their heartland is in the south of the country in helmand province. established, and has the strongest support. the bbc�*sjeremy bowen has travelled from kandahar to lashgar gah, the capital of helmand, through areas devastated by years of war. no—one's future is secure in this country, especially girls'. at lashkar gah girls' high and across afghanistan only the under—125 have been allowed back. the taliban says older girls will return too. many don't believe them, including people in this town — who didn't want to be filmed. taliban rules on girls are seen as a big test by foreign countries who could help afghanistan. this school was rated one of the best in the country by the british council. the taliban says education will now follow islamic sharia law. all the boys are back at their desks. the head says, be patient, the older girls will come back. do you think girls' education is safe under the taliban? helmand is in the taliban heartland. it offers clues about the way they want afghanistan to go. they are still euphoric about victory. the last t

their heartland is in the south of the country in helmand province.ere and they saw some of the heaviest fighting. most people in the south are pashtuns, one of afghanistan�*s main ethnic groups, and increasingly dominant since the taliban victory. 0ur middle east editorjeremy bowen has travelled from kandahar to lashkar gah, the capital of helmand, through areas devastated by the war, where once again the taliban are putting their stamp on what they call the islamic emirate of afghanistan. no—one�*s future is secure in this country, especially girls. at lashkar gah girls�* high and across afghanistan only the under—12s have been allowed back. the taliban says older girls will return too. many don�*t believe them, including people in this town — who didn�*t want to be filmed. taliban rules on girls are seen as a big test by foreign countries who could help afghanistan. this school was rated one of the best in the country by the british council. the taliban says education will now follow islamic sharia law. all the boys are back at their desks. the hea

so, yes, iworked on army from 2007 until 2015 in helmand province.er,. i believe it was this incident, in _ afghan headquarter,. i believe it was this incident, in fact - afghan headquarter,. i believe it was this incident, in fact you - afghan headquarter,. i believe it. was this incident, in fact you were shot at twice i understand, that prompted you to leave afghanistan when the opportunity presented itself. , ., , ., , when the opportunity presented itself. , ., , ., itself. yes, it was a rest for the interpreters _ itself. yes, it was a rest for the interpreters who _ itself. yes, it was a rest for the interpreters who worked - itself. yes, it was a rest for the interpreters who worked for - itself. yes, it was a rest for the | interpreters who worked for the british army, so i was the main reason and i was taken by the british armed forces and i came to this country, which i am much safer now. , ., ., i. this country, which i am much safer now. , ., , this country, which i am much safer now. , ., ., i. , ., now. tell us about how you build a ne

a british veteran who lost three limbs in afghanistan reflects on his time in helmand province now that it's back in taliban hands. we all have our secrets. and a little later than expected, but bond is finally back — no time to die has its world premiere in london tonight we'll be on the red carpet. coming up on the news channel, manchester city take on psg, a side they knocked out in last season's semifinals. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the prime minister says the fuel situation is starting to improve with more deliveries arriving on petrol station forecourts. in his first public comments since long queues began last week, borisjohnson urged motorists to go about their business in their normal way and only fill up when they need to. and he insisted there wasn't a need for key workers to be prioritised. fuel retailers also say there are signs that the situation is easing. but today many people have continued to experience long queues, at petrol stations across parts of the uk, with demand still overwhelming supply. labour has accused the government of failing to de

. >> talks between top taliban officials and leaders are ongoing in the helmand province, which is the heartland for the taliban. we understand it is included in those talks, representatives of the various minority communities, but there are questions of police with respect to various factions in the taliban that may differ on ideological lines. there are also big challenges with respect to basic governance , when such an administration, such a government is actually formed. huge questions with respect to money. how will the taliban convince the western world, the international community that it is basically standing by its commitments, the promises it has made in the last few days or so. the west is saying it will not release that money until it sees proof of those commitments being realized. there are also problems connected to that money with respect to, for example, paying taliban fighters. we speak to analysts, and they say there are concerns that if money is not seemed sooner rather than later, than we are looking at possible questions with respect to maybe even defections to arm

the taliban have banned hairdressers in helmand province from shaving beards.olating the rule will be punished. some barbers in the capital kabul have said they also received similar orders. it has been more than a month since the tele— menses control of taliban on the afghanistan and the un warned of a surge of refugees in the coming months. the uk is due to take 5,000 afghans this year, many other european countries have not set a target, but albania, one of europe's poorest nations, has agreed to house temporarily up to 4,000 afghans. the country has a history of welcoming refugees, taking more than half a million kosovans during the 1990s, and now its leader has criticised europe's approach, as our international correspondent orla guerin reports. i've never seen the ocean. albania is a very beautiful country. we are in a very beautiful place, but afghanistan i love more than myself. this woman has found a safe harbour, but far from her homeland. the tv anchor had good reason to flee. she was in the spotlight after this interview. a stony—faced taliban offic

we understand that there is great support in the south of the country in helmand province around city of kandahar, for example. because of course, that is the 1st place. if you like up the top. there are some very real needs that need to be addressed to because the humanitarian situation here is in the words of the us close to being catastrophic. around 80000000 people needing humanitarian assistance every day. that's almost half the population. and we know that that humanitarian aid in afghan assets is being held up in western banks for example. because in the eyes of the international community, the taliban have to prove themselves before those kind of funds even begun to be released. the situation here in the capital is calm and all eyes, now on this had ministration as to whether it will stick to its words and rebuild this country, child stratford, the inside story cobble, well powers have given a mixed reaction to the makeup of gun. if dan's into him government view us express concerns about the variations and track records of some of the cabinet members from senior figures are o

he is tom tugendhat — former soldier and former to the commander of the helmand province, former advisere chief of defence staff. he is now chair of a foreign affairs committee of the house of commons and this is the series in which i have conversations with, not interrogations of, those who shape our political thinking about what shapes theirs. their background, their values, their lives beyond politics. it was precisely that which led mps to listen to tom tugendhat in total silence as he spoke in the commons of his struggle with anger, grief and rage as he watched events unfold in kabul. i've been to funerals from poole to dunblane, i've watched good men go into the earth, taking with them a part of me and a part of all of us. and this week has torn open some of those wounds, left them raw and left us all hurting. tom tugendhat, welcome to political thinking. hi, nick. nice to see you. have you had much sleep since those events in kabul? no, i haven't. i have got one of those trackers on my phone and i have noticed my sleep has gone from an average of seven and a half hours to three or

their heartland is in the south of the country in helmand province. eremy bowen has travelled from kandahar to lashgar gah, the capital of helmand through areas devastated by years of war. no—one's future is secure in this country, especially girls. especially girls'. at lashkar gah girls' high and across afghanistan only the under—12s have been allowed back. the taliban says older girls will return too. many don't believe them, including people in this town — who didn't want to be filmed. taliban rules on girls are seen as a big test by foreign countries who could help afghanistan. this school was rated one of the best in the country by the british council. the taliban says education will now follow islamic sharia law. all the boys are back at their desks. the head says, be patient, the older girls will come back. do you think girls' education is safe under the taliban? helmand is in the taliban heartland. it offers clues about the way they want afghanistan to go. they are still euphoric about victory. the last time the taliban seized the country, the

support for this government certainly in and around to talk about strongholds of the south in helmand province kandahar, for example, interested. we speak to a lot of people here on the streets of cobble as well. and one thing that a lot of them, if not majority of who said is that there is a sense of relief, at least this government is interim government has now been announced. and there is a sense that if nothing else, at least even amongst their detractors, those that oppose, that's all a bond, there is a sense of security greatest security. i mean, bear in mind that this country self 20 is even more of war. lot of people have been telling us that now they just want to restart their lives. they want food on the table, they want economic opportunities, they want jobs. interestingly, some of the women as well that our team has been speaking to in cobble, said that they are insisting that they have women representatives in this government or in a future government of the interim government aids. because as they say they all, in many cases, the sol breadwinners, they are the members of the fami

majority of british military personnel who lost their lives in the conflict in afghanistan died in helmand province—year conflict. the bbc�*sjeremy bowen reported last night on the impact of hard line taliban governance, especially on women and girls. tonight, we talk to one of the thousands of british service peronnel who fought there. jon white, who served in the royal marines and suffered serious injuries in helmand, has been speaking to our correspondent caroline hawley. this must have been one of the last photos taken of me before my injuries. jon white was 27 at the time, and in command of 30 men. it was his second tour of afghanistan. sangin in 2010 was the most dangerous place in the country for british troops. yes, it's definitely the scariest place i have been for any amount of time. you know, if the kids are around you, generally it is ok, but as soon as the kids see you and start running, you know that's an area where they don't want you there. at the time, what was the mission? it was a twofold thing. if you like, there was the fight against the taliban, but then there is the undermini

the telephone has banned hairdressers from shaving or trimming bit in helmand province, saying it breachesbe punished. some barbers in kabul say they have also received similar orders. here in the uk, the army could be deployed to drive fuel tankers in an effort to resolve the empty fuel pumps in many parts of the country. over half of britain's fuel stations are thought to have run dry after days of cues. this is one of the forecourts which were forced to close today — the result of motorists panic—buying fuel. a mental health nurse told us she struggled to get to work. because of panic buying, there was nothing left. i live 1a miles away from work. —— i live a0 miles away from work. work then had to call me a taxi to bring me in, which is costing the nhs money. a group which speaks for more than 5,000 independent fuel retailers said the impact had been severe. there is a large number — more than half — which have already run dry, and those others are running dry quite quickly. the first limited supply issues were down to a lack of tanker drivers. that's highlighted a wider lorry driver s

western troops. took control of afghanistan their heartland is in the south of the country — helmand provincee fiercest fighting throughout the 20 year war. most people in the south are pashtuns, one of afghanistan's main ethnic groups and increasingly dominant since the taliban victory. our correspondentjeremy bowen has travelled from kandahar to lashkar gah, the capital of helmand, through areas devastated by the war, where once again the taliban are putting their stamp on what they have named the islamic emirate of afghanistan. no—one's future is secure in this country, especially girls. at lashkar gah girls' high and across afghanistan only the under—12s have been allowed back. the taliban says older girls will return too. many don't believe them, including people in this town — who didn't want to be filmed. taliban rules on girls are seen as a big test by foreign countries who could help afghanistan. this school was rated one of the best in the country by the british council. the taliban says education will now follow islamic sharia law. all the boys are back at their desks. the head say

biden's handling of all of this. 457 a57 british soldiers were killed in afghanistan, most in helmand province fighting of the conflict. john white of the royal marines suffered serious injuries there. he has been speaking to our correspondent. this must have been one of the last photos taken of me before my injuries. jon white was 27 at the time, and in command of 30 men. it was his second tour of afghanistan. sangin in 2010 was the most dangerous place in the country for british troops. dangerous place in the country yes, it's definitely the scariest place i have been for any amount of time. you know, if the kids are around you, generally it is ok, but as soon as the kids see you and start running, you know that's an area where they don't want you there. at the time, what was the mission? it was a twofold thing. if you like, there was the fight against the taliban, but then there is the undermining them by supporting the locals as best you can. overall, you had a sense that it was never quite enough, and it was hard to see solid progress. jon risked his life to take down a taliban flag, but

he is tom tugan had, former soldier, former advisor to helmand province, former advisor to the chiefnce staff. he is now chief of the foreign affairs committee of the house of commons. this is the series in which i have conversations with, not interrogations of, those who shape our political thinking, about what shapes their background, their values, their background, their values, their lives, behind politics. it was precisely that that led mps to lead to him to speak in total silence as he spoke in the commons with his struggles with anger, grief, and rage as he is watched events events unfold in kabul.— he is watched events events unfold in kabul. i've been to funerals from _ unfold in kabul. i've been to funerals from poole - unfold in kabul. i've been to funerals from poole to - funerals from poole to dunblane. i've watched good men go into the earth, taking with them a part of me, and a part of all of us. and this week has torn open some of those wounds, left them raw and left us all hurting. left them raw and left us all hurtinu. ., ., _, hurting. tom tugendhat, welcome to pol

i visited helmand province in southern afghanistan, which is the epicenter of the violence for the lastwo decades. i went to to see how women there who had been pacing roadside bombs and night raids and airstrikes, what they thought about the u.s. withdrawal. so the pieces actually about trying to get their views, how they look at the american withdrawal after two decades. nermeen: anand gopal, justo make clear, 70% -- over 70% of afghanistan's population is rural. so we have in a sense a highly distorted view because we hear about urban areas and not just urban areas only, kabul are principally kabul. among the people you spoke to in one village, a woman told you that a large number of her family, all cilian, have been killed in the last years and you live and spoke to many other families in the village and found on average, every family i lost 10 to 12amily members during the war, thar h referred to as the american war. can you elaborate on what they told you? >> the women in question, she is a housewife who lives in a very small village in the valley, one of the areas of the most int

cracking down on barbershops now, banning barbers from shaving men's beards or playing music in helmand provinceand editor of afghanistan after the western drawdown. good to have you on the show, sir. was there any doubt that the taliban would change, be it 2.0, softer version? they tried to say they would change, but really was it likely? >> the taliban ideology has not significantly changed from the period of 1996 to 2001, the international community, the regional countries continue to watch taliban, whether they will return back to beheadings, amputations, and stonings, lootings. the old way they conducted business. >> they executed people that they said were criminals and hung their bodies in public squares. that sounds familiar and certainly an awful blast from the past for many afghans. >> yes, absolutely. the people in afghanistan are suffering from a fear psychosis, whether they will return back to the earlier period where taliban conducted unspeakable atrocities and also destruction of cultural s sites, including attacks against the museums, the archives, and of course containing the wo

he himself served in helmand province, he gave a very emotional speech when the house of commons returnedf things. firstly, how prepared the uk government was for this crisis and were wear those failures of intelligence? why was it that the uk did not anticipate there is going to be a big focus this afternoon on the foreign affairs select committee. we are expecting some awkward questions for the foreign secretary, dominic raab, and a lot of them, i can imagine? mps really only have about an hour to imagine? mps really only have about an hourto grill imagine? mps really only have about an hour to grill the foreign secretary, but there are certainly going to be lots of questions for him. this is a chance for a group of cross—party mps, chaired by tom who intact, who has been very critical of the government was not handling of the government was not handling of this crisis. he himself served in helmand province, he gave a very emotional speech when the house of commons returned briefly, talking about his feelings around the handling of the withdrawal of troops from afghanistan. certainly lo

i served in the helmand province. i saw it go into a $1 trillion boondoggle of an insurgency. it is to make sure that they can hold to account those decisionmakers who let the fall fallfallacy guys -- fallacy go into an unending war. and also ensures the taliban can't use our financial system to help terrorists. we will increase transparency. i urge adoption of this en bloc package. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from alabama. mr. rogers: i continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from washington. mr. smith: thank you, madam speaker. i yield one minute to the gentlewoman from california, ms. chu. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. ms. chu: i rise today in support of my two amendments to the ndaa to ensure the pentagon pays attention to the most vulnerable, both within the ranks and the theaters of war where they operate. my first amendment is a response to the ongoing but still poorly understood problem of hazing in the military. for years, unchecked hazing has been eroding unit cohesion and troop mora

my parents were threatened when they had to take refuge with my aunt in the province of helmand, whiche south of the country. i was seven when the taliban took over afghanistan, and it was then that i wasn't allowed to go to school, i had to go to three different underground schools in the five years that the taliban were in charge. then 9/11 happened. after 9/11, the international involvement happened. i went to my first official school in 2002, and i got a job with a local tv station in 2006. in 2007, ijoined the bbc and came to the uk. i was 18. you're bsed here with the bbc team that also has an operation in afghanistan. how do you go about covering what's happening in your country from afar? in the last 20 years, it has been very difficult to cover afghanistan because we've had instances of staff who were having to relocate to different parts of the country in order to tell the stories, the sort of qualityjournalism that our audiences demand. but also to keep them safe. i remember different cases in the last 20 years that we had. some colleagues that didn't want to use their own n

there is in the southern city of kind of holiday and has been traveling through the nearby province of helmand. he has more in the situation that there is a popular thing, judge if you control guns off, you have to get to run is done. now that dollar bond have rep across the country and not consolidating their power. people are waiting to see what kind of policies will be formulated. what kind of leadership will be a noun clause entered a bridge or gardening through the dollar bond. but the paper there have really complained what caught up they were target killing the nation and ready city. people go to north, ventured out good night. but now people can move in their dog before that able to do that. the crime rate is going down. but that doesn't mean all it read that i do is we are traveling through the router area. we're playing the destruction. large scale. indeed, the people at large will need help from the outside world. if there's going to be a humanitarian cry. i know he'll challenge for the dollar bond, who now control there's country. the former head of egypt military council is ruled

my parents were threatened when they had to take refuge with my aunt in the province of helmand, whichsouth of the country. i was seven when the taliban took over afghanistan, and it was then that i wasn't allowed to go to school, so i had to go to three different underground schools in the five years that the taliban were in charge. then 9/11 happened. after 9/11, the international involvement happen. i went to my first — involvement happen. i went to my first official school in 2002, _ my first official school in 2002, and i got a job with a local— 2002, and i got a job with a local tv _ 2002, and i got a job with a local tv station in 2006. in 2007, _ local tv station in 2006. in 2007, i_ local tv station in 2006. in 2007, ijoined the bbc and came to the _ 2007, ijoined the bbc and came to the uk — 2007, ijoined the bbc and came to the uk. i was 18. 2007, ijoined the bbc and came to the uk. l was 18.— to the uk. i was 18. you're faced here _ to the uk. i was 18. you're faced here with _ to the uk. i was 18. you're faced here with the - to the uk. i was 18. you're faced here with the

reports that the taliban are sending under cover inspectors to barbershops at a province helmand, ifming the beard that is what could happen to them. i know. stuart: talk about a reign of terror, i couldn't think of anything worse. lauren: sheer terror. stuart: not particularly funny. lauren: not a funny story at all. stuart: big name retailers say they need more time before they can implement president biden's covid mandates. they're struggling to fill jobs ahead of the holidays. we have that story for you. the return to normal delayed again. more businesses holding off on bringing back employees back to the office. we got a report on that too. big day. ♪. ♪ stuart: back on the show with wild thing. lauren: is that a remix? can't be the original. stuart: especially looking at racine, wisconsin, 73 degrees, sunny, nice place to be right now. the markets again, same story. we have a split picture, nice rally for the dow up 229. nasdaq is still down close to 100 points. that is because long-term interest rates, 10-year treasury are rising. technology companies don't do well. susan back

province. this is the area where the taliban has been most established — helmand.be found. taliban rules on girls are seen as a big test by foreign countries, and could help afghanistan. this school was rated one of the best in the country by the british council. the taliban says education will now follow islamic sharia law. all the boys are back at their desks. the head says be patient, the older girls will come back. do you think girls education is safe under the taliban? helmand is in the taliban heartland. it offers clues about the way they want afghanistan to go. they're still euphoric about victory. the last time the taliban seized the country, they use ruthless violence to impose their religious and cultural beliefs. they're not putting down their guns, but this time, the leaders are arguing about power and the best way to keep it. the governor of helmand said older girls would go back to school when more religions were in the curriculum. islamic law as their guide. a lot of women have become educated in the last 20 years. what if they don't want to learn in