her name, she is live for us from doha. so natasha, understand the talks of began. well, what are the expectations from these talks? the diplomatic dance begins, there are 2 other between the 2 sides. there is a very wide chasm and it's clear only major concessions are going to bring the 2 sides together. on the eve of these meetings, both sides have issued statements about what these meetings are and what they are not from the americans point of view. what this meeting is, is a continuation quote of pragmatic entanglements with the taliban on issues of vital national security. what it is not according to a us official, is quote, granting legitimacy or conferring recognition to the taliban. the u. s. official goes on to say that we are very clear that with regards to conferring legitimacy to the taliban, it will be based on their actions and that the taliban needs to establish a sustained track record. now the taliban comes to doha with money and security on its mind. afghan is heavily reliant on international aid. there is a, an evolving humanitarian crisis there.

they have moved to doha. after long weeks of discussions, the earlier we were talking to thought about leaders were telling us that there can be no negotiations until the united states fulfills its obligations that it had in writing committed with the taliban in doha. but then they moved from that and they wanted to go to door. hi, there was a lot of shuttle diplomacy from the factory special on why going to be all government to cobble going to door meeting people. and then in the lead up to this meeting, you saw the you and representative designated by the taliban meeting, not just ambassadors from the region, but international players as well. and taliban saying that they are going to be talking to european union leaders as well. so there is a not that is at stake here for the taliban, if you heard only that, they are there because they want to help the afghan people that just don't have the money. as you've been hearing the reports, that as the former government went, it took all the money with them and bi

here in doha. are with me now is hand almost her a former sure council member and now an associate professor at doha institute for graduate studies. thank you so much for your time. i'd like to 1st off, just get your personal experience. what was your experience like being on the show counsel your reflections on your time? ah, well you, if you're talking about my personal experience of the sure. i believe it was just an, any experience, even my, my counter, the meal themselves custody meals, who had experienced it for the 1st time. i mean being appointed by his amy are specifically being of the fierce for women. ah, and when talking about the new experience and how was you know, the elections is going on right now? i believe is strongly, it's very important for us to be to be taking disturb. it's a very historical step towards or moving, or you know, the whole society into more active political participation. and more specifically into the civic or society society participation and to more powerful

i believe that the full implementation of the doha agreement between us and the u. s. can tackle any problems. that is why it is important that both parties remain committed to the doha agreements. we want positive relationships with the whole world. we believe that such a balance international relations can save afghanistan from instability at the same time. that of the artist it is correspondence in bas robbie, following those discussions here in doha. so zane, clearly there is a lack of trust or a trough struck short fall at those discussions. yet the taliban clear. we need to have good relations with the rest of the world. that's exactly right. they've been pushing the same agenda items that they've been talking about for weeks now. engage with us, talk to us, see us as a legitimate government. that's the primary goal of this new afghan taliban govern due to be seen by their negotiating partners. who were there a sworn enemies just a few months ago that they've been fighting for 20 years now? they are, they're negotiating partners that they are sitting across the t

talks have taken place in doha between senior us and taliban officials. the first face—to—face meeting since the militants seized control of afghanistan. mass funerals have been held in afghanistan for the many victims of the huge bomb blast in kunduz on friday. secunder kermani reports. prayers and tears for the dead. up to 80 people are now said to have died in the blast on friday, targeting worshippers from the shia minority. we are burying the victims next to each other, says this man, we have no choice, it is a mass grave. the local branch of the islamic state group said one of its suicide bombers had carried out the attack. is and the taliban are fierce rivals, but hundreds of is prisoners escaped from jail as the taliban took over the country. the group is small, but there are fears it is growing in strength. we strongly condemn this incident. this was a cowardly attack and i hope god will punish the perpetrators, however i still hope that the marchers will go to heaven and the wounded people will heal. the taliban delegation met with us officials

we have made that commitment in the doha agreement as well. mister butler, you understand that winning war is one thing. building a country is something else. now, when you look at the future of, of lancaster, what kind of country do you have in mind? like, let's say in 510 years from now. we envision an avalon is done, that is or isn't. it is a country that serves as an economic corridor for, for between the east and the west. a space of engagement, a country of prosperity, or a country that is at peace with itself and the world. that is our vision for a for a future apolline, is that where we are an open society, a diverse society will where people have freedom of movement, freedom of expression, and all the other rights that islam has given to every single individual. i've talked to her while he spokesman of the ministry of foreign affairs of apple. that is done. thank you very much for your time. ah. every war lisa, devastating impact gelani's environment. earth rise, explore some of the efforts to recover what was lost from the syrian sci

in the region, jamal al shall al jazeera doha. let's bring an umbrella mabood here in doha, he is the chairman for the state of cutoff for islamic area studies at the wasa university, could chevy with us? so, so what is a sure, a counsel? what does it do? well, thank you. la shawna counsel is obviously a kind of parliament, it says, look, a name or a region, a name for our what we're is and on globally us the local parliament. and it's one of the, our main institutions of the government where there is a way we can see that there is like a separation. it's going to happen between the executive and legislative. our powers are basically some of the eligibility powers or, or, or leisure that power is now going to be given to the or hands off the assure accounts at all the local parliament. so it is going to do or is going to propose, ah, elizabeth lacy ends it is going to and then some of the existing ones and change it as the way that people once it is going to also, ah, challenge some of the government policies and also look at the

i live from our headquarters here in doha, coming up in the next 60 minutes. i urged 2 worlds to take action and inject liquidity into the african economy. to avoid collapse a desperate appeal from the un secretary general as a humanitarian crisis impacts. half of afghanistan's population celebrations in iraq is the shia cleric mocked to the al santos party mix. the biggest gains in the parliamentary election rebels in ethiopia to gray regions. a government forces of launched an all out ground defensive against the also this out you in is he is president how you seed on bales. a new government but gives no hints about loosening his divisive power grab. and i'm javin, ashwin sports. the one off task match between australia and afghanistan's men's teams is likely to be postponed until it's clara. what impacts the taliban takeover will have on women's crickets in the country. ah, the un secretary general says the world needs to find a way of getting money and assistance into afghanistan. now to prevent a humanitarian crisis engulfing half the population. antonio

that is why it is important that both remain committed to the doha agreements. we want positive relationships with the whole world. we believe that such balanced international relations can save afghanistan from instability at the same time. so in bas robbie, as our correspondent, following those discussions in the category capital for us, this our zane, every one talking about women's rights in afghanistan, including the un secretary general in the last 90 minutes or so. is the taliban talking about women's rights today? that's exactly right peter. really the rhetoric in new york and in doha has really been on point today, the acting foreign minister of the afghan taliban government. mr. mckee here in doha spoke during his speech at a center for conflict resolution about inclusivity inclusivity. he said is not a problem under the taliban. and he boasted about the fact of $500000.00 civil servants there worked under the former government have not been fired, have not been placed under threat, have been told to come back to their jobs and are currently working. h

he also said that they looked at implementing the doha agreement. there was some positive things that came out the united states is apparently pledge to provide coven 19 vaccinations. the foreign minister says that it understands that as able, afghanistan is a good for the entire international community. and he had plans to do it's part to ensure that happens. and here's where there could be common ground between the united states and this afghan transitional government. both obviously wanting a stable environment. the taliban has promised to the afghan population that it would provide security. the americans obviously concerned about afghanistan, once again becoming a haven 2 armed groups. the taliban says that it will work with a moving forward to help pay the salaries of government employees and get services running. but it is asking the united states to ease economic sanctions to lift them and ease any kind of restrictions on the afghan national bank. now as for the american side, they are not talking, but they made clear going into these to day

we have made that commitment in the doha agreement as well. mister butler, you understand that winning war is one thing. building a country is something else. now, when you look at the future of, of lancaster, what kind of country do have a might like, let's say in 510 years from now. we envision and afghanistan, that is a, is an, it is a country that serves as an economic corridor for, for between the east and the west. a space of engagement, a country of prosperity, a country that is at peace with itself. and the world that is our vision for a, for a future other than is that where we are an open society, a diverse society where, where people have freedom of movement, freedom of expression. and are all the other rights that islam has given to every single individual? i thought, well, he spokesman of the minister of foreign affairs of a lot is that thank you very much for your time. ah ah. and more than 30 years after the assassination of burkina, faso was iconic liter thomas sung gotta those charged with his killing are going on trial among

was one of the top points of last year's doha agreement between the u. s. and the taliban, despite engaging and dialogue with the taliban international community, has made it very clear that this does not mean an official recognition of the taliban. as afghanistan's government, that's dependent on things like an all inclusive government and protecting the rights of women. and as that back and forth continues, billions of much needed dollars have been withheld abroad, not having a devastating impact on the people here. stephanie decker, al jazeera cobble schools in hong kong, have been suspended as rain and wind from typhoon compost to hit the financial hub authorities, a counseling morning trade on the city stock market. 9 people died in flash floods and landslides. when the typhoon hit the philippines on monday from mcbride is falling developments from hong kong. this has been a fairly big, impactful typhoon. the 1st place to be affected was the philippines, as it came in from the western pacific, effecting mainly the island in the north of lou zone called

who's in doha. so natasha the optics of these discussions . radically different. so a couple of months ago. yes, but nonetheless, everything is being kept under wraps. even the location of these 2 day meetings going into the 2 day talks and american spokesman with the afghan mission said they will be off limits to the media, perhaps an indication and a way to sort of temper expectations for any kind of a breakthrough already american officials are framing this as, quote, a continuation of quote engagements with the taliban on issues of vital national interest. now the taliban has described their delegation as quote, high level. as you mentioned, it is being led by the acting foreign minister. on the american side, there are diplomats from the state department, members of u. s. a. i d, and the intelligence community, notably absent, is zelma colonial that they pardon me colonial the day he was america's top point person. when it came to negotiations with the taliban. he is not here as far as we know. so for the next 2 days, it's clear that there will be a diplomati

i'm peter w, watching out to see or live from doha. also coming up, the un warns of facilities in libya, all right, breaking point. as hundreds of refugees and migrant seek help and resettlement. the rwandan forces pushed him out of it following a heavy battle and you can see the remains of it exploded. is it blowing the roof off this building in the bullet holes in the eye and sheets? we gain rare access in northern mozambique, off to regional forces push out al chabad fighters. and i'm going to smith in moscow wack cove left down the rising social inequality that led to an explosion in the popularity of been a fight. ah, the taliban says is disgust turning a new page with the united states during face to face talks in doha. the acting foreign minister, ami a khan. we're talking who leads the taliban delegation, says that they've discussed aid and getting cope with 19 vaccinations into afghanistan. before the meeting the you said it was going to push the taliban on. is use including evacuation flights and how it's guaranteeing the rig

let's bring in rami, hoary in doha, lebanon has the right of free assembly has the right of to protest yet they will snipers. they show into the crowd. we don't know who they'll um, what is going on? is this, you know, change by violence. well, what's going on is this something unfortunately, that has happened before and lebanon. people take to the streets, unknown gunman or. busy non people but explosives, it. the tragedy is that it could be any of 2 or 3 or 4 possible groups or, and people who might want to do this to shoot up the demonstrators. initially the marchers who came into the area, of course the, the march was provocative, was just going near the christian majority area and some of them like she, i, she also, there was some provocation there clearly, but that's the whole point of the situation from the side was to assert themselves saying we're not going to accept this, this investigation the way it's going now. and the people shot at them. so these things happen unfortunately regularly because the country has never figured out a way to adjudicate disputes, political disput

we have made that commitment in the doha agreement as well. mister butler, you understand that winning war is one thing. building a country is something else. now, when you look at the future of, of lanissa, what kind of country do you have in mind? like let's say in 510 years from now we envision and afghanistan, that is a, is an, it is a country that serves as an economic corridor for, for between the east and the west. a space of engagement, a country of prosperity. ah, a country that is at peace with itself and the world that is our vision for a, for a future other than is that where we are an open society, a diverse society, we're where people have freedom of movement, freedom of expression, and are all the other rights that islam has given to every single individual while he spokesmen of them in a sale for enough as of up a lot of stuff. thank you very much for your time. ah frank assessments. what's the point of the un if multilateralism isn't part of indiana? we need somewhere, we're sovereign states can exchange informed opinions is f

the sasha name has the latest from doha. the afghan ministry of information characterized the to day talks as quote, positive and says, the hope is this will pay the way for recognition of this transitional afghan government, not only by the united states, but by the international community. the afghan delegation led by the acting foreign minister, came to doha, seeking international recognition and the much needed financial assistance that accompanies it. the country is in the midst of economic and humanitarian crises with un refugee agency warning that if the country doesn't get that much needed assistance come winter, there will be a quote catastrophe. the acting un ambassadors to hail shaheen says the 2 sides dulled into political issues. and came to the consensus that the full implementation of the doha agreement is the only way to resolve political differences going forward. he says the us vow to provide humanitarian assistance to the afghans will work with nonprofit organizations and helping to facilitate the delivery

our top stories: face—to—face talks have taken place in doha between senior us and taliban officialsmass funerals are held in afghanistan for the victims of friday's kunduz bomb blast. plunged into near darkness: lebanon suffers another nationwide power cut amid an ongoing economic crisis. taiwan says it will work to hold fast the frontlines of democracy and freedom after china says reunification must be fulfilled. the chancellor of austria, sebastian kurz, says he's stepping down to fight corruption allegations. and porridge with a twist: we will speak to the runner—up of the world porridge making championships. and one of 2021's most anticipated boxing bouts takes place in las vegas as tyson fury and deontay wilder meet for a third time. everyone welcome to you. tell a man says it will observe a peace agreement negotiated with the united states last year. —— the taliban says it will observe a peace agreement negotiated with the united states last year. the announcement, which includes a pledge to prevent al-qaeda from operating in afghanistan, follows face—to—face talks with the us

you spent quite some time with the americans to work out the details of the doha agreement. so you should be knowing each other. and the general feeling was basically that up as after the door, her agreement, the us and the taliban would be able to turn the chapter of decades of mistress mutual mistrust. i don't see that happening anytime now. it has that actually very unfortunate. as you alluded, we held very long in negotiations and dialogue with the united states and both parties made commitments or after very, very detailed discussions. it was not tentative agreement or was a very detailed and very, or a very close to very close interaction. we arrived at to at that agreement. but her again, it's unfortunate that her, when the administration's changed, the new administration decided not to stick or to the timeline of the agreement or the contents of the agreement and veered off in another direction. or we will also hopeful that, or we would enter a new chapter following the agreement, a chapter that brings peace, prosperity, stability to afghanistan. and it brings us and

i live for my headquarters here in doha, coming up in the next 60 minutes. british conservative m. p 's, the david amos is killed and a knife attack while meeting constituents. a 25 year old man has been arrested. a bomb attack in afghanistan targets the sheer mosque during friday. prayers killing more than 40 people lebanon.

and his counselor to zane was ravi now hearing doha from one of those talks here. so day 2 of the talks between at this time the e. u delegation and the taliban on sunday, the time i met with the americans, of course. what is a focus on the talks to day and what is each side hoping to get out of them? was spokesman from the taliban has confirmed to us that they are indeed meeting with international organizations, presumably, ngos that are a part of the british and german representatives here in doha. we're also expecting the taliban to meet later in the day with the wider e u delegation. and what's on discussion? well, let's see from the europeans perspective, 1st the europeans want guarantees of a primarily 2 things. they want to make sure the refugees don't come streaming across the border into europe, and they want to make sure that the problem of the humanitarian refugee crisis stays contained to have gone on and the shrine countries. they also want to make sure as my colleagues, stephanie doug from cobble explained, they want to make sure that of got a son doe

this is that he was alive from doha, coming up in the next 60 minutes. hundreds of women's marches take place across the u. s. won a court decides whether to strike down a new anti abortion weitzman, o violence in chile, as demonstrations, take place for and against migrants of the country. $4000.00 refugees and migrants that attained during grades in libya. authorities say that they'll deport as many as possible. poles closed in georgia and an election that's been overshadowed by the jailing of the former president. and in sport, chelsea half came top spot than the english premier league to late goals that gave the european champion the 31 win against south hampton. ah, we begin in the united states where more than $600.00 marches are taking place to support women's reproductive rights. it's an annual event this year though, the march is focused on laws in several states to restrict access to abortion, especially texas, which has the toughest legislation in the country. a federal judge will now decide whether the strike this law, after hearing arguments from the fight, the ministration

a currently holding talks in doha, extensively about getting at risk people out of afghanistan. the us, of course, wants assurances on women's rights and, and education. what will the taliban want though, from those talks in return and will security assistance factor into that to think ah, yes, a taller one would want the american embassy to open for the american government to tell its allies in the region to normalize their relations with the taliban and to start giving tal on more than just the military and support that start engaging on other very high level and both political and economic level. they need engagement and they need the money that has been frozen in their world bank to be released because dollar bank really need that cash. but there's another angle here. i hear that a lot of tal on leadership are turning again, blaming europe and speaking about us support. but you can see that in the debate, the organization of a stomach countries are complete. the absent, the parliament are not asking the muslim countries and most in states around the world to come to the supp

our correspondent in doha, yogita limaye gave us this update.pointed has said senior taliban leaders met us officials and both sides agreed to uphold what was negotiated in the february 2020 us—taliban deal. he said that the us has agreed to help the taliban out on humanitarian aid and delivery of covid—19 vaccines, and he also warned that no country should interfere in the internal policies of another country. it has been three weeks now since the taliban banned girls from going to secondary schools in the country. women have not yet been allowed to go back to theirjobs so one imagines there when he was talking about internal policies, that's what he means, but these meetings, really, are a part of taliban efforts to gain international recognition. recently, they also had a meeting with a uk delegation in kabul. mr muttaqi also says that they will be meeting european officials soon, and international recognition is important because it is directly linked to funding going back to afghanistan. funding from foreign countries, as well as internatio

in doha talks between the taliban and us officials appear to have forged agreement on the delivery of humanitarian aid. and a controversial court ruling brings thousands out in poland to rally in support of the countries membership of the european union. ah, hello, thank you for joining us. polls have closed in iraq's parliamentary election with officials saying the vote could have drawn one of the smallest turnouts on record. the election was supposed to be held next year, but was brought forward in response to 2009 teens mass anti government demonstrations. nearly 25000000 people were eligible to vote. but many iraqis say they don't think the election will change anything. and others have called for a boycott. speaking just moments after the polls close, the head of iraq's electoral commission promised a fair election outcome come off on the yeoman, the phantom kasha. but to let you know, we have been open and honest with the public and counting the boats manually in line with the law. and we've been transparent and all aspects of the electoral process. all the measures have been ta

this is al jazeera life from doha. also coming up the taliban, whole, their 1st face to face talks with us, officials and doha and rule out, cooperating with the americans in the fight against i. so therapy forces launch as strikes and ground attacks on t grey rebels. in the m horror region, john is present using paying promises a peaceful reunification. but ty one's leader vows to defend democracy. ah libby as treatment of migrants, an asylum seekers has come under intense scrutiny in the past 24 hours. on friday, god shot and killed 6 people at a detention center and tripoli. and around 2000 migrants escaped and un refugee office was also forced to close on to being overwhelmed by hundreds of people seeking resettlement. many migrants in libya now in a holding pattern, unable to move on because of the suspension of humanitarian flights almost a year ago. now, alex trainer has a very latest from tripoli. it's called the community day center of facility run by the united nations where those and need can access health c

here in doha talks between us and taliban officials have entered the 2nd day. the 1st in person meeting since the arm group sees power and afghanistan, security aid and women's rights were on the gender of bursting. and taiwan president, sighing when says her government will not balance or pressure from bay ging. she was speaking during national day celebrations in the past week, nearly 150 chinese jets of approach to ty, one's ad defense zone. let's take you to afghanistan. now we're all just here is obtained exclusive access to the billions of dollars worth of military hardware left by the us and coalition forces there. much of the equipment was destroyed bots . now the taliban says it's recruited aviation experts to build its own air force. osama bon jovi as more from cobbles, military air field. the gobble air strip is home to a variety of of gone miller, trees, hardware from american black hawks to russian helicopters are all lined up here and many of them are inoperable. oh, oh is it made in the country? yeah, they can it from years leg this banner that i

the bbc�*s yogita limaye is in doha where the talks are taking place.t of view of the taliban, this is part of a series of efforts from the group to try to gain international recognition. they met with uk diplomats a few days ago and now they are meeting us officials and the acting foreign minister of the taliban appointed government and who is leading the delegation in doha said they would also be meeting european official soon. the reason they want to get international recognition is because it is directly linked to the unblocking of foreign funds into afghanistan which have been frozen since the group seized control of the country. but he also said that they do not want anyone to interfere in the internal affairs of any country, they are speaking against the backdrop of girls not been allowed to go to secondary schools in most parts of afghanistan and women are not being to work. it is unclear whether the us would bring up unclear whether the us would bring up those issues in these talks. lebanon has been plunged into darkness after its electricty gr

a tactical nav has more from doha. members of this out scan delegation are here in doha to get international recognition. and more importantly, the aid money that comes with it, they are facing the challenges. the acting foreign minister said yesterday, facing challenges of pain government employees and providing services to the afghans and dueling crisis, economic and humanitarian humanitarian crises. in addition to mounting threats by iso in afghanistan, so the acting foreign minister came with assurances has said ais offered please for assistance as well as warnings. the acting foreign minister says that he knows that the stability in afghanistan is paramount and is good for not only afghans but for the international community. he says that they want positive relations and mutual commitments, not only with the united states, but other countries. and he did reference on saturday, the need to get humanitarian flow going. the afghan, acting foreign minister, also though issued warning, saying, do not de, stabilize our government, don't metal and our affairs respect, afghans wishes the afghan

i believe that the full implementation of the doha agreement between us and the u. s. can tackle any problems. that is why it is important that both parties remain committed to the doha agreements. we want positive relationships with the whole world. we believe that such balanced international relations can save afghanistan from instability at the same time that are the same as rob is in the category capital capital with more acting foreign minister of the afghan taliban government. mr. mckee, here in doha, spoke during a speech at a center for conflict resolution about inclusivity inclusivity. he said is not a problem under the taliban. and he boasted about the fact of $500000.00 civil servants there worked under the former government have not been fired, have not been placed under threat, have been told to come back to their jobs and are currently working. he said that passports are being issued again and women are part of that workforce. he was asked point blank and follow a question. does that $500000.00 strong civil service include women? and he said in one word,

this is that he is a lie from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes. 4000 refugees migrants to the tamed during grades in libya, authority say they'll to port as many as possible. hundreds of women's marches take place across the u. s. when a court decides whether to strike down a new anti abortion white's law, the end of an era, or is it outgoing philippines president rodrigo, to, to say, says that he's retiring from politics ahead of next year's election. and we speak to one of the more than $1000.00 fighters in nigeria who've left boca her am because of infighting and is full of majesty united miss south unclaiming top spoken, the english remedied united less because john are now on the bench and were held to 11 jewel by ah, 4000 refugees and migrants including women and children, have been rounded up and detained in libby up. it's described as one of the largest crackdowns in recent years. libya is a transit hub for people, mainly from other parts of africa and the middle east trying to cross the mediterranean into europe. let's get more from alzheimer's malik trainer, who's in tripo

face—to—face talks have taken place in doha are between senior us and taliban officials as mass are heldafghanistan for the vic terms of friday's bomb blast. plunged into near darkness. lebanon suffers another nationwide power cut amid an ongoing economic crisis. taiwan says it will work to hold fast the frontlines of democracy and freedom after china says reunification must happen. the chancellor of austria says he is stepping down to fight corruption allegations and one of 2021 is most anticipated boxing rounds takes place in las vegas as tyson fury and donte wilder meet for a third time. hello. a warm welcome to bbc news. the teller bounces it will observe a peace agreement negotiated with the united states last year. the announcement which includes a pledge to prevent al qaeda from operating in afghanistan follows face—to—face talks with the us in doha. meanwhile, mass funerals have been held across afghanistan for victims of fridays bomb blast. prayers and tears for the dead. up prayers and tears for the dead. up to 80 people are now said to have died in fridays blast targeting wors

and also for cats are impacting places like doha, k off to indo china. there are some dry spells here for central and northern parts of vietnam sunshine for annoy with the high of 32 degrees. a weather maker is moving in to the southern islands of the philippines. this is going to last. she was some heavy rain and fierce winds, dry conditions, the name of the game for eastern portions of china, shanghai down to hong kong, looking good. but we do have our plumb rains work in across the yellow river valley . this is going to strike beijing with some rain and now that typhoon mentally has pulled away its left some tropical air for japan's osaka, up to 31. and you're going to lock your temperature into the 30s for the next few days. that's it. that's all. see soon, the weather sponsored my cattle airways voted wills best air line of 2021. on counting the hot uncle americans legacy and german economy, that is the envy of the world. i'm prepared for the digital age. apple kicks on game, make an effort from an app store. is the phone, make it abusing it's monop

i live in doha impeach. adobe 1330. these are your top stories . the taliban says is disgust. turning a new page with the united states turned face to face talks. in doha, afghanistan's delegation is led by the acting foreign minister, who says progress is being made. the chinese president, teaching ping is insisting there will be closed peaceful reunification. with taiwan, taiwan has come under increased military and political pressure from china to accepted sovereignty. a you and refugee office in libya has been forced to close after being overwhelmed by hundreds of people seeking resettlement today earlier, but 2000 migrants and libya escaped from 8 detention center. let's get more on our top story. those talks between the u. s. and taliban officials in doha, joining us from cobble now is or by dollar, by here lecturer at the american university of afghanistan. welcome to the is our 1st things 1st talking to the taliban. is one thing engaging with the taliban and all those other countries who can unlock the money that the taliban want and workin

second, the doha agreement was a condition-based approach. under president trump's plan and the u.s. agreed to withdraw troops only if the taliban met seven conditions. these conditions included preventing the -- al qaeda were threatening the united states from afghanistan and denying residence to those threatening the united states. these conditions weren't met. in fact, as general milley told us, only one of the seven conditions was met. as we've heard in recent hearings, al qaeda remains active in afghanistan and will likely threaten the united states homeland very, very soon. and that's why all of president biden's military advisors told him to keep at least 2,500 troops -- to continue fighting the terrorists, to protect americans here and in the homeland. president biden withdrew anyway. he did not feel bound by president trump's conditions-based approach and did not follow it. i wish he had. he would be -- we would all be safer today if that were the case. now, secretary kahl, you were confirmed on april 27. so you did not make a recomm

under the doha agreement, the u.s. would begin to withdraw its forces contingent upon the taliban meeting certain conditions which would lead to political agreement between the taliban and the government of afghanistan. there were seven conditions applicable to the taliban. and eight conditions applicable to the united states. while the taliban did not attack u.s. forces, which was one of the conditions, it failed to fully honor any, any other condition under the doha agreement. and perhaps most importantly for u.s. national security, the taliban has never renounced their linkages with al qaeda ore broke their affiliation with them. we the united states adhered to every condition. in the fall of 2020, my analysis then was that an accelerated withdrawal without meeting specific and necessary conditions risks losing the substantial gains made in afghanistan, would potentially damage u.s. worldwide credibility and could precipitate a general collapse of the afghan security forces and the afghan government resulting in a c

that is why is important that both parties remain committed to the doha agreements. we want positive relationships with the whole world. we believe that such a balance international relations can save afghanistan from instability at the same time that the hard preliminary election results in iraq point to a strong result for the party of shia cleric o tedra. souther boat counting is still underway with the electoral commission releasing some initial results is the 5th parliamentary election since the 2003 us led invasion which toppled sadam hussein turn out is believed to be about 41 percent. the lowest in that time. for the prime minister ariel malik, he looks likely to have the next largest boat among sheer parties, tennessee, as president k said, has unveiled a new government nearly 3 months after he dismissed the previous administration and seized additional powers. the new cabinet will ultimately answer to him rather than prime minister. naturally bowden, i mean mass protest to get said move to suspend parliament and sweep aside much of the constitution to gripe

doha agreement. clearly that, condition was not met. my question, is general milley, you're the only one that overlapped the two administrations, were there any efforts on behalf of the prior administration to enforce that condition of negotiation with the afghan government and the taliban? >> my question is did we attempt to enforce the conditions? did we inform the taliban, for example, we won't advocate for the release of 5,000 prurz unless you gun negotiationors something similar? >> i don't have knowledge of. that i know none of the conditions were met except the one don't attack coalition forces. of that condition was not met. >> the conditions were not met. you testified that the troop withdrawal and the release of the 5,000 taliban prisoners did proceed even though the conditions had not been met. is that correct? >> that is correct. >> and you testified you provide your military advice to president biden there should be a residual force left in afghanistan, did you provide the same advice to president trump when they were negot

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here in doha, we have while lead my debo president of the sudan policy for him. and also in cartoon, had george cooker a member of the get a finance, a non violent resistance movement. and also he's an award winning film. make a gentleman, a warm welcome to you all my back out. all in cartoon, coming to 1st mister ham dock is describing what's going on in sudan as one of the worst crises they've had in years. but is he part of the problem? not part of the solution that me grids healed over guest with the lead on mr. hedge who would lead to those them on the vest on all the restaurants are the nissan movement of so don for the mcclintic transformation on 4 out of allusion. actually the problem here in sudan is one of the big problems we are facing. we describe it as it is easy to be solved and easy to be addressed. the people can sit in together. the parties to the conflict, especially the, the people who hi ducked, the government of the revolution. whom adam now on the screen, decking the government from the support of counsel to the console of ministers onto the

for me am ron count and the entire team here in doha. i for now when freedom of the press is under stress. so in all how he just con, taught genuinely about your thoughts towards the beijing government step outside the mainstream. there has been a policy, implement tiered system of access towards the internet shift the focus. the pandemic has turned out to be a handy little pretext for the prime minister to clamped out on the press covering the wave. the news is covered. the listening post on a just 0. after decades of conflict between successive colombian, government and the fox marxist gorillas and historic peace, the code in 2016 so fight has laid down their arm. 5 years on a mit rising defense and fruitful police repression. a new cycle of violence has robbed the nation, people in power, if the agreement is failing and what's next, the country, columbia, and killing the piece on al jazeera. a lot of the stories that we cover a highly complex, so it's very important that we make them as understandable as we can as al jazeera correspon

urn the doha agreement the u.s. would begin to withdraw its forces contingent upon the taliban meeting certain conditions which would lead to political agreement between the taliban and the government of afghanistan. there were seven conditions applicable to the taliban. and eight conditions applicable to the united states. while the taliban did not attack u.s. forces, which was one of the conditions, it failed to fully honor any, any other condition under the doha agreement. and perhaps most importantly for u.s. national security, the taliban has never renounced al qaeda or broke its affiliation with them. we the united states adhered to every condition. and the fall of 2020 my analysis was that an accelerated withdrawal without meeting specific and necessary conditions risks losing the substantial gains made in afghanistan, damaging u.s. worldwide credibility and could precipitate a general collapse of ansf and the afghan government resulting in complete taliban takeover or general civil war. that was a year ago.

the headlines: face—to—face talks have taken place in doha between senior us and taliban officials ass funerals are held in afghanistan for the victims of the bomb blast in kunduz. the president of taiwan uses the national day to respond defiantly to a speech by the chinese leader who warned they would also have to be unified. plunged into near darkness, lebanon suffers another nationwide power cut amid an ongoing crisis. the chancellor of austria sebastian kurz,, thatis of austria sebastian kurz,, that is stepping down to fight corruption allegations. and porridge with a twist. we speak to the runner—up of the world championships of porridge making. hello and a warm welcome to you. the taliban says it will observe a peace agreement observed with the united states last year. the announcement, which includes a pledge to prevent al-qaeda from operating in afghanistan, follows in afg ha nista n, follows fa ce—to —fa ce in afghanistan, follows face—to—face talks with the us in the capital doha. meanwhile, mass funerals have been held for friday's bomb blast in kunduz. prayers and tears fo

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