we also see your forces in afar region.tens of thousands of newly—displaced people because of the expansion of the territory controlled by your forces. how far are you prepared to go? there are two things here. you know, we have to make sure the safety and security of our people is secure. and to do so, we have to make sure that abiy and his forces will not be in a position to come back and haunt our people any more, 0k? abiy has continued to maintain a chokehold on our people. he has cut off communications. he has cut off electricity. he has cut off access to humanitarian aid. and he wants us to continue what he has failed to achieve on the warfront, to continue through the kind of siege he has imposed on the people of tigray. so we have made it abundantly clear that until such time that such a siege is lifted and that our people are back to normalcy, that no amount of security threat continues to be posed against our people by both eritreans or ethiopians, or the amhara expansionists, we will continue to take whatever act

that's why we established the corridors through afar. we allowed humanitarian flights to take off from addis and fly to mekelle. but the continued aggression from the side of the tplf has created a situation on the ground that is making things more and more complicated. i think people watching and listening to this conversation are going to find it hard to understand that while hundreds of thousands of people in the north of your country are facing the imminent threat of famine, hundreds of thousands have been displaced, are currently living in camps, you, in your government, have suspended the operations of various aid organisations, including medecins sans frontieres�* holland branch and also the norwegian refugee council. why on earth have you done that? um... you have to understand that all the organisations that provide assistance and aid that operate in our territory have to respect our rules and regulations. as i have mentioned earlier, the overwhelming majority of humanitarian organisations have no problem with this and they cont

it from afar. _ and watch it from afar. tanya, do stay safe, we wish _ and watch it from afar. tanya, do stay safe, we wish you _ and watch it from afar. tanya, do stay safe, we wish you well i and watch it from afar. tanya, do stay safe, we wish you well and l stay safe, we wish you well and thank you so much for talking to us about the situation there. tanya is staying put and says that she is convinced the tree outside her house is about to come down and of course we know that hurricane ida has now made landfall. you are watching bbc news. here in the uk, a shortage of test tubes means gps are having to make difficult choices about who gets blood tests, the british medical association has warned. the bma said shortages across hospitals and gp surgeries were "severe" and if the nhs did not reduce usage in the coming days, even the most clinically important tests may be at risk. kathryn stanczyszyn reports. more than 12 million blood tests are carried out in england each week but now nhs england h

g p l fighters have targeted the strategically significant afar region of ethiopia. they've also been in haro, which is the town. well, ali bailey is located for the rebels. this is a symbolic victory, but it's also a major incursion. south ali baler is a unesco world heritage site. it's fame for it's 12 century rocking churches. markham web is following the story from nairobi. residents and others have told us that fighters from the degree region of entered the historic town lolly, better. there were rumors that they were closed on local residents over the last week. some of the residents that they've had gunfire at night, but they say it's normal to to have some gunfire at night there. but in just in the last few hours, resident said they could see the, the gray and people liberation from finances getting close. busy and then just to show a while ago, they say, can control of the town to town with a population of 20000 people. but it couldn't be of great religious and cultural and historical significance. a 100 years old, full of ancient church, and in a holy site,

how does expanding this conflict to amhara and afar, you've gone as far as lalibela.expanding conflict end the blockade? well, we are doing is we are trying to degrade enemy fighting capabilities. it is our armed forces, amhara expansionists forces who have been altering the pain of untold miseries on our people. and we have to make sure that they are silenced, their guns are silenced. and the only way we can silence their guns is by following them wherever they go and doing whatever it takes to make sure that the guns are silent. 0k? we understand that your forces are even close to dessie, which is about 400 kilometres north of addis ababa. how far are you willing to take this conflict? are you willing to go all the way to the capital? we'll go as far as it takes to make sure that we accept the fact that abiy accepts there is nothing he could do about reversing the gains that we have made. it's all about ensuring the safety and security of our people. we'll do whatever it takes. would that include removing prime minister abiy ahmed from office, changing the governmen

that conflict could have been spreading into the m r afar regions in the last few weeks. well, violence broke out in november when the c a p, and prime minister of the med sent troops to fight the to grow people's liberation front or t p l f. the rib dominated national politics before matt came to power by the end of november of asked me that i'm the military operation. integrate was complete and the government had taken over the regional capital. medically, the conflict took a stunning turn in june when the to grind forces retook medically and government soldiers withdrew. now since then, the rebels suppressed into afar region in the east and am hora in the north. displacing more than 250000 people. the bodies of the 3 opens, killed in the violence of washing up in neighboring sudan is believed that the victims of the war in the tick roy region where human rights group, se atrocities are being committed, al jazeera, hipaa, morgan reports now from what l. hulu. in sedans, casela region for almost a week now get with him, say, give it a quarter of stores. and if you can, f

the fighting has spread, as i said, to amhara and towards afar.ue to the fighting, which means that much—needed aid is not getting there easily. so very little is getting in right now but the us and the united nations and the european union are calling for more access, more unrestricted access, for hundreds of thousands of people there. the communications blackout has been one of the major marks of this conflict, since november last year. for nine months now, internet services have been cut off across tigray and telephone lines are not working for the past almost two months now. so that means it is very difficult to get reliable information due to get reliable information due to the conflict is very hard to get into the area. there were times they were relaxing and it was easier to travel. in march and may we tried to travel there, but generally there is this sense of communications blackout and lots of things happening there. we cannot independently and reliably verify claims and counterclaims by rebel forces or by the government, so it has been

taking the town into the enemy's territory so far that conflict could have been spreading into the m r afar regions in the last few weeks when he turned to developments in chad where 24 soldiers have been killed not attacked by suspected bulk around fighters. it happened on an island in the lake chad region, boca ram and arrival splinter group have been using the area to launch attacks in chad and neighboring countries. last year, at least, a 100 chatty and troops were killed during an assault by the armed groups form a chinese president address de b died in april during fighting against rebels in northern chad. ah, hot dry winds and high temperatures keeping wildfires burning across southern europe. thousands of actors of forest have been reduced to ash in several countries with ancient sites in greece. now risk in turkey, more than a 180 separate blazes have been recorded with one that threatened to coal 5 power station. it may last causing a great deal of concern that plays ease now to control. but 36000 people have been evacuated in the same area fires of laid waste more than 20000 hect

town into their enemies territory so far that conflict could have been spreading into the m r and afar regions. in the last few weeks in the philippines, health authorities are still trying to reassure unvaccinated people. they can leave their homes. after full news reports caused panic. hundreds people jamming the vaccination thing to the manila ahead of a new lockdown that started on friday. rumors spread that on vaccinated residents would be deprived of a payments and kept from leaving home. critics also blame president rodrigo, to church for court in confusion. barnaby, lowe's and miller, and it says people are allowed out under special circumstances. of course, this is already the 2nd time that the philippine capital is going through this enhanced community quarantine. what this means is that only essential workers will be allowed to go out. only essential businesses will be allowed to remain open. only one member of each family will be allowed to go out to buy essential goods. now what you saw there, what happened on thursday here in metro manila, it's a little bit of a situation

but the _ humanitarian emergency from afar. but the sad — humanitarian emergency from afar.but the sad reality is that this is - but the sad reality is that this is not like any means close to the first tragedy experienced by the afghan nation. the story of afghanistan is a country and our people torn apart by tragedy time and time again. 0ver people torn apart by tragedy time and time again. over the years great powers and vast armies have come and gone. it is the afghan people who have always been left behind. there is sadly no evacuation and no escape from them, from foreign policy failure. i am sure for many afghan citizens they simply see a cycle endlessly repeating itself. as an international community we have collectively wronged these poor people for the very best part of a century. we ask the citizens of afghanistan to work with us. we watched as girls were able to receive an education, as women were able to excel in so many fields, for able to excel in so many fields, for a light to be little point in the path to a brighter future, for so many to benefit from the f

it is definitely less capability from afar. everyone agrees. the question is how much less and does it prevent following through on the president's promise here? the u.s. still has enormous capabilities. they're not the same. we'll see what they could deliver. >> obvious question and the understatement of the evening. but i have to ask you anyway. there are a lot of groups vying for control of afghanistan right now. so walk us through who they are. >> so the biggest ones, the taliban of course, controls the country. the second biggest probably in terms of significance in numbers is al-qaeda. and the taliban and al-qaeda have deep dives. we have reports about al-qaeda fighters alongside the taliban as they were fighting back forces. and then you have isis-k. it's, effect, an offshoot of the taliban, a break-away group. half a dozen years ago. and they are not the taliban's friends, a rival. so those three groups vying for control to some degree. meanwhile, with the departure of the u.s., you have afghanistan becoming once again, this is a sad re

it also underlines the challenges the us is going to face in trying to target militants from afar andconsequences ordinary afghans have to pay. the us has said it's assessing and investigating reports of civilian casualties, but insists an imminent threat to the airport was disrupted. nobody wants to see innocent life taken. we take it very, very seriously and when we know that we have caused innocent life to be lost in the conduct of our operations, we are transparent about it. we are investigating this, i'm not going to get ahead of it. the evacuation effort is now in its very final stages, with us soldiers being flown out ahead of tuesday's withdrawal deadline. many afghans remain desperate to leave the country. at this bus stand in kabul, many are headed for the iranian border. nearly all are hoping to be smuggled across. passenger numbers have more than doubled in recent weeks. translation: the previous government only cared - about getting rich themselves. now the the taliban are here, there are no jobs, no work anywhere. i need to be able to feed my kids. everything has become

tigray also created a new front in the eastern region of afar. where local fighters are being backed up by militias from oromia. >> the defense forces of tigray are duty bound to neutralize such forces so, yes, they were crossing borders from tigray, and attack these forces. >> but claiming to defend territory by expanding past its own borders, is exactly what senior us officials urged tigray not to do. and now, the ethnic violence is spreading further. militias in afar are fighting in the far-eastern somali region. >> “somali! somali!” >> hundreds of somali residents - mainly women and children - recently gathered to protest. the increasing ethnic violence now means the conflict could be existential for the entire country. >> the current ethiopian crisis puts ethpia at risk of collapse as a unified state. there is a great deal of concern about balkanization and about potential fragmentation. >> a military dictatorship known as the dreg ruled for 17 years, before tplf rebels helped topple it in 1991. they divided the country into 10 states on som

it wasn't obvious from afar where the fields in question were, but it turns out that puppies come in for colors in this region that white we only have 2 hours to complete the operation before and use of it filters through to the taliban, or them, particularly in dallas isis opponents. the locals are much more afraid of them than of the police. ah, some i don't know, but i think i got on your way by say by yes up with our family. is that about the mark? mark me. if i've seen you, what was it was we soon spotted our old friends. they willingly surrendered the field and so the authorities have no claim against them. at least that's the official line. why though, didn't the police simply wait a little longer so that they couldn't stand arrest the people who actually harvest the puppy? that remains a mystery. may not be for me to come out to get them. so that was fine. but the one on madonna telling me that brothers didn't seem to downhearted over their financial loss. does the remain the distinct possibility that the family still own several more fields just like this one and the authori

>> i loved her from afar. i saw her in a play in 1998. i loved her from afar.m not on social media. >> stephen: but you're amanda peet. you with people. what do you mean? why does that make you laugh? you have been around. you can get in touch with people. >> well, i -- >> stephen: get me sandra o.! click. >> that's how my life is. just like that. >> stephen: it could be! my friend sarah paulson who is on social media, she made the overture to sandra o. and said can you read this script. >> stephen: did you ask sarah paulson to slide into sandra o.'s d.m.s? is that what you're saying? >> is that lingo? >> stephen: yeah, i slid into her d.m.s. >> that's not just you coming up with that? >> stephen: i promise you it's not just me. >> for real? >> stephen: i don't slide into anything at this age. 57, baby. no sliding. >> i'm turning 50. >> stephen: what? i would never have believed it. i would never! i honestly would never have believed it. >> this is amanda peet, get me -- blah, blah. >> stephen: he's very good! ( laughter ) okay, okay, so she said yeah. >> so sh

over the course of the past week we have watched those tragic images from afar.he scenes of afghans seeking to jump on to moving planes to escape will haunt us for the rest of our lives. we have watched from afar, but we all have a deep sense of sorrow about just how closely the uk has been involved in what has unfolded. geographical distance does not for a second diminish the moral responsibility that we need to feel for the west's role in this crisis. washing our hands of this crisis will not make it go away, and it definitely will not wash away our responsibility to the afghan people. we all know that acting now will be too little, too late, but better little and late than nothing at all. today we have a choice -- we can either offer meaningless words of sympathy and stand idly by, or we can start to do the right thing. we can take responsibility and act. the home secretary has today talked about evacuating more contacts of the uk afghanistan operation from the existing resettlement scheme. let me be clear, there should be no ifs or buts. everyone who has work

he -- will face in trying to target militants from afar, and the terrible consequence ordinary afghansto pay. the u.s. says it is assessing and investigating reports of civilian casualties but insists an imminent threat to the airport was disrupted. >> nobody wants to see innocent life taken. we take it very seriously and when we know that we have caused innocent life to be lost in the conduct of our operations, we are transparent about it. we are investigating this. >> the evacuation effort is in its final stages, with u.s. soldiers being flown out ahead of tuesday's withdrawal deadline . many afghans remain desperate to leave the country. at this bus stop in kabul, many are headed for they iranian border to be smuggled across. passenger numbers have more than doubled in recent weeks. the previous government only cared about getting rich themselves, says this man. now the taliban are here. there are no jobs. i need to feed my kids. everything has become more expensive. we can't live here anymore. the new era in afghanistan is about to begin. the taliban say they are ending corruption

finds that the intelligence it would gain from afar is not enough to monitor and keep these gr groups in check. so, it's something that everybody will be monitor. there's so many challenges that come with it. there are several terror groups and there is a power vac in afghanistan. and if the taliban is not able to fill it fully, it will likely lead to the rise of other extremist groups that can also operate in that country, making intelligence gathering and curtailing the threat from that country. >> so many people who die d in the attack were so young, not even alive on 9/11. an afghan infant on instagram a few days before her death. he was this sergeant was just a toddler when that began. >> in that photo she post identity love my job. the oldest amongst those lost was 31. the most common age among them was 20. so, some were not born when the 9/11 attacks happened. some were only children. all of them were only children when the attack happened. not only their ages but the enormous task we put on such young soldiers. these service members were being asked to guard the gate and figur

militias in afar are fighting in the far-eastern somali region.ali residents, mainly women and children, recently gathered to protest. the increasing ethnic violence now means the conflict could be existential, for the entire country. >> the current ethiopian crisis puts ethiopia at risk of collapse as a unified state. there is a great deal of concern about balkanization and about potential fragmentation. >> schifrin: a military dictatorship known as the e.r.g. ruled for 17 years, before t.p.l.f. rebels helped topple it in 1991. they divided the country into 10 states on sometimes-fragile ethnic lines, and often persecuted their opponents. adotei akwei leads amnesty international's africa team. >> the country is really crumbling or it's cracking on fault lines because the system that kept it together was autocratic and repressive and very violent. and that system has fairly has broken down. >> schifrin: abiy took power from the t.p.l.f. in 2018 and promoted himself as creating a new democratic era. he won the nobel peace prize for brokering peace

lester holt >> good evening, everyone an america that became weary of war is tonight witnessing from afar the raw and ugly reality of what the u.s. has left behind in the wake of its withdrawal from afghanistan, a vacuum filled by a resurgent taliban. its fighters have now ensnared the country's most important cities except the capital of kabul, grabbing territory, and now a high profile afghan commander. the speed of the militant advance adding urgency to efforts to put thousands of american boots back on the ground to oversee the departure of u.s. embassy staffers nbc's kelly cobiella remains in kabul tonight and starts our coverage >> reporter: tonight the taliban is firmly in control of afghanistan's second largest city, kandahar the militants consolidating their territory in the south, the north, and the west where they seized the historic city of herat and its famed military commander mohammad ismail khan. in this taliban propaganda video, khan, who fought the taliban in 2001, says he hopes the militants will bring peace, security, and stability. the lightning-fast taliban takeover

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what was it like for you to see us leave, take the flag down, and watch our chaotic withdrawal from afary hard. i remind myself that the sadness i feel over where we have brought ourselves is simply insignificant compared to the danger that we have put so many afghans in who trusted us. i'm sure it's the same for david. i am getting dozens and dozens of pleas for help from folks in kabul who want to get out and don't know how to do it. this is absolutely wrenching. >> ambassador crocker, mr. miliba miliband, thank you for joining us, thank you for your perspective. and next, a final thought. the stinging. my skin was no longer mine. my psoriatic arthritis, made my joints stiff, swollen... painful. emerge tremfyant™. with tremfya®, adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis... ...can uncover clearer skin and improve symptoms at 16 weeks. tremfya® is the only medication of its kind also approved for adults with active psoriatic arthritis. serious allergic reactions may occur. tremfya® may increase your risk of infections and lower your ability to fight them. tell your doctor if you ha

captain of the gymnastic team in rio 2016, what was it like for you watching your team compete from afartokyo just a couple of weeks back? i think there was a lot of different emotions. i just want to first start off and say how proud i am of all the gymnasts. it was really... i think there was a lot of different things going through my mind. i'm very proud of all of their hard work, very proud of them for doing the best they could, very proud of simone but obviously very heartbroken for her, as well. i can't imagine how difficult of a decision that must have been for her to decide to not compete or not finish the competition and the team final, and just really impressed with her, because there's so much pressure to be this perfect athlete. and i think sometimes people forget she's human, butjust really impressed with the other gymnasts on the us team, as well, and obviously so excited for sunisa, who won the all—around, and jade won floor, and then, simone came back and won the bronze on beam. and then, of course, the team won silver. but i also have to say it was so awesome watching th

taken the town into the enemy's territory so far, that conflict could have been spreading into the m r afar regions in the last few weeks. let's take a current look at the con sleggs fighting between the national army and the grand people's liberation front began in november of last year. that's when prime minister abby had sent troops against the t p. alas, off the he said it attacked army bases. by the end of november, i'll be announced. the military operation. integrate was complete. the government had taken over the regents capital mckelly. but the conflict took a ton 7 months later, when to grand forces retook mckelly and force governments soldiers to withdraw. well, since then, the rebels have pressed into a far region which is in the east and hora, which is in the south for thing, over 250000 people to flee. david shin was a us and bass the to pass on a former deputy chief of mission at the american embassy in sou dawn. he explains why the t p a left may have wanted to target this particular location. i don't think there is any particular military value to the capture of la bela by t

veterans who served in the middle east are now watching the same images of that chaotic situation from afars called forcefully to go reports. both are advocating for more assistance for the refugees. >> we need remove the caps on the refugees that were fresh from afghanistan. danny garza was honorably discharged from the u.s. navy after 6 years of service, including 2 deployments to the persian gulf for both operation enduring freedom in afghanistan. >> and operation iraqi freedom what they want is humanitarian aid right now because i mean, and they deserve it after we completely destroyed their infrastructure and government garza now spends his days in sacramento. >> he is a member of the nonprofit organization about face veterans against the war. a group of service members and veterans who are against all post 9.11 wars. >> he says the fall of afghanistan was inevitable. we did lose this war and the dream of democracy and afghanistan. >> is an imperialist to dream of us. overthrowing someone else's government saying you don't know how to run a government. we're going to put our government

taking the town into the enemy's territory so far that conflict could have been spreading into the m r afar regions in the last few weeks. let's take a look at the timeline of the current conflict. fighting between the national army and the to growing and people's liberation front began in the vendor last year. that's one prime minister. abby had sent troops against the t purelife, as he claimed the taxonomy air bases. by the end of november, i'll be announced the military operation into gro was, completes the governments of taken over the regions capital mckelly, but the conflict tickets her and 7 months later, to join forces, we took mckelly and force govern soldiers to withdraw. since then, the rebels oppressed into a far region in the east, and i'm horror in the south forcing over 250000 people to flee. well, david shin was a us ambassador to ethiopia, and a for the chief mission at the american embassy done. he explains why the t p less may have wanted to targets this particular location. i don't think there is any particular military value to the capture of la bella, by the grand defe

it also underlines the challenges the us is going to face in trying to target militants from afar ande consequences ordinary afghans have to pay. the us has said it is assessing and investigating reports of civilian casualties but insists an imminent threat to the airport was disrupted. nobody wants to see innocent life takien. we take it very, very seriously and when we know that we have caused innocent life to be lost in the conduct of our operations we are transparent about it. we are investigating this. i am not going to get ahead of it. the evacuation effort is now complete with us soldiers flown out ahead of tuesday's withdrawal deadline. many afghans remain desperate to leave the country. at this bus stand in kabul, many are headed for the iranian border. nearly all are hoping to be smuggled across. passenger numbers have more than doubled in recent weeks. the previous government only cared about getting rich themselves, says this man. now the taliban are here there are nojobs. there is no work anywhere. i need to be able to feed my kids. everything has become more expensive. i

so what is the situation forjournalists in china and for those trying to cover the country from afar? let me introduce you to my guests. i mentioned steve vines, he is one of them, former china correspondent for the observer, now back in the uk. sha hua is a correspondent for the wall streetjournal based in hong kong. cedric alviani is head of the east asia bureau for reporters without borders and isjoining us from taiwan. amy qin is china correspondent for the new york times, based in beijing, now works in taiwan, she is on the line from california. and meera selva, deputy director of the reuters institute at oxford university. welcome to all of you, thank you for being a part of the programme, especially those who are joining us at anti—social hours wherever you are in the world. steve, i mentioned your story, it makes sense to start with you. working in hong kong since the 1980s through a pretty amazing passage of history. i mentioned the observer, but you have worked for other outlets as well. how widespread has your work been read and consumed? well, i hate to be somebody to crea

it also underlines the challenges the us is going to face in trying to target militants from afar andhave to pay. the us has said it's assessing and investigating reports of civilian casualties, but insists an imminent threat to the airport was disrupted. nobody wants to see innocent life taken. we take it very, very seriously and when we know that we have caused innocent life to be lost in the conduct of our operations, we are transparent about it. we are investigating this, i'm not going to get ahead of it. the evacuation effort is now in its very final stages, with us soldiers being flown out ahead of tuesday's withdrawal deadline. many afghans remain desperate to leave the country. at this bus stand in kabul, many are headed for the iranian border. nearly all are hoping to be smuggled across. passenger numbers have more than doubled in recent weeks. translation: the previous government only cared - about getting rich themselves. now the the taliban are here, there are no jobs, no work anywhere. i need to be able to feed my kids. everything has become more expensive. we can't live

taking the town into the enemy's territory so far that conflict could have been spreading into the m r afar regions in the last few weeks. david shin was a us ambassador to if you're, if you're on a former deputy chief of mission at the american embassy in sou dawn, explains why the t p last may have wanted to talk at this location. i don't think there is any particular military value to the capture of la bella, by the grand defense forces. the town is not far from the gray border. sorry, it's not a long distance for them to go to me. the only explanation would be the fact that very early on in the conflict back in november of last year, the militia and the sample government forces captured the world heritage site of ox, which is the location of the, the auction, former oxen kingdom, inside western te gray and they, they still hold that location up to the present day. it is very difficult for the grand forces to know apparently recapture ox own. so i think they probably made a decision to take a lot of bella and are using this as a tit for tat mode that we will need while they, bella, if yo

taken the town into the enemy's territory so far, that conflict could have been spreading into the m r afar regions in the last few weeks. so hes on al jazeera, the u. n. is under pressure as concerns, right? civilians caught up in the fight between taliban and afghan forces and the brazilian president 1st to change the voting system offers a major blow. ah, ah, it's time for the journey to winter sponsored by kettle airways. hello there. we're watching a rush of tropical systems in east asia. the 1st one we're looking at is tropical storm loops. if we take a closer look that's already made land for along the coast of south east china. now we're talking powerful winds, really rough seas and high waves. and of course the flooding rains across one down problems. it's moving across few jang into tie one. so we're going to see some really intense amounts of rain here, 202300 millimeters with the potential of 500 millimeters in isolated areas. and that usually costs a spell for land slides and flash flooding. so we'll keep an eye on that. we've got another one that's moving towards japan. if we

spaces in counting terrorism from afar. this is just over one hour. >> i'm pleased to welcome you to this special college form event we are convening here virtually from afghanistan to the middle east. implications of the u.s. withdrawal and tell them victory. i am sure everyone on this call has their own views on the wisdom of the

pretty obvious, as far as america's concerned, you launch a strike, you do it from above and from afarrisk any troops. and for biden, this is really important, this is his way of showing that america can still have some sort of military might and that this is a way of ending the so—called endless wars. broadly speaking, it's quite popular amongst the american public but there's some criticism of it that its implementation�*s quite hurried, quite haphazard, but this is really complicated and quite extraordinary because mr biden is trying to get americans out of afghanistan, but he's trying to get revenge on this new terrorist group, and all of this in a country that's incredibly unstable, and breathing down america's neck is this very unfriendly group that's essentially running the country — the taliban, who want them out by next tuesday. 0k, nomia iqbal in washington. earlier i spoke to asfandyar mir, from the center for international security and cooperation at stanford university. i asked him what impact this strike could have against the terror group. the administration is claiming,