one country in the islamic republic of afghanistan. in the us has been because the nighest a legitimate government of the islamic republic of understand the afghanistan the public of afghanistan. between the government of afghanistan nato and the u. s. we have long lasting enduring agreements meaning that we in a safe. in accord in nation with the international community have a commitment are still in play their cooperation in their support in the security areas will continue it is important to mention that. yesterday was our national defense forces day to day once again i would like to congratulate them for this special occasion and respect. for their sacrifices the afghan nation in line of defense. recognizes your sacrifices and our nation has celebrated this day with pride you are a role in enduring peace is. very important it is either you who will be protecting. helping the. victims and will be protecting the territorial integrity of afghanistan with this joint declaration. relation between the international community especially wi

country's total vote in the election as the president elect of the government of the islamic republic of afghanistan. the incumbent is naturally celebrating. the matter. but i'm dedicating this victory of the people to the people and as the 1st servants with our united seem we will always safeguard the rights of the afghan people but although the decision puts months of electoral uncertainty to rest it opens a new chapter of danger just like when gandhi was ruled the winner in 2014 his main rival abdullah abdullah is calling the result illegitimate that t.j. dickey in the result they announced today was the result of election a coup against democracy the betrayal of the will of the people and we considered it to be illegal. in 2014 the u.s. brokered a power sharing agreement with danny president and of diller chief executive. this time around the u.s. is doing deals with the taliban there near an agreement in doha which could be announced soon if an initial reduction in violence is successfully observed the u.s. wants to bring its troops home. with the taliban also says gone these reelection is ille

but it is officially known as a government from the islamic republic of afghanistan. the taliban, going back to 2001 and 1990's, was in power because it believes in the idea of afghanistan being a strict islamic state. is that still the case? >> that is the big question. the one million afghani's question. loof afghans fear that they have not changed much at all. the taliban say they have anged, that they are not the same taliban which ruled with a severe hand in the 1990's. but the big question is, have the taliban changed as much as afghanistan has changed? the afghanistan of today does not havee been -- women as doctors ach ts, but they are cabinet ministers, ceo's, rhumanhts activist. will the taliban accept them? allowomen to work and bey will educated. they use the phrase that tmen can chooir life partner. in other words, not be forced into arrged marriages. and everything will be done according to islamic law. which islamic law? the islamic law of malaysia or sadr arabia or iran? huthere ar uncertainties, therefore come a deep, deep fears. the taliban will be t

one from the islamic republic of afghanistan, the other from the afghan taliban. st of taliban commitments to move away from war, to seek political solutions. it is also a test of afghan leaders now bitterly divided. will they be able to stand together, to protect the real gains in afghanistan since the fall of the taliban in 2001? most of all, this agreement is a rare glimpse of hope in more than four decades of war. so for most afghans, it is a risk joining me now for the latest on this is secunder kermani, our correspondent in kabul. secunder, is there optimism among afghan people that this can work? well, yes, i think there has been a sense of cautious optimism and that's really been building with a sense of hope over the past seven days as this reduction in violence that's been in place has passed off largely successfully. the taliban, afg ha n successfully. the taliban, afghan security forces and us led international forces have all promised not to launch major attacks against each other leading up to this assigning to create a kind of conducive atmosphere fo

one from the islamic republic of afghanistan, the other from the afghan taliban. it is a test of taliban commitments to move away from war, to seek political solutions. it is also a test of afg ha n solutions. it is also a test of afghan leaders now bitterly divided. will they be able to stand together, to protect the real gains in afghanistan since the fall of the taliban and into thousand one? most of all, this agreement is a rare glimpse of hope in, more than four decades of war. so for most afg ha ns, four decades of war. so for most afghans, it is a risk worth taking. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: how an argument with her neighbours led to eight years on death row — pakistani christian asia bibi recounts her ordeal in an interview with the bbc. first, the plates slid gently off the restaurant tables. then suddenly, the tables, the chairs and people crashed sideways and downwards, and it was just a matter of seconds as the ferry lurched onto her side. the hydrogen bomb. on a remote pacific atoll, the americans had successfully tested a weapon whose e

when, if all goes as planned, two afghan delegations sit down and talk, one from the islamic republic of afghanistanst of taliban commitments to move away from war to seek political solutions, but it is also a test of afghan leaders, now bitterly divided. will they be able to stand together to protect what have been the real gains in afghanistan since the fall of the taliban in 2001? but most of all, this agreement is a rare glimpse of hope in nearly... more than four decades of war, so for most afghans, it is a risk worth taking. let's get more now on our top story on the news that has emerged and the last hour or so that sir philip rutnam has resigned as permanent secretary in the home office. we can speak now to the former head of the civil service, lord bob kerslake. your reaction. quite extraordinary and unprecedented and i think it will send shock waves through the service. in my view, said philip was one of the most able civil servants i came across. he speaks his mind and was a determined civil servant, a career civil servant who has i think all the attributes you would expect in terms of th

country's total vote in the election as the president elect of the government of the islamic republic of afghanistan. the incumbent is naturally celebrating. the matter. but i'm dedicating this victory of the people to the people and as the 1st servants with our united seem we will always safeguard the rights of the afghan people but although the decision puts months of electoral uncertainty to rest it opens a new chapter of danger just like when gandhi was ruled the winner in 2014 his main rival abdullah abdullah is calling the result illegitimate that's. the result they announced today was the result of election of a coup against democracy the betrayal of the will of the people and we considered it to be illegal. in 2014 the u.s. brokered a power sharing agreement with garni president and of diller chief executive. this time around the u.s. is doing deals with the taliban there near an agreement in doha which could be announced soon if an initial reduction in violence is successfully observed the u.s. wants to bring its troops home. with the taliban also says gone these reelection is illegal and c

islamic values and add to that he wrote . to afghanistan not as the islamic republic of ghana stan but is the islamic emirate of afghanistan and that will certainly concern a number of hardliners here in the united states but i've been watching on twitter over the last 2 and there are a number of commentators who are concerned because they talk about 911 they talk about what they see are the atrocities committed by the taliban but while reading them i'm reminded of what nelson mandela said to martin mcguinness of shin fein who is negotiating the peace process in northern ireland and mandela to commit sighed and said what you have to remember is you don't make peace with your friends you make peace with your enemies thanks a lot of course so we'll get more from you as the day progresses we get more reaction of course from politicians across the board in the u.s. but small bashara our senior political analyst and i think that let's just pick up and said and what was said by the taliban spokesperson and about this whole issue of the term islamic what afghanistan may be in why it's raising concerns not just in the u.s. but certain

the non-taliban inside by a delegation representing all politicalors that support the islamic republic of afghanistanck: barney rubin, we have to leave it there. thank you very much. >> thank you, nick. judy: as we reported earlier, that his campaign ld byconfirmed u.s. intelligence officialthat russia plans to disrupt the democratic primary. president trump pushed back on the intelligence com's assessment of russian interference in his campaign and accused democrats of starting rumors. the president's remarks come on the heelspl of mulreports of u.s. officials telling lawmakers that russia is actively trying to help the president get reelected. yamiche alcindor takes it from there. yamiche: for more i'm joined by laura rosenberger. she was a foreign policy advisnt to hillary c's 2016 presidtial campaign and servedta in the department during the obama and bush administrations. what more k do w about the efforts against the unid states andhahas changed since 2016? >> the efforts that weee i the reports about trying to help president trump and interfering in the democratic pmary are consistent with the

in doha he said we are looking for a strong islamic system with islamic values and he referred to afghanistan not is the islamic republic of afghanistan but is the islamic emirate that will certainly put on edge a number of right wingers who are deeply concerned that the whole nature of afghanistan will change and therefore the whole idea of why they put troops in there in the 1st place will be slightly negated but certainly might pompey or desperately trying to reassure those people donald trump will try and do the same he has been obsessed with the idea of trying to win a nobel peace prize you remember it put pressure on the chinese the japanese according to all reports because of his work with north korea that didn't quite come off he may well be hoping that bringing and then to america's longest war 19 years and counting may well work towards the nobel committee looking at him slightly more favorably ok alan fischer there reporting live from washington d.c. thank you very much indeed it's well how to add to her needs has been is in the afghan capital rather she's been speaking to people about the deal and joins us now

afghan government in that allegation but it is officially known as a government from the islamic republic of afghanistananistan. has it given up on that idea or does that still believe he should pursue that by all means? that is the big question. a million afg ha n that is the big question. a million afghan east question this and there isa fear afghan east question this and there is a fear they have not changed much at all. the taliban so they have changed and are not the same taliban which ruled as you just put it out with very harsh and a severe hand in the 1990s. but the big question is have the taliban changed as much as afghanistan has changed? the afghanistan has changed? the afghanistan up—to—date as my women simply not as doctors or teachers, they are cabinet ministers and ceos and human rights activists and leading institutions in the government. will the taliban accept that? all the taliban say is that they will allow women to work and will allow women to be educated and use this phrase women choosing their life partner in other words not be forced into arranged marriage but they would not be

country's total vote in the election as the president elect of the government of the islamic republic of afghanistan. the incumbent is naturally celebrating. the matter. but i'm dedicating this victory of the people to the people and as the 1st servants with our united seem we will always safeguard the rights of the afghan people but although the decision puts months of electoral uncertainty to rest it opens a new chapter of danger just like when gandhi was ruled the winner in 2014 his main rival abdullah abdullah is calling the result illegitimate that's. the result they announced today was the result of election law a coup against democracy the betrayal of the will of the people and we considered it to be illegal. in 2014 the u.s. brokered a power sharing agreement with garni president and of diller chief executive. this time around the u.s. is doing deals with the taliban there near an agreement in doha which could be announced soon if an initial reduction in violence is successfully observed the u.s. wants to bring its troops home. with the taliban also says gone these reelection is illegal and

taliban agreement and at that time we will publicly reaffirm our strong commitment to the islamic republic of afghanistan including our afghan security partners. importantly, the u.s.-taliban agreement will open the door to negotiations among the afghan government, the taliban and other key afghan leaders and in those talks afghans will tackle the future political arrangements for their country. as secretary pompeo has said, finding a true reconciliation path forward will involve a difficult set of conversations but one that's long overdue. we will not prejudge the outcome of interafghan negotiations but we are prepared to support whatever consensus the afghans are able to reach about their future political and governing arrangements. it's taken a lot of work to get to this point. we believe we have established the conditions that can transform the trajectory of the conflict. it is high time for the parties to begin moving off the battlefield into a political process. this work as scott outlined began in earnest in january 2019 when we met the taliban in doha and agreed that a military solution was not p

strong as lamech system with islamic values and also said that they would look to change the name of the country from the islamic republic to the islamic emirate of afghanistan that will concern some people here in the united states but there's no doubt the people of america are probably tired of the war in afghanistan it is no been going on for 19 years it is america's longest war if there is the potential to bring it to an end i'm sure they will support donald trump and anything he is doing to achieve that ok alan fischer life as in washington d.c. thank you very much indeed. the hamid has been looking at high people in afghanistan feel about the agreement. it's a momentous time for afghanistan many still in this believe that what had been unthinkable is happening the u.s. and the taliban agreeing with each other mohammed as eases a beat this has been the most peaceful week kabal has seen in years we can go out of our homes without. fear of anything so it's been a good week yeah they're actually means it's between their money can only tell us that it's a real effect. that will be have lots of effects on afghan people because the. security of afghanistan is

the taliban to you know really met with the future of afghanistan is it going to be a democracy or republic as it is now or are we returning to the islamic emirate which is essentially still what the taliban want all very big questions that no one seems knows the answer to yet and what has struck me about today's agree. i meant is that it says the taliban should not to use afghan soil to launch attacks against u.s. interests and i mean that really struck me where does this leave ordinary people and afghanistan they after all have been the main victims of all the violence over the last 1000 years or longer and how do they feel about what's happening today i'm i'm just keep in mind the figures for the last 10 years because those are figures we have we are looking at over 100000 civilian casualties in this war so it is still one of the bloodiest wars of our lifetime in afghanistan right and when you ask people in the countryside all they care for if you check their messages if you get hold of them on the phone and ask them directly all they care for is peace everything else comes 2nd because they essentially have been bearing the brunt you

islamic republic's history. iran is being isolated by its neighbors because of growing fears over its coronavirus outbreak pakistan afghanistan turkey armenia they have all closed their borders with iran which is have the largest number of fatalities outside of china the deaths all standing at 8 there in china president xi jinping has admitted they were shortcomings in the country's response describing coronaviruses the largest public health emergency since the founding of communist china back in 1949 we look further afield to italy as well where 5000 people have been quarantined in the north of been told to stay home 132 people have been infected 3 have died as well while in south korea the president has called for unprecedented powerful measures to control the out break let's begin in south korea this report from brad.

down and really met pinault the future of afghanistan whether it's going to be an islamic any rate which is what the taliban want or whether it's going to stay a republic what i guess the political elite in kabul wants which is that loggerheads with each other that remains to be seen but at the moment i think people really wish for the end of violence at least that. isn't it appears as men always great to hear your thoughts on this thank you so much. let's turn our attention now to our other top story and migrants in turkey have rushed to borders with the european union after ankara signaled it would not stop them from crossing observers say the really of sation of border restrictions is aimed at getting more e.u. and nato support for turkey's campaign against government forces in syria w correspondent johan is on of the turkish greek border and she's been speaking to refugees who traveled there in the hope of crossing into the e.u. . well it's been very tough for people here just imagine they came here after they heard the news that turkey would no longer stop refugees from trying to reach europe and then they arrived here and they realize the border

islamic republic's history. iran is being isolated by its neighbors because of growing fears over its coronavirus outbreak pakistan afghanistan turkey armenia they have all closed their borders with iran which is have the largest number of fatalities outside of china the deaths all standing at 8 there in china president xi jinping has admitted they were shortcomings in the country's response describing coronaviruses the largest public health emergency since the founding of communist china back in 1949 we look further afield to italy as well where 5000 people have been quarantined in the north been told to stay home 132 people have been infected 3 have died as well while in south korea the president has called for unprecedented powerful measures to control the out break let's begin in south korea this report from robert brought . the worst affected areas in so. east korea the city of daegu and neighboring chango county remain at a virtual standstill to mask clusters of infections account for the majority of cases reported so far one of them at this hospital quickly spread infecting more than 100 patients and staff wards are be

of afghanistan to act as a spoiler. we've seen just these last six days a significant reduction in violence in afghanistan and we are watching closely to see if the islamic republicof iran begins to take even more active measures, active measures that undermine our efforts at peace and reconciliation in afghanistan and just as importantly, put our american soldiers on the ground there, both in the kabul area and the west at risk as well. yes, this guy had this as part of his territory. we are very mindful that's an area that he knows well and might well expand iranian activity through the force and otherwise. >> i'm glad you're on top of it. how did the strike changes the standing in iran and have we been able to take advantage of loss of prestige through operations in iran? >> soleimani was a strategic target. there was strategic deterrents that resulted from that strike. he was absolutely a terrorist. he absolutely had american blood on his hands. he absolutely intended to kill more americans in the immediate future, but he also occupied a position which was very close to the ayatollah and there is no one that is going to be capable of replacing that strategic

islamic republic's history. so iran is being isolated by its neighbors because of growing fears over its coronavirus outbreak pakistan afghanistan turkey they've all closed their borders with iran which has had the largest number of fatalities outside of challenge china the latest death toll standing at 8 in china president xi jinping meanwhile has admitted there were shortcomings in the country's response he is describing corona virus as the largest public health emergency since the founding of communist china back in 1949 italy as well 50000 people in northern israeli have been quarantined 132 people have been infected there and to have died while in south korea the president has called for quote unprecedented powerful measures it's the highest health level alert there to control the outbreak that is where we will begin our coverage this hour. robin wright has been. the worst affected areas in southeast korea the city of daegu and neighboring chango county remain at a virtual standstill to mask clusters of infections account for the majority of cases reported so far one of them at this hospital quickly spread infecting more th