. >> jennifer glasse last more on mulla omar's leadership of the taliban as the group is set to resume talks with the afghan government. >> mulla omar was the radio conclusionive leader of the taliban. remained a mystery in the final years of list life his be whereabouts. communications from him came from the taliban's website usually on holidays or anniversaries. it was never clear if they were really his words. as a young man he was a mujahideen fighter, battling the soviet occupation of afghanistan doouduring the 1980s. >> when the taliban was arising the need to have a leader eventually the taliban chose him because he had 30 people and he had some weapons to use. the second reason, he was a famous and well viewed person. >> his 30 fighters became thousands. the taliban took over afghanistan in 1996. under mulla omar's command the taliban established security and order in a country ravaged by violence. the taliban's strict interntion interpretation of the taliban meant strict discipline was meted out. he allowed osama bin laden refuge in afghanistan, it was a close relationship, th

peace table and they are confident peace negotiations will go forward at some point in time. >> jennifer glasseennifer, thank you. >>> speculation is mounting that debris found on an island could belong to the missing airliner mh370. the object which appears to be part of a wing has washed up on reunion island meis of madagascar. and that's thousands of kilometers from the search zone off australia's southwest coast. the debris is being sent to france where french crash investigators will attempt to verify it. 239 people were aboard the malaysia airlines flight when it fan issued in -- vanished in march of last year. australia which is leading the investigation says it's offering families new hope for closure. >> this is obviously a very significant development. it's the first real evidence that there is a possibility that a part of the aircraft may have been found. it's too early to make that judgment. but clearly we are treat this is as a major lead. and seeking to get assurance about what has been found and whether it is indeed linked to the disappearance of mh370. >> well, al jazerra's penn

jennifer glasse, al jazerra kabul. >>> and jennifer glasse has this update now from kabul about knewar's replacement. >> reporter: it's not clear what changes well see you were the new taliban leader, but tal bank sources tell al jazerra that mansoor has been involved in making political decisions for the taliban over the last few years. there are obviously two different areas of the taliban the political side and the military side. the fighting has been quite serious in this spring fighting season and over the last couple of weeks just in the last couple of days taliban fighters have taken dozens of villages in the north and a district in the south. astill ban fighters continue to fight across the battlefield. now, taliban peace talks patriots talks between taliban representatives and the afghan government which were asking go ahead for friday have been put on hold but the afghan government say they are hoping they will be rescheduled sometime soon and people close to the new taliban leader were involved in the first rounds of talks on july 7th and that may be reason why the afghan

crossing over to jennifer glasse who is joining us from kabul. now that there has been no nomination for the defense post, jennifer glasse away does this mean for --what does this mean or the position? >> it's back to the drawing board for president ashraf ghani and his defense minister abdalla abdalla. only got 84 votes far fewer than 107 he needed for confirmation. it is back to the drawing board for the afghan president and his chief executive. this all comes at a very difficult time for forces, there's been heavy fighting at least 18 members of the security forces have been killed in the last four days in fighting with the taliban. so the defense ministry a very key post for president and they have to now try to find a candidate that will work. >> with a number of key vacant posts jennifer, what has been the effect of that in afghanistan. >> the defense minister is the only post vacant, two members of the supreme court and president of the central bank. the defense ministry post it being vacant a very key problem. it freezes any positions sin

al jazeera jennifer glass has this update for us from the afghan capitol.ul. >> not clear what new changes we will see under the new taliban leader. the taliban sources tell us that he has been involved in making political decisions for the taliban over the last few years. now there are obviously two different areas of the taliban you have the political side. and the military side. the fighting has been quite serious, in this spring fighting season and over the last couple of weeks. just in the last couple of days fighters have taken dozens of villages in the north and a district in hellman province in the south as taliban fighters continue to fight across the battlefield. now peace talks between taliban representatives and the afghan government, which was scheduled for friday, have been put on hold, but the government says they are hoping they will be rescheduled sometime soon. and people close to the new taliban leader were involved in the fist round of talks on july 7ing and that may be reason why the afghan government is optimist take peace talks will c

jennifer glasse begins our report with the ice cream man of continues therecontinues there are whoses are melting away . >> reporter: ice cream mogul is obsessedobsessed with keeping things cold. in a dez certificate city with 100-degree summers that's not easy . >> reporter: he eached his ice cream business fore four years arc he wanted to create as many jobs as possible. the timing seemed right. the americans had just built an industrial park with its own power station . the afghans needed elect dress at this but knew diesel was the wrong way to go. it's expensive u and was never sustainable. the americans told kandahar which was a temporary solution. kandahar was the sea of taliban power. the compound was at the base of this mountain. more than 200 americans have died here since 2001. to insurance it never fell to the taliban again, the big american strategy was to create jobs. and to do that, you needed power power. and while it flowed freely, he was a cool success . his factory worked 24 hours, he employed 300 people, producing 10,000 cartons of ice cream a day. the company was

jennifer glasse is live in kabul for us. jennifer, good morning to you. what are the afghan officials saying? >> well, the afghan president's office issued a statement saying saying that it has credible evidence that the afghan leader mullah omar died in 2013. the spokesman for the told al jazeera that he decide in a hospital in karachi pakistan, in april april 2013. the of a afghan it will ban saying these reports are not true. >> refresh our memory of who mullah omar was and what did he. >> omar was a young mujahideen leader who fought the soviets in the 1980s. he founded the taliban movement, which took over here in afghanistan in 1996, and led the taliban from 1996 until 2001 when it was toppled by the u.s.-led invasion following the september 11th attacks in new york. since then he has not been seen in public at all. he was always a very reclusive leader erica. only a few photographs of him exist. he never really appeared in public. even when the taliban overtook the afghan capitol he never came to the afghan capitol. he remained in hiding. he has le

jennifer glasse is reporting from there,. >> he is the candidate for the defense minister that would be complete the cabinet. been without the cabinet minister for eight months. he said the taliban were fighting because foreign forces are here yet the foreign forces have withdrawn and fighting goes on. they need more technical skills e-skills so they don't continue to need international help including for things like repairing weapons and his testimony comes in court sorry in parliament today as there's heavy fieding in wardek province, that is just about 70 kilometers outside the afghan capital. all eyes will be on anisa risouli, first woman ever to be on the supreme court. head of the afghan women's justice association. it was a big priority for him so that will be a very interesting thing to see may happen today in parliament, may happen tomorrow. >> jennifer glasse, thank you for the update from kabul. >> debt toll of ferry capsizing search is still on for the vessel was capsized soon after leaving the city port. you're on al jazeera a series of suspicious fires at black churches

jennifer glasse reports from kabul. >> this was an afghan mission to remove the wounded and dead. checkpoints rather than taliban fighters.. >> translator: in my opinion it was a mistake with coordinates. i can't see of any other reason this would happen. >> reporter: some of the wounded soldiers had already been evacuated to a local school. when the taliban attacked the medical teams. the fight went on for hours. afghan soldiers continued to retrieve their comrades despite the enemy fire. they don't have much choice. afghan forces have limited air capabilities and rely on coordinating with u.s. and nato troops for air support. >> translator: we do have a coordination center, in this case they were not informed at all. >> reporter: only a small nato force remains mainly to train and help afghan forces. there are about 5,000 u.s. forces authorized to carry out what they described as counterterrorism operations. the afghan defense ministry said the attack occurred after attacking u.s. helicopters. what went wrong in the worst friendly fire killing, at the beginning of the year. jenn

crossing to jennifer glasse joining us from kabul to tell us about the latest going on in parramatta. jennifer. >> that's right, it wasn't close in parliament this morning. the defence minister standing got 84 votes, he needed 107. he is the second defence minister to be rejected by parliament. joining me here to talk about this is a political analyst. thank you for being here on al jazeera. hameed, what does the rejection mean for president ashraf ghani's government. >> it's a critical time for the deposit of ashraf ghani. the parliament is divided. they have the unity government it is not solid enough to introduce, and they'll have the parliament to basically vote giving them a vote of confidence. it means that the government - the lack of leadership by the minister of defence will be a recipe for certain part of the country to become more destabilized and we will see - and certain parts of the country will see that they will increase their tax on a number of axe and a and p. that will mean that national unity government has to accelerate their effort introduce is new defense minnis

jennifer glass, al jazeera kabul. now malaysia civil aviation chief has flown to france. malaysia investigators will join their french counter parts in the city where the wing component that was found is due to arrive on saturday. the debris washed up on the island east of madagascar earlier this week. al jazeera has this update, from reunion island. >> this find could help solve one of the world's greatest aviation mysteries. m.h. 370 disappears seeming calais without a trace last march. but if this piece of wreckage is linked to that flight, what will it tell us? potential calais not very much because this is a part of the wing that isn't the black box flight recorder and it isn't a part of the plane as engine. but it will help confirm to those scouring the bottom of part of the indian ocean out there, that they are looking in the right place because some of the original modeling shows that a part of the debris could have come this far by this time, and that will help to dispel the quite wild conspiracy theories that have swirled around this plane's disappearance. pictu

jennifer glasse reports from the capital of kabul. >> they're mourning the dead in the province after a car bomb hit a military base. women and children were killed along side civilian men and afghan security forces. the injure ready recovering in several hospitals. from an attack that took them by surprise on a busy road after a long day of ramadan fasting. >> i was on my way home when suddenly a bomb went off. i found myself here. >> the intended target was the base. in 2009 was the site of the worst attack on the u.s. intelligence organization cia in decades. the camp is still home to international forces. in this attack like so many others in afghanistan it's civilian who is suffer the most. the united nations said that civilian casualties and injuries in the first quarter of this year are up 16% compared to the same period last year. that's before the fighting season began. afghan security forces are also taking high casualties as they fight without the substantial support they used to get from nato. jennifer glasse, al jazeera, kabul. >> cambodia's politicians have approveed a d

as we look at the first pictures coming through we will get jennifer glasse in kabul to tell us a littleore about what happened today, jennifer. >> reporter: kamal, it happened in the area just before noon here in the east part of kabul. the target of the attack a nato convow an armored vehicle where a couple of members of parliament live and nato tells us there has been no nato deaths and eyewitnesses at the scene told us there were at least three afghan casualties with the bomb. and plumes of smoke could be seen across the city and windows were blown out of many buildings in the area. >> it seems familiar jennifer in the sense of a recent attack i mean in the past week itself in kabul, similar sort of stuff. that's right it was just a week ago on the airport road that a taliban car bomber targeted another nato convow and this was a heavier vehicle and very large as well no nato soldiers killed or injured in the attack at least one afghan sibelling killed in attack on a busy airport road and taliban are ramping up attacks during the summer season and not just with suicide bombings in ka

let's go to jennifer glasse who is in kabul and perhaps you can give us more on the second attack whichday, jennifer. >> reporter: that's right, kamal and it happened a couple of hours ago in the eastern part of the city three attackers targeting an intelligence district compound in district eight here. the police chief tells us that one man approached on a three-wheeled drive vehicle and exploded that and two others wearing suicide vests tried to charge the compound, they were both killed but not before one intelligence officer was killed in that attack. as you said kamal it's the second attack in kabul and the first targeting a nato convoy one of their vehicles a four-wheeled drive vehicle heavily damaged in attack and three afghan civilians were injured in that attack and nato said none of its soldiers were killed. >> thank you for the update and jennifer glasse live in kabul. now talks taking place in brussels are being billed as a last chance to keep greece in the euro and banks are still closed and expected they will remain so until at least thursday and the european central bank

going for our correspond earth who is live in the african capital ca you would bench general jennifer glasseore do you know about this intents. >> reporter: we know the hospital in the provincial cap al about 35-kilometers from that attack is full of casualties, cousins of people injured. as you said at least 10 have been killed but other officials tell thousands that number could go higher. this a being torque the suicide bomber apparently on a motorcycle in the district. it has been an area where there has been a lot of taliban fighting. the taliban still control a number of villages and offensives have been going on as the afghan tries to clear the area. the vice president has been up there saying it's his home area and he says he will not leave until the taliban are cleared from the area. the apparent target of this suicide attack was afghan security forces but we understand that the hospital is if you would of injured civilians. >> okay, jennifer glasse, thank you very much. >>> now, the death of a black woman after a routine traffic stop in the u.s. state of texas is now being investig

military commanders said none of its personnel were hurt and jennifer glasse has more from kabul. >> bombings happened in the early evening in a busy time of the day as afghans are going home for the meal and often the case in these situations the dead and wounded were all afghan security personnel and civilians including women and children. even though the target appeared to be an international base there, camp champman on the host province and in 2009 it was the deadliest attack on the cia in more than 25 years when 7 cia agents were killed by a double agent there, that base provides intelligence in eastern afghanistan and not far from the border of pakistan, 15-20 kilometers from the border of pakistan and post province and one of the more secure in afghanistan and seen suicide bombings in months and a difficult fighting season for afghan security forces and fighting on their own without heavy weaponry and supports they got from international forces last year only a very small nato force remains to train, advice and assist and there are u.s. forces engaged in counter terrorism as

hoping the taliban, with its new leader at the helm, will come back to the negotiating table. >> jennifer glassee latest from kabul jennifer, thank you. >>> so now let's talk more about the taliban's future, we are joined in the studio by a very analyst at risk analysis, thank you so much for joining us here on al jazerra. i want to put that question to you, straightaway that jennifer was just bringing up. what changes do you think we are going to see within the taliban now that there is a new leader? >> i think the taliban is going to continue fighting the insurgency. so there will be no let up in the actual conflict in afghanistan. in fact the impetus has increase today show that this new leader is credible and capable of continuing the momentum off the insurgency as it has built up since the draw down of international troops. i think we'll increasingly see a fragmentation off the movement particularly a think although the lines of those that support the fighters of the afghan government. >> but the reports have been that mullah omar died in 2013. we don't know, the taliban hasn't confirmed th

jennifer glass is live in kabul. jennifer what will be a new leader mean for the taliban?well shiulie, that's a very good question. if you listen to the afghanistan government this new leader is actually the old leader, because the government believes that omar has been dead for more than two years. there have been a lot of changes over the last couple of years in the taliban, most notably the fact they have moved more towards the political sphere. so it's unclear what kind of changes the new leader will have if any. we are seeing though shiulie, lots of fighting around afghanistan in the north. the taliban taking dozens of villages and yesterday, taking in hellmann province so very fierce fighting. so even as they make a move towards the political sphere they still continue very very heavy fighting and how much this change in leadership now endorsed by the taliban spokesman, saying that omar is dead and there is a new leader how much that will change on the ground is uncertain. >> yeah although there were peace talks that were due to begin shortly, brokered by pakistan th

jennifer glasse, al jazeera. >> escaped prisoner joaquin guzman. and anticorruption are crack down. in support why two of cuba's footballers won't be going home after their team is knocked out of the gold cup. bls >> a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. greek prime minister accepted a bailout program that will bring further austerity. >>> and iraqis push to recapture anbar province from islamic state of iraq and the levant. it is confirmed an interim deal remains in place on the iranian nuclear deal. >>> let's get on to the story of the day, the greek finance bailout. hoda abdel hamid has part of the story. >> one unemployed man that voted no in the referendum said he knew some sort of compromise would be reecht with the eu reached with the eu but didn't know it would be so bad for greek. he was hoping to find a job pain now he says that his future looks bleaker than ever. others are willing to give the benefit of the doubt to the prime minister, as one woman put it, he's going to have to come back speak to the greek people and it will be the most important speech of his car

jennifer glasse, al jazeera kabul. >> we'll have more ton history between the u.s. and taliban plus where the death of omar would leave the group that's coming up in just a few minutes. in syrian government jets are trying to drive back a rebel advance, happening in idlib province near hama. 160 strikes in the region no word on casualties. the rebels are trying to gain control of the western coastal mountains the heart land of president bashar al-assad's alloite sect. >>> peaceful solution of syria answer civil war. james bays reports on the significance of the u.n. special envoy. >> reporter: the u.n. special envoy presenting his latest plan for syria. in the past they have tried international conferences and face to face peace talks. after four and a half years of bloodshed now a much more modest proposal setting up a series of working groups. >> even with the deeply and deepening traj,ening tragedy to get no stone unturned. attuned to the serious discussions which are taking place and we are hearing them around the region and elsewhere which may require perhaps m

jennifer glasse reports. >> mourning after a suicide car bomb at a u.s. military base, women and children were killed along with afghanistan security forces. the injured are recovering in several hose in an attack that took them by surprise on a busy road after a long day of ramadan fasting. >> i was often my way home when suddenly a bomb goes off. all my going were left in the car. >> reporter: the intended target was camp chapman. in 2009, it was the sight of the worst attack on u.s. cia in decades, in this attack like so many others in afghanistan it's civilians who suffer the most. the united nations says civilian casualties and injuries in the first quarter of this year are up 16% compared to the same period last year and that's before the fighting season began began. afghan security forces are also taking high casualties after they fight without the usual support they get. jennifer glasse, al jazeera. >>> worshipers in the afghan city much bagnan just finished praying. nobody has claimed responsibility for the attack. turning to cameroon where boko

jennifer glasse, respect kabul. >> meeting of activists today. was discussing the reconstruction of kobani across the syrian border which kurdish fighters captured from i.s.i.l. this year. no one is claiming responsibility for attack but turkish officials believe it could have been carried out by a female fighter from i.s.i.l. >>> government not doing enough to fight i.s.i.l. a peaceful demonstration but protesters clashed with turkish police at another gathering. police tried to break up the the.demonstration with water canons. >>> hasaka has been a three way battle between i.s.i.l. the government and kurdish fighters. today a group of syrian kurds claimed victory. the ypg said those who remain are surrounded. >>> some of the youngest victims in the fight against i.s.i.l. are children. many of them have been killed, forced from their homes or captured and taught to fight for i.s.i.l. al jazeera's victoria gatenby has the story. >> this is an i.s.i.l. training camp where children are shown how to use weapons and given religious education. a boy w

jennifer glasse, al jazeera kabul. >> u.s. president barack obama has praiseed nigerian president for bringing safety back to his nation. muhammadu buhari vistaed the united states today and obama praised buhari in are improving his economic prosperity. straight to the state department now. we can see there john kerry and bruno rodriguez the cuban prime minister starting their press conference. let's listen in. >> good afternoon everybody i am very, very pleased this afternoon to welcome to the statement my colleague bruno rodriguez, the foreign minister of cuba. i apologize for our being a little bit late, we were downstairs, had a lot to talk about not just about u.s. cuba relations but about the region and i thought we had a very constructive conversation. this is the first visit to the department of state by a cuban foreign minister since 1958 and today marks as well the resumption of normal diplomatic ties between our countries and the reopening of our embassies after a rupture that has lasted 54 years. so it has been a h

taliban fighters then attacked the rescue mission as jennifer glasse reports from kabul. >> this was an afghan mission to retrieve the wounded and the dead after the u.s. airstrike hit check points rather than taliban fighters. >> in my opinion it was a mistake with the americans' coordinates. i can't see any other reason this would happen. >> some of the wounded soldiers had already been evacuated to a local school when the taliban attacked the medical team. the fight went on for hours. afghan soldiers continued to retrieve their comrades despite enemy fire. they don't have much choice. afghan forces have limited capabilities and rely on u.s. u.s.-led troops for support. >> only a small nato force remains mainly to train and help afghan forces. there are about 5,000 u.s. forces authorized to carry out what they describe as counter terrorism operations. the incident cured after the taliban fired on u.s. helicopters. u.s. officials say that they're investigating. a high level afghan delegation will look into what went wrong in the worst friendly fire killing since the beginning of the

jennifer glasse, al jazeera kabul. >> needs slightly more development. [ laughter ]. it was cute, it was cute. robin, give us sport. >> thank you very much. we're going to start golf underway in st.~ann across. all eyes on the leader. >> against england and lords. sri lanka's opening equaling the second fastest of just 17 balls. that set up the home team rather nicely. reaching a target of 288 with 11 balls to spare. it's 1-1 in the series. >> a fifa official being held in switzerland is extra dated to the united states. u.s. football federation chief testified, saying he had no knowledge of corruption but experienced moments of discomfort during concacaf meetings. the former presidents are among the 14 current and former fifa officials indicted in may by the u.s. prosecutors on charges of fraud, racketeering and money laundering. >> the fact of the matter is that what has been revealed sov is a most of i can't style crime syndicate in charge of this sport. my only hesitation in using that term is that it is almost insulting to the mafia because the mafia would never

jennifer glasse has more from kabul. >> province has been an area where there's been a lot of taliban fighting. the taliban still control a number of villages and there have been offenses going on up there as the afghan military tries to clear that area. vice president says it is his home area and he says he will not leave until the taliban are cleared from that area. the apparent target of the suicide attack were afghan forces and the hospital is full of innocent civilians. >> jennifer glasse in kabul. >>> in greece, staibles is tryingstaiblesalexis tsipras istrying to avoid at crisis. members of the be syriza party are threatening to vote against the deal. >> translator: we're being forced. this is not an agreement. being blackmailed is not an agreement. it is not an agreement to have an entire democratic country submit to the will of other governments and other countries. >> back again to live pictures in the parliament where they have just voted and approved a new round of austerity. and this debate has triggered a lot of protests in athens. >>> much is being made about swimmers a

jennifer glasse al jazeera jkabul. >>> the state department is promising to find out how and why thisned saying: >>> the iraqi air force displayed the first of the 36 f-16 fighter planes today. the jets were purchased from the united states. the u.s. ambassador to iraq was on hand for the ceremonial handover. >> these now belong to the iraqi security forces, to the iraqi air force. and the air force is going to use them as they deem appropriate. these are the first four and there are 32 more f-16s coming online. so as the capability here in iraq rises to meet these -- meet these new fighter aircraft, the new aircraft will be delivered. >> reporter: the jets were delivered to iraq last week after heavy delays due to security concerns over isil's presence in the country. >>> 3-d printing can produce nearly anything and everything from food to guns very soon it could reshape modern medicine. >>> and the search for intelligent life in outer space just got a boost. >> how about that for a moment? a british comedian showered seth bladder with fake money. he told blatter this is for north ko

jennifer glasse al jazeera, kabul. >>> gains have been made against isil. the government said that the operation in iraq's largest province began early monday morning. shia militias, sunni forces and government are all taking part. we have this update from baghdad. >> the operation was announced on state tv, they said that it began at 5:00 a.m. now this involves at least 5,000 troops within the province,s are they're saying there are 6,000 troops surrounding to stop isil fighters were getting out of the province and towards baghdad. now, it is a little bit confusing because they've been fighting in ramadi for a number of months now. that town fell to isil fighters in mid-may. and there has been an operation to retake it from isil fighters. they are likely to come towards the town of fallujah under isil occupation for a number of months. the iraqis will be looking for propaganda victory to announce. this may be it for them. but while all of this was happening coalition airstrikes reportedly hit an isil radio station and media base west of ramadi as well. so

happened in the barrack district about 50 kilometers from the capital kabul crossing over to jennifer glass who is joining us to tell us whether there is any more clarity jennifer, at this point on these reports that afghan soldiers have been killed by possibly coalition air strikes. >> reporter: we knew there was an incident. we know soldiers have been killed. seven soldiers were killed and six injured in that incident this morning about 6:00 a.m. local time. apparently police officials tell us it was u.s. air force helicopters that carried out that attack. obviously mistakenly attacking the afghan army. other officials tell us the number of dead is as high as 11. the number is changing, but no question that it was two afghan army checkpoints that were attacked by u.s. forces. nato spokesman says they are aware and investigating the incident. this is the worst friendly fire incident. there are about 13,000 nato forces here. they are doing counter-terrorism operations. it's a difficult area, a lot of taliban activity there. this is one area where the taliban transit through. right after tha

jennifer glasse has more from kabul. >> that incident happened just a couple of hours after dawn early morning and police authorities tell us that it was american u.s. helicopters who carried out an attack on two afghan army check points obviously some sort of mistake. that area is a very heavy fighting area the taliban has a very big presence there and it's one of the areas that the taliban use to travel through. we understand that after this attack by u.s. forces on afghan forces mistakenly, we presume the americans say that they're investigating, right after this happened the taliban launched a ground offensive in the same area. it is a very heavy fighting area. this, of course, is the first friendly fire incident since nato forces gave control to afghan forces at the beginning of the year, and the worse friendly fire as they struggle through a resurgent group. >> we're learning more about the gunman who killed four marines and a sailor. the family said that he was treated for depression and had alcohol and drug problems. they said he took a trip to jordan last year to escape bad in

jennifer glasse reports. >> inside the ministry of interior, a new payroll system is being taught to be rolled out to police headquarters around afghanistan. >> it's online now, it wasn't before. what would happen is users would input the data into the system and deliver it to us in compact disc. >> some say that led to corruption including allegations of non-existent police officers on the payroll with salaries going to supervisors. >> this internet system for salaries is very good. it sped up salary payments and that made us happy. it also stops corruption. >> reporter: six months of negotiations brought a new teel. the u.n. will teach procurement and administration skills. all to allow the ministry of interior to take over the 600 million a year found. >> it's new and strong start within the international community, for professional police. >> it's a big job with about 150,000 police men and border police across the country, and they are on on the front lines, defending against attacks and doing local policing. there's a provision to improve training and ensure she have profession

the bates is still used by american forces jennifer glasse joined us from kabal.t more do you know about this? >> it was a very large car bomb outside. hold officials tell al jazeera 15 have been dead and 19 wounded and the ambulances continue to arrive. >> explosion happened at about 7:10 p.m. local time just before the ishtar immediately, the break of the ramadan fast here many people would have been trying to get home. camp chapman, the site in 2009 ied most legal attack. international people working at that base and that base was sentially was a place where intelligence was gathered for drone strikes in eastern afghanistan in the tribal areas of pakistan which we know are still going on. officials tell us 15 dead and 19 wounded. >> jennifer in kabul, thanks so much for that. still to come on the program, a hero's welcome a palestinian held by israelis for more than a year returns home. and we will meet the indian buffalo that is boosting the country's milk production. >> putting loved ones in a nursing home... hoping for the best. >> my father died because of

more on that in a moment, but first, jennifer glass on the death. >> reporter: it's not clear what changes we'll see under the new leader. taliban sources tell al jazeera that he has been involved in making political decisions for the taliban over the last few years. there are obviously two different areas of the taliban. you have the political side and the military side. the fighting has been serious over the last couple of weeks just in the last couple of days taliban fighters have taken dozens of villages as taliban fighters continue to fight across the battle field. taliban peace talks between taliban representatives and the afghan government have been put on hold, but the afghan government hopes they will be rescheduled sometime soon and people close to the new leader were involved in the first round of talks on july 7. and that may be reason why the afghan government is optimistic that peace talks will continue. the question is what kind of control the taliban leadership has on the fighters. the peace council says they hope when they get to the negotiating table, whoever sits down fo

jennifer glass has more. >> reporter: two attacks in kabul, the first one the taliban targeting a natovoy in the east of the city a suicide car bomber heavily damaging one of the armored vehicles driving through town. a lot of windows were blown out, nato says none of its soldiers were killed. just a couple of hours later, still in the east of the city three attackers targeted an intelligence district station in the east of the city. one of them detonating a small vehicle at the check point, two others wearing suicide vests trying to get into that intelligence headquarters. one intelligence member was killed, the two attackers killed as well in a gun fight there. so, really continuing pressure here in kabul. this is the second set of attacks in just a week. a week ago another nato convoy was targeted on the airport road. in that raised a lot of anger among afghans who were angry with soldiers driving on the road but the second target today the afghan intelligence services, as the taliban keep up pressure on the afghan government. >>> now to egypt where the military has launched new air

jennifer glass on the death of mullah omar. >> reporter: it's unclear what changes we'll see under the new taliban leader. the taliban sources telling al jazeera that mansour has been involved in making political decisions over the last few years. there are obviously two different areas of the taliban. you have the political side and the military side. the fighting has been serious in this spring fighting season and over the last couple of weeks, in the last couple of days taliban has taken dozens of villages in the district in the north and south as taliban fighters continue to fight across the battlefield. peace talks between taliban representatives and the government scheduled for friday have been put on hold. the african government hopes they'll be rescheduled soon and people close to the taliban leader were involved in the first round of talks on july 7th and that may be reason why the government is optimistic that peace talks will continue. the question is what kind of control the taliban leadership has over the fighters on the battlefield. the high peace council in afghanistan s

. >> i'm jennifer glasse in kabul. where one man is hoping to bring solar cars in afghanistan. >> putting loved ones in a nursing home... hoping for the best. >> my father died because of the neglect. >> are they betraying your trust? >> it's a for-profit business. >>> hello again. the top stories on al jazeera - in yemen, three government ministers have returned from exile in saudi arabia. following gains against houthi rebels in the port city of aden. it's not safe enough for president abd-rabbu mansour hadi to return >>> japan's prime minister pushed through legislation that could see droops sent abroad for the first time since the second world war. thousands of demonstrators gathered outside parliament and opposition m.p.s walked out in protest. there were clashes between police and protesters in athens as the break parliament backed austerity measures. he said they wouldn't help the country but they were demanded >>> an historic opportunity the united states should in the mass up. they were president obama's words

plus -- >> i'm jennifer glass in kabul. where one man is hoping to bring solar cars to afghanistan. >> thanks again for watching. here is a reminder, the top stories on al jazeera. in yemen three government ministers have returned. it's not yet safe enough for the president to return. japan's prime minister pushed through legislation that could see troops sent abroad for the first time since world war ii. thousands of demonstrators gathered outside parliament and opposition m ps walked out in protest. there were clashes in athens as the greek parliament backed austerity measures. the tax rises and cuts wouldn't help the economy but they were demanded by its creditors. a historic opportunity that the united states shouldn't pass up, those were president barack obama's words as he defended the deal with iran. he says it makes the country and the world more secure. >> the bottom line is this. this deal meets the national security interests of the united states and our allies. it prevent its iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon

jennifer glasse has more from kabul. >>> the province has been an area where there has been a lot of taliban fighting. they control sa number of villages, and there has been offensives going on as the afghan military tries to clear the area. as a matter of fact the vice president has been up there, saying it's his home area and he will not leave until the taliban are cleared from that area. the apparent targets of the suicide attack was afghan security forces but we understand the hospital is full of injured civilians. >>> the african union mission in somali denied allegations of a mass shooting by its forces on tuesday. witnesses say 24 people were killed when african union strops troops opened fire without prove saying, saying they shot young men playing football and then nearby homes. the au mission in somali reply - released a statement saying: >>> vote counting ended in boournedy's -- burundi's controversial election. the incumbent president is expected to win a third term despite critics saying it would be unconstitutional >>> u.n. secretary-general called for calm urging all s

jennifer glasse is live for us there in the afghan capital to tell us more, jennifer. >> reporter: kamal attack happened just about a half an hour ago. a huge car bomb explosion you can see a large plume of smoke. it happened a couple of kilometers east of the center. policemen tell al jazerra on the scene that they say the target was a convoy, a car carrying international advisers. they were not in military uniform, it was am armor the car and one eyewitness says at least three allegan civilians were wounded in the attack. kamal it's the second car bomb attack in kabul in a week. last tuesday, just a week ago on the airport road another massive car bomb targeted an international military convoy in that attack one afghan civilian killed several injured. the foreigners were not hurt. >> okay, jennifer, welcome back to you light ore if there are more details general gear glassejennifer glasselive in kabul with news on a tack. >>> meetings about the future of greece. trying to agree on a plan to keep athens in to the single currency. here is how things stands right now. the banks still clos

armed men traded insults before the gun battle and jennifer glasse has this from kabul. >> reporter:ing where one guest shot another and more than 20 people killed in the fighting and half a dozen or so injured and this happened in the province northeast of here the capitol kabul. it's a remote district where gun culture is common and we do see a lot of family disputes settled with weapons but very rarely on this scale and afghan officials are heading up to the area to see if there is anything they can do to diffuse tensions and it's very tense in the district where the gun fight broke out. part of the reason is there is little government up there. it's so remote and little up there and in terms of trade or any sorts of resources it's a very poor area and not a lot of government supervision so this fight unusual in its scale and not unusual in the way people solve problems up there but the government going to see if there is anything i can do. border guards in bangladesh are trying to combat a growing problem with illegal drug smuggling and methamphetamine is smuggled across the bord

. >> live in kabul, jennifer glasse >>> european finance minister rejected talks on a new bailout for greece until after a national referendum on sunday. greeks will vote on whether to accept or reject a range of spending cuts. the head of the international monetary fund says the referendum should help to resolve the disagreements. >> we have received so many latest offers which, themselves had been validated and validated, changed and amended over the course of the past few days that it's uncertain where the latest proposals stand. i think that you know a major decision was made last friday to interrupt the negotiations on the part of greece. when it decided to launch a referendum this coming sunday. i think there is a democratic process that is under way, and that should result in hopefully more clarity, less uncertainty as to what is the termination of the greek people and the authority of the government. >> let's get an update from barnaby phillips in athens. >> europe's leaders made it clear that they will not deal with the greek government now until after the referendum. there's

. >> we can speak to jennifer glasse live in kabul, afghanistan for us.s you were saying taliban has a new leader mullah akhtar mansoor, who has been serving as deputy for the last four years. reports suggest that omar was actually dead for many of those years. does this mean a change for the taliban and afghanistan? >> well i think that's a really good question as you said mansoor has been the deputy and has been in charge according to our taliban sources of many of the political decisions that have been made by the taliban over the last few years, and the afghan government says he has been dead for more than two years. omar, of course has not been seen in public for more than a decade. how much will change? that's a really good question. you have the political side and the military side. all of this happens against a backdrop of a lot of taliban military activity across afghanistan. in the north where they launched their spring offensive in april, we have seen renewed offensive just over the last couple of days where they took dozens of villages. yester

jennifer glasse has more from kabul. >> reporter: the department has been an area where there's a lot of taliban fighting. the taliban still control a number of villages and there have been offensives going up there as the afghan military tries to clear the area. the vice president has been up there saying that it is his home area, and he says he will not leave until the taliban are cleared from the area. the apparent target of the suicide attack was afghan security forces but we understand that the hospital is full of injured civilians. >>> eight people have been arrested after a group of protesters in australia stormed sydney's chinese consulate. the tibetans were protesting against the death of a prominent tibetan monk who died serving life in prisons in southwest china. one demonstrator climbed the flagpole and took down the chinese flag. >> we don't know what's going on in tibet because china has cut everything everything they keep secret. >>> thousands of haitians are demanding a boycott of products from neighboring dominican republic. they protest against the deportation of hai

helicopters attacked afghan forces in the district in an area known for heavy taliban presence and jennifer glassehis update from kabul. >> reporter: that incident in the province happened a couple hours after dawn early morning and police authorities tell us that it was american, u.s. helicopters that carried out an attack on two afghan army checkpoints. obviously some sort of mistake, maybe some sort of communication area and it's heavy fighting there and taliban has large presence there and used to transit through and understand after this attack by u.s. forces on afghan forces mistakenly americans say they are investigating that right after this happened the taliban launched a ground offensive in the same area. it is a very heavy fighting area. this of course is the first friendly fire incident since nato forces gave control to afghan forces at the beginning of the year and the worst friendly fire incident and struggling against resurgents and in areas around the country. >>> founder of afghanistan center for research and policies and says this could society back the relationship between afgha

checkpoints in the district in the province it's an area known for its heavy taliban presence and jennifer glasseas the latest update from kabul. >> that incident in the province happened just a couple hours after dawn early morning and police authorities tell us that it was american u.s. helicopters that carried out an attack on two afghan army checkpoints, obviously some sort of mistake or a communication area that area is a very heavy fighting area, the taliban have a very big presence there and this is one of the areas the taliban use to transit through and we understand after this attack by u.s. forces on afghan forces mistakenly we presume the americans say they are investigating that right after this happened the taliban launched a ground offensive in the same area. it is a very heavy fighting area. this of course is the first friendly fire incident since nato forces gave control to afghan forces the beginning of the year. the worst friendly fire incident and struggling against a taliban not just here but areas around the country. >>> banks in greece have reopened after the country's finan

attack happened close to camp chapman on the city of coast and none of its personnel were hurt and jennifer glasseore from kabul. >> reporter: it happened in the early evening in one of the busy times of the day as afghans are rushing home to break their ramadan fast for the meal and is often the case in these situations, the dead and the wounded were all afghan security personnel and civilians including women and children. even though the target appeared to be an international base there camp chapman on the outskirts of host city in host province and champ champman in 2009 was the deadliest attack on u.s. cia in more than 25 years when 7 were killed by a double agent there, that base provides intelligence for drone strikes in eastern afghanistan and it's not far from the border with pakistan, just maybe 15 20 kilometers from the border of pakistan and host province one of the most insecure and seen suicide bombings in the last few months and a difficult fighting season for afghan security forces and fighting on their own without heavy weapons and nato support that they got from international forc

jennifer glasse has more from kabul 67 the suicide bombing happened in the early evening at one of the busiest time of the day here as afghans are rushing home to break their ramadan fast and as is often the case in the situations the dead and wounded were all afghans security personnel and civilians including women and children, even though the target appeared to be an international base there champ chapman on the outskirts of host city. in 2009 was the site of the worst, the deadliest attack on the u.s. intelligence service the cia in more than 25 years when 7c. 7cia agent were killed by a dumb agent there. it provides intelligence for drone strikes in eastern afghanistan and not far from the border with pakistan, just make five tink 20-kilometers from the board we are pakistan. one of the more insecure provinces of afghanistan, we have seen suicide bombingses there in this a difficult fighting seases found afghan security forces fighting on their own without the heavy weaponry and nato support that they got from international forces there. mainly to train, advice and assist. u.s. fo

jennifer glasse has more on the incident some of calling friendly fire. >> that incident in logar province happened after dawn, early morning. police tell us it was american, u.s. helicopters that carried out an attack on two afghan army check points. obviously some sort of mistake maybe some sort of communication error. that area is a very heavy fighting area, the taliban have a very, very big presence there and is one of the areas the taliban use. after this attack by u.s. forces on afghan forces mistakenly, we presume, the americans say they are investigating, that right after this happened, the taliban launched a ground offensive in the same area. it is a very heavy fighting area. this is the first friendly fire incident since nato forces gave control to afghan forces at the beginning of the year and the first friendly fire incident. >> jennifer glasse in kabul. >> mitsubishi is apologizing for its actions during world war ii. on sunday, it became the first major japanese company to say it was sorry for using captured american soldiers as slave labor during world war ii with that more