and weaknesses of the afghan security forces it also undermines the confidence of the afghan people in the government because if they cannot secure a provincial center just hundred or one hundred fifty kilometers away from the capital then how they can secure the rest of the country but the taliban also wanted to show project power and also show that they trumped administration strategy aimed at weakening the taliban on the battlefield and to force insurgents to come to negotiating table has not yielded results i'm also by capturing a provincial capital and also increasing their military activities across the country the taliban also wants to maximize battlefield gains in order to use that as leverage in any potential negotiations with the united states i want to get back to a point you were making about the overall security in the country and ask you specifically about you know if the taliban were to be able to take the does that raise the specter to you and your colleagues that the taliban could potentially even surround kabul i mean husni is very close to kabul right. whether thi

there were a few hundred afghans out of the afghan army.fter a lot of false starts the afghan security forces, the army in particular but also the intelligence services are becoming more and more ethnic. they continue -- the most trusted and admired institutions in the afghan government despite occasional problems. they have faced a huge threat and in my view they are responding to that more and more effectively. through that the afghan state has the potential to get stronger. in some ways the afghan writ large are in many ways the same group of people. there are no new leaders that have come up. many of these people were warlords in the 1990s and defeated by the taliban. they have wealth and power and they only use that wealth and power in order to maintain wealth and power. the afghan people have been taken for a ride by a lot of people who are in charge of various parts of the afghan society. where we will all end up as a huge question. i hope you can tell i'm optimistic about the long-term because what i see as a real sea change in afgh

among afghans. no one else was involved. others were involved in directly, but no one was directly involved and it never materialized. it never worked out. since 2007-2008, we are seriously engaged in pursuing peace talks with the taliban. , we have spent at least 12-13 years now, 10, 12 years trying to start or even talk about talks. it hasn't really materialized. we have an office where the taliban have been for a few years now, and that office seems to be political office that is supposed to be engaged by others into talking with taliban representatives. i'm not even sure to what extent the gentleman there are directly connected to today's leadership or decision-making bodies of the taliban. connected to today's leadership thatnot exactly sure, and is being verified now by those who want to engage in new talks. how amenable are the taliban? it depends on several conditions or factors. first, i think the question has to be answered as to, what do they really want? how do you engage them if you do

and weaknesses of the afghan security forces it also undermines the confidence of the afghan people in the government because if they cannot secure a provincial center just hundred or one hundred fifty kilometers away from the capital then how they can secure the rest of the country but the taliban also wanted to show project power and also show that they trumped this ration strategy aimed at weakening the taliban on the battlefield and to force insurgents to come to negotiate the cable has not yielded results i'm also by capturing a provincial capital and also increasing their military activities across the country the taliban also wants to maximize battlefield gains in order to use that as leverage in any potential negotiations with the united states i want to get back to a point you were making about the overall security in the country and ask you specifically about you know if the taliban were to be able to take the does that raise the specter to you and your colleagues that the taliban could potentially even surround kabul and it doesn't it's very close to kabul right. whether

you think would the afghan government would the u.s. government be amenable to some sort of power sharing deal. the afghan government and also washington have indicated that they will accept the participation of the taliban in the political system in afghanistan but i would slightly disagree with mr and that the taliban leaders want a power sharing deal so far to message from the taliban leadership has been consistent that they want the establishment of the islamic emirate do not recognize the legitimacy off the current political system in afghanistan and that is the reason that they have only accepted to talk to us but not to the afghan government certainly that our leaders would into taliban that they would be amenable to any power sharing agreement by the hardliners the ideological core of the taliban reject the current political system. islam and they wanted establishment of the islam republic in the country which disagreed with one of your points if you want to reply to anything he said. well this is what i'm saying whenever you in

story this morning the taliban has launched a series of missile attacks or diplomatic district of the afghan capital as the country's president was delivering a holiday speech earlier the afghan leader had proposed a cease fire during the holiday. the syrian army gears up to retake the militant held on played it live western media outlets are warning of a civilian massacre massacre potentially coming up but the same outlets have failing to mention the area is under the control of jihadist groups accused of war crime. the figure in the me to campaign against sexual harassment is a form of fellow actor who alleges that she raped him when he was seventeen. by the very good morning says r.t. international with me kevin owen live in moscow it's just eleven am in the headlines first though a developing story to tell you about several missiles have hit the center of the afghan capital of kabul this morning local police say the taliban is behind the attack no injuries reported that the missiles landed in the diplomatic district of kabul where government buildings are situated some of them hit the pr

me than a number of young afghans who talk of war gone. back to or defer to the new year of course a lot of number of them are already out of the country. and only two thousand and seventeen we met near wise shams and puyo in the afghan capital how they fared since then. on our return a year later we start off by looking for. in january two thousand and seventeen the varian officials have deported the rejected asylum seeker to kabul. we first met him soon after that. of a valid as possible weisel i slit my wrists. i can't remember how i did it but i recall the policeman saying that if you try to kill yourself or something like that it will sedate you and put you on the plane to afghanistan any way you are going to mind i'm about that was also. shams was one of two hundred forty four afghanistan were deported from germany on charter flights between december two thousand and sixteen and nature thousand and eighteen doctors in germany had certified that the young man was at risk the suicide and was suffering from severe depression he had neit

measures that are on affordable for ordinary afghans. when we first met mary weiss aria he was thinking about leaving afghanistan. but he chose a different path and is now building up a future here it was not an easy decision. like most afghans he has lost many friends to terrorism's. when i lost this role it's going from home to war i remember every single incident going on here seven journalists from tolo t.v. was attacked right here at this point when i pause is this short every day i remember them on this single area was lost so for the things you know which hurts me. if you near me in this city that there is safer there is more so that's not working here. you have to be fearless really there is when you go out in kabul. i don't you know i don't follow those security masses that there every day or excrete is spreading among the people that do not go to this area. don't go to that theory and. i just i just don't read it i just ignore that. we met mary was a year ago in a small restaurant. he was full of energy and optimism within a fe

afghan president has declared a provisional three month ceasefire with the taliban he said the truce would hold only if the insurgents reciprocate meanwhile the taliban have said that they will free hundreds of prisoners for the forthcoming holiday the announcement swallowed a week of fierce fighting in which the taliban launched an assault against the city of gas knee near kabul. to the wall the woman. and journalist he joins us on the line now from kabul he's been following this story. this is not the first time they've gone he's offered a ceasefire this year and just last week we saw fresh fighting the taliban also announcing that it would be that would withdraw protection from the red cross so what has propelled me to offer this ceasefire now. well actually you're right two months ago during the first the festival can you all see it all for an unconditional actually offer proposal to the taliban but this time it's conditional he say that you know he will give them the opportunity to embrace you and if they do agree and if they agree if they do. approve this proposal then you know

afghan taliban attempts a strike on the heart of the afghan government a militant assaulting slams rockets near the presidential palace in kabul just as the afghan president delivers a speech to the nation the attack comes two days after his ceasefire offer to the taliban we will have the very latest from kabul also coming up a survivor saying words alone will not help this after pope francis vows to root out sexual abuse from the catholic church but offers no plan of action. and a new star joins the ranks of the rock royalty at the m.t.v. video music awards. cuban born singer a commune kobe old takes home the top prize video of the year for her song about. i'm sarah kelly welcome to the program afghan security forces have been fighting militants in the capital kabul after rockets were fired during a speech by the president musharraf's ghani soldiers could be seen surrounding a house believed to contain the militants now military aircraft also bombed to the buildings sending plumes of smoke into the sky above a mosque in the city's old quarter in. syrian ministry told the associated press

rated in taking back rejected afghan asylum seekers. back in kabul there's still no sign of shams as model. in late may the german foreign ministry issued a new report on afghanistan which was to be the basis of a reassessment of deportation practices. the publication coincided with the first anniversary of a terrorist attack that largely destroyed the german embassy in kabul and killed or wounded hundreds of people. after the attack in germany temporarily halted the deportations. that has been some progress but the new report paints a still disastrous picture of the situation in afghanistan. and berlin now intends to resume unrestricted deportations it's a decision that the head of the aid organization for deportees opto got for can't understand. the current flee we are in the western part of kabul which was supposed to be one of the safest parts like a year ago or a year or half ago but recently most of the attacks that have been happening in kabul has been at this park for example one of the places that we are currently looking at is

yes downer was going through there the taliban the afghan government are scheduled to meet for talks in moscow in a few weeks' time the russian foreign minister confirmed plans for the meeting and said reactions been encouraging from both sides but we have never hidden our contacts with the taliban they are a part of afghan society contacts are aimed at providing security for russians in afghanistan but also to make the taliban ended to fight and start negotiations with the government a couple of years ago we initiated the so-called moscow for where we invited afghanistan and then neighbors in the region and the usa to start negotiations with foreign support but this is another so it takes place in early september with the taliban and the afghan government both invited was the first reaction was positive planning to take part in the meeting we hope it will be productive. sergey lavrov for we discussed the prospects of the talks between the taliban and the afghan government with investigative journalist nicholas davis political analyst intisar candy. the afghan government just recentl

rained down missiles on central kabul hitting the presidential palace during a live address by the afghan leader who on sunday has proposed a cease fire. this is our to international bring you in your live news update this hour with me jack and welcome to the program sanctions is definitely the buzzword in washington this tuesday with yet more calls to tighten restrictions against russia over a series of issues for which moscow is being blamed now our u.s. correspondents are cross the developments we have killed him up and in new york and samir khan in washington d.c. killed the british foreign secretary is on his first official visit to america but he's got russia in his sights hasn't it. yes now we heard him speak to the u.s. peace institute he made his remarks and essentially he called for more hostility to russia in athens and it's interesting because his speech was actually leaked to the press ahead of time so people knew what he was going to say before he said it and he followed the draft of his speech that was leaked pretty pretty closely let's review some of his remarks. need to a

the taliban launches a missile attack on the diplomatic district of the afghan capital as the country's president was delivering a holiday speech earlier the afghan leader had proposed a ceasefire during the holiday makers on that developing story this morning plus two. as the syrian army gears up to retake the militant held on played it live western media outlets one of a civilian massacre coming up the same outlets that failed to mention the areas under the control of jihadist groups accused of war crimes. with midterm elections looming in the u.s. the country warns of alleged external meddling again not just by russia this time by china with a trade war between beijing and washington in full swing at the same time. either of you want to run the world mourning for me kevin owen here in moscow it's just ten ten am at r.t. h.q. in the headlines today a developing story to start with several missiles have hit the diplomatic district of the afghan capital kabul this morning local police say the taliban is behind that attack no injuries reported has to be said the assault happened just as

home three million afghans live in iran but as the economy weakens many of them are losing jobs and being deported charla bella supports some herat in western afghanistan. this is the human cost of u.s. sanctions on iran these people are not iranian or american but afghan and sikkim and her family have lived in iran for twenty five years old the children were born there they were deported this week ending up in a un transit camp in waste in afghanistan. whoa there you know maybe they don't mind that we left behind our house our furniture i locked the doors and now i am here they were beating us they were very cruel they kept saying get lost. in the past iranian officials have said they have been proud to host an estimated three million afghans but is iran's economic situation worsens afghans one of the most vulnerable communities in iran some of the first to feel the pinch. more than two hundred thousand have been deported since the start of the year only a few thousand have received un support. for their economy kept getting worse and everyone was shouting and screaming we kept say

on central kabul hitting the presidential palace during the dress of the afghan leader who on sunday had proposed a cease fire. coming up on the program the syrian army gears up to retake the militant held enclave of western media outlets warn of a civilian massacre the same arguments though feel to mention the area is under the control of just how this group so accused of war crimes. and the young russian boy whose mother is severely ill and in need of difficult to obtain medication appeals to locals and his city to help save her we look at what the response to his appeal was. i run the clock across the world this is your r t international from the team myself you know neal hello and welcome to the afghan capital saw three hours of heavy fighting on tuesday between security forces and insurgents earlier in the day missiles rained down on central couple fired according to local police by the taliban the country's president was delivering a live televised speech at the time. so. you. could do you think it came. down willis sat d t v ad if you could. just give you a sense of the locati

is artsy welcome to the program my names you know o'neil our top story this hour the afghan capital saw three hours of heavy fighting on tuesday between security forces and insurgents earlier in the day missiles rained down on central kabul fired according to local police by the taliban the country's president was delivering a live televised speech at the time. if you. could do you think it could be. done with sat d t v ad if you could and the missiles landed in the diplomatic district of the city where government buildings are situated as we just saw the presidential palace down here on news wall that's one of the buildings that was hit also reportedly hit as well was the u.s. embassy up here well the taliban house had been increasing its activity militarily lately with another assault carried out by the group on monday taliban fighters on bush three buses taking almost two hundred people hostage later on monday afghan security forces reportedly three hundred fifty of those people well journalists face he sent us this report from kabul. well it has been more than three hours that we st

news line from berlin more than three hundred people have been killed in a taliban attack on the key afghan city of grozny people fleeing save bodies are lining the streets in some residents have been without food or electricity for days why are the taliban attack in this city also coming up a seventeen year old on a public over it was arrested in russia for sending messages critical of the government on her smartphone why is president putin afraid of teenagers like her and why has he withdrawn funding from the human rights group that's trying to help her and others like her are good also coming up on the show the turkish lira under pressure as the government and the central bank struggle to control a currency crisis. i'm sumi so much going to get to have you with us afghan officials say over one hundred security forces have been killed as they battle with the taliban for control of the city of grozny taliban forces launched a surprise attack last friday on the city which is just one hundred twenty kilometers from the capital couple afghan defense officials say seven hundred taliban fighter

on central kabul hitting among other targets the presidential palace during a live address by the afghan leader watching the three hours of heavy fighting between security forces and insurgents in syria. i'll swear as the syrian army gears up to retake the militant held on claims of western media outlets one of eight civilian massacre potentially the same outlets though failed to mention the areas under the control of jihadist groups accused of war crimes we follow that up this hour. and the story of a young russian boy's mother is severely ill and in need of difficult to obtain medication who's appealed to locals in a city to help boy they turned out to help to tell you all about it coming up. the other lot to get through this lunchtime live from one pm is kevin are with you thanks for watching so the focus this hour on afghanistan where the capital is seeing three hours of heavy gun fighting eliot choose day between security forces and insurgents earlier in the day missiles rained down on central kabul fired according to local police by the taliban the afghan president in fact was deli

sanctions on iran these people are not iranian or american but afghan and sixteen and her family have lived in iran for twenty five years all her children were born there they were deported this week ending up in a un transit camp and we soon afghanistan. why was it that you know i was there on monday we left behind our house our furniture i locked the doors and now i am here they were beating us they were very cruel they kept saying get lost. in the past iranian officials have said they have been proud to host an estimated three million afghans but is iran's economic situation worsens afghans one of the most vulnerable communities in iran are some of the first to feel the pinch. more than two hundred thousand have been deported since the start of the year only a few thousand have received un support because. their economy kept getting worse and everyone was shouting and screaming we kept saying we're refugees here but they kept saying if we cannot help iranians how can we help you another two hundred thousand afghans have returned home voluntarily after they couldn't find work in ira

latest also coming up more than three hundred people have been killed in a taliban attack on a key afghan city across me people fleeing say bodies are lining the streets and some residents have been without food or electricity for days and the turkish lira appears to be firming up as markets respond to new measures by the central bank of the government to contain the currency crisis. i'm sorry so much got it good to have you with us a car has crashed into security barriers outside the houses of parliament in london injuring a number of pedestrians london police say they have detained the car's male driver and that the investigation is now being led by their counterterrorism unit none of the pedestrians has incurred life threatening injuries armed officers remain on the scene in the area around parliament square has been cordoned off. a look at the very latest with our correspondent a call reece she is on the ground of whitehall near the parliament building how to cope good to see you i can see there behind you that the areas cordoned off not a lot of people around to bring us up to date o

the frontlines of violence beyond groups the number of afghans being killed and wounded in major afghan didn't simply shocking what we see is this very dangerous plan this week on the part of the afghan government to a large bolide in terms of. protecting lives i think what you're also looking at in the long run is the blow to the confidence of the younger generation in the country life is a very very difficult reality specially for young people and then as in afghanistan i've been targeted quite frequently by the islamic state and other militant groups so that question that i really wonder. who is responsible what is the government doing you know what sort of accountability there is because these attacks are becoming quite frequent. italy's prime minister has declared a twelve month state of emergency in the wake of cheese days bridge collapse in genoa at least thirty eight people have died and number the government expects will likely rise the deputy prime minister is blaming a lack of maintenance as questions are raised about infrastructure throughout the country it's national but re

heavy fighting is underway between afghan forces and insurgents in central kabul today earlier on the taliban launched a missile attack on the diplomatic district of the city. the syrian army gears up to retake the militant held on favored it live western media outlets will have a civilian massacre potential the same outlets though failed to mention the areas under the control of jihadist groups accused of war crimes. the young russian boy whose mother is severely ill and in need of a difficult to obtain medication of pills to locals in this city to help save we look at what the response to his appeal was. life marty h.q. moscow at midday here welcome to his latest live news update with me kevin over the focus this hour on afghanistan then where heavy fighting is currently underway in the capital between security forces and insurgents there's one the clock by early this morning missiles rained down on central kabul local police say they were fired by the taliban no major injuries reported though at this stage the attack occurred as the afghan president ashraf ghani indeed was deliveri

the afghan government has declared a conditional ceasefire with the taliban.rt. the former cia director who had his security clearance revoked by president trump last week says he is considering legal action to get it back. john brennan says the white house broke their own rules on controlling clearances. a church service has been held in detroit in honour of aretha franklin, who died on thursday. the service took place in the new bethel baptist church where franklin sang gospel as a child and where her father used to preach.

in central kabul hitting the presidential palace during a live address by the afghan leader on sunday i propose a cease fire. also ahead this hour as the syrian army gears to retake the militant held enclave of western media outlets warn of a civilian must occur the same i'd go fail to mention the area is under the control of this group so accused of war crimes. a young russian boy whose mother is severely ill and in need of difficult to obtain medication appeals to locals in his city to help save her we look at what the response to his appeal was. your tuning in from right around the world welcome to moscow on to r.t. international i mean in the middle of our top story the afghan capital saw three hours of heavy gun fighting on tuesday between security forces and insurgents earlier in the day missiles rained down on central couple fired according to local police by the taliban the country's president was delivering a live televised speech at the time. you. know if you. will the missiles landed in the diplomatic district of the city where government buildings are situated as we just s

tuesday's missile attack came after the afghan president offered a ceasefire on sunday to last for the duration of the muslim holiday. it looks like the attacks are a scorning response to that proposal daniel hawkins reports now on the current relations between afghanistan and the taliban the three month cease fire proposed by president garny is not the first such motion in afghanistan it probably won't be the last that has the blessing of the us time for peace has a but a ring to it than war on terror regardless the taliban are firmly rejected it instead continuing a countrywide military offensive. you know. i saw my friend dying he was among thirteen people including children and women who were killed during an airstrike last night and there is no attention from the government and no facilities for the residents of the dead bodies are still on the road signs that i've also been injured. military commanders say the truce will only benefit the u.s. led forces they've also been clear no peace will be possible in afghanistan as long as the foreign occupation carries on and as coalition f

more than three hundred people have been killed in a taliban attack on the key afghan city of gosney people say bodies are lining the streets and some residents have been without food or electricity for days. following terry martin good to have you with us british police are investigating a terrorist incident after a car crashed into security barriers outside the houses of parliament in london police have detained a car's driver on suspicion of terrorism they say he's not cooperating with authorities three people were hurt in the crash but none of the injuries appear to be life threatening armed officers remain on the scene and the area around parliament square has been cordoned off. well a few minutes ago london's metropolitan police made this statement to the press. driver of the fiesta who was allowed in the vehicle was arrested at the scene by armed officers who were already named. the man is in his late twenty's and he's been arrested on suspicion of terrorism offenses and has been taken to a south london police station where he remains in custody. given that this appears to be

august the twenty first welcome we're every year tuning in from i'm you know neal our top story the afghan capital saw three hours of heavy fighting on tuesday between security forces and insurgents earlier in the day missiles rained down on central kabul fired according to local police by the taliban the country's president was delivering a live televised speech at the time he he says . did they. don't will as sad d t be add if you couldn't let missiles landed in the diplomatic district of the city where government buildings are situated as we just saw the presidential palace here was among the buildings had reportedly was the u.s. embassy well the taliban has been increasing its military activity lately with another assault carried out by the group on monday taliban fighters three buses taking almost two hundred people hostage later on monday afghan security forces reportedly freed nearly one hundred fifty of those people journalists face he sent us this report from kabul well it has been more than three hours that we still have been hearing some r.p.g. and gunfire from this side which i

the afghan army is now leading the fight.uffering high rates of attrition, whether through casualties or desertions, and they are still only just able to secure central helmand, where most of the population live. britain may have turned its back on helmand, but it does have a presence here in the capital, kabul. on the ground, british soldiers have been tasked with transporting international advisers safely round the city. it is this mission, dubbed armoured uber, that has been boosted by another 440 uk troops. it is still america that is doing the heavy lifting, but it is talking, not fighting, that will change the course of this war. nobody is talking about fighting their way to victory anymore. victory now is a political settlement, and that is more than ever on the cards. but there is still no peace process, and for these afghan soldiers, there is still no end in sight to 17 long years of war. jonathan beale, bbc news, kabul. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the fast and furious form of football, knows as sevens,

good of the news coming to you live from berlin the taliban attempts to strike on the heart of the afghan government rockets land near the presidential palace in the capital kabul as ayesha ghani was making an address the nation and it comes just days after he offered a common bond militants a conditional cease fire we'll go live to kabul for the coming up businesses in venezuela are said to real but one day off the launch of a new currency will reform soaring inflation will make things for us. and a new styles conduct the m.t.v. video music awards. cuban born in syria coming up combat omi take home the top prize video thea for her song of on our. panel. hello and welcome i'm with that shima of gone security forces a forty minutes inside the capital kabul after drucker's for five during the speech by president bush of gunny he was delivering a message to mock. a major religious festival for muslims there was a swift response from government forces soldiers could be seen surrounding the house believed to contain the militants military aircraft also bombed the building sending plumes of smo

and afghan governments are unwilling to cross. between the two as in any cooperation. in the largest sense they actually fight each other all the time and in fact just a week or two ago there was a mass or render of one of ice holds main chapters in afghanistan because the taliban had penned them in and so the chapter surrendered to the afghan government as the last dangerous rival to turn themselves into occasionally we see signs of cooperation earlier this year for example they each launched a bombing in different parts of kabul at virtually the same moment which led to a lot of questions about whether they were colluding in the big picture they're actually quite bitter rivals all right joining us when even the appreciate job straight to on this journey was from the united states institute of peace. so to come here on the odd zero news hour we're live again in new york where donald trump's former lawyer pleaded guilty to charges brought against him by special counsel robert mueller the greek prime minister chooses a very symbolic location to officially announce the e

says it welcomes the afghan government ceasefire with the taleban. brazil sends troops to as border with venezuela as tension builds over its neighbors migration and greece completes its financial bailout program but the country's future remains uncertain. one point five million people have been displaced in the indian state of care and the worst flooding there and a century almost eight hundred fifty thousand people have been squeezed into displacement camps as they wait for the flooding to conditions all improving and major roads have been cleared but now the outbreak of disease is a big concern for authorities andrew thomas isn't going to leave one of the worst affected areas. people in kara describe the height of the water not in centimeters or inches but in debt relative to their bodies ankle deep. deep waist deep. some walking kilometers to the nearest dry road to home my house and then it went up on my head no it ground floor was completely covered the old are evacuated first cared for the folks that came for them elsewhere the water is shallo

and in control of their own future this is why we talk about an afghan led afghan owned reconciliation process and we believe that the best way to get there is do ensure taliban recognizes they can't win on the battlefield they must negotiate. go ahead joe thank you mr secretary of state when we please get general and bring your thoughts on this is one look he said is it is going to be a permanent presence what i would tell you terror is that we have permanent interests in south asia diplomatic interests security interests and we're going to we're going to maintain a presence to have influence in that region the diplomatic presence security and security presence in the form of that presence is going to change over time you know as an example just a few years ago we had over one hundred thousand u.s. forces in afghanistan in today we have forth about about fourteen thousand so they'll be a permanent diplomatic mission in afghanistan to be permanent diplomatic presence across south asia but i certainly don't expect that the current forces that we have in afghanistan represents an endurin

the afghan fundamentalist group the taliban has ambushed three buses in kidnap more than one hundred fifty passengers in northern afghanistan most have. by afghan forces but the raid came shortly after the president offered a cease fire during the muslim holiday. for more details on this we have correspondent daniel harkins daniel this sounds like a firm rejection to the cease fire then yes it looks that way for now cease fires have of course taken place before the most recent one back in june this year when government forces and taliban fighters celebrated the end of ramadan together and quite astonishing scenes on the front lines it seems no such luck this time the afghan president ashraf ghani has put forward a proposal for a three month conditional cease fire that the taliban must adhere to in order for the government to stop their forces conducting operations as well the taliban have made very clear their intentions as you mentioned by kidnapping dozens of people on buses heading to the capital kabul province looking as they say for members of the security forces now the reason

believes there's still scope for afghan taliban taliban relations to change afghan goldman just recently understood the crucial rule by the other superpowers in that region in also in the neighborhood of ghana stanched so russia of course is one of the strongest country and we can understand or maybe the afghan government can believe that for a shot in. the butt to go in and mediating between the taliban and the afghan government there could be some more progress is in afghanistan and because the different the negotiation in the interaction between the afghan government in taliban it just on the very first speed. there is yet another claim that russia is out to meddle in the upcoming midterm elections and the u.s. this time it's the atlantic magazine pointing the finger and its article mentions this channel as one of the tools being used to try and swing the vote teleporter explains the russians are probably at it again according to an article in the atlantic magazine and probably is good enough especially when the unity of the stars and stripes is apparently under threat by big bad russ

and the afghan government refused to do by the behavior of the afghan soldiers in the afghan national army and the taliban that that in fact there isn't a deep animosity that will lead to a prolonged civil war once the foreign troops withdrew. and. and really these various talks about cease fires and truce is ended kate. that there is a way forward for the afghans on both sides and and all the civilians caught in the middle if the u.s. would simply withdraw. or states not international will have more news and updates coming your way after this short break. you know world of big partisan movies. and conspiracies it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the bad and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks. with this manufactured consensus the public will. when the ruling classes project themselves. in the final merry go round be the one percent

troops on afghan civilians have been killed two people are not really optimistic to be honest about. all five even though i mean we hear from international figures as well like today the nato secretary general olds who welcomed it and i've been speaking to other diplomats as well saying that it might be actually opening the gateway for the taliban to embrace peace for a bridge before afghanistan they're welcomed by the international community but first of course the taliban have to agree to it how are they reacting to the offer . one of the taliban actually you know when you read dear even read sage it doesn't really talk so much about this even though just to say that they would be releasing . a dozen of afghan prisoners that they are and captivity within the palace on groups but they haven't been really you know the operating on this one issue of the dead but it seems like the taliban on quite a blow bill readdy but the problem is that the taliban is not one united need to get this point that me clarified that they are so much security and they are so much divided actually so there

afghan security forces have reportedly freed nearly one hundred fifty people kidnapped by the taliban on monday the group still holding some military personnel hall stage to ambush three buses on monday kidnapping the passengers the raid came shortly after the afghan president offered a cease fire during the muslim holiday. daniel holkins reports. the three month cease fire proposed by president garny is not the first such motion in afghanistan it probably won't be the last that has the blessing of the us time for peace has a better ring to it than war on terror regardless the taliban are firmly rejected it instead continuing a countrywide military offensive. the no no. no no no no no no. i saw my friend dying who was among thirteen people including children even women who were killed during a near straight last night there is no attention from the government and no facilities for the residence of the dead bodies are still on the roads things that i've also been injured. military commanders say the truce will only benefit the u.s. led forces they've also been clear no peace will be po

by the the havior of the afghan soldier in the afghan national army and the taliban that in fact there isn't the deep animosity that would lead to a prolonged civil war once the foreign troops withdrew. and. and really these various talks about cease fires and truces indicate. that there is a way forward for afghans on both sides and and all the civilians caught in the middle if the u.s. would simply withdraw migrants trapped on a boat in a sicilian port have finally been allowed by italy to leave the ship local churches agreed to take in some of the refugees as did albania and ireland the italian interior minister is now being investigated by cicely's chief prosecutor on suspicion of illegal arrest and abuse of power the case that cause divisions within the e.u. with italy now threatening to hold to its payments to the bloc rome is demanding that the e.u. share more of the migrant burden because the e.u. does not respect agreements and does not meet its commitments we as a political force are no longer ready to give them twenty billion a year. let's not engage in finger pointing we al