from the cradle to the grave it seems no one is safe from afghanistan's endless war newborn babies mothers under says were among 24 people killed when gunmen opened fire inside a car bomb maternity hospital on choose day while $32.00 mourners at a funeral in one province were killed by an eyesore suicide bomber present ashraf ghani responded by ordering the army to resume offensive operations against the taliban the armed group denies involvement and it says its leaders are ready to fight back alexei o'brien reports. i was. in the eastern province of manga survivors of a suspected suicide bombing at a funeral struggled to contain a grief. and anger. was and i think it was a problem although one of. my brother is michael was standing next to me when i heard the bomb blast i saw several dead bodies on the ground and i was trying to call my brother but his phone was off after a few minutes of searching i found my brother among the dead. this attack on mourners. and another at a maternity hospital in the capital kabul later afghanistan's president going on the offensive all but fall apart desp

a suicide bombing in southeast afghanistan has killed at least 35 civilians and entered more than 20 its act happened at a military facility impact here province the taliban has claimed responsibility saying it was in retaliation for the government's decision to resume an offensive against the group the explosion comes 2 days after more than 50 people were killed in kabul and nagar others loyal to war locally for hoft are launched a rocket attack on the capital tripoli overnight that's where the un recognized government is based. 1000000000 areas for targeted injuring at least 14 people. tens of thousands of people have been forced into emergency shelters after it's at the eastern philippine power thing cut off and homes destroyed by when's of up to 180 kilometers an hour. so the headlines keep it on al-jazeera mourners to come inside story is next. direct talks between the afghan government and the taliban following further. resume's offensive operations against what the president holds the enemies the taliban calls this a declaration of war this is inside story. hello welcome to th

out of there on live from doha also coming up hope for an end to months of political deadlock in afghanistan after a power sharing deal between the president and his arch rival. and a deal in israel today as prime minister benjamin netanyahu takes the lead in a unity government to end a long running political crisis. we begin in latin america which is emerging as a global coronavirus hotspot crumbling health systems struggling economies and political divisions are making matters worse in some countries and brazil which is the worst hit in the region with the 4th highest number of cases in the world president jabil tomorrow has been a rallying his supporters to back his call to end the lockdown and reopen the economy of the game according to the president we will change brazil's destiny even with this crisis affecting the entire world thanks to mr spicer the wonderful people here we are together brazil is ours. well brazil has recorded over 15000 deaths more than all other latin american nations combined 230000 people are known to be infected there but limits on testing experts say are likely

but 1st women in afghanistan fear that a return of the taliban could threaten their hard won freedoms. 18 years after the islamist taliban were driven from power in afghanistan women in the country still face discrimination and hardship there's a lack of schools particularly for girls in 2018 as much as 90 percent of women had only attended primary school many are unable to read or write. after the taliban were ousted during a u.s. led military intervention in late 2001 women hoped their lives would change for the better but the western military alliance has gradually pulled out of afghanistan and many now fia return of the tarot and i say sion according to a survey by a us research consultancy gallup almost half of all afghan women would leave the country if they could have a summer determined to fight for their rights at home. working out his guys are young. ari's wife beating stress attacks occur on an almost daily basis in kabul where she lives it's a city in a constant state of emergency. guys he already works for afghanistan's government in the muslim countries male dominated so

led war in afghanistan but you were the founder and c.e.o. of blackwater perhaps the world's most notorious private security firm which during the iraq war became a byword for violence corruption lawlessness and yet you've never apologize for any of. i think that's an unfair characterization of the company did exactly what the u.s. government asked us to do which was to protect diplomats reconstruction officials visiting. un or or other congressional delegations we did more than 100000 missions no one under our care was ever killed or injured and people try to characterize the company as overly aggressive less than one half of one percent of all those missions resulted in a discharge of a firearm in an era when you had lots of violence in the capital i mean baghdad really was the center of gravity of the insurgency and so we had you know 41 of our men were lost in action doing that mission so you mentioned that the u.s. government asked you to do a job and you did it you mention that you lost a man on your watch but you didn't mention is that

war in afghanistan for at what about the last 12 years. those forgot about 30 seconds what about the danger there from the taliban once the u.s. is gone there is a danger of the taliban there's also a danger of the of the afghan government which isn't a whole lot better than the taliban on all of the issues that the us claims to care about the u.s. has claimed that were only theory to protect the passage to prevent the possibility of another $911.00 style attack on the united states that isn't going to happen regardless of whether the u.s. troops are there or not that's not what's going to protect from from this kind of terrorism military force does not prevent terrorism ok there was a virgin we're out of time phyllis bennis with the institute for policy studies in washington those we appreciate your insights and your time tonight thank you thank you thanks very much. well the day is almost done the government sanction continues online join us on twitter either you news you can follow me abroad go off t.v. and remember whatever happens bet

both the hope for a better kind of afghanistan and afghanistan where individuals have rights and their own in limited ways to governments. i also think that we are responsible for encouraging wave after wave of afghans to come into the security forces, to try and createthat . we bear culpability for those 45,000 dead afghan national security forces because we helpedpersuade them this could be a different kind of place . and it grieves me to think that we will hand afghanistan back over to the harsh reality of the caliban control. and so on the margin, i am in favor of continuing in strategy that i do believe will eventually be successful and that we haven't prosecuted with anywhere near the kind of creativity or attention that we ought to re-prosecuting. >> go-ahead. >> it's deeply frustrating that after so much time we have not seen better results. after so many afghans and americans have given their lives and so many of our allies read more than 1000 area europe was it not attacked on 9/11 we were and they invoked article 5. they stood with us at our side shoulder to shoulder fought

interest and could have plunged afghanistan into crisis. so here's how we reached this point well in february the election commission declared ashraf ghani winner of last year's election but his rival abdullah abdullah disputed it saying he had won the vote in the following month abdullah announced the formation of a parallel government complicating u.s. efforts to reach a deal with the taliban later in march u.s. secretary of state mike pompei would travel to kabul to mediate as washington announced plans to cut a 1000000000 dollars in aid and now with the power sharing deal in place the next issue will be to decide who will hold top positions in the government well michael o'hanlon is a senior fellow at the brookings institution he says the agreement brings optimism for afghanistan's future although a number of issues to remain. very good news but it really just takes away a potential cause of catastrophe in the entire afghanistan effort because it's gonna get out there will continue to feud the united states might have become even less i

troops home from afghanistan. plans which would allow the president to do just that by election day, delivering on a key campaign promise. however, some senior military officials reportedly will advocate for a slower withdrawal. they are arguing moving too quickly could hurt the taliban peace deal and lead to more violence in a country that has already seen so much more. retired four-star general jack keane joins me now. general, thank you for bringing with me today. >> glad to be here. >> harris: first of all, what is our mission right now in afghanistan? >> the primary mission we have in afghanistan is the same one we've had since we went in there in 2001. that is to make certain the al qaeda and now isis, because they've evolved into a significant organization, do not use afghanistan as a sanctuary to attack the united states. and al qaeda, as we've just seen recently, the al qaeda organization operating out of yemen did attack the united states in pensacola. they've never given up their desire, though the numb

is that say for someone who goes to iraq or afghanistan of course this is you know we can get also to how this affects the people in these countries but i just talk about how it affects veterans for the moment so you're in iraq or afghanistan you're a marine or you're a soldier or sailor airman and every day you're leaving your base and you are hunting for other people and other people are hunting for you and you do that for 7 or 8 months 9 or 10 months 11 or 12 months when you come home that survival mechanism in you. is not turned off and so you're constantly in a state of hyper awareness hyper vigilance all those survival chemicals are continually being kicked through your system and that then turns into secondary effects where you have issues with say nightmares you have issues with sleeping you have issues with personality problems irritability you know as well then too that then turns into other issues such as depression relationship issues problems at work you know. so you can understand how that spiral then turns into mental health disorders substance abuse etc and can ultimat

hour live from london i'm getting obligates up coming up in the next 60 minutes random testing in afghanistan indicates more than a 3rd of couples residents may have covert 19. records a sharp rise in new coronavirus cases of more than $10000.00 in 24 hours. before the disaster. the mayor of medallists is asking brett's home birth to help save the protectors of the amazon rain forest from covert 90 and as another 606 people die in brazil. gas cars starts exporting a horrible tonic its president touts as a coronavirus cure despite the w.h.o. warning there is no proof it works. hello thanks for joining us health officials in afghanistan fear of the corona virus outbreak there is spreading far more rapidly than previously thought it follows the random testing of 500 people in kabul more than 150 of them tested positive suggesting around the 3rd of the capital's residents could be infected meanwhile in russia to run a virus cases are continuing to surge its registered its 4th record one day rise with over $10000.00 new infections bringing the total there to nearly 135000 but both italy and spain

today is a historic day for our dear afghanistan afghans have proven that they are committed to their national interests and will share in it without the help of international mediation we can reach a solution in a reasonable manner i would like to thank the heed of the high council for peace and national reconciliation of afghanistan mr abdullah for his commitment to the national interests of the country in fulfilling this big responsibility. reaching the political agreement was not easy because the views were very different but with god's help on for the benefit of the country a big step was taken because instability was not in afghanistan's interest and could have plunged afghanistan into crisis so here is how we reached this point well in february the election commission declared ashraf ghani win a last year's election but his rival of the disputed it saying he had won the vote in the following month the dollar announced the formation of a parallel government complicating u.s. efforts to reach a deal with the taliban later in march u.s. secretary of state mike pompei or travel to

random testing in afghanistan indicates more than a 3rd of kabul's residents may have covered 19. gracenote is there a live from london i'm dead you navigate also ahead. rush hour records a sharp rise in new coronavirus cases of more than 10024 hours plus. before the disaster the mayor of manassas os gretz its home birth to help save the defenders of the amazon rain forest from covert 19 as brazil's total faces paseo 100000. madagascar starts axford in a horrible tonic its president touts as a coronavirus shore despite the w.h.o. warning there is no proof it works. hello health officials in afghanistan fear the coronavirus outbreak there is spreading far more rapidly than previously thought it follows the random testing of 500 people in kabul with more than 150 of them testing positive the suggests around the 3rd of the capital's residents could be infected in russia cases there are continuing to surge its registered its 4th record one day rise with over $10000.00 new infections bringing the total there to nearly 135000 but both italy and spain 2 of the country's worst affected by

welcome to the news afghanistan is bracing for a much higher rate of infection from the coronavirus random testing suggests a 3rd of the $4000000.00 people in the capital kabul could be infected and the country risks a diplomatic crisis with neighbor iran after afghan migrants were reportedly beaten tortured and left for dead while trying to cross over the border allegations that iran has denied a warning that alexia brian's report contains them just disturbing images from the start. they left their homes in search of opportunity in iran instead witnesses say they were killed their final moments terrifying. the iranian border guards 1st beat us then made us do hard work then they took us by minibus near the river and when we got there they threw us into the river some afghan migrants are said to have drowned in the river that flows between iran and afghanistan their distraught relatives and the afghan government want says. my brother's ventry iran 30 days ago yesterday we heard that the very ground the iranians do with included evil and threw them into the water iran's foreign ministry has

random testing brings worrying results for afghanistan government fears that more than a 3rd of couples residents could have kept it 19. but on it this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a look at how the pandemic and an economic crisis and leaving many in sudan struggling to put food on the table. they made a deal but was it legal israel supremum court begins hearing a case challenging the new coalition government. the u.n. warns of the dangers of misinformation as countries fight coronavirus and on world press day press freedom day insists the journalists are crucial to battling. so they've officially recorded less than $3000.00 coronavirus cases but afghan officials are worried about just how bad the rate may really be random tests on several 100 people in the capital kabul but it's painting a disturbing picture it suggests that a 3rd of the city with a population of over $4000000.00 could be infected russia's numbers there on the rise it's reported a 50 percent jump in the rate of infections over the past 3 days with more than 10600 new cases recorded on sunday but the gove

random testing in afghanistan indicates more than a 3rd of kabul's residents may have covert 19 this is a rainy and guards are accused of beating and drowning afghan migrants who try to cross the border. you're watching al-jazeera life from london i'm doubting you navigate also ahead. russia records a sharp rise in new coronavirus cases of more than 10024 hours. before the disaster. why the mayor of minnows is asking gretz it's one bird to help stop the protectors of the amazon rain forest dying from covert 19. and israel's high court hears a challenge against the new coalition government which could trigger the country's 4th election in 18 months. fellow health officials in afghanistan fear the coronavirus outbreak they're responding far more rapidly than previously thought it follows the random testing of 500 people in kabul more than 150 of them tested positive suggesting around a 3rd of the capital's residents could be infected and in russia coronavirus cases are continuing to surge its registered its 4th record one day rise with over $10000.00 new infections bringing the total t

taliban fighters from a prison in northern afghanistan they were released by the afghan government as part of a prisoner swap with the islamist group this is an important part of the deal between the taliban and the u.s. peace talks e.g. to follow the outcome is uncertain but i tell it i don't know anything about the situation out here is the 1st time i've been able to breathe fresh air in freedom i have to see what's going on 1st then i'll make a decision about what to do next i love the smell of. afghanistan a striving for peace but fighting continues regime ing after cease fire last weekend at least 14 soldiers and civilians were killed in a us to take over mediation of the peace talks that it has certain conditions. future financial and political support will be strongly linked to their community parties to the conflict to a minimum for peace process maintaining. last year's eve particular regard women and children bridge afghanistan is receiving an aid from the a year to rebuild more than 5000000000 euros between 20162020. the us is launching a fresh bid for dominance in space as

this year winter has come to this narrow strip and afghanistan. and the a concordia door the temperature is unseasonably cold minus 15 degrees celsius. the high g. and his drive out early winter and be a problem exists. and any moment heavy snow focus is not the only road through the valley trusting them and their goods to several months. ago but they still want to know they wor never could kind of get out let me go 1st to go. and just get on the right kind of tough tough. tough tough tough. tough 2nd the son of a gun to get him back with us to the front. part of her to get past her. i got married. 25 or so. medicaid has some issues a child of. high g. has been traveling through the will concord will for well over a decade. the elderly much and drove from village to village selling and trading his much entice. this year he took a chance and hired a young dr a. 3rd all of help but then there was the feeling that it is. one of the of the mother going oh no that it will have the couple does not miss of . course is the. closing like this the bottom of

she was deployed twice, went to afghanistan and iraq. since we first met sarah, she went to acs officer candidate school and is now an officer in the united states coast guard. our second women that we are meeting today is a retired navy commander. tammy schultz. we know her as the southwest pilot. who just a few months ago successfully landed a southwest airliner that had taken off from laguardia and an engine blew blowing a hole in the fuselage and tammie successfully landed that. she was one of the very first women in the navy to fly the high performance aircraft. really quite a story for this woman. sandra is a marine sergeant, she is one of 36 women marines who are permitted to serve in vietnam. she was a clerk. you can see from her picture that she did a lot of other things when she was on the ground, and volunteering it orphanages and things of that sort. she was one of the few military women, besides nurses, who are able to travel around vietnam where she worked with senior leadership at the naval forces headquarters inside gone.

random testing brings worrying results for afghanistan the government fears more than a 3rd of kabul's residents could have covert 19. months ago robin your child has their own life or headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 30 minutes they made a deal to work with each other but will israel's top court approved a new coalition government also the u.n. walls of the dangers of misinformation as countries fight prone a virus but on world of press freedom day insists that journalists have a crucial role. also we look at how the pandemic and the economic crisis are leaving many in sudan struggling to put food on the table. bought into the program got us dollars braced for a much higher rate of infection from the coronavirus random testing suggests a 3rd of the $4000000.00 people in the capital kabul could be infected and the country risks a diplomatic crisis with neighbor iran after afghan migrants were reportedly beaten tortured and left for dead while trying to cross over the border allegations that iran has denied the warning that alexia brian's report contains some disturbing i

of what's they were moving on to afghanistan and much to light peace talks finally looks set to take place despite a resumption of violence following a taliban safe fight to mark the end of ramadan government officials say a general brigs action in violence by insurgents and an ongoing prisoner exchange of pay if the wife of talks. taliban fighters from a prison in northern afghanistan they were released by the afghan government as part of a prisoner swap with the islamist group this is an important part of the deal between the taliban and the u.s. peace talks e.g. to follow the outcome is uncertain about what i know about what i don't know anything about the situation out here it's the 1st time i've been able to breathe fresh air in freedom i have to see what's going on 1st then i'll make a decision about what to do next a lot whether it's a little. afghanistan a striving for peace but fighting continues regime and after a cease fire last weekend at least 14 soldiers and civilians were killed in a used to take over mediation of the peace talks but it has certain conditions. future f

this yeah winter has come to this narrow strip and afghanistan. and the concordia the temperature is unseasonably cold minus 15 degrees celsius. the high g. and his driver only when time can be a problem. and any moment heavy snowfall could knock the only road through the valley trusting them and their goods to several months. ago if they still want to go they wor never could kind of get out that big of us to go. and just get on the right kind of a lot of. fun. oh a house like the son of a gun to get in fights with us and the broke. part of her to get past her. i got married. 25 or so. medicaid has some issue with a charter. high g. has been traveling through the will concorde will for well over a decade. the elderly merchant drove from village to village selling and trading his much entice. this year he took a chance and hired a young dr a. 3rd all else but then there was the feeling that it is. one of the of the mother going well now that it will mother the couple does not miss of. course is the. closing like this the bottom of the it is a. side

the peace deal in afghanistan right now signed between the taliban and the u.s. but meant to be brought forward by the government and the taliban. well whether it's the united states of america or other governments that have helped the peace process or the government of afghanistan so i mean the main thing is this all reinforces why human rights need to be part of the discussion when the need to bring people to justice is clear to any afghan who suffered human rights abuses and yet it's one thing that rarely gets discussed in the kind of take it can i just set it to forgive me for interrupting you it's just that we have we were running out of time i mean you mentioned human rights and of course the spore has gone on for so long in the instability and we all know the effort is certainly the lip service that was paid in the west to human rights women's rights for example do you find it quite depressing to see afghanistan in the situation that it is now with basically a lot of western countries seeming to turn their backs on never mind human rights even just the bas

afghanistan's president orders an offensive against the taliban after $34.00 people including newborns are killed in separate attacks. hello i'm so raman you're watching al-jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 30 minutes the u.s. president's pushing for a return to business as usual while his top scientists warn about rushing to lift restrictions there is a real risk that you will trigger and help break you may not be able to control. governors in brazil refuse to reopen businesses defying the orders of the president accused of mishandling the coronavirus crisis. and thousands of people have died in care homes in the united kingdom and there are fears of further upgrade this. could have you with us and welcome to al-jazeera afghanistan's president is blaming the taliban for an increase in violence. has ordered a military offensive against the taliban and other armed groups after $34.00 people including new balls were killed in 2 separate attacks. all but. they all inspire our repeated and from the international community to taliban have not reduced viol

the us cannot stay in afghanistan forever. to mention the need to withdraw, keep fire off of all parties without giving a firm date. todd: this has been an expensive operation. look at this. $1.57 trillion spent on wars in afghanistan, iraq, and syria since september 11th, 2001, but you have studied this area, you know it inside and out. anytime, there is often a power vacuum filled by bad actors. how can we ensure that our drawdown does not allow that to happen? >> by doing it responsibly which means looking closely at the facts on the ground. one historical example i could give you is when the russians began to pull away their support from the 1992 afghan government chaos ensued, the military began to collapse in two years later the taliban emerged. we don't want something like that to happen again. we have about 9000 troops, us troops remaining in afghanistan under the agreement with the taliban and. by april of 2021, the us should be fully withdrawn but that is conditioned on the taliban not pursuing greater insurgency. we

iran's foreign ministry has denied the allegations and says the incident happened inside afghanistan the international organization for migration says the group was traumatized by what happened we provided them with overnight accommodation and some humanitarian services are a transit center in the city of herat unfortunately it would seem that at least 23 migrants lost their lives in this particular incident it could trigger a diplomatic crisis between the 2 countries at a time when the coronavirus pandemic has seen an exodus of afghan migrants leaving iran and returning home at least 265000 afghans have crossed back from around this year some blame them for bringing in the virus iran has the region's worst outbreak but despite this some afghans continue to look for a better life they're trying to escape conflict and poverty decades of war have left afghanistan's health system woefully unprepared for a major outbreak of the virus there are about 3000 confirmed cases here but it's fear the virus is spreading fast after a random tasting in kabul suggested a 3rd of the people in the cap

welcome to the program afghanistan is bracing for a much higher rate of infection from the coronavirus random testing suggests a 3rd of the $4000000.00 people in the capital kabul could be infected and the country risks a diplomatic crisis with neighbor iran after afghan migrants were reportedly beaten tortured and left for dead while trying to cross over the border and locations that iran has denied a warning that alexey o'brien's report contains and disturbing images from the beginning. they left their homes in search of opportunity in iran instead witnesses say they were killed their final moments terrifying. the iranian border guards 1st beat us then made us do hard work then they took us by minibus near the river and when we got there they threw us into the river some afghan migrants are said to have drowned in the river that flows between iran and afghanistan their distraught relatives and the afghan government want says about a lot of my brothers went to iran 30 days ago yesterday ve heard that they very drowned the iranians to them to did evil and threw them into the water iran