it was a gift from the staff in kabul.ed that heart and had it delivered to the kuhns, and now it hangs in their home in the bay area as a reminder that roots of peace will not surrender to terrorism. >> most of the walls and the stuff in that room were destroyed, but that heart survived. >> shafi anwary is the new roots of peace director in afghanistan. he says the staff is not intimidated by the attacks. >> if we look at that from another perspective, that means, like, their hearts are still alive and we can still continue with whatever has happened. >> that attack in 2014 did not stop the kuhns from meeting with afghanistan's new president, ashraf ghani, in late january. it happened at the presidential palace. they talked about increasing the pace of agriculture development. >> without a functioning agricultural system in this country, we cannot have stability. >> roots of peace has been working in afghanistan for more than a decade with funding from usaid. >> a good friend, heidi kuhn -- she has her heart in the right

jennifer glasse reporting from kabul then. caroline malone has the effect there. >> structural damage including to the city's historic fort. the quake hit rawalpindi as the shaking ahead. many brought to the hospital and in the capital, islamabad, people gathered fearing after shocks. >> it was a severe earthquake. we told the students to all go out and they all started to file out. it lasted for a min o minute or. there were extreme shocks. the building had suffered severe damages. there are cracks in the walls. >> reporter: people also felt the effects in indian-controlled kashmir where 500-year-old structures were badly damaged. >> translator: the wall has been totally damaged. >> reporter: parts of the metro train line were temporarily halted in the capital, delhi, it is a seismically active region. ten years ago, a similar earthquake hit pakistan. 75,000 people died then. this time the quake was deeper, 200 kilometers down. but the damage, even then, is clear offground. carolina maloneclearly above gr. caroline malone. al

they brought him with themselves to kabul.very next day after amin's assassination. right after that and within the next hour, practically, the link between the soviet union and afghanistan start to intensify. so there is no evidence that he called for help. since he was brought, i repeat, brought by the soviets themselves. >> the russian invasion of afghanistan had big impact on the attitude of the developing countries and third world against russia. and for years they were preaching that they were supporting developing countries, supporting them to maintain their freedom and they just want to help them. but when they invaded afghanistan, people found that russia is not a reliable friend. it is difficult to rely on russians. the same way they invaded afghanistan, they could invade their country also. . the world simply could not stand by and permit the soviet union to commit this act of aggression with impunity. 50 nations petitioned the united nations to condemn the ussr and to demand the immediate withdrawal of all soviet t

we will also go to kabul to speak with dr. hakim who works with the war wounded in afghanistan's capital and kathy kelly just back from afghanistan. we will be back in a moment. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. are talking about the airstrike over the weekend by u.s. and afghan forces in the northern afghanistan city of kunduz on a doctors without borders hospital that has killed 22 people, the majority staff and children in this hospital. our guest are dr. gino strada, joining us from milan, italy, cofounder of emergency that operates a clinic in kabul and dealing with some of the were wounded as well from kunduz. is with us, head of afghan peace volunteers. .r. hakim, you are in kabul can you talk about the afghan response to this bombing in kunduz? >> thank you for having me on the program, amy. afghans have endured many, many years of mistakes that the u.s. and coalition's have made in bombings. unfortunate, the hospital in civilianst ordinary at like

three people wounded in an attack in kabul. and how family farms are dying out in the philippines as young people move to the cities for greener pastures. >> turkey is observing a period of mourning for the victims of two suicide boament bombings in. 95 people killed and 250 injured at a peace rally. that included the prokurdish pkk party. parliamentary elections are due on november the 1st. >>> thousands of people have been marching in central istanbul in protest. police maintained a heavy presence, at protesters blamed recep tayyip erdogan. antigovernment protests also took place in several other turkish cities. >> world leaders are condemned the bombings in turkey. u.s. president barack obama offered his condolence as he said american people stand in solidarity with the turkish people. >> translator: i want to express my deep condolence to the turkish people. surely this is an attempt to destabilize our friendly country. it is an obvious provocation. >> morak suma is a political science professor at koch university in istanb

we've seen injuries here in kabul as well. some mud buildings collapsing. but i think the real concern is going to be some of the older buildings, some of the more remote villages close to the epicenter. >> given that geographic spread how difficult is it for the authorities to respond to an earthquake like this? >> well, the chief executive abdullah abdullah called an emergency meeting live on television. we called on businessmen and non-governmental organizations to do everything that they can to help donation, food, blankets. they need blankets. it's very cold out here. people who are afraid to go back in their homes will pass a very cold night here in afghanistan. he also asked the health ministry to send doctors to hospitals. we've seen dozens of injured come in to hospitals around the joint. it is a big geographic spread. they're in the north, the east, they're here in the capital. there is going to be a lot of help needed. >> thank you very much, indeed, with that live update from kabul. >>> kamal hyder has an update for us from the pakistani capital

let's go to jennifer glasse now who's live for us in kabul. so jennifer you've been there all day and you felt the earthquake when it happened. give us a sense of where we are now with trying to help people or to rescue people if that's still what's happening. >> reporter: that's right, the earthquake happened this afternoon, some eight hours ago now. and it shook not only here in kabul but around the country. the dead and wounded span 11 provinces of afghanistan's 32 -- 34 provinces. so really, a sense of how widely it was felt the death toll here in afghanistan now at 82, with 373 injured. more than 4500 buildings damaged. the chief executive officer of afghanistan has appealed to businesses to nongovernmental organizations to offer what help they can. told health workers doctors nurses to go to health facilities. we do know the military has been told to just where it can help to help. one of the big problems is the area where this quake, where the epicenter was, is in a very remote part of the hindu kush mountains, there are areas that will

it brought down walz in kabul, 260 miles south of the epicenter?was sitting at home when the earthquake happened and i came outside with the children but one of my grand sons started running. i asked him not to run. he continued and then the wall collapsed on him and he was wounded. >> more than 1700 buildings were damaged or destroyed. in jalalabad, the dead and injured began arriving soon after the earth stopped moving. >> so far, we received one 55 people including women and children, wounded from the earthquake. five people were killed. >> there are casualties in at least 10 of afghanistan's 34 provinces, spanning hundreds of kilometers which shows the power and reach of the earthquake. the epicenter of the earthquake was deep below the hindu kush mountains. vlingz in the area may have been affected but getting to them won't be easy. it might take some time to know the full extent of the damage in afghanistan. jennifer glasse, al jazeera, kabul. >> the escs of the earquake wer felt across the region. caroline malone has been assessing the damag

jennifer glasse in kabul. we'll move to islamabad now, the pakistani capital for the latest from there. >> the powerful earthquake was felt over a large area of pakistan all the way up to the provincial capital of lahore, as well as the provincial capital of the province of peshawar. also in islamabad, people vacated the buildings and homes when the earthquake struck. according to the latest report, the death toll has been mounting, hundreds injured. the reports are still coming in from the remote locations. we have reports of major landslides which has blocked access to many cities. the expectation that the death toll likely to mount even further. emergency situation in the hospitals, and of course emergency services also trying to put an accurate number on the number of people killed and wounded. >> finally, too new delhi, it seems india the least affected of the three countries there, but definitely, you still felt it. >> yes, absolutely we felt it. about 40 seconds worth of tremors here in the indian capit

some of their cities lie almost as high as kabul.laramie in the state of wyoming on the campus state university, his majesty hears again the voices of home. 18 young afghan students attend this university, preparing for future responsibilities in afghanistan. what a pleasure it is to receive their king. give me a home, a home on the range, run the words of the popular american song. we afghans more than most sure this love of the wide open spaces. -- share this love of the wide-open spaces. wyoming is one of the leading producers of sheep and wool in the united states. the university keeps several purebred flocks for teaching purposes and research. aware of his majesty's interest in farming and animals, professors of the animal husbandry school tell them about their goals and producing better and better livestock. cows of the hosting breed often give 60 liters of milk or more every day. dairy herd improvement associations all over america have worked miracles in increasing milk production by illuminating poorer cubs. his majesty take

she fled to kabul, leaving most of her family behind.fter she left her father was killed in the fighting. >> translator: i couldn't go to his funeral, the road was unsafe, and also i'm too recognizable. my mother was grieving. i was the only breadwinner for the family. i could not go and see my father for the last time. >> reporter: she had been threatened even before the taliban entered kunduz city. the fighters raided the station and stole all of the equipment, records and video files. a few photos are all that remains. now her fiance in kabul is worried. >> translator: now that she is here when i go out with her, i feel we are in danger, and i don't let her go out alone. >> reporter: the taliban have pulled out of kunduz city, but there are taliban fighters in surrounding districts, and she doesn't think it will ever be safe to go back. >> translator: i thought the taliban would behave well towards ordinary people. but i was wrong. people who work with media, government, social activists and especially women, the taliban will never tr

we felt it here in kabul. we are 260 kilometers away from the epicenter which was northeast in the northeast of the country deep opportunity hindu kush mountain range. north and east afghanistan nearly a third of the country a very tragic story of 12 school girls who died because of a stampede at their school in northern afghanistan, in tahar prorchtion. tahar province. the girls panicked and were trampled to death in that very tragic event. it is the biggest earthquake that has been felt in decades here, here in the capital certainly many people went out onto the streets trying to get out of buildings worried that they might be hurt and we do know that the casualty level is quite high here. casualties are around the country. even worse in neighboring pakistan, one of the big concerns is some of the villages that might have been affected are in very remote areas, difficult to get to. on the best of days. but in this situation, even larder. so afghan officials are working to get to any feabilityd affectecommuni

kamal hyder, and jennifer glasse in kabul. take us back to when you felt the earthquake in kabul, which admittedly is a long way from the epicenter. >> it is. we're 260 kilometers from the epicenter. when the quake hit this afternoon we all ran out in the street as did thousands of other people. it went on for quite a long time. about a minute the earthquake shook, cars back and forth, buildings shook. i'm hearing from folks that cracks appeared in some buildings. the damage here in kabul not so extensive, but we're hearing reports from around the region, more than 1700 homes and buildings have been damaged, destroyed by the earthquake, and here in kabul the death toll continues to rise. 34 dead in afghanistan with 223 injured across afghan provinces. just really a sense of how widely this earthquake was felt. that would effect people any made homeless by the quake. anyonanyone effected in the rural areas? >> it will. we can feel it here. it's just in the last couple of days there has been a cold snap. it will be even worse in

we've just started to have a cold snap in kabul as winter descends. it's snowing in some parts of the country. for the thousands that will be displaced by this more than 2,000 buildings have been damaged or destroyed. anybody who feels like their building isn't safe won't be going inside. it could be a very, very cold night for them. also there's also always the concern of aftershocks. we haven't felt any of those thus far but certainly, it's a concern when the quake has been this good, this large, this big. the largest really earthquake in afghanistan in recent history, perhaps since 1949. >> jennifer glasse reporting from kabul. now comma hyder is in pakistan where more than 50 people are confirmed dead. >> a powerful earthquake was felt over a large area of pakistan all the way to the provincial capital of peshawar. death toll is mounting, hundreds injured and the report still coming in from the more remote locations. we also have reports of major landslides which has blocked access to many cities in that area. so the expectation that the death tol

they were not in kabul in afghanistan when the soviets invaded on december 27. the very next day after the assassination and with ,he next hour, practically between the soviet union and afghanistan, things started to intensify. soon, there's no evidence that it helped. it was not by the soviets themselves. ofthe russian invasion afghanistan had vague impacts on the attitudes of developing countries. for years, they were preaching they were supporting developed in countries was supporting them to maintain their freedom. , when they invaded afghanistan, people found russia is not a reliable friend. it is difficult to rely on russians. the same way they invade afghanistan, they could invade their country also. >> the world could not simply stand by and permit the soviet union to commit this act of aggression with impunity. theations addition to united nations to condemn the ussr and demand the immediate withdrawal of all soviet troops from afghanistan. invasion does not butesent anything imperialistic intentions aimed at establishing and rule against the peace slim

we are joined from kabul. christina, i hope you're ok.ld you describe what you and your colleagues felt there? >> yes, it was really quite frightening, actually. it was just after lunch here and we'd gone back to our offices in our main building in kabul, and when all of a sudden, you know, our desks started to shake. i felt the walls shaking and then the floor, and we sort of waited a few seconds, but then realized that this was actually a really big one, so took the decision to evacuate the building. the tremors sort of went on in realtime, it was probably only a matter of 30 to 40 seconds, but it felt like several minutes. really, people were very concerned and really quite frightened. >> are you seeing, of you been outside, are you seeing around you buildings that have collapsed there in kabul? >> at the moment, we haven't seen that kind of damage, although our main priority have been making sure or staff are ok and they are fortunately, and now we're following up with family and their >> it took place at the hindu kush mountains. is

the highway behind me is leaving kabul to kunduz.e have seen hundreds of families leaving kunduz going towards kabul, but only those that they can afford. >> thank you. >>>isesisi security foersz are restricting access to germ jerusalem's old city after two separate attacks on israeli. a pal stainian man stabbed and wounded an israeli teenage other. another killed two people in a similar attack. both suspects were shot and killed. let's go live now to occupied east jerusalem. al jazeera's mine hannah is there. let's talk with these further restrictions placed on palestinians wanting to enter the old city. >> reporter: well, adrian, widespread restrictions were put in place, not only aimed at palestinians. initially, we were told that the access to the old city as a whole was blocked to everybody except tourists, bids owners and residents of the old city. those muslims who wished to worship, their ages were restricted to 50 and above with males and importantly, they are not allowed to access through the damascus gate, which is the nor

jennifer glasse is in kabul. how is this going to work, jennifer?reporter: well, jane, the 9,800 u.s. forces that are here now are going to stay through most of 2016 and then as the -- at the end o next year, they'll make a decision on the pace of how to draw those down to 5,200 u.s. forces. the extension of forces here a reflection of the growing taliban insurgency -- or the fight against the taliban here. but also there is the fact that u.s. forces will remain in bases around the country. the original plan was to draw down to a small force of a thousand by 2016. but instead those forces will remain in bases around the country. here north of kabul in the east of the country, and in kandahar to the south. so not just the numbers, but also a presence of u.s. forces around the country. >> what does this suggest about the security situation at the moment? >> reporter: well, the security situation is really very difficult right now. just last month the taliban took kunduz city and held it for about two weeks. that was their biggest military advance sinc

the economic effects of the fall of kunduz are felt in kabul as well. the cityist biggest appliance market and business is way down and this washing machine is worth $650 and on sale for $200 but there are for buyers. mohamed says his business has dropped by 80%. he says people who have money want to save it in case security gets worse, they are buying only what they need, no luxuries so he is not buying much either. >> translator: the fighting in kunduz sent a message to shop keepers do not invest in the shops because the fighting is in kunduz and tomorrow it could be in kabul. >> reporter: shop keepers say they are not making enough to cover rents and worried about crime and took a safe from one business containing a few thousand dollars and all their bookkeeping documents and amen says his business lost about $10,000 in the past seven months and if the economy doesn't get better he will consider leaving afghanistan altogether, jennifer glasse, al jazeera, kabul. >>> hundreds of north and south koreans separated in the 1950s korean war will be reunite

let's go live to afghanistan where jennifer glasse is standing by live in kabul.stan the graveyard of empires should the united states now be added to that equation with the british and the soviets, does it now look like we are bogged down in afghan affairs and can't get out? >> reporter: well i don't think that's how it is seen here, and certainly that's not how the president sees it. there is a very large army here. a very ambious effort to stand up a 300,000 strong army here. but president obama saying the afghan forces just are not as strong as they need to be. there is certainly a concern that the u.s. presence could spark more conflict. the taliban say the reason they continue to fight is because there are national forces here in afghanistan and on the ground, so if you talk about getting bogged down that is the kind of thing that could be a problem. but as we saw in kunduz, with the taliban taking over that city, the first they have taken over since they were driven from power in 2001. the afghans needed american support to drive the taliban from the city.

at the moment the quake hit was captured live during a newscast in kabul.uake toppled buildings and levelled homes which sent millions of people into panic, the afghan president appealed for unity. >> translator: i demand all afghans, my fellow countrymen to help us in the affected areas and ask to provide accurate information on the casualties and damages so we can start getting help for those who need it. >> the same region was hit by a powerful earthquake ten years ago that killed at least 75,000 people and caused extensive damage, as the death toll grows and the aftershocks continue millions of people are once again on edge. victoria with al jazeera. >>> let's speak now to jennifer glasse who is live in kabul with the latest and jennifer how much of a challenge has this been for the rescue services particularly in getting to those remote, hard to reach areas? >> it's a huge challenge and we are just 24 hours after this earthquake and one of the big problems is it's just across such a large area of afghanistan, 11 provinces, that is almost a third of the

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the epicenter was about 150 miles from kabul and could be felt as far away as india. s/ ron mott/ nbc news/ london, england :47-:57 "pakistan's non combat-army units were also placed on stand by for emergency relief assignments and already aftershocks are being reported. ron mott, nbc news, london." things are calm here.. we're starting the work week with clear skies. meteorologist joins us now...with a first look at the forecast... megan, things are about to change.. ad lib wx quick it's been a beautiful sunny monday morning, but now we're watching as more clouds will stream in from the west today. these clouds are out ahead of both some rain chances for tuesday and then some much cooler air for the end of the week. temperatures will reach the low to mid 60s this afternoon and skies will become mostly cloudy this evening. coming up i'll show you the latest iowa poll shows ben carson leading donald trump by nine points. but those numbers don't seem to faze the outspoken business mogul. "you know we're winning all of these polls. we had one fall in iowa. but i don't be

they were not in kabul in afghanistan when the soviets invaded on december 27.s brought the very next day after the assassination and with the next hour, practically, between the soviet union and afghanistan, things started to intensify. soon, there's no evidence that it helped. it was not by the soviets themselves. >> the russian invasion of afghanistan had vague impacts on the attitudes of developing countries. for years, they were preaching they were supporting developed in countries was supporting them to maintain their freedom. but, when they invaded afghanistan, people found russia is not a reliable friend. it is difficult to rely on russians. the same way they invade afghanistan, they could invade their country also. >> the world could not simply stand by and permit the soviet union to commit this act of aggression with impunity. 50 nations addition to the united nations to condemn the ussr and demand the immediate withdrawal of all soviet troops from afghanistan. >> the soviet invasion does not represent anything but imperialistic intentions aimed at est

we have not felt aftershocks here in kabul but that's been a big concern. the chief executive of the country abdullah abdullah has called an emergency meeting and calling on the health ministry to send doctors to hospitals to help with the dead and injured. i think it will be a while before we have a sense of the full extent of this because many of the places affected by this powerful earthquake are very remote. >> thank you. and in speaking of help earlier i spoke with christina northy from the group "care" they have helped displaced people in afghanistan, and they're already responding to the needs of quake survivors. >> yes, it is quite remote, and certainly it is an area affected by natural disasters and earthquakes and landslides. we at care are very concerned by those affected by this earthquake, and those displaced by the current conflict, i think compounding the situation is that the temperatures have dropped quite sharply over the past few days with the on set of winter. while we hope we're not seeing significant numbers affected by this, care is m

we felt it here in kabul. we're 260 kilometers away from the epicenter, which was northeast of the country deep under the hindu kush mountain rage. across a third of the country. there was a stampede at a school in northern afghanistan where girls panicked when the earthquake happened. it took about a minute. the girls panicked and were trampled to death in that tragic incident. it is the biggest earthquake felt in decades. people in the capital went out on the streets trying to get away from buildings, worried that they might be hurt, and we do know that the casualty level is quite high here. casualties around the country and even worse in neighboring pakistan. one of the big concerns is some of the villagers that might have been affected, difficult to get t to, and in these situations even harder. >> there is offers of help to afghanistan to this region devastated from this very large earthquake. >> we have a report from afghanistan, and from neighboring countries. let's go to pakistan, al jazeera's caroline

a soldier was killed in kabul. this is not just academic or hypothetical, this is very real for our country and the men and women in our armed services. you have two major missions -- train and equipped, counterterrorism operations. do you need a physical presence outside of kabul to do that effectively? mr. campbell: to conduct counterterrorism operations effectively, we have to be outside, yes. mr. reed: that would argue the capabilities beyond the simple environment of kabul. mr. campbell: yes. mr. reed: there is new leadership in the taliban. is taking control. his deputies include one principle of the network which is located on both sides of the border of afghanistan and pakistan. all of this raises the issue of of pakistan which is a constant issue that comes up. just a few months ago, they were trying to broker peace talks. can you give us insight into the current position of the pakistan government with respect to what is going on? as campbell: again, as far reconciliation and pakistan's role, afghanistan

and we will have consolidated our troops in kabul. year later by the end of 2016, our military will draw down to a normal military assistance in kabul. from 9,800 down, have we drawn from 9,800 down in a manner consistent with following that goal to its end as indicated in 27 may? >> no, sir. because what happened is back in the february, march time frame we asked for flexibility. so president obama provided me flexibility on the timing and the number. as you remember, 9,800 to provide train, advise and assist. if i had to get down to the 5,500 number, i would have had to start closing bases. so i asked for and president ghani asked for flexibility. currently, that 9,800 number i still have and are not going to get below that -- required to get below that until may of 2016 time frame. as we move toward the current projection of this embassy base. again, i have gone in with different courses of action that outline pros and cons of different locations and different force levels based on the capabilities that we need to provide to the af

what is the reaction in kabul to this?> people are angry that a hospital was bombed, but they didn't consider the americans the enemy. the enemy is the taliban. that's black and white. because the taliban came into the city. they slaughtered people. there are still dead bodies on the streets of kunduz. civilians, soldiers, even taliban soldiers, you know, there are dead bodies all over the place. people have been traumatized, terrorized, slaughtered. women have been raped and kills. so the enemy clearly is the taliban, it's not the u.s. military or government. >> she says a draw down of u.s. troops in afghanistan would create a security vacuum and lead to more tragedy. >>> fighting in and around kunduz has slowed today. the taliban and afghan forces have been battling for over a week for control of the city. our correspondent is in kunduz and says come residents were finally able to leave their homes. >> reporter: this morning when the shops were opened, the residents came out to do some shopping to buy some food, some wat

. >> jennifer glasse is live in kabul. how much of a defeat is this for the taliban? >> well, the taliban says they close to leave kunduz, bus they wanted to protect civilians, and wanted to preserve their fighters and ammunition for the success of future operations. even though the taliban was in kunduz a few days, in total control for a few days, the impact was felt. civilians, thousands of civilians fled the city, and the taliban targeted government workers, women's activists and journalists. >> reporter: this woman became a journalist to show there were opportunities for the women. she loved her job, until the taliban came and forced her to leave. of she fled, leaving most of her family behind. after she left, her father was killed. >> i couldn't go to his funeral, the road was unsafe and i'm too recognisable. my mother was freezing. i was the only breadwinner for the family. because of all this, i could not see my family for the last time >>> he had been threatened. fighters raided the station, stealing the equipment, record and video files. a few files is all th

profile attacks inside of kabul that would be lowered. i think if you're on the skourt skirts you're in a far away province, your grade is lower. they haven't seen the governance they said. they continue to move forward. it is a very, very tough environment but they can't to improve. they have made change in almost all the ministers. they have changed out most of the governors. they have key positions to continue to work together on. at the levels of afghanistan tied into, ghani and abdullah, there's no daylight between them and picking people and who's going to be the minister and provincial police chief and understand how important that is and i think they'll continue to do everything they can to make this work but they do have to engage better with the afghan people, not only in kabul but outside the city much better. >> and the time we have left, can you give us from your perspective the international community's continued financial support? it is key, obviously. already been said, they can't already afford the forces they have got. c

. >>> we're going to go to jennifer glasse now in kabul.the afghan government consulted, and is there any hope afghans will be able to control their country any time soon without a foreign military? >> reporter: stephanie, not only was the afghan government consulted, the chief executive officer in new york just a couple of weeks ago at the u.n. general assembly in side bar meetings with the u.s. requested this extension. when kunduz city fell last month, the afghan government said it did not really show the strength of the taliban, but the shortcomings of their military. they needed international help. we saw it in kunduz city. with air strikes to fight back taliban advances. and the tragic air strike on the doctors without borders hospital as well. in the south, earlier this year, when it looked like an area would fall to the taliban, u.s. special forces went down there as well. when you heard jamie mcinty mcintyre -- talk about their anti-terrorism plan, that is going to continue through 2017. and one other big change, stephanie. it's no

the situation is more stable and kabul. city is bustling with minimum damage and no reports of mass casualties. people are still worried about aftershocks. the real challenge for the government in kabul is getting aid to people in the remote northern and eastern areas. it is not only the rough terrain, there are also security concerns with taliban ministers said to be stationed in some. to the north, this is one area in one district. people aref scrambling for shelter. against time, and help could not come fast enough for people here. bbc news kabul. achala: you are watching "bbc world news america." tonight'some on program, the video which has produced shocks. why would a security officer pull a student out of their chair in such a violent passion? the question under investigation. like rightok just stars in the dawn sky, but what you are looking at is a rare coming together of jupiter, venus, and mars. they will be clearly visible until the end of the week. over the next 24 hours, the planets will come closest together. y

babita: this quake was felt from kabul to new delhi. when you talk about the energy of the quake, is this about the size of the impact of the quake, or is this traveling? >> this is a rather typical earthquake, 7.5 magnitude. believe it or not, and mag -- on earthquake of 7.0 magnitude or higher takes place roughly 20 times per year around planet earth. most of the time, it's underwater. most of the time, it's in isolated areas. however, when it shakes up an area that is populated, it makes headlines. fortunately, this area was not under a major city. if the epicenter were under a major city, the death toll would immediately be in the tens of thousands. babita: are we likely to see this occurring again in terms of aftershocks? >> in the coming weeks, we expect to see more aftershocks, and also because of the previous rainstorms in the area, that means more landslides. that means may be country roads have been cut off. the casualty rate could actually rise in the next coming days, as rescue crews are able to reopen certain highways to fi

outside, women wait for handouts, now a ritual.this is kabul, a city of biggest appliances. this washing machine is on sail from 600 to $200. but there are no buyers. they're buying only what they need, no luxuries, so he's not buying much, either. >> translator: the fighting in kunduz sends a message to shopkeepers, do not invest in stocking our shops. the fighting was in kunduz, tomorrow it could be in kabul. >> they are worried about crime too. thieves too many took a safe pe business. a shopkeeper has lost $700,000 in one month, if business doesn't get better he will consider leaving afghanistan altogether, jennifer glasse, al jazeera, kabul. >> army, police, civilians all of them have volunteered to rescue people from the storm that went through northeastern philippines. only 14 people reported to have died. more than 60,000 are said to have lost their homes. here is jamilla alendoggan. >> we are in the northern philippines. typhoon struck central philippines early sunday morning. this has been unaccessible. this is the area we were trying to cross to get to aurora prov

cnn's dig robertson -- owe nic robertson is live in kabul. you have been talking to villagers who say they want help from the u.s.ges they don't want civilians to be hurt anymore. >> reporter: yeah, they really feel the afghan army can't stand up to the taliban. they say without the help of the u.s. military and others, the taliban could overrun more places, so they say, yes, we won our support. one man told me, if you are going to hit hospitals, we don't need you. they are clear on. that which heard from doctors without borders laying out specifically what they want. they're saying it's no good calling this incident in the hospital a mistake. they say it was precise and repeated cartinging. what they're saying is that this is not just a war crime. this is not just an attack on one hospital. but it's an attack on the geneva convention and they are calling for an independent investigation by a body set up by the geneva convention. the international fact finding commission. for this group to lay all the facts on the table, because they say for

instead they will stay here in kabul, north of kabul, in eastern afghanistan, and kandahar.e u.s. maintaining a presence around afghanistan through 2017. the afghan officials welcoming this move, saying it will help, not only with any current situation with the taliban, but also with the fight against terrorism. the taliban have been fighting not only in the north, but managed to take control of the main highway between kandahar and kabul this week. they made an attempt to overrun gozny city. that was repelled by afghan security forces. the taliban very much making their presence known, and the fact that american forces will remain here through next year, and -- and beyond, i think will be very much welcomed not only by the afghan government, but by the afghan security forces. >>> al jazeera's national security contributor, mike lyons says keeping the troops there is the right move. >> i'm returning back to the future of the taliban reinforcing along the border with pakistan. we have got to fix that relationship as well. and then the second aspect is isis, i think they conti

jennifer glasse, al jazeera, kabul. >>> china has summoned the u.s.r to explain why an american warship sails close to man made islands in the disputed south china sea. the u.s. say the missile destroyer was in international waters, but beijing has warned it will respond to deliberate provocations. rob mcbride reports. >> reporter: the united states has been signalling for months that it would make this symbolic sail past, china has warned it would respond appropriately, and both sides have been good to their word. the patrol came within 12 nautical miles of the dispolluted islands in the south china sea, normally the internationally accepted limit of a nation east territorial claim. but the u.s. says these are international waters open to anybody. china says it shadowed the u.s. vessel accusing it of harming regional peace and stability. >> translator: we want to urge the u.s. to respect our position and correct its mistake immediately. it should not conduct any dangerous provocative actions that threaten china's sovereignty and security interests, a

that was the theme across kabul. you know, the epicenter of the earthquake is 150 miles north of here. so you can imagine really how much power that earthquake had and so much of kabul felt it, and it was felt in many, many areas of afghanistan as well. >> and jennifer this region is used to quakes, but this one was particularly strong. >> this is an earthquake region, but this was a very strong earthquake. i've lived here for four and a half years. we've had half a dozen tremors in that time. nothing like this. nothing at all like this. none of the al jazeera team who are afghans has ever felt anything like this. we believe it's the strongest earthquake that afghanistan has had since 1949. very, very strong. and of course not just effecting afghanistan. it could be felt in islamabad and neighboring pakistan and new delhi in india. really, across the whole region, very devastating, hundreds dead. we're going to see those numbers get bigger in daybreak tomorrow, and of course it comes at a terrible people. it's gettin

a soldier was killed in kabul. this is not just academic or hypothetical, this is very real for our country and the men and women in our armed services. you have two major missions -- train and equip, counterterrorism operations. do you need a physical presence outside of kabul to do that effectively? mr. campbell: to conduct counterterrorism operations effectively, we have to be outside, yes. mr. reed: that would argue the capabilities beyond the simple environment of kabul. mr. campbell: yes. mr. reed: there is new leadership in the taliban. monsor is taking control. his deputies include one principle of the network which is located on both sides of the border of afghanistan and pakistan. all of this raises the issue of the role of pakistan which is a constant issue that comes up. just a few months ago, they were trying to broker peace talks. can you give us insight into the current position of the pakistan government with respect to what is going on? mr. campbell: again, as far as reconciliation and pakistan's r

and despite frantic calls to kabul and washington during the bombing.ttack continued for another 30 minutes. >> in kunduz, our patients burned in their beds. doctors and nurses, and other staff were killed as they worked. today we pay tribute to those were died in this attack. we pay tribute to those while watching their colleagues die and their hospital still on fire, carried on treating the injured. >> the former deputy secretary of defense joins us now live from kabul. thanks for being with us, sir. what do you make of saturday's incident. has international law been broken here? >> saturday night's horrible tragedy is something that is obviously a tragedy for every one of the people who were killed and a tragedy that a hospital was the subject of a bombing. but of course the real story here is the fact that there is a war going on. attacks of kunduz, that is the really story. you have to focus on the war itself. and here we had the taliban attacking a city, a city that was at peace, and the taliban attacked it. and if the focus is only on this one ho

. >> i'm in kabul. the fall of kunduz to the taliban is hurting businesses here and around the country. >> as europe seeks turkey's help in dealing with the record number of refugees, the turkish prime minister said his country is not a concentration camp. he also said in a live television interview that turkey will not host asylum seekers permanently to appease the e.u. bernard smith joins us live from istanbul. 2.5 million refugees already in turkey. what are conditions like for them there? >> well, i think there's a bit of turkish prime minister sang to the europeans, we're not going to do your dirty work for you and keep them locked up effectively in turkey. conditions for syrian refugees who choose to live in refugee camps she good. there's food, health care, there's some education for syrian children, but in that interesting figure, there are 26 refugee camps in syria. they have a capacity of 330,000 with only 274,000 requireian refugee ins them. the rest of the syrian refugees not far off 2 milli

embassy in kabul did release a statement. i want to read that to you. the u.s. individualses and doctors at the doctors without borders hospital. and all the violence conduz. there is certainly an investigation going on. we understand the staff, as we've located, the fighting is still active. in fact, the fighting was right near the gates of this hospital. what you can tell us about what's happening there this morning? >> reporter: yes, fighting was heavy last night before the air strike in this particular area of kunduz was reportedly on control. and we're hearing the fighting after the city as well. and those ten international staff working, they've all been evacuated to kabul and are now safe here in the capital. and critically injured patients have been transported to a different province, two hours by roadway. there still is staff in kunduz. because it's unclear how much they can actually do at the hospital right now. >> all right, sune engle rasmussen, we appreciate the update. >> earlier, i spoke to lieutenant general mark hertling to try to understand ho

abdul is the disaster management director for the afghanistan red crescent and joining us by phone by kabul and thanks for being with us this morning. give us a sense of the scale of this earthquake and the aftermath and how concerned are you that the death toll is going to rise? >> yeah, as you mentioned it was very powerful and hit afghanistan in the resent history and affected rural area of afghanistan in the villages in the northeast of afghanistan and east of afghanistan and center part of afghanistan but in the north, northeast and east part of afghanistan including jalalabad and surrounding provinces and the damage as the