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that's the immediate thing that you hear when you land in kabul.ike what's the current rate for being smuggled to europe? and, you know, what routes do we take now? it's not a sense of, you know we're building our future hoar. >> yeah. fascinating. one more one more -- yeah. one more question. how about you there. >> do i need a mic? >> yes you do. >> you do. [laughter] >> this question is also for jenny. granted this phenomenon in surreptitious, but i'm wondering if you have any ballpark -- how widespread is this? >> well every afghan will know someone. there will be -- every afghan who's not an elite ex-patriot who's lived abroad for many years will immediately offer up an example of someone in their extended family, a neighbor a great grandmother who did this. there's usually one in a school that will be referred to, officers and midwives will know of these children because they've been brought

jennifer glasse has more for us from kabul. let's talk about the minister. embarrassing this for the new afghan government. what more do we know? >> that's right. he is wanted in estonia for what it calls large-scale tax evasion. this red notice dates back to 2003. it was not widely reported and comes as a surprise to president as a surprise he says. he and 25 other ministers were nominated last week and took the government three months to get a list of nominees. it waited because it wanted the right people. it is critical to the new government. what will happen to him. he says that the taxes to be paid are not his, and are the man who bought the business after him, which the palace is investigating. they are hoping that the nominees will go to parliament this week. >> after the story of corruption of the previous afghan president, it was hoped that it turns a new page. obviously on the strength of this story, it hasn't happened has it. >> certainly it's a concern. it's something that the president promised he'll try to do. these trying to remake all of it.

afghans want the government to respond quickly. >> reporter: the factory in kabul can pros dune 150,000ce packs a day. the owner is proud his product is homegrown. >> we are the only company in afghanistan that use afghan fruit pull be. >> reporter: really? >> two more companies but they are importing their raw materials. >> reporter: we first met him two years ago right after a suicide truck bombing next door destroyed millions of dollars of that juice pulp. then he wasn't sure if he would rebuild. but he has and he's expanding. >> it's a business, it's not a smart move at all. it's not worth to invest with such a high-risk but as afghan being inning habitant of this country, i think it's a smart move. if i don't do it, who ill. >> reporter: he employs about 350 people now to buy and produce the skwraourbgs he buys of crops of 20,000 farmers. and next year plans to hire 200 more workers and buy from 30,000 farmers to make nearly three times as much juice. he says he and other afghans had hoped the economy would improve with the end of the political deadlock but he is the government has

i don't see massive casualties inside of kabul.ile attacks have gone up the last three or four weeks. these are one or two people with suicide vests attacking ngos and attacking soft targets. so they have continued to try to do that. they're trying to show they're still relevant because they didn't hold terrain during the fighting season. their leadership has fractured. so they are attacking soft targets here in kabul that raise high-profile attacks but i wouldn't say massive casualties. and, again, the afghan security forces continue to do pretty well finding a very small magnetic ied they put on a bus and finding one suicide bomber that comes inside a city of 3.3 million is very tough but i think they continue to work at that very hard and we'll continue to be partnered up with them. >> thanks very much, general campbell, for joining us. >>> now we turn to the home front. veterans returning from the front lines are facing a sad and stunning statistic. by 1 estimate nearly 50,000 veterans will experience homelessness each year. bu

to show us what billions of dollars in foreign aid has done to make kabul more modern he flew us over the city just hours after we arrived. this was among the darkest capitals in the world when the u.s. got here. now the ancient city is ablaze with light. >> this is a perspective people don't get kabul at night here and the lights. >> reporter: when i came into kabul for the first time with the afghan forces when they took the city from the taliban in 2001, there wasn't a single light. >> just take a look at the highway lights. >> reporter: but millions of people across afghanistan are still without power, and the lack of security threatens whatever progress has been made. last year was the deadliest of the war. more than 5,000 afghan soldiers and policemen killed. at this memorial down south in kandahar, general campbell paid tribute to some of their fallen. afghan major general abdul hamid was at his side. he lost close to 200 of his men this past year. the afghan security forces, particularly the afghan national army, doesn't get the credit it deserves. >> it's the number one respe

kabul, jennifer glasse, jennifer tell us more about this.as you said he is on interpol's most wanted list for large scale tax evasion connected to a company that he owned. he says that he doesn't owe those taxes that it's the man who cut pwa*ut the company from him. but, of course, this is an embarrassment for the new government of the president the unity government. it took them more than three months to get those cabinet ministers nominated. they say it took so long because they wanted to make sure that they had the right people. he is now being investigated by the president's office. they say it will go very quickly. they plan to get to the bottom of it in the next day or so. that's because he's these nominees are supposed to go to parliament this week, we think it might happen on tuesday, they have to be ratified by the parliament really afghans want to see a new government in place as quickly as possible. there have been no cabinet ministers for three months and before that, of course, the political deadlock over the presidential electi

jennifer glasse has more from the capital kabul. >> reporter: at the camp on the outskirts of kabul thekeep arriving. five in the last month alone. fighting in helmanned province. they didn't arrive all at once, group by group over the past for you are years they left fertile farmland gradually becoming too dangerous because of war. >> translator: we don't have anything. our men go out to try to find work sometimes they find it, sometimes they don't. they bring us a little foot and water. >> reporter: the camp have no he legs tries at this, sewage or running water. the people have to pay to fill up at a nearby well. hundreds of families in camp alone, most fled fighting in other parts of the country and hope that coming here to the capital would bring them better opportunities. but there is no school here for the children. no mosque. not even a graveyard. community leaders say the government promised a lot but has given them little. but they won't leave. >> translator: we won't even think about going back, it's a very difficult situation people won't think about going back. they used to

i was living in kabul, in the capital city, which was relatively safe. the war was taking place out in the countryside, and they would say today 25 terrorists were killed 35 insurgents were killed and we would be left to take this information down and report it. the reason was because it was dangerous or difficult to get out into these areas where the fighting was taking place. so i very quickly got frustrated with this. not just me, all of us got frustrated with this, you know with this means of getting information. and so at one point i decided to grow out my beard and get a motorcycle get -- [inaudible] learn the language and hit the road go down south into the countryside where the war was being fought to see if i could actually get at the war get at the people who were caught in it in a way i couldn't back in kabul. so i spent months going from one village to the next. i relied on the hospitality of tribal elders. sometimes i would just show up and say, hey, i'm here and, you know, people would take me in, and i would say there for weeks on end and

from kabul, this report. >> the u.s. forces have handed over combat responsibility. i joined the head of the army on his first trip out of the capital. our destination is close to the border. the general is going to be the defense minister when the deadlock over the cabinet is broken. >> selecting individuals that are good for their job professionally and from other points of view. it takes a long time. we agree with you. i agree with you that it takes a long time. it will not be long. soon, you will hear the new cabinet. >> 100 day seven passes for new president agree to share power with the runner-up in the election dr. abdullah. in the western province, the official from the governor and district level have been fired. >> people are tired. they are very much tired of waiting for the developing government. the question in afghanistan is about the cabin and. -- the cabinetet. >> will the strength and the taliban? >> -- strengthen the taliban? >> this man said he would take his boat back and the barber did not vote and blamed were security on the failure of the gover

at night here, the lights. >> logan: when i came into kabul for the first time with the...han forces, when they took the city from the taliban in 2001, there wasn't a single light. >> campbell: just take a look at the highway lights. >> logan: but millions of people across afghanistan are still without power, and the lack of security threatens whatever progress has been made. last year was the deadliest of the war-- more than 5,000 afghan soldiers and policemen killed. at this memorial down south in kandahar, general campbell paid tribute to some of their fallen. afghan major general abdul hamid was at his side. he lost close to 200 of his men this past year. you believe that the afghan security forces, particularly the afghan national army doesn't get the credit it deserves. >> campbell: it's the number one respected institution in afghanistan. couple years ago, i probably wouldn't have said that, but today it is. they've taken this fight on, they've gotten them through two very, very tough fighting seasons, and the last one, predominantly, all on their own. >> logan: the

we put them up in kabul in september.hey knew the ,-xinterpreters. they would have means of communication viatúm cell phone or tactical teams. thøu1 be thet)Ñadvocate. they would make sure the processes were working. we need to make sure they can sustain themselves and resource themselves from kabul. we built the cell and it shows where thetao theater 7ñwas. where it went to and where it will go to. kabul attack north west south and east. it will continue to evolve into any long term partnership. relationship with afghanistan is important to the international community and stability in that region. i think that's what rsm sets stage for. it's a decade of ] and partnership that we talked about in the tokyo and frame workp

david lang reports now from kabul. >> reporter: it is before dawn in kabul and ten men who share oneud room make themselves ready for another day. they share the same cup of tea and piece of bread before setting out in the cold. they walk more in hope than expectation that today will be the day they get work and even when they do work, they own theearn the equivalent of less than $4 a day. most days they go empty-handed. he says his family wants him home, but he doesn't have money for the bus. with the government still not in place, business confidence has collapsed. >> the business community needs a strong legislation. the power of law and rule. without that the market economy will not work. >> reporter: and at the moment you don't have that. so people will get poorer? >> we do not. we help our economy based on international donations. the other economy. >> reporter: he was asked by president ghani to head a delegation of business leaders to negotiate new oil and gas deals, but with no explanation, the president went on his own at the last minute angering those people he most needs

the taliban has claimed credit for an attack in kabul. at least one person was killed and five injured in a suicide bombing. this is just days after the nato combat mission ended. >> the eu police vehicle was traveling along the jalalabad road in the eastern outskirts of the capital when he was caught in the blast. it is understood that an attacker detonated a car laden with explosives as the convoy passed. it was civilians in this vicinity that fared worst in the explosions. >> i heard a big blast. there was a lot of dust. pieces of debris were flying everywhere. i was scared. i'm still scared. but the incident occurred near the headquarters of the eu police academy in kabul. earlier on monday, an explosion detonated new the city's international airport. attacks by taliban led militants surged in the latter half of 2014 as nato troops and their 13 year con that and thousands of troops withdrew. last week my the f -- last week, the afghan president announced his own security forces had officially assumed full control. >> in southern austr

. >>> in the explosions at a gas station near kabul's military airport, trying to enter downtown kabul when it blew up. >>> japan's prime minister says the killing of a japanese hospital contaminating by i.s.i.l. is, quote outrageous and unforgivable. had aruna yukawa has been credible. another hostage kenji goto. a failed suicide bomber being held currently in jordan. harry fawcett has more from tokyo. >> the message from japanese government, one of the two japanese nationals held hostage by i.s.i.l without explicitly saying they have definitive proof. the prime minister said unfortunately, japan could not but say that the credibility of this video was high. a couple of hours later his chief cabinet secretary who has been leading the japanese public pronouncements and statements on this since it began unfolding on tuesday, excess japan has no basis to deny the murder of haruna yukawa, still image of him holding up a photograph of a dead body of haruna yukawa, there was a video image of speaking acknowledge condemned the action he ever shinnzo abe or the inaction. and the death of a fe

jennifer glasse there in kabul. mexico's attorney-general has for the first time declared that all 40 students who went missing in september are dead. the government says they were killed by a gang who mistook them for rifle criminals. rival criminals. many don't believe that. adam raney reports. >> mexico's attorney-general says there's no doubt as to what happened to 43 students. >> evidence allows us to determine that the students were killed burnt and dumped in a river. >> he cited 37 confessions, including this man who gang bosses called on to dispose of the students. the conference was completed with slick produced videos and re-enactments to add weight to the attorney-general's argument. it's unlikely to convince a sceptical country. protests like this on monday call the government's argument into question. so far forensic experts identified students. fire experts say there's no way 43 students were burnt. we don't believe it because yesterday many were marking in the street and they want to close the case. >

embassy, and they said -- in kabul, and they said, you know, how could you talk to this foreign reporterbout all this, why did you do that? and she had made she explained to them that she had made a very conscious decision early on to talk about this because it's a window into how afghanistan works and afghan culture. so that's sort of my story. >> thank you. >> well mostly i was, you know, being undercover cuts all of that out. the only thing i could do was make sure that i mean, definitely the students, what would happen to the students. and i changed obviously all the missionaries and the students' names and the students were all blurred. so which made it quite a difficult task, because the whole book is about really their loveliness and how unique they were. and i had to kind of make them blur, blurry so you couldn't single them out. and generally, also they come across being really loyal to their leader, so there was really nothing to fault them in a way, and maybe only two incidences where they could be you know, i literally made them impossible to identify. so i if felt confident

the shooting happened at the north kabul international airport complex. at this point, there are few details about the shooter or whether he was a member of the afghan security forces. there's no word on the fates of a jordanian air force pilot or a japanese journalist held hostage by isil terrorists. a deadline set by the group for a prisoner swap has come and gone. isil gave jordan until sundown local time today to free a bomber on death row. jordan demanded proof its pilot was still alive before making a trade. for the first time 911 calls from the deadly mansion fire in annapolis have been released. the first call was from the company that installed the smoke alarm in the home of don and sandra pyle. the operator said he wasn't able to reach anyone inside the mansion. >> calling with a fire alarm. >> two minutes later, a neighbor called 911 describing flames shooting out of the home. it's believed the pyles and their four grandchildren were inside at the time of the fire. six bodies have been recovered from the rubble and the cause of the fire was rul

al jazeera, kabul.ey opposition figure has been arrested during an antigovernment demonstration in the capitol, thousands were deployed to contain the protests. is a leading member of the bangladesh national party. christians believe the three kings the event has the end of the christian season in property term survival santa edition but for orthodox christians this is the day when they mark the baptism in the river jordan the remaining village is a time honored tradition. her showered in holy water has a blessing against evil. and at the vatican pope francis passed on those about to start their christmas. affectionate wishes to them. >> meanwhile, in jerusalem the christian orthodox patriot arrived in the occupied west bank on christmas eve. the christmas season is ending. a feast of the epiphany is marked with a plunge. symbolized the opposition leader was in attendance ahead of national elections later this month. plenty more on our website, the address of that is aljazeera.com. you can also watch us

let's go to our correspondent, joining me from the capital kabul. an historic day essentially, and one which given the events of yesterday doesn't go that well, does it? >> reporter: yes, that's right, david. as of today, some 350,000 afghan troops are now responsible for the security of the entire country. there was a ceremony at the palace this morning where the new president ashraf ghani addressed his troops, congratulating them on their new role, saying how proud he was on them and how the country was firmly behind them. but as you say, of course, the challenges ahead are many. the attack you referred to on the wedding party last night in the province of helmand interestingly took place in a district which had been handed over to the afghans more than six months ago, and since then has seen fierce fighting between the afghan security forces and the taliban. and we understand that a stray rocket hit the wedding party just as they were about to enter the house in which the wedding was due to take place. unfortunately, most of the victims are women

jennifer glass is in kabul for us. and what did he have to say?s is another indication of how big of a battle the afghan national forces have in front of tell. >> reporter: that's right martine a forceful speech by the president in a ceremony still going on at the presidential palace celebrating the fact that afghan security forces have taken overcontrol of security for the country, that will happen about 12 hours ago when the nato mandate ended. the president con garage congratulated the african security forces and made promises to them, programs using the local ranking soldiers that they would all skip up a rank, promising them accommodation as well as education. the he also talked a warn to go his neighbors no to interfere in afghanistan's business, a coded warning to pakistan, he said all terrorism is bad terrorism and afghan children deserve the same rights as children in pakistan and children anywhere in the world. and basically peace in afghanistan meant piece in the region no one can drown afghanistan he got very emotional when he said tha

. >> kabul. >> hong kong. >> ukraine. >> the artic. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. >>> at least 13 dead after a shell hits a trolley bus in the ukrainian city in donetsk. ♪ ♪ >>> you are watching al jazerra i am nick clark this doha. also coming up on the program. neat telephone conversation suggests yemen's former president has been plotting against the government with houthi rebels. >>> ithe leader of the catholic church says stop killing your people. and he quits after photos show him posing as hitler. ♪ ♪ >>> well, at least 13 people have been killed by a mortar strike on a trolley bus in donetsk. the city in eastern ukraine say pro-russian separatist strong hold. the strike comes after hours after calls for a ceasefire. charles what, more do you know? >> reporter: well, nick, we have spoken to a russian journalist on the ground in donetsk and a spokesperson for the rebels there, they tell us that at least nine people were killed in this attack. and at least nine others injured. we have no confirmation as to there were any

the afghan president has nominated 25 ministers for his cabinet, jennifer glasse is joining us from kabul us about the makeup of that cabinet, jennifer. >> the president promised it would be a diverse cabinet and new faces and seeing old faces the chief of the army and he will become the chief of defense, the former head of the high peace, the head of foreign affairs but no one before has been a minister. they do have experience in leadership. they do have experience in government. but it's the kind of shake up the president ghani and chief officer abdullah-abdullah reforming and corruption has been a huge problem here the 25 ministers are ministers designated to the cabinet and in claud clueds women and they will approve or disapprove and not a moment too soon and waiting three months since the inauguration of ghani for the cabinet and it's stalled since then and hoping the naming of the new cabinet will mean things is get going again and ministries will start working like they are supposed to and feel can get documents and approvals they need to build to buy things and transfer home and

it's the first attack in kabul in three weeks. police believe anti-government insurgents were behind the blast. >>> and in ukraine, a rocket attack yesterday left at least 30 people dead. it happened in the strategic port city of marupol. ukraine is blaming pro-russian rebels calling the aerial blitz a terrorist attack. the u.s. and nato are demanding russia stop supporting the rebels. >>> and this morning, we have new video from china that captured a 1-year-old boy -- yes, a 1-year-old -- getting on a bus all by himself. you can see a woman behind the baby look for an adult taking care of the child. the bus driver called police. officers tracked down the baby's parents, about an hour later. the boy's parents say they own a business and the child was playing outside the store alone when he wandered off. >>> terrifying moments caught on video as a woman is held up at a drive-through atm. this morning the hunt continues for the gunman. >>> and a garage collapses at a new jersey hotel. next, we'll hear from a philadelphia man who was

jennifer glasse, al jazerra kabul. >>> the egyptian actress has died at the age of 83.r her beauty and voice, she was called the lady of the arab screen. a star during the golden era of egyptian sin. appeared in 100 films off with her exhusband and golden globe winner omar sharif. >>> thailand's military government is tapping in to popular culture in an effort to battle corruption. a soap opera based on real life cases is being produced in the country. scott heidler reports. >> reporter: soap operas in thailand are wildly popular. they trace their roots back to the 13th century when storytelling was put put on stage, the military government realizes this. the president changed the time of his weekly address so it wouldn't interrupt prime time for soap operas but taken it a step further to tap in to that massive audience the government is producing it's a own soap opera. the anti-corruption commission has starting filming a tv series dramatizing real corruption cases in thailand. >> translator: i believe in this project. even though it's propaganda duh. when we do good t

as jennifer glasse reports from kabul, afghans are demanding fast action by the government. >> reportere factory in kabul can produce 150,000 juice packs a day, and the owner is proud his product is homegrown. >> we're the only company in afghanistan that uses afghan fruits and pulp. >> really? >> there are two more companies, but they import raw materials from outside. >> reporter: we first met him two years ago right after a suicide truck bombing next deer destroyed millions of dollars of the juice pulp. then he wasn't sure if he would rebuild, but he has and he's expanding. >> it's a business and it's not a smart move at all. it's not work it with such a high risk but as afghan being an inhabitant of this country, i think it's a smart move. if i don't do who will? >> reporter: he employs about 350 people now who buy and produce the juice. he buys the crops of 20,000 farmers. next year he plans to hire 200 more workers and buy from 35,000 farmers to make nearly three times as much juice. he says he and other afghans have hoped the economy would improve with the end of the political de

so, there is a real risk that kabul is very vulnerable. security situation in that capitol is better than it is in the provinces, but it is not 100% and there is some significant, significant issues with security in that nation's capitol, so i see 2015 as being a very crucial year for the afghan government, as well as for the future of that country. >> we will continue this conversation. colonel, thank you so much. >> you bet my pleasure, thank you so much and happy new year. >> in malaysia, floodwaters are receding and victims returning to see what's left of their homes. the government is start to go assess the damage from the worst flood the country has seen in decades. 100,000 people remain in evacuation shelters and recovery could cost hundreds of millions of dollars. let's get another look at the weather with our meteorologist kevin, who joins us now. >> just because the floodwaters are receding, that doesn't mean that we're not going to be seeing more rain. of course, this is the rainy season. we're just not going to see them as heav

and so i took office on to kabul and became interested in how did a village become like this? it was so bizarre. i went back through the archives, historical archives. i found tribal elders what but fled from the village and they begin to reconstruct things and it turned out that back in 2001 which is one -- which is one the u.s. invasion was, this was an american stronghold to this village had welcomed the u.s. military with open arms because they have suffered so greatly under the taliban. something happened between 2001-2008 when i visited that completely turned it on its head. so i became obsessed with this idea of trying to understand how things could have gone so wrong. i went back down to the countryside and started anything people and asking this very question, when did things go badly? when did the war come back? the result essentially is the book which has interviews with hundreds of people. i spoke with predominantly on the lives of three afghans and traced their lives from 2001 to today. one is a taliban fighter. he gets his information from i can 19-inch when the

the kabul airport according to reports he may have been a member of afghanistan security forces.n recents years there have been dozens of attacks against the u.s. led coalition in afghanistan, homeland security cheech is warning threat on attack on u.s. soil remains ever present and telling americans to be on the look out for threats and jamie mcintyre has more from washington jamie. >> jay johnson's message is that in the more than a decade since september 11 attacks the threat against the u.s. evolved into something that is more decentralized, more diffuse and more complex. in glendale arizona tight security is being put in pleas for sunday's superbowl the sporting event and a giant headache for u.s. officials for detecting and preventing attacks. >> concerned about the domestic based threat lurking in our midst, the so called lone wolf who may be inspired by this extremist propaganda on the internet and can strike with little or no notice. >> reporter: johnson inspected the super bowl site this week and after a small recreational drone went down on the white house grounds mond

jennifer glasse, al jazeera kabul. >> the united states released five more detainees from guantanamo. casey has the details. >> no details on security with the country of kazakhstan. these people were geared for release nearly five years ago and they were only being let go now. in the past there have been concerns about tunisia because of persecution and yemen because of enemies there. the man who's served for past 18 months as the obama administration's point-person on guantanamo recently said that 90% of detainees being released were never even suspected of doing something wrong in the first place. well, it's taken longer than expected to release some of these men. one complication is that that special envoy for guantanamo bay, cliff sloane, recently resigned complicated future releases. there are 60 prisoners at guantanamo bay who have been signed off for release so we'll see what 2015 brings for them. political complications have made it tougher to see individuals sent away from the prison. republican push-back even among the democratic ranks as well and strife in president obama'

. >> kabul. >> hong kong. >> ukraine. >> the artic. real reporting from around the world.is what we do. al jazeera america. >>> later this -- week ali velshi would bring us news from the world economic meeting. the anti-poverty group release study showing next year the richest people in the world will control more than half of the world's weather. roxana saberi has the story. >> reporter: frustration over growing income inequality sparked the occupy wall street movement. since that that protest has grown from the u.s. to china. since then the world's richest 1% is on track to owning more than half of the world's wealth next year. the portion of wealth held by the top 1% actually fell but over the next four years it will rise dramatically and will keep rising just as the wealth held by the bottom 99% will keep dropping. >> incomes are not going up minimum wages have stayed stagnant and the rich just continue to get richer as government policies have moved in that direction. >> reporter: they say the world's 80 richest people control the same wealth as half of the world's po

. >> i have seen pictures from kabul of women in skirts in the 60s at the universities.nd to my mind that is a memory so i wonder if anybody that you spoke to reference a path like that. i don't think it happened in the world. but in the cities where there was more gender equal with the parity. if they remembered that were brought it up after. >> that is a short golden moment that many refer to. this is an attempt to do essentially what we tried to do now. and this is before that it was very limited and it wasn't like that was the time that women were free and it was also different because they ruled. it would be referred to as the russian times many times and it was a brutal war. so at least -- we hated the russians but at least in some ways you see the buildings into. so it is a conflict of romance at the time because they died. but it's largely referred to as a more short period of time where the women in their overall areas could do that to some extent depending on who they were. >> the mother -- the father is a professor and they end up just being total gender react

ira glass has more from the afghan capital, kabul. >> at the camp on the outskirts of kaboom the families arrive. five in the last month alone. fighting in helmand province forced them to leave everything they had. that's where her four sons and 11 grandchildren are from. they didn't arriving at once. they left fertile farming in the south, becoming too dangerous because of war. >> translation: we don't have anything. our men go out to find work. sometimes they find it sometimes they don't. they bring us a little food and water. >> the camp has no electricity, sewerage or running water. the people have to pay to fill up from a well. >> there are 100 families in this camp. most are fighting in other parts of the country, and they hope that coming here will bring them better opportunities. >> there's no school here for the children. no mosque. not even a graveyard. the leaders say the government promised a lot, but has given them little. they still will not leave. >> we won't think about helmand. it's a difficult situation. they used to farm. they won't be able to do that. they are bombing.

jennifer glass has more from kabul. >> is outside most of the military afghans are portioned to stand in long lines. with not many results. >> if they fill out forms from nearby offices. >> there is some work going on in government offices but not like it used to be, it is so slow because ministers have not been appointed so other government officials can't do their jobs. when papers are signed it is by acting officers. he plames the president i voted for him as president he is ruling in a coalition government, some say the unprecedented alliance with the delay in the new government. >> we did identify all of our problems in the last within hundred days, but now it is time for us to act upon those problems. >> since the inauguration, this t.v. station has been following the government's progress with a nightly program called 100 days. with each show focusing on a deferent subject. >> i think the afghan people expect more. i think that it was a change. and that they wish to change for the better. but they have been certain shortcomings undermine the whole. of the government, initiative

jennifer glasse is in kabul with more. >> a number of attacks. the taliban claimed a responsibility for an sault on the police training academy there. a suicide bomber blew up his car up at the wall. they eventually got in blew them up and they claimed responsibility in a text message. in the north they were responsible for an sault on a convoy -- assault on a convoy. they were headed to another province. two were kidnapped in that incident. in jalalabad, again, a man and his two children were killed. a bomb went off underneath their car. all this violence across afghanistan amidst an atmosphere of political instability. the parliament is meeting to discuss what kind of pressure they can exert on the president and his chief executive. 101 days after the presidential inauguration no cabinet here. that has paralyzed the country. people cannot get many things done. officialdom has ground to a halt. and many are frustrated and that is reflected in the parliament in the legislature in kabul, as they try to figure out what they can do to get a cabinet

. >> kabul. >> hong kong. >> ukraine. >> the artic. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. when experts talk about putting on and taking of a suit like the one i'm about to display here, they talk about "ritualizing the process" because you have to make sure that everything is perfect. imagine that i've just come from treating an ebola affixed patient and have gotten blood or other body material onto me. so now i'm going to get out of this suit. i'm going to show you the critical mistake that can get so many aid workers into trouble. they're exhausted, they've seen a lot of blood, they're panicked and they want to get this off. they pull it off. whoa! the fresh air hits their face and their first instinct is to wipe their brow because they're so sweaty. this glove is contaminated and that's where you're getting contaminated material into mucus membranes, it drips into the eyes, makes the mistake, that's the moment. the thing to consider here is that for every person that you want in one of these suits out treating people, you're going

we are following this from kabul. david, what other details do we have? >> reporter: we don't have very many details on the circumstances of the arrest. i can con firm what afghan officials are telling us. five men were arrested yesterday. this follows investigations going on since the school attack in december. pakistani officials believe they weren't just looking at people in pakistan. made arrests immediately but across the border. the significance of these arrests and the fact these men in the next few days will almost certainly be handed to pakistan shows better relations for these two countries have not gotten along in the past. and just a couple days ago, the president made a trip in the early days of his presidency and said he wanted to reset relations and heard from american officials they really believe pakistan now means business. the arrest of these men, if nay are handed over to pakistan shows that the relationship between these two countries is significant for peace and stability in this region. >> thank you from kabul. >>> a singapore navy

jennifer glasse has more from kabul. >> on january 17th. there was an afghan journalist the pierce to be murdered. odds are it will not be the last. being a journalist here is an a dangerous job. ask this investigative reporter. he was assaulted. he wrote about corruption. the biggest threat for journalist in the north comes from war lords, smugglers and on par for elders that cannot accept criticism. >> the emergence of a free media, with dozens of newspapers, websites has been hailed as a success of afghanistan. >> freedom of speech is under threat. they are increasing cases by the government and the taliban. it's particularly challenging for women. conservative believes mean many object. this woman used to anchor a radio news but her parent found out. >> translation: i still would like to but only if my family give permission. >> reporter: other ladies change their name for broadcast so they won't be recognised and are under constant pressure. >> translation: i have been threatened by the go. . they warn me on the phone i shouldn't conti

three americans and an afghan were killed in a shooting thursday at the airport in kabul. it's unclear whether the afghan was the shooter or the victim but the taliban has since claimed responsibility. a u.s. official says it appears to be an attack from the inside. >> in mexico city officials believe they have accounted for everyone inside a maternity hospital when it was levelled by a gas explosion. a nurse described it as a nightmare. hospital workers pulled babies and others from the rubble. we learn more from rosa florez at the scene. >> reporter: a maternity hospital in mexico city's southwest side turned into a death trap when an explosion sent debris flying into the air. take a look. you will see police officers setting up a perimeter protecting the scene this is a very active scene. you can see that a truck is going to be pulling behind me very soon. but take a close look at the hospital. you see a pile of debris front loaders that have been working around the clock. we have seen volunteers going in with shovels, picks, axes sifting through some of that debris. he