jennifer glasse joins us liver from kabul. bring us up-to-date.re can you tell us about this explosion. >> reporter: the interior ministry says that's target appears to be a convoy of of cars carrying foreigners the interior ministry are believes 15 people are wounded and it's likely to include foreigners because they say there is one very badly damaged vehicle on the scene. we heard the explosion just within the last hour and it could be heard around the city. it sounded like quite a large explosion, the interior minute city thinks it may have been a suicide car bomb. >> all right jennifer glasse there in kabul jennifer, thank you. >>> pope francis will canonize two palestinian nuns on saturday. they are the first palestinians to become saints in modern times. an explanation as why it's viewed as part of the vatican's attempt to support christies in the middle east. >> reporter: a song of praise in honor of sister mary a palestinian nun built this church and fountained the congregation of the sisters of the most holily jerusalem convent in the ot

. >> i'm jennifer glasse in a camp for displaced afghans in kabul. some 850,000 people displaced by war and that number will continue to grow. >> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm tony harris. maryland governor larry hogan lifted the state of emergency after a week that. >> i'm asking the department of justice to see if our police department has engaged in a pattern of stops searches and arrests that violate the fourth amendment. i'm asking that they investigate what systemic changes or systemic changes exist within our--challenges exist within our police department that can contribute to excessive fourth and disin a tore and discriminatory policing. i would hold those accountable if change is not made. we cannot be timid in addressing this problem and i'm a mayor that does not shy away from our city's big challenges. at no other time in our city's recent history has any administration brought this level of resources to the table. >> yesterday attorney general loretta lynch went to baltimore where she pledged to help the police

crossing over to jennifer glasse. who tells us more about this attack jennifer. >> well, the taliban has issued a statement in the past about few minutes claiming responsibility for this attack. it was a convoy of vehicles, leadingleading to the international airport. afghan civilians including women and children. while foreignersers foreigners are often the target, it is afghan civilians who bear the brunt. it is a very busy road, that time of the morning do you not only have people going to work, but women and children going to stores. they apparently have born the brunt of these attacks. >> why is it that these attacks have been stepped up recently? >> they issued a statement last week, that they would continue their attacks. they want to show foreigners that they are not safe anywhere. so we have seen a real real uptick in these attacks in kabul and elsewhere recently. >> how does the peace talks reflect these attacks? >> we still don't have a defense minister or an attorney general or a chief of the army. i think

jennifer glasse, al jazeera kandahar. >> shutting down any foreign ngos they thy are undesirable. but the u.n. has criticized the move. >>> many billionaires are funding ukraine's military. president petro poroshenko is accused of not doing enough, despite the pledge to ending corruption. andrew simmons has the details. >> in the distance, there's shelling. and tanks are close to the front line. two blatant breaches of the minsk ceasefire. it is another average day of these ukrainian volunteers in their standoff against pro-russian separatists regular armies conventional warfare are terms that would hardly best describe so many forces from opposite sides. there's very little conventional about it. put simply, if it wasn't for funding from a billionaire oligarch the nepra 1 unit may never have existed. the battalion's commanders experiencing the glitz of rich living. they are here to receive bravery awards. but they are not medals. they are an exclusive collection of swiss watches said to be worth more than $30,000 u.s. each. presented by ukrainian mp who was an advisor to igor and

special forces are at the scene home to a number of international guesthouses and hotels and jennifer glasse my colleague in kabul join us on the phone. i think you're close by, jennifer, tell us what is happening. >> government officials tell us that forces are in the guesthouse and they're clearing the guesthouses room by room. gunmen had moved into this hotel that is used by afghans and foreigners about three hours ago. 20 people this official has been told has been evacuated. we've heard four volleys of gunfire inside the building right next to an united nations compound. right now this street is full of afghan police and security forces, special forces, and the afghan they use a trillionth response team. they did deal with it very quickly, an after the gun fair wasgunfire was going on. >> thank you very much, jennifer glasse in kabul. at least 35 people have been killed near the iraqi city of fallujah. a suicide-bomber detonated the device northeast of the city. the place has been ambushed by fighters from isil who managed to seize military tanks and equipment. the department leader of

jennifer glasse has the story. >> european union convoy, four wheel drive vehicles. they confirm here that one member of their staff is killed and three injured two afghans also killed in that attack and 18 afghans injured. now brevitying in their statement claiming responsibility for this attack the taliban say there were no civilians nearby and foreigns were the targets of this attack. butt clearly women and children are among the dead. this the latest in the series of astacks of the taliban's attack they have dubbed asm attack. around the one as the taliban try and put pressure on the afghan security forces under ashraf ghani. >> how much pressure is the taliban able to put on ashraf ghani and his government? >> quite a bit of pressure. we were in the north our team was up there and there are static front lines first time we've seen this kind of fighting but because the afghan security forces don't have the kind of air power and forces that nato has the first year afghan security forces are fighting on their own they're finding it very difficult certainly less of

jennifer glasse, al jazeera afghanistan. >>> up to 100 people have been reported to be injured in placeschina. anger boiled over when local media reported that the government had decided to reroute the railway. the area has no railway motor way or airport. >>> poor harvest in nigeria but despite protesters from the economy and the weather some farmers are hoping to break out. as mohamed idris reports. >> the tomato season is coming to an end. he should be looking forward to this moment but this year the harvest has been poor. and more bad news awaits. the market price of tomatoes has crashed. >> when it is ripe you must remove it from the farm. if you don't, it will rot. sow you have few options. -- so you have few options. you pay for labor and packaging and take the produce to the market and sell. at the end of the day you lose. and the cycle begins all over. >> reporter: the lack of capital, storage facilities and poor pricing are gradually killing agriculture all over, all around him farmers are harvesting their crops which means they must quickly sell off their tomatoes before they

jennifer glasse has more from kandahar. >> this job feeds his family of 12. he thinks he won't have a problem. >> we have eight hours of electricity a day. we used to have 24. there were 100 working here, now there's 12. >> reporter: mohammed said losing his job could force him to be a fighter for the taliban or turn to crime. anything to make money. businesses get eight hours of power a day, residents four. two hours at a time. kandahar struggles more than other cities in afghanistan. there are sporadic outages in other places, residences and people have full-time pow, because the capital has access to imported electricity. the power problem here wasn't always this bad, it's worse since the n.a.t.o. withdrawal. >> when american and canadian forces were here, they had 50 megawatts. when they left. they had their tents here, we lost - no power. >> some of that electricity comes from the 10 megawatt diesel plant built with american funds. now the generators are silent. running the plant at full capacity would bring the people at kandahar 8 hours a day. the powe

for more go to www.aljazeera.com. >> some say the trial wasn't fair. >> i'm jennifer glasse in a camp displaced afghans in kabul. some 850,000 people displaced by war and that number will continue to grow.

. >> i'm jennifer glasse in kandahar. the biggest city in southern afghanistan doesn't have electricity because it can't afford to run its power stations. >> guardianship imposed by the state >> they lose more rights than someone who goes to prison... >> what's being done to protect liberties in texas? >> i'm just a citizen trying to get some justice for an old man... >> an america tonight investigation only on al jazeera america >>> welcome back of the the top stories, yemen's government decided not to attend u.n. backed peace talks set to be held in geneva. the exiled leaders want the leaders to withdraw from cities and towns. negotiations are aimed at ending two months of saudi-led air strikes. a burundian opposition leader has been shot dead in the capital. they were killed in a drive-by shooting amid unrests after weeks of protests against president pierre nkurunziza's bid for a third term. >>> celebrations in ireland after the public voted to approve same-sex marriage. more than 62% of voters chose to allow gay coup

this were for jennifer glass in kabul. >> this man came here after fighting. >> translation: at least it is calm here no one will bomb us, life is calm. >> reporter: he said there isn't enough work to earn enough to feed his family. a common problem. most thought it would be a temporary stop like this person who has been here five years. >> translation: i didn't think we would be here for long. i thought i would be here for a month or two. we hoped the village would be peaceful. we don't now think about going home. >> reporter: there's no school most of the children are illiterate, and for many this is the only home they know. the united nations says 850,000 afghans are displaced because of war. more afghans will flee this year. two weeks ago this woman, four daughters and two sons fled the fighting with what they were wearing. the fighting in southern afghanistan made it too dangerous to stay, she said. at the same time in northern afghanistan hundreds of taliban fighters launched an offensive in conduce, fighting soldiers and police. the civilians are caught in the middle. >> report

manitable fighters have taken over many to leave but if jennifer glasse reports, local officials sayneed more support from the national government. the latest rival at the camp in kundu city. the tents began going up a few weeks ago when thetable started fighting in the surrounding area. this week it reached hyder's village. i took my children and ran. she said the taliban forced her but the villagers were caught in the middle. >> the taliban occupied the whole village. the government forces were attacking them. what could we do in we would have died if we stayed so we left. >> across the camp people tell similar stories. the summer heat keeps growing. there are no bathrooms or running water here, and many people are angry. we have least everything and no one helps us we have been here six days without a piece of bread. why doesn't anyone care about us. >> people left their homes with what they could. some had time to lock up. others didn't. would he urged before afghan forces engaged the taliban. >> we told them these people should leave the area, yes, the government. but it was onl

. >> i'm jennifer glass in a camp for displayed afghans in kabul.e of the people who are displaced by the fighting in afghanistan. >>> and we follow a police patrol trying to route out human trafficking operations. ♪ ♪ >>> hello again, the top stories here on al jazeera, at least 40 people have been killed as they tried to leave the yemeni port city of aden. houthi shells struck the boat they were on. meanwhile houthi fighters have continued to shell the saudi border town to the northwest of yemen. >>> israel's prime minister is struggling to form a new government after a former ally withdrew his support. benjamin netenyahu has until the end of the day to secure the eight seats his needs to form a coalition. >>> and a judge in afghanistan has sentenced four men to death for killing a woman wrongly accused of burning the quran. >>> nearly a million people are displayed because of the fighting in afghanistan. they are among 38 million people forcibly displaced within their own countries. we'll hear from the council in just a moment but first let's hea

he shot everyone >>> we can bring in jennifer glass, live for us in kabul. sounds horrifying and a lot of unanswered questions. >> that's right, paramount among them is how the attackers got into the hotel with so many guns and ammunition. the eyewitnesss told us the one attacker they saw had a pistol and six magazines. it's heavily fortified hotel in the center of town with three gates with guards on each gate. an eyewitness thinks that there may have been somebody inside that police are looking into as well. the taliban claimed responsibility for the attack saying they targeted the guest house because it was home to foreigners including americans, and they were partying there. they wanted to show that they could attack them anywhere there was nowhere they could hide. an audacious attack in a safe part of kabul, a block from the united nations compound, not far from a foreign-run hospital. hundreds of police and security forces were on the scene all night. >> what does it say about the status of the security forces? >> well i think it shows the kind of chal

let's go straight to jennifer glasse who is live for us in kabul. ore can you tell us about the sentencing, jennifer? >> reporter: well, nick, in addition to the 11 policemen sentenced for failing to do their doubt any this case, eight more were set free. this is the latest round the verdicts in the case, two weeks ago the judge sentenced four men to death, eight to 16 years for taking part in that murder. 27-year-old woman was falsely accused of burning the core lan and beaten to death with sticks and stones, kicked her body run over and then burned by a crowd of dozens while hundreds looked on in central ca bum. this case has trans fixed the nation. a lot of the murder was actually videotaped on cell phones and posted on social media. it was used as evidence in the case. this has been very much a landmark case in afghanistan televised live with many people watching. but some in the courtroom today. there were very few in the courtroom today say they were disappoints in the verdict they feel the sentences were too light. >> given this disappointment

let's go straight to skwr*e jennifer glasse who is live for us in kabul. more about these verdicts. >> reporter: well, nick this has been a landmark trial in afghanistaned 11 police policemen sentenced for failing to do their duty for a horrific crime in the sent of kabul in march. thousands watched while she was beaten to death with sticks, stones and kicked. eight other policemen were set free. this is the second set of sentences on. on may 3rd we saw four men sentenced to death and eight sentenced to 16 years, 18 others set free. all of these sentences can be appealed. but what is so remarkable is that trial was televised. afghans have been fixate odd what will happen here. the murder striked demonstrations across the world. critics at the courthouse are saying the sentences aren't heavy enough. and that such light sentences will mean that violent against women will continue here but certainly a step forward for the afghan justice system trying to be open and transparent and trying to find some justice for some of the murderers. >> a stope forward may b

jennifer glasse has more from kabul. >> reporter: afghan officials tell us that fighting going on inee areas of helmand province in southern afghanistan afghanistan. the standoff has been particularly difficult going on for many hours the taliban taking at least three army checkpoints and surrounding the district headquarters. at least 20 army and police have been killed so far in that attack. local officials have called for reinforcements and the interior ministry say they have sent them but it's hard to get updates from there because the phone system apparently seems to be down in that area. examine that's just the late nest the series of attacks there is a siege going on in kandahar where two gunmen or top of a roof. they are surrounded by afghan forces. they have killed one woman so far. in another province, we saw four suicide gunmen attack the local courts, they have been killed. along with two policemen killed in that attack. and in northern afghanistan the fight continues there are sporadic clashes between afghan forces and the taliban who are in many of the villages surround

jennifer glasse joins us from kabul. what more do we know at this stage? >> well, they attacked again two and a half hours ago. we saw lots of gunfire and explosions. it seems to be over. eyewitnesses tell me that they are on their way to that guesthouse. police tell al jazeera that they believe as many as six attackers were involved, including a suicide-bomber at the gates. other attackers tried to get inside. two weeks ago not far away a couple of miles away 14 people were killed in another guesthouse in town. but this had obviously been a complex attack, a very concerted attack. very well guarded and with taking a lot precautions to try to prevent something like this from happening. the police were on the scene for several hours. they broke street lights to make sure that the attackers could not see them coming. eyewitnesses say it seems to be winding down right now with ambulances head together scene. >> jennifer glasse on the line from kabul. thank you. >>> to iraq now where an operation to drive the islamic state in iraq and the levant from anbar pro

they don't have the he logistics and air support they had last year. >> okay, thank you jennifer glasse. >>> india severe heat wave. in the states of telengana and utra pradesh. forecasters say it could continue for another two weeks. still to come on the newshour. we'll tell you who has benefited more from a political campaign in spain. plus. >> i'm allen drew simmons -- i'm andrew simmons. >> and why chelsea isn't expecting such an easy ride next season. ooh hard hitting... >> today they will be arrested... >> ground breaking... they're firing canisters of gas at us... emmy award winning investigative series... fault lines america's war workers only on al jazeera america >> hello gen a reminder of the toptories here on al jazeera. a tunisian soldier has shot dead seven of his colleagues at a military base in tunis. the man was then killed. the administration says the attack was not linked to terrorism and the man had social issues. >>> 139 graves believed to contain the bodies of human trafficking victims discovered on the border of malaysia and thailand. >>> dozens of homes and cars

jennifer glasse reports. >> another day on the front line that divides the village.hese villagers are standing up against the taliban who are so close that they have to crouch behind the wall to keep from being shot. >> the enemy right now is 100 meters away. you see the area with the trees. they are there. there are other areas where they're lying in ditches. >> they have 170 men against the taliban force nearly twice that. they only have basic weapons and fight from trenches and mud bunkers. these static front lines are new this fighting season. when nato was in charge of security the taliban was usually on the move to avoid being hit by airstrikes or artillery. there is no risk of that now. there aren't any government soldiers here. >> the only help we're getting is from the people. the people carry their own guns. people sold their cows and live stock to buy guns. >> on this day it's quiet. the two sides negotiated a cease-fire so farmers could plant their fields. but neither side trusts the other. on captureed radio it fades in the taliban. neighbors here feed t

as jennifer glasse reports local officials say they need more support from the national government. >> reporter: golom is the late latest arrival at the camp, when the taliban started fighting in the surrounding area. >> i took my children and ran. >> reporter: he and his wife have 12 children. she says the taliban forced her to feed them, that the villagers were caught in the middle. >> translator: the taliban occupied the whole village. the government forces were attacking them. what could we do? we would have died if we stayed so we left. >> reporter: across the camp, people tell the same stories. the summer heat keeps growing there are no bathrooms here and people are angry. we've lost everything this man says and no one helps us. >> translator: we've been here six days in the sun without a piece of bread. why doesn't anyone care about us? >> reporter: people left their thoams withhomes with what they could. some locked up, others didn't. urged people to leave before afghan force he engaged the taliban. >> we told them that these people should leave the area, but it was only for o

jennifer glasse joins us live from kabul. jennifer, we understand other people involved have also been sentenced. >> that's right, 40 men in all were accused in court this week. in addition to the four given the death penalty, eight men given 16 years in prison, and 18 men were set free for lack of evidence. that leaves 19 policemen still to be sentenced. we are expecting that to happen on sunday. it's really critical, because they are accused of failing to do their jobs, failing to protect her during this pour risk attack in central kabul in march. dozens took a part in the killing, hundreds of others watched and under afghan law that is illegal. afghan law number 354 makes a failure to protect somebody a crime here, and if the judge actually sentences the policemen, there's video of them shown in court that they were standing by. some policemen did try to protect her but the crowd did get her and they watched as she was beaten to death by this crowd. if the judge convicts this policeman under this law it will be the first ti

jennifer glass has more from the capital. >> the taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. the target the european union police convoy, advisors helping the afghan police. the suicide - it was a suicide car bomber attacking the convoy of 24-wheel drive vehicles on the road leading to and from the airport, and is home to a couple of fortified guest houses where advisors and foreigners live. they targeted foreigners but civilians, the majority of casualties, it's a busy road. women are out doing shopping schoolchildren on the way to classes. a busy road. this is the latest the taliban saying it's the fifth attack since the beginning of a spring offensive. we are seeing increased fighting around the country. this is the first year that the afghan security forces are fighting without the support of forces in the field, and they are finding themselves under pressure. that is what the taliban wants, the new president in office. they still don't have a defence minister or chief of the army, the taliban keeping up pressure and fighting in 10 provinces across the nation. >> pope fra

jennifer glasse, kabul. >> an explosion in can be bull killed at least five people. the attack took operation at the parking lot of the justice ministry's office. 42 have been injured. >> the u.n. is urging indonesia malaysia and thailand to boost sea operations to help rescue migrants. thousands are stranded and running out of food and water. the thai pleas say the suspected kingpin of a major human trafficking knelt work has turned himself in. we have more from southern thailand. >> this is the pier, many businesses around here owned by a former politician, a man known as kotung. he is the key suspect in human trafficking here. that is where migrants have been drifting. thousands desperate to get onshore. it's a situation the u.n. said could turn into floating coffins. >> nearby check points are set up in this part of the province. of the 65 suspects wanted in connection with human trafficking, only 30 have been detained. pleas say they have evidence that an army general was involved. the military government denies this. >> in some cases fisherman have helped out w

. >> and jennifer glasse reports on the role elders are playing. playing. world's soul superpower. three competing visions of american foreign policy, and a battle for breathing room in the bronx, targetting trucks to fight pollution in a poor neighbourhood >>> in less than a year and a half the american people will elect a new president. that man or woman will play a critical role in describing america's responses or

. >> and jennifer glasse reports on the role elders are playing. playing. world's soul superpower. three competing visions of american foreign policy, and a battle for breathing room in the bronx, targetting trucks to fight pollution in a poor neighbourhood >>> in less than a year and a half the american people will elect a new president. that man or woman will play a critical role in describing america's responses or nonresponses to a host of threats beyond our bordersers threats to peace, democracy and human rights, taking place. no matter where you stand, your vote is an expression of what direction you want the next president to steer american foreign policy. in a moment i'll debate the risks we face, which says american policy has been, "incoe herent", nowhere does it fit more than the involvement in the middle east. george w. bush targeted the invasion under a false premise, that saddam hussein had weapons of mass destruction. 12 years and $$12 trillion later, many have been killed in iraq. the ricky deaths is in the hundreds of thousands of the out of the chaos left behind w

jennifer glasse, al jazeera kabul. >> back to iraq which has sent reinforcements to the baiji oil refinerytrying to retake the facility for months. it's on the road to isil stronghold of mosul. if government forces hope to retake iraq's second largest city they must also secure baiji. funding has come from selling oil on the black market and pagey is the biggest refinery in iraq. the government wants that oil too, but there isn't as much much to as there once was. buildings and pipelines have been damaged cutting the amount the refinery can reduce. people needle the refinery for gasoline and cooking oil, also providing fuel for the nearby power company. it has become a symbolic target for both sides. the biggest problem isn't seizing it, it's holding on to it. let's talk to the senior vice president for the security and intelligence in doha. why is an oil refinery so hard to hold on to? >> first you're talking about a very large city. isil has made good use of terrain there so when the iraqi forces attempt to advance snipers are causing a significant number of casualties. >> when you say i

as jennifer glasse tells us fighting has increased since the taliban launched the spring offensive. >> reporter: there are a number of attacks not only in hellmund province but in kandahar and southern afghanistan and central afghanistan. four attackers tried to mount an assault on the local court and managed to kill two policemen before those four attackers were killed. in northern afghanistan fighting is heavy in boglund province. that fighting is going on for about a month since the taliban launched their spring offensive in late april. this is really a lot of pressure on an afghan security force that is fighting basically on its own. there's a small nato force here helping basically train, advise and assist as well as a small american contingent here 4,000 or 5,000 american forces allowed to engage in counterterrorism missions. that means they can call in air strikes in concert with the afghans, but the afghan security forces don't have the kind of air power that they had when nato was here. that has proved really a great challenge for this. the taliban are launching larger and mo

jennifer glasse reports from kabul. >> heavy fighting has been going on for hours there. the taliban has captured most of the area, seven afghan army soldiers and 9 afghan policemen have been killed. if his forces don't get help they might use lose the headquarters themselves. we know the fighting has gone on most of the i today and they have the headquarters surrounded. >> meanwhile at least five people have been killed in a suicide bomb in afghanistan's zaba province. >>> i.s.i.l. fighters have reportedly set iraq's biggest oil being refinery on fire, be beiji, to retake it. from baghdad imiran khan's reports. >> reporter: iraq's largest refinery in baiji burns. stop advances by iraqi security forces. i.s.i.l. have set off at least nine car bombs killing dozens of security forces and shia fighters. this video shows them burning machinery inside the territory they control. hindering their efforts to recapture the refinery. >> translator: we are about two kilometers radius from the refinery yet it is in open terrain in which i.s.i.l. have rigged it with booby trapped tren

jennifer glasse, al jazeera. >> if you want more you can go to our website that's aljazeera.com. aljazeera.com. >>> on a special eldition of "america tonight", honouring the broken soldiers. >> i want people to know that the war doesn't end when the guns are silenced. i want them to know that >>> a long time coming, but a salute to disabled veterans. also tonight - how did a veteran's hospital become the center of a great disservice to our nation's bravest defenders. christopher putzel inside the wisconsin hospital known as candiland

jennifer glasse, al jazeera. >> if you want more you can go to our website that's aljazeera.com. aljazeera.com. >>> on a special eldition of "america tonight", honouring the broken soldiers. >> i want people to know that the war doesn't end when the guns are silenced. i want them to know that >>> a long time coming, but a salute to disabled veterans. also tonight - how did a veteran's hospital become the center of a great disservice to our nation's bravest defenders. christopher putzel inside the wisconsin hospital known as candiland >>> and shocking evidence of what was hidden in the fiery pits of afghanistan and iraq, soldiers. >> a lot of people say it is our generalations agent orange >>> "america tonight"s sheila macvicar on the dangers concealed in flames. >>> thank for joining us, i'm joie chen. as memorial day approaches we consider the sacrifices of our veterans, we be given with veterans from iraq and afghanistan. those that have physical wounds of war and life-long psychological scars. there is concern that the military should recognise their wounds from poisons they w

. >> thank you, jennifer glasse reporting from afghanistan. >> there are reports of houthi shelling in some areas in yemen. while the cease-fire will continue but may not last much longer if the houthies continue to violate it. we have reports from the saudi capital of riyadh. >> blaring horns instead of gunfire. they've been walking and shopping instead of fighters in the streets. in the old city of saana, life appears to return to normal on the first day of the cease-fire, but not everyone is optimistic. the yemeni people will now agree agree. >> it is an attempt to send the suffering of yemens during the conflict. it will allow aid agencies to deliver food and medicine. iran has sent a navalship to escorts vessel carrying supplies. but the iranian military will not allow the saudi-led forces to inspect the ship. coalition forces insist vessels yemen's territorial waters and saudis accuse iran of arming the houthis. the the. >> caughtyshouthis arehouthi are divided. there is a group who would like to accept the cease-fire. but then there is another group who is not happy with the ter

. >> i'm jennifer glasse in kandahar where a century's old tradition means tribal elders solve problems at the government charms. >>> 16 people have been killed in a suicide bombing at a mosque in north-eastern nigeria. it blew the roof off the mosque. it followed an attack on the suburbs overnight. we have this report. >> as people gathered for prayers, a suicide bomber blew himself up. it's an area in maiduguri. the bomber posed as a trader and was pushing a wheelbarrow. so far no one has claimed responsibility for the bombing. it was not the only attack. most civilians were killed in the western suburb when rocket propelled grenades hit moments. it was believed boko haram carried out these attacks. >> it's the first test in fighting a group that killed thousands. in response to the attacks they promised swift action to promise. >>> to syria now, which witnessed one of the bloodiest days of fighting in recent weeks on saturday. >> they have strongly condemned the government for killing 70 palestinians and most killed by barrel bombs dropped on a mark. rebels reinforced gains, saying t

jennifer glasse has tore. >> reporter: the taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. targett was a european convoy, the european advisors helped the afghan police train and assist the police. it was a suicide car bomber attacking the convoy of 24-wheel drive vehicles on the road, league too and from the military side, that is it also home, and home to a couple of fortified guest houses where many were - advisors to the government. they targeted only foreigners but civilians clearly the majority of casualties in the attack, it's a busy road. at this time of the morning women are doing their shopping. schoolchildren are on the way to classes. it's a busy road. it's the fifth attack in kabul since a spring offensive. we are seeing increased fighting around the country, the first year that afghan security year that afghan security forces fight without support. and also without air support, and they are finding themselves under pressure. it's what the taliban wants and the new president wants in office. over seven months, still don't have a defence minister, and the taliba

three days to hand in -- bure undians that they have three days to hand in their weapons >>> i'm jennifer glasse in kandahar. the biggest city in southern afghanistan doesn't have enough electricity because it can't affed to run its -- afterward to run its power stations. >> >>> and ukraine's president is accused of inaction over the rich accused of fighting wars. [beeping] ooo come on everybody, i think this is my grandson. [lip syncing] ♪little girl you look so lonesome oh my goodness. ♪i see you are feeling blue ♪come on over to my place ♪hey girl ♪we're having a party happy birthday, grandma! ♪we'll be swinging ♪dancing and singing ♪baby come on over tonight >> guardianship imposed by the state >> they lose more rights than someone who goes to prison... >> what's being done to protect liberties in texas? >> i'm just a citizen trying to get some justice for an old man... >> an america tonight investigation only on al jazeera america >>> thank for joining us. the top stories on al jazeera. a mass grave has been found near thailand's border with thailand. police are investigating whether they a

jennifer glasse has had exclusive access to them and sent this report. >> another day on the front line. these villagers are standing up against the taliban who are so close they have to crouch behind the wall to keep from being shot. >> the enemy right now is 100 meters away. do you see the area with the trees? they're there. and they're lying in ditches. >> they have 170 men against a taliban force with nearly twice that. they fight from trenches and mud bunkers. these fighting lines are new this fighting season. when nato was fighting in the region the tall taliban was usually on the move. but they don't have that risk now. >> thepeople have sold their cows and other live stock to buy their guns. >> on this day it's quiet. the two sides negotiated a cease-fire to farmers could plant their fields. fields. but neither side trust the other. villagers feed them, what people who are left. many homes are earth and people say it's bad. >> we were never this worried. we didn't worry like this. there was fighting. but the next day life was normal. people could go anywhere then. now we are tra

jennifer glasse has more. >> reporter: in this latest round of sentencing 11 policemen sentenced to ar in prison for failing to do their duty and failing to render assistance as she was beaten to death in brood daylight in kabul in march. eight other policemen were set free for lack of evidence. this is the second set of verdicts we have received. earlier this month, four men were sentenced to death. this trial has been remarking in its openness. it has been televised live. it has gone over several days. afghan lawyers say really a larger more detailed trial than many they have seen. critics say it really hasn't followed procedure. the defendants did not have defense lawyers. the family is saying they weren't happy that not everybody were brought to trial. 49 men were brought to face charges. 19 policemen among them. they say some of the most egregious murdered never made it into court. the judge says the investigation has been thorough, all of the defendants can appeal but many were watching this. when she was murdered it sparks demonstrations here in afghanistan and across the count

jennifer grassjennifer glasse has this report. >> these villagers are standing up against the taliban who are so close that they have to crouch behind the wall to keep from being shot. >> the enemy right now is about 100 meters away. do you see them in the trees? they're there. they're lying in ditches. >> he has about 170 men against taliban force nearly twice that. they only have basic weapons and fight from trenches and mud bunkers. these static front lines are new this fighting season. when nato was in charge of security the taliban was usually on the move to avoid being hit by airstrikes or artillery. there are no risks of that now. there aren't even any government soldiers here. >> people sold their cows and their livestock to buy the guns. >> on this day it's quiet. the two sides negotiated a cease-fire so farmers could plant their fields. but neither side trust the other. the villageers feed them. most of the homes are empty. people say it's bad. >> we have never been this worried. even when the russians were here we didn't worry about it. there was fighting, but then the next

our jennifer glasse joins us live now from kabul on what is happening there. . >> reporter: richelle, there is fighting actually in many places in afghanistan today. the interior ministry tells us that there is fighting in three did districts in helman province that take you said where the taliban forces got in and attacked at least -- captured at least three army checkpoints and surrounded the district headquarters. the interior ministry says reinforcements have been sent in. but the phones there appear to be down. usually basically around afghanistan they use cell phones the phones there appear to be down so would he don't have the latest on what's happening there in helman province. other mayors have been attacked also. but in just the laughed hour. in the last hour a suicide bomber attacked a court. he and two other a side bombers remember killed. two policemen were killed in at that tack. there is a siege in kandahar. two policeman on top of a roof, they have killed at least one woman in at that siege. it's been going on since last night. since late last n

jennifer glasse, al jazeera, afghanistan. >> police in texas have arrested three suspects following ahoot-out between rival biker gangs in waco. it broke out in a restaurant and spilled over into a nearby parking lot. police say what began as a punch-up ended up with 18 people injured. >> u.s. rail company amtrak is to reserve train services between philadelphia and new york on monday. the service was did zuptd last week. a special service was held in philadelphia in memory of those who lost their lives. >> kayaks has lined seattle in protest against all exploration in the arctic. activists warn there will be disastrous consequences for the environment. erica wood. >> joining in protest against the polar pioneer, the first of royal dutch shell's two rigs planning to send to the arctic the company says the region has about 13% of the world's undiscovered oil and much more of its gas. shell has been push to go drill off of the northern coast of alaska for years. a week ago, u.s. president barack obama gave his authorization. there is still some smaller permits yet to be approved. it's e

. >>> jennifer glass. >>> let's go to nepal where large parts have yet to receive any outside help, eightter the the earthquake. >>> 14,200 were injushed. and, 7,000 were killed. >>> and, rescued from the rubble and, the only international airport has been forced to stop accepting large jets because of a backlog of flights, leading to fears that badly needed supplies will not be able to get in. >>> now, live, in katmandu, a lot of developments, and many of them worrying. but this mer of hope, which must be one of the last cases of the clined that we'll see and these people being pulled out alive eight days after the quake. it's incredible. >>> oh, it is incredible. we're heard over the past few days some, what is considered to be near miraculous rescu stories, there's been six, this week and that's been a much-needed glimmer of hope, in this landscape, that's as des decimated the buildings. when you go to the sites where there is rubble, what you see resignation and we're going to keep seeing bodies pulled out of the rubble and that's sad. and yesterday we traveled with the world health o

jennifer glasse is following the trial from the capital, kabul. talk us through the sentencing and the response. >> that's right. the judge today sentenced four men to death. eight to gaol and sent 18 free for lack of evidence in the case that really captured the attention of the nation the trial which started on saturday has been televised live. the 17-year-old was wrongly accused of burning the koran and was killed by a mob in kabul. she was beaten with sticks and stones. dozens participated in the murder and hundreds watched. 19 men are still to be sentenced. they are police. it's an interesting part of the trial. afghan law number 354 failed to render assistance. what happens is unclear. we are in court this week, and the police said we tried to do our jobs we called for reinforcements, they did not come. video showed them standing by while she was beaten by the crowd. this is a case that rioted the afghan nation and a test of the justice system. >> i was going to ask you why this case in particular is important. we have seen a lot of violence

jennifer glass has more from kabul. >> there have been a number of attacks across afghanistan, not onlythe province where they are enganging security forces in three different areas of that southern province, but also in canada what are, in southern afghanistan in central afghanistan and four attackers tried to mount an assault on the local court they managed to kill two policeman before those four were attacked. in northern afghanistan fighting is heavy, as well as kind due's province, that has been going on for about a month. this is a lot of pressure on a force that is fighting on it's own, they are helping basically, train advice, and assist, as well as a small american contingent here, four or 5,000 american force whose are allowed to engang in counter terrorism missions that new orleans they can call in air strikes. but the security forces don't have the kind of air power that they had when nato was here and that has proved really a great challenge for them. two taliban emboldened by this, are launching larger and more complex attacks. not just in the south and the east, they are

jennifer glasse reports from kabul. >> reporter: the judge said police failed to help her as the mobt her in brood daylight in kabul. in that and their failure to carry out police duties meant 11 were sentenced to jail and 9 others were set free. >> translator: after thur roarly investigating the documents, in keeping with the constitution and police law, the officers know their rights and have been given time for defense. >> reporter: this was the second round of verdicts. in the first four men got the death penalty, and eightors 16 years for taking part. all of the defendants can appeal. the court case is unique in afghanistan for its openness. it was tell viced live and it was the first time police have been prosecuted. there were also some irregularities. not all of the accused had defense lawyers. instead each was given a chance to speak for himself. and some of the most prominent murders easily identifiable from cell phone footage haven't been caught. those in court to watch the case they are disappointed with the trial and the verdicts. >> the whole thing was designed how to c

jennifer glasse has the story of some of them in afghanistan. >> reporter: this person came to kabulix years ago. brutal fighting forced him out of his village. >> translator: at least we are safer here. there is no fighting. it is calm here. no one will come us but life is very hard here. >> reporter: he says there isn't enough work to earn enough to feed his family a common problem in this sprawling camp on the edge of the capitol. most thought this would be a temporary stop. like this man who has been here five years. >> translator: i didn't think we would be here for long. i thought i would be here for month or two. we hoped our village would be peaceful so we could go back. now we don't even think about going home. >> reporter: there's no school. most of the children are illiterate. and for many this is the only home they have ever neen. the united nations says 850,000 afghans are displaced because of war. about two weeks ago, this woman, her four daughters and two sons fled fighting with only what they were wearing. she said the fighting made it too dangerous to stay. at about

jennifer glasse reports. >> reporter: the judge said police failed to help the woman as a mob beat hern that and their failure to carry out police duties meant 11 were sentenced to a year each in jail. nine other policemen were set free. >> translator: after investigating the documents, the judish decision announced is in keeping with the constitution and police law. the officers know their rights and have been given time for defense. >> reporter: this was the second round of verdicts. in the first four men got the death penalty, and eight others 16 years each in prison. 18 others were freed for lack of evidence. all defendants can appeal. the court case is unique in afghanistan for its openness. it is the first time police have been publicly prosecuted there were also some irregularities. not all accused had defense lawyers. instead they were given chance to speak for themselves. some of the most prominent murders easily identifiable from cell phone footage haven't been caught. those in court say they were disappointed with the trial and the verdicts. >> it was a political game. thoug

jennifer glass reports on the afghan capital. afghan police sealed off the area after four armed men got inside. afghans and foreigners were staying in the guest house. dozens more were there to watch a private concert. >> translation: i was inside the guest house building. i went to the yard with my friends went the shooting happened. we went back to the room and hid under the bed. >> afghan special forces went room to room looking for the fighters and getting guests to safety. this is an upmarket part of kabul, home to a compound and inside the ring of steal security zone. >> our investigative teams are working to find out about the attacks. it did not start with an explosion at the main gate or killing of guards. it started inside the hotel. >> reporter: the police chief said the investigation will focus on how the men got into the building with weapons, and how to protect an attack like this again >>> india's prime minister arrived in the chinese president's home town on the first leg of a 3-nation visit. narendra modi is on

jennifer glasse has more. the judge today sentenced four men to death. eight to gaol, and sent 18 free for lack of evidence in the case that really captured the attention of the nation, the trial which started on saturday has been televised live. the 17-year-old was wrongly accused of burning the koran and was killed by a mob in kabul. she was beaten with sticks and stones. dozens participated in the murder and hundreds watched. 19 men are still to be sentenced. they are police. afghan law number 354 failed to render assistance. if the judge uses the law, it will be the first time it was applied. some police tried to protect her, eventually she ended up in the crowd and video evidence shows police standing ideally by while the murder took place. this is a case that captured the attention of afghanistan. many demonstrated. the trial has been televised on national television ever since it started on saturday. afghans will be watching closely to see what happens to the police me. before the sentencing the girl's mother spoke to the court saying she wanted j