my guest is afghanistan's combative first vice president amrullah saleh.the afghan peace process running out of road? first vice president amrullah saleh in kabul, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. good to be with you. it's a pleasure to have you on the show, mr vice president. i would like you first to tell me how you feel about the biden administration sending your government a very clear and blunt message. "show leadership," they said. "take tough decisions for peace." are you ready to do that? to begin with, we are thankful for the amount of time this administration in the united states has given to the peace process in afghanistan and afghanistan as a whole, they are involved. we have had good discussions with them. but if you are referring to the letter we received from secretary of state, we clearly responded back that we have been taking very risky and dangerous decisions so far, and we are ready to take very, very tough decisions, but this has to be reciprocated. the one—sided pressure on the islamic republic of afghanistan will not be helpful. unit

and in half an hour here on bbc news, stephen sackur speaks to afghanistan's first vice president, amrullahaleh. two of the duke of edinburgh's sons have paid emotional tributes to their father after a service held at a royal chapel in windsor to remember him. the duke of york likened his father's death to losing "the grandfather of the nation", while the the earl of wessex said while the earl of wessex said that while they were still coming to terms with the loss it had been fantastic to have heard the "extraordinary tributes and the memories that everybody has had and been willing to share". earlier, a remembrance service for the duke took place at canterbury cathedral led by the archbishop of canterbury justin welby. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. in church services in front of socially distanced congregations and online, prayers were said for the duke and for the queen and the royal family as they mourn his loss. at canterbury cathedral, a special service of remembrance was led by the archbishop, justin welby. for his royal highness the duke of edinburgh, there was a