(people shouting) kabul was now in their sights.attempting damage control. >> kabul is not, right now, in an imminent threat environment. ♪ but you can see that they are trying to isolate kabul. so, it still is a, a moment for the afghans to, to unite, the, the leadership and in the military. no outcome has to be inevitable here. >> capitals were falling, but there was still this perception the taliban do not want to take kabul by force. ambassador khalilzad and other americans had told us this directly, saying the taliban had assured them that they don't want to take kabul by force. >> (speaking pashto): >> smith: president ghani, who had be relatively quiet over the last two turbulent weeks, was also reassuring the residents of kabul. >> (speaking pashto): (speaking dari): >> smith: but across the capital, worry was turning to panic. (car horns blaring) (people yelling, horns honking) >> it's fascinating to be in a moment of collective panic. when everyone around you is panicking, not outwardly, but you can feel people's uncertain

kabul, june 2022. afghanistan is now the only country in the world where female education is forbidden. reports have been emerging of women standing up for their rights being forcibly disappeared. i wanted to meet tamana, who'd been arrested earlier in the yearforjoining a protest against the new taliban leaders. tamana managed to film a video and upload it to facebookjust before being taken away. i wanted to see the apartment she'd been taken from and see if i could speak to any of the neighbors about what happened that night. shortly after they were arrested, a family member managed to get into the apartment and film the aftermath. months on, the signs of forced entry were still visible on the door. tamana was taken, along with her four sisters, but the videos she had uploaded had started to go viral. there are growing concerns for women in afghanistan protesting against the curbing of their rights under the taliban. tamana paryani was taken from her apartment by armed men. world leaders were outrage

(ambient city noise) the taliban had rolled into kabul on august 15, 2021.ickly seized total control. (guns firing, people shouting) (crowd panicking) (car horns honking, people clamoring) >> a stunning turn of events in kabul started today with the news that the taliban fighters were surrounding the city. now they're inside the presidential palace. >> taliban sitting in the president's desk, some of them lounging elsewhere in the office. this has happened so fast. >> smith: immediately after they entered the city, scenes of a mass evacuation were beamed around the world. >> but america and other nato countries were certainly caught totally off guard and are now having to cope with this surge of people desperate to get out of the country from the airport, now the only safe way to escape for those who fear for their lives. (indistinct chatter) >> smith: two days after their victory, the taliban held their first press conference. (camera shutters clicking) they promised they would not allow militant groups like al-qaeda to operate from afghanistan. >> (speakin

that breaking news, the terror mastermind responsible for the deadly bombing outside the kabul airport. 13 american service members, you'll remember, among those killed. what the us is now saying tonight and who got them. ian pannell standing by here in new york city tonight. opening statements in the civil trial against former president trump, the woman who waited years for this trial, saying he assaulted her at bergdorf goodman in the 1990s. trump at one point saying she's not my type, but what he allegedly said during a deposition when shown an image of her back at the time. aaron katersky tonight the us racing to evacuate americans in sudan. the new images tonight of the american embassy staff rescued in that daring nighttime evacuation. james longman again tonight. authorities charging a man who they say posed as a doctor. they say treating everything from viral infections to cancer. but tonight, they say he was no doctor, now facing multiple felonies. matt gutman reporting tonight. the rocks smashing into windshields. one driver killed. and tonight, at least seven vehicles target

us officials claim the taliban have killed the is leader behind the kabul airport bombing. it is time to finish the job. finish thejob. joe biden announces he'll run for re—election next year, and will be the oldest president to do it. and a shaky ceasefire allows thousands of people to flee sudan. hello. i'm sumi somakanda. the islamic state mastermind believed to have been responsible for the 2021 bombing that killed dozens at kabul�*s airport has been killed by the taliban. that's according to us officials. 70 civilians and 13 american troops were killed when a bomber detonated his device among packed crowds as people tried to flee afghanistan, in august 2021. the officials did not reveal the name of the man, who was the leader of an islamic state cell. they said the leader died weeks ago, but it took time to confirm his death. us officials say intelligence gathering and monitoring of the region led them to conclude the leader had died, though they did not provide further details on how they learned that he was responsible for the bombing. the us began notifying families

yalda hakim reports from kabul. hundreds of men rounded up by their new taliban rulers.it seems. and this is where they have come from. they used to live under this bridge in western kabul. the taliban say they are cracking down. they are among afghanistan's more than 3.5 million drug addicts. now the bridge has been cleared. this particular part of the bridge used to be packed with addicts. they were often huddled together, high and shooting up. it was a frightening sight for those trying to get past. this is where they are bringing them, to a former us military base in the capital. now, a makeshift rudimentary rehabilitation centre where conditions are squalid. 28—year—old mohammed 0mer was a former flight attendant. one night i was in tajikistan, one night i was in iran, in delhi, dubai, turkey. in the confusion following the taliban takeover, he lost his job. always i am thinking lots, because i lost all of my things, all my life. it was lots of pressure in my head. when the taliban ran the country in the 1990s, they all but stamped out poppy cultivation. but they re

an pick cities but even _ audience in kabul an pick cities but even in _ audience in kabul an pick cities rural afghanistan and small cities _ even in rural afghanistan and small cities and _ even in rural afghanistan and small cities and villages because it will be broadcast not only on satellite channels — be broadcast not only on satellite channels and social media channels but on _ channels and social media channels but on radio— channels and social media channels but on radio as well and we have good _ but on radio as well and we have good audiences on radio as well. we are good audiences on radio as well. are really good audiences on radio as well. - are really happy for that. the bbc broadcast for that country has magnificent white reach for the country and on radio we hope we to reach the most remote part of the country and by satellite and pouch on tv and social media we want to reach more cities and other places. —— persian tv. reach more cities and other places. -- persian tv-_ reach more cities and other places. -- persian tv. most of the emphasis has been on — -- persian tv.

guest: it is a good question but the first question i asked as i came in from the airport into kabul.t was, people told me, we are happy the war is over and the violence has decreased. we feel more secure. at the same time, most of them said to me they were not happy about that taliban rule, the restrictions, and it was a mixed bag. they were happy on the one hand, but they were uncertain about their future and where they were going under the taliban. host: can i also say that your documentary, "america and the taliban", which debuts tonight on pbs, comes at a time, from my experience, the news and the reporting on the people of afghanistan, since the departure of the u.s., it becomes increasingly difficult to find out any information about what has happened in that country. pete: it is -- guest: it is and it is up riots state and has no friends -- a pariah state and has no friends. it has closed down quite a bit since we were there and after the fall of kabul, the taliban were gloating and they were happy about their victory. they have sacrificed many more lives than we did. they eme

radio, from kabul to quds, with nearly 14,500 people in space.virtual has become the most visited hashtag searched by afghans. most of the users in their posts said about the common pain of the american and zionist occupation against afghanistan and palestine . the streets are not crowded and there are no users the afghan media has visited palestine hashtags. some afghan and #khuzestan users are supporters of palestine. lawsuits and oppression of muslims and freedom fighters on ghadir day are warm for the oppressed man and the struggle of palestine, and will bring more encouragement to the resistance front. the muslims of the world have many common enemies. one of them is israel, but the secret of our victory , which has been told from kabul to jerusalem, is the past of afghanistan and palestine , afghanistan understands the pain of the palestinian people the most , there is no difference between america and israel, one is a criminal in palestine, the other is a criminal in afghanistan. javad reza soltani of sada and sima news agency, full anas w

the markets of afghanistan, including kabul, are getting busier every moment.th of partying is coming. eid is coming. drawing a horse with a pencil because of erasing mom's sin . we are happy and going because it has been erased . they went to welcome eid al-fitr, from buying fresh clothes to buying dried fruits . it is made from chickpea flour and pepper. the days are very busy, the production of afghanistan and afghanistan iftikhar and only and secondly, the plans of the afghan people for eid al-fitr start after reading the eid prayer, from visiting the elders to traveling to different parts of the country, however, despite the hustle and bustle of the afghan people , after a long period of viral war , they are not in a good financial situation, behnam yazdani. babol broadcasting news agency congratulates eid al-fitr to all of you, dear worshippers, to all the people of iran, all the ummah akbar, eid al-fitr, and after a month of fasting , iranians, like other muslims in the world , are waiting to hear these completions, the eid of service and solidarity. the

the mastermind behind a kabul airport bombing that killed 13 u.s. service members is dead. how the taliban played a role in his death. >>> running for re-election. president biden is making his case for a second term. the first attacks ahead of a brutal campaign season. >>> remembering a legend. tributes are pouring in for harry belafonte. how he broke barriers as an actor, singer, and activist. >>> good morning, and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we begin with the death of an isis leader responsible for an attack that killed 13 u.s. service members in afghanistan. the 2021 suicide bombing at the kabul airport marked a dark day for the biden administration. overnight we learned the mastermind behind it was killed by the taliban. jarred hill is in new york to explain how it all happened. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. so the pentagon is saying that the talinedn theyen thea favor. almost two years since the deadly blast that killed 13 american troops at kabul's international airport the u.s. has confirmed that the isis mastermind behind the attack was ki

one intelligence report, for example, suggesting that the taliban wouldn't reach kabul for maybe ones. of course, they actually arrived in the end within days in august 2021. and there was a sense, i think, watching the white house briefing of quite a kind of combative briefing over what had happened, questions about whether anyone might get fired for what had happened. of course, one thing to remember is during that august, there was a suicide bombing in which 170 afghans and 13 us soldiers died. whenjohn kirby was asked if he had any regrets or they had any regrets over how everything had happened. he talked about how the president was proud of the personnel who had carried out that operation, including, of course, that airlift. and he said as well that no security operation, no operation ever goes quite according to plan. and interestingly, there are also efforts in this report to say that they've taken what's happened in afghanistan, tried to learn lessons from it and apply it to what's happening or what's been happening in ukraine. that white house report and for more we can hea

yalda hakim, bbc news, kabul.hest us official to visit taiwan in 25 years. it triggered the largest ever chinese military drill surrounding the self—ruled island. beijing sees taiwan as a renegade province which it says will one day be returned to mainland china. 0ur correspondent danny vincent has more. mr shah watches the ukraine war unfold from taiwan. but the quality control engineer, there are comparisons between russia's war in ukraine and china's threats towards his home. the taiwanese government has extended mandatory military training from four months to a year. mr shah fears it is not enough. translation: |think| taiwanese people tend to avoid this issue. personally, i believe that if we want peace, you have to pay a price. freedom comes at a cost, and i hope other taiwanese people can face this problem squarely. mr xia is one of an increasing number of taiwanese civilians determined to safeguard taiwan in the event of chinese aggression. this is a war survival game with airsoft bullets but the intensity

and they called in to say do you want to take kabul or should we take it?o, to me, you had a chance to regain control. and he just wanted out. >> that's correct. and we are the strongest nation in the world. we are the big dog on the porch. don't ever forget that no one should dictate terms to us. we dictate terms to them. this weakened state that we have seen for the past going on three years now. again, is why we are seeing what is happening in taiwan. it's while we saw vladimir putin invade the ukraine. and i can assure you that xi jinping and vladimir putin don't wake up in the morning and they say oh my gosh how can i make the world a better place? they wake up in the morning and look at how weak we are and want to take charge of this world and we must stop them. >> ainsley: congressman hunt the house g.o.p. firing off first subpoena in the probe of donald trump indictment. for allen bragg and for the guy who used to work for him mark pomerantz who also left that office to go write a book on why trump should be indicted. what's your reaction to this? a

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before, during, after the fall of kabul to the taliban.o single hearing can tell two decades worth of decisions that could have been made differently. those decisions are debatable. what is not debatable is the catastrophe the biden administration delivered in the war's final month, week, and days. for 20 years americans, american allies and afghans fought and died in at help afghans create a country free from the taliban's control. an august 2021 joe biden lost that war. there is no exit with dignity. it was a panic 13 american service members were murdered by suicide bomber. today the alabama flag flies over couple. there is no american military base there. there is no american embassy there. there is no hope there. especially for women and girls who are now terrorized for the child band. this is joe biden's legacy. i like to show a short video of some of the events american saw an august of 2021. cooks there was talk of chaos of prey didn't see it not for my point of view. one point during the evacuation at an aircraft off full of peopl

it operation entirely, more like the kabul evacuation.— operation entirely, more like the kabul evacuation evacuation. it comes down to a balance of risk and _ kabul evacuation. it comes down to a balance of risk and the _ kabul evacuation. it comes down to a balance of risk and the risk— balance of risk and the risk appetite not only of the prime minister but the government. the military clearly is trained and ready to go into war zones and expect they may have to fight their way in and or out. how they make that calculation and the balance of risk is clearly one for cobra and the national security committee. so is the evacuation proceeds apace, but with britain and the us is still judging what the best approach might be for helping their passport holders escape, and increasingly fraught situation. with me in the studio is dame rosalind marsden, former eu special representative to sudan and former british ambassadorfor sudan and south sudan. i'm also joined by former raf operations commander air marshal greg bagwell. good evening to you both and thank you very much for coming on. let's tr

. >> the taliban killed a suspected isis mastermind behind the kabul airport attack. >> 13 u.s.vice members killed and 170 afghan civilians. >> president biden's first remarks since the big announcement. >> finish the job. >> finish the job. finish the job. >> republican committee night mariucci video predict what another four years could look like. >> teacher's union boss randi weingarten expected to get grilled on capitol hill with. >> a new report out on the response to covid calling it collective national incompetence. >> many of the schools could have been opened earlier. [applause] >> high drive center field. it is out of here! this game is over! ♪ here we go back ♪ this is the moment ♪ tonight is the night ♪ we'll fight until it's over ♪ so we put our hands up like the ceiling can't hold us ♪ like the ceiling can't hold us ♪ can we go back ♪ this is the moment. >> ainsley: lots of people already on the streets in hot atlanta down there in georgia. it's 58 degrees. feels like it's 56. going to get up into the 60's. not too bad. 63, going to rain around noon. take your umbr

us officials claim the taliban have killed the is leader behind the kabul airport bombing.un for re—election next year, and will be the oldest president to do it. and a shaky ceasefire allows thousands of people to flee sudan. hello i'm sumi somaskanda. the islamic state mastermind believed to have been responsible for the 2021 bombing that killed dozens at kabul�*s airport has been killed by the taliban.

yalda hakim, bbc news, kabul.hat journey to addiction for so many people?— about that journey to addiction for so many people? i've been covering afghanistan — so many people? i've been covering afghanistan for _ so many people? i've been covering afghanistan for the _ so many people? i've been covering afghanistan for the last _ so many people? i've been covering afghanistan for the last 15 _ so many people? i've been covering afghanistan for the last 15 years, i afghanistan for the last 15 years, and i remember one of the first times that i went to the country in 2008. there were less than a million drug addicts across the country. fast forward more than a decade, and you will now see 3.5 million, sometimes there are stats that say they could be up to 4 million drug addicts across afghanistan. of course, a lot of this is fuelled by poverty, by unemployment, and the previous government before the taliban takeover tried to clean it up. it was very much a feature of campbell and the major other cities. —— of kabula

i remember my family moving from one part of kabul to another part just to survive. it was hard and constantly seeing how much i lost my family members to this war and family members were on the front line fighting. at this stage, i think a military solution is hard for me. political solutions, we need to pause many to get out and ask the difficult and hard questions, the question how much change we are expecting. what needs to be done? its a country where if you have the strongest allies on the ground that the people of afghanistan. 70% of the population are younger and 30% are women and these are the two strongest allies of the values we all like and respect. we can hope and prosperity to the rest of the world. i'm a strong advocate that the state of afghanistan needs to be supported. we took about humanitarian aid and its how we feed people and at the same time make sure people are not losing their sanity to what is happening. i think its a larger question of the stakeholders in the region. the u.s. need to get engagement stronger political will and we have to thi

kabul authorities delivered it, but with the change of the afghan government, it was stopped for two years without maintenance and was abandoned and destroyed. a strategic iron piece for tehran , kabul, which creates the annual capacity of moving one million passengers and 6 million tons of goods between iran and afghanistan. railway technical team the islamic republic of iran, at the highest technical level, sent the technical and infrastructure deputy as well as the relevant general managers to afghanistan to inspect the line from mard shamsher of the ghorian base and finally to roznak station. this year is different god willing, the oil tree will take place in afghanistan, god willing, we will have an improvement in lake urmia, the director general of environmental protection of west azerbaijan, referring to the increase in the amount of water in lake urmia , has announced the success of this lake so far. other large numbers of native and migratory birds, including flamingos, returned to the lake. ron laid the finishing stone for urmia lake. we had more than 120 mm of rain, which

don't worry, in addition to the generous pilgrimage to kabul, the people of afghanistan in the mosque and hosseiniyeh across the country on the third night of qadr nights , the presence of the previous years, because of the good night of qadr, which was held correctly, was not held. cable of the president of brazil from the dominance of the dollar on world trade he criticized and called for the use of national currencies in transactions between countries. according to the afp news agency, louis insta said during a trip to china that the use of dollars in the country's transactions with other countries will decrease. doctor, why does every country have to depend on the dollar for trade? why can't we do business with our own width? why can't we do business in this area ? we need an innovation in this area of ​​the agricultural furniture base that will put countries in a slightly more relaxed situation. today, a country needs dollars for its exports, while it can use the width the former president should export himself the united states appeared in the manhattan court of new york for the

. >> 13 american soldiers killed in the terror attack at the kabul airport. now the biden administration attempts to shift blame for the chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan. welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom." i'm dana perino. >> dana, good morning to you. nice to see you. getting ready for the easter weekend. wow. passover is underway. i'm bill hemmer. good morning. the new report released by the biden administration saying the decision to end a 20-year war was the right thing to do. it does not, however, erase the pain. one marine recently calling the massive blast at the kabul airport leaving him severely injured. remember this? a few days. >> i'm thrown 12 feet on to the ground. i opened my eyes to marines dead or unconscious, lying around me. mmy abdomen ripped open, taking ball bearings and shrapnel. i tied to get up, but could not. i started to lose consciousness. when i heard my team leader screaming my name as he ran to me. his voice calling to me kept me awake. >> so that was a month ago. the and the images that you're seeing right

(radio playing in background) >> smith: ten years later, after the fall of kabul in 2021, i returnedt was clear that, for afghans, night raids had been a major feature of the war. this is the road to wardak province, once a hotbed of taliban activity. the road is pockmarked from hundreds of i.e.d. explosions, used by the taliban to attack u.s. convoys. >> (speaking pashto): >> smith: wardak was a frequent target of kill/capture teams. >> (speaking pashto): >> smith: why did the drone attack this group? >> (speaking pashto): >> smith: were there taliban in your group? >> (interpreter speaking pashto): >> (speaking pashto): >> smith: we couldn't verify this attack, but everyone here seemed to have a story. >> (cheering) >> (speaking pashto): >> smith: mohammad aalem, a taxi driver, told me about a night raid on his house. one night in october 2009, he was home with his children and two brothers. was there anybody in the house that was taliban? >>(speaking pashto): >> smith: aalem says he was not taliban. nor, he says, were his brothers. >> (speaking pashto): (inhales sharply) >> (speak

the date the taliban marched into kabul. they were proud about. but today they want you to believe none of that happen. joe biden caused it all. mr. sopko you and i have known each other a long time and you know the respect i hold you and the work you and your team have done. not always well son, not your fault. and i wish congress had listened a lot earlier to some of the warning signals you sent us. i'm not going to ask you who is at fault i'm going to ask you some facts though. you had a report and i want to quote from your report the u.s. decision to withdraw u.s. military contractors from afghanistan through the februar. tell about an agreement the trump administration and the withdrawal following president biden's public address in 2021 was a factor in the demoralization and ultimate disintegration of the afghan military and ultimately afghan government is at a correct statement? >> that is correct. >> was go back to the decision led by then ambassador. he was an ambassador chief u.s. negotiator behalf of our government under the trump admin

us officials claim the taliban have killed the is leader behind the kabul airport bombing.e have a special report from ukraine, where kyiv is ramping up the home—grown production of drones to meet the huge demand from the front line. and the british singer ed sheeran appears in a new york court to deny that one his most popular songs copied marvin gaye's let's get it on. hello. i'm victoria valentine. the un has said a 72—hour ceasefire between the sudanese army and a rival paramilitary group appears to be holding in some parts of the country. thousands of foreign nationals are still trying to get out of the country, with numerous governments organising evacuations of their citizens. this is the first uk evacuation flight landed in larnaca in cyprus with 39 people on board. another flight has landed in the last couple of hours. as thousands flee, residents in the capital khartoum have spoken of theirfears the world is abandoning them, with supplies of food, water and medicine running low. nearly all the shops in the city have closed. and residents say prices of even the mos

yogita limaye, bbc news, kabul.fghanistan within grindingly hard lives. this new report _ within grindingly hard lives. ti 3 new report talks about how the vast majority of afghans have been pushed into crisis ever since the taliban swept into power in august 2021. the un says it has been a slide over the past decade, so even before the tell a man came to power, a slide into poverty that means now in afghanistan is one of the poorest countries in the world —— before the taliban came to power. it pointed to corruption, the taliban had been able to collect tax revenues, but it is not enough to keep the economy afloat, it is not enough to create jobs, it is not even enough to feed the people of afghanistan. irate jobs, it is not even enough to feed the people of afghanistan. we were listenin: the people of afghanistan. we were listening there, _ the people of afghanistan. we were listening there, we _ the people of afghanistan. we were listening there, we had _ the people of afghanistan. we were listening there, we had

it is supposed to be a ceremony on the 40th day of his death this researcher should be held in kabulversity, the identity of the country, the identity of the city, the cultural past of the city, the historical past of the city, gholam muhammad mohammadi, the author, researcher , afghan historian , was born in panjshir in 1333, and the world was. he studied history at kabul university and worked as a history teacher for many years gholam haiderkhan library replaced the history of the history of the history of nations, the controversies in afghanistan's politics were referred to as the tenth man , and it was mohammadi, in addition to education and teaching, and cultural and social activities, such as the director of arman hamrod weekly, the editor of muttahida melli magazine. afghanistan, the deputy of the supreme council of solidarity of tajiks and persian speakers of afghanistan, was busy with published works and the policy of tsarist russia in afghanistan , a historical study of the durand border, a friend to others with lies, the contemporary history of afghanistan, seeking the nat

all know, that in fact happened in a matter of days. —— kabulfelt happened in a matter of days. —— kabulh that report on how the us dealt with the withdrawal from afghanistan. you are watching bbc news. let's get more on passengers travelling through dover being warned they'll face delays, as millions of travellers are expected make the crossing between france and the uk this weekend. contingency plans have been put in place to avoid a repeat of last week, which saw drivers waiting more than iii hours. simonjones has simon jones has more. it's already very busy this morning at the port of dover. we're told that traffic turning up at the moment will face a wait of around 90 minutes to get through french passport controls that take place here on uk soil. also some issues on the other side of the channel. coach traffic there is facing a wait of around two hours to try and get back to the uk. overall, though, the port is hoping for a much better situation than we saw last weekend, when some coach passengers talked of delays of 12, 13, iii hours to try and get on board ferries. the port insis

michael mccaul wants the state department to release personnel who warned kabul needed to start sooner and subpoenaed the secretary of state. >> todd: thank you, we'll be talking to the mother of one of the 13 servicemembers killed in the attack and we'll ask her if she thinks the white house should be taking the victory lap they are doing over it. don't miss that. >> ashley: new e-mails reportedly shows hunter biden talking about a meeting with antony blinken back in 2015. in one instance hunter forwarded this e-mail to a colleague serving on the board of ukrainian -- or natural gas company burisma, where he asked blinken, have a few minutes next week to grab a cup of coffee? would like your advice on a couple of things. blinken agreed to the meeting, blinken currently secretary of state under president biden has been accused of trying to cover up the hunter biden laptop story in the runup to the 2022 election. he testified blinken had a hand in a letter that sought to discredit the "new york post" report. >> todd: hunter legal drama, arkansas judge ordering him to appear in court mon

yogita limaye, bbc news, kabul. been going viral online, after a man tweeted about helping get a violin across the us and into the hands of a musician who was forced to flee the taliban. latif nasser was asked by a co—worker to hand deliver a precious antique instrument to ali esmahilzada — an acclaimed afghan musician who had burned his instruments and sheet music before fleeing kabul— due to the talibans approach to music, which has in the past included killing musicians. now, ali was in fact famous in his home country and had played the beautiful sound of it ali esmahilzada violin there. earlier i spoke to both ali esmahilzada and the man who got the violin back to him latif nasser, ali started by telling me about his feelings when he listens back to his music i had ihada i had a bad time when i was in cabell so i don't want to bring that “p cabell so i don't want to bring that up again because it was a really bad time because i was a magician and a band music all around the country and i was really worried about

he will assess national security after the taliban killed the isis terrorist behind the attack in kabulled 13 servicemembers from that withdraw at in afghanistan at the abbey gate. and brad winstrom is asking tough questions today on capitol hill. we'll get his reaction to dr. fauci admitting to adverse effects of covid mandates he helped to implement. we have clay travis, nancy grace and catrina campos coming up. our wednesday show starts about nine minutes and two seconds from now. todd and ashley back in a couple, you're watching "fox and friends first." residence how do we decide what hotel to book? who are you? i'm your fairy hotel mother. what is happening? let me help you pick a hotel you feel good about. choice hotels is a family of brands, with a hotel for every type of stay. like a comfort with the kiddos. oooo, spacious! . hold my wand. don't wave it at anything. get the best price by booking direct at choicehotels.com. mmm! yeah! what did i say!?! king's hawaiian sliders are ready. great - i invited a few more friends. ♪ hey pops - what's cookin'? [laughs] ahh? mmm. ahh. and

us officials claim the taliban have killed the is leader behind the kabul airport bombing.inish thejob. joe biden announces he'll run for re—election next year, and will be the oldest president to do it. and a shaky ceasefire allows thousands of people to flee sudan. hello. i'm sumi somakanda. the islamic state mastermind believed to have been responsible for the 2021 bombing that killed dozens at kabul�*s airport has been killed by the taliban.

and the responsibility for this lies with the united states after the flight of the americans from kabulf unresolved problems, the most acute of which are terrorism, growing drug trafficking and a humanitarian catastrophe, afghanistan under sanctions, which resulted in a collapsed economy, urgent assistance, according to the russian side, needs about 4 million people and king is ready for close coordination with moscow on afghanistan. china russia iran and pakistan are the main forces that should help afghanistan , establish regional and international coordination , we urge to concentrate on the fight against terrorism, as well as the protection of our citizens and foreign institutions that are in afghanistan, we confront the us and the collective west, restoring military bases in the region. however, in our politics. we are solely focused on keeping the peace. china demands unilateral sanctions from the united states from afghanistan partners represented by russia iran and pakistan are ready to promote the uprising. the line of the country and the development of economic ties with it fo

the usurping zionist regime was criticized and in kabul, the capital of afghanistan, the women of thisntry participated in a gathering as muslim women of afghanistan in solidarity with palestinian women on the international quds day, although this year the streets of some of the cities of the story, including kabul, have the atmosphere of quds. i had taken it myself, and the governments have not allowed marches to be held in this country for several years, citing security issues, in the name of one of these problems in kabul radio and television, the issue of palestine and quds due to their religious position and identity, and with paying attention to the actions that have been taken in the framework of the policies of the zionist regime to make it jewish and to change it has also found its way into many arts, including arabic poetry. report from al-alam network . al-quds day . something from poetry and literature is a painting that is related to the metal palace they encourage the expulsion of the occupiers and the cleansing of palestine, and the honorable religious status of the occu

. >>> a deadly suicide bombing at kabul airport has been killed. >> u.s. officials are reaching out to the 13 u.s. service people who were killed. >>> live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with max foster and bianca nobilo. >> it is wednesday, april 26th, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where a crucial vote to raise the national debt limit could come as soon as today. republican leaders aren't sure if they have enough support in their own party to get the plan through the house. >> the bill could cut trillions in government spending over the next ten years. u.s. president joe biden is there are threatening a veet toechlt cnn's chief congressional can't manu raju has more. >> cnn speaker kevin mccarthy was behind closed doors on tuesday trying to get his debt limit package through the house. he has very little margin for error. 222 republican votes in the house meaning he can only afford to lose no more than four republican votes. we do expect all democrats to vote against this plan as they're demanding the increase to the national debt limi

he gives the example of iran in the name of yazdan kharab in kabul radio, the issue of palestine ands due to its religious position and identity, and considering the measures taken in the framework of the policies of the zionist regime to judaize and change it to many among the arts, including arabic poetry, the report from al-alam network, al-quds day, is not a day to condemn the occupying regime, but to pay attention to everything from poetry and literature to painting to the palace and palestine, and encourage the expulsion of the occupiers and the cleansing of palestine. your religious position in the framework of the regime's policies the occupier and shortcoming of iraq to judaize and change its historical nature takes place in contemporary poetry , which has continued until our time. he was martyred. he has terrified the invaders. he has no equal in history. he is an ornament to the palace. successive generations are whispering these poems , wishing they had the wisdom . did you see in the news two other groups of yemeni prisoners entering sana'a about the exchange? yemeni and