hardly any other journalists at all in kabul. we had to pull everybody out at one point and marai was building one who held the fort for us until 9/11 happened and we were able to reestablish our bureau properly with everybody in it. he was very, very much the heart bureau. of our kabul he was a huge character. always smiling. always a very engaging character. someone who would come in and lighten the stress and bring a lighter moment to the bureau when you could see perhaps younger may be more -- less experienced colleagues struggling a little bit in the current environment. he really -- we really lost a pillar of our bureau. any times to google that he is someone you would always just remember as being absolutely the heart and soul of our team. amy: last year r shah marai wroe life in about his kabul. it was headlined "when hope is gone. in it he wrote -- ali latitifi, if you could talk more about him. also, your friend, shah marai, and that feeling as s you worked kabul as well. earlier, his is a common story. this is what is

explosions and gunfire are heard near the ministry of interior in the capital kabul. you're watching a life from a headquarters and. also ahead a cease fire seems to be holding in gaza after a day of attacks between palestinian groups and israel. italy's interim prime minister and president's hold talks in a bid to end the recent political deadlock. and french police dismantle a makeshift camp two thousand migrants had been living will be live in paris. we begin with some breaking news out of afghanistan and there are reports of explosions and gunfire near the interior ministry headquarters in the capital kabul jennifer joining us on the telephone from kabul itself what are you hearing about this attack jennifer. that's

that evidence suggests he was threatened in kabul. and if he goes back to the same will happen again he will be targeted when it comes to its own citizens the u.k. government clearly warns against travel to almost all of afghanistan even districts in the heavily guarded capital kabul it adds that terrorists are very likely to carry out attacks and methods are evolving and increasing in sophistication but that's apparently safe enough for abdul barry to return as far as the u.k. government is concerned i don't claim kabul is safe cos i think i'm always the most dangerous place in the world at the moment because. bomb is exploding people are dying and i don't. the home office is saying the couple is certain i first met abbeville a couple of months ago since then his already fragile mental state has worsened the surviving thirty five pounds a week and time accommodations are more allowed. so it can do nothing but. some have a very bad depression so bring to the many times some medicine from them. doesn't work. i'm still struggling i ask

gunmen attacked afghanistan's interior ministry building in a high security zone in kabul. you're watching al-jazeera life from a headquarters and. also a heads results from over a thousand polling stations canceled in iraq the election commission says it's found evidence of fraud. palestinian groups say they've reached a cease fire with israel after the worst gaza flare up in four years and labor unions in greece strike against austerity measures as the country's financial bailout program nears its end. a group of gunmen have attacked the afghan interior ministry headquarters in the capital kabul police say a car bomb was detonated at the entrance and then several gunmen managed to get inside the compound security forces say they battled the attackers for more than two hours before subduing them. a suicide attacker detonated his explosive at the entrance of the interior ministry and people right after the blast i saw other attackers who had military uniforms getting out from an armored vehicle . jennifer joining us from kabul with an update if there's been a claim of respo

jennifer glass who is in kabul jennifer what will can you tell us. adrian two police stations appear to come under attack police station number thirteen in district thirteen that's been dusted archie in the west of the city that's mainly a minority. neighborhood you know that pack apparently is still ongoing at least one building in flames there in the second attack on police station in district number ten that's the very heart of the city's a very center of the city at least eight explosions there over the past hour and forty minutes or so and lots of small arms fire the interior minister saying that there are still suicide bombers in one of the building in the area and that that attack also ongoing as well it's unclear whether the targets were actually the police stations there are also a number of other things in the area there is the main visa agency for india right next to the police station which some have suggested may have been the target in p.g. and as well as the asian development bank a big donor here but definitely too complex attack some

but he really cared to the originator scope but evidence suggests he was threatened in kabul.and if he goes back to the same will happen again he will be targeted when it comes to its own citizens the u.k. government clearly warns against travel to almost all of afghanistan even districts in the heavily guarded capital kabul it adds that terrorists are very likely to carry out attacks and methods are evolving and increasing in sophistication but that's apparently safe enough for abdul barry to return as far as the u.k. government is concerned i don't play with a couple of safe cos i think i'm always the most dangerous place in the world at the moment because. bomb is exploding people are dying and i don't. the home office is saying the couple has so i first met abbeville a couple of months ago since then his already fragile mental state has worsened because so vibing thirty five. and the both time accommodations i'm are allowed to . so it can do nothing but talk so i have a very bad depression so i bring to the g.p. many times and some medicine from them but doesn't work. i'm

but evidence suggests he was threatened in kabul. and. the same will happen again he will be targeted when it comes to its own citizens the u.k. government clearly warns against travel to almost all of afghanistan even districts in the heavily guarded capital kabul it adds that terrorists are very likely to carry out attacks and methods are evolving and increasing in sophistication but that's apparently safe enough for abdul barry tarrytown as far as the u.k. government is concerned i don't play with a couple who is safe of course i think the most dangerous place in the world at the moment because every bomb is exploding people are dying and i don't. the home office is saying the couple has so i first met up till a couple of months ago since then his already fragile mental state has worsened the surviving five. and a pro time accommodations are more allowed. so it can do nothing but talk so i have a very bad person so bring to many times some medicine from them. doesn't work. i'm still struggling i ask him about what he wants to do if and

explosions and gunfire are heard near the ministry of interior in the capital kabul. you're watching a life from a headquarters and. also ahead a cease fire seems to be holding in gaza after a day of attacks between palestinian groups and israel. italy's interim prime minister and president's hold talks in a bid to end the recent political deadlock. and french police dismantle a makeshift camp two thousand migrants had been living will be live in paris. we begin with some breaking news out of afghanistan and there are reports of explosions and gunfire near the interior ministry headquarters in the capital kabul jennifer joining us on the telephone from kabul itself what are you hearing about this attack jennifer. that's a package still going on to get on the ministry of interior expertise with an explosion and then a number of actors firing rocket propelled grenades gunfire. very very large news calling compound on a main road in kabul traffic has been diverted from that road snarling traffic around the city much of the city in a long jam of traffic because it is such

but evidence suggests he was threatened in kabul. and. the same will happen again he will be targeted when it comes to its own citizens the u.k. government clearly warns against travel to almost all of afghanistan even districts in the heavily guarded capital kabul it adds that terrorists are very likely to carry out attacks and methods are evolving and increasing in sophistication but that's apparently safe enough for abdul barry tarrytown as far as the u.k. government is concerned and i don't play with a couple who is safe because i think i'm always the most dangerous place in the world at the moment because the bomb is exploding people are dying and i don't. the home office is saying the couple is certain i first met abbeville a couple of months ago since then his already fragile mental state has worsened the surviving thirty five. and a very good time accommodations allowed. so it can do nothing but. some have a very bad person so bring to the many times some medicine something. doesn't work. i'm still struggling i ask him about what

but evidence suggests he was threatened in kabul. and. the same will happen again he will be targeted when it comes to its own citizens the u.k. government clearly warns against travel to almost all of afghanistan even districts in the heavily guarded capital kabul it adds that terrorists are very likely to carry out attacks and methods are evolving and increasing in sophistication but that's apparently safe enough for abdul barry to return as far as the u.k. government is concerned i don't play with a couple loose so you cos i think i'm always the most dangerous place in the world at the moment because every bomb is exploding people are dying. i don't. the home office the same couple who say i first met up till a couple of months ago since then his already fragile mental state has worsened to surviving thirty five pound a week and time accommodations are more allowed. so i can do nothing but. something i have a very bad depression so i've been to many times some medicine from them but that doesn't work. i'm still struggling i ask him abo

but evidence suggests he was threatened in kabul. and. the same will happen again he will be targeted when it comes to its own citizens the u.k. government clearly warns against travel to almost all of afghanistan even districts in the heavily guarded capital kabul it adds that terrorists are very likely to carry out attacks and methods are evolving and increasing in sophistication but that's apparently safe enough for abdul barry to return as far as the u.k. government is concerned i don't play with a couple of safe cos i think i'm always the most dangerous place in the world at the moment because every bomb is exploding people are dying and i don't know. the home office is saying the couple is so i first met abbeville a couple of months ago since then his already fragile mental state has worsened the surviving thirty five pounds a week and. more allowed. so it can do nothing but. something i have a very bad depression so i bring to the many times some medicine that. doesn't work. i'm still struggling i ask him about what he wants to do

and a police officer was killed jennifer grass is our correspondent live now in the afghan capital kabul and jennifer that's a really grim roll call that we've just been through is it fair to say that attacks particularly on civilians are increasing in their intensity now. absolutely martin and i and really afghans all over the country are feeling it particularly here in kabul as you said just the last two weeks alone two major attacks here in the afghan capital one on monday last monday they killed twenty five people and two weeks ago sixty people killed in a hundred and almost two hundred twenty injured in an attack on a voter registration center president ashraf ghani just released a statement within the last few minutes. it's about the attack in host province in the east saying that terrorists continue to attack sacred places that they should be brought to justice but that they will not they will not deter order rail the process of elections scheduled for october of course we're in the middle right now of voter registration and as you read martine that that terrible time line of atta

explosions and gunfire in a high security zone in the afghan capital we'll be live in kabul a day of coming girls are after palestinian groups and israel exchanged fire in the worst flare up in four years. ukraine blames russia for the murder of a prominent journalist and critic of president putin. and labor unions in greece strike against austerity as the country's financial bailout program nears its end. by some developing news now coming from the afghan capital first there's been several explosions as well as gunfire in the area around the interior ministry in kabul now this is a busy area with embassies and government buildings officials of close the international airport well there's been several attacks augustine security forces in afghanistan ever since the taliban launched its a cold spring offensive that was last month on tuesday seventeen security check posts fell to the taliban in takar province and two policemen were killed on the very same day in central province a suicide bomber detonated a small truck which was filled with explosives three policemen were killed in that

so far only about one million afghans have registered and many afghans that i've spoken to here in kabul say they are concerned about these attacks that these registration centers are a target for anti-government groups and they do not want to go register in one case a local school is being used as a registration center and the parents have kept some of their children away from the school because they think it makes it a target president ashraf ghani condemned today's attack saying that the terrorists continue their crimes against religious sites that they will not deter the afghan people they will not darrelle the election process he has announced an investigation but that is something the afghan people have heard so many times before many of them very skeptical that the afghan government can do more really to protect them from these kinds of bombings but this is happening in the run up to elections in october how much pressure is there on the government to come up with a plan and to take measures to protect campaigning registration centers and of course the voters themselves. there is

afghan forces fight off an i select attack on the interior ministry in kabul. and where in paris where thousands of migrants and refugees are forced out of their makeshift tents. however much of central western europe warm and sundry describes the weather not so in the east it's just warm sunny here but the wondering white clouds are slowing leaving thunderstorms in iran now for a couple of weeks in temperature regime which is in the middle of the high twenty's for the most part with occasional variations it's warmer still in germany and poland the baltic states stuck on twenty four is actually a cooling trend but you also don't often see the end of may that warm and that results in the potential for some songs being realized where it's humid enough sense and the domination coast up through germany and everywhere to the west of that the way the exception spain and portugal for the most part but it's just warm in places like poland warsaw at twenty nine that cooling breeze down kids might not get back to twenty three but he's going to complain and then the showe

ministry in kabul. political deadlock in one of europe's biggest economies italy's prime minister designate says new possibilities of imagine to end the stalemate. howlers not much rain is not much snow falling at the moment in australia for many a sight of these lots of cattle trucks coming through the bottom massacred for me in western australia which might be a prelude to rain coming in slowly towards past but it's twenty degrees on thursday fairly bright if not sunny with a big pole of that cloud still exists south australia adelaide could be right rather than sunny sunny thirty degrees in melbourne but warmer in sit in the showers are very close to showing the circulation is taking most of the weather offshore so a squeeze between finally settled weather in australia and high pressure sitting over new zealand the weather in new zealand the cold at night is reasonable during the day the sun comes out weak though it is but any rain bearing tides where you've already seen the story there it's held in

home office has informed abdul bari that he's going to be deported to kabul within the next three months abdul says he can't go back to afghanistan because he worked as a frontline interpreter for british forces from two thousand and eight to two thousand and ten my life was in danger my family life was in danger threatening me they told me that you know that you joined the infidels. you've been talking about there was only one chance for me and i must leave the country cost so can target but the main target was for the family so if they catch me bad they would definitely just leave the country the british defense secretary gavin williamson has made headlines in recent days by telling the home office that afghan interpreters should be allowed to stay in the u.k. but that reassurance only refers to around four hundred form a interpreters who had been given five year you tavi says they expire soon and all the authorities have done in reality is say that they'll waive the costly renewal fees so those celebrator you headlines don't apply to the six hundred or so former afghan interpreter is

but evidence suggests he was threatened in kabul. and. the same will happen again he will be targeted when it comes to its own citizens the u.k. government clearly warns against travel to almost all of afghanistan even districts in the heavily guarded capital kabul it adds that terrorists are very likely to carry out attacks and methods are evolving and increasing in sophistication but that's apparently safe enough for abdul barry to return as far as the u.k. government's concerned i don't claim a couple is safe because i think the most dangerous place in the world at the moment because the bomb is exploding people are dying and i don't know. the home office is saying the couple is saying i first met abbeville a couple of months ago since then his already fragile mental state has worsened to surviving. and. so i can do nothing but. some have a very bad depression so. many times some medicine from them. doesn't work. i ask him about what he wants to do if and off to all this he wants to walk he dread economics at university and he wouldn't

several explosions in the afghan capital kabul targeting at least two police stations. a hostage situation as a prison in indonesia at least six people have been killed. i believe now the urgent warning to more homeowners in hawaii. iran's supreme leader has challenge the u.s. president of the pulling out of the nuclear deal saying that his statement contained at least ten lies donald trump announced washington's withdrawal from the twenty fifteen agreement on tuesday. vowed to impose the highest levels of sanctions against tehran inside iran's parliament politicians demonstrated and burned the u.s. flag they're expected to vote on a response to trump's announcement iran's president condemned the u.s. for not respecting its commitments he says that iran will remain in the pact but warns that it could resume in reaching your radium if its national interests on respected other signatories to the twenty fifteen dealing clued in france germany and the u.k. say they regret trump's decision but will remain parties to the agreement but trump's received support from the united

but evidence suggests he was threatened in kabul. and. the same will happen again he will be targeted when it comes to its own citizens the u.k. government clearly warns against travel to almost all of afghanistan even districts in the heavily guarded capital kabul it adds that terrorists are very likely to carry out attacks and methods are evolving and increasing in sophistication but that's apparently safe enough for abdul barry to return as far as the u.k. government is concerned i don't play with a couple who is safe cos i think the most dangerous place in the world at the moment because the bomb is exploding people are dying but i don't. the home office is saying a couple of days so i first met up till a couple of months ago since then his already fragile mental state has worsened for surviving thirty five. time accommodations i'm are allowed to work so i can do nothing but. some have a very bad person so i bring to the many times some medicine that. doesn't work. i'm still struggling i ask him about what he wants to do if and after

the asian development bank on your each other right we'll have more on that breaking story out of kabul and when we get it to the mother jennifer glass many thanks indeed. u.s. president of trump has defied last ditch diplomatic efforts by his european allies to stick by the iran nuclear deal following his announcement that he's going to pull out of the pact has been swift international reaction with more criticism than support members of iran's parliament burned an american flag to show their anger the parliamentary speaker slammed president trump saying that he lacked the mental capacity to resolve the issue iran's president condemned the u.s. for not respecting its commitments he says though that iran will remain in the pact but warned the terror on could resume in reaching uranium if its national interests on prospective of the signatories to the twenty fifteen dealing clued in france germany and the u.k. have said they regret trump's decision but will remain parties to the the agreement they'll be meeting with their iranian counterparts on monday to discuss the developments but pre

eisel has claimed responsibility for a double suicide attack in central kabul which killed twenty five people and injured dozens will die journalists were amongst those killed make it the worst day for media in two thousand and one shot of a glass as well from kabul i know of only. the first suicide bomber was on a motorbike i saw says the target was intelligence headquarters but the explosion killed civilians and policeman in the street every day added the limb for policeman and from district nine who were at the front line were among those matson and three policemen were wounded as well emergency workers rushed to the scene to aid the wounded. afghan cameraman reporters and photographers who come to cover the news became part of the story when a second suicide bomber disguised as a journalist blew himself up among such attacks could create existential threats against press freedom and freedom of expression in afghanistan which is considered one of the biggest achievements of the country in the past seventeen years afghanistan has got the most vibrant media in the region this is suppo

government have attacked the afghan interior ministry in the capital kabul police say a car bomb was detonated at the entrance and then several attackers managed to get inside the compound security forces say they battled them for more than two hours before finally said during the gun. north korean leader kim jong un's right hand man is only his way to the united states came chill. got on a flight from beijing to new york some hours ago he is the vice chairman of north korea's routing policy and is due to hold talks with the u.s. secretary of state mike combat these soldiers could pave the way for a summit between donald trump and kim jong in singapore next month well the u.s. state department has suggested that the summit is back home track the united states continues to actively prepare for president trump's expected summit with leader in singapore president trump will meet with prime minister shinzo abbay of japan on june the seventh at the white house and as secretary pompei o looks forward to being a part of those meetings north korean vice chairman of the central committee kim

the gateways to kabul. when those provinces fall, kabul has always fallen. those are the places they successfully fought the soviets. the soviets could never find purchase their. 2010, a similar situation. every terrorist group was out there from al qaeda, a local afghan taliban, the taliban leadership, all of it wants to take the region. you had sanctuary, the terrain, the capabilities. we in with lessons learned in afghanistan and iraq previously. this is a whole of government problem, not a military problem. there are things we can do to enable. in the month we were there before the case you read about in the book, that was june 2010, i lost nine soldiers. the conditions were bad. there's a giant red arrow pressing on -- we had a suicide bombing ring we picked up by lock in that month. there was pressure everywhere. winning over the people was not going to work until we can set the conditions for that. it was that. -- bad. we got with our partners. we were so lucky to have them embedded with us. what i would call in military, arranger regiment. they're do

going to start has got the most vibrant media in the region this is supposed to be a secure part of kabul home to not only intelligence headquarters but nato the u.s. embassy and various aid organizations in the capital these days nothing feels safe . another eisel bombing last week killed at least sixty people and injured one hundred ten afghans lined up to register to vote were the target not only in kabul but elsewhere too in kandahar in southern afghanistan a suicide car bomb attack on a nato convoy killed at least eleven civilians including children several nato soldiers and afghan policeman were injured the afghan president has described these attacks as were crimes terrorist acts in conflict with islamic values and human rights and the afghans blame the government for not doing enough to prevent them jennifer glass al jazeera kabul at. the u.n. security council is in myanmar to assess the raw hinge of crisis fifteen delegates met me on mass leader aung san suu kyi in the capital before traveling to rakhine state around seven hundred thousand range of muslims fled to neighboring ban

one of the dead was afp's chief photographer in kabul. some three dozen journalists have died in attacks since 2016. reporters without borders said this was the single deadliest day for journalists since the taliban were driven out of kabul in 2001. "i was about 10 meters away from the side of the first explosion trying to get there when the second blast happened. it was very powerful. when i finally got there, i've found many of my fellow reporters lying on the ground, some of them dead already. the afghan government has pledged repeatedly to improve security in the capital, but hundreds have already died in attacks since the start of this year. brent: here are some of the other stories making headlines around the world. a delegation of the un security council has arrived in myanmar as they investigate alleged ethnic cleansing of rohingya muslims. they will meet aung san suu kyi before visiting rakhine state. thousands of people have protested in moscow against the blocking of the messaging app telegram. authorities began blocking the se

celebrates every headline stones applied to the six hundred or so for my afghan interpreter still in kabul who have had their asylum claims rejected nor do they applied to the handful of complicated cases relating to former interpreters who were forced to flee and entered the u.k. illegally like capital all of us are delighted that those who for all the criteria and their families are here and will stay here and they don't pay the money there are still people who are being looked at and we need to be careful that we don't fall through the debts we have a debt of honor to these people and what we mustn't do is leave someone who actually worked for us looked after all soldiers helped us we mustn't leave someone like that in a position where they and their families will be at risk and we've got to be very clear make sure we don't do that abdul says he didn't have time to apply for a visa through the official interpreter scheme while he was still in kabul that required months of waiting and his life was creasing at risk now abdul's lawyer is appealing the home office's moves to deport him many

home office has informed abdul bari that he's going to be deported to kabul within the next three months abdul says he can't go back to afghanistan because he worked as a frontline interpreter for british forces from two thousand and eight to two thousand and ten my life is in danger my family and i have some danger they threatening me but they told me that you know that you joined the infidels. you've been talking about there was only one chance for me and i must leave the country. so can talking to the mean time to post from family so if they catch me that they would definitely just leave the country the british defense secretary gavin williamson has made headlines in recent days by telling the home office that afghan interpreters should be allowed to stay in the u.k. but that reassurance only refers to around four hundred form a interpreters who had been given five year you tavi says they expire soon and all the authorities have done in reality is say that they'll waive the costly renewal fees so those celebrator you headlines don't applied to the six hundred or so former afghan inter

in control outside of kabuii -- kabul. the defense department is in charge of determining what stables -- areas need to be stabilized. that is one of the things that cause these risks. it comes back to resources. how can we, and sigar recommend ? we state be in the lead are recommending the revival of the civilian response corp. with necessary modifications. no effort could be let on the ground outside of kabul if it -- if it stood up the data strategy is launched rather than between the continuous operations. we feel it is important to establish these institutions so that we are prepared. the military is accustomed to being prepared for the worst between contingencies. state and a are not given the political bandwidth or the resources to do anything between these wars. tamara: from a military perspective, yes, these are inherently political missions. everything you were describing about the work you are doing is politics. local politics. military's mission is counterterrorism. the mission that drove us there is counterter

and dod was in control outside of kabul. what that meant was that meant, inherently a political mission, the defense department is in charge of what areas need to be stabilized and how to go about stabilizing them. that's one of the things that caused these enormous rifts. it comes back to resources because how can we, included, how can we recommend that the state be in the lead of an effort that's poorly resource to execute and that's why we're recommending the revival of that response corps with necessary modifications because no credible state department effort could be led on the ground. especially outside of kabul if it's thinly resourced with both personnel, training beforehand and if it stood up the day the strategy is launched rather than between the contingency operations where we feel it's so important to establish these institutions, so that we're prepared. so that in particular, state and aid are prepared. the military is accustomed to being prepared for the worse between consistencies. state and aid are not give

back to the breaking news we're getting out of kabul we were telling you moments ago the gunfire has been heard and explosions near the interior ministry in kabul jennifer gloucester wanting us from the afghan capital what are you hearing about this jennifer during the do you know that a complex attack is underway that is when an explosion begin peak attack and then gunmen have tried to get into that ministry of interior compound this is a new compound for the ministry of interior it is heavily fortified we are hearing gunfire and explosions understand the attackers do have rocket propelled grenades the weapons that they have now this comes on friday nights the afghan security forces some car bomb near that ministry and able to get rid of it it did not go off but clearly a lot of pressure here as this complex attacks going going on the ministry already heavily fortified there's already been high security in the city yesterday they found a car full of a of a weapons at the main international airport so definitely afghan security forces under a lot of pressure to maintain security here

he bought some goods and sowed into the bottom of suitcase and traveled overland all the way from kabulo paris where he sold his goods and went to germany and bought a used mercedes and he drove it all the way back to kabul, sold the mercedes, bought more goods, did it again, did it 7 times overall and then ended up smuggling the crown jewels in afghanistan and after that 10 years had passed and he moved to bali and he heard about borneo and he started to go into borne. at first he was just looking for baskets, the woven baskets that they make. he learned he could sell, they were like backpacks that he learned he could sell in the flea markets. he was buying them by the hundreds. .. .. >> forms was coming in, and there's a saying that you've all heard probably, the only good indian is a dead indian. and it means exactly what you think it means for people, terrible racist saying, but it also means -- there's also a slightly more nuanced meaning which is that when all the natives are gone, when all the indigenous, when all the indians are gone, we can venerate their stuff. then suddenly t

district thirteen police station of kabul rather has ended we're also hearing from the ministry of public health saying at least six people have been wounded and one of our sources on the ground a police source telling us that at least one police men have been killed now there hasn't been any claim of responsibility as yet on these courteney did attacks last week there was a an attack in kabul where the twin attack twin blasts rather. killing at least twenty five people ten of them were journalists and the journalists here and have in kabul in afghanistan say that that's the worst bloodiest attack against a journalist we also heard. another attack yesterday it was in close in eastern afghanistan in close where seventeen people were killed in a voter registration center now attacks have been concentrating on capital kabul in the past few days taliban has last week earlier this month has announced their spring offensive we also heard from northern afghanistan that a district in baghlan province has fallen to the control of taliban thank you for that. hurt plenty more ahead on the news inclu

the bbc‘s secunder kermani joins me now from kabul.orations are already under way. it is a nato base on the outskirts of kabul, home to over 150 british soldiers and officers, as well as others from other coalition countries, including denmark, australia, the us, germany and others. as you say, prince harry did two spells in afghanistan in the past. there is an added bond between some of those who are serving here now and with him. we are expecting a crowd to gather in this room a little bit later on to watch the celebrations on the screen just over there. they had been hoping to do a kind of street party outside, a street party in the sand, if you will, but the weather has been a bit unpredictable here. as you can see, plenty of bunting going up. we can have a quick chat to captain mill water, who is in charge of the celebrations. lots and lots of bunting and lots of unionjacks. what else is in store for the troops? if the weather holds we will have a sports afternoon followed by afternoon tea while we watched the royal wedding. then

explosion a chilling report on afghanistan's security a day off the twin bomb attacks killed dozens in kabul eisel and the taliban are gaining ground and celebrations in mexico as some members of the so-called migrant caravan are allowed to enter the u.s. . armenian opposition leader nicole passion has called on his supporters to launch a nationwide campaign of civil disobedience after the ruling party blocked his bed in parliament to become prime minister and declared the party's decision an insult to people tens of thousands of his supporters have been rallying in the capital yerevan after weeks of protests that. the resignation of the country's for mining town problem for a stable has made some errors and. this was not the result of crowd dialing out. the old day several weeks i've been waiting to. see how big that the republican party of the majority. of us were going to do what the people voted. for the only value they did is be voted a nickel for. the republican party have a localized recession six weeks a cut with the right candidate to say sorry day to vote but again this is all abou

this is the latest in a series of high profile attacks in kabul that have killed hundreds of people since the beginning of the year in logar province in eastern afghanistan the taliban continued its so-called spring offensive with a suicide attack on a police station killing three officers the attackers were also killed the taliban took over dusty kolob district in takar province northeastern afghanistan continuing a string of offensives that are keeping the afghan military busy television is gaining ground despite a doubling of u.s. airstrikes the u.s. military says it killed fifty taliban leaders in bombings in helmand last week the taliban says this is propaganda and that only civilians are killed jennifer glass al jazeera kabul. a prominent human rights activist and blogger from the united arab emirates has been sentenced to ten years in prison legal sources say i had done so or was found guilty of slander against the u.a.e. he's been held for more than a year before his trial began in opera dobby last month month so it was arrested on suspicion of using social media to publish false

five people have been killed and many others injured in two suicide attacks in the afghan capital kabul four police officers and nine journalists are among the dead after rushing to the scene of the first.

taliban era kabul, and essentially a young girl is selling goods in the street with her father.was a teacher by trade and lost a leg in the war with afghanistan. clearly, they are struggling materially, but he teaches her the power of history, and most importantly, the power of stories. let's have a look at the clip. clip: our people have always told stories, from our very beginning... a fractured land in the claws of the hindu kush mountains, scorched by the fiery eyes of the northern deserts. black rubble earth against ice peaks, our land was the petrified skeleton of a monster. the land of the noble and honourable, we were a pathway to everywhere, carrying goods from east to west. we studied the stars and began to see order amidst the chaos. we were scientists, philosophers and storytellers. questions sought answers, and then more questions. we began to see our place in the universe. on the one hand you have that sort of animation, the circlings and cut outs, then you have the more realistic backgrounds of the streets of kabul. which are almost photorealistic backgrounds. wit