international with me niki aaron good to have you with us this hour and we start with breaking news on r.t. turkey has begun the military operation it's been threatening against kurds in northern syria it comes after the u.s. military commander announced plans to create a border force with kurds in northern syria a move that left an correct raging later the secretary of state tried to climb. so far the situation saying the u.s. had no intention of creating such a force there but his words haven't been enough to stop the military operation. is he saying that when the pentagon says we're going to try to come up with a force of thirty thousand people that took that long or is he just disputing why wouldn't i would have to refer you to the department of defense on that i think they were clear in the statement that they put out so let me just refer you to them on that. but i'm asking you but most of us yesterday we said there's no border security force that's that's not what it is like i don't have to refer you to the turkish government about what they became so concerned about and the fact

some very warm welcome you're watching on c international with me niki aaron. the top story this hour at least ninety five people have been killed and more than one hundred sixty injured after a large explosion rocks the afghan capital kabul that's according to reports citing interior ministry officials local journalists below so why are reports from the ground. we understand at this stage that the attacker was in an ambulance he had said he had a patient and that he was stopped at the second checkpoint by the police force the attack took place right in the heart of kabul this is not very far from the swedish embassy from the european union from the in the nation embassy and from the high peace council which is down the road the attack shows this constant issue of security and intelligence breaches the area where the attack took place is less than one hundred meters from the office of the police chief of kabul less than twenty meters away from the afghan intelligence facilities once the area is cleared in once the dust settles unfortunately we will be hearing t