afghanistan and now a seniorfigure in president of afghanistan and now a senior figure in the national resistance frontah saleh. it is internal resistance a viable when afghans are starving? theme music plays amrullah saleh, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. it is a year since the taliban swept into kabul and topple the government of which you were a part. has this been a year of failure from your point of view? . ,., ., , failure from your point of view? . ., , ., view? the taliban, it has not been not _ view? the taliban, it has not been not only _ view? the taliban, it has not been not only a _ view? the taliban, it has not been not only a year- view? the taliban, it has not been not only a year of- view? the taliban, it has not| been not only a year of failure but has exposed their real intentions to the afghan people. they have brought disaster, starvation, displacement and they have a basically pushed women into shadows. all those people who were architect of the handover of afghanistan to the taliban, justifying that they have changed, responsible for this catastrophe. changed, responsible for thi

my guest is former first vice president of afghanistan, now a seniorfigure in the national resistance frontllah saleh. is internal resistance viable when afghans are starving? amrullah saleh, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. it is a year, mr saleh, since the taliban swept into kabul and toppled the government of which you were a part. would you acknowledge that this past year has been a year of failure from your point of view? for the taliban, it has been not only a year of failure but it has exposed their real intentions and face to the afghan people. they have brought disaster, starvation, displacement and they have basically pushed women into shadows. and all those people who were architect of the handover of afghanistan to the taliban, justifying that they have changed, are responsible for this catastrophe. you have chosen, in that answer, to focus on what you call the taliban's failings. i was actually thinking more about your own situation, because when you were forced to flee from kabul, you took to your panjshir valley home region, you told the people of afghanistan that you would bu

my guest is former first vice president of afghanistan, now a seniorfigure in the national resistance front

my guest is the former first vice president, now a senior figure in the national resistance front. he is internal resistance viable when afghans are starving? amrullah saleh, welcome to hardtalk. it is a year since the taliban slipped into kabul and toppled the government of which you were a part of. will you acknowledge that this past year has been a year of failure from your point of view? for the taliban, _ from your point of view? for the taliban, it _ from your point of view? for the taliban, it has _ from your point of view? pr?" the taliban, it has been not only a year of failure, but it has exposed their intentions in face to the afghan people and they have brought disaster, starvation, displacement and they have basically pushed the women into shadows and all of those people who were architects of the handover of afghanistan, the taliban, justifying that they are change are responsible for this catastrophe.— are responsible for this catastrohe. ., . . catastrophe. you have chosen and that answer— catastrophe. you have chosen and that answer to _ catastrophe. you have chose

reporter: do you support the national resistance front of afghanistan led by the former vice presidentiban are conducting themselves, it is very likely they will be facing resistance. their repression, their suppression, their denial of rights and denial of voice -- we need peoples peace. reporter: you said you want to return to afghanistan. would you return under taliban rule? >> i will not return under the taliban rule but i would be delighted to return as an afghan citizen to afghanistan where every afghan feels a sense of belonging. where afghani women and youth and poor become stakeholders and finally we get the stability that has been denied to us. reporter: thank you very much. ♪ host: pressure has been building for accountability after a disastrous police response to the mass shooting in uvalde, texas. the school board fired the police chief who had already been suspended without pay. jeff bennett has the story. >> i have messages for the law enforcement that was there that day. turn in your badge. reporter: a child's plea at the school board meeting last night. roughly 100 stu

forces, the national guard, the voluntary formation of special operations forces, therefore do the maximum resistance even already well, there are such reports that in some areas of the frontaine were able to push the occupiers a little bit here and there literally several pieces of territory free from them that is, this is such good news that you can even brag if in principle it is even possible, that is, the resistance to the occupiers is not overflowing , the land of zaporizhzhya is burning under their feet what do you think about the forecast of the intelligence management of ukraine about the fact that in the fall an escalation of hostilities will await us and in the winter, the corresponding intensity will drop and by the end of autumn, ukraine must take some definite steps to return the territory. we will return all the territories, there is no doubt about it. and there are front-line units and volunteers working to liberate the territories, return the ukrainian flags there, secondly, return normal living conditions there, in order for this to be successful, we should work to ensure the long-range artillery with means of protection with the same drones and there, if

front, but i am convinced that her struggle began far before the maidan. by higher education, i am a philologist and a literary scholar, that is, to me, this entire narrative of the national resistanceentity, he is very close to me, so i understood that one way or another i too have to accept this struggle. to explain to my classmates why i speak ukrainian, for example, it was natural for me, i somehow always knew about it. i grew up on these stories about the struggle of ukraine for itself, and i really loved the literature of the 20s and 30s even from school shot dead revival national revival works wonders and the nation is approaching its golden age at an accelerated pace mykola khvylovy ukraine or little russia i don't think that the natural right of every people and nation to exist live according to their own way must be fought with blood no it's just that it's ours right, this is what exists, there are those who force people to pay for it with blood and leave no other choice. well, that's a completely different question. i always say that it is true that i wanted to go to war from the first days, that since 2014, well, immediately, that is, after i came to the maidan from the