news live from berlin hopes for peace in afghanistan taliban and us to go shoot or sign an agreement that could pave the way to ending nearly 2 decades of conflict the west has to begin withdrawing its troops from afghanistan in exchange for commitments from the taliban. also coming up trapped in no man's land with nowhere to go migrants of turkey gather at a crossing into europe after ankara says it will no longer hold them back but greece is blocking its borders to stave off a new wave of refugees. i'm married to evanston welcome to the program the united states and the taliban have signed an agreement aimed at ending nearly 2 decades of conflict in afghanistan both sides of the deal and qataris capital doha following a year and a half of talks each have committed to a reduction in violence the agreement paves the way for the united states to gradually withdraw its troops from afghanistan in return the taliban have promised not to allow the country to be used as a base for terrorist attacks against the west. well u.s. secretary of state my home pale hail to the signing of the agreem

hopes for peace in afghanistan taliban and u.s. negotiate is sign an agreement that could pave the way to ending nearly 2 decades of conflicts. and the base will be handed out at the 70th birthday in international film festival in just a few hours time and they wus helen humphrey and scott ross from down at the red carpet. after 10 days 18 competition films and virtually no sleep were ready to bring you our top some flops of this year's bellino will how it all takes to you will take home the coveted golden back coming up a little later in the program. i'm anthony how to welcome to the program or authorities around the globe implementing a range of containment measures to stop the spread of the corona virus the total number of infections worldwide has surged above $85000.00 with ecuador and confirming. 1st case of the virus is spreading faster in south korea which is reported more than $800.00 new cases bringing the total bit to over $3000.00. in italy rather entire towns remained sealed off and france is banning all indoor public g

good to have you with us the united states and the taliban are poised to sign an agreement aimed at ending nearly 2 decades of conflict in afghanistan envoys meeting and doha are due to the deal this hour which follows more than a year and a half of talks between the united states and the taliban both sides have committed to a reduction in violence the war in centers on the u.s. starting a phased withdrawal of its troops from afghanistan thought to number between 12 and 13000 in return the taliban has promised not to allow afghanistan to be used as a base for terrorist attacks against the west. well for more we're joined now by our correspondent channel sham's who is in doha covering the signing ceremony for us so will the signing ceremony should be underway this hour what is happening right now. well the u.s. dollar signing ceremony is currently under way u.s. secretary of state of mike just arrived and he went inside the conference room and there are quite a lot of people inside and many many officials from different different countries different parts of the world many of gone all for shows there are many issues here so it is hap

news live from berlin hopes for peace in afghanistan taliban and u.s. to go shaders sign an agreement that could pave the way to ending the nearly 2 decades of conflict the u.s. has to begin withdrawing its troops from afghanistan in exchange for commitments from the taliban also coming up trapped in no man's land a with nowhere to go migrants in turkey gather at a crossing into europe after ankara says it will no longer hold them back but greece is blocking its borders to stave off a new wave of refugees. and after 10 days are world premieres and star turns on the red carpet the jury prepares to name the winners of this year's verlyn international film festival. i married to evanston welcome to the program the united states and the taliban have signed an agreement aimed at ending nearly 2 decades of conflict in afghanistan now both sides of the deal in cantars capital doha following a year and a half of talks each have committed to a reduction in violence greenman paves the way for the u.s. to gradually withdraw its troops from afghanistan and in return

hopes for peace in afghanistan taliban and u.s. negotiators sign an agreement that could pave the way to delete 2 decades of conflict. and dramatic scenes in the bundesliga but music fans calls this match with oppenheim to be interrupted twice after the show an offensive banner and a talking. to. a math me held welcome to the program the corona virus has claimed its 1st victim in the united states where a man has died in washington state officials there are given no further details at this stage but u.s. president donald trump has been speaking at the white house. let's go now to professor peter he's a viral a just an effects an expert at the baylor college of medicine and joins us from houston texas president trump has just been giving a press conference professor is this government's response do you get the feeling is the government's response enough to curb the spread of the virus in the u.s. . well it's a good question where china trying to multitask listen to the president figuring out what his next plan isn't and that n.s.p.

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satisfied that the taliban will pledge that it won't support any what are called terrorist attacks on the u.s. and its allies and the u.s. will put in place its phased withdrawal from afghanistan that then leads to direct talks between the afghan government who by the way had nothing to do with all these talks and the taliban and then hopefully to a lasting peace deal however clearly still lots lots of questions here what is acceptable violence what it what a counterterrorism operations for that matter how when when was this were going to stop the u.s. say it's going to start really soon c.b.s. going to tell about a source apparently to say that they're expecting the 1st stage in february 22nd the 2nd stage fabry 29th a week later and then the peace talks to begin march 10th but many questions the full wrote about they will occur in munich on saturday morning local time. rebels in northern syria say they shot down a military helicopter on friday killing everyone on board government forces are trying to take the last opposition held areas in an operation that's the splays more than 800000 people since the beginning of december but a report from the turkey syria border this is t

is pace finally coming to afghanistan the u.s. and the taliban sign a deal aimed at ending 18 years of war the government in kabul is not involved so kind this agreement lost and will the afghan people's rights be protected this is inside story. elevator and welcome to the program dick clark it is being called the 1st step towards last thing peace in afghanistan the united states and the afghan taliban have signed a preliminary deal towards ending nearly 2 decades of war it's a result of 18 months of talks here in doha in qatar the 1st stage involves exchange of 6000 prisoners and what's called a meaningful reduction of violence over the next 135 days the u.s. and nato will withdraw all troops within 14 months if the taliban up holds its commitments its hopes all this will lead to direct talks between the taliban and the afghan government in kabul which the taliban has refused to recognize we're just at the beginning. furthering the cause of peace will require serious work and sacrifice by all sides united states coalition taliban the afghan gove

provoked a storm of controversy by publishing an opinion piece by the deputy leader of the taliban in afghanistan while the article calls for a lasting peace agreement with the us it fails to mention the author's brutal past and history of alleged war crimes. when our representatives started negotiating with the united states in $28.00 in our confidence of the talks would yield results was close to 0 we do not trust american intentions after 18 years of war and several previous attempts in negotiation that had proof futile everyone has lost somebody they loved everyone is tired of war i'm convinced of the killing and the maiming must stop. well the author is among the world's most wanted men of the f.b.i. office $5000000.00 for any information that could lead to his arrest shows you doing carney who's a designated terrorist in the united states is the scryer by the agency's website is armed and dangerous the afghan government has also criticized the new york times the surgeon to give him a platform it is the new york times has given the platform to an individual who is on a designated terrorist l

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. >> afghanistan, under the taliban regime, had harbored al qaeda. the president meets with all of his national security advisers in camp david, they decide the taliban had to be uprooted if they were really going to get at bin laden. >> what's different here, what's changed in terms of u.s. policy is the president's determination to also go after those nations and organizations and people that lend support. >> the obvious response is to go after al qaeda. but the administration needed somehow to show that it was serious. >> our war on terror begins with al qaeda but it does not end there. it will not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped and defeated. >> they said, this has changed everything. the world was not going to be the same. and they created what they called the global war on terror. >> president bush plans to sign the anti-terrorism bill into law today, after it was overwhelmingly approved by the senate. the legislation gives sweeping new powers to law enforcement including expanded wiretapping and surveill

chief of ok you need to i don't particularly want to get into your relationship between the taliban in afghanistan and the taliban in pakistan and who gets sanctuary where that's a different discussion which we have had on this channel and i dare say will have it again symbolic coming back to you assuming that these 2 men ashraf ghani and abdullah abdullah can work together is there another dynamic that they have to be aware of rewind to the election 56 months ago $2000000.00 people cast their votes but democracy is not alive and well in afghanistan because potentially 1600000 people could cast their vote so there's something very wrong there to start with i think i'll come back to me are you applying to sponsor this that you know that was not just in pakistan i mean around the world this does actually the u.s. state or does it tell you that in baskets believe god and other people look very large specially the european a lot of european partners that like the germans everyone was not the opinion that the time wasn't ready because of the problems that you pointing out because of the problems with h

afghanistan. ros: the taliban, going back to 2001 and 1990's, was in power because it believes in the idea of afghanistanng a strict islamic state. is that still the case? >> that is the big question. the one million afghani's question. loof afghans fear that they have not changed much at all. the taliban say they have anged, that they are not the same taliban which ruled with a severe hand in the 1990's. but the big question is, have the taliban changed as much as afghanistan has changed? the afghanistan of today does not havee been -- women as doctors ach ts, but they are cabinet ministers, ceo's, rhumanhts activist. will the taliban accept them? allowomen to work and bey will educated. they use the phrase that tmen can chooir life partner. in other words, not be forced into arrged marriages. and everything will be done according to islamic law. which islamic law? the islamic law of malaysia or sadr arabia or iran? huthere ar uncertainties, therefore come a deep, deep fears. the taliban will be tested. ros: the americans, less time they told us they were withdrawing, a few days later they said that is

news live from berlin and hopes for peace in afghanistan taliban and u.s. negotiators sign an agreement that could pave the way to ending the early 2 decades of conflict the u.s. is to begin withdrawing its troops from afghanistan in exchange for commitments from the taleban. also coming out trapped in no man's land with nowhere to go. in turkey gather at a crossing into europe after ankara says it will no longer hold them back.

news live from berlin hopes for peace in afghanistan taliban and u.s. to go shaders sign an agreement that could pave the way to ending the nearly 2 decades of conflict the u.s. has to begin withdrawing its troops from afghanistan in exchange for commitments from the taliban also coming up trapped in no man's land a with nowhere to go migrants in turkey gather at a crossing into europe after ankara says it will no longer hold them back.

hopes for peace in afghanistan taliban and u.s. negotiators sign an agreement that could pave the way to delete 2 decades of conflict.

be they will be coming into the tax form forces who are based in afghanistan and that is just in our country as we listened to the taliban statement being made let's just listen in nation of afghanistan is also good for the international community. and i congratulate everyone for that achievement. the islamic emirate of afghanistan where the united states the agreement that it has reached. we are committed to this agreement to enforce it. also we want. as a political force. to maintain with its neighbors regional countries and international community we one positive relationship with all. the afghan nation. has been suffering for the past 4 decades we have suffered tremendously and i hope that. that. do with the withdrawal of all foreign forces from afghanistan that the afghan nation and there are the an islamic regime will take its relief and embark on a new prosperous life. all one and we will want to be attentive to the unity and prosperity of our country. for this reason. i call an afghan factions. to our nestle and sincerely. fire this supplement after a strong islamic system come to negotiations and so that. for th

and the taliban goes into effect in afghanistan paving the way for a peace deal to be signed next week. so robin you want your elders there are a lot of my headquarters here in doha are coming up in the next 30 minutes italy reports its 1st coronavirus death as the world health organization wald's that the window for containing the disease is narrowing rapidly. also a warning that russia may be battling in the u.s. presidential election campaign donald trump denounces the claims as a misinformation. and voting ends in iran's parliamentary election with conservatives back to to hold on to power after moderate and reformist candidates were excluded. welcome to the program an agreement that's supposed to usher in peace the afghanistan has come into effect the taliban and the u.s. will begin what they're calling a reduction of violence is the 7 day deal as a success both sides will sign in accord at the end of the month paving the way for talks between the taliban and other afghan groups the u.s. says it wants to pull its troops out of afghanistan well john 100 is following the story for u

so many afghanistan women are expressing their fears and the taliban sit down to negotiate a new powerof 2020 be guaranteed? we have been talking to afghanistan leaders and they said all of these questions will be decided once we sit down for talks and when i put it to the taliban chief negotiator, they were rattled by these videos, these m essa 9 es rattled by these videos, these messages they're putting out and that they won the war and that they defeated the american occupiers. they said of course we won the war, this would not be happening if we had not. so can a movement, which now feels triumphant sit down and make compromises with an afghan delegation which will include members of the afghan government. that is going to be the process which really matters. lyse doucet there. there have been further clashes at one of greece's land

an article in a leading us newspaper written by a taliban deputy leader is not going down in afghanistan where the country's president strongly criticized the new york times for publishing it it is said that the new york times has given the platform to an individual who is on a designated terrorist list he and his network of behind ruthless attacks against absence and foreignness. the author is among the world's most wanted man in the f.b.i. office $5000000.00 for any information that could lead to his arrest similar to dina carney he was the designated terrorist in the united states is described by the agency's website as dangerous the afghan government also criticized the new york times decision to give him a platform now after the backlash the new york times defended its decision to publish the article it claims it's essential to represent all points on the conflict especially to highlight the progress being made in peace talks we've discussed whether everyone should have a voice on all. to publish or not to publish to give the pa platforms who were designated terrorist on the platfor

and the taliban reaching an agreement hoping to de-escalate tensions in afghanistan. deal will be signed by the end of the month but u.s. officials say they're cautiously optimistic. here to talk about it, chris harmer, retired navy commander, so-called reduction in violence deal. chris, should we be cautiously optimistic? what do you think? >> depends on your out look and what you want to sigh. if you want toe see violence between the united states and taliban stop we can be cautiously optimistic. the taliban has every incentive to live up to a cease-fire, cessation of hostilities between the united states and taliban in order to get us out of afghanistan. if your long term goal is successful society in afghanistan you should be probably pretty skeptical. all that will happen, when the united states leaves, taliban asserts control over afghanistan. we will be there bevacqua 9/11. connell: to your point, with the reduction in violence deal, we pull back a certain number of troops f it holds a certain amount of time, eventually to your point all the u.s. troops will ge

the taliban, then in power in afghanistan, refused to hand over osama bin laden who'd masterminded the the taliban's resistance remained. ten years later, in 2014, nato ended its combat mission, leaving the afghan army to fight the taliban. the us continued its own scaled—back presence. but from here the taliban regained momentum and seized back some territory. and its insurgency continued. by 2018, the taliban said it would meet us officials to try to find a "road map to peace". but it refused to speak to the afghan government, which it dismissed as american "puppets". then last year, the two sides seemed close to an agreement. america announced it would begin to withdraw troops. but days later, president trump said the talks were "dead" after the taliban admitted killing a us soldier. now, here we are with an agreement. we think. but there are doubts, the main one being how can you have a deal if the afghan government's not been involved. this is meena baktash, head of the bbc‘s afghan service. at the moment, people from the taliban's negotiating team, as well as american officials h

and the taliban sign a deal seen as a major step towards ending the 18 year war in afghanistan. comes down to it the future of afghanistan is for afghans to determine. and open the door for a complete withdrawal of u.s. and nato troops. comes the rommany watching al-jazeera life my headquarters here in doha also coming up turkey's president says that he'll not stop refugees from heading to europe as thousands more flock to the border with greece and malaysia's king appoints a new prime minister putting an end to a week long political power struggle. could have a company welcome to al-jazeera after 18 months of talks and nearly 2 decades of war the u.s. and the afghan taliban have just signed a long way to deal paving the way to peace and the departure of foreign troops now the leader of the taliban delegation mullah baradar and the u.s. envoy for peace in afghanistan zalmay her sign the agreement in doha watched by dignitaries including the u.s. secretary of state and foreign ministers from qatar and pakistan under the deal the u.s. and nato say they'll pull out all foreign troo

taliban agreement has brought cautious relief in afghanistan itself many people are pleased that a deal has been reached but there is concern that foreign troops withdrawing i don't allow the taliban to regain power and turkey's president says russia should stay out of its fight with syria pressure type area one attended the 1st funerals of the 34 turkish soldiers killed in airstrikes on italy province on thursday. voting is underway in south carolina's democratic primary and the last ballot ahead of the crucial super tuesday primaries it's the 1st primary in the south and the 1st for african-american voters play a pivotal role nearly 2 thirds of democratic primary voters in south carolina are black and the voting bloc strongly supports joe biden the frontrunner bernie sanders has been gaining on him in the polls analysts say that this is a make or break moment for biden's campaign the other candidates and there they are they are elizabeth warren peter buddha judge amy close tom steyer and toll seagal barred are also help also hoping for a strong finish to stay competitive for super tue

now the united states and the taliban are set to sign an agreement aimed at ending nearly 2 decades of conflict in afghanistan a deal follows a year and a half of talks between the u.s. and the taliban in qatar both sides have committed to a reduction in violence the accord centers on the u.s. starting a phased withdrawal of his troops from afghanistan to number between 12 and 13000 in return the taliban has promised not to allow afghanistan to be used as a base for terrorist attacks against the west. for more let's go now to our correspondent shuttle shamas who's in doha covering the signing ceremony for us so shuttle today's deal follows nearly 2 years of pretty good negotiations is there now a sense of optimism in doha. yes we are here in doha and it is the place the city which where the u.s. and the taliban have had several rounds of talks so now they are about to seal in agreement which will likely and they have gone conflict obviously it will lead to an intro of gone dialogue so it is the 1st milestone it is not the last one that is much optimism here about it we have spoken to a number of people the de

officials say if it's a success that it could lead to the withdrawal of troops from afghanistan the taliban and american negotiators have agreed to a proposal for a reduction of violence in the country a senior u.s. official says if there's still holds it could be followed by a more permanent accord the u.n. secretary general has welcomed the agreement. if this were to succeed it would obviously be a notable step in bringing peace to the country. and the dialogues are vital pay is of is vital to paving forward the constructive intra afghan negotiations on peace i think it's very important. to find ways to reduce the levels of violence in afghanistan is specially the violence that is harming civilians it just got more expensive for air bus to export its planes to the u.s. washington has raise tariffs on european built aircraft amid a dispute over subsidies the u.s. levy will go up from 10 to 15 percent washington has long argued the company has an unfair advantage over american based plane maker boeing american airlines are struggling with a shortage of planes almost a year after boeing grou

to start a phased withdrawal of its remaining troops from afghanistan said to number between 12 and 13000 in return the taliban has promised not to allow afghanistan to be used as a base for terrorist attacks against the west the deal also in visages is the start of peace talks between the taliban and the afghan government something the taliban has refused to take part in up to now. rained down on afghanistan on the night of october 7th 2001. the opening salvo in the war of a question that would last almost decade. on my orders the united states military has begun strikes against al qaeda terrorist training camps and military installations of the taliban regime who an international alliance followed in the subsequent weeks carrying out an intensive. training camps. penned by advancing taliban forces on the ground the taliban stronghold. in november. celebrations. from the you'll cover oppression. that i'm so happy that until now it was like a prisoner of my bed and i'm free meanwhile so was osama bin laden the man the u.s. desperately wanted remained. of escaping from the tora bora cave network between the bat

kind of the international forces in the country, they say is the primary power play in afghanistan. so the talibant once an agreement is reached on the withdrawal of foreign forces from afghanistan with the united states that's been the primary demand, only after that can there be discussions with other afghan political figures. but during those discussions, really, that we will get into the more meaty topics about not just a ceasefire, but what role there could be for parliamentary democracy in the future of afghanistan. what safeguarding there will be of women's rights in the country. these are big, big topics and i expect there could be very lengthy negotiations to follow them. we get any sense that the taliban would be willing to enter a power—sharing agreement, a long—term agreement, a long—term agreement like that all they wa nt to ta ke agreement like that all they want to take full control of the country to get them back to where they were in 2001? whenever i've had discussions oi’ whenever i've had discussions or interviews with taliban officials they have always been pretty vague about w

on the afghanistan side, i think the dilemma is this. the taliban had tried from the very beginning to discredit the state institutions of afghanistan that arose after 2001. in some sense, to fragment their authority as part of a strategy for enhancing their influence in waging their war. that is something that is not lost on the afghan government. it is important that those state institutions be preserved and supported. and that the achievements in the afghan constitution not be lost. so on the one hand, this is why we have insisted that in the end of the day, the taliban need to sit down with the afghan government. it is important they do so. the problem is, it cannot be just the afghan government in the sense that it has to be inclusive of all elements of afghan society. and that is the tension. how do you have a leadership role for the government where the taliban actually has to deal and acknowledge the legitimacy of those state institutions, but in the same time be inclusive of all afghan elements of afghan society so it is sustainable politic

and the taliban it's not an overall p.c. ok in afghanistan just how do you think this is going to work. yes well as you said this is a different model than we've seen in the past rather than trying to have the u.s. the taliban and the afghan government all working trying to top one peace deal together this is really a 2 phase model what we're seeing today is really a 1st step that just unlocks that crucial 2nd step it's really that 2nd part that inch afghani talks that are really going to be the most important part for afghanistan moving forward and they're going to be some of the most difficult to really see come through you know we're looking at a situation where currently the afghan government as we've been hearing is still coming out of this disputed presidential election so even afghan government is in a new in a moment of kind of disruption and then also with the taliban with different voices that we're hearing from the taliban as well but how to move this process forward so it will be a long road in that 2nd phase it is certainly will

taliban of the u.s. are expected to sign a deal in qatar in the coming hours and ending the war in afghanistan. i'm convinced this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up turkey's president says he will not stop refugees from heading to europe as thousands more flock to the border with greece. authorities in the usa 2 more coronavirus cases have been detected with no don't origin. malaysia's king appoints a new prime minister putting an end to a week long political struggle. the u.s. and afghan taliban a just sign a preliminary deal in the coming hours that could eventually end america's longest running war it's the result of 18 months of talks but once it's agreed there is still a long way to go the 1st stage will be a $135.00 day period of what's called a meaningful reduction in violence that is set to include the exchange of some $6000.00 prisoners a deal is being described as a precursor to a peace agreement between the warring sides within afghanistan it's hoped this will lead to talks between the taliban and the government in kabul as well as the withdrawal of foreign troops leading u

afghanistan but now it's time for. somebody else to do that work and that will be the taliban and it could be surrounding countries or many countries. that surround afghanistan that can help. we're 8000 miles away so we'll be bringing it down to 8000 to approximately 8600 in that vicinity and then we'll make our final decision. some point in the fairly near future but this was a. very. spirited. agreement there was a lot of. there's a lot of talk there's a lot of everything they've been trying to get this for many years and just it's time so i just want to thank everybody i want to congratulate everybody. i really believe the taliban wants to do something to. show that we're not all wasting time . it bad things happen we'll go back and let the people know we'll go back and we'll go back so fast it will go back with a force like nobody's ever seen. and i don't think that will be necessary i hope it's not necessary. and and so i just wanted to bring that up before we begin. on a topic that has become. very very important to everybody 1st of all. the amount of work that these professionals behind me and many other profession

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peace in afghanistan. >> as part of this, american forces in afghanistan would be reduced and pave the way for peace talks between the taliban and afghan government. more than 2,400 americans are died over 18 years of fighting in afghanistan. it is the longest fought conflict in american history. and there was a moment here at the end, where just after the signing, a handshake between a representative of the united states and one of the leaders of the taliban. now, again, this agreement gets to the next step. but peace talks, but that picture of the handshake between the u.s. representative, the u.s. envoy to afghanistan, and that leader is quite remarkable. >>> then new information this morning about the growing concerns around the coronavirus. there are now more than 85,000 confirmed cases around the world impacting every continent except antarctica. >> two cases in the united states, it's not known where patients got the virus. they didn't travel to places known with coronavirus. they didn't come into contact with any traveler or infected person. so we're waiting for the cdc to confirm presumptive cases. presumptive means

, stable afghanistan, peaceful afghanistan and to make more for ourselves. the taliban the us also sent a message to the afghan government and people — that their troops won't leave in haste and leave afghans on their own just yet. lyse doucet, bbc news, doha. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. we're back with the late news at ten. now on bbc one it's time for the news where you are. hello. this is bbc news with shaun ley. the most senior civil servant at the home office, sir philip rutnam, has resigned, saying it's because of what he describes as a vicious, orchestrated campaign against him. sir philip says he intends to sue the government for constructive dismissal. his decision follows reports of tensions between him and the home secretary priti patel, over allegations she mistreated officials. she's denied those claims. here's the spectator‘s political reporter, cindy yu, speaking to me earlier about the highly unusual move by sir philip. it is utterly unprecedented. when public officials have disagreements with a secretary of state, it is

and the taliban agree a deal that would reduce violence in afghanistan and could lead to the withdrawal of u.s. troops. on patrol with un peacekeepers and the congolese army in east india see if they try to stop rebel attacks that have already cost a $1000.00 villages their lives. and what started a fire at a haitian orphanage killing more than a dozen children and investigations underway. in the latest move to stop the spread of coronavirus the chinese government is demanding that everyone returning to beijing from the new year holiday to isolate themselves for 2 weeks more than 2600 cases were recorded in china on friday about half the number reported the previous day foreign minister wang ye admits the outbreak is a challenge to china but criticizes some countries for causing panic. some countries have stepped up measures including quarantine measures which are reasonable and understandable but some countries have overreacted which has triggered an unnecessary panic. well meanwhile several protests are being held across hong kong against the government's plan to set up coronavirus cl

in afghanistan, a seven—day truce agreed by the us and the taliban is expected to take effect very soon secretary mark esper says it should lead to a fall in violence — and could lead to more far—reaching peace talks, as well as a staggered withdrawal of american troops. the deal was announced at a security conference in munich, and our chief international correspondent lyse doucet is there. well, we have known for days now that the afghan taliban and the united states are very close to a historic deal. but what we have heard here from a senior american official at the munich security conference is that they are very close to a deal, and that the first part of this agreement, which would involve a taliban commitment for a seven—day period of calm, being described as a reduction in violence, would start very soon. if the taliban keep their word, if it is a period of quiet, then there will be a signing, possibly in the gulf state of qatar, of a deal which would involve taliban security guarantees in exchange for a phased united states troop withdrawal. after that is the third and really t

and the taliban sign a deal seen as a step towards ending the 18 year war in afghanistan and paving the way for american troops to withdrawal. this is a hopeful moment the foot only the beginning. of the u.s. warns that it will cancel the agreement if the taliban doesn't respect it. my. and how my hidden and this is al jazeera my from doha also coming up. turkey's president says he will not stop refugees from heading to europe as thousands more fought for the border with greece . and a big week in u.s. politics as the democratic presidential primary heads to south carolina. after more than 18 years of war a deal between the u.s. and the taliban has put afghanistan on the path to what many hope will be a permanent peace sign into place here in qatar a few hours ago and in 18 months of talks one of the key components of the deal plans for a complete withdrawal of all u.s. and nato troops within 14 months if the taliban sticks to its part of the deal the u.s. secretary of state might been pale flew in for the signing he says the agreement is a crucial 1st step toward peace. today is a hist

taliban agrees no more what are called terrorist attacks against the u.s. and allies of the u.s. says we will have a full schedule for a planned withdrawal from afghanistan and then thirdly that all leads to talks between the afghan government who by the way if i have nothing to do with any of this over the taliban which will hopefully lead to a peace deal that's that's the theory we've got lots of questions about timing what it's going to start the us very soon there are reports the taliban officials told the a.b.c. news that this could be all the care and you know within within a few weeks february 29th for the 2nd stage of the deal afghan peace talks by the temp but you know what we'll hear about all this on saturday also questions about verification what is acceptable violence but what we know well what we have to wait and see happen as we've been saying does seem like quite convenient timing in a u.s. troop withdrawal from an unpopular war president trump promised this and this could all happen in an election year. right and we know also it was reported in august of 29000 the trunk from that all of his is people look we need to be out by 2020 and lo

taliban are not fools. they know this. so at the end of the day, unless the international community intervenes in terms of really trying to invest in afghanistanstruction, trying to bridge the divide between the afghani government and the taliban, yes, the taliban are winning and they know it. and that's why signing the deal -- look, if i wear the taliban -- the taliban are not giving anything. anything at all. in fact, it's all win-will for the taliban. and that's why many afghanis are changes about the future, even though they want to end this -- i mean, basically, war that has been going on since 1979. women in particular in afghanistan are anxious about the future because the taliban don't really subscribe to any kind of progressive bill of rights for women. so, and human rights as well. not to mention governors and the future of afghanistan. so what we are seeing today is the struggle to decide the future of afghanistan. my take on it is the taliban have the upper hand in this particular situation. >> fawaz, we'll have to leave it there. thank you. >> thanks. >>> cnn's diplomatic editor nic robertson where the signing is to take place. we

he did make it clear, they are close, there would be a seven-day reduction in vionce byoshe taliban a afghanistanif the taliban keep their word, that would be followed by signing of a historic deal hebetweennited states and taliban. exchange for a phased withdrawal of u.s. forces. there are 13,000 and afanistan. that will pave the way for theci most c talks, they will be the most difficult, there is much doubt about them, talks orong afghans about how to end a war whichfghans has gone on for more than four decades. put into context for us w significant this sta that has been reachedoday is. if we l think septembt year, the talks were getting clo, we had president trump saying the talks are dead. how significant is what is reporter: your comments remind us about how conscious we need to be and how fragile a deal of this nature is. there are so many players. there is the u.s. government, u.s. military, afghan taliban at the table. they have been negotiating for more than a year. the afgh government is concerned about what kind of deal is signed. afghans are worried. many are fearful about a deal fe