international peter williams my guest policing and terror expert at liverpool john moores university thank you once again. onto other news now donald trump has to spend his thanksgiving paying his 1st ever visit to afghanistan and greeting american troops space there and he had a message for them revealing talks with the taliban are back on despite being declared dead just 2 months ago in my colleague daniel hawkins discussed this with artist. they call it a surprise visit but the motives behind it are rather clear since day one day one of his presidency mr trump wanted to and the war in afghanistan the bloody almost 2 decades long conflict that took so many american lives and so many american dollars trump wanted to and did for his own kristi's at home and for his global influence in that region and internationally of course and he's been given this promises so many times that thanksgiving feels that short reason to afghanistan was all about that to demonstrate he's in charge and he is taking everything under control and everything is according to his plan and peace is near that's a