in kabul can you tell us. family as we speak with people at the scene that there was an explosion just in front of kabul airport while gen dostum convoy passed the area the eyewitnesses that there was about ten people killed and thirty people injured i minded. two women and one child and there is no. more information about this mess so it isn't clear atoll what might have been the target of this attack well it's not confirmed yet but today all the roads were blocked because of this program that general does that will arrive to kabul. because of this station or a pass or come back to us when things become a little bit clearer that and masood mentioned that explosion happening within minutes of the arrival of gas gana stands vice president general abdul rashid dostum now he spent more than a year in exile he left the country following allegations of rape against a political rival he's been welcome to cobble despite an ongoing criminal investigation charlotte betis reports. the second most powerful man in afghani

the contrast to kabul could not be greater. every summer when they return to germany for one or two months they realize what they've been missing. one thing for g'slinn we have grandchildren here to run four years old and. for us there's a lot to cherish here. shares of the rule of law and of the police things like that card we can be happy that we have all that here this one go for this month or so it was. an immensely and pay test for take try to relax and enjoy themselves when they're here but especially in view of current developments in germany they can't understand why their main sponsor museum is unwilling to continue funding their school project. to the fluting screes are doing through the migration crisis has brought so many afghans to europe or simply because they have no opportunities back home so people say we have to do something and that country to give them opportunities create hope and so for self and so. but that's exactly what we do and if they turn off the lights now it will achieve the opposite wonderfully i

but let's bring in our guest now joining us from kabul is riyadh some other former afghan refugee in pakistan who returned to afghanistan in two thousand and three here in the heart of either an investigative journalist from pakistan and also from kabul as william carter head of the program at the norwegian refugee council a very warm welcome to all of you must to say that let me start with you. should the deadline for afghan refugees to leave pakistan be extended once again what is at stake here for them. thank you very much for having me here. i believe it should be extended there is a need for extension and the government of pakistan shouldn't be using the refugees as a political pressure at the moment evelyn government doesn't have that capacity of the moment to absorb those huge number of refugees and the government can privatize government of afghanistan can prioritize different categories of for refugees which can be observed for example those who have some established businesses or those who are related in family members abroad but those who are living with very limited means

i'm explosion near the airport in kabul moments after the return of the exiled vice president. and this is al jazeera live from also coming up leaving syria at night through the occupied golan heights around four hundred members of the y. the helmets and their families fled to jordan. a standoff. is over thousands of jewish settlers enter the holy sites in occupied east jerusalem. and we look at the political choices on offer as voters prepare for pakistan's general election. there's been an explosion outside cobbles airport shortly after the return of an exiled afghan vice president. at least twelve people have been killed the bomb went off near where the press gathered for the rival. general left last year after being accused of sexual abuse and torture against a political rival. is on the phone from kabul so masood first of all any update on the status of them himself. well. the blast blast targeted the convoy of a side. general rashid dostum right up on his return outside the kabul airport to the white president can by attacks but at least twelve people killed including doz

but let's bring in our guest now joining us from kabul is riyadh some other former afghan refugee in pakistan who returned to afghanistan in two thousand and three here in the heart of either an investigative journalist from pakistan and also from kabul as william carter head of the un's farm program at the norwegian refugee council a very warm welcome to all of you must to say that let me start with you. should the deadline for afghan refugees to leave pakistan be extended once again what is at stake here for them. thank you very much for having me here. i believe it should be extended there is a need for extension and the government of pakistan shouldn't be using the refugees as a political pressure at the moment evelyn government doesn't have that capacity of the moment to absorb those huge number of refugees and the government can provide thais government of afghanistan can prioritize different categories of for refugees which can be observed for example those who have some established businesses or those that are related in family members abroad but those who are living with the

well of point insecurity enough quantised and has risen and this is a sign that the government in kabul is not effective which does is the concern in the there's the harwood these refugees eventually go back if it's if gobble cleaves who is in control and militants whether they are days. taliban or other factions they continue to go and gain more space and operate in larger areas than they were like five years ago or two years ago or that concerned very much exists or what is it what is more important is the commitment that gobbles showed or lacks to show on the table and in its plans as my friend sadat said in kabul that did this should be a priority this should be a serious and and discussion about how in phased manner all these refugees can go there is little progress on that account and his stomach feels that these this political politicize ation of the issue which is being said and termed helps. washington and other stakeholders realize that this is not obliged to continue this hospital a t for a very long time on the other hand i would just give you any separate example there is t

and schools the vice president abdul rashid dostum supporters gathered to welcome him back to kabul is international airport a suicide bomber detonated his vest at the main interests among the casualties the security forces and civilians. dostum escaped his convoy had passed minutes earlier the second most powerful man in afghanistan had been living in exile in turkey for the last fourteen months his supporters protested demanding his return but there are many who don't want to bet. gen dostum lift off to ahmed ishi in northern accused him and his guards of kidnapping and rape. them dostum ordered his commander to rape me nine other bodyguards he told them to rape me until the ground is covered with blood and take a photograph but dostum refused to come in for questioning president ashraf ghani then persuaded turkey's president richard typo to want to take him in it's not the first time dostum spain exiled in turkey it's a repeat of ten years ago when he assaulted a political rival which led to this standoff in kabul between police and his bodyguards dostum has a ruthless reputation he

at least 1a people killed in a suicide bomb attack in kabul airport just minutes after the vice presidenteturned to the country. gunmen have killed 11 taxi drivers after opening fire in a violent ambush in south africa. locked in his body for over a decade — but unable to say a word — we'll tell you the incredible story of how martin pistorius found a way out. hello and welcome to world news today. israel has intervened to help members of the volunteer civil defence force known as the white helmets escape an offensive by government forces. some 422 volu nteers government forces. some 422 volunteers and rescuers and their families were evacuated overnight. it is understood the number would be higher but others were hemmed in by fighters from the islamic state group. they were evacuated through the occupied golan heights and are now safe in jordan the occupied golan heights and are now safe injordan along with their families. they requested is real's help over concerns the volunteers could be detained by free syrian army. rescuing the rescuers. syrian civil defence volunteers and their fami

welcome back you're watching al-jazeera time to recap our headlines there's been an explosion outside kabul airport shortly after the return of an exiled afghan vice president of the rashid dostum at least twelve people have been killed just two left last year after being accused of sexual abuse and torture against a political rival some white helmets rescuers have been moved out of syria southwest through the israeli occupied golan heights at the request of the u.n. the united nations says it will resettle about eight hundred of the volunteers and their families in western countries. more than a thousand jewish settlers have now left their locks a mosque compound in occupied east jerusalem after earlier triggering a standoff with them or shippers they were marking the holiday which commemorates the destruction of ancient jewish temples in jerusalem a small confrontations over the last few hours which led to several arrests. the iraqi national security service has admitted held in hundreds of people suspected of terrorism for months despite its chief denying those allegations back in april

a suicide bomb attack near the airport in kabul moments soft of the return of exile vice president of the rush a dostum to afghanistan. and i'm suited and this is al jazeera live from london also coming up playing at the dead of night around one hundred twenty members of the white helmets and their families head to jordan by the israeli occupied. go on heights. go ok. protests and intimidation rallies in support of nicaragua's president while his opponents go into hiding and we look at nigeria's access to reintegrate thousands of traumatized teenagers recruited by block around back into society. start in afghanistan where there's been a suicide bomb attack outside kabul zapp port shortly after the return of an exiled afghan vice president abdul rashid dostum at least fourteen people have been killed the bomb went off near where the press gathered for dostum is arrival the ethnic uzbek general left last year after being accused of sexual abuse and torture against a political rival he's being welcomed to kabul despite an ongoing from an investigation or balance reports. the second most

world several people are seriously injured after the rockets were fired at of qana stance capital kabul no one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack it comes just two days after a suicide bomber blew himself up near kabul samples killing at least twenty three people that attack was claimed by the support islamic state. analysts in the u.s. north korea has begun taking down key facilities at a missile test site these satellite images reportedly show dismantling underway at the saw his satellite launch station north korean leader kim jong un had promised to dismantle the site at a summit with u.s. president donald trump in june. japanese officials in unprecedented heatwave has killed at least sixty five people in just one week more than twenty thousand have been hospitalized with heat related illnesses in the same period soaring temperatures have been blamed for at least eighty deaths since the start of july the countries where the agency is now classifying the heatwave as a natural disaster. the german football association has hit back at accusations of racism made by football st

i still claims responsibility after sixteen people are killed in a suicide bomb attack in kabul just moments after the return of exiled vice president abdul rashid dostum. some of this is al jazeera long from london also coming up fleeing at the dead of night around four hundred twenty members of the white helmets and their families leave syria and arrive in jordan a suicide attack kills a candidate from front runner and run comms a ahead of pakistan's elections plus. under drought reporting from greenland all the threats presented by the new realities bird towering over in europe christian britain. and the sixteen people have died in a suicide bombing targeting afghanistan's vice president abdul rashid dostum the film a war load and. k. ethnic leader returned from exile off the fourteen months following allegations he had tortured and abused a rival eisel has claimed responsibility for the attack shelob alice as well. as scores of vice president abdul rashid dostum supporters gathered to welcome him back at kabul's international airport a suicide bomber detonated his vest at the mai

several people are seriously injured after the rockets were fired at of ghana stance capital kabul no one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack it comes just two days after a suicide bomber blew himself up near kabul airport killing at least twenty three people the attack was claimed by the so-called islamic state. analysts in the us in north korea has begun taking down key facilities at a missile test site these satellite images reportedly showing dismantling underway at the sohi satellite launch station north korean leader kim jong un had promised to dismantle the site at a summit with u.s. president donald trump in june. turkish president john has praised the decision by german footballer zeal to quit the german national team the star midfielder made the announcement at the weekend. who has turkish roots was heavily criticised. putting forth a graph to with the turkish president in may this is and said this criticism quickly turned into reeses him and disrespect from the public and the media was it was also singled out by the german football association for the country's di

there are all kinds of allegations that bad things happened he was brought to kabul for geishas even though he's someone who has been fighting the taliban in isis in the north of afghanistan and. obviously was very unhappy being in exile in turkey and the. people of afghanistan the afghans who belong to that ethnic group and others who support this faction basically went on the streets and where basically opposing this arrest and we're rallying for the past few weeks in the rallies have gotten so intense that the government i think decided that it's better to have those come back under the tent inside the tent than to have them outside the tent. but help us understand more about this we know that gen dostum is a long time establishment figure in the country he is a leader of the as banksy is seen as a defender of their rights but he's also one of the most controversial figures in the country known for his brutality just tell us more about some of the allegations that have been made against him yes your your report also that a good job of clarifying that he goes back to the time when

and let's get the very latest on that story with journalist dearie he is based in the capital kabul and he joins us for more hi tired good to see what more can you tell us about the attack in jalalabad. well for the audience who don't know about yet act at eleven thirty local time today a couple of insurgents groups they stormed the office of migraines and refugees in jail a lot which has been volatile over the last few weeks until now that i spoke with this person not the governor. a dozen people have been killed and one day but we don't have you know the real estate to sticks yet but people you know people who we talked to this year is already gunfire around department and a couple of these insurgent groups insurgent soldiers go on gotten into the building and still they're firing at each other who are these insurgent groups here is any group claimed responsibility responsibility rather well it's a bit difficult to be all that to be honest not only you know at the end of these attacks these insurgent groups they come and claimed responsibility in the past we have got cases that the ic

a suicide bomb attack in the afghan capital kabul kills fourteen people just moments after the return of exiled vice president abdul rashid dostum. hello i'm maryam namazie in london you're with al-jazeera also coming up playing at the dead of night around four hundred twenty members of the white helmets net families leave syria and arrive in jordan. a suicide attack kills a candidate from far on the iran contra party ahead of pakistan's elections also. under reported from greenland threats presented by the new realities bird tar and we were in your pursuit. at least fourteen people have died in a suicide bombing targeting afghanistan's vice president abdul rashid dostum a former warlord an ethnic media returned from exile off to fourteen months following allegations he tortured and abused a rival at least sixty people injured eisel claims it carried out the attack charlotte dallas has mall. and schools of vice president abdul rashid dostum supporters gathered to welcome him back at kabul's international airport a suicide bomber detonated vest his. at the main entrance among the casua

stories now at least fourteen people have been killed in afghanistan in a suicide bomb attack outside kabul zapp or shortly after the return of exiled vice president general until rashid dostum rescue workers known as the white helmets have been evacuated from syria in response to the threat from advancing government forces. and a counselor from from the iran calls political party in pakistan has been killed in a suicide attack as tension mounts ahead of wednesday's general election. well now in another story we're watching closely g twenty finance ministers and central bank meeting in argentina a warning the heightened trade and geopolitical tensions pose a huge risk to global growth according to a draft communique from the meeting of what is dire as the need is from the world's largest economies according to a more dialogue they also want structural reforms to counter potential shocks to the markets the meeting comes in the wake of escalating trade tensions between the u.s. china and europe following a wave of tariffs introduced by president trump. everybody would suffer from polluted the

seventeen years into the war we speak to a journalist on the ground in kabul amidst the continuing carnage catalyzed by major nation intervention plus forget today's tereza may brecht's it away day we speak to n.g.o.s global justice now about secret trade deals being discussed that could put corporations in control of the lives at risk dollars the more coming up in today's going underground but first this month marks fifteen years since the death of u.k. government scientist david kelly after he tried to warn the british people they were being lied to about the reasons to bomb iraq here was former u.k. labor prime minister tony blair when asked about the need for a further inquiry into the circumstances of his apparent suicide the attorney general green's expected to make an announcement today as to whether there should be a new inquiry into the death of dr david kelly and that i think you've written some of that has weighed heavily on your mind of over the years would you welcome and. i think i'll let him make his statement on this i mean there was all the was an inquiry which went for si

eleven people on a bus in the west and far a province shot about us is keeping across events for us in kabul and shell of the attack finished just in the past hour what are you hearing about. what we know now that this attack that went on for some six hours did to individually so we understand it's. six people were killed in the attack five civilians and one police officer who also fourteen people who were wounded just spoken to the named provincial government spokesperson who says they can now tell us how this attack took place around eleven am local time a car laden with explosives drove up to the gates of this compound two gunman jumped hours and then they set off the first explosion it was several explosions the gunmen used that and managed to get inside the compound and then afghans special forces arrived and a gun battle ensued for the following six hours inside. this building that they attacked with the department of refugees. inside it was during a conference going on where people meet and discuss funding for afghan refugees some managed to escape halfway through this others clearly

as schools of vice president abdul rashid dostum supporters gathered to welcome him back to kabul is international airport a suicide bomber detonated his vest at the main entrance among the casualties with security forces and civilians. dostum escaped his convoy had passed minutes earlier the second most. awful man in afghanistan had been living in exile in turkey for the last fourteen months his supporters protested demanding his return but there are many who don't want him back. gen dostum lift off to ahmed ishi in northern accused him and his guards of kidnapping and rape. ordered his commander to rape me nine other bodyguards he told them to rape me until the ground is covered with blood and take a photograph but dostum refused to come in for questioning president ashraf ghani then persuaded turkey's president reject typo to want to take him in it's not the first time dostum spain exiled in turkey it's a repeat of ten years ago when he assaulted a political rival which led to this standoff in kabul between police and his bodyguards dostum has a ruthless reputation he has ruled no

we'll be live in the capital kabul. skepticism. to offer from donald trump president. iranian president rouhani. and. the two thousand. earlier this year. political solution to the seven year war in syria as government forces contend. opposition just finished. in the russian city of sochi what that means for the fighting on the ground. by. the u.s. and starting on wednesday you'll also be able to print them yes you heard that right three d. printers will now make it possible for people to print out the different components that will actually turn into a real. live on air and streaming online. live and that al-jazeera dot com. the city of jalalabad in northern afghanistan three explosions followed by a six hour gun battle at least fifteen people have been killed and the same number wounded it's a city that's been popping up time and time again in recent weeks in the news hours as the security situation deteriorates it's been attack after attack often claimed by eisel most recently saturday tens of people fled to safer rooms to escape fighters who stormed a training scho

very difficult decision and we are going to a place specially for me but i had never been before to kabul so when we came in the beginning it was a bit difficult to adjust but soon soon after we realized that our parents had taken a very positive decision and when i asked was it about all of a thing as saying that school parent then it was their decision then it was voluntary. it was a it was a voluntary decision that we left because i got it camp in pakistan which sure as soon was build those later but our immigration to pakistan was forced then and there was but the returning was of course a voluntary the time comparing a plan is of two thousand and three with two thousand and eighteen it's quite different in an situation has improved in terms of infrastructure or economy or the job in and other terms and at the time we thought it was this sort of the life was difficult in the beginning in the few months but later on we were very happy with our decision and right now we're going to look to look back at the past years that have lived in afghanistan and of their progeny of these that we h

several people are seriously injured after rockets were fired at of qana stance capital kabul no one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack it comes just two days after a suicide bomber blew himself up near kabul airport killing at least twenty three people in that attack was claimed by the so-called islamic state. to pakistan now where journalists are facing an unprecedented crackdown by the country's powerful army that's as the country gears up for national elections tomorrow wednesday the military wants to boost the chances of its alleged favored candidate form a critical critical cricketer i beg your pardon imran khan those who report on his main driving face intimidation and worse as we hear from the w.'s and iommi conrad and ask him celine reporting from lahore. in pakistan second largest city hall election campaigning is in full swing but behind the scenes many fear strings are being pulled to favor one kunda that iran called. his party p.t.i. is in a neck and neck race with the pakistani muslim league run by one of the country's most high profile politicians now once o

a little earlier, shoaib sharifi, the bbc‘s bureau chief in kabul, explained who is being held responsible% of civilian casualties to the taliban and is forces in afghanistan. another 20% is attributed to pro—government forces, including the americans, and the remaining, around 10%, to other forces engaged in the afghan conflict. khar danda, a tiny fishing village in india's bustling city of mumbai, recently got a major makeover ahead of the annual monsoon. more than 50 artists painted about 400 houses in bright colours across the village while waterproofing the roofs. as france and croatia battled it out in the world cup final, another famous football team were playing, the senior team of the wild boars in thailand. theirjunior counterparts are still recovering in hospital after being trapped in a cave complex for more than two weeks. our correspondent howard johnson reports from the match. we are at a senior game of the wild boars team in mae sai. what we heard earlier before the game kicked off was that, two of the players telling us that they really miss playing with the younger teamma

7 people have been killed in a suicide bombing near a government ministry building in the capital kabul data showing record numbers of civilians were killed in conflict in afghanistan in the first six months of 2018. there were 1692 fatalaties — despite an unprecedented ceasefire between security forces and the taliban last month. more than 31100 people were injured. most of the casualties were caught up in militant attacks and suicide—bombings. a little earlier shoaib sharifi, the bbc‘s bureau chief in kabul, explained who is being held responsible for most of the deaths. the united nations are tributes almost 70% of the casualties to the taliban and is forces in afghanistan. another 20% is attributed to pro—government forces, including the americans, and 10% to other forces engaged. a bus in spain has been left teetering over the edge of a bridge after the driver lost control on a highway in madrid on sunday. in a careful operation, firefighters were able to rescue the driver, who was the only person on the bus, as it rested on the broken barriers. the bus was eventually lifted by cra

when they were joined in were fighting against the soviets backed regime in kabul a lot of money came was i was invested for much. from the western countries and the united states without as you rightly said without putting some benchmarks in terms of human rights and women's rights situation. as a result the money was spent to support groups by some of the intelligence of the neighboring country on one hand on the other hand this money partly was used also to support other extremism that equalize groups in the region which literally eventually they came to afghanistan and afghanistan as a country that has a history of civilization was eventually used by different networks of radical groups that you know women were the main defense of their policies now i want to ask you something perhaps personal because we all assume that liberties are something that once you once you try them you start taking them for granted why do you think the afghan society is all those fathers and has burns who have been sending their daughters to school or who saw that wives going to work why do you think the

thing against it it's backed regime in kabul a lot of money came was i was invested for my journey the group from the western countries and the united states without as you rightly said without putting some benchmarks in terms of human rights and women's rights situation as a result the money was spent to support groups by some of the intelligence of the neighboring country on one hand and the other hand this money partly was used also to support other extremism and radicalism in the region which led literally eventually the kid to afghanistan and afghanistan as a country that has a history of civilization was eventually used by different networks of radical groups that you know women were the main debate which of their policies now i want to ask you something perhaps personal because we all assume that liberties are something that once you once you try them you start taking them for granted why do you think the afghan society is all those fathers and has been who have been sending their daughters to school or who saw that wives going to work why do you think they all turned their back

making news today: at least 14 people have been killed and more than 60 injured in a blast outside kabulnational airport in afghanistan. the attack coincided with the arrival of afghan vice president abdul rashid dostum from a self—imposed exile in turkey. so—called islamic state says it was behind the attack, in which a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device near the airport's main entrance. a witness described the moment of the blast. translation: an ordinary person came along, he looked normal, just like me. he was wearing black clothes. he talked to the police. and i thought he was a suicide bomber. and suddenly an explosion happened. the iranian president, hassan rouhani, has warned president trump not to escalate tensions with his country, saying a confrontation with the islamic republic would lead to the mother of all wars. he added that peace with iran would be the mother of all peace. tehran is facing increased pressure from washington over mr trump's decision to withdraw the us from a 2015 international deal on iran's nuclear programme. in germany, around 25,000 people ha

trapped in the building some reports say that many of them have now been freed let's go live now to kabul al jazeera shiela palace is monitoring developments from there shall what's the latest. this attack has been ongoing from four and a half hours now it started with multiple explosions gunmen into the building inside sixty nine people that's coming from the provincial government spokesperson those people students teaches at midwives now they did get some advance warning that a tech may take place and they managed to get into safe rooms these attackers came in in the last four and a half hours we have seen a heavy firefight gun battle between afghan special forces and these attackers about an hour ago we got news that a convoy of humvees had breached the compound and after that there was a heavy firefight and then fifty seven people were freed the twelve people remaining their fate is unknown. this incident is remarkably reminiscent of of recent attacks in afghanistan is that. and in particular jalalabad so jalalabad is the capital of know how province we know that eisel the taliban net

but also so shitty our social values were damaged item number for instance going in the streets of kabul when a woman was beaten up by taliban her husband denied that it just to be said to save himself so that not only this one conflict actually damaged our structures and infrastructures but it unfortunately damaged our values too well madam koofi we have to take a very short break now but we will be back in just a few moments stay tuned. for. so you. like that is your last yes does. she doesn't it with the people most of us are not what i mean. i can make it. really a lot to get me from him he can see that you know if you buy if. you're in the form of the media. i'm with you more with the very one with and i'm what i'm most often given many blows up in the film i was in theme of i was at the field. when the whole make us manufacture consent instinctive public wealth. when the running classes project themselves. with the fine and merry go round live we don't want. to ignore middle of the room sick. welcome back to worlds apart with piracy a koofi a member of the afghan parliament and pro

and repatriation center security forces are confronting the attackers shiela ballasts has more from kabul. there's still sporadic gunfire ongoing between afghan special forces is an unknown number of a surgeon and this is all happening at the government's ministry for refugees in jalalabad which is the capital of mega hard province it's a sensitive area cynic stores of this ministry is a u.n. compound on the other side we've got a major hospital so everybody is on alert here it started around ten am local time which is roughly three hours ago with three large explosions u.s. president donald trump has surprised everyone by saying he'd be willing to meet iran's president has done rouhani at any time and without preconditions the two men have been locked in a war of words with through the u.s. from the two thousand and fifteen nuclear deal the u.n. special envoy to syria is planning talks with iran russia and turkey to finalize a body to draft a new constitution so fond of us tour hopes to have the discussion in september the latest round of talks to end the war is taking place in the russi

news coming out of afghanistan where there are two explosions apparently that have hit the capital kabul minutes apart it was caused the first one apparently by a rocket that landed in a residential area west of the city would be at least four people the cause the exact location of the second has not yet been determined but people are talking about it being near the center of the city that's not immediately clear that's all according to a local police spokesman that we'll get more information on that and bring it to you as soon as we get it. well more than one hundred million voters in pakistan are gearing up to elect their next government ballot papers are being taken to different polling centers across the country campaigning came to a close twenty four hours before those polls open on wednesday for major political parties are in the race for the country's second civilian handover of power after a full term summer binge of a report from lahore in the punjab province. from the rooftops to the seats arranged below political workers gathered in their hundreds charged by the anthems of cha

the siege this after a bus hit a roadside bomb killing eleven passengers shelob ellis reports from kabul. jalalabad one of afghanistan's biggest cities and into the walls are as torn as mace the department of refugee fears for a conference on how to help displaced afghans they were targeted. explosions hit the compounds exterior allowing to government to get past the rules but others have a government you know i was sitting in my medical store when gunman entered the refugee department right after that they started shooting and one of them blew himself up at the gate or saw two injured people come out of the building for several hours sporadic gunfire was heard across the neighborhood smoke billowing from the building as afghan special forces hunted the remaining gunman the building is next door to the city's main hospital ten people were treated to with critical injuries. it's also. just one hundred meters from a midwife training center that was attacked in the same way on saturday three staff members were killed and sixty seven trapped inside for hours. in the last three months there h

why they struck out they passed through taliban areas and contested zones before finally reaching kabul after four weeks. from the first moment when we left helmand people were really friendly to us. both from the taliban and the afghan army or less even if they were women or people who were injured and just everybody. for a moment in mid june the unthinkable seemed possible first the afghan government proclaimed a unilateral ceasefire to honor the end of the month of muslim fasting the taliban match their troops it came to touching scenes of taliban fighters and afghan government soldiers who otherwise fought bitterly shook hands the president seized the opportunity to call on the taliban to work towards lasting peace. what is possible. has surprised the world in want peace. we should solve our problems together. i say together i mean what government the taliban and the people must say we should stop fighting for religion and political differences because there is no justification for that. but while some celebrated others continued to bomb the terrorist militia the so-called islamic s

thank you after the break nato war was on the narcotics industry we ask a journalist on the ground in kabul about the multi-headed hydra that is the afghanistan drug trade is u.k. trade secretary liam fox in the chlorinated chicken coop the director of global justice now gives us the lowdown on what could be a few deals slip through the brics it back door all this and more coming up about two of going on the ground. right we're all set to start in five yes the studio has no signal. he's not going to talk about the no fly list just renewed right after the mars explorers want to do it would have their new. record. to say last week no. no the last room welcome to sophie until i'm so busy shevardnadze said today we've got lots to talk about in our program and our guest is move good luck little. hill to. look at its. muscles his. nose if. you could. do it a little bit he. doesn't go to the little united way you know it's. all supposed to well it's only about the looking oh mother of the couldn't fulfill one of the mighty well columns on the old. boy. people criticize us or they question us and t

year after being accused of sexual abuse and torture against a political rival he's been welcomed to kabul is trying to an ongoing criminal investigation. rescue workers known as the white helmets have been evacuated from syria in response to the threat posed by advancing government forces israel's military has taken four hundred twenty two of the first responders to safety in jordan at the request of the united nations in my opinion is part of the arrangements would have been agreed between. international powers in order to clear . the area from any presence that is not that might not be happy with a convoy of fifty five buses taking so. rebels and their families have been allowed to proceed north after being stopped by iranian militias earlier the vehicles were stopped and surrounded by fighters wearing military style uniforms near the city of homs after seven hours and an intervention by the russian military police they were then allowed to move again the convoy left connection as part of an agreement between the opposition and the syrian government to surrender positions in the south a

security especially once nato soldiers leave is increasingly being recognized by the government in kabul ha scene is exhausted after more than three hours of field training it's hot and dusty in the mountains around kabul here young women female soldiers in the afghan army are being trained for combat. just staying at home with your parents or with your husband that's easy to follow but i want to experience something different something that challenges me that won't be lacking in the army combat training two hours earlier women in the army of a country where it's only men who are in charge in which the word of the tribal leaders applies and in combat units there are several reasons for this firstly the group as they are not allowed to take women as prisoners they cannot even touch them that's forbidden in our traditions and in such cases the army needs women not that i should be going to the one i made on weapons training many men become deserted is because the family at home in the village is having problems or the head of the tribe is calling for them women are needed to fill in the ga

the siege this after a bus hit a roadside bomb killing eleven passengers shelob ellis reports from kabul. jalalabad one of afghanistan's biggest cities and a new. storm is made to the department of refugee affairs for a conference on how to help displaced afghans they were targeted. explosions hit the compounds exterior following two government to get possible. but never heard of called off the market i was sitting in my medical store when a gunman entered the refugee department right after that they started shooting and one of them blew himself up at the gate i saw two injured people come out of the building. for several hours sporadic gunfire was heard across the neighborhood smoke billowing from the building as afghan special forces hunted the remaining gunman the building is next door to the city's main hospital ten people were treated with critical injuries. it's also just one hundred meters from a midwife training center that was attacked in the same way on saturday three staff members were killed and sixty seven trapped inside for hours. in the last three months there have been th

them to religion so we have been witnessing that nearly around two thousand religious scholars in kabul issue a fatwa against war in afghanistan which is followed today. all i see so we do see that there is a national regional and international consensus to support this three d. strategy which is putting more political pressure as well as diplomatic and military pressure meanwhile supported by religious scholars in islam countries to deliver to my eyes so far been called the jihad in afghanistan. that the security expert joining us live from the afghan capital kabul thank you very much for your time and your expertise on this thank you. now un humanitarian chief mark is in pyongyang to get a better idea of just how bad things are it is the first such visit since two thousand and eleven well getting a precise picture is difficult given that the regime is in the torricelli secretive aid agency karajan national describes north korea as the world's most underreported humanitarian crisis what we know is that ever since the famine in the one nine hundred ninety s. getting enough to eat has re

charlotte is live for us in kabul sort of bring us up to speed with this battle. sporadic gunfire is still being heard at this government apartment for refugees in jalalabad you know the afghan special forces are there and engaged in a bear so with these attackers we do understand now that the numbers of wounded have increased the head of the main hospital in jalalabad has just released that they are treating team people eight lightly wounded two critically this all started around eleven am local time with three large explosions outside government department of refugees in the i was there to follow it there have been a heavy gun battle in that has decreased to more sporadic fire it's in a very sensitive area in jalalabad it's next door to the hospital where these people are being treated and also next door to you in compound we understand at the time of the attack there was actually meetings going on with aid officials and people within this refugee agency in jalalabad it has become increasingly in secure on sunday we were reporting that a midwife training facilit

have killed scores across the country several bombings have targeted security forces and hotels in kabul well the un says that at least one thousand six hundred ninety two people were killed in the first six months of this year and the number of wounded civilians is double that the u.n. mission in afghanistan says that most civilians were killed or injured in suicide bombings and attacks involving multiple fighters including the taliban and eisel and the u.n. expects the violence to get worse with elections coming up in october more than three hundred civilians have already been killed or injured in election related violence. but just as a gathering in finland's capital helsinki ahead of monday's summit between the leaders of russia and the united states it'll be donald trump and vladimir putin's first official stand alone meeting and that's something that's worrying diplomats more now from our diplomatic editor james bays. helsinki a city that joining the cold war was used as one of the few places where western allies and the soviet union could talk some believe relations. a cold war le

family members leave their ra is government forces continue their offensive to regain the southwest kabul is hit with another suicide bomb attack as a new report shows afghan civilian deaths have hit a record high and then scores a familiar face gets back to winning ways that's coming out but far. but first an egyptian brokered ceasefire between israel and hamas appears to be holding after the latest flare up of violence in gaza two palestinian teenagers were killed in what israel says was the most powerful daylight attack on hamas since two thousand and fourteen the u.n. says an all out war was only narrowly avoided and it's has more now from gaza. america why weren't fighters or even protesters the teenage friends were just playing outside in a park in central gaza when an israeli missile smashed into a deserted building next to them. the boys were killed another dozen people injured israel says the building was a hamas urban training facility now it's become another reminder of israel's power over gaza. israel says the target was hamas in response to rocket attacks and israel has warne