, but still i love afghanistan and i work for afghanistan. everything happening with united states i cover. when i was in afghanistan -- i started work when i was 18 with a lot of challenges. the government was closed. there was not freedom of speech. you cannot compare that time and this time, but as i told you as long as i am here, on a daily basis, every day i gave a lot of phone calls on the afghan journalists in afghanistan. journalist sometimes they cannot explain the situation. there are a lot of difficulties. every day the taliban created rules for women, for journalists, for female journalists. it is difficult for them. they cannot raise their voice, they hide from one place to the other place. if you are not safe, your family is not safe. for me my career is my life. for you is probably a progression, for me is my life, it is my everything as a woman journalist, a female journalist in afghanistan. every day there are negative things. now you at -- every day they created the role. the taliban keeps saying they follow sherry law. i do

afghanistan. i'm sure they are very brave, and they have lots of interest for doing journalism. we are working with our colleagues from different places from afghanistan, and every day has stories. my country is full of stories, but all of this leaves us heartbroken. so now, it's very good that afghan media is working and trying to -- the people of afghanistan. >> maybe i will go to you next, talk a bit more about how media freedom in today's afghanistan compares to reporting in pre-taliban rule. >> thank you for having me, elizabeth, and i think the national press corps for hosting this discussion. to say that there are struggles ahead of afghan media and journalists right now, that is an understatement. if you know about how the nature of afghan media war was before the country last year, you would pretty much know the difference. but, for the record, nearly half the media outlets have closed down. as the reporters without borders put it, more than 60% of journalists from afghanistan are lost. t

countries using afghanistan. my concern would be that it may get out of afghanistan and put global security at risk. when it comes to the settlement, the doha agreement was signed and i went to talk with the taliban. i have realized they are not the same taliban with whom we work engaged -- we were engaged before. they have expedited the war. we have started negotiations and they have started the war, attacking cities, like in october 2020. this was against the commitment. when it comes to women and human rights, they are not up to scratch. what they do it when it comes to eliminating women's rights is they invest that time and energy on changing the economy or the security situation, trying to redefine a foreign relations policy, the situation would be different. but since they have taken over, they have issued 28 decrees eliminating women's freedom, from access to school, to work, to access to resources. which is sad. moving forward, i think the taliban are in a different kind of relationship with the regional

countries using afghanistan. my concern would be that it may get out of afghanistan and put global security at risk. when it comes to the settlement, the doha agreement was signed and i went to talk with the taliban. i have realized they are not the same taliban with whom we work engaged -- we were engaged before. they have expedited the war. we have started negotiations and they have started the war, attacking cities, like in october 2020. this was against the commitment. when it comes to women and human rights, they are not up to scratch. what they do it when it comes to eliminating women's rights is they invest that time and energy on changing the economy or the security situation, trying to redefine a foreign relations policy, the situation would be different. but since they have taken over, they have issued 28 decrees eliminating women's freedom, from access to school, to work, to access to resources. which is sad. moving forward, i think the taliban are in a different kind of relationship with the regional

responded in afghanistan. host: and another thing, a year ago, all the equipment that got left behind, concerns about handing that over to the taliban. how much of the equipment has the taliban been able to put to use? what is their arsenal right now, as it were? what does their military look like? guest: yes, we left an enormous amount of equipment there. most of it was small arms, light weapons, planes were disabled or flew off with their pilots to neighboring countries, uzbekistan, could you stand -- kajikastan, and they are well equipped with american small arms and so on, but they don't have much of the systems. when there was an earthquake in afghanistan last month, they only had a few helicopters they could use to reach the area. i would say, it has not enhanced the ability of the taliban too, for example, attack foreign countries. it has given them better weapons, but similar to the weapons they already had. they already have a lot of weapons from the afghan government. but more concerning, there is su

troops are out of afghanistan, why is afghanistan important for the united states? especially in technical terms, there are no ground troops anymore, so why should americans care about afghanistan? what kind of goals or interests is afghanistan eating? there are several things to talk about but i wanted to talk about two in particular. the first has been this conception that afghanistan will remain a safe haven for terrorist groups. on july 31, al qaeda's leader was killed in a u.s. drone strike. he was finding refuge in kabul. it raised concerns that perhaps afghanistan is going to become a safe haven for terrorists again. especially for al qaeda, a group that wants to attack the u.s. homeland. you hear prominent voices like general mckenzie who use this one year anniversary to argue that the u.s. intervention should have continued indefinitely. we also had polling data. polling shows americans are second-guessing the wisdom of the exiting of afghanistan as well. -- plunged 20 points and has stayed around 50% since then. yet the consensus view of the u.s. intellige

afghanistan has a tendency to stovepipe afghanistan. it is a single country in a vacuum. we just tied a thread between afghanistan and ukraine and had nato not stood firm with ukraine, had ukraine not mounted a historic and heroic defense and had russia rolled through ukraine, we would probably be talking about what the future of taiwan was going to be because we would then be watching a rise in excess to authoritarian nations just sweeping across the globe. afghanistan matters in the global balance of power as it exists with all these other issues. wouldn't it be nice right now if we still had access as the united states and nato to these airbases that share a border with china. just a little snippet of china. going forward, i think united states might be done. >> we have only begun to scratch the service on some of the answers but i think we need to leave it there because we are out of time. i would love to have gone more on the united nations situation. i'm sorry we did not have time to get to you. let me just wrap it up here. thank our terrific panelists for joining u

invasion of afghanistan. the fighting began only weeks after the terrorist attacks of september 11, 2001 caused the deaths of more than 2000 americans and left more than 20,000 injured. the cost of the were estimates the u.s. spend more than $2 trillion on the invasion, not counting what it would cost for the future care. that is our question for you this morning. what is our legacy for the war in afghanistan? did we achieve our goals? we are going to open up the regular lines this morning which means republicans, we want to hear from you at (202) 748-8001. democrats, your number is (202) 748-8000. independents, you will call (202) 748-8002. and we are opening up a special line this morning for veterans of the afghanistan war. your number is going to be (202) 748-8003. keep in mind, you can always text us and we are always reading our social media on facebook, twitter, and you can follow us on instagram. this morning, we are talking about the legacy of the war in afghanistan. one year after president joe bide

briefly, does afghanistan's the afghanistan model right now inspired -- does the afghanistan model right now inspired islamic groups in pakistan? does the taliban's success, or has it so far in the past year, had a spillover effect into pakistan like we have seen in the past year? you have seen -- you said these two countries have been connected. >> yes. especially, many of these books with measures of that state are not only very happy. they think they have additional support and additional friendship debt on the other side. it is impacting and this is going to impact more. that is the strange, ironic tragedy. if the taliban and pakistan are more successful, it will lead to where power for some very hard -- and extremist groups in pakistan. >> i would just like to weigh in on that as well. i agree with hassan. i think one thing is to make a distinction between pakistan and afghanistan is that pakistan has elections. the current prime minister is a tear kate -- is a caretaker prime minister. you get some ideas of what pakistani people want and who they want as a representative. this is b

do you support international assistance now going into afghanistan? do not buy the argument that the west is pressuring the taliban. they are namely pressuring the taliban but, on the other hand, they have provided $1.1 billion in the name of humanitarian assistance, which has assisted the taliban to consolidate and there is zero western supervision of how this assistance is being distributed or spent... forgive me for interrupting, but the message from the world food programme and other un agencies is that the $1.1 billion that you refer to is nowhere near enough. at least $2 billion more needs to be given to afghanistan now to stop people dying. are you telling me you don't want that money to be delivered because you don't want the taliban to be involved in receiving it? when they were giving money to the republic, they had a system to also have scrutiny over our own income. but today, they are sending that money to the taliban, without asking the taliban what they do with the income they have from the customs revenue. which is in a way, in a very d

. , , ., ., afghanistan.re saying contradicts what - afghanistan. everything you are saying contradicts what one - afghanistan. everything you are saying contradicts what one of. saying contradicts what one of your colleagues in the resistance said last month. he said it's very crucial for the international community to support our efforts in any way thatis support our efforts in any way that is possible. to contain what he calls terrorism inside afghanistan. he says we need assistance. you say forget about assistance, that's not our future?— about assistance, that's not ourfuture? ., �* ., our future? no. i'm not saying we don't _ our future? no. i'm not saying we don't need _ our future? no. i'm not saying we don't need assistance. - our future? no. i'm not saying we don't need assistance. i'm| we don't need assistance. i'm saying we're not our time to go to western capitals who have, based on geopolitical calculations, making the decision to outsource afghanistan to pakistanis and allow pakistani created c

and victimised the republic and the population of afghanistan. guilty, and they have to help the afghans create a legitimate state. recognition of the taliban will intensify the civil war, it will lead to massacre, and it will lead to unprecedented level of violence the country has not seen. we are ready to stop armed resistance, provided there is a mechanism which will ensure referendum or an election is held. if the taliban win, for sure, we will accept that legitimacy, but we will not surrender to a group which has come to power through a conspiracy. it's interesting to me that your narrative is still based upon afghanistan being betrayed by some sort of western conspiracy. a year on from the taliban takeover, you and ashraf ghani fleeing kabul, it seems you accept no culpability, no responsibility at all? no, i do accept a lot of responsibilities. the time of your programme is very short so i'm not going to go into nuances and details of where we are responsible and where we are accountable to our people. but if you look at the macro picture,

military prison in afghanistan. also, what the assurances are that we hear from the president, himself, on the note that there was no civilian casualties. the president has been isolating because of a rebound case of covid. this is part of the reason why we will hear the president deliver his remarks from the blue room balcony, instead of an indoor setting. the president will speak later tonight. he will speak as the commander and chief. a significant operation and significant operation coming directly from the president, coming in a little bit. >>> the president had to sign off on this to target and killed the leader of al-qaeda. i want to get some more from the pentagon. correspondent , barbara, what are you picking up? >> reporter: we have every reason at the moment to believe this was a drone strike, most likely, carried out by the cia, not the u.s. military. that being said, wide do we believe that is the most likely scenario? is because the u.s. does not send manned aircraft over afghanistan, because it has no

state in afghanistan.own as iskp — was having a major impact on many people's lives. they were exploiting the poverty and hunger to try and recruit people to challenge the taliban's authority. we've been called here by the taliban police who wanted to show us an isis sleeper cell that they recently attacked. so what happened here? do you have reports of who they were and what their background is? an investigation is on -- an investigation is on is on. one of the most striking changes in afghanistan since the taliban returned to power has been the reversal of the basic rights of women and girls. girls have been banned from secondary schools. many women are no longer working and advised to stay in their homes. afghan women who once held positions of authority across afghan society, have all but disappeared. in the last few days we have seen women taking to the streets of kabul to protest — a demonstration that lasted no more than 10 minutes before the taliban starting firing shots to disperse them. last mont

thea;i going into afghanistan? they are namely — going into afghanistan?ssuring - going into afghanistan? tue: are namely pressuring the taliban but on the other hand, they have provided $1.1 billion in the name of humanitarian assistance which has assisted the taliban to consolidate and the taliban to consolidate and the zero of supervision as to how the system is being distributed or spent. forgive me for interrupting - distributed or spent. forgive me for interrupting but - distributed or spent. forgive me for interrupting but the l me for interrupting but the world food programme, i know the un agencies, the 1.1 billion is nowhere near enough, at least two more billion needs to be done to afghanistan now to be done to afghanistan now to stop people dying. are you telling me that you do not want that money to be delivered because you do not want the taliban to be involved in receiving it?— taliban to be involved in receivin: it? ~ , receiving it? when they were aaivin receiving it? when they were giving money _ receiving it? when they were giving money

on women of afghanistan. amy: we will get an update from afghan journalist zahra nader, editor-in-chief of zan times, documenting women's human rights abuses and afghanistan. then renowned author salman rushdie is in critical condition after being stabbed at least 10 times friday when he was about to speak at the institution in new york. we will hear from rushdie in his own word from 2004 speech on freedom of expression. >> will we become intolerant as our enemies are intolerant? or will we fight for different weapons, weapons of openness with acceptance and seeking to increase the dialogue? this is a big test. will we become, you could say, the suits of armor that our fear makes us put on? amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the top democrat and republican on the senate intelligence committee have made a joint request for lawmakers be allowed to see the classified documents seized last week by the fbi during its raid of fo

. >> the tan balance has taken over afghanistan.eizing control of kabul with hardly a shot fired. >> on the program -- >> the entire u.s. military effort is collapsing. >> the embassy has been completely evacuated. >> it has been a year since the fall of kabul. >> sheer desperation. >> afghans trying desperately to board outgoing flights. >> a year since then-president ghani fled afghanistan. for a year he has been virtually invisible. >> what a difference 24 hours made. >> today, we will hear from him directly. why he left so hastily. >> had no plans to flee. >> whether he took tens of millions of dollars with him. >> this is part of a disinformation campaign. >> and why he wants to go back to his country. >> the place that every cell of my body belongs. >> it's an exclusive that you will not want to miss. >> but first, here's my take. on august 16th, 2021, the special inspector general for afghanistan reconstruction released a report, what we need to learn, lessons from 20 years of afghanistan reconstruction. it got overtaken by t

withdrawal from afghanistan. at the time, you will recall, president biden made very clear that even though u.s. troops were withdrawing from afghanistan, that the u.s. was going to retain what he called, over the horizon capability to strike it any terrorist organizations or individual terrorist who might try to harm the united states. that is exactly what happened over the weekend, as the u.s. was able to complete a successful drone strike to take out al-zawahiri. we are hearing there was no civilian casualties in this operation. that we know president biden has been mindful of. last summer, when there was a deadly u.s. strike that resulted in several civilian casualties in afghanistan around the time of that u.s. withdrawal. we are expecting to hear from president biden this hour, it just a few moments, on this operation, how it was conducted. and perhaps he will explain some of the intelligence that led to this drone strike that successfully killed al- zawahiri. not only al qaeda's leader, but also, formerly

~ ., ., afghanistan? well, afghanistan was a much smaller — afghanistan?t - afghanistan? well, afghanistan was a much smaller economy to start with. l much smaller economy to start with. we are talking about a $20 billion economy pre—taliban takeover for a0 million people. if you just look at a comparative, poland, same number of people, $a20 billion economy. so when it crashes you are taking the bottom out of a very fragile economy that had been so heavily dependent on foreign aid. so, this is something that we have all got to, as an international community, look at and see what can be done very differently, because it is a very costly operation to keep trying to port a relief operation in a place where you need to jump—start local, micro—economies. afghanistan has never been a national economy. it has always been a series of micro—economies. so, you've got to go in and say, can wejump the domestic markets, localised markets, and people pausejobs and their livelihoods, in the locations they are? and hope that really resuscitate and pushes back a huge war

but what about in afghanistan itself? the taliban claimant treats the country's fil history with respect. they say there will be no destruction of fillmore bands on pitches this time around. the archive of afghan film is very important and has historical significance. it's completely secured in the presidential palace. no one has access there who could damage it and it sounds hopeful, but the fact is all film productions around the country have been cancelled. and cinema's, a closed november 2021. decree prohibits the television, screening of films and series featuring women or any content that contradicts sharia law. the only propaganda videos produce. now, even though most african directors have now left the country, their strongest works of the past 2 decades remain against cinema lives on abroad. as seen here at the do hawk international film festival in the thomas region of kurdistan, it's a refuge because who are subject to oppression and censorship. in many countries. cinema plays a special role here as a signer so

afghanistan? have you had that conversation with them over the past year? caller: the way we were raised, we have to follow the law. we have to do what we have to do with what we feel is right. everybody should know what is right and wrong. all of us came here. when they swore to defend our country, that meant they put their lives on the line for us to sleep at night, no mean -- knowing we are protected. as far as afghanistan, they did what they had to do. they are still in the military. that's what makes me very worried about what's going on right now. host: this is ronnie in pennsylvania. good morning. caller: good morning. my comment on afghanistan is we were there for a very long time. if the afghans could take up the fight like they are doing in ukraine, you are never going to win afghanistan. they couldn't handle it. you need a country that is going to fight for their people. that's what you need. you can't do it by sending an arms and soldiers that aren't connected. ukraine is doing at the

we went to afghanistan for the expressed purpose of getting rid of al-quaida in afghanistan as well asaden. we did. >> the reality is al-quaida still exists in afghanistan though a have aed dough of its former self. the organization maintains ties with the taliban's haqqani network. martha? >> martha: thanks, trey. that's an important detail. it was haqqani's home that he was staying in in kabul. with that, we're very glad to have david petraeus, former commander of forces in iraq and afghanistan, now a partner of kkr. good to have you with us today, general. what is your assessment of the meaning of this strike and the end of al-zawahiri as well as the position and what it reveals about al-quaida and the taliban now in afghanistan today. >> it is a very important achievement by our intelligence and counter terrorism communities. a tribute to their tenacity, their creativity, their determination. it also reveals the taliban has not lived up to the dohan agreement. they said they would not allow extremists on their soil. the taliban refused to eliminate themselves in the wake of the 9-1

afghanistan has suffered from long standing problems like drought. they have been dependent on foreign aid. with the end of the civil war, you see a decline in violence and safety in some areas but you have also seen a substantial decline in international aid. what has happened that during the 20 years of fighting with the taliban, their leaders in the group itself was put under international sanctions. now that they have seize control of the government, any of the government bodies are also on those list. the international community, the u.n., the u.s. has been struggling to find a mechanism to provide assistance to the afghan people who are now suffering in addition from the long-standing drought, last of cash, underemployment, the collapse in public services and so on. the united states and other countries as well have been trying to work with the united nations and through nongovernmental organizations to get the money and aid to the people. that has only been partially successful. even if it is, it has not solve the problem entirely. we have mov

we've donejust afghanistan and beyond. we've done just that. afghanistan and beyond.onejust that. in february, our forces conducted a mission in syria that eliminated the mayor of isis —— leader of isis. last month, we took out another leader. now we have eliminated the leader of al-qaeda. he will never again allow afghanistan to become a terrorist safe haven because he is gone and we're going to make sure nothing else happens. you know, it can't be a launching pad against the united states. this operation is a clear demonstration that we will, we can, we will always make good on a solemn pledge. my administration will continue to monitor and address threats from al-qaeda no matter where they emanate from. as commander—in—chief, it is my solemn responsibility to make america safe in a dangerous world. the united states did not seek this war against terror, he came to us. we answered with the same principles and resolved that have shaped us for generations upon generations. to protect the innocent, defend liberty, and we keep the light of freedom burning, a beacon for

withdrawal in afghanistan.n has been killed in a cia drone strike. that drone strike happening just outside kabul in afghanistan. let's bring back our panel. molly, your thoughts. we'll hear from the president about 33 minutes from the white house. your thoughts. >> we have a lot we need to confirm and find out since we have had bad reporting out of that region previously. it does appear that it was a strike of al qaeda's top guy. in addition to that, that you played, we had a lot of commentary about how we needed to stand afghanistan in perpetuity in order to do counterintelligence operations. this does show that you can do counterintelligence operations, quite impressive once, without having a permanent presence or a heavy military presence in the region. hopefully that will help people understand what we can do we can do without having huge deployment. it also is true that the world is a very dangerous place and there are much bigger threats right now than al qaeda including china and communist china. we nee

government's policy on afghanistan supports a shoutdown of the banking system in afghanistan. also the withholding of $9 billion of afghan assets. this policy having a devastating impact on the afghan population, including the deaths of tens of thousands of innocents through malnutrition just in the first three months of this year. that was reported in the associated press. it is illogical and murderous to maintain a policy that results in the starvation of infant girls, infant girls in order to attempt to get them access to the school system that they won't live long enough to enter. my question is how can anyone support the u.s. policy of economic strangulation in light of its horrific impact on innocent children and the afghan people? thank you. guest: that's a really good question. and you're right as we are seeing in so many countries around the world over time sanctions rarely work. i think what america needs to do is use the taliban need, the billions of dollars, and aid money, as leverage to negotiate with the taliban. but they need to be negotiating. and they need to

invasion of afghanistan.he fighting began weeks after the terrorist attacks on september 11 and the group the cost of war estimates the u.s. spent more than $2 trillion on the invasion, not counting what it will cost future veterans of that war. that is our question -- what is our legacy for the war in afghanistan? did we achieve our goals? was it worth it? we will open our regular lines. republicans, we want to hear from you at (202) 748-8001. democrats, your number is (202) 748-8000. independents, you can call (202) 748-8002. and we are opening up a special line this morning for veterans of the afghanistan war. your number is going to be (202) 748-8003. keep in mind, you can always text us at (202) 748-8003, and we are always reading on social media, on facebook at facebook.com/cspan, on twitter at @cspanwj, and you can follow us on instagram at @cspanwj. once again, we are talking about the legacy of the war in afghanistan one year after president joe biden said that we were pulling out in the war was over

but what about in afghanistan itself? the taliban claim it treats the country's fil history with respect. they say there will be no destruction of fillmore bands or pitches. this time around the archive of afghan film is very important and has historical significance. it's completely secured in the presidential palace. no one has access there who could damage it, and it sounds hopeful, but the fact is all phone productions around the country has been cancelled and cinemas closed and november 2021. decree prohibits the television, screening of films and series featuring women, or any content, the contradictory a law, the only propaganda videos produce. now, even though most afghan directors have now left the country, their strongest works of the past 2 decades remain. i can cinema lives on abroad as seen here at the do hawk international film festival in the tunnel region of kurdistan. it's a refuge because who is subject to oppression and censorship. in many countries. cinema plays a special role here as a sign of solidar

afghanistan. the eyes of the world are on the capital airport. were desperate scenes unfold over the course of 2 weeks. general eons out is in charge of airborne brigade, one in germany, and responsible for evacuations. he's tasked with organizing and evacuation mission in afghanistan with hardly any lead time. so i thought it was fridays until august, 13th and north because i got a phone call that made it clear the initial plan had to be ready by mid day the next day. and he asked me really calling because the time pressure was unbelievable . and goblins, quartz i took that same day. however, germany's foreign intelligence service, the b and d reports. taliban leadership currently has no interest in military takeover of cobble take over cobble before september. 11th, rather unlikely. the bond is fad. germany's armed forces is facing its largest ever evacuation mission to fly out germans and also afghans who are at risk come the line, which will we be able to fly in was what a security light on we

i see to flee afghanistan. i plan to stay in touch. royal sadat can relate to a seat is experiences of living under the taliban. she often encountered resistance in her family as well. it was very hard, but when my father turned to the stand by the i'm doing and if my i'm kill for a long time he don't. kim, tall are home because when i go for shooting, i miss a lot can i can answer the courage to make films against all odds. was depicted in this documentary from 2000 a night shot by spanish director alba. so taura, it tells how royal saddam explores and breaks through the narrow limits of patriarchal society. madame unplug it on the letter, it didn't even again, i left him. it was in a giggle as an economy. ha ha, that he turned on. oh, she had a good, a good bit of a hotel and go have the ability to do anything from a little. i thought a family myself, a highly muscular by the zone to hold them on the point of over the month of normally pay the so my the debbie megan, this is roy sadat and the alberto taura ha

~ . , ., picture in afghanistan one year on? ~ . , . ., picture in afghanistan one year on? started out a ear on? well, it all started out a year ago _ on? well, it all started out a year ago as _ on? well, it all started out a year ago as surreal. - on? well, it all started out a year ago as surreal. we - on? well, it all started out a | year ago as surreal. we didn't expect the taliban after 21 years after being defeated post—9/ii to make such a strong comeback but they did. there are a lot of reasons and we will spare people without at the moment. since then, obviously, there were expected by many in or outside afghanistan to make good on some of the pledges they had made during the doha talks with united states. amongst them, theissue united states. amongst them, the issue of intra— afghan talks to make sure we have a representative government with the taliban included a course. it played a very broad role. they also made pledges about human rights, women's rights, the rights of girls to go to school. all of those things, obviously, when it comes to girls as your report

afghanistan is on the line.line in so that as a set van exposed to burn pits, see them take away all our rights and the people they take care of us and then hold them political hostage. that's why i'm running and thrilled to run this race. we need to keep our country intact. >> saudi arabia was as culpable, at least according to the cia when it comes to 9/11 and many others. jonathan le mire, the book is called "the big lie." by the way, john than's new book is actually how the new. go and pick it up. meanwhile, president biden's address to the nation is coming up in just moments so stay right there. n just moments so stay rit there. people remember ads with young people having a good time. so to help you remember that liberty mutual customizes your home insurance, here's a pool party. ♪ good times. insurance! ♪ only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ announcer: type 2 diabetes? discover the power of 3 in the ozempic® tri-zone. in my ozempic® tri-zone, i lowered my a1c, cv risk, and l