes back in may of 2009. he was 22. his mother, jeanette binnie, told us about the emotions she has been feeling since sunday was i'm very i'm, i'm fine with able to do that that they've been able to come in and do what they have been able to do. a lot of people are asking, you know, was it worth i question not. and since sunday reflect any of the mums
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and families that have lost loved ones, they have really been able to comprehend best. i know that when my son was told he was co saved and women and children and the man that he was mentioned at a time along with his own, you know, i will be for effort grateful to him and so cried that at the end of the de has lace was given to try meet the country back to start the tile from being able to rule being able to cause head or any way of one off down and within 24 hours. they have just walked in and to go. but it's just ludicrous to me, need to explain why the quite the truth rapidly between the key and america that need to explain why this is, i mean, i personally would like an inquiry as to why you like us. the world health
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organization says afghanistan urgently need support when it comes to medical care and combating the pandemic. its regional director says, field reports indicate a surge in co big cases. of chemistry is one of the world's least vaccinated countries to help such countries. a worldwide initiative called kovacs was launched last year. it was designed to help poor countries to access jobs more easily and reliably without being at the mercy of donations. but the initiative appears not to be functioning as intended. of the 2000000000 promise doses, only 10 percent have been delivered. the deadline is supposed to be early next year . kovacs officials say that they are aware of the problem. however, kovacs also sent over half a 1000000 doses to britain in june alone, a country with one of the highest vaccination rates. that is 2 times more than all those who sent to the african continent that month. other wealthy nation, such as cutter and bahrain received jobs by directly panko backs. dr. morgan, kamala, jani, from the people's vaccine alliance,
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says that rich nations only care about themselves. no, it's not acceptable. of course, it's not acceptable. the whole idea of having kovacs as a global mechanism is that we don't have that defendant, that the vaccines are distributed fairly well. of course, that mod callbacks. when they started, it decided to buy vaccines and distributed for the whole world rich and ford, of course. but of course that the rich countries i've already even before i started doing that by not pharmaceutical companies, unsecured millions and millions and millions of dollars. so actually they don't need to get to get doses from over bought. you know, they date of birth and got more than half a $1000000.00 from over canada got some installed and they really shouldn't.
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