they are putting to rest for great real metric team in the champions league. 0ut metric team in the championsnd well behind barcelona. this is a crisis for real madrid and it's often is in football, that can often bring about drastic changes. indeed. thank you so drastic changes. indeed. thank you so much. that is the bad press that real madrid have been getting. it is all dealt with. what about this positive press giving to this young ajax team ? if positive press giving to this young ajax team? if you are there, this tea m ajax team? if you are there, this team has been compared with the victorious 1995 team has been compared with the victorious1995 side that included notorious players as well. but what is being made if the siding comparison? that wasn't something that you just mentioned, some great names. at the telegraph said this morning to our readers, you don't have to forget about this team, but it has been eclipsed by the most fantastic ajax site we have ever seenin fantastic ajax site we have ever seen in europe. that was 18 which played real madrid off the park last night. they wer

for now, the team and coach are focusing on a champions league knockout tie with ajax. from the first leg, but with form that has seen them slip to third in la liga, there is speculation a vacancy might come up here. and there is one former real manager now waiting for an opportunity. for some of football's bigget characters and one of footballs biggest clubs, the future, for now is uncertain. saudi arabia's al—ittihad came from a goal down to win 5—1 against qatar's al—rayyan in the group b of the asian champions league on monday. the home side found themselves on the back foot when gonzalo viera fired al—rayyan ahead on 23 minutes. that was a decent effort. fahad al—muwallad finished off the match with a goal in the 78th minute — that was his second and the team's fifth. the saudi arabian put their domestic struggles to one side and top the group. a controversial 62nd—minute penalty from brazilian midfielder fabio lima decided the outcome of the match in group a — al—wasl of the united arab emirates narrowly beating saudi side al—nassr 1—0 in dubai. let's look at some

try telling him the champions league doesn't matter. bayern now had to score twice, and joel matip made that task easier when he turned the ball into his own net. in the second half, bayern had to go for it, but their frustration was building and liverpool took full advantage. virgil van dijk scores! first virgil van dijk headed them firmly in the direction of the quarterfinals, before sadio mane — who else? — delivered a diving knockout blow. whether at home or in europe, this is a team intent on making their own history, and who's to say they can't go all the way? katie gornall, bbc news. that's all from westminster tonight, on an extraordinary evening when mps rejected the idea of leaving the eu without a deal. in response, the prime minister has urged mps to back her deal by next wednesday. the commons will be voting on that tomorrow and on whether to extend the date when the uk formally leaves the eu. more from me tomorrow, now the news where you are. hello, this is port stay with me chris mitchell. liverpool are through to the qua

but there are still two german teams left in the women's champions league including for sport they host defending champions league in their quarter final second leg tonight it may be a repeat of last year's final but resources are still nothing compared to the men's game wolfsburg suffered a tight two one defeat in the first leg in leo but the next round is still up for grabs the team has top international talent with five german national team players joined by did mark spend a lot harder in a european championship runner up and by eva pay your the wolves polish gold score . i'm grateful and happy to be able to coach a team like this when they're great players they challenge me to their joy and ambition are infectious in the maggots in two thousand and thirteen and two thousand and fourteen wolfsburg won the champions league however their success doesn't mean their facilities are on par with their male counterparts who have never won the champions league the women train in separate facilities from them in the distance to the changing room is long with only containers for holdi

now, what a way to mark the first ever afc champions league clash to be played in iraq.e hero as the 21—year—old striker helped his al—zawra'a side to a brilliant 5—0 win over the uae's al—wasl in asia's biggest club competition. alaa abbas doubled al—zawra'a's lead before al—wasl‘s captain, fabio lima, was shown a red card following a foul on mustafa mohammed. he was very happy there. abbas then added a third for the iraqi side to raise the roof in the karbala sport city stadium. eighth seed angelique kerber survived an early scare by coming back from a set down to beat qualifier natalia viklya ntseva, 3—6, 6—1, 6—3, and reach the fourth round at indian wells. the 22—year—old russian was a break of serve down before taking four consecutive games, then a third break over kerber saw her take the first set in under a0 minutes. the german, a 2—time semifinalist at indian wells, had to respond to her opponent's excellent start, and she did. kerber shifted the momentum with two breaks in the second. her determination saw her win the match after almost two hours on court. alex

guardiola one of the only managers in the champions league to win the title. never been past the semifinals. they will see this as a big opportunity with the likes of real madrid out, the likes of paris st germain out. in the second half we we re st germain out. in the second half we were incredibly good, and quick, and the dynamic, the transitions, and the dynamic, the transitions, and we scored goals, seven goals. i know that schalke is in a tough period because they lost the last games, they their confidence might not be on top. but even with that situation, you have to do yourjob, and we did it. on wednesday, bayern munich host last year's beaten finalists, liverpool. there is everything to play for after their goalless draw in the first leg. liverpool are in good form, and the german champions are top of the bundesliga for the first time since september, while for liverpool manager, jurgen klopp, it is just another game. if you deserve to go through, if you play good football, it could mean it could change the world for us. if not, on thursday morning, we

ajax in the quarter—finals of the champions league! see you later. hello there. the next few days. there's a really strong jet stream tracking right the way across the atlantic and that picks up areas of cloud. this one here will arrive on friday to bring some rain. this one here has already brought some rain across most of the uk. it's around that area of low pressure. those weather fronts are taking the rain further north into scotland. we're also seeing some really strong winds, especially in wales and the south—west of england. it's been another cold night across northern scotland, a touch of frost even by the morning. much milder elsewhere, but very windy, especially in wales and south—west england. but gusty winds will continue with these bands of showers. and we've got the wetter weather getting stuck across scotland and northern ireland, notjust rain but some snow over the higher ground. let's have a closer look at those showers, they're rain bands really, pushing their way across england and wales. some sunshine in between. a bit of warmth, 111—15 degree

trophy that he's missed twice ok and there was another match in the champions league last night tell us about that this guy little missy he was the stars boss alona smashed leone five one he scored two goals and got two assists so it looks like boston have to be one of the favorites now they're looking very strong strong domestically in league or as well and you'd have to put money on them to type the whole trophy all right yannick straight from sports thank you very much for analysis. motor sports now and mercedes has won five of formula one titles in a row ferrari is getting restless after more than a decade without a championship they're still sticking with the boston fettle but he made a series of mistakes behind the wheel last season and he's now under growing pressure. sebastian vettel is hungry for glory the ferrari driver feels it's high time his team won some silverware. it's going to be my fifth year together with. racing for ferrari the expectation is always there to win that's what we what we all want obviously we've i think come close some years before the way some

saffir means that for the first time in thirteen years a german club will not compete in the champions league quarter finals now the remaining eight teams will find out tomorrow what the next round holds for them within one's premier league the highest contributor four clubs one called each from italy spain the netherlands and portugal running off there at the quarter finalists . our minder now of our top story at this hour britain's parliament is due to vote today on whether to request an extension from the e.u. for the break that deadline just fifteen days away and voting last night lawmakers backed a motion to rule out a no deal breaks and. coming up conflict so attempts a bastion sits down with march and how my deputy chairman of the conservative people's party of estonia stay tuned for that. in the. center of the conflict zone confronting the powerful my guest this week here in tallinn is martin helm. of the conservative people's hockey. inspired calling for blacks to leave the country few insists fuz not a racist foreigner see. to the middle school by pressing feel we don't want to be f

action under coach peter bush isn't have been creeping up the table and now have their eyes on a champions league spot now going into this weekend they've won well they won six of their previous seven league games but could they keep the momentum going against a vertebrae and side who have europa league aspirations. labor couldn't have been on the upswing on their pager bus but they had big problems against braman moxy and setting up max cruiser who opened the scoring in the thirteenth minute by no chance for a keeper lucas ride at ski. the labor because in defense looks porous and braman made them pay crews a turn provider this time and mean that rush it's hammered home shoot neil i'm in the second half labor goes and fought their way back into the game leon bailey hitting the target with a glorious free kick keeper your republic up could only stand and watch frame and kept their cool however and matched cruz a sealed the deal in injury time with his second of the day three one the final score i'm frame and put the breaks on laver cozens rebirth and put themselves back into the battle for europe

he has won the champions league three times ina row, won the champions league three times in a row, heter of rebuilding, so we have to see what happens with gareth bale, for instance. they didn't get on. they were like water and oil, and i think you will want gareth bale to leave in the summer, but what now? what now indeed. guillem balague, many thanks for your thoughts, guillem balague, guillem balague, many thanks for yourthoughts, guillem balague, who broke that story today. we are on the eve of one of the biggest meetings of the racing calendar, the cheltenham festival, which starts tomorrow and perhaps more than ever, the safety of both horses and jockeys is the priority for organisers. it is the showpiece of the jump racing season but at this year poz matt chilton on the stakes are especially high. of the fall is at the 2018 festival, seven horses died asa the 2018 festival, seven horses died as a result of the entries and the man in charge said a his biggest concern. equine welfare is the number one priority at the racecourse, and all of the team worked tirelessly to do everyth

the bundesliga has taken a hit every german team has been bounced from the champions league and they're all missing something byron have lost the confidence of a top european team. dortmund are missing the easygoing nature of wins earlier in the season in the process of losing first position while shall go have lost everything not just matches but their last ounce of self belief we have been a delight yourself team but hey there are still plenty of winners left in the league. like bruno labadee oh he's forced both spork into a very good team but he's still going to leave at season's end going out on top of . the rise since another winner garment are kind of back on track since his return from injury and against terrorism. i'm sure if you heard some of them about. something dumbass i'm sure. is hoops dave and someone who. had just silverware in the past now is back. as he turned the team back into winners against life. with. nothing left to lose kick off looking for the winners on national twenty six . so many go to disco lasted longer than expected shocker. the man who guided shot the t

the bundesliga has taken a hit every german team has been bounced from the champions league and they're all missing something biron have lost the confidence of a top european team. dortmund are missing the easy going nature of windsor earlier in the season in the process of losing first position while shall go have lost everything not just matches but their last ounce of self belief we have been a bit like yourself james but hey there are still plenty of winners left in the league. like bruno lava dia is more full spork into a very good team but he's still going to leave at season's end going out on top. since another winter garment are kind of back on track since his return from injury and against terrorism. and so a few words on the democratic. duncan duncan hunter. is hoops dave and someone he led sheltered to silverware in the past now is back. to turn the team back into winners against lysenko. nothing left to lose kickoff looking for the winner on the last day twenty six. domenico to discuss lasted longer than expected shall. the man who guided shot the two runners up finish last

mankind laver cruising continue their quest for a champions league spot by seeing also a solid they had a brain. welcome to the bundesliga here on d w i'm pablo foley yes and joining me in the studio are former bundesliga player michel didn't say. very own bundesliga reporter yannick speight so welcome to both of you i think we need to get into business and take a look at some football and let's start with bahrain's clash against mites despite their early exit from the champions league during the week munich don't have time to lick their wounds and have flipped their focus to the bundesliga after taking the top spot the last weekend level on points with dortmund but superior on goal difference biron needed a win against a mediocre minds if they were to take the top spot back from dortmund after their victory on saturday. mindset only one win in six going into this game and by zero never looked like losing from the moment robot live in dubs keep at them in front of three minutes was thomas rodrigo has made it to nil and thirty three minutes was before kingsley c'mon funded one home to st

for the year openly and just four points off a champions league spot. but watch out. for him and also with europe in their sides had not lost since before christmas. the big surprise in the laver because the lineup was kind hafetz on the bench. and braman looked the more buoyant from the off don't have this next on with a clever little pass to his brother moxie the perfect ball to captain max close and one in the thirteenth minute. it was almost like we practiced it by i think a lighted i got the ball from your highness saw marks on the other side of will smith we knew leverkusen with the space open as they pressured us down by those f. eyes and. no false modesty please a close and brothers co-production leverkusen seemed unexpectedly tame so far. braman possible oil and coal felt have no complaints not even in the thirty eight minutes when you had us at the shrine was mowed down because captain colusa kept the ball rolling passing across to me loads rushing. to nil. braman were tenacious and above all playing as a team showing leverkusen how it's done. by . the hosts

and in football a stunning upset in the champions league defending champions the ahl madrid are out eliminated by the dutch side i.x. is this the end of the needle for one of europe's best clubs. cullen of a warm welcome to you i'm on the touchy. the sun has been hit by a new wave of violence in the last hour as a key sixteen people have been killed in a militant attack in the eastern city of. the a sword began early this morning with militants detonating suicide bombs before storming a construction company near the city's airport security forces zoster the scene an exchange file with the militants all five of the assailants are now said to be dead . now this latest attack on those negotiations between the taliban and u.s. officials are underway in the talks aimed at ending more than seventeen years of violence in afghanistan the u.s. says progress is being made but that more time is needed more on those talks in just a bit but first a look back i just how the taliban came to power in afghanistan. the taliban emerged in afghanistan in the early one nine hundred ninety s. their aim was to turn

need a miracle tonight in the champions league they're looking for high drama at home against england star harry kane and his problem teammates this game determines who moves on to the final just. good to have you with us. as economy is taking center stage at the annual meeting of the country's national people's congress around three thousand delegates from across the country have been gathering in beijing for the two week a vent in the opening session china's premier league cut the growth target to its lowest in nearly three decades that is partly due to a trade dispute with the u.s. lee said beijing would continue to push for a resolution. beijing's new airport it's set to be the world's largest when it opens later this year china's leadership often uses political advances an occasion to flaunt its successes to the media. and it's a welcome distraction china's economy is burdened with the consequences of its trade dispute with the u.s. municipalities and state run companies are struggling under high levels of debt addressing china's national people's congress premier league could ch

now to sports and byron munich have crashed out of the champions league after losing at home to liverpool three one it is the first time that the german champions haven't made the quarter final stage in eight years the game started out evenly matched until an error from byron goalkeeper manuel neuer allowed sahil manet to score in the twenty sixth minute wired to tie the game just before half time to enjoy own goal but it was all liverpool in the second half a header from van dyke and another goal from monday to seal the three one aggregate victory we have yet expect from to get these forts with us to weigh in on last night's champions league action yet what happened to byron simply just was good enough he was second best i think especially in the second half and we saw manuel neuer once the best goalkeeper in the world make a crucial mistake and we saw eleven dosti also once one of the best in his position as a striker he's now made another blank hasn't scored in six consecutive champions league matches so this team is on the wane the stop plays that won them toddles over the past few ye

the two champions league ties and a premier league match as well.his will be crucial in both competitions. tottenham will be second favourites, manchester city have already beaten them at 1—0 this season. barcelona will meet manchester united, a repeat of the 2009 and 2011 finals. barcelona probably not the team they were under pep guardiola, but they still have leo messi and are seven points clear at the top of la liga in spain. manchester city win, they could meet liverpool the semifinals.

madrid of course have been in a terrible run of form — last week they crashed out of the champions league all. stay with bbc world news. and the top story in the uk: a birmingham city fan has been jailed for m weeks after attacking the aston villa captainjack greelish on the pitch during sunday's match. now on bbc news, live to singapore for asia business report. the sterling jumps on speculation theresa may might be closer to winning packs —— passage for her brexit deal. fancy eating vegetables that were grown underneath train tracks? we look at creative urban farming in the japanese capital. good morning, asia. hello, world. glad you could join us. i recognise on. we start off with brexit, theresa may and jean—claude juncker have agreed to legally binding changes on the backstop. both sides have made the announcement on the eve of a critical vote in the uk parliament. for more on this breaking story, i'm joined by monica miller. some major developments out of strasbourg. the sterling as you mentioned is up and so are asian markets after news broke that theresa may and the head of the eu

around but rejoins the one of the club's worst ever rounds they were knocked out of this year's champions league by x. at home and currently sits third in the spanish league that's well the points behind this rivals barcelona. wells that are might just be wishing christian or another was still a part of the royal squad the portuguese strikers starring few events is in the champions league on tuesday nights the thirty four year old scoring a hat trick in the last sixteen second leg tie against athletic are in madrid it was one of those eight champions league hat trick and gave his side a three nil win on the knights and that meant a three two aggregate victory. if you sell if you saw a shampoo or sickle cell i mean till this evening cristiana renate had a great match he scored because he was going into the small areas and the squad has done very well in this game it was an amazing match with a marvelous support from the fans and the players provided a beautiful evening of good football to all the passionate people in it to leave us . on the other side manchester city beach seven nail that equals

of amsterdam overcome a one goal deficit to be champions league title holders ryall hundred. i don't welcome i'm with that shima those stories in just a moment but first some breaking news venezuela's government has declared the german ambassador to the country but sana non-grata on its website venezuela's foreign ministry accused dannielle krishna of interfering in the country's internal affairs he has reportedly been ordered to leave venezuela within forty eight hours . and for more on this breaking news story i'm joined now by our chief political correspondent melinda crane melinda what more do we know about the reason for this moves by venezuela. we don't know a whole lot venezuela apparently has accused the ambassador daniel cleaner of intervening in domestic politics in venezuela most likely because of the ambassador's presence at the airport when one boy i don't know returned to the country two days ago as you may remember a number of embassadors especially from the region did go to meet him along with with thousands of well wishers who were there and on this occasion

and a dramatic and historic night in the champions league. francesco united make an improbable comeback at the songs of man and in stoppage time they win the right to play in the quarterfinals p.s.g. once again knocked out. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us but as well as government has declared germany's ambassador person a non grata and is demanding he leave the country the foreign minister accuses done your cleanup of interfering in venezuela's internal affairs that's after he expressed support for all. leader. germany is among the countries backing bid to oust president nicolas maduro. lonely freedom says this lawmaker thanking germany his words applauded by deputies in venezuela's opposition controlled national assembly of. germany backs one quite venezuela's legitimate leader. it seems that's one reason the government of his rival nicolas maduro has told the german ambassador to leave the country. this regime the disease power has no right to declare anyone persona non-grata this is simply a threat and that's how it should

this is news live from berlin still to come on the show byron munich a crash out of champions league this is a sign of decline for german football. but first the black boxes recovered from a boeing seven thirty seven knocks a crash. have been flown to paris for further analysis some forty countries around the world have grounded this aircraft model involved in the weekend disaster or one hundred fifty seven people on board that flight were killed the united states is one of the latest to ban the plane under emergency orders from president trump. and the pressure had become too great after numerous countries ban the boeing seven thirty seven max from the skies u.s. president donald trump finally followed suit there's very few planes that are in the air will be grounded. if they're the seven thirty seven max will be grounded upon landing at the destination. the safety of the american people at all people is of paramount concern a crash in ethiopia on sunday a similar disaster in indonesia last october satellite images suggest a pattern in the way both planes fell from the sky in a stat

a dentist man just a sissy liverpool and barcelona complete the quarter final line up of the champions league you predicted two out of four correctly this weakening the variables it does show to after all come on to that. is the name. of the week because of course it was a fantastic team performance that that result. of the first leg we dealt that personality we dealt that no how we dealt that special natural ambition and pride. i don't think would be would be possible it is one of these situations where a stew of years because these is the result is the performance is the goals is the is the mental strength and everything everything together i think you are the team of the week. the manners of the week but the if you have to choose the man of the week icing has to be him because. you need to leave the use these were not taught it is the guy that brings everything we team more than the leader the driver without thing wouldn't be possible to do this the two balls that score india . to pick over and although goal specially now that it becomes. a nine much more than you was before and as i was s

there's a shock defeat for chinese super league champions shanghai sipg in the asian champions leaguee for a semi final showdown with rafael nadal after both won their respective last 16 matches at the indian wells masters. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with the uefa champions league and the news that the quarter final line up is now complete. liverpool and barcelona were both victorious in their respective ties against bayern munich and lyon and earlier our football reporter john bennett explained how liverpool won in germany. really, liverpool in a way didn't have to get out of second gear. buyer munich were woeful. a brilliant performance by liverpool, incomplete control for the whole game. brilliant goal by sadio mane. he is in great form. buyer munich fought back and got an equaliser before

but a defeat to paris sentiment in the first leg of the champions league was a bite in the champions the reality, the second leg had fans in disbelief. turning around 82 goal deficit, suddenly they were looking right —— she was looking at home amongst united graceful substance than no back—to—back defeats including against wolves in the fda —— and fa cup. 111 wins in 19 games, manchester united's temporary dawn now permanent. adam wilde, bbc news. the england captain harry kane has received his mbe for services to football. prince william presented him with the honour at buckingham palace today. it was also in recognition for england's performance at last year's world cup in russia where they reached the semi—finals and kane won the golden boot. the spurs striker also scored in both of the recent euro qualifiers, something the prince wanted to talk about. we spoke a little bit about the games last week. obviously, he is a big football fan so watching england play like we did and win the games 5—1 and 5—0, he just congratulated us on that. we spoke a little bit about charity work and

in the women's champions league german side both for ready to challenge depending champions league on the french club prove just too strong. fellow i'm terry martin welcome to the program we start with the political deadlock in the u.k. over bragg's it and the announcement that theresa may will quit as prime minister of her twice defeated breaks a deal is approved by parliament last night and peace voted on eight different options on how the country's withdrawal process from the european union should proceed the proposals included leaving the e.u. without a deal room. maining in the bloc single market and customs union or holding a new referendum well the results only ended up highlighting divisions. once again the nos have it with the prime minister to resume is braggs a deal floundering in unpopularity of two members of parliament put forward eight alternative plans in respect all of them were voted down a huge cabbage. having it to the news having. for the government this was confirmation that may's deal is the only option considered the white. and they do straight there are no eas

dortmund after being knocked out of the champions league midweek only have the bundesliga to focus on now so it's time to start turning things around if tito need biron is to be taken seriously their opponents stuttgart come at the right time and here's why it's simple math dortmund came into the match with the league's best off it's in stuttgart have conceded over fifty goals and counting. on a filthy afternoon at signal a do not park the home fans brace themselves for another uncomfortable ninety minutes as dogman look to keep their stuttering title bit on track. hoping to rain on their parade push to gut also in desperate need of a victory to kill themselves from the relegation mire after a goal this first half the game sparked into life in sixty two minutes and son she was dancing feet were too quick for castro. the ref said penalty and marco voice lashed the milk to the hosts. but just eight minutes later she called terms was all of a ken flipped like a salmon to crush a header and it looked like another tale of wool for the hosts. hope for beleaguered gut coach mark is fine. but

but there are still two german teams left in the women's champions league including while sport are they host defending champions a lot in new york rather in their quarter final second leg or tonight it may be a repeat of last season's final but resources are still nothing compared to the men's game. wolfsburg suffered a tight two one defeat in the first leg and leon but the next round is up for grabs women have top international talents with five german internationals joined by denmark spinella the european championship runner up and by eva p. your the wolves polish goalscorer. i'm grateful and happy to be able to coach a team like this the great players and they challenge me to that their joy and ambition are infectious get under the can for the four don't often the maggots in twenty thirty nine and twenty fourteen wolfsburg won the champions league however their success doesn't mean their facilities are on par with their male counterparts at wolfsburg who have never won the champions league the women train in separate facilities from the men the distance to the changing room

and in football a stunning development in the champions league defending champs rail madrid are out there limited by acts of amsterdam is this the end of an era for one of europe's best clubs. i'm going to thank you for joining us afghanistan has been hit by a new wave of violence in the last hours at least sixteen people have been killed in a militant attack and the eastern city of jalalabad these all started early this morning with militants detonating suicide bombs before storming a construction company near the city's airport security forces rushed to the scene and exchanged fire with the attackers all five of the assailants are now said to be dead. while that attack. comes as negotiations between the taliban and u.s. officials continue in qatar the talks are aimed at ending more than seventeen years of violence in afghanistan the taliban have launched a charm offensive aimed at winning over the international community and the afghan people but as we report many afghans are worried about the role that the fundamentalist group will play in their future. malawi kalama dean once wielded

united through to the quarterfinals after an unprecedented champions league comeback.ews. martin parr is one of britain's most celebrated photographers, widely recognised for his images documenting changes in british society, for nearly half a century. in a new exhibition at the national portrait gallery in london, he explores the concept of identity at a pivotal moment in british history. he's been speaking to our arts editor will gompertz. whether it's ladies dancing in margate, men preparing lobster pots in cornwall or someone supping a cuppa of alice in wonderland themed tea, martin parr has been photographing the british at work, rest and play for nearly half a century. this is st mark's road, which is in easton in bristol, and i came here last summer for iftar, which is a festival they have organised by the muslim community where they break the fast at the end of the evening for ramadan. he's spent the last two years observing and documenting the divided communities that make up brexit britain. a lot of the people i photographed, i didn't speak to. mmm. i'm not e

and in football a stunning development in the champions league defending champs real madrid are out there are limited by acts of answered out is this the end of an era for one of europe's best clubs. i'm going to thank you for joining us afghanistan has been hit by a new wave of violence in the last hours at least sixteen people have been killed in a militant attack in the eastern city of jalalabad the a saw. started early this morning with militants detonating suicide bombs before storming a construction company near the city's airport security forces rushed to the scene and exchanged fire with the attackers all five of the assailants are now said to be debt. while the attack comes as negotiations between the taliban and u.s. officials continue in qatar the talks are aimed at ending more than seventeen years of violence in afghanistan the u.s. says progress is being made but that more time is needed why more in those talks in a moment but first a look at how the taliban came to power in afghanistan. the taliban emerged in afghanistan in the early one nine hundred ninety s. their aim was