but nazir kabiri says working with afghanistan's new masters is the only way to save his country.tayed in afghanistan and you're working for the other side. i did this, and the basic motivation came from the fact that we can't turn our back to the people the same way that the leaders have. and that, of course, requires understanding, that requires negotiations, that requires dialogue. without commitment, without bravery, this wouldn't have been possible. five months down the road, i have a share in stopping part of the humanitarian tragedy, and for which, that's pride of my life. some who fought the war on terror think nazir�*s right, that it's time to start working with the taliban. the taliban are a very broad grouping and there's no doubt, within that grouping, there are many that we can and must come to terms with and deal with. the fact is, they defeated us and we have to come to terms with that inconvenient fact. they are now the government of afghanistan. they are responsible for 40 million—odd people. around $10 billion of the country's cash has been frozen by the internat

afghanistan's deputy minister of finance nazir caberry, talked to al jazeera nazir caberry. thank you so much for talking to al jazeera today. i want to start back in august when the taliban took over. where were you that day? were you in cobble? i wasn't cobbled in my office when they they came over to the ministry at 5 30 pm and evening and i handed them over the keys to the ministry of finance and afghanistan. you must have felt it was coming. we all knew that they were taking territory by territory region by region. but i mean the, the speed and the, the extraordinary events of that day tell me what it was like was her and predictable in that the. and they cobbled administration her, evacuated her at a, in a very unprecedented manner. and that i created some, some chaos while the taliban made it public earlier in the morning that they are not going to be entering in the day, the cup capital city home. but their developments that day that the president, flea and the authorities left the country. i think it led the taliban to come over and that they changed their announcem

ah, this is al jazeera ah, hello, i, mary, i'm nazir. welcome to the news, our life from london coming up in the next 60 minutes, a flare up in fighting between russian and ukrainian back forces in east and ukraine. attack on a kindergarten becomes a front line and a battle for the truth. lee crane russia crisis take center stage at the un, moscow's denials over a plan to invade a challenge by the.

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the 64 year old was tried under his real name, nazir ahmed.ards and gifts — celebrating her 70 years as monarch. this is news, the latest headlines... the official opening of the winter olympics has taken place in beijing amid chinese pride and international controversy. the presidents of china and russia meet ahead of the opening ceremony — as the two countries move closer together in the face of western pressure and pledge to oppose further nato expansion. olly foster has all the sport. they went in and pick opening ceremony took place inside the bird nest stadium. the olympic torch was placed in the centre of a giant snowflake and there it will stay for the next 60 days of competition. i organisers say one of the goals of these games is to unite humankind. the ioc has been heavily criticised for awarding the games to china because of their human rights record. as our sports correspondent and beastly success for other reasons these are able into games like no other. it�*s been one of the most controversial backdrops of major sporting events

the 64—year—old was tried under his real name, nazir ahmed.f a sharp rise in energy bills was a major intervention — adding up to help of £350 a year for the majority of families. but what difference will that sum make to people struggling with the rise in the cost of living, and will it get to those who need help the most? our business editor simonjack reports. george is one of many for whom a 54% rise in the energy cap will force choices they've never had to make before. i'm going to have to start pulling back on certain things, so i might have to shut down my business or, at least, reduce some of the costs that i have on it. i might have to stop using some of the things i used to help myself mentally like socialising with friends or going to the gym, and also food is going to be difficult to even eat what i wanted. i'm going to have to randomly select stuff that's cheap. the impact is broad and, for some, it is very deep. you could say we're all in the same store, but we're definitely not all in the same boat. at this food bank, energy cost

the 64 year old was tried under his real name, nazir ahmed.nches of the house. but the big house he is headed to will not be so convivial. lord ahmed was inobled for his service to his community and he was the pride of rotherham but he was hiding in awful truth. in the early 1970s he had sexually abused a boy and a girl. one of them, his voice played by an actor told the bbc his position of power made speaking out even harder. ever since the abuse all i try to do is bury it. you try and lead a normal life. but you can never lead a normal life. i was quite worried in terms of the consequences of going and making a complaint against him in terms of what he might be able to do to me and i have no doubts if he was not found guilty he would make sure that my life was not worth living. he was a child when he committed these offences. that and the fact they took place so long ago when sentencing guidelines were very different in the early 1970s made, said thejudge, sentencing today very complex. he did refer several times to the vulnerability of its

ah, this is al jazeera ah, hello i mariam nazir welcome to the news, allan life from london coming up in the next 60 minutes. a flare up been fighting between russian and ukrainian bad forces and east and ukraine. attack on a kindergarten becomes the front line and a battle for the truth. lee crane russia crisis take center stage of the un moscow's denials over a plan to invade. a challenged by the united states, russian government can announce today, with no quality equivocation or deflection that russia will not invade. you could also coming up then use our falling developments in brazil where the death toll climbs in the city of metropolis. torrential rain is swept to a homes and livelihoods and a hostile political landscape, seize the french military mission in mali, draw to a close and armed german ashworth sport. a disappointing end for controversial figures, greater camella valley over the beijing winter olympics. the 15 year old russian finished 4th and the women singles after being allowed to compete, despite testing positive for a band substance before the games. ah . welcom

he was tried under his name nazir ahmed. sentencing hearing today. he assaulted two children, a boy and girl, back in the 1970s when he himself was a teenager. they, the victims and other pressure groups, have now been saying since he was found guilty that he should not be allowed to keep his title of lord. he will go to prison as a lord, he will come out from his sentence, potentially after serving only half of it, as a lord, and they do not think it is right he could potentially benefit from that title once he is released from prison and carries on with his life. however, there is no drilling, no law which allows a lord to be stripped of their title —— no ruling. it is an anomaly pressure groups are pushing to be changed. as things stand, he keeps his title, and there was a victim impact statement from the two victims today, who were children, of course in the 1970s but are now both middle aged, saying how this had devastated their lives, one of them feeling suicidal, and had a lifelong impact on them. the judge reiterated

he was tried under his name of nazir ahmed but still carries that title.eing sentenced today to prison for five and a half years. one of his victims gave an impact statement today saying how it had affected her life. she said he is a paedophile who feels no personal shame but in the end all tyrants fall. he was wearing a suit in the dock, listening to the sentencing remarks from the judge today. he turned and waved to his family, picked up his rucksack as he disappeared through a door to start his five and a half year sentence. danny savage at sheffield crown court, thank you. a high courtjudge in belfast has ordered that checks on food and agricultural goods traded between the british mainland and northern ireland must remain in place until a judicial review next month. the ruling comes two days after a minister in the devolved government ordered that the inspections be stopped — a move that has triggered a political crisis. the checks are part of the brexit deal struck between the britain and the eu to prevent the return of a hard border on the island of

nazir kabiri was a minister in the previous government, but he felt it was his duty to stay on and workimous in victory." i think this is an occasion for us to be magnanimous in defeat. this is kohsan, outside the city of herat. on top of everything else, over the past four years, afghanistan has suffered from a devastating drought. people here can't grow their own food any longer. now they have to queue for hand—outs. i feel terrible for my people. it's so sad to see how dependent people are and how desperate people are. it's one of the most difficult times i've ever seen in my life. the uk government says it's providing £286 million in aid, but the situation is increasingly desperate, famine added to economic collapse. i've been reporting on afghanistan for more than a0 years, but i don't think i've ever felt before that i might be watching the destruction of a nation. and do you know what? these people have been through so much in the past decades and they simply don't deserve it. john simpson, bbc news, kohsan, afghanistan. and for viewers in the uk, you can watchjohn simpson's full

nazir kabiri was a minister in the previous government, but he felt it was his duty to stay on and work be magnanimous in defeat. this is kohsan, outside the city of herat. on top of everything else, over the past four years, afghanistan has suffered from a devastating drought. people here can't grow their own food any longer. now they have to queue for hand—outs. the uk government says it's providing £286 million in aid, but the situation is increasingly desperate, famine added to economic collapse. john simpson, bbc news, kohsan, afghanistan. india is observing a second day of mourning after the death of legendary playback singer lata mang—eshkar at the age of 92. the singer died due to complications from covid yesterday and was honoured with a state funeral rajini vaidyanathan reports. the singer lost her life to covid—19 and died on sunday. schools have been closed and offices have been closed and even the banks and courts and financial markets, and that gives you a sense ofjust how much he meant people here in the city and in the country as a whole. flags have been flown at half ma

and here's nazir afzal, a former chief prosecutor who worked with keir starmer when he was in chargefacing jimmy savile also the prosecutor of that in south—east at the time said these women are not about to give evidence and that was the view taken by the police, that was a critical decision taken before he was even... so i didn't know it, keir starmer didn't know it, it was dealt with as likely as it should be, as it always is done by policy and as soon as he got made aware of it, was afterjimmy savile's death. keir starmer change everything, we changed in guidance, policy and in the three years that followed before he left and when i left, i think when we left, we had the highest conviction rate and that is his legacy. ii conviction rate and that is his lea . , ., ~' ., conviction rate and that is his lea . ~ ., ., legacy. if you fight like to read what reality — legacy. if you fight like to read what reality check _ legacy. if you fight like to read what reality check is _ legacy. if you fight like to read what reality check is included, | legacy. if you fight like to read - what

nazir kabiri was a minister in the previous government, but he felt it was his duty to stay on and workter get on with it sooner rather than later. there's a great phrase — "be magnanimous in victory". i think this is an occasion for us to be magnanimous in defeat. this is kohsan, outside the city of herat. on top of everything else, over the past four years, afghanistan has suffered from a devastating drought. people here can't grow their own food any longer — now they have to queue for hand—outs. i feel terrible for my people. it's so sad to see how dependent people are and how desperate people are. it's one of the most difficult times i've ever seen in my life. the uk government says it's providing £286 million in aid, but the situation is increasingly desperate — famine added to economic collapse. i've been reporting on afghanistan for more than 40 years, but i don't think i've ever felt before that i might be watching the destruction of a nation. and do you know what? these people have been through so much in the past decades and they simply don't deserve it. john simpson, bbc news

nazir kabiri was a minister in the previous government, but he felt it was his duty to stay on and worke. it�*s one of the most difficult times i�*ve ever seen in my life. the uk government says it�*s providing £286 million in aid, but the situation is increasingly desperate — famine added to economic collapse. i�*ve been reporting on afghanistan for more than 1t0 years, but i don�*t think i�*ve ever felt before that i might be watching the destruction of a nation. and do you know what? these people have been through so much in the past decades and they simply don�*t deserve it. john simpson, bbc news, kohsan, afghanistan. joining me now is the afghanistan country director for action aid, sudipta kumar. the most bleak assessment of the next few months from john simpson there. what are your people on the ground saying about the casualties now and the malnutrition that they are encountering?— are encountering? before this drou:ht, are encountering? before this drought, there _ are encountering? before this drought, there had _ are encountering? before this drought, there had been i are en

nazir kabiri was a minister in the previous government, but he felt it was his duty to stay on and workect the afghan people. i think the west is going to end up recognising the taliban government. if that's the case, then we'd better get on with it sooner rather than later. there's a great phrase, "be magnanimous in victory." i think this is an occasion for us to be magnanimous in defeat. this is kohsan, outside the city of herat. on top of everything else, over the past four years, afghanistan has suffered from a devastating drought. people here can't grow their own food any longer. now they have to queue for hand—outs. the uk government says it's providing £286 million in aid, but the situation is increasingly desperate, famine added to economic collapse. john simpson, bbc news, kohsan, afghanistan. let's ta ke let's take you to washington for a moment, where us presidentjoe biden is holding a press conference, or going to be holding a press conference, podium empty at the moment, that's following talks with the german chancellor 0laf scholz over the situation in ukraine. as earlier

and nazir afzal is a former chief crown prosecutor for north west england. good morning.eed for change at the to - ? , about the need for change at the to . ? , ., about the need for change at the to - ? , ., about the need for change at the to? , ., ., top? there is no 'oy in someone havin: to top? there is no joy in someone having to resign, _ top? there is no joy in someone having to resign, particularly - top? there is no joy in someone i having to resign, particularly after a career in public service in the way she has maintained. but she lost the confidence of women in the aftermath of sarah everard's murder and the way the vigil was policed. been told to wave down the bus, remember that? been told to wave down the bus, rememberthat? concern been told to wave down the bus, remember that? concern about the euros finals was policed. daniel morgan's murder, where they were found to be institutionally corrupt and she was criticised for not disclosing information in a timely fashion. and then the colin port murders. when gay men were murdered. when you say particularly w

nazir kabiri was a minister in the previous government, but he felt it was his duty to stay on and workur years, afghanistan has suffered from a devastating drought. people here can't grow their own food any longer — now they have to queue for hand—outs. i feel terrible for my people. it's so sad to see how dependent people are and how desperate people are. it's one of the most difficult times i've ever seen in my life. the uk government says it's providing £286 million in aid, but the situation is increasingly desperate — famine adding to economic collapse. but the situation is increasingly desperate — famine added to economic collapse. i've been reporting on afghanistan for more than 40 years, but i don't think i've ever felt before that i might be watching the destruction of a nation. and, do you know what? these people have been through so much in the past decades and they simply don't deserve it. john simpson, bbc news, kohsan, afghanistan. you can see more ofjohn's report on tonight's panorama at 7.30 on bbc one. let's get a view now from one of the aid agencies working on the gro

lauren moss, bbc news. joining us now is nazir afzal, who is former chief prosecutor for the north west trial. he was convicted. i don't know— there was a trial. he was convicted. i don't know whether it accepts response — i don't know whether it accepts response ability. that is number one _ response ability. that is number one the — response ability. that is number one. the first obstacle. the second is that _ one. the first obstacle. the second is that he _ one. the first obstacle. the second is that he has to agree to a meeting _ is that he has to agree to a meeting. you can'tjust throw him in the room _ meeting. you can'tjust throw him in the room. the likelihood of that happening is, iwould imagine, quite rare _ happening is, iwould imagine, quite rare and _ happening is, iwould imagine, quite rare. and the third thing is the facilitator, _ rare. and the third thing is the facilitator, whoever organises it, has to _ facilitator, whoever organises it, has to be — facilitator, whoever organises it, has to be sure it is good for the mental— has to be sure it is good for the mental he