sort of political joint venture. 0n the other hand, we have the former first vice president, amrullah salehout armed resistance. what do you believe now is the best future for your country? i think if we think about the future of afghanistan, all these leaders, like hamid karzai and amrullah saleh, everyone should come together and sit and discuss, and find some solution and work with taliban to have a strong government, because we really need to solve the afghanistan problem between all these leaders and afghan people. kamila sidiqi, i thank you so much for talking to us from bonn, in germany. thank you. you're welcome. thank you so much. hello. after what's been a relatively cloudy and relatively cool week so far for many of us, the weather is set to change a little bit through friday and into the weekend. it will briefly turn a little bit warmer. it will also start to turn a lot wetter because low pressure is pushing in from the west. this frontal system bringing rain very early on on friday across northern ireland. that will push eastwards over the coming days. but ahead of that weather

sort of political joint venture. 0n the other hand, we have the former first vice president, amrullah salehg about armed resistance. what do you believe now is the best future for your country? i think if we think about the future of afghanistan, all these leaders, like hamid karzai and amrullah saleh, everyone should come together and sit and discuss, and find some solution and work with taliban to have a strong government, because we really need to solve the afghanistan problem between all these leaders and afghan people. kamila sidiqi, i thank you so much for talking to us from bonn, in germany. thank you. you're welcome. thank you so much. hello. it feels a little bit like our weather has been sulking so far this week — kind of stuck in a rut of grayness and lingering cloud. it's not in a great hurry to get out of that position through today, either. we did see some sunshine on wednesday across central and eastern england, and i'm hopeful we will see some for at least a time today — this break in the clouds ahead of a weak weather front coming in from the west. so through the morning, s

i asked him whether amrullah saleh would have a central role.ry bad hand when mr ghani, his boss, decided to leave without notice and without telling anyone and abandoning his country and his duties. so amrullah saleh had a choice — either he also had to leave the country, or he go into the panjshir valley, his native province, and put up a resistance for the ideals that he just evoked in your interview. i'm not sure whether there is a chance or not, but it is one representation of the afghan fabric of society. afghanistan is a diverse society and i hope the taliban realise that to bring peace and stability, as they claim, they need to be open to all afghans, all persuasions, all different backgrounds, and that we need to have a serious meaningful dialogue which we have not had over the last few years because of a lot of different reasons. . . sorry to interrupt you, is that dialogue beginning to take place with dr abdullah abdullah and indeed hamid karzai, because dr abdullah has been i think actually hosting some of the taliban leaders, in ter

on the other hand, we have the former first vice president, amrullah saleh, who has taken to the hillsis the best future for your country? i think if we think about the future of afghanistan, all these leaders, like hamid karzai and amrullah saleh, everyone should come together and sit and discuss, and find some solution and work with taliban to have a strong government, because we really need to solve the afghanistan problem between all these leaders and afghan people. kamila sidiqi, i thank you so much for talking to us from bonn, in germany. thank you. you're welcome. thank you so much. hello. we are going to see some rain lingering across eastern and northern reaches of uk for the remainder of saturday, but the prospect for the remainder of the weekend and into next week are looking a lot drier and clearer. this is the area of low pressure that brought in the rain on saturday. it will take a while for us to pull these fronts to the east, there will be some late brightness towards the southwest, i think, for wales and perhaps the southeast of england too. look out for isolated thund

until a week ago, amrullah saleh was the first vice president of afghanistan.considers himself the legitimate caretaker president of afghanistan, and is allied with ahmad massoud. he told the bbc while he was open to dialogue with the taliban, he would not accept their vision of the future of afghanistan. as long as they reject extremism, acknowledge the pluralistic fabric of afghanistan and they should understand we will not — let me be very clear — we will not accept clerical dictatorship in my country. we make peace but the peace should not mean surrender to a group with massive record of human rights violation, massacre of people, you name it — that will not happen. amrullah saleh. 0mar samad is former afghan ambassador to france and canada and up until two weeks ago before the taliban and canada and up until two weeks ago before the taliban takeover he was senior advisor to dr abdullah abdullah, the chief executive of afghanistan. he's in washington. thank you very much for your time. amrullah saleh, where do you think generally he figures into this gradua

i approach the vice—president, amrullah saleh, a man with a long and personal history with the talibanght them directly in the �*90s, becoming intelligence chief in the early 20005. let me show you some of the pictures of my kids. when i was intelligence chief, i used to take them to the office with me. this is my son. who was in the car with you? my son. i said so we are alive and i am glad you are with me because this is patriotism, earned the hard way. one year ago, the vice president and his son narrowly avoided an attempt on his life after his convoy was struck by a roadside bomb. not long after this, mr saleh set up daily security briefings at 6:30am each morning in a bid to stem the violence consuming kabul. these briefings have taken place every morning for the past 200 days. if you want you could join me. vice president saleh gave us rare access to attend one of the meetings. if you think about kabul city, i have come back after several years, people are saying to me they can't leave their house at night, women don't feel safe, people don't feel safe, there are different milit

in response to the mp's accusations, the amrullah saleh�*s office has said the investigation into thell ongoing. people here aren't asking for very much, they are asking for the basic human rights, to be able to leave their homes every morning and to know that they will return alive, to have dinner with their families, to be able to come to parks like this and have a picnic with their relatives and friends and family. and frankly, right now, that's a long way off. after my meeting with halima karimi, i got a call from massoud, saying he was at a rare outing to take photos at a local hilltop. there is no certainty at all, nothing basically, and everybody on the air now, they don't know what to do. but you can't give up? it's one of those things were people have no choice. they can't give up because they don't have choice, that's true, but having no choice doesn't mean hope. they have to live in this situation, they have to. that's it. i have met with a wide range of afghans. human rights activist, journalists, government officials, and men suspected of killing for the taliban cause. i'

in response to the mp's accusations, the amrullah saleh�*s office has said the investigation into theople here aren't asking for very much, they are asking for the basic human rights, to be able to leave their homes every morning and to know that they will return alive, to have dinner with their families, to be able to come to parks like this and have a picnic with their relatives and friends and family. and frankly, right now, that's a long way off. after my meeting with halima karimi, i got a call from massoud, saying he was at a rare outing to take photos at a local hilltop. there is no certainty at all, nothing basically, and everybody on the air now, they don't know what to do. but you can't give up? it's one of those things were people have no choice. they can't give up because they don't have choice, that's true, but having no choice doesn't mean hope. they have to live in this situation, they have to. that's it. i have met with a wide range of afghans. human rights activist, journalists, government officials, and men suspected of killing for the taliban cause. i'm left with a

i headed to the presidential palace to see the vice president of afghanistan, amrullah saleh.t his life standing up to the taliban. and i wanted to know what he thought about their increasing power. i spoke to one of the members of the taliban and he said, i miss kabul. i miss the mountains, i miss the provinces, i miss the valleys. i mean, don't you think it's right for them to at some point come back? absolutely. tomorrow, but not with their guns and ieds and suicide bombers. as normal individuals, if they want to humanely come and interact with the rest of the afghans, run for office, why not? if they come to dictate, you know, the size of people's beards and their lifestyle, what they cook in the kitchen or what time they wake up, that's not going to happen. the way doha was designed was a big mistake to elevate them, gave them exposure, gave them legitimacy without taking anything from them, we have not taken anything from the taliban. they said to me that they want to come into a position where they can power share with fellow muslims. this group in doha, they are a dece

i approached vice president amrullah saleh, a man with a long and personal history with the taliban.ctly in the �*90s and became intelligence chief in the early 20005. let me show you some of the pictures of my kids. when i was intelligence chief, i used to take them with me to the office. this is the picture of my son. who was in the car with you? this one. he was in the car. and i said, "son, i am glad you are alive and i am glad you are with me, because this is patriotism learned the hard way." one year ago, the vice president and his son narrowly avoided an attempt on his life, after his convoy was struck by a roadside bomb. not long after this attack, mr saleh set up daily security briefings. if you want, you canjoin me. yes, that would be great. he gave us rare access to attend. but, i mean, if you think about kabul city, i've come back after several years, people are saying to me they can't leave their house at night. women don't feel safe, people don't feel safe. there's different militia groups in the city. i mean, how has it got so bad? well, we have foiled 850 attacks in 2

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here of the capital, today in a dramatic twist, we also heard from the former vice president amrullah salehreleasing a statemenvia twitter, saying that he considers himself to now be the predent of afghanistan because the former president has stepped down and left the country, that he is still in afghanistan and plans to oppose the taliban rule. >> i am standing for my country and the war is not over. jane: in january, saleh told the "newshour" he'd rather die than submit to the taliban. he and the son of famed militia leader ahmad shah masoud are apparently trying to organize armed resistance in the panjshir valley, north of kabul. in washington, u.s. military officials say order at the airport has been restored, at least for the moment. >> we are confident we have taken the right steps to resume safe and orderly operations at the airport. jane: at the white house this afternoon, national security adviser jake sullivan again defended the president's withdrawal decision. he also said a deal was struck with the taliban to ensure safe passage to the airport, but he expressed fear for the futu

another is this man — amrullah saleh.hir valley to join his fellow tajiks in the resisistance. he now considers himself the legitimate caretaker president of afghanistan, and is allied with ahmad massoud. this picture shows him playing volleyball while waiting for the child and to advance.— volleyball while waiting for the child and to advance. they should understand _ child and to advance. they should understand we _ child and to advance. they should understand we will _ child and to advance. they should understand we will not, _ child and to advance. they should understand we will not, let - child and to advance. they should understand we will not, let me i child and to advance. they shouldj understand we will not, let me be very clear, we will not accept clerical dictatorship in my country. we make peace, but the piece should not mean surrender to a group with massive records of human rights violation, massacres of people, you name it, that will not happen. lets speak to frank gardner who is live with us on this story.

the vice president, amrullah saleh, who declared himself president the day after president ashraf ghaniled the capital, is in panjshir. he is allied to ahmad massoud, the son of the famous guerrilla commander, ahmad shah massoud, who was killed two days before the 9/11 attacks 20 years ago. ahmad massoud spoke to the bbc a short time ago. i am in my sanctuary, i am in my stronghold, panjshir valley. the people of panjshir valley are very much united and they want to defend and they want to fight and they want to resist against any totalitarian regime, against any belief that wants to enforce their own belief and ideology upon the people. the people here are just a small portion of the people of afghanistan. and the geography of panjshir is the smallest province in the whole of afghanistan. but what we are standing for right now is for the whole country. joining us is former bbc correspondent david loyn who interviewed the taliban in 2006. he also spent time with the northern alliance during their fight with the taliban before the american invasion. his new book is titled the long war. w

and he's being backed by the country's first vice president, amrullah saleh, who now considers himselfe peace should not mean surrender to a group with massive record of human rights violation, massacre of people, you name it. that will not happen. the last time the taliban were in power in the 1990s, women weren't allowed to work, girls couldn't go to school. even now, they defend punishments like lashings and stoning adulterers to death. today, you do see some women out and about in kabul, but fewer than before. many are too afraid to step outside. many worry that whilst the taliban do promise women will be able to work and get an education, the group will grow increasingly strict when the international focus comes to an end. anisa kadri, bbc news. the number of people killed by flash floods in the us state of tennessee has risen to more than twenty. dozens are still missing. roads and bridges were washed away and power cuts have affected thousands of people. the east coast of the united states has also been hit by strong winds and heavy rain, as tropical storm henri passed through t