our conversation was recorded this morning when it was early morning in islamabad.kie, in islamabad, what are the concerns about the upheaval that's happening next door? >> well, one of the bigges concerns, of course, is that it will spill over into pakistan. you know, the whole idea was, is that the taliban was supposed to go in there and keep control, you know, it had taken the country very quickly, and securely in that this attack by isis-k has really upended that whole notion now. so, there is a huge concern, just what's going to happen? and i think that part of that is, is that the pakistan government is concerned that the attacky isis-k on thursday at the airport will embolden other groups. you know, there are a lot of militant groups in this area, and not all of them are targeting afghanistan. you know, there are some have tried to target the pakistan government here as well. so, i think it's fair to say that this attack on thursday has really upended what the pakistanis thought might happen, and certainly what the taliban thought might happen once they took

our cnn producer is joining me now live from islamabad.will pakistan's role likely be in trying to stabilize afghanistan given its close relationship with the staltalib and what will it mean for refugees? >> it has been a very busy couple of weeks here in islamabad. pakistan has been sending out a lot of signals about what it wants to happen in islamabad. it said that it is unfair the way the united states has pulled out so abruptly, and also sad that it is looking for an exclusive government. there was a delegation that arrived just last night as the eventses i sin kabul were unfol. and i attended that meeting myself yesterday. there were many senior leaders there. i spoke to one senior leader and he said that they are looking for an inclusive government, that all ethnic groups need to be respected. they are flying out to qatar after meeting the foreign minister here in islamabad. pakistan's information minister spoke to me yesterday and he said that pakistan just wants to support an inclusive peaceful solution in afghanistan. there is a

come on, hider is standing by force in islamabad, but 1st let's go to charlotte bellis in the african capital campbell. so charlotte, just a couple of days to go until the u. s. completes those evacuations that they have set themselves for for tuesday. how are those evacuations going right now? or they're certainly slowing their a few planes. so us air force planes in the year than they were even yesterday. if you look on right, there are no usa for planes, at least at cobble airports. i can tell you that there was a b 52 bomber coming towards afghanistan at the moment, but for your playing us allies also ending beer evacuation operations. the british, the last playing took off last night in the military prisons in afghanistan, off the 20 long years. now we understand negotiations and talks of planned between turkey, katara, and other g 7 nations for the coming days about what happened with cobbled air force. when foreign forces leave will continue to operate and how will continue to operate. we understand this what the exodus of people that the telephone a very few people less skille

islamabad to change strategy? well, the are islamabad to change strategy?to the prime minister's office because he is a booster of the taliban, because he was willing to buy into the general�*s agenda, but it is really military headquarters, general headquarters that needs to get the message and my view is that they will not get the message unless they will not get the message unless the international community speaks with one voice and implements the kind of sanctions regime against them that we have done against vladimir putin and his entourage for invading the ukraine. arguably, the proxy war pakistan has been waiting in afghanistan has been on a much larger scale, in afghanistan has been on a much largerscale, much in afghanistan has been on a much larger scale, much more costly for our countries, but above all for afghans over many more years and vladimir putin's escapades in ukraine. so we need to be consistent here and a threat to international peace and security requires international action led by the security council.— international action led by

hamid mir, in islamabad, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen sackur, for inviting me on your show. well, it's a pleasure to have you on this show. clearly, you can talk to me in london from pakistan, but it seems you cannot speak to your own tv audience inside your own country. your show is currently banned, and indeed, your newspaper column seems to have been suspended too. why is that? yes, i am banned on my tv channel and i cannot write my regular column in my newspaper. this is not the first time. when pervez musharraf was in power, he also banned me on tv. but you see, he was a military dictator. he only banned me on tv. he never banned me on newspaper. now mr imran khan is the prime minister of pakistan, and unfortunately, i am not only on tv, but i am also banned to write a column in my newspaper. so it is democracy in pakistan, but there is no democracy. there is constitution of... ..in pakistan, but there is no constitution. and i am a living example of censorship in pakistan. now, it seems your suspension came about

and i believe islamabad has denied that. _ there now. and i believe islamabad has denied that.abad| has denied that. there were attacks taking place from within pakistan directed at afghanistan but you say that pakistan will regret that position. do you think the us will with —— will regret withdrawing? first, on what you just said nobody above the rank of corporal believes that pakistan was not providing safe haven to taliban and al-qaeda. we know this over the past many years and of course osama bin laden was killed there in pakistan. from a us perspective, ifrankly killed there in pakistan. from a us perspective, i frankly am as disappointed as i am and worried assignment about what is going to happen. president biden has made the right decision. i thought in 2010 we had made so much progress in regional command of south and as so many different ways and i felt very optimistic and that was ten years ago. so there is not a solution unless we did something dramatically different with regard to pakistan and of course afghan leadership. so the us i think has made the right decis

the other team was prepared to go to islamabad and talk to some pakistani officials over there.eams are still there. so, basically, in kabul, really nobody's in charge right now. there have been scores of violence. there have been some chaos in different parts of the city. very likely the taliban forces are, within the next few hours were going to enter the city, will take over the city. this is against their promise before. and if they do that,he negotiations in doha and islamabad, kind of become meaningless. >> sreenivasan: so, i want to ask, how do you balance all of the democratic gains that the country has made in the last 20 years, advancement of women, of minorities with what the taliban wants as their way of life and their rule? >> the taliban obviously are going to be the main power in the government. they are going to have the majority. but at least if they negotiate, if they agree to deal with some non taliban members are there and the government within the structures and would agree to some level of a balance between their ideological autocracy and the democratic and

and that is what i think will also be expected in most school in islamabad and in b gene. and i think if ron tyler bond can offer this commitment, that they are not a to anybody, not themselves. and also they will not allow their country and territory to be used as a anybody else. then that is a convergent point forward, which some sort of progress can be made. however, regarding the view of life, the human rights, i think these things can be negotiated and i, i am not confident, but i hope that tyler bob will be more moderate because they're also a very often didn't need to be internationally respected. and they could nice as a normal country if they themselves often of life which is alien to the rest of the civilized world than the out of it. that they will not be able to establish a stable. busy non most government to talk about obviously the, the us role and all of that. now poor joe biden promise to withdraw american troops for us. gone on for good, no more. and this was, he can have it on his conscience anymore. but do you believe that this latest ton of events might

the un refugees agency is asking islamabad to reopen its door to afghans who want to flee the prospectsere insists that it cannot bear any new wave of refugees from the war—torn country. sarah atiq, bbc news, torkham, on the pakistan—afg hanistan border. events unfolding in afghanistan are still capturing the world's headlines. so check out our website for all the latest news and development, plus analysis from our team on the ground. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... desperation in haiti, as hundreds of thousands hit by saturday's powerful earthquake say there's still no assistance. the big crowds became bigger as the time of the funeral approached. as the lines of fans became longer, the police prepared for a huge job of crowd control. idi amin, uganda's brutal former dictator, has died at the age of 80. he's been buried in saudi arabia, where he lived in exile since being overthrown in 1979. two billion people around the world have seen the last total eclipse of the sun take place in this millennium. it began itsjourney off the coast of canada, end

the un refugees agency is asking islamabad to reopen its door to afghans who want to flee the prospectssists that it cannot bear any new wave of refugees from the war—torn country. sarah atiq, bbc news, torkham, on the pakistan—afghanistan border. and in the uk, an impassioned debate in the commons, mps from all sides have criticised the prime minister for the government's role in afghanistan. the former prime minister theresa may said it was �*incomprehensible' that the uk was not doing more to maintain a presence, and mps who've served in the armed forces spoke up for veterans who fought there and who now question what it was all for. but borisjohnson argued that nato's "core mission" in afghanistan had succeeded. here's our political correspondent ben wright. prime minister, have you let down afghanistan? _ a statement was written, the explanation prepared — borisjohnson headed to parliament, brought back from its summer break. prime minister! the chamber was crammed, shoulder—to—shoulder now restrictions are lifted. the sacrifice in afghanistan is seared into our national consciousn

cnn producer, sophia, joins me now live from islamabad.-- what lies ahead for pakistan's relationship with the taliban in afghanistan, particularly given that its security service, the isi's links there, how to navigate what is a -- well, it's a complicated political and security landscape. >> it is, michael. and it's -- you know, it's something that pakistan has often said, for better or worse, that it doesn't have the kind of leverage over the taliban that is expected of it. pakistan has been saying in the months leading to what happened over this past weekend, last week, that it didn't have much more clout over the afghan taliban than to kind of bring them to the table when it came to peace talks. that's, of course, debatable. there has been a strong presence of the network in the pakistani city and just jumping off of that. i mean, i think the reactions within pakistan have been quite measured ever since kabul was taken last sunday. the pakistani foreign minister has said that he's going to be visiting tajikistan, turkmenistan, as well

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sophia saifi joins me now from islamabad with more on this. what can you tell us? >> well, robin, it is a time of great uncertainty in the region of course in afghanistan, but whatever has happened in afghanistan has always spilled over into pakistan, and also the south asian region. what we're seeing right now over the past couple of years is that china is of course flexing its muscles as well. china has an immense amount of investment within pakistan because of its one belt, one road project. it's got its deep seaport in the south of pakistan in the borders with afghanistan, and just last night, there were reports -- well, there was a suicide attack on chinese workers. and there is a lot of concern about security. pakistan has outrightly said that it will not be accepting any more afghan refugees. that's a policy that it adopted in early summer. it's sticking to that. there have been visas given to nationals, but pakistan is very wary about acknowledging the afghan government, about the afghan taliban as an official government. afghanistan said it's going to take

and from islamabad, a security analyst and researcher on militancy. welcome.nk you for your time. fahad, you have said that from 2016 there have been a number of terrorism operations against isil-k and they thought it was dismantled, but recent attacks have enforced the threat. how big of a threat is isil-k in afghanistan right now? >> for the airport -- before the airport, reports have pointed out the threat of isil-k should not be discounted. they have been focusing efforts in and around kabul, but this attack was not something that could not have been anticipated. because of their structure around kabul, they were able to launch this attack. >> to what extent has the group been weakened throughout the years from u.s. and afghan counterterrorism efforts and in 2017 the u.s. dropping what it called the mother of all bombs in eastern afghanistan on this group? >> the group has been restructuring ever since the appointment of the new leader. he has been recruiting new militants in order to consolidate and boost their capabilities. they have been able to launch

my husband was the ap bureau chief in islamabad. we watched as the taliban were formed in 1994, 95 timeframe. we know what it was like during the civil war after the soviets pulled out. we know what happens when there are vacuums in a place like afghanistan. what's been challenging is to hear the president say we have no national interest in afghanistan when we know after watching this for so long, after reading the intelligence reports and hearing report upon report about the remaining isis threat, the remaining al-qaida threat in afghanistan, and how leaving a failed state and that's what it is, there's no government in kabul right now, despite the taliban purportedly being in charge, we know what happens when you're in a region where -- leaving no government is going to leave a vacuum and terrorist groups are going to take advantage of that. you heard leon pinetta say he thinks the u.s. will have to go back in. from my perch, having been going there since 1993, it's very upsitting also to thine of all of the -- think of all the a

now the government in islamabad says it cannot accept anymore afghan refugees. are two main border countries between the countries. we report now from one camp in the northwest of pakistan where the taliban are now in control of the afghan side. >> on the surface, it almost looks normal on this part of the pakistan-afghanistan border. but look closer. so much has changed. the taliban are now in control of the busiest crossing with pakistan. a few days back hundreds of panicked civilians gathered here for days, desperate for a way out. but then what seems inevitable happened. outnumbered, police forces surrendered to the taliban. now the number of -- seeking refuge is much less. the taliban are not letting in -- anyone out. only those with valid travel documents are allowed to cross. we have seen that more of the citize are interacting with the taliban fighters. they are standing at a safe distance. border officials have told me that they have increased -- vetting procedures of those coming into pakistan. that is why we see the people waiting to enter into pakist

two of massoud's brothers including a foreign minister and others who are in islamabad, pakistan anden holding talks with pakistanis. even having meetings with the taliban. it will be back in kabul. there's a push to create a broad-based government. there is going to be a two stage affair. stage one is to agree to some kind of an interim or transitional set up. we should expect that to be broad-based. then they will have to work on something more permanent. that may take months or a year or more. what the taliban spokesman yesterday called creating a new state. a new state order and new political order. that is going to take a bit longer because there are many discussions that have to take place. we don't know if there will be a constitution approved. i see this as a two step process. >> omar just mentioned these meetings that took place in which hamid karzai were a part of. is that an encouraging sign? >> we have to be absolutely clear that efforts to achieve a broad-based government which could end the conflict have been underway for a long time and until now have comprehensively f

ok, as i'm, i've been jarvis in islamabad, thank you very much. indeed. the government is facing cooling criticism as it struggles to get a victim of a powerful earthquake, has killed more than 2000 people. there were desperate scenes in the heart of the city of k, as people scrambled for supplies. a week on. many in rural areas are still waiting for help. i'll just say it was john home and spoke to leaders about the crisis in the capital photo prince haitian prime minister, re riving, and his 1st press conference in earthquake writ through the country, south west, leaving more than 130000 families homeless. we had a lot of questions about his government's handling of the disaster, especially why a week later, a still not getting to the many destroyed villages close to the epicenter. one of the regions has been completely flat and this lies in we went to last year and they said they haven't had any one from the government coming up for them made when they took, he told them to white to that. why are they not getting a sooner since 98 percent of the houses

come on high to is following the story force from is islamabad. so come out what happened here? where your manger and there was trouble. border crossing yesterday when and i've been desk chair and died of a hotter day after radio angry scene. but we've been told that as of this morning, 8 am local time. the boarded now officially opened and traffic flowing and board directions, including pedestrian. now it should be under 3rd that both sides have did not close the borders. so there is a lot of ambiguity as to who close the border. but they said, indeed, the crew showed supply line for people living in the south in the city of gun doff . just to give you an idea about a 1000 truck garage in board direction on a daily basis for edwards hurting the trader, the business community. and obviously the white did afford stock charts, suppliers go run out and gandalf, which is all ready and seeing a lot of trouble. so indeed, the border opening now it's going to be from 8 am local time to 4 pm. that road, one of the minds of the business community, the local tribes, will depend on cross b

but know most schedule within the next 24 to 48 dollars off the back of those talks going on in islamabad, come out, what's your reading as to how the posture of the pakistani government? no changes towards the taliban. they are defect. so i guess the people that it's not about has to deal with despite the fact that emerson con, it's not about the parliament, had a reasonably good relationship with mr. garnet where the relationship with mr. gunny was based on the fact that the gun trade cannot do without a drug that it doesn't matter who and what car bugger time has your deed. red up running on of runners done relies heavily on the supply line from bucket onto that relationship, which was improving in the early wrench. saw off the board, margaret on phase boilers, ordained spanner didn't do the work. started for deciding the buckets on the support for the dollar bond. despite the fact that focused on not supported the dollar bond and that dollar bond had gained debt on momentum bug, it sounded raging to see what happens. it keeps length read, all are gone. faction and it admitted quite cl

come, all hide has more from outside of vaccination center in islamabad. progress on it now or a boarding, over $5000.00 cases daily. are the wage, the bulk of them are in the southern province of land and particularly in the city of garage and are just to give you an idea. a month ago, a friend was regarding 500. what your dvd case is on a daily basis that has now gone into thousands. and of course data is concerned that the delta, weightier and richard, far more dangerous and also the fact that a smoke and gauges. i've got to order deep water, but it is going to be, i hear monger star to try to stay with dog restrictions and to enforce the dog restriction. we have heard the board from karachi that a large number of people are now congregating outside the waxen nation centers. there's been some pushing and shoving, even breaking of glass and doors because the people are not frantically going for the vaccinations after the government announced that a word stop people from traveling within the country and that industry that did not have 100 percent. right. they did work good, we're not be

and one is the team this our campbell height of in islamabad. and simmons is in london. but we begin with charlotte bellis at the heart of the story, the afghan capital. cobble charlotte, get us right up to speed this out. what's the most vague of who controls what looking like today? well, you just said 16 provincial capitals under telephone control just in the last week . and we may have one more to add to that just in the last few hours, the taliban have claims to the province of logan. the provincial capital, there is plea alarm. they say that the governor and his immediate staff have lit, have swapped in and working with the taliban. although they say they claim it. but they also say there are some fighting. there are some fighting on going with special forces in that city. we can't independently confirmed that, but we have talked to residents who say heavy fighting is ongoing via now. logo is especially significant because it is directly south of cargo to drive from carville to pull. the alarm is one hour. it's 65 kilometers. it is right on the border of the city.

he tried to bring in this kind of paradigm shift almost in the relationship between islamabad and carpool. he was tilting towards pakistan basically saying implicitly saying, i want you to be involved in afghanistan. and then phosphor would 4 or 5 years. and the taliban a doing what they've been doing over the past few weeks. well, that's an excellent question. actually. there was a move by both sides to normalize relations, but there was also a faction within the government redraw against rapprochement red. but just on and day of god, what advising sharp rodney otherwise, but the fact remained that iran khan had said all along that whatever solution happens inside of one, it's donna has to be gone. lead. i've gone on and gone for just started to fade defeat after defeat. that was the blame game. many thing that the $1.00 bond was propped up where they explode, saved from budget audio daughter gauge, and they were pushing for the friendship of ever. everybody found out that the army, wary of the long, 2 decades wall were then no more to continue with the fighting. and definitely decided t

leaders really got his hands full of government have held a press conference in buckets on capital islamabad. now they've been there since the taliban took over. cobbled, come all hide has more from the pakistani capital. several of our leaders came to progress on that day. i should have run a flight car, but they of course have been holding negotiations with of august on the military and the government and her dad, a press conference to emphasize the fact that there was a priority due to ensure that they had no bloodshed. and that they were endeavoring to ensure that there is a peaceful settlement of the conflict. they also emphasize the fact that all minority and ethnic groups might be expected. they might be given representation and inclusive government ought to read the leadership board in a position to dictate having fled the country. their reply was that they still had considerable support. there did not deny the 90 nor did important or know that one of the key features of that though i agreement between the americans and a dollar bond. what the redraw. busy of foreign for their word r

those live for us in islamabad took us to what was being said at this press conference. first of all yes, this is a press conference that good headed the by 4 key of one lead dad come to gift on that day one, president sharp got new, fled the country budget on of god had been playing a key role and trying to convince the dollar bond and i've got great stablish contact between the opposition leaders and the dollar bond. now dave, being in a lama bar to having a dog with the government today at the conference they said they made purpose, was to avoid bloodshed, and no one is done at all costs. but they also emphasize the fact that there has to be a locked in solution which can only be done if there is any qu, have government of minority and different ethnic groups that are given that do right. and the new powered shading formula, dollar bond produced on them as to how that was bought here by the red. most of the gun leaders had fled the country. and they have gone, replied k, that they still had adequate a board in the area. and it was not the one that's done of the $990.0

before the very latest joiner kemal hider, who live outside the vaccination center in the capital, islamabad and real concern for the authorities, are ended up going on and also a challenge because you have thoughts have been reporting from karachi and can understand that this is a congested date where the bulk of the labor for employed on daily wages. then that's the city of concern. they got pockets on it now reporting over $5000.00 case daily wage. the bulk of them are in the southern province of sand and particularly in the city of garage. now, just to give you an idea, a month ago, a friend was regarding $500.00. what your dvd case said on our daily basis that had now gone into thousands. and of course it concerned that the delta where we're at, which is far more dangerous and also the fact that the smoke and gauges i've got to order deep water. but it is going to be, i hear mongers start to try to stay read, don't restrictions and do. in both doors restriction. we have heard report from karachi that a large number of people are now congregating outside the waxen nation centered. there'

a sec, but toward the north we have this mon sooner moisture impacting the hor right through to islamabad. ok, so you caught me? it's karate, that we're getting up to pretty close to 40 degrees on the 1st day of september. on wednesday, temperatures and turkey also above average for is stumble starts cloudy, will see this and poke out on camera, getting up to high, 37 degrees, tropics of africa. we see those storms, light up, p, c o, b, south sudan into the south. what certain portion of the democratic republic of congo and that cold spell has really infiltrated across south africa, namibia embodied wanna. but temperatures will bounce back in johannesburg, up to 25. by wednesday soon, the joy advocate launches trade and investment in south africa into african trades. that gives you access to more than 1100 exhibitors and 10000 visitors and buyers. and more than $5000.00 conference delegates, more than $35.00 countries, participate in trade and investment deals with $40000000000.00 as business and governments come together to explore business and networking opportunities at the internation

in trouble with his political masters back home in pakistan, he now lives here in exile,tioned by islamabad life is researching searchingwrites about islamic e. >> it remains a threat to the united states and also across the world. the threat is not over. >> how many armies in the world are fighting islamic extremists? >> in many places all the way from the philippines to morocco. at least 30, 40 armies in the world face ordeal with insurgencies that have islamist extremist ideas boca haram. >> and we al qaeda in middle east, and small cells of various islamist organizations, operating in europe. lara: what americans hear of a little group here and there, they don't identify that as a threat, if you know they are all -- understand they are working toward same goal, does the threat look different. >> multiple extremist groups are one single oh, one group does not make a difference, the fact is the magnitude of the problem is what it is. there are extremists, who can attack in different places. there are people who do not accept the values and they are willing to die for their belief includin

pakistan has always been seen as crucial to the discussion, so let's cross to islamabad and talk to aing specifically about pakistan, give us an idea about what the country wants from ongoing discussions that are happening. from ongoing discussions that are ha eninu. ., ~ from ongoing discussions that are ha eninu. . ~ i. from ongoing discussions that are ha eninu. ., ~' ,, ., from ongoing discussions that are haueninu. ., ,, ., ., happening. thank you for having me. what they want _ happening. thank you for having me. what they want from _ happening. thank you for having me. what they want from the _ happening. thank you for having me. what they want from the discussions| what they want from the discussions is to have a compromise, that is the only practical way from an impending civil war. only practical way from an impending civilwar. in only practical way from an impending civil war. in the coming winter, in ten to 11 weeks' time, there will be a siege and it is going to continue after the winter ends. they will be after the winter ends. they will be a fighting season for eight mo

correspondent secunder kermani has just come back from the country — he is now in the pakistan capital islamabad in kabul. utter chaos with the airport in kabul today, thousands of people trying to flee the country.- trying to flee the country. there were rumours — trying to flee the country. there were rumours people _ trying to flee the country. there were rumours people were - trying to flee the country. there were rumours people were able| trying to flee the country. there i were rumours people were able to trying to flee the country. ti” were rumours people were able to get onto flights without having visas and that led to a huge cloud rushing towards the airport trying to get inside the premises and at one stage we were told that american forces opened fire, we are not quite sure weather as a result of that fire are a stampede that ensued eyewitnesses see a number of people died. there are desperate videos uploaded to social media by afghan media that show crowds of people running along military planes as they take off trying to cling on to the wings and tyres and some of them apparently f

that country and have more interest trying to wrestle the terror threat, it's going to run through islamabad, is interested in engaging with us? they have for many years so right now the taliban is made up of lots of different sanctions, fighting with isi, tcp out of pakistan so it's a gigantic mess it it's going to be an extraordinarily challenge but we don't have the people on the ground so we are going to have to lean on other people and partners to include the pakistanis who have been partners for the last ten, 20 here's. dan: is this one of these enemy my enemy is my friend you've seen it before in the past where sunni shieh, they put their differences aside because they all hate us, is this the same dynamic on the ground not asked the bombing of the airport, the taliban was embarrassed by the winds of people trying to escape in downtown kabul at the airport, they wanted that place cleared. his calming effect, they wanted these people. >> you are dynamic we are facing, the americans enemy number one are gone, you have a bunch of us that's when to get worse and certainly directing each o

pakistan has long been| accused of providing support to the taliban, a claim denied by islamabad.pakistan's national security adviser. hello and welcome to viewers in the uk and around the world to this bbc news special on afghanistan, and endless war. in less than a week the taliban have taken over the capitals of more than a quarter of the country's provinces. the violence has resulted in an acute humanitarian crisis, tens of thousands displaced without access to basic resources. from kabul, this report. desperation on a scale not seen in decades. thousands have arrived in kabul in the last few days. people who had homes and jobs, who led dignified lives. forced to leave everything behind. angry they have been left on their own, no government, no humanitarian agencies. this woman's sons are in the army, she says only the poor go to the battlefield while politicians watch. we have seen this camp grow by the hour, people have been coming in from different parts of the country as more and more provincial capitals and cities are being taken over by the taliban. many of those we have

cnn producer joins me now from islamabad with more on reaction from there. what can you tell us?er crossings between pakistan and afghanistan. one is the german border in the south. and one is the bored he close to the city in pakistan. both these borders are known for being one of the, swrels the busiest border crossing. what happened is previously the border was closed for many, many days because they had taken control of that part off their country. ever since then, pakistan has allowed trucks to go through co containing perishable items like fruit and vegetables but they are not allowing civilians to come in or out of country for the time being. pakistan has fenced 90% of its border. it has been very strict on the fact that it can't accept more refugees into the country. i've spoken in the days leading to what happened in kabul yesterday and they said there are no plans at the moment with regard to pakistani authorities allowing refugees into the country. they have been concerns conveyed to pakistani authorities about this but they said that they might reassess the decision.

they pushed islamabad to free him. the other important thing to know about him is he had actually tried to surrender before. when he was probably one of the main leaders of the taliban in 2001, he tried to surrender. he tried to tell the afghan government i want to join you. this war is over, which made the trump administration think perhaps they'd get a second chance at peace. the problem is, fast forward 20 years the taliban were in such a strong position they no longer really wanted to negotiate. >> interesting. toby, the deal with the taliban was so important to the former president that trump wanted he and other members to come to camp david in 2019 before the 9/11 anniversary, but it was eventually called off. why did they set such a store by this deal? >> well, i think they decided that the war should be ended and they wanted to do it by any means possible. the mullah is a very interesting character. as jessica mentioned the fact that he tried to surveillance render in 2001 points to a moment in time very early

>> all right, joining us live from islamabad, many thanks. the taliban's return to afghanistan remains inevitable. exactly how that new government will take shape, that remains unclear. cnn's nic robertson spoke to a taliban spokesman on sunday about the group's priorities right now and where things go from here. >> people who are not members of the taliban to be part of this new government. >> yes. we are intending because we are seeing so to make it afghan inclusive islam government. >> will you be calling on the current afghan tarmy to join your forces to provide security in the country? >> they are kind of in a reserve force. and in a proper time they will be called as they are needed. >> people and myself included are asking questions about the education of girls. this was one of the things that the u.s. administration made an important issue in afghanistan. and one of the things we'd like to see is the legacy of the country. where does the taliban stand ongoing forward now, you're going to be running the country, what are you going to d

the same thing in moscow and islamabad. number five, immediately lift the hold on the weapons which the saudis, united arab emirates and israel have already paid. this will show our allies that we are still capable of carrying out a strategic vision for the future. and finally, close the border immediately to help terrorism from -- not in the old isis but what is happening right now in afghanistan. this president ought to carry out these duties and presidential findings so they can help, humanitarian support is all they are looking for up north. >> sean: he needs to listen to you, colonel. that is the best plan we have considering we missed our opportunities in may, june and july knowing they were on the march. we appreciate it, colonel, thank you schulte more questions surrounding the behavior of vice president harris. she continues to embarrass america on the world stage. so far she has refused to show any sense of urgency in helping any of these americans and allies trapped behind enemy lines in afghanistan. laughing it

more from islamabad. >> the taliban and pakistanis have been saying they did not close that border, howeveras a huge backlog and people on the pakistani side of the border where what they have to do is cross on foot several hundred meters to get to the afghan side, it is under the control of the afghan taliban. now that one particular pedestrian died of a heart attack and that led to tremendous anger from the pakistanis on the others of the border who started pelting stones at the border agents, who resorted to tear grass -- gas. the border is now open until 4 p.m. every day to ease the congestion. because for week -- for one week s hundreds were stranded. the community went to the government and said they need supplies and depend on trade for their livelihood. kandahar is a city with over 400,000 people and this is the main logistical lifeline into afghanistan, although now it is in taliban hands. it is a major lifeline for afghanistan, particularly as far as the south is concerned. pakistan had voiced its apprehensions, that if the security situation deteriorates in afghanistan, we could

what are the messages you receiving from beijing and from islamabad. is there some push you can have for not recognize? >> each country makes its own decisions about its national security and its foreign policy. that said, i think that the u.n. security council resolution that was passed by consensus. we are all in the same place. which is calling on the taliban to ensure justice and equal rights and inclusion for their there to be no violence for people to be able to leave when they can. i think right now, there's very strong unanimity. secretary blinken has spoken to many ministers, president and prime minsters. this week, he has spoken to both foreign minister lavrov and juan li to continue conversations to try to all head in the same direction. >> what the fate of the u.s. embassy post-august 31st. i'm sure you seen ashraf ghani is in the uea. did the united states know this ahead of this? what is the united states message ahead of him today. >> i'm having a hard time getting past your mask. on the last part of your question, we saw the announcemen

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. >> in the islamabad state unfolded in syria, they don't really hold her territory, -- they can play spoiler, meaning they can execute an attack at the airport or against any sort of western target or the taliban and create a quagmire -- u.s. winning -- the u.s. until ban back into conflict. >> talking of course, about the isis-k organization that americans are hearing for all the wrong reasons for the first time. clint, talk people through what they need to know about isis-k and the taliban. these two terrorist organizations far from being affiliated with one another. >> that's right brian, there is some confusion on other broadcast so that was listening to today. the taliban sheltered al-qaeda, osama bin laden's al-qaeda, which led to the 9/11 attacks. but going back about five or six years ago, the islamic state, then known as isis, began to break away from al-qaeda. this was a iraq and syria. but they also had a network of terrorist groups, which corresponds with the afghanistan, pakistan region. which was then a splinter and a talent challenger to al-qaeda. by extension, that ma