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cnn's clarissa ward went to afghanistan to find a very different picture.ble afghans tortured and shamed with medieval techniques. >> reporter: this is the image the taliban want to project. friendly and pious, bringing peace and security. on the streets of ghazni city, a taliban official goes from shop to shop. talking to the owners. he asks how the security situation is with the taliban in charge. the situation is good. praise be to god, the man says. it may well be a performance for our cameras, but it is telling. the taliban wants to show they have changed. when you're talking to the men and some of them don't have long beards, are you saying anything to them about their beards or does it matter right now? we tell the people that this is the prophet muhammad and make them aware, he says. but we don't want to force the people to do this. in another part of the market, the newly resurrected, much-feared religious police are also keen to show they are taking a lighter touch. they gather the shopkeepers to introduce themselves and warn them about the import

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cnn's clarissa ward is live from kabul. clarissa, this was the deadliest attack since the u.s.seen anything of this significance in quite some time, brianna. it has made a lot of people feel uneasy. right here in the center of town, the ministry telling us seven people were killed. among them, at least two taliban. now, the target appears to have been the funeral prayers that were being held for the mother of the taliban spokesperson. there were a lot of the taliban leadership present in the mosque at that time. no one has claimed responsibility nor has anyone said who they believe perpetrated the attack. but it is reasonable to assume it may be kaoeus his-k. there were a series of raids. you could hear gunfire in the night. images being shared on social media. the taliban this morning saying they were targeting an isis safe house and a number of isis-ken surgeents were killed in that attack. this really underscoring, brianna, the challenge of the moment the taliban finds itself in. the one thing they have been able to offer people, their main appeal, if you like, they have bee

clarissa ward as the latest from the scene. >> reporter: this is the most significant explosion we'veieve it was targeting senior leadership attending the funeral prayers of the group spokesperson's mother. we don't know exactly how many taliban leaders may or may not have been killed or injured in that attack. they are being quite tight lipped about that at the scene. journalists who try to gain access were pushed back for security measures and we also don't yet know who is in fact responsible. the obvious candidate would certainly be isis-k. they were behind the airport bombing that i mentioned previously but they have also claimed responsibility for a number of smaller scale attacks particularly in the city. how much of a challenge is the taliban going to face if isis-k claims responsibility and they wage an insurgency against this new government? clarissa ward, cnn, kabul. >> thanks to clarissa there. >>> a volcanic eruption in the canary islands is making stunning scenes like this nearly two weeks after the initial burst. lava snaking it's way down the dark mountainside but the g

cnn's clarissa ward has the latest from inside afghanistan. >> reporter: this is the most significante seen here in kabul for quite some time now. certainly, since that horrific airport blast at the end of august. we believe that it was targeting senior-taliban leadership who were attending the funeral prayers of the group's spokesperson's mother. now, we don't know exactly how many taliban leaders may or may not have been killed or injured in that attack. they are being quite tightlipped about that. at the scene, journalists who tried to gain access were pushed back ostensibly for security measures. and we also don't yet know who is is, in fact, responsible. the obvious candidate would certainly be isis-k. they were behind the airport bombing, that i mentioned previously. but they have also claimed responsibility for a number of smaller-scale attacks, particularly in the city of jalalabad. so, the question now becomes how much of a challenge is the taliban going to face if isis-k does claim responsibility and if they continue to wage an insurgency against this new foundering governme

clarissa ward joins us with more. what have you learned?ignificant explosion we've seen in kabul for many weeks now. from what we understand the target was the senior leadership of the taliban who were gathered at the mosque for funeral prayers to commemorate the death of the mother of mu ja head, the group's spokesperson. journalists who arrived on the scene in the moments afterwards were not allowed to get near the mosque. the taliban trying to push them back saying that was for security reasons, but there does seem to be an effort as well to try to sort of quash reporting on attacks of this nature because there are a lot of tensions at the moment with ongoing skirmishes between the taliban and isis-k. isis-k has not yet claimed responsibility for this, but obviously they did claim responsibility for that horrific attack on the airport and they have also claimed responsibility for a number of smaller attacks and ieds, explosions in jalal bad and other parts of the country. the sense at the moment with many is one of deep unease. can the t

cnn's clarissa ward has more on the courage those women are showing. >> reporter: a handful of woment defiantly. they're here to protest the taliban's de facto ban on girls going to school after fifth grade. a small act of great courage. taliban fighters start to pour in, their heavily armed presence a menacing question mark. a new arrival appears unsure of whether to get out of the car. for a moment, it seems the taliban may have come to protect the women, but the illusion is quickly shattered. someone from the taliban has just come in, telling everyone to put away their cameras. it's getting a little tense over there. he rips a phone out of one woman's hands, his men shoved journalists back. we tried to keep filming, but the taliban don't want the world to see. they're ripping the women's posters. put it away, put it away. a machine gun burst sends a clear message. the protest is over. he tells us he is the head of the taliban's intelligence services in kabul, and that the women did not have permission to protest. >> why does a small group of women asking for their right to be educ

cnn's clarissa ward live in kabul with the latest on this. clarissa, what are you seeing? that, slowly but surely, the taliban is trying to push women out of public life. they're doing it literally. the building that used to be the ministry for women has now been taken over by the feared religious police who are with the ministry for thetue and the vice. women are responding in different ways. they're taking to the streets and protesting where they can. they're also trying to negotiate with the taliban behind the scenes. neither is working because the bottom line is, the taliban doesn't know how to interact with women, how to sit down and have a conversation with women. yet, still, despite the fear, we see them here in kabul every day going out and engaging in small acts of resistance. a handful of women stand quietly but defiantly. they're here to protest the taliban's de facto ban on girls going to school after fifth grade. a small act of great courage. taliban fighters start to pour in. their heavily armed presence a menacing question mark. a new arrival appears unsure

. >> cnn international correspondent clarissa ward joining us from kabul.sands of people were released from prison going back to trump's original deal with the taliban. now you have the reality of the taliban policing a terror group like isis-k. i wonder what kind of future that portends there. >> reporter: i think the first question this raises that everyone in washington will be talking about is the issue of whether the u.s. should have handed over bagram or whether there was a way to hand it over with some kind of guarantee that the more dangerous terrorists -- there were hundreds of very dangerous terrorists being held in bagram at the prison in the air base, whether they could have been moved to a different facility or whatever the case may be. we did hear from the defense secretary lloyd austin, listen, if we wanted to keep control of bagram, that would have entailed leaving 5,000 troops on the group. we know that abdul rehman al loghri, it was the morning we took control of kabul. we were concerned about the security situation because we knew the pri

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this happened in the city about 150 miles north of capitol of kabul which is where we find clarissa wardtaliban as you note, they're sunni. >> reporter: that is right, jake. and this is exactly the kind of hideous sectarian attack that afghans have become all too used to during the past years in which some had hoped maybe with the taliban in control and the taliban really pushing this idea that they could provide security, that maybe this would be a thing of the past. well now we see very clearly that it is not a thing of the past. those were ordinary muslims, afghans going to the mosque on friday, today is the muslim holy day for their noon prayers when that huge blast hit killing more than 40 people, injuring more than 100 people and we do any have a claim of responsibility as you mentioned from isis-k. and this make no mis take about it, this poses a major challenge to the taliban. because as i mentioned before, they're main appeal to many people here is this idea that they could provide security, that they could put an end to the fighting. this is not the first major attack. we saw o

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. >> clarissa ward is in kabul for us. keep control. what are you seeing, and what are they saying? >> well, alisyn, this is definitely significant. it's the largest attack that we've seen here in the capital since that horrific bombing at the airport. ministry of interior sources telling cnn that seven people were killed. five civilians and two members of the taliban as victor mentioned. the taliban leadership had been gathering at the mosque for the funeral prayers of the spokesperson's mother, zabihullah mujahid. mujahid today announced that essentially the taliban has been carrying out a series of raids in the northern part of the city in an era that they have effectively neutralized a number of isis-k insurgents and they were able to destroy an isis-k cell. as you mentioned, isis-k claiming responsibility for this. andis in isn't the first time isis-k has been attacking the taliban. we've seen this again and again, albeit on a much smaller scale in the city of jalalabad and in some of their strongholds in the eastern

meantime, today cnn audio is releasing the first episode of clarissa ward's podcast "tug of war." a is on the front lines of conflicts around the globe, documenting power struggles and their impact. >> she spoke with afghan citizens who watched two decades of progress crumble under the taliban's rapid advance taking over the country. here is a preview. >> i never thought i'd be do this, but i'd be encouraging people to leave. no woman's life is going to be better. yes, hopefully the bloodshed would stop. afghan women deserve to live, not just survive. and any scenario that i can imagine, it's just going to be survival, at least for a while. >> clarissa, i was speaking with the former ambassador yesterday who made a point about the collapse of these hopes for women in afghanistan. i wonder, as you were speaking to them there for this podcast, what did you hear? is there any hope? >> i think the story isn't over yet, jim, in the sense that the pal ban may not have chased. we're seeing more and more evidence that they're the same organization or a very similar version of it from what

cnn's clarissa ward has the story. >> reporter: standing quietly but defiantly.e to protest the taliban's de facto ban on girls going to school after fifth grade. a small act of great courage. taliban fighters start to pour in. heavily armed presence a menacing question mark. a new arrival appears unsure to get out of the car. for a moment it seems the taliban may have come to protect the women but the illusion is quickly shattered. members from the taliban have come in and telling everyone to put away their cameras. senior talib rips the phone out of a woman's hand. she shove journalists back. we try to keep filming but the taliban don't wand the world to see. a machine gun sends a clear message. the protest is over. we're told he is the head of the taliban's intelligence services in kabul and that the women did not have permission to protest. why does a small group of women asking for their right to be educated threaten you so much? >> translator: i respect women's rights. i respect human rights, he says. if i didn't respect women, they wouldn't be standing her

cnn's chief international correspondent, clarissa ward travels to some of the most volatile corners of every day people as they grapple with some of the greatest power struggles of our time. journalist, author, mom, and now podcast host. her new podcast debuts today and she's joining us now. we are so excited for you. tell us more about your new podcast. what's it all about? >> first of all, thank you for such a gracious introduction. i'm literally sitting here grinning. thank you for that. this podcast is really all about extraordinary acts of courage from ordinary people. that's something that's fascinated and inspired me for years as a journalist, but we live in a world now where autocracies are on the rise. for the first time now since 2001, there are more than democracies, which is troubling, but it's also given rise to this mushrooming of these grass roots resistance movements. so we wanted to go around the world looking at these movements. looking at these ordinary people carrying out these extraordinary acts of courage and try to understand better where that courage comes from.

claimed responsibility saying a suicide bomber blew himself up in the crowd of worshippers, cnn's clarissa wardhat the growing violence means for the taliban as they try to rule the country. >> reporter: the taliban's whole appeal to people here is the promise that they can provide securities. after decades of war, they have essentially put themselves on a platform saying we are the ones who can bring about an end to the fighting. and so when you have these sorts of terrorist attacks, the likes of which we've seen just over the last few days, hitting soft targets, hitting mosques, hitting innocent people. the bombing today in kunduz attacking the shia mosque. that's exactly the sort of ugly, sectarian violence that afghans have become all too accustomed to but are also deeply sick of. the question then becomes can the taliban get a grip on the situation? can they try to contain the threat posed by isis-k. we have seen that isis-k has claimed responsibility for this attack. and one can only assume that they will continue to try to hit these soft targets. the taliban spent years being the insurge

cnn's clarissa ward is monitoring all the late-breaking developments from pakistan for us. learning, clarissa? >> well, according to the state department, the talks were candid. they did say, however, that the taliban will be judged, wolf, not by their words or not only by their words, but by their actions. and that's the key thing. some of the main issues, of course, they were discussing were the evacuation of the remaining americans inside afghanistan, estimated to be in the dozens. difficult to get an exact number. the taliban did release a statement via one of their leaders saying they would facilitate the movement of americans. they also underscored the need for humanitarian aid. for the taliban, this is the big focus of those talks, trying to get some of that aid unfrozen, trying to get some of that funding back again which is so desperately needed. the u.s. also brought up the topic of afghan allies of the u.s. trying to facilitate their departure. no response from the taliban on that one, but i will say, wolf, having spent two weeks inside afghanistan, not a day wen

cnn national correspondent clarissa ward reported extensively on the withdrawal from afghanistan.flown out and into the united states. 22% at u.s. military bases are women, 85% were afghans eligible for special status visas along for their families. what do you make of the fact that half of the people at u.s. military installations are children. >> it makes you realize how herculean the task is as it goes to resetting, not just individuals who might need jobs or need to go to school, some of whom don't speak english, many will be bearing the hallmarks of having witnessed and lived through extensive trauma. the fact that there are some 26,000 of them, and the fact that they're still in these u.s. camps that are getting excellent treatment and have a safe life, it gives you a really strong sense of just how difficult it is to effectively and fully resettle these people. they were evacuated back in august. fast forward three months, they're still living in these camps. i'm not surprised, honestly, by the number of children. that's based on what we saw on the ground when we were in th

clarissa ward filed a report on how women are taking to the streets in protest. here's a part of that report. >> reporter: it seems the taliban may have come to protect the women. but the illusion is quickly shattered. someone from the taliban has just come in telling everyone to put away their cameras. it's getting a little tense over there. no, put it away. put it away. a machine gun burst sends a clear message. the protest is over. >> no surprise there. here to discuss, the former commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan, general stanley mcchrystal who led the nation's top military counterterrorism force, the joint special operations command in the mid-2000s. he has a new book out called "risk, a user's guide." it looks at how leaders approach and handle risk. general, it's no surprise, obviously, that the taliban is reverting to its old ways with their misogynistic view of women. you have said publicly that you agree with mark milley that the war in afghanistan was a strategic failure. i guess it would be hard to argue anything else. hindsight is 2020. is ther

clarissa ward, cnn, kabul. >>> and coming up, a jewish man in germany told by a hotel they would onlyace. we spoke to the man about an act of hate that's gone viral, next. >>> but first here is christine romans with your "before the bell" report. >> hi, jim. with a showdown over the debt ceiling averted for now, investors turn their attention to corporate profits. this week companies begin reporting third-quarter results. and expectations are pretty high here. s&p 500 profits are forecast to jump more than 27% from a year ago. that's the third highest growth rate since 2010. the big question is what companies say about the future. how are they managing kinks in the supply chain? are they passing higher cost for materials and labor onto consumers? wages did jump again in september, and that's feeding inflation worries. but job growth overall was disappointing. the economy created just 194,000 jobs. that's well short of expectations, jim. the unemployment rate fell below 5%. but some of that may reflect people actually leaving the labor force. this week new inflation numbers are due. th

. >> clarissa ward. >> woodruff: why do you think it's taken so long?he people you just mentioned did the most-- to me, the most courageous and outstanding reporting coming out of kabul as afghanistan fell, and as the united states pulled out. i mean, look who was doing it, and they were doing it in a world that is not very accommodating to women. >> woodruff: terry smith, thank you so much. the book is "four wars, five presidents: a reporter's journey from jerusalem to saigon to the white house." very good to have you back with us. >> judy, a great pleasure for me to see you. thanks for keeping the lights on and making it all go. >> woodruff: thank you. >> nawaz: among the 200 or so breeds of goats across the united states, the san clemente island goats are one of the rarest. as nebraska public media's dennis kellogg reports, one nebraska couple is doing what they can to save them. >> welcome to willow valley farms, welcome. we're going to take you guys on a goat walk. >> reporter: chad wegener is a modern-day goat herder. >> time for breakfast. >> rep

cnn's international correspondent clarissa ward is live in kabul. what more are you learning? >> reporter: really this is bound, kate u to reignite the debate about the u.s. handing over bagram air base to the afghan national army. that took place on july 1st. we now understanding from this new cnn reporting that abdul rehman al loghri, the terrorist from isis k responsible for killing 13 american service members and dozens of afghan civilians trying to get out of the country, that he had been held at parwan prison in bagram air base. when the taliban took power on that sunday, the first thing they did before coming into kabul was essentially to empty the prisons at parwan prison in bagram and also pul-e-charkhi. i remember that very well because there were very real security concerns across the whole capital that this could lead to a huge spike in crime and also terrorist activity. parwan prison at bagram held thousands of prisoners, but also specific lip hundreds of very dangerous terrorists. the taliban was obviously trying to release their own people from the prison. in th