helmand is the largest province in afghanistan.site of the most amount of fighting between the taliban, and american and british troops. it remains a taliban stronghold. elias daei was an award—winning reporter for radio free europe, well known for his bravery. aged 1a when american troops arrived, he was 33 when he was killed. on the morning of his death, elias was travelling in the capital lashkargah when a bomb attached to his car exploded. elias lived with three generations of his family. the youngest, his two—year—old daughter. her name meant kindness. as part of the us—taliban deal, the taliban had committed to reducing violence. in the weeks leading up to his death, elias reported on a new taliban offensive in helmand. soon after, his house was searched and the day before he was killed, he sent a text to a colleague believing his life was in danger. targeted and killed since the us taliban deal of february 2020. journalists are the eyes and ears of people. they are the voice of people. ruling powers are always very uneasy an

the next day, i drove to sangin, a small village in the south of helmand province.he most heavily bombarded areas during the war and responsible for more than 10% of daily casualties of the entire nato mission against the taliban. we have just arrived at the outskirts of sangin and i have meta man who says his home was destroyed by foreign forces. much of this area was carved up by the warring sides with very little regard for the locals. this is where some of the most bitter battles were fought, and there seems to be very little left here standing. most of it is rubble. this building was a three—storey building and it's completely destroyed. a long way from kabul and a very different story over here — people who genuinely felt occupied by the foreign forces and the former government, and this is what they've left behind, homes destroyed. and this is the price of freedom that these people say they've had to pay. while i was in sangin, i've met a member of the taliban named abdul karim. he had previously kept his militant activities a secret from his neighbours but w

the road to sangin in helmand province was once littered with roadside bombs. there is relative calm. our taliban escort says that this highway was hell for american marines and british troops. abdul karim laid mines. he is responsible for the killing of hundreds of coalition forces and civilians. translation: when the people saw that they were dropping - bombs on us and killing us they stood against them. all the people help. even when i was planting mines, children around ten years old would help me. when i asked him to clarify if the children were forced, he insists they were not. translation: no. they volunteered and said that we are members of the resistance. many families fled during the years of fighting. translation: a bullet went | through the wall and hit here. the bullets were fired incessantly. mohammed has now returned with his children to rebuild their lives. translation: everything is expensive now. - i cannot even afford cooking oil and bread. people learn to get by, but everyone is happy that foreign forces have left here. people genuinely felt

the road to sangin in helmand province was once littered with roadside bombs. hell for american marines and british troops. abdul karim laid mines. he is responsible for the killing of hundreds of coalition forces and civilians. translation: when the people saw that they were dopping - bombs on us and killing us they stood against them. all the people help. even when i was planting mines, children around ten years old would help me. when i asked him to clarify if the children were forced, he insists they were not. translation: no. they volunteered and said that we are members of the resistance. many families fled during the years of fighting. translation: a bullet went | through the wall and hit here. the bullets were fired incessantly. mohammed has now returned with his children to rebuild their lives. translation: everything is expensive now. - i cannot even afford cooking oil and bread. people learn to get by, but everyone is happy that foreign forces have left here. people genuinely felt occupied by the foreign forces and the former government. and this is

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the next day, i'd drove to a small village in the south of helmand province.st heavily bombarded areas during the war and responsible of almost 10% of daily casualties of the entire nato mission against the taliban. we havejust mission against the taliban. we have just arrived at the outskirts of sangin and i have met a man who says his home was destroyed by foreign forces. much of this area was carved up by the warring sides with very little regard for the locals. this is where some of the most bitter battles were fought, and there seems to be very little left here standing. most of it is rubble. this building was a three story building and it's completely destroyed. a long way from kabul and a very different story over here. people who genuinely felt occupied by the foreign forces and the former government, and this is what they've left behind. homes destroyed. and this is the price of freedom that these people say they have two pay. while i was in sangin, i've met a member of the taliban named abdul karim. he had previously kept his military activities a se

. >> the road in helmand province was once littered with roadside bombs.there is relative calm. our taliban escort says this highway was held for american marines and british troops. abdul kareem laid minds. he's responsible for the killing of hundreds of coalition forces and civilians. >> when the people started, they were dropping bombs on us and killing us. all of the people held. even when i was planting mines, children around 10 years old helped. >> when i asked him to clarify if the children were forced, he'd insist they were not. >> no, they volunteered and said "we are members of the resistance." >> many families fled during the years of fighting. >> a bullet went through the wall and hit here. the bullets were fired incessantly. >> he's now returned with his children to rebuild their lives. >> everything is expensive now. i cannot even afford cooking oil and bread. people learn to get by, but everyone is happy forces have left here. >> people genuinely felt occupied by the former government. and this is what they have left behind. homes destroyed.

just before going into this weekend we learned that helmand, helmand worldwide, a giant german logistics company with a footprint in 173 companies was battling a cyber attack that was limiting its capabilities, so to speak. they are still working on that. we've seen news over the weekend if if you are following cyber affairs at all of an attack called log 4j on java elements and servers that has got everyone's attention, especially cloud providers. people are scrambling to contain the effects of that. with the atlantic council, we have been holding forth on ports and maritime security through papers and talks trying to think of another sector that intersects with energy that's just completely vital. and we mentioned helmand being in logistics and the effects we are seeing in our ports these days from a variety of influences. two things secretary johnson said i think stand out for me at least as pift point into the discussions. one is his comment, his metaphor, every other organ in the human body requirements a healthy heart. and so do all other sectors depend on the energy sector. someti

. >> well, it may look like something out of helmand for school cafeteria. these things actually don't contain any meat and so therefore should not be eaten the face masks are made with witch. hazel botanicals and college and the company claimed to these masks, protect hydrate, lock in moisture and promote skin elasticity. apparently these are real heightened because they sold out online. when they were in stock, they went for 5 bucks. oscar meyer says he's working to restock as we speak. >> i will. >> defer to you because you have the healthiest looking on the screen. are you are you buying the baloney mass? i think it's a bunch of baloney. but, you know, i guess if you put a layer of the mustard mayonnaise, couple sandwiches and >> then it to go. if you walk around the newsroom, it's all right. still ahead. >> a special memorial this weekend in alameda, the uss hornet honoring the lives of 4 navy aviators who disappeared during the vietnam war. new tonight at 6 house speaker nancy pelosi pushed back today on calls to ban members of congress from trading st

the road to sangin in helmand province was once littered with roadside bombs.ood against them. all the people helped. even when i was planting mines, children around ten years old helped me. when i asked him to clarify if the children were forced, he insists they were not. no, they were in tears and said, "dad, we are members of the resistance." many families fled during the years of fighting. translation: a bullet went | through the wall and hit here. the bullets were fired incessantly. mohammed sherali has now returned with his children to rebuild their lives. everything is expensive now. i cannot even afford cooking oil and bread. people learn to get by but everyone is happy that foreign forces have left here. people genuinely felt occupied by the foreign forces and the former government, and this is what they have left behind. homes destroyed. and this is the price of freedom that these people say they have had to pay. in the conservative heartland of sangin, the taliban in power may be welcome. but in many parts of the country, afghans continue to pay a he