. completely gone from the country -- this bombing in kabul.— this bombing in kabul.bombing in kabul. susannah george, thank you _ this bombing in kabul. susannah george, thank you very - this bombing in kabul. susannah george, thank you very much - this bombing in kabul. susannah george, thank you very much for that. susannah george, afghanistan and pakistan bureau chief for the washington post. more than 50 palestinians have been injured in clashes with israeli forces injerusalem. it follows similar unrest on friday during which 200 more people needed medical treatment. tensions have been rising for weeks over proposals to evict palestinian families from their homes in a neighbourhood where israeli settlers are laying claim to the land. much of the unrest has been taking place at the al—aqsa mosque compound, where israeli troops used rubber bullets and stun grenades against crowds throwing stones and bottles. european union leaders have sidestepped a plea by the indian prime minister, narendra modi, to waive patents on coronavirus vaccines. they have offered instead

an attack at a girls' school in kabul leaves dozens that early reports say it happened students were leaving school for the day. you're watching notice here on by from headquarters in doha i'm terry navigator also a heads. condemnation of the call for protests after israeli forces stormed the uk saw a mosque and occupied east jerusalem injuring dozens of palestinian worshipers. e.u. leaders hold their 1st face to face meeting of the year with a pandemic and vaccines of the top of their agenda. a record day of deaths from coronavirus in indiana several states go into lockdown. hello there's been widespread condemnation ofter israeli forces stormed the compound and occupied east jerusalem more than 200 palestinian worshippers were injured listed in groups are calling for protests later on saturday victoria be has more on the storming off and. confrontation inside the hour. some compound as is rated police spy a stun grenades to disperse muslim worship his. own 20 people. and you would. not be more supportive board if you want the book and i think you know what you're thinking of course

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troops are withdrawing from afghanistan while the violence increases but the latest on that from kabul and why welfare groups in the u.k. are demanding this emergency migrant facility because down. or unusual whether it's for widespread but rather raby other 2 areas to watch for it all is still quite warm in the levant as well about where they should be and this rather more rain in particular in yemen than you might expect in clades spreads up through amman as well so large that to humans 30 degrees little bit too early to see much change in the weather there but we might get some thunderstorms for how the sort sets which is the edge effect of the indian monsoon got that yet but this is again he's a little bit early but thunderstorms seem likely sunday monday or tuesday and into to be most likely insulin you see the cloud spreading through oman eventually i think we'll find thunderstorms popping off in the mountains here as well with a rather hot 40 in dubai staying in the sunshine elsewhere reprints or it's generally find the showers become a bit more extensive through iran that's not

to remove hillside symmetry fathers of various killed in saturday's attack on friday to kabul. burying their daughters. in a country to a background of bombings and death. this attack has been met with shock and in comprehension. she was 15 years old and in the 8th grade. she was very intelligent and didn't miss a single day of school. yesterday her mother told her not to go to school but she said no mother i will go today not tomorrow. that's what she did and today we're burying her here. multiple blasts had gone off outside the siad our shaft our school in western kabul as it lessons ended for the day many of the children killed were on their way home to break their ramadan fast with their families. to the well i was with my classmates you know leaving school when suddenly an explosion happened. my classmate was killed 10 minutes later another explosion happened and then a 3rd one everyone was screaming and i was blood everywhere. the violence comes a week of the u.s. and nato troops began their final exit of afghanistan some fear that could leave people here facing more scen

amy: we will go to kabul for the latest. then we speak to ari berman on the latest republican attack on voting rights. >> all across the country and a state like texas and florida, republicans are weaponizing and institutionalizing trump's big lie that the election was stolen in order to make it harder for democratic constituencies to be able to vote. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman. a warning to our audience, our top stories contain images of violence. israeli forces stormed the al-aqsa mosque in occupied east jerusalem this morning amid mounting violence in recent days. soldiers deployed rubber bullets, tear gas, and sound bombs at palestinians, injuring hundreds. over the weekend, israeli forces wounded hundreds more worshippers and protesters at al aqsa, including on one of the holiest nights of ramadan. protests have been growing against the expulsion of palestinian families from sheikh jarrah, a neighborhood in occupied east jerusale

kabul. knew that she was risking it all when she started working as a contractor for the u.s. government. her house has been attacked and she has received threat. her supervisor suggested she apply for a special immigrant visa for herself and her family, to safely move to the u.s. that was in 2017. she is still waiting for approval. >> in this country most of the people, even the. women work for afghans. the thing is the situation is getting worse day by day. we all know the taliban will take over the governments of what will happen to our lives? the main thing i am concerned is myself and my family security. who would take this responsibility? because most of the people can recognize me. even though i am hiding myself, but i cannot guarantee that. >> she is one of 18,000 afghans, who have worked alongside u.s. troops, diplomats, and government personnel, and are awaiting decisions on those special immigrant visas. the process is long and grueling. a report published in early april found the

in kabul thank you thank you. spain has been one of europe's west it's countries on the coronavirus and now it's and that its national states of a mad since you started last october in my time caf you husband left on the domestic travel is allowed again lots each region is still feeds in its own continuance mischa's critics worry about the new police would lead to some confusion on the possible new says in cases. the moment madrid has been yearning for the at the stroke of midnight freedom at last the euphoric revelers packed into puerta del sol square to sing dance drums and drink with their friends. and. now here we do know what it's been really tough so we were expecting this turnout we're super happy now that all of this is coming to an end the is the theme there were similar scenes across the country like here in barcelona where pandemic weary crowds kicked up their heels in the city center and it's really very moving i keep thinking wow great to finally be able to connect singing to have a good time and to s

kabul i'm joined by journalist annie le t.v. ali this is the 2nd attack in as many wakes and the us is slowly pulling out all of afghanistan a is the security situation deteriorating. which now i don't think it's deteriorating i think it was very good to begin with the sorts of attacks were taking place while the us it's certainly not as if the u.s. was stationed outside girl schools or any other schools or actively protecting civilian targets in the. unfortunately this is just the situation in the country over the last. several years. it's just a sad reality at the moment i leave the target as you say seems to have been a girls' school what does that tell us. and look at as you said earlier in the video package you know just a week or 2 prior another group of students involved out of politics also. you know it's all the way. attacking the young people of the country the future of the country i went to that neighborhood today in kabul where that attack took place and i spoke to several families who lived in the nearby area here.

the taliban condemned the attack and tonight responsibility and to serious foreign reports from kabul and a warning some of the images in her reports are disturbing. children screaming for their mothers scattered notebooks and casualties strong across the ground in western kabul. girls' school had been a place of safety education and hope for the future now the scene of an attack intended to create maximum casualties 3 explosions at about 5 30 pm local time the same time young women and girls were finishing school and streaming out of the gate dozens of wounded civilians were rushed to mohammad ali jinnah hospital many in a critical condition in my view unfortunately during the time when students were coming out of the school a powerful explosion happened and then a number of children will wind it and you can see that all the hospitals are full of victims. those who lost their lives lined up in the corridors a family members checked to see they'd lost their loved ones concerned people can't stop to donate blood. but there were a lot of casualties there were a few male victims but most

. >>> in afghanistan burials for the victims of the devastating bombing of the girls school in kabul with at least 60 people dead, many of them young girls. this is the pace of attacks against afghans are increasing only weeks after president biden's announcement that u.s. troops would also be gone by september 11th. and hacked, the nation's vulnerable energy sector exposed by the worst cyber attack in u.s. history against a major pipeline. trying to locate and isolate the malware. tom costello is covering the ransom ware attack for the intelligence surgeries, the pipeline companies as well do they suspect an adversary or criminal organization or can they distinguish between the two? >> they are pretty confident this is the work of russian cyber criminals by the name of dark. i've got the name on another piece of paper, but the bottom line is russian cyber criminals and this organization demands ransomware when they lock up something. they are demanding an unknown amount of money from colonial pipeline. you can see the scale of this pipeline. as you mentioned more than 5,000 miles lo

violence in recent weeks afghan officials say the taliban fighters captured the key district near kabul on wednesday earlier in the week more than 80 people were killed in the bombing of a school the taliban has tonight claims by the government that it was behind the attack let's go live now to kabul and get a live update from philly oh contre fori. what hope is that the cease fire will hold throughout he'd. well you know adrian this cease fire comes after an extremely violent month of ramadan here in afghanistan still even though like you mentioned it will be very short only 3 days it will be like a huge breath of air for all afghans who have been literally suffocating from all the violence that has been engulfing the country from what we've seen in past ceasefires even though it's still very early it has been in effect for only 12 hours since midnight local time last time it should hold according to past experience except for isolated incidents of violence has been really surging in afghanistan and we're not talking just about fighting between the taliban and government forces across

but their obligations are stuck in a bureaucratic backlog filling a concert hoary reports from kabul. or sue knew she was risking it all when she started working as a contractor for the us government her house has been attacked and she's received many threats her supervisor suggested she apply for a special immigrant visa for herself and her family to safely move to the u.s. that was in 2017 she still waiting for approval in this country most of the people are not agony even the woman who worked for afghans the worst thing is that the situation is getting worse day by the sun has we all know what the taliban would take over the government so what will happen to our lives the main thing which i'm concerned is about myself and my family security who would take this responsibility because most of the people come to me even though i'm hiding myself but i cannot guarantee that i was who is one of about 18000 afghans who have worked alongside u.s. troops diplomats and other government personnel and are awaiting decisions on those special immigrant visas the process is long and grueling a re

thanks for your point of 40 the reporting from kabul where at least 25 people have died off to multiple blasts in the capital and explosions happened near a school as she was reporting in the area of dust in western couple will bring you more in that just as soon as we get. several states in india going into lockdown as officials try to bring the coronavirus outbreak under control india is the 3rd country out of the us of brazil to record more than $4000.00 deaths in a single day and it's just recorded another 400000 infections experts say the actual numbers are much higher probably at mattel reports now from new delhi. the news that we're getting today is actually a bit of a welcome news coming in from the health ministry which is that patients and we know patients are scrambling to get beds and oxygen they do not need a positive test result to be admitted in a hospital or a care facility dedicated to covert patients this is a revision of an earlier policy which mandated this test result and of course now this means that if you or your family members suspect are suspicious of being a c

from kabul joined by journalist t.v. this is the 2nd attack in 10 days with a us pulling out is the security situation westerly. no. i think this is a curious situation has always been bad. obviously you know groups will try and show their strength even more now but to say that it worsening is kind of a misnomer because. you know it's not it's not as if the u.s. forces were outside girls' schools in the past or outside you know hospitals in the past or protecting civilian institutions by any means or as if you know this neighborhood and particularly hadn't become a constant target of the so-called islamic state during the last 5 or 6 years when the u.s. was still here so no i think it's a misnomer to say that it has to do with the u.s. withdrawal. that's good to know about that target seems to have been a girls' school what does that tell us. you know i was talking to some of the families today. and one of them in particular actually 2 of them and 2 of the mothers were saying that you know their daughters their children

the afghan capital most of the victims are you most students aged between 11 and 15 authorities in kabul want the death toll is likely to rise. by munich when their 9th straight one does leave the title with 2 weeks to spare the variance celebrated after a crushing blow back on saturday evening. i'm told me a lot of both a warm welcome to you e.u. leaders have wrapped up a 2 day summit dominated by the covert 1000 crisis in india they agreed to restart trade talks with delhi but there were divisions over a u.s. proposal to waive patents on coronavirus facts scenes. heads of state and government gathered in spring sunshine in the portuguese city of port au upper most in everyone's minds the relentlessly rising death toll in india. the european union stones want to be buried with india. we always. owned we are ready to provide for the support e.u. leaders agreed to resume negotiations on a free trade deal with india the talks broke down 8 years ago also dominating proceedings a controversial u.s. proposal to lift patents on covert 19 vaccines india strongly supports the idea as a means of

a bomb attack near a girls' school in kabul kills dozens early reports say it happened as students were leaving school for the day. you're watching al-jazeera lie from headquarters in doha time to navigate also ahead. condemnation and a call for protests after israeli forces stormed the mosque occupied east jerusalem injuring dozens of palestinian worshippers a record day of deaths from coronavirus in india the several states go into lockdown. e.u. leaders hold their 1st face to face meeting of the year with a pandemic and vaccines at the top of their agenda. hello breaking news out of afghanistan where there have been multiple blasts in the capital kabul at least 40 people have been killed according to an interior ministry official the explosions happened near a school in the area of dashti bardsley in western travel children were reported to have been leaving the compound at the time let's get more value accounted for is she's joining us from kabul not the 1st attack to happen this week in afghanistan tell us about this one. well exactly and before i tell you about the attack let me j

let's have more on the explosion in kabul.tack. he describes how the terror unfolded. i was heading home — and on the way to home, i received this news that a school was attacked. and what i did, i called my family members to make sure that my sisters are safe. and then once i confirmed that they were safe at home, in the middle of the way, because my friends were with me, he received this news that his sisters are not back home yet. so we got out of the car and searched for their sisters, hospitals and hospitals. what we saw in hospital was extremely horrible. like, all the families... we saw concerned families looking for their family members. the school students were brought in the ambulances. in some hospitals, there were the students who lost their life and they were brought into the hospital. so it was really horrible. it was not something that... one of the attacks happened in the hazara community. previously, in the last three years, there had been attacks on schools, hospitals and maternity hospitals. the terrorist gr

to kabul and now the. house into. the area in kabul so if you would responsible who was why would the afghan government say that you were responsible. because. clear that it's ending. in liberation of our country in establishment of islam because gordon meant these are not. killing innocent people and when these are against our will because i would have bullets practical. for the common people who are. national project best we have i'm not once the saudis out of the borders of those people in order to create to. a tick situation in such a critical situation while the poor in the ports and start withdrawing what our balance of mine is to to to pay into a situation. in a way back to them such thing we can blame these things do not. benefit us in against the woods so who was responsible for these explosions yes look we think are the members of that. clear the problem there is some problem insist in also from them not from provinces of afghanistan and they said end of empower them to the kabul in ministration. along with

for contra frie has more from kabul the incident happened at $530.00 local kabul time that's the time when the afternoon shift of thought schools is undoing the students are finishing their classes and that was a girls' school and there is no school buses here to take them home so at that time the streets outside of school are packed with students going home that's when i witness a 3 explosions happened almost back to back. after that point according to eyewitnesses the worst there was partick there were students who were trying to run away crying and calling for their mothers. israeli police are out in force in occupied east jerusalem a day after they stormed the a mosque the security presence is threatening to further inflame tensions with the palestinians more than $200.00 people were injured in friday's violence that included the use of rubber coated bullets and stun grenades police have also blocked bus loads of muslim pilgrims heading to the compound sorry force as more from occupied east jerusalem it had been relatively calm until 5 or 10 minutes to do it if you chant started m

either part of building or part of a hospital and dozens have been transferred in hospitals across kabul the taliban has. condemned the attack and it has blamed eisel for it and we have to remember that this attack happened in western kabul in dust about which is an area that is predominantly has predominantly shia and in recent years there have been many attacks in that area schools have been targeted gyms have been targeted and most of the times it has been i so that has claimed an attack this story is still developing but i can tell you is that was driving through kabul the entire city tonight is numb after this attack india's supreme. force to ensure the delivery of medical all across the country is criticism months over the government's response to the covert learn to surge several states are going into lockdown. fighting has resumed in ethiopia's tikrit region preventing international aid from reaching civilians caught up in the conflict between rebels and the ethiopian government sporadic shelling to be heard north of the town of a gulag as the military blocks the roads to aid con

. >> reporter: kabul today is a city teeming with life. it's women like laila who and it's women like laila who have come to symbolize this area >> reporter: she drives, something still rare for most women in this country. >> reporter: everything laila stands for flies in the face of the taliban. unashamedly, her hair uncovered, choosing instead to adorn it with flowers. she lives a life dedicated to her community. running this private drug rehab center, the only one of its kind in kabul. and she funds it through a restaurant she owns. what you do, what you say, and i'm sorry to say, the way that you look and dress, is really dangerous afghanistan. don't t you tdrlr, >> reporter: her defiance forged from a life not always her own. she was a child bride at just 12 years old, giving birth to her first child a year later. her life, life of all women in afghanistan, is not yet where she wants it to be. the progress is still wildly uneven, and now under siege. >> reporter: are you hopeful about the future? or are you concerned? >> reporter: beh

or country for al jazeera kabul chris turney amanda is the afghanistan country director for save the children he says children are too often the victims of attacks in the region i think this is an outrageous attack that is happening again targeting mostly us this is not you know this is the reality of life in afghanistan we see time and again that children are being targeted in this moment that we live in. and. we are panicking it's appalling that this is happening schools should be safe havens for children not zones of war i think we call all the all the perpetrators and parties to this conflict that they should do everything to protect judea and especially in schools and i think it's easy the schools declare vision is good guidelines on how you know this can be done in accordance with international humanitarian law including the void in schools is. infrastructure for all. the district that we are talking about this moment is a district that is suffered a lot of violence in the process yes as you have said and reported. but again this is a school that is. goes. and it's not you you

country for the al-jazeera kabul. fighting has resumed in ethiopia's 10 grey region preventing international aid from reaching civilians caught up in the conflict between 2 grey and rebels and the ethiopian government sporadic shelling could be heard north of the town of a girl or as ethiopia's military blocks the road to aid convoys including the un world food program doctors without borders and world vision the military says it had safety concerns and it comes as one of the country's top religious leaders has spoken out against what he described as genocide same bus driver he has more now. the government has been fighting the people's liberation front since november the conflict in the northern 2 gray region has killed thousands of people and displaced more than a 1000000. and now rare public criticism from inside the capital against if you'll be as prime minister of. the guy who i am not sure what the to great people did wrong what their crimes are i am not clear why they wanted to clear genocide on the people of t

fawzia koofi in kabul, welcome to hardtalk., you had a very interesting start in life, if i can put it that way. you were your mother's eighth child. she was desperate for a boy. she didn't want to see you when she gave birth to you and asked for somebody to take you out so you could die in the sun. after hours and hours of screaming, somebody rescues you, takes you back to your mother. she's overcome with guilt, and she keeps you. so, how on earth did your mother become your heroine? thank you. my mother as a woman has gone under extreme discrimination in her life living in afghanistan. yet she didn't want to have another woman to experience the same experiences she had. so, therefore, when i was born... my mother, my father was, of course, multi—marriage, and the other woman of my father delivered a son baby. in order for my mother to regain the love of my father, she also wanted a son because a son is most favoured in afghanistan's family, when the woman deliver a son. so, my mother wanted to have a son, and it was me. she d

about this and this is all to syria live from doha also coming up explosions at a girls' school in kabul dozens are killed and many injured many of the children as they were leaving class. a cyberattack shuts down a major fuel pipeline in the u.s. just weeks into a biden and ministration initiative to beef up security in the power grid. and how roadblocks linked to anti-government protests in colombia is slowing food deliveries and cause and shortages. has been more violence in occupied east jerusalem with israeli forces cracking down on palestinian protesters for a 2nd day the palestinian red crescent says at least 90 people were injured when police tried to clear a muslim's gathering on the holiest night of ramadan are a faucet reports from occupied east jerusalem. on the holiest night of ramadan more violence on the streets of occupied east jerusalem. palestinian protesters threw water bottles israeli security forces use stun grenades foul smelling chemically laced water jets. and closer physical force. this man was beaten on the ground in front of us. and then i should. way into the

with international assistance a civilian government was set up in kabul led by president hamid karzai. but the taliban regrouped and began carrying out attacks and regaining control of parts of the country. despite a peak of 140000 nato troops in 2011 international and afghan forces have been unable to defeat the taliban. in 2014 nato ended its combat mission and transferred security control to kabul since then nato led troops have helped train and assist their afghan counterparts currently about 9500 international soldiers remain in the us which supplies the largest contingent has announced it will complete its troop withdrawal by september. the taliban have sought to negotiate with the afghan government but so far talks of stalled a recent u.s. intelligence analysis concluded that the kabul government would likely struggle to hold the taliban at bay once foreign troops leave the country. now to california with scientists are using a fleet of trucks to move millions of young salmon to the sea it's an unusual operation and it's all down to climate change. the start of an odyssey for 1

for us in kabul thank you so much thank you. well germany is planning to return ancient sculptures looted from africa during colonial times the objects known as they've been named bronzes were originally taken by british soldiers in the 19th century many were later sold to museums here in germany they're expected to start returning the artworks in nigeria next year part of a growing trend of restoring artifacts to their places of origin. the been in bronzes some of africa's greatest treasures. for decades demands for their restitution have grown louder. now cultural and political leaders have agreed to begin returning artifacts in german museums by next year. news that marks a significant change of heart bronzes were due to be showcased as the centerpiece of the ethnological collection in berlin's new humbled forum this summer. the 4000 artifacts were plundered from the b'nei an empire now part of nigeria after a violent british raid in 897 they were later sold to museums in europe and north america. now nigeria will regain sove

with international assistance a civilian government was set up in kabul led by president hamid karzai. but the taliban regrouped and began carrying out attacks and regaining control of parts of the country. despite a peak of 140000 nato troops in 20 a lot of an international and afghan forces have been unable to defeat the taliban . in 2014 nato ended its combat mission and transfer to full security control to kabul since then nato led troops have helped train and assist their afghan counterparts currently about 9500 international soldiers remain in the us which supplies the largest contingent has announced it will complete its troop withdrawal by september. the taliban have sought to negotiate with the afghan government but so far talks have stalled a recent u.s. intelligence analysis concluded that the kabul government would likely struggle to hold the taliban at bay once foreign troops leave the country. as cover $19.00 and vaccines are rolled out children have so far been excluded from inoculations and that's a particular worry for those at increased risk children with down syndro

multiple blasts went off outside the siad school in western kabul as lessons ended for the day. many of the children killed would have been on their way home to break the ramadan fast with their families. i was with my classmates we were leaving school when suddenly an explosion happened my classmate was killed 10 minutes later another explosion and then a 3rd one everyone was screaming and there was blood everywhere i couldn't see anything clearly the attack comes just 8 days after a truck bomb at a university entrance south of kabul left $27.00 people dead. the brain from a chinese rocket that had been hurtling back to earth has disintegrated over the indian ocean according to the country's space agency the vehicle was launched last week and carried a section of china's futurist space station it successful return to earth ends days of speculation about where the 13 may tell on unit would hit space experts monitored the rockets on controlled re-entry closely since it was the biggest pace of space to break to tumble back to earth and that he is. why earlier we spoke to cape cowi

school in the afghan capital most of the victims are female students aged between 11 and 15 already in kabul warned that death toll is likely to rise. by munich when their 9th straight win is legal title with 2 weeks to spare the ferry and celebrated after crushing black back on saturday evening. told me a lot of all welcome to the program e.u. leaders have wrapped up a 2 day summit dominated by the covert 19 crisis in india they agreed to restart trade talks with delhi but there were divisions over a u.s. proposal to waive peyton's of corona virus vaccines. heads of state and government gathered in spring sunshine in the portuguese city of puerto. optimist in everyone's minds the relentlessly rising death toll in endear. the european union things influence to be there with india this time we always. help me. and we are ready to provide support e.u. leaders agreed to resume negotiations on a free trade deal with india the talks broke down 8 years ago also dominating proceedings a controversial u.s. proposal to lift patents on covert 19 vaccines india strongly supports the idea as a means of

afghan officials say the number of people killed in multiple blasts near a school in kabul has risen to 58 the explosions went off in a largely shia muslim neighborhood that's faced attacks by the so-called islamic state in recent years no group has so far claimed responsibility and afghan president is blaming the taliban however it's deny the attack instead pointing the finger at i asked militants. just hours before they were school children preparing for the future now they're covered bodies lying on a hospital floor it is a site that has become all too common in afghanistan. multiple blasts went off outside the societal shock to a school in western kabul as lessons ended for the day. many of the children killed would have been on their way home to break the ramadan fast with their families. i was with my classmate we were leaving school when suddenly an explosion happened my classmate was killed 10 minutes later another explosion and then a 3rd one everyone was screaming and there was blood everywhere i couldn't see anything clearly the attack comes just 8 days after a truck bomb

an official said that an explosion rocked an all-girl's high school in kabul. the details are coming n but we know that at least 30 people were killed and another 50 wounded in the blast. so far so group is taking credit for the explosion. the blast happened as the students were leaving the school. joining us right now, cnn national security editor nick paton walsh and retired general james spider walsh, and so first to you, nick, what are we learning? >> the death toll has risen to 30 and maybe more, and it is a deep fear that amongst the 30 were many schoolgirls leaving at the time that if you are looking at the aftermath pictures it seems that a vehicle was maybe involved in the explosion that killed so many lives and injured so many. and this the holiest days of the years of ramadan at a school near kabul, and in an area that is populated by the shia minority in afghanistan known as the hazaras who have previously been the target of extremists. why a school? well, for many extremists, in afghanistan, female education is particularly abhorrent, and it is som

in kabul here's nbc's richard engel. >> there's one thing about girls in kabul the taliban may not behe school in kabul this morning. boys and girls together, eager to learn but it's a dangerous, stressful time for the girls, because once again, they have targets on their backs, just for being in school over the weekend, islamic extremists bombed the school in kabul killing more than 60 girls. they left a trail of bloody books, shoes and clothing as they ran from the blast. at the school, the students may be smiling, but they're deeply worried. >> that attack must have been frightening because they were trying to target girls just like you. but you're not stopping. you're still here in school. >> yes, we are strong. we are strong girls. and we will continue like that >> she is 12 years old and has big plans for her future. >> i will be a businesswoman and maybe a doctor >> but they all told me they expect the taliban may return as u.s. troops leave. >> because afghanistan needs american troops. afghanistan will be destroyed. >> on a hilltop outside of kabul this weekend, they came in

i apologize we are having audio connections with our reporter and kabul but just to remind you of that breaking news that at least 40 people killed according to the interior ministry in a series of blasts in the capital kabul more of that story a little later there's been widespread condemnation after israeli forces stormed the mosque compound in occupied east jerusalem more than 200 palestinian worshippers were injured how to send in groups are calling for protests later on saturday and you are taking a look at the life pictures right now from the vicinity of jerusalem where protesters there are getting ready to march to the shift neighborhood that's where several palestinian families face eviction because their homes are on land claims by jewish settlers in the protesters in those live pictures are also protesting police who are preventing them from reaching occupied east jerusalem. has more in the storming of. chaos on confrontation inside the al aqsa mosque compound as israeli police fire stun grenades to disperse muslim worship his. own 20 people all of a day and you would. not be

the attack occurred in the capital city of kabul near a girl's school.happened just as the day's religious fasting for ramadan was coming to an end. joining us now is susanna george. thank you so much for joining us so quickly on this. we appreciate it. astounding news to say the least, the loss of life there, especially the fact that it includes majority children. give us the details of what we know right now and who, in fact, may be responsible. >> reporter: well, this bomb detonated right outside of a girls' school in kabul just as classes were letting out. we spoke to the school's principal, and she said that as soon as she heard the blast, her first instinct was to run to the school gates because she knew that so many of her students would still be in the streets right in front of the building. what she said that she saw, she described as like a doomsday and what we saw in social media posts and in videos and photos that were circulating of the scene was bodies of students who were in school uniforms, strewn on the street, backpacks, notebooks, pens

a hospital was severely damaged several of those injured were transferred to kabul and recalled what happened. was at 1st i heard a blast and right after the blast all the windows shattered and i don't know what happened next such actions don't exist. violence is increasing across the country fighting between the taliban and government forces is fierce according to the un more than $500.00 civilians many of them children have been killed in the 1st 3 months of this year blog or car bomb attack comes at a tense moment for ghana staff before interim withdrawal is underway and will be completed well after the may 1st deadline stipulated in the doha deal that was signed between the united states and the taliban last year. the taliban has warned that if foreign troops stay past that date it will resume attacks against them the pentagon and nato are releasing few details about their departure and with america's war coming to an end and a stalled peace process afghans are facing a new and uncertain future for contre free al-jazeera kabul. staying in afghanistan there's been a huge explosion

we begin with this report from failure in kabul. for afghanistan it's a cycle with no end body after body lying next to each other this time the victims of a powerful truck bomb many were high school students staying in a dormitory nearby several buildings collapsed in the blast trapping dozens of people. are treated my own family members wounded in the incident and we spend the nights my neighbor's house i don't know when this country will be peaceful i beg everyone for the sake of god to please stop it a hospital was severely damaged several of those injured were transferred to kabul and recalled what happened. was at 1st i heard a blast and right after the blast all the windows shattered and i don't know what happened next such actions don't exist and. violence is increasing across the country fighting between the taliban and government forces is fierce according to the un more than $500.00 civilians many of them children have been killed in the 1st 3 months of this year blogger car bomb attack comes at a tense moment for ghana s

doha also coming up funerals are held for young students killed in bomb blasts outside a school in kabul. as india's coronavirus cases continue to spiral out of control cools grow louder for a full nationwide lockdown. and after parliamentary elections in scotland the divisive issue of independence from england looms large once again. welcome to the program the palestinian fight to resist israeli occupation in east jerusalem has continued for a 4th day a shake gerar neighborhood makes up just a tiny part of the palestinian territory but the area has become a huge source of tension between israelis and palestinians who are being forced out to make way for jewish settlements well the united nations security council has called an emergency meeting after tensions between both sides escalated the u.s. and e.u. are calling for restraint well after days of violence there is an uneasy calm sunday night hasn't seen any major fighting palestinians though say they will remain defiant on sunday israel's supreme court delayed a decision on forcibly evicted palestinians in shape by minister benjamin n

the bombing targeted a girls school in a minority shia neighborhood in kabul.said many of those hurt or killed in the blasts were girls between the ages of 11 and 15. at funeral services today, grieving family members blamed afghanistan's government and western powers for not doing more to end violence against ethnic and religious minorities in the country. for more on the violence and the u.s. and nato troop withdrawal from afghanistan, i spoke with newshour special correspondent jane ferguson. jane, first, what do we know about this bombing? >> it was, it seem a series of bombs. there was one massive car bomb that exploded around about 4:00 p.m. local time just outside the gates of the school. it's not specifically a girls school, but the boys and girls studied at different times. and in the afternoon, it was the slot for the girls. so, these girls were coming out, and it's believed that after that car bomb, there were at least two other explosions in the area. there have been 50 confirmed dead, over 100 injured, but some of those injured are also in critical

lyse doucet, bbc news, kabul.st ever female leader. a dramatic supreme court ruling monday looks to have cleared the way for fiame naomi mata'afa to make history after a rollercoaster year in the pacific nation's politics. it would also bring an end to the 23—year—premiership of the man she'll succeed. paradoxically — her rise to the top job was nearly scupperd by a system that was designed to help women in politics. kerryn baker, an expert on pacific politics at the australian national university, explains. so this is a huge shift in samoa politics. 0fficials notjust having a woman on the precipice of samoa's powers as a prime minister butjust in terms of a change in government the human rights party is been in power for almost four years. the prime minister has been in for over 20. the last election day 94% of the seats. just having a viable and credible opposition party let alone them being on the verge of winning office, this is quite unprecedented in its samoa politics. the case was around the appointment of

grieving family and sperry loved ones after a series of bomb blasts at a school in kabul most of the victims were girls. and several indian states go into lockdown after covert 900 cases rise by more than 400004 the 4th consecutive day. israel supreme court has deferred monday's hearing on planned forced evictions of palestinian families in shaikh shiela the neighborhood in occupied east jerusalem has been at the heart of protests over the past few days there's anger of a possible expulsion of palestinian families who've lived there for generations to make way for jewish settlers on saturday this was the scene outside the al aqsa mosque compound during islams holiest nights in the month of ramadan is ready for least citing security beat palestinian protesters and dozens of people including children were injured. but israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu remains defiant despite international condemnation of the escalating violence he's vowed to restore law and order and says that plans to build an occupied east jerusalem will continue and talk if we also firmly reject the pressur

from kabul are joined by journalist t.v. this is the 2nd attack in 10 days where the u.s. pulling out is the security situation where something. no. i think this is a curious situation has always been bad. obviously you know groups will try and show their strength even more now but to say that it's worsening is kind of a misnomer because. you know it's not it's not as if the u.s. forces were outside girls' schools in the past are it's i you know hospitals in the past are protecting civilian institutions by any means or as if you know this neighborhood and particularly how did it become a constant target of the so-called islamic state during the last 5 or 6 years when the u.s. was still here so no i think it's a misnomer to say that it has to do with the u.s. withdrawal. out of sonora that target seems to have been a girls' school what does that tell us. you know i was talking to some of the families today. and one of them in particular actually 2 of them and 2 of the mothers were saying that you know their daughters their children were saying that you know we don't want to

an incredibly tough day for families in kabul, afghanistan.ents have been burying their children, many young girls killed in a bombing attack outside a school. at least 68 people have died. our charlie d'agata is there. >> reporter: yesterday, they were in school with their friends, preparing for their lives ahead. innocent school girls who were murdered in an act of unimaginable cruelty for daring to pursue an education. she was 15 years old and didn't miss a day of school, ghulam hussein said of his niece, we buried her here today. the interior ministry spokesman tells cbs news a car bomb exploded outside thehe entrancef the school just as the teenagage girls were leaving class, followed by two more bombs planted in the area. the govevernment blames the taliban, which has denied involvement,t, but that papart f kabul hahas also been the frequt site of bombings by isis in afghanistan, especially targeting schools. the massacre underlines the instability here as u.s. and and international forces international forces withdraw and afghan securit