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

is in afghanistan. so that's a strategic fail there. you know, then the question of whether afghanistan is all for naught, to me, is sort of a more fraught question. because, again, the war wasn't only about killing members of al qaeda. it became about all of these other things. >> let's just go back to 2020. in the doha agreement, which the trump administration had negotiated with the taliban, the u.s. pledged a full withdrawal, and the taliban promised the country wouldn't become a safe haven for terrorists. the biden administration's position all along was that trump left him no alternatives to an abrupt exit. i know you have been critical of both the trump administration and the biden administration, but do you believe that biden needed to continue the policies set by the trump administration which led to such an abrupt and, frankly, disastrous withdrawal? >> no. and to insinuate that president biden had absolutely no alternative but to honor the doha agreement, which was a terrible agreement, frank

afghanistan. i'm sure they are very brave and have interesting journalism. every day. right now my country is full stories but all this is happening. it's very good find. >> thank 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 >> if you know about the nature of the media war all over the country august 15 last year, it was pretty much no different. buf the media outlets have closed down. as the reporters without borders put it, more than 60% of journalists from afghanistan are lost. there have been a very large number of them that have fled to outside countries, including the neighboring places in iran, and there has been a budget cut, a lot of donors have discontinued funding media outlets because they woul

afghanistan. this particular topic is near to my heart. we have an outstanding panel that does span the breath of experience -- and of experience. we will hear from afghans themselves today who have policy positions and have worked with afghan refugees in the u.s. as a historian, one misunderstanding i try to correct is that our interest is not in events processes when we talked about the fall of kabul, we are not talking to much about an event that is still laying out good yesterday marked the 21st anniversary of 9/11, which month later led to the american invasion of afghanistan. months shy of 20 years later, the u.s. withdrew from the country in a chaotic form, leading to the return of the taliban. despite the subsequent violence of the american political class and screaming disinterest of the american electorate -- seeming disinterest of the american electorate, that withdrawal marks neither the end of the war on terror or the suffering of the people in afghanistan. thousands are waiting in ca

if you were to ask me why does the war in afghanistan go on for 20 years? do we have these forever wars? it is less due to battlefield conditions and more due to the constructs of the war that alloe them to proceed through four different administrations because politically becomes very easy to begin prosecuting these wars. another thing it does as americans is wars used to be something that were experienced generationally. they were generate elation late defining events. the second world war thewa greatest generation. even the first world war the lost generation. i lookon at my own generation hw we experience the 9/11 oars, i have never felt like i was part of a lost generation. i actually felt more like i wasn the loss part other generation. as we look at american sick society we see the trend of, atomization, all of us descending into her various subgroups it becomes a very unhealthy thing for a democracy when the military it follows that trend. wars are just fought by a subsection of our society. as we hit the end of 20 years of war, as much as we are ta

afghanistan bilateral security agreement.nd as an embassy liaison with the government of afghanistan. he played a key role in evacuating citizens, green card holders and more than 3000 locally employed staff and their families after the taliban takeover of kabul. an recognition of his services, the u.s. department of state presented him with aof here wism award. he previously served in various capacities in the afghan government including work with independent election commission in 2010 and with the permanent mission of afghanistan to the united nations in new york. and finally, a former deputy minister for commerce and industry of the previous government of afghanistan. joins the george washington university community as the elliott school of international affairs professor of international affairs last january. has broad government experience including service as commissioner civil servicem reform commission and prior to that as human resources director of the municipality of kabul. she's country director top strategic com

policy towards afghanistan.nd rebuilding the country after work. >> i should have introduced myself to begin with. my name is benjamin hopkins and the associate dizzying for academic affairs. also in my spare time a historian of modern afghanistan for this particular topic is near to my heart. we have an outstanding panel today that really does expand the breadth of experience both the professional and personal. we are going to hear from some afghans themselves whoho have policy and professional positions heree in washington as well as those working with afghan refugees here in the united states. as a historian, one of the things i always tried to correct a great misunderstanding with my students is that our interest is not in events but in processes. we talk about the fall of kabul a year ago, we are not so much talking about an event that is over, but a process that is still playing out. indeed yesterday marked the 21st anniversary of the 911 9 attacks which a month later read to the american invasion of afgha

afghanistan. they will give us some answers to how the government questions have come to the foray, how the taliban's ruling afghanistan, what happened for women and girls. this is one day after the anniversary of 9/11, so we all have much to reflect on. let me welcome you to this competition, and i-12 now turn things back to the senior associate dean for academic affairs, professor of history, who will introduce each speaker and get the conversation going. thank you. >> thank you. i should have introduced myself to begin with. i am benjamin hopkins. i am a historian of modern afghanistan. this particular topic is near to my heart. we have an outstanding panel that does span the breath of experience -- and of experience. we will hear from afghans themselves today who have policy positions and have worked with afghan refugees in the u.s. as a historian, one misunderstanding i try to correct is that our interest is not in events processes when we talked about the fall of kabul, we are not talking to

warr in afghanistan. along with this one-year anniversary we are discussing in having this event instead of thinking about the evolution i think the u.s. needs to also think about his war and accountability on its end as well. on that i'm also the moderator and i enjoy being the speaker in the moderator as well. i get asked one of the first questions. i willir open it up to the whole panel. thank you all very much for attending this event and for your thoughts as well. i wanted to ask all of you your point of view on taliban foreign policy and their seeking legitimacy. all of you and your comments mentioneden it but i wanted to e a little more salient and asked more specifically in each of your views what kind of legitimacy as a taliban seeking and why and whether or not they'll bee able to achieve that legitimacy? hassan i will start with you because you lost your audio. >> he me hear me right now? >> yes, your back. >> apologies for the technical problems. first of all i should tell you western governme

those things don't exist in afghanistan. the fight against the taliban exposed the chronic corruption and mismanagement of then president ashur, i've gone is government right? more than $300000000.00 per year went to paying salaries of afghan security, full staff members who didn't exist. in fact, according to one investigation. afghan truitt numbers were as low as 50000 when the taliban took cobble. currently, afghanistan is one of the 10 most corrupt countries in the world. we blame the afghans for, you know, siphoning off money and acting corrupt. and it's a bit of arrogant, something that we in the exact same situation, wouldn't see the same thing that you don't just get at people, people everywhere. that's, you know, that was a one time part of our understanding of american exceptionalism. now american exceptionalism has as fantasy that somehow we have a perfect life. we can export that to everybody just by dictate and not actually the hard work, ah low morale, coupled with the abrupt withdrawal of us supportive like to

as forces leave afghanistan. — to come home. as forces leave afghanistan, the _ to come home.rces leave afghanistan, the taliban - afghanistan, the taliban tightens its grip and a humanitarian crisis unfolds. everyone was desperately trying to find a way to get out of afghanistan because it was the only chance to stay alive. so fighting. _ only chance to stay alive. sr fighting, stressful. only chance to stay alive. so fighting, stressful. there . only chance to stay alive. sol fighting, stressful. there was a lot of broken _ fighting, stressful. there was a lot of broken cars _ fighting, stressful. there was a lot of broken cars all - fighting, stressful. there was a lot of broken cars all over. a lot of broken cars all over the — a lot of broken cars all over the airport and there was nothing _ the airport and there was nothing to go into the plane. people — nothing to go into the plane. people were running towards the aircraft. there were soldiers keeping you out. the taliban who were beating up people with sticks, with wires, whatever they had. and they were shooting the g

there are no lgbtq+ organisations in afghanistan.hat they were going to have to keep hiding in this incredibly dangerous situation. politicians described the withdrawal as a disaster, but failed to prioritise some of the most vulnerable until it too late. despite that, the uk was the first country to offer a special relocation programme specifically for lgbt people. but as help on the ground dried up it was a race against time. this is about human beings. this is about lives that have been shattered, this is about people being separated from their loved ones. we are having to take decisions about who can travel and who can't. around 20,000 people have been resettled in the uk. more than 80 are lgbt, along with some of their families. it's thought many thousands more could still be in afghanistan or trying to escape, but flights and safe routes are either very limited or non—existent. they were telling us that everything was going - to be fine. they didn't tell us they would literally abandon us - to the taliban. the previous governme

now on bbc news — fleeing afghanistan: free to be me. a top—secret evacuation, we follow a group of lg btq+ afghans settling in the uk. joe biden: i've concluded that it's time to end - america's longest war. it's time for american troops to come home. as us, uk and nato forces leave afghanistan, the taliban tightens its grip and a humanitarian crisis unfolds. out of afghanistan because it was the only chance to stay alive. so, fighting, stressful. there was lots of broken cars all over the airport and there was nothing — just a gate — to go into the plane. gunfire people were running towards the aircraft, the airport. - there were soldiers| keeping people out. gunfire the taliban, who were beating up people with sticks, - with wires, whatever they had, and they were shooting - on the ground and on the air. like the end of the world in the hollywood movies! i can't describe what the scene was like. i i have been beaten many times for the way i am. the taliban's interpretation of sharia law means homosexuality is punishable by death. they

in afghanistan, one can't even look at women from behind. and here even their underwear is a man's business. seldom come, no other women selling clothes. it's more, i know no way of islam wouldn't allow it renege because of this interpretation of the koran m women's fashion in afghanistan is entirely decided by men from the cut of the pattern to the actual styles. black with the sold the taliban of rotten capital, women played a major role in afghan society. they held 80 percent of administrative positions and a 3rd of medical jobs. masoud encouraged equality and advocated women's return to public life. mess with the disorder for them approved only from them of duties down masood believed islam, fundamental values that give women autonomy and the right to have an education. and i would say fully belong in the organisation of political life here for school. and i think masood pushed for those ideas, decal, due funnelled in women's groups, came to him, asking him to sign a charter for women's rights, which he did thank you to see if he was ful

a mission to afghanistan in tuscany is graham smith, senior consultant on afghanistan for the international crisis group, and in sydney is amateur jamal co ofa of the decline and full of republican of canister, and a former member of the national security council of garrison. welcome to the program generals. why should we see this prisoner swap as a just a swat? nothing more or something that could potentially paved the way to a bigger american road in afghanistan in the future. a thank you for having me, a slot, a layer come to your, your viewers. i would not get a head of this act important on hostage exchange. there's a lot, there can be a lot that needs to be done. we have to remember just 6 weeks ago on the u. s. m. a struck and killed and i'm on as our hearing are in a suburb of cobble. um and this troubled us sign and in our allies in that and that the, that the taliban regime immersed regime had promised in doha negotiations that there would be no, no terrorists harbored in there. but the bottom line that was 6 weeks ago and we just had a hostage exchange um prisoner exchange, which

withdrawal from afghanistan. let me start with you, colonel davis at ascii about this question before the withdrawal happened what was your view on the accelerated timeline of withdrawal from afghanistan? guest: i was for president trump's decision to end the war and set a timeline for the withdrawal to happen. i was absolutely disappointed that toward the end of president trump's term that they didn't take any proactive action. the timeline that had been set in place and the lack of action that the pentagon had taken to implement those changes, dr. -- president trump was distracted. they didn't take the action necessary to have the means necessary. when it did come to, when biden came into office they were not prepared for it. biden waited a long time to make his decision and added six more months to it. i think that was one of the biggest problems. i was for the decision, i was for biden following through with that i just wish they did it on the original schedule. >> it was always supposed to be conditions base

withdrawal from afghanistan and we welcome him now.ood morning to you, general. >> good morning, margaret. it's good to be here. >> i know you were at the pentagon when it was attacked on 9/11. a we just laid out, that really came full circle as you executed this withdrawal. i wonder how you make peace and make sense of all that was lost? not just the 2,400 service people who lost their lives in that conflict, but those who survived, who continue to deal with loss, and look at an afghanistan that is once again under the control of the taliban. >> well, margaret, over the 21-year arc from the 9/11, and i was in the pentagon, until we came out last august, we prevented a major attack occurring on the united states. the cost was not cheap, as you noted. we lost a lot of brave young americans. our coalition partners lost a lot of their soldiers. and, of course, the afghan people paid a steep price for that. it wasn't a cost-free proposition. we did manage to prevent another major attack from occurring against the united states during that

and an ally of the us wanted to control afghanistan. it was in pakistan's, koranic schools, the taliban were born and trained becky stall, it didn't look. so chunk measure pakistan, was the taliban major supporter? event there. hey, why? yeah, pakistani is thought it would be good to have a regime under their influence and cobble and got blue. is the soviet, tanya called, but they quickly realized that they didn't really control it at all. so le mars sometimes their puppets went their own way. old uncle told them, but in our meetings with the pakistanis houston, we asked them to rein in the taliban them. and they said it wasn't that easy. i mean, because of course they were on control alisha panel underneath lee the may can no problem with that. the american didn't have a counterpart in afghanistan the far they knew they couldn't recognize the taliban regime organ, ispa needed bar. they couldn't be associated with it. and it don't goose soup levies. you are merely kindred. as though the american vision of afghanistan was what was seen t

this is afghanistan, one year into taliban rule. i've come here to investigate the disappearance of a woman. under the last government, alia azizi was a successful career woman as a high—ranking prison officer. hard—won freedoms are being rolled back following the taliban's victory. women have been forced out of the workplace. since the taliban returned to power, the inmates she had been guarding are now running the prison. alia left work, assuming her career was over, but to her surprise, she was called back to herjob. then a month later, she disappeared. i want to find out what happened to her and what the taliban authorities are doing about it. herfamily hasn't heard from her for eight months. i visited their home in herat, western afghanistan. inaudible dialogue until the return of the taliban, alia had been the family's main breadwinner. alia's eldest son also worked at the prison, but was not called back by the taliban. the family reported alia missing in october. the taliban said they would investigate, but no information has

what happened to afghanistan? what could afghans have done differently that might've avoided what happened to them? to be very honest at the very local level, at the very public living as someone who has started some of the very grass root struggles till being a member of the cabinet. the people off of them is sacrifice the people off of dana, sand, dedicated their lives, their time, the talent they are you year women, they're girls. they could not have done far what they have done to day. so that is why i had said it, and i will say that the people of afghanistan did not deserve. what happened to the people? every one had a small little life. every one had a small little house. every one had a small, little earning. now, how much are, how many or what rough of the percentage of the people of a gallon would have been evacuated? so 5 percent, 10 percent, 20 percent maximum. 25 percent. what about the rest of the 75 percent? look at what disaster cove it economical crisis. natural disasters have brought. why had not

these planes and helicopters were overtaken by pilots, the national armies of afghanistan saving their lives and their lives. uh, hmm families by international law. uh, the country where these planes landed, they have the right to intern, and they are even obliged to internine this military equipment, and by and large for today. uh, according to international law. this equipment does not belong to the taliban movement, which also demands the return of these aircraft, arguing that they are now uh power in afghanistan and they definitely do not belong to the united states. on what basis americans are bargaining with the countries of central asia , to be honest, i don’t understand, this story has really become, uh, a headache for the two countries of the region for uzbekistan and tajikistan, because on the one hand they are being pressured by the taliban movement and demanding to return them to afghanistan but this will undoubtedly cause a sharply negative reaction, both in washington and in moscow yes, and in beijing too after these planes would be, well, hypothetically, given to the uni

my government will continue the policy of rebuilding afghanistan and iraq to establish peace.n the middle east , rooting out the root causes of conflict and extremism. now, almost 20 years later, everything is clear to us about afghanistan, about iraq, and about the criminal senseless anglo-british wars. there is another case when queen elizabeth was deliberately deceived directly from the prime minister by the already fresher boris johnson convinced the head of state. suspend the work of parliament, due to the occasion. this was later proven by the verdict. there the grandmother of the supreme court, by her decision, hung the english parliament. boris got a tactical win, then he was convicted of deceit, but he was like water off a duck's back. and elizabeth ii strange positions. carn iii inherited the reputation of the russian family, which he now heads, the wife of prince harry, the mulatto, will tell in an interview about ufra about how, during pregnancy, the crowned relatives anxiously asked her about how colored the unborn child might be. megan's interview caused a big sc

these planes and helicopters were overtaken by pilots, the national armies of afghanistan, saving their lives and their lives. uh, hmm families by international law. uh, the country where these planes landed, they have the right to intern, and they are required to even interne this military equipment and by and large for today. uh, according to international law. this equipment does not belong to the taliban movement, which also demands the return of these aircraft, arguing that they are now uh power in afghanistan and they definitely do not belong to the united states. on what basis the americans are bargaining with the countries of central asia , i honestly don’t understand, this story has really become, uh, a headache for the two countries of the region for uzbekistan and tajikistan because on the one hand they are being pressured by the taliban movement and demanding that they be returned to afghanistan. but this will undoubtedly cause a sharply negative reaction, both in washington and in moscow, yes, and in beijing, too, after these planes would be, well, hypothetically, given awa

and so forth today, is there a race to extract the wealth from afghanistan? i, i don't have any culprit evidence in front of me, but i, i do believe i've got to stand is a country. it was extraordinarily, a good resource. there's natural resources that some of the big countries around the world are interested a and the china is also what should be interested in working with the afghan people to extra base. some of the good natural resources for mutual benefit, but nothing corporate has been reported. so far, all right, nelson wong, the vice chairman of the shanghai center international study is always great to have you on the program, appreciate your time. thank you. thank you. i thank you for your time as well for joining us for this alice broadcast from moscow. this is auto international. we're back soon with. ah, with who is the aggressor today? i'm authorized to disco, strong sanctions. today russia is the country with the most sanctions imposed against it. a number that's constantly growing up in your future list. of course, with the mind the will ship,

in light of the almost half-century conflict in afghanistan , we believe that in today's realities, the key factor in achieving peace of stability and national consensus on afghanistan is the formation after us of an inclusive political governance structure with the participation of all ethical and political groups in this country. unfortunately, we continue to observe the concertation of various international terrorist groups on the territory of afghanistan. these forces are strengthening their positions within the country, creating a springboard for planting an extremely dangerous ideology of religious radicalism and extremism, which directly has a negative impact on the security of the region. countries that need to monitor the situation and, taking into account the possible risks of increasing security threats, act jointly to be ahead of the curve. other the actual challenge remains the production of narcotic strains in afghanistan and their smuggling growth in the volume of seizures by our competent authorities of drugs from this neighbor country. we believe that the time has come

these images from afghanistan, shock, the world. afghans fleeing the country. after us, german and allied troops withdrew, ending a 20 year mission, western backed afghan forces crumbled, and the taliban quickly regained power to taliban, very strategic, and they em. i think sometimes i had the impression they were always 3 steps ahead of our a strategy and our negotiations. germany like other countries faced intense criticism over the long wars outcome. berlin is accused of having misjudged the security situation in the country. the failures and their consequences now a subject of a german parliamentary investigation. so i think this will be quite a sensitive issue and, and with very sensitive discussions. so they, i think and yes, maybe we need some clarity about what went wrong in the end. during the evacuation . critics say german organizations have abandoned many local staff members and their families, leaving them at risk from the taliban. more than 6000 afghans are still waiting to be evacuated to germany on val husker yosh as a member of the pro busines

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central bank of afghanistan has condemned the decision. is illegal. miss miller had the rightful owners of the frozen assets or the afghan people. we had this money for foreign trade payments. the decision of the us to transfer one part of that amount to a swiss bank, establishing an institution there to disperse the money to hand it over to some private organization. setting their own rules for political purposes is totally illegal according to international law. how can they refuse to transfer that money to our central bank? this is a betrayal of the afghan people, the people's will and consent was totally ignored. and the afghan central bank was not consulted. we denounced c u. s. decision. the u. s. administration says it's will not release money directly to an afghan institution, as there is no guarantee that civilians will benefits. as the taliban seized power in afghanistan, the u. s. froze around $7000000000.00 of afghan assets. u. s. president ordered to direct $3500000000.00 to finance payments from more suits by $911.00 victims. meanwhile,

first of all, al-qaeda was exactly created by the us government during the war in afghanistan againstnment of afghanistan and after that in the afghan war against the ussr after that ussama bin. laden was the head, as they say, of the arab legion in yugoslavia, eight herzegovinas received a passport in bosnia herzegovina after that they went to london to london from london , materials were sent to the national commission, and they lived in somalia in sudan, according to the us government, he began to work against the us precisely at the time when two a major attack on the us embassy was also attacked in saudi arabia with all these circumstances. it is hard to believe that washington was unaware of the impending attacks, and it is impossible not to admit that after the tragedy, the united states found a way to use what happened for their own geopolitical purposes , the budget in the united states of america, they also increased it now exceeds $ 700 billion , as well. and that is, this gigantic simply gigantic budget is much more than we have, we have more than in china, and so on. here

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