the pakistani taliban of course right now during this three days of eating the afghan taliban a separate entity from the pakistani taliban is in the midst of a of a cease fire with the afghan government it will last for the three days of even the afghan president would like it's a last longer all right jennifer thank you very much for that jennifer grasslands forests in kabul afghanistan that's not cross over to pakistan and come on in islam about force come all. may have died in afghanistan but many of his violent actions occurred on pakistani soil he was a leader of the pakistani taliban tell us about the reactions there. well the local media has certainly been giving this a lot of coverage because dish is big news he was one of don's number one enemy a back in two thousand and nine. fled into avantage down across the border into cornered provenge after a major military operation by the pockets on a military force but he was able to regroup august on had already complained to have won it on their operating from of ground he was able to move between corner and nuristan and so

india to go into pakistan into afghanistan so let's assume that's true and pakistanis arming the afghan taliban who is it is there no better ways to deal with india than supporting at home i think i think look taliban have nothing to do with india so if anybody is mentioned to you please tell them to talk to me. back. and sole objective on the taliban. and afghanistan actually more than the other is to have peace in afghanistan pakistan will be the biggest beneficiary of a peaceful strong vibrant of the. we will be the biggest loser if understand is weak if one is that is has got a lot of. terrorist activity and other things happening who will be the biggest loser part of us we will be and this thing is very contagious terrorists don't recognize borders we should get away from this mindset that you know here's the line so they have a problem we don't know this thing blows like so we disagree with musharraf when he admits that yet have the sound statement is actually is and to the views we hold of what i think the context of a statement. read several statements but not this particular one is tha

will keep defensive positions the government says it have that it cease fire is only with the afghan taliban and not other groups here in afghanistan that are fighting against it but now we know that the afghan president plans to unilaterally extend the cease fire we expect an official announcement in the coming days so all eyes right now on the taliban and of course we have seen these remarkable scenes afghan fighters so afghan military meeting with the taliban fighters here and in places around the country wishing them greetings and i think it's brought a lot of hope for the for some sort of peace of course it was in february that president ghani issue. a really unconditional invitation to peace talks he said the republical recognition for the taliban if they came to peace talks and of course peace is what is the government's goal here trying to find some sort of negotiated agreement with the taliban or we'll leave it there jennifer and we'll wait to get some more developments on the situation from going to half a q so to europe where the greek government is facing a vote of no confidence

it's a book about how that helps with the afghan taliban all this time. en barack obama came into power everybody steamrolled him into this afghan escalation. he could've look like a real hero and dead just as well politically. instead, he gave into what he knew was wrong and escalated it up to hundred 40000 troops. and they accomplished nothing. their very first counterinsurgency was the little town which they lie and pretend it was a giant city of 80000 people. there's a small agricultural district. the ratio number was two marines for every civilian. so many had fled. they were unable to tame it, the taliban ruled that night. they never won a single thing. was such a failure that the general called it a bleeding ulcer and said forget it, they abandoned counterinsurgency. patrice came in and took over the war and did not even try. the search amounted to an escalation of force but not a change in strategy. they're going to eat up on the taliban and then to what we say and then we can go. july 2011 came and went. the taliban said forget you. the game was u

that is mostly made up of former pakistani taliban some afghan former afghan taliban and other sort of die hards and extremists who have joined hands in different pockets everybody has gone after them so for the americans the afghans and occasionally the taliban and i as have clashed now what we saw today is a reminder again that it is a potent threat that something needs to be done about it and that maybe the taliban in the afghans afghan government can come to terms on how to deal with ayers and that could be a starting point for maybe dialogue between the two sides well president ghani is obviously keen to keep the momentum going he's offering quite a lot isn't the to the taliban is extending the cease fire he's freeing taliban militants is offering civil benefits to the taliban as if they were any other citizen getting enough in return or is he giving too much away. well he has already given quite a bit and today we saw more incentives given to the taliban. and i think that it has paid off to some extent i mean this ceasefire the taliban agree to. some extent is not only because of

affiliates the question is what will the taliban do now will they respect this ceasefire through one of the holiest weeks in the muslim calendar and how will afghan security forces tell the difference between taliban fighters and those i saw and other militant groups the president ghani says his army and other security forces will continue to fight president putin says he is rated that he has no plans to pull troops out of syria anytime soon he was being quizzed about russia's role in the conflict and about a range of other topics during his annual call in t.v. sure. mr putin said forces will remain in syria for as long as it's in russia's interests despite announcing earlier that their job is done for at the machines in the arsenal but our forces are deployed there to secure russia's interest in this vital region of the world which is very close to our territory and they will remain there as long as it's beneficial to russia by this week talking us one and. he does this every year already one of the headlines. well most of what happens in this four hour long session is regarding domestic affairs this is a chance as the kremlin likes to see it fo

affiliates the question is what will the taliban do now will they respect this ceasefire through one of the holiest weeks in the muslim calendar and how will afghan security forces tell the difference between taliban fighters and those and other militant groups the president ghani says his army and other security forces will continue to fight. spain's new socialist candidate has been sworn in in madrid includes a record number of women eleven women in fact will take up keep posts included ministers of economy and defense spain now ranks highest in the world for representation of female politicians in cabinet. birdie's president has promised to step down in the twenty twenty p. and a cruiser says he will not seek reelection at the end of his current its decision to run in two thousand and fifteen plunged the country into a deadly political crisis last month constitutional referendum fixes gave the go ahead for presidential terms to be extended from five to seven is it was widely seen as paving the way for a new crew disease to remain in power but he insists he's ready to support the newly elected president. opposition politicians in guatemala call

their weapons to civilians and soldiers to take photographs we saw a large bus load of the taliban and afghan soldiers line both the taliban flag and the afghan flag of driving into the afghan capital and it is a scene we've seen repeated around the country so the real question is there seems to be some momentum for peace the government's gamble to issue an unilateral ceasefire paid off with this taleban cease fire and now i think everyone's going to wait and see what the taleban will do we've seen a lot of joy around the country from both the afghan military taliban fighters and civilians all of whom would like to see an end to the long many years of fighting here and now the question is will the taliban extend their ceasefire as well thank you for that jennifer glass live for us on the news grid from kabul and as jennifer mentioned there joining the cease fire these are some of the images many afghans i've seen on social media take a look rallies in support of peace afghan journalist posted these saying that he'll visit his village for the first time in years if the ceasefire is extended by

affiliations the question is what will the taliban do now will they respect this ceasefire through one of the holiest weeks in the muslim calendar and how will afghan security forces tell the difference in. i mean taliban fighters and those i saw and other militant groups the president ghani says his army and other security forces will continue to face a man who carried out a laureus which killed five people in sweden last year has been jailed for life aka matter a kilo from becky stone drove a stolen truck into a crowd of shoppers in the capital stock home last april the thirty nine year old expressed sympathy for myself and was sentenced on terror related charges are killed off and had his bid for asylum rejected before the attack. what somalia has suspended rescue efforts around mt for a saying rain and the hot volcanic material make it too dangerous at least ninety nine people on confirmed to have died following the massive eruption on sunday prosecutors have ordered an investigation into the official handling of sunday's eruption a national disaster agency it was criticized for not warning people in time of the danger from the volcano. a group

affiliations the question is what will the taliban do now will they respect this ceasefire through one of the holiest weeks in the muslim calendar and how will afghan security forces tell the difference between taliban fighters and those and other militant groups the president ghani says his army and other security forces will continue to fight still ahead on al jazeera i don't know. that i mean your liking the look how refugees from him are are now getting help with their eyesight. it's a horrible trail of tears for them i'm sorry to say at least forty six people drowned off the coast of yemen once again highlighting the desperation of many across the horn of africa. how it was there were some lively storms just pushing out of the northern plains of the us easing over towards the midwest see the great plains actually sing for ever amounts of cloud to spinning off the rockies and that will continue to make its way further east then as we go on through the next couple of days there we go the upper midwest see some very heavy rain for a time on friday as warmth around eastern seaboard will see temperatures getting up to twenty celsius in new york twe

india to go into pakistan into afghanistan so let's assume that's true and pakistanis arming the afghan taliban who is it is there no better ways to deal with india than supporting it who i think i think look taliban have nothing to do with india so if anybody is mentioned to you please tell them to talk to me. and sole objective on the taliban. and afghanistan actually more than taliban is to have peace in afghanistan pakistan will be the biggest beneficiary of a peaceful strong vibrant of the. we will be the biggest loser if understand is weak if one is than is has got a lot of. terrorist activity and other things happening who will be the biggest loser part of us we will be and this thing is very contagious terrorists don't recognize borders we should get away from this mindset that you know here's the line so they have a problem we don't know this thing blows like so we disagree with musharraf when he admits that yet i have to stand statement is actually is and to the views we hold a lot but i think the congress of his statement. read several statements but not this particular one is that w

bomb attack at least twenty six people have been killed in a suicide blast at a gathering of taliban and afghan security officials in the eastern center city of . are still has claimed responsibility it's a blow to an otherwise happy day which saw dozens of unarmed taliban fighters entering the capital kabul and other cities to celebrate the holiday images emerged on social media of afghan soldiers and taliban members together exchanging hugs and even taking selfies jennifer glass has the latest now from kabul. terrible punctuation to what had been a very happy holiday here in afghanistan the gathering that was targeted there was taliban fighters and the afghan military and afghan civilians who all gathered to wish each other holiday greetings it's a scene has been repeated around the country but in jalalabad a terribly sad ending with attacking the gathering trying to perhaps interrupt the best hopes for peace that afghanistan has seen in a long time of the ceasefire by the tell of on lasting for the three days coinciding with a cease fire by the government and successful by all accounts not j

india to go into pakistan into afghanistan so let's assume that's true and pakistanis arming the afghan taliban. is it is there no better ways to deal with india than supporting it who i think i think look taliban have nothing to do with india so if anybody is mentioned to you please tell them to talk to me. and sole objective on the taliban. and afghanistan actually more than. is to have peace in afghanistan pakistan will be the biggest beneficiary of a peaceful strong vibrant of the. we will be the biggest loser if understand is weak if afghanistan is has got a lot of. terrorist activity and other things happening who will be the biggest loser part of us we will be and this thing is very contagious terrorists don't recognize borders we should get away from this mindset do you know here's the line so they have a problem we don't know this thing blows like so we disagree with musharraf when he admits that yes i have to stand his statement is actually is and to the views we hold of what i think the congress of his statement. read several statements but not this particular one is that we sacrific

affiliations the question is what will the taliban do now will they respect this ceasefire through one of the holiest weeks in the muslim calendar and how will afghan security forces tell the difference between taliban fighters and those and other militant groups the president ghani says his army and other security forces will continue to fight we've got a lot more to come on this al-jazeera news hour including. ranger refugees struggle through ramadan as the monsoon season takes hold. you can i go inside to stop a government crackdown by staging a national strike. will tell you how the warriors put themselves within a when the n.b.a. time. at least eighteen people have been killed in baghdad when a cache of weapons exploded in the basement of a mosque ninety other people were injured in wednesday's powerful blast which destroyed surrounding buildings and cars that has more from the iraqi capital. the crater and surrounding devastation shows how powerful the explosion was in the halls of sort of a city in northeastern baghdad. homes and businesses destroyed the area is the stronghold of the influential shia cleric toddles saw that so are you a fool

affiliates the question is what will the taliban do now will they respect this ceasefire through one of the holiest weeks in the muslim calendar and how will afghan security forces tell the difference between taliban fighters and those i just saw and other militant groups the president danny says his army and other security forces will continue to fight manmohan you an agent says have signed an agreement that could mean some of the seven hundred thousand to hinge of muslims will be able to return to mammal but for many who run from a brutal military crackdown in august last year there's not much hope that it will actually happen stuck in makeshift camps in bangor they're. trying to make the best of life where they are stephanie decker reports. mohammad prays before breaking his ramadan fast with his family this year they're observing ramadan as refugees along with hundreds of thousands of other crammed into this camp in cox's bazaar. last year in ramadan it wasn't so difficult in our home village in myanmar at least we could get all the basic essentials like fish meat and vegetables but over here we just can't afford them now we only have rice le

like many americans, i was struck by the images of afghan soldiers and taliban praying together side-by-side. with afghan troops and what soldiers can pray together, then the afghan people have every reason to believe their leaders can come together and negotiate an end to the war, helping to jumpstart a peace process is among secretary pompeo's highest priority. it has been my focus since assuming responsibility for th this. the south asia strategy announced last august is making a difference. it's conditions -based approach has signaled they cannot win on the battlefield and has provided president connie with renewed president to pursue a negotiated settlement. his february invitation to the taliban to enter without preconditions was unprecedented. equally was president connie's announcement of the temporary cease-fire for the week surrounding the holiday. the national outpouring of relief and joy was unlike anything afghanistan missing. taliban fighters wandered the streets of the cities, they took selfie's, they sampled and worshiped alongside those they had been exchanging fire with a f

a day of celebration temporary peace between the afghan government and the taliban has been marred by a car bomb attack at least twenty six people have been killed in a suicide blast at a gathering of. security officials in the eastern province of lunga hard i saw has claimed responsibility it's a blow to our otherwise happy day which saw dozens of the taliban fighters entering the capital kabul and other cities to celebrate the holy day of ied jennifer garner says the latest now from kabul a terrible punctuation to what had been a very happy holiday here in afghanistan the gathering that was targeted there was taliban fighters and the afghan military and afghan civilians who all gathered to wish each other holiday greetings it's a scene has been repeated around the country but in jalalabad a terribly sad ending with attacking the gathering trying to perhaps interrupt the best hopes for peace that afghanistan has seen in a long time of the ceasefire by the taliban lasting for the three days of coinciding with a cease fire by the government and successful by all accounts not just the f

affiliations the question is what will the taliban do now will they respect this ceasefire through one of the holiest weeks in the muslim calendar and how will afghan security forces tell the difference between taliban fighters and those i saw and other militant groups the president danny says his army and other security forces will continue to fight. the red cross has pulled more than seventy of the international staff out of yemen because of security concerns the move comes as he led forces close in on the red sea city of data its port is yemen's main route for humanitarian aid the military says yemeni government forces which it banks is part of a coalition with the u.a.e. within ten kilometers over who controls city now the u.n. says a military assault could have dire consequences the u.s. has warned against an offensive to capture the port she had returned she has more from washington d.c. . there's been reports for a few days now off a discussion within the administration as to whether to support an assault on the port of her data it was the wall street journal that initially reported that the m.-a rafi's had asked washington for direct suppor

individuals that they thought were against them these were the fundamental issues that we faced the taliban as afghans who must be very clear when we will be referred to the taliban as afghans as individuals always wanted peace they were part of that country part of our side and so to the afghan people the reason that we cannot succeed in our peace process so far. it's fundamentally because the afghan jewish in bringing peace to the country was not the only determinant factor but were the other facts foreign factors neighbors international community u.s. object in the region and afghanistan all of those combined hands to deny a space which we hope those of those those do those negative factors. are going to go away now and if that happens we will certainly sort of have these. mr potts so where did the international community fail in this in all this what do you think what could have been done differently while of course it's always easy to read judge the situation as it was back in two thousand and one from inside at the time i agree it was a mistake not to involve taliban but on the other hand taliba

people have been flooding onto the streets of afghan cities in celebration on saturday after the taliban announced a surprise three day ceasefire afghan president said he would extend a parallel cease fire announced by his government on tuesday but did not say how long it would be in place. a historic moment taliban fighters embracing afghan soldiers and civilians. the taliban has temporarily stopped attacks on civilians after eight announced a three day cease fire friday. on the streets of gansey stunned residents blocks traffic to take pictures with the religious fundamentalists. looking of course on us we are glad to be here with the afghan soldiers our hope is peace and the end of fighting in afghanistan. for some the news was simply overwhelming but i thank them for that but the taliban ceasefire comes three days after afghanistan president a shotgun e announced just the station of hostilities now gunny has ordered a prolongation of the first truce in seventeen years it was. the fourth day of the event of what i will or the extension of the ceasefire is to afghan security forces . s

the violence comes on the same day the afghan taliban announced it will mark a three—day ceasefire overup has said that during the truce operations against foreign forces would continue. the afghan government has welcomed the ceasefire announcement. the bbc‘s shoaib sharifi has sent this report from the capital, kabul. it isa it is a country that has been torn apart by warfor many years, it is a country that has been torn apart by war for many years, but the latest development could be a small step in the direction of peace, even if it is just a three—day ceasefire. a senior official in the afghan government told the bbc that he thinks it is very significant. translation: we welcome this decision taken by the taliban about the ceasefire. we are hoping that we can use this opportunity for a longer ceasefire and then pave the way for long—term peace in afghanistan. on the streets of afghanistan, there is an an easy calm as the country wa kes is an an easy calm as the country wakes up to the news of co—ordinated attacks by the taliban. —— uneasy. some young afghans are cautiously optimisti

they began to to take afghans as prisoners and this moved many of the taliban leaders who are who had settled down in the country to fear for life and to go back to the mountains or to go back to parks that was the foundation of. the return of violence to afghanistan pakistan sparks sounds in a bid itty to accept afghanistan as a good piece for neighbor for their own interests for the disputes that riyadh durand line and all of the issues of the united states not paying genuine attention to maintain peace rather on hunting down individuals that they thought were against them these were the fundamental issues that we faced the taliban of dance we must be very clear when we would be affected by the taliban as afghans as individuals always wanted peace they were part of that country part of our side and so to the afghan people the reason that we did not succeed in our peace process so far is fundamentally because the afghan wish in bringing peace to the country was not the only determinant factor. but where are the other facts foreign factors neighbors international community u.s. object

well in all the stories we're following the afghan president says the head of the pakistani taliban has been killed by a u.s. drone strike. was responsible for a number of high profile attacks including the shooting of schoolgirl malala yousafzai in two thousand and twelve is believed to have been killed in a targeted strike on wednesday in the afghan province of coonana jennifer glass reports. lulu was at the top of pakistan's most wanted list as leader of the pakistani taliban who planned attacks including one of the school and in two thousand and fourteen they killed one hundred fifty one people many of them children. two years earlier he ordered the murder of schoolgirl malala yousafzai she was shot in the head on a school bus by taliban fighters but survived and was later awarded the nobel peace prize. for those who met mila first listen he was ruthless radical and uncompromising his speeches were often directed against the united states pakistan female education and the polio vaccine. oh. i'm warning the people are sworn to stay away from the security forces otherwise the alone wi

taliban. some young afghans are cautiously optimistic. e are very tired of war, and we don't want to see any more bloodshed in our country. translation: we shouldn't be happy about a ceasefire that lasts only three days. it is not sufficient, and our president shouldn't be happy about it, we should aim for sustainable peace throughout the country. in washington, the state department said the us forces and coalition partners in afghanistan would honour the ceasefire put on the table by fighters like these. the peace offer doesn't apply to the 15,000 foreign forces still stationed in the country. an iraqi asylum seeker has been extradited to germany to face trial over the rape and death of a 14 year old girl. the case has further fuelled the debate around the country's immigration policy. caroline rigby has more. arriving back in germany amid high security, wearing hand and ankle cuffs, ali bashar was led away by heavily armed police. the 20—year—old iraqi asylum seeker was deported back to germany after fleeing for his home country followin

the afghan president says the head of the pakistani taliban has been killed by a u.s. drone strike was known for his brutality which included public beheadings and ordering the shooting of a schoolgirl malala yousafzai in twenty twelve jennifer glass reports. was at the top of pakistan's most wanted list as leader of the pakistani taliban he planned attacks including one of the school into shower in two thousand and fourteen they killed one hundred fifty one people many of them children. two years earlier he ordered the murder of schoolgirl malala yousafzai she was shot in the head on a school bus by taliban fighters but survived and was later awarded the nobel peace prize those who met mila first listen he was ruthless radical and uncompromising his speeches were often directed against the united states pakistan female education and the polio vaccine. oh. i'm warning the people of swat to stay away from the security forces otherwise they alone will be responsible we also want the people not to buy land from the local landlords otherwise the alone will be accountable.

bomb attack at least twenty six people have been killed in a suicide blast at a gathering of taliban and afghan security officials in the eastern province of eyesores says it was responsible for the attack it's a blow to an otherwise happy day which saw dozens of ananda taliban fighters entering the capital kabul and other cities to celebrate the ied holiday images emerged on social media of afghan soldiers and taliban members exchanging hugs and even selfies jennifer glass is following the story for us from kabul. terrible punctuation to what had been a very happy holiday here in afghanistan the gathering that was targeted there was taliban fighters and the afghan military and afghan civilians who all gathered to wish each other holiday greetings it's a scene has been repeated around the country but in jalalabad a terribly sad ending with attacking the gathering trying to perhaps interrupt the best hopes for peace that afghanistan has seen in a long time of the ceasefire by the taliban lasting for the three days that coinciding with a cease fire by the government and successful by all accounts

the violence comes on the same day the afghan taliban announced it will mark a three day ceasefire overuslim festival of eid. rail passenger groups have described the decision to award a cbe to the chief executive of network rail as a "slap in the face". mark carne was named in the queen's birthday honours list after weeks of disruption across several rail networks, caused by the introduction of a new timetable. joe lynam reports. protesters on the march in the lake district, they are have been no trains to windermere for a week and some fear it could damage the tourist industry. it is a local issue caused by a wider shakeup of timetables in england. so what do they feel about the boss of network rail getting a cbe? it makes a mockery of the whole awards system. iama mockery of the whole awards system. i am a brit and i mockery of the whole awards system. i am a britand i like mockery of the whole awards system. i am a brit and i like to believe in it and people who get them it. but this is saying that it is not what you have done, it is who you know. whoever the queen and the governmen

the 1990's, pakistan reportedly provided training, intelligence, and material support to the afghan taliban. pakistani nuclear scientists even met with senior al qaeda leaders in 1998 to discuss nuclear technology. and after 9/11, osama bin laden and his men fled, guess where, to pakistan where he was eventually killed 10 years later by the americans. pakistan has moved quickly to revive the taliban after its defeat and has facilitated arms purchases for al qaeda. mr. speaker, pakistan's behavior has never changed. just a few weeks ago, the new commander of the coalition forces in afghanistan told congress, my committee, that pakistan is the big youest obstacle to stabilize biggest obstacle to stabilizing afghanistan. and the u.n. ambassador to afghanistan told the u.n. that he problem in afghanistan is pakistan. we have fooled ourselves into thinking pakistan is a partner. we poured billions of dollars into pakistan hoping and praying they will change, but they have not. we are continuing to pay them for bad behavior. that's why i've introduced amendment number 20 to the underlying bill to

taliban. reacting to the offer, some young afghans are cautiously optimistic. with the taliban could stop. we are very tired of war, and we don't want to see any more bloodshed in our country. translation: we shouldn't be happy about a ceasefire that lasts only three days. it is not sufficient, and our president shouldn't be happy about it, we should aim for sustainable peace throughout the country. in washington, the state department said the us forces and coalition partners in afghanistan would honour the ceasefire put on the table by fighters like these. the peace offer doesn't apply to the 15,000 foreign forces still stationed in the country. stay with us on bbc news. still to come — how the newest member of the british royal family, the duchess of sussex, helped the queen celebrate her official birthday. the day the british liberated the falklands, and by tonight, british troops had begun the task of disarming the enemy. in the heart of the west german capital, this was gorby—mania at its height. the crowd packed to see the man who, for them, has raised gre

like many americans i was struck by the images of afghan soldiers and the taliban praying together side-by-side. if afghan troops and foot soldiers can pray together then we have every reason to believe that their leaders can come together and negotiate an end to the war helping to jumpstart an afghan peace process is among secretary pompeo's highest priority and has been my focus since assuming responsibility for this account one year ago. the south asian strategy announced last august is making a difference. the approach has signaled to the taliban that they cannot win on the battlefield and has provided the president with renewed consonants to pursue a negotiated settlement. his invitation to pursue a peace process without precinct -- preconditions was unprecedented. equally unprecedented was his announcement of a tease -- cease-fire surrounding the holidays. the national outpouring of relief and joy was unlike anything afghanistan has seen. caliban fire nurse wanted in the streets of the city. they sampled traits with afghan citizens and worshiped alongside those they were exchanging fire w

affiliates the question is what will the taliban do now will they respect this ceasefire through one of the holiest weeks in the muslim calendar and how will afghan security forces tell the difference between taliban fighters and those i just saw and other militant groups the president ghani says his army and other security forces will continue to fight a lot of a person has held his annual direct line t.v. appearance as a sixty of time he's held the phone in where russians from all across the country cole right all send videos i marry of different questions where we challenge reports from moscow what was discussed this year. there were some tweaks to this year's direct line with putin outs when the studio audience in came an array of ministers and regional governors waiting to explain to watching the russians why gas prices are too high or holes in the road are repaired as usual most of the discussion was on domestic affairs with the oft repeated message that russia is heading in the right direction but putin rarely wastes an opportunity to tell the west that it's political and financial pressure won't work. defending our interests must be done

taliban. some young afghans are cautiously optimistic. the taliban could stop. we are very tired of war, and we don't want to see any more bloodshed in our country. translation: we shouldn't be happy about a ceasefire that lasts only three days. it is not sufficient, and our president shouldn't be happy about it, we should aim for sustainable peace throughout the country. in washington, the state department said the us forces and coalition partners in afghanistan would honour the ceasefire put on the table by fighters like these. the peace offer doesn't apply to the 15,000 foreign forces still stationed in the country. pope francis has told oil executives that climate change is a challenge of huge proportions. he said that while society had a "thirst" for energy, its use must not destroy civilisation, and urged the executives gathered at the vatican to help the world move to clean energy. danny aeberhard has more. today's huge need for energy must not be allowed to destroy civilisation itself — that was pope francis's message to a group o

a joyful site the taliban the afghan military together celebrating ied and the conflicts perced cease fire these taliban fighters came to the capital from wardak province afghan soldiers search them at the gates to the city there is a real sense of brotherhood the fighting set aside for now a time to revel in peace because according to some of the journalists here i woke up this morning and learned the taliban could go to the city without harm my heart is bursting with happiness because of this ceasefire. but they must not tell specialising what we are so happy because today is a celebration we gathered here happily with our brothers who have been unhappy for so long. as were the gathering spreads the crowds with afghans sensing this might be a turning point a moment in history. that we hope for a peaceful and stable afghanistan we must be proud of this peaceful moment and we hope it will last forever. the scene to repeat it in many provinces around afghanistan opponents coming together in a show of afghan solidarity raising hopes this is something that could last the wood the laid. o

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what's happened over the last three days the taliban are the main or make the afghan government and there was a ceasefire it was peaceful be held as you said that the taliban leadership would an end of the cease fire but i think it is that the bag is actually much more difficult to kill someone to fight someone if you've just been praying with them and the religious motivation of the insurgency also somehow becomes questioned you know if it's if you have a three day cease fire going to head on to kill your fellow muslim. why is it suddenly how long day for i think that for those with the movement. has been too dangerous to talk about peace talks all want to talk negotiations it becomes a say in these things become so noble and i really hope that the dynamic of the war has been changed. and you know something like i escape people who are spoilers. afghanistan actually the taliban to police them ok because when i say no sweat it uniquely can i can i just see their four because i mean this official three day cease fire comes to an end at the end of sunday which is today why not three new ext

affiliates the question is what will the taliban do now will they respect this ceasefire through one of the holiest weeks in the muslim calendar and how will afghan security forces tell the difference between taliban fighters and those i saw and other militant groups the president danny says his army and other security forces will continue to fight. well still ahead here although al-jazeera. the political violence plaguing nicaragua catholic bishops want to beat the president. and a historic act of defiance what gandhi took a stand on a whites only train but some in south africa say he's no hero to stay with us. i. mean the weather sponsored by cattle. however the deadly floods continue across southern parts of china kids see of what is now back tropical depression are you going to see is still swirling away snow moving along the south coast bringing some really heavy downpours flooding rains then into towards hong kong some big downpours and still some lively ways but the winds not really the issue really is about the wet weather some parts seeing over two hundred millimeters of rain over twenty four hour period so that's a similar pictures to g

the afghan taliban has now agreed to a three day ceasefire put down arms hearing aids between june the fourteenth and june seventeenth at the end of the holy month of ramadan this follows the afghan president's announcing a ceasefire until the twentieth. security forces will not attack taliban fighters but will respond if provoked the united nations is warning a quarter of a million civilians could die if sounding that coalition forces attempt to take the many city of what data they're now within twenty kilometers of the red sea port it's going told by who theoretical is and is the main entry point for food and humanitarian supplies for the war torn country seventy that has more yemen was already one of the poorest countries in the world before the regional proxy war took over the country the saudi led war on yemen is now into its fourth year and hospitals are struggling to cope three hundred model a monologue the numbers we're in the good hands of god people are sick for years we have done nothing to be in the situation we're just citizens here we have nothing but god this hospital is

a car bomb attack at least twenty six people have died in a suicide blast at a gathering of taliban and afghan security officials in the eastern city of nine i still has claimed responsibility it's a blow to an otherwise happy day which saw dozens of unarmed taliban fighters entering the capital kabul and other cities to celebrate the holiday while images emerged on social media of afghan soldiers and taliban members exchanging hugs and even taking selfies we'll get more now from jennifer glass who's in kabul for us jennifer two warring sides celebrating only to be attacked by a third. that's right it gives you an idea jonah of how difficult and terrible this conflict is when the afghan people are finally seeing some visions of hope those those videos that you're seeing on social media the afghan people have been watching as well and then punctuated by this terrible attack in jalalabad we have seen afghan taliban and security forces embrace each other the tell of on here in kabul turning over their weapons at the gate of the city before coming into the city and civilians coming out some people