a strong earthquake has struck northern afghanistan. the epicenter of the magnitude 6.2 quake was close to the border. they have been no immediate reports of casualties but a quake of that strength can cause severe damage. india's prime minister hasn't a brief but historic visit. he was greeted personally by his counterpart noah sharif. it was the first trip by an indian government had since 2004. the talks lasted more than an hour and the two countries have experienced decades of trouble relations and fought three wars. japan is sitting as foreign minister to try to resolve a long-standing dispute over japanese wartime brothelan apolr korean women that were forced to work as sex slaves during world war ii. >> she was a so-called comfort woman. she joined other women to demand an official apology from japan's prime minister. comfort women was a euphemism give them two women and girls forced in the prosecution -- prostitution. the estimate 200,000 women were held as sex slaves in military run brothels. now tokyo is showing interest in se

camp marmel is the largest base in northern afghanistan. nato's mission here centers on training the afghan national army. >> the complexity sometimes is when we first got here is i started thinking about it, it but -- >> this is the u.s. regional garrison commander responsible for daily operations in the north. >> there are a lot of great contractors who come up here local nationals third country nationals u.s. ex-pats and they all work together. >> what are they doing? >> everything you can think of. they work in the dining facilities. they help maintain the living facilities. what it does is it allows the soldiers to concentrate on their primary mission rather than having a lot of extra duties. we could not do our mission without them. they do a good job for us. >> two american companies manage the military's facilities in afghanistan. the floor corporation and dine-core international. the these are called direct contractors because the u.s. government hired them directly. >> they serve us really, really good food. >> most of the contrac

the quake hit northern afghanistan and pakistan. a 6 point two earthquake is considered strong and can cause serious damage. immediate reports of casualties or damage -- but communication in that area can be slow. this quake hits two months after more than 300 people were killed during an earthquake in the same region. many people in eastern iowa are seeing a white christmas -- but the east coast is experiencing warmer weather. several cities in the east will likely see their warmest christmas on record. on christmas eve -- several high temperature records were set -- including a record in new york city. temperatures were as high as 70 degrees -- well above the old daily record high of 63 degrees. meanwhile in california -- there's snow. the christmas eve snow blanketed much of the sierras -- causing quite a few travel headaches for those heading home for the holidays. despite snow fall yesterday -- some iowans are going outside to enjoy the weather. this is the jensen family. they're water skiing as a family. one of them even went

the tally ban is pushing into increasing sections of areas.and neighboring we saw this in northern afghanistanconduce. -- in kunduz. they're willing to fight. the taliban is not interested in a negotiated settlement. they are trying to take territory, and sangin is a part of that. katty: it is a strategic area. when the taliban moved into kunduz, we heard of atrocities against the people that lived there. are we hearing the same thing in sangin? seth: a little. they will continue to conduct targeted operations and suicide attacks, but they are trying to limit the amount of civilian casualties they are conducting. katty: it is not totally clear sangin the upper hand in , but it is clear the tally ban are making advances. how do you assess the ability to take and keep areas of afghanistan at the moment? and hast the taliban been able to do is take larger tracks of rural train. for them to take urban terrain has been the challenge. then not been able to hold kunduz. this is different from the fighting in iraq in ramadi. they have not been able to take the capital of the helman province. they have

deep herhere >>> dozens p of people have been injured after a 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit northern afghanistan on friday. strong tremors were felt in kabul as well as in pakistan and india. collapsing houses and walls caused the injuries in the pakistani city about 300 kilometres from the quake's epicenter. teams in myanmar are trying to find mine workers that have been buried by a land slide. it happened in a northern town which has several jade mines. a massive land slide in the same town last month killed more than 100 people. 18 mine workers remain chapped in a mine in eastern china. 17 miners have been rescued. emergency services have been communicating with the trapped minors by writing messages on footballs and throwing them down the mine shaft. the communist party chief is vowing to punishing those responsible for the land slide in the chinese city. people there are paying tribute to the dozens of missing people. rescuers are still searching for people. waste buried buildings. the disaster was man made. thousands of people have forced to leave the dominican republic and are facing a ch

dozens of people have been injured after a 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit northern afghanistan. shock ways were felt in kabul. top diplomats from india and pakistan are due to hold talks next month. it has been set up by prime ministers of both countries. on friday the prime ministers met in a surprise visit. it was the first trip by an indian leader in more than a decade. as the end of 2015 approaches, al jazeera are looking back through the eyes of five maims whose lives bona fide than affected by some of the year's most impactful events. that includes the war in syria which forced over one million people to seek refuge in neighbouring turkey. an elderly couple spoke to bernard smith. >> reporter: just 50 kilometres from this church in turkey across the border to syria open christian wore ship is now impossible. worship. there there i.s.i.l. is in control. so this family fled seeking refuge with a small community of necessarily owe christians. his wife is bed ridden. getting treatment is hard in a country where they don't speak the language. >> translation: when we came to tur

i have been in northern afghanistan. the taliban at that point had an air force, tanks, artillery.e really got pretty pounded sometimes. we saw some pretty ugly things. this was before 9/11. the country was at war. no one was really talking about ptsd. i had no idea what it was. it never occurred to me you could be traumatized in any kind of enduring way. i came from afghanistan, and i'm not particularly neurotic person. i was puzzled when i had panic attacks in situations that wouldn't normally scare me, like the new york city subway in rush hour. i had these full-blown panic attacks, and i didn't understand. i was panicking in small places, small, crowded places. and i was just sure -- very strange feeling. everything i was looking at seemed like a threat. the crowd of people was somehow going to turn and attacked me. the trains were going to fast and they were going to jump the rails and somehow plow into the people on the subway platform and kill everybody. >> you can see the rest of that discussion from the council on foreign relations tomorrow night at 8:00 eastern on c-span.

military victory since being driven from power in 2001 when they managed to take over the city in northern afghanistan and hold it for more than two weeks. the afghan security forces facing a large challenge here, looking at how this attack on the airport could have happened and what they could do to prevent any sort of future attacks >>> 21 police officers have been sacked in the philippines in connection with the deadliest attack on journalists in history. 32 reporters and 26 other people were shot in the southern province in 2009. the policemen were dismissed for failing to stop the son of a political war lord and his body guard from carrying out the aattack. more from manila. >> reporter: this is the first time the families of the victims feel they have received any sort of justice. as it is, the actual criminal court case is going very, very slowly. it has been six years since this crime was committed and since then there have been over 100 suspects that have been maimed in this-- named in this case. as it is with only one suspect being tried in the criminal case, that will take at least 10 years

. >> as the battle continues in northern afghanistan for kunduz, traders in the center of town are trying to drum up some business. sure, tv has evolved over the years. it's gotten squarer. brighter. bigger. it's gotten thinner. even curvier. but what's next? for all binge watchers. movie geeks. sports freaks. x1 from xfinity will change the way you experience tv. >> the german parliament today approved the plan to send 1200 soldiers to fight isil in a non-combat role. a warship and six reconnaissance aircraft of part of the plans. >> there have been violent demonstrations in the occupied west bank after israeli forces killed four palestinians in separate incidents. one was killed after ramming his car into two israelis. the other three were shot dead after allegedly trying to stab israeli soldiers. >> 16 people have been killed by a molotov cocktail hurled at a nightclub in cairo at a nightclub. mole media was told one attacker was an employee dismissed from his job. police are searching for three men. >>> video emerged from a multi-national operation in cameroon. the government says 100

. >>> dozens of people have been injured after a 6.2 magnitude quake hit northern afghanistan on fridays were felt in the afghan capital kabul as well as pakistan and india. the injuries occurred in pakistan before klee hundred kilometers from the quake's end center. >>> parts of brazil, argentina and uruguay are bearing the brunt. >> reporter: severe flooding in the southern part of south america, driving more than 150,000 people from their homes and spending christmas looking for higher ground. in the city northeast argentina is being called the worst flooding in a half seep true i as nonstop overnight rains forced the river to flood its banks. thousands forced to evacuate. >> translator: the water level was really high inside my house winds to check it out and found as much as 20 or 30 centimeters 67 the nearby dam was nearing capacity as it tried to contain more flood waters. >> above all the priority today is related to getting control of the situation. helping the 6,000 evacuees and particularly containing situations like that in concordia. which is more effected by the flooding.

i have been in northern afghanistan. the taliban at that point had an air force, tanks, artillery. we really got pretty pounded sometimes. we saw some pretty ugly things. this was before 9/11. the country was at war. no one was really talking about ptsd. i had no idea what it was. me your occurred to could be traumatized in any kind of enduring way. i came from afghanistan, and i'm not particularly neurotic person . i was puzzled when i had panic attacks in situations that wouldn't normally scare me, like the new york city subway onrush -- in rush hour. i had these full-blown panic attacks, and i didn't understand. i was panicking in small places, small, crowded places. and i was just sure -- very strange feeling. everything i was looking at seemed like a threat. the crowd of people was somehow going to turn and attacked me. the trains were going to fast and they were going to jump the rails and somehow plow into the people on the subway platform and kill everybody. >> you can see the rest of that discussion from the council on foreign relations tomorrow night at 8:00 eastern on c-

mistakenly hit a hospital in northern afghanistan. now back to "red eye" with grues grues -- with greg fox news.com. you are ouch whatting "fox news." >>> welcome back. time to find out what we got wrong and what we missed from tv's andy levy. >> tom, how are you? >> are you back on the coffee? >> this is water tonight. i had a cup at 5:00 and i will have another one after that. let's start with the cold open. the best thing about snap chap is they disappear by parsects. >> you were schooled by nerd. >> boom. >> everyone knows that is a classic "star wars" debate. the "new york times" is out. and bonnie you said the copied for is where he s. you stand by her or she. >> a woman would not do that. he is busy putting together ikea furniture. you mentioned that this is a self-edit. shouldn't they stop doing this? >> edit completely? >> no stealth. i don't like stealth editing and i don't like putting correction all updates at the end of the story. i like them at the top. if it is something small you can put it at the end. if it is somethi

i was there for thanksgiving, been in thanksgiving, been in northern afghanistan and hearing more and more about the spread across the middle east. serious concerns regarding national security. the department of defense warned about the growth. report stated that isys has progressed from its initial exploratory phase to a point where there openly fighting the taliban for establishment of a safe haven and are becoming more operationally active and went on to say they have claimed responsibility for attacks against the united nations vehicle, ten checkpoints in september. as you know vehicles back and forth to the embassy. can you talk about the best estimate? >> thank you, senator. i will have to get back to you. i do not have that with me today. we are aware of the emergence of and our province and this is something that we have had as part of our ongoing dialogue we take very seriously the potential emergence of this group in afghanistan pakistan. that said, our understanding of the dynamic is that in fact these are disaffected taliban factions and commanders who have switched allegi

in september, taliban fighters commanded by their leader took control of kunduz city in northern afghanistaneld it for about two weeks. although his leadership has been challenged, the attacks suggest his forces are coordinated. this came as the president was at a regional conference in pakistan, aimed at restarting peace talks with the taliban. but the head has now resigned. he says as they were meeting to talk about peace, the taliban was launching attacks in afghanistan. >>> well, now, strong winds have helped clear the air in beijing, and a red alert has been lifted for the chinese capitol. schools have reopened and limits eased on car use. our correspondent adrian brown has more from beijing. >> reporter: this is proof that the pollution comes as quickly as it goes here in beijing. 24 hours ago, i was wearing a face mask. today we have relatively clear skies and clean air, and the government is taking credit for some of that. on thursday it said that pollution levels in the capitol had dropped by more than 30% since the red alert was imposed early on tuesday morning. that saw the number

in h september, fighters commanded took control of do you know due city in northern afghanistan, andeld it for about two weeks. >> although the leadership has been charged the attacks suggest his fighters are resourceful and coordinated. the assault came as he was at a regional conference, aimed at helping restart peace talks with the taliban. >> but the head of the intelligence has resigned. they say the president shouldn't trust pakistan. he says he was meeting with the pakistanis to talk about peace, the taliban was launching attacks and other areas of afghanistan, where afghan blood was spilled. al jazeera, kabul. >> 21 police in the philippines have been fired over a 2009 massacre they saw almost 60 people killed. and 26 others in h the southern province, the attack was carried out by a son of the politician and the bodyguard. >> this is the first time the families feel they have received any sort of justice. and since then, there have been over 100 suspects that have been p named in this case. now as it is, with only one suspect being tried in the typical criminal case in the p

i had been in northern afghanistan. had an point the taliban air force and tanks and artillery. we really got pounded. this was before 9/11. at war.try was not war ♪ know the youly could be traumatized in any kind of enduring way. i am not a particularly neurotic person. i was really puzzled when i started having panic attacks in situations that ordinarily would not scare me. like the new york city subway at rush hour. or ski gondola. all of a sudden i was having panic attacks. i didn't understand it. if i jump to the loud noise may be a could've understood it. i was panicking in small crowded places. everything i was looking at seemed like a threat. the crowd of people was somehow going to turn and attack me. the trains were going to jump the rails and come up on the platform and kill everybody. i reacted as if this was true. i couldn't take the subway for a while. i had no idea anything to do with my experiences in combat. i just i was going crazy. at age 38 is finally happening. [laughter] later i was talking neck and she the was a psychologist and she asked if i'd ever had a

i had been in northern afghanistan.t that point, the taliban had an air force, they had tanks, they had artillery, and we really got pounded. the country was at war. we were talking about ptsd, i had no idea what it was. that youoccurs to me could be traumatizing any kind of enduring way. i came back from afghanistan. i am not a particularly neurotic person. i was puzzled when i started having panic attacks in situations that normally didn't scare me. like the new york subway in rush hour or a ski gondola. i can understand it. if i had jumped out a loud noise, maybe i would have made the connection. i was sure that everything i was looking at seemed like a threat. fastrains were going to and they were going to jump the rails and somehow plow into the people on the subway platform and kill everybody. >> you can see the rest of that discussion from the council on foreign relations tomorrow night at 8:00 eastern on c-span. c-span takes you on the road to the white house and into the classroom. this year, our student cam do

plus it's a battle for kundus in northern afghanistan and traders in the center of town try to drum ups. coming up, in sport one hockey player gets a close save as a visor protects his face from a sharp gate. ♪ you are watching al jazeera and these are your top stories german parliament to approve the government plan to send 1200 soldiers to support the fight against i.s.i.l. in a noncombat role and politicians have been be debating the bill for the past couple of hours. 16 people have been killed by a molotov cocktail hurled at a restaurant in the egyptian capitol of cairo and official told local media one of the attackers was an employee who had been dismissed from his job at the restaurant and police are now searching for three men. pipe bombs and thousands of rounds of ammunition have been found at the couple of the center of the mass shooting in california and investigators still looking in the motive of the killing of 14 people at an office party in san bernardino. they held to the polls for elections which could see the opposition make gains and good short a short -- shortages i

not to make yourself that readily available to be you'll notice in kunduz the city fallen in northern afghanistan to the taliban, they're not letting people leave the city. >> right. >> i wonder why. they're hostage now. there can't be bombings because they've got these citizens. >> let me go back to syria. putin has been saying some things including, hey, we need to get a coalition together. we need to hold the regime together while we focus on fighting isil. do you think he's making some sense and maybe we should have some talks with him? >> well, apparently secretary kerry is having talks with him, and i think it's wise to talk to people. i went through my life always willing to talk to people. people i liked, people i didn't like. large countries, small countries, because i think that's the strength of the american system, not to brag about ourselves and go around saying we're indispensable, we're this, we're that, we're excepti exceptie excepti exceptional. everybody knows that. we don't have to say it. but what we ought to do with a sense of our constraints and a little but of humbleness on

especially our air support and i think that became evident when the taliban a city ino overtake northern afghanistan for two weeks in september. and i think it was that takeover of can do -- kandu which finally convinced the president that he needed to extend troop presence beyond 2016 and he committed in mid-october to leave 5500 troops in afghanistan when he departs office. , butis a welcome step frankly it would have been better if he simply would have said the we are keeping the 9800 troops that are there now and we will reassess the situation next year. it would have been better if he would have dropped all arbitrary deadlines for withdrawal. admittedly, it was a step in the right direction. one of the most important things happening in afghanistan right crisis in leadership the taliban. and i think the u.s. should take advantage of this. some people would argue that it is easier to negotiate with a unified taliban, but i would argue that while it may make it more difficult in the short run to negotiate with a fracturing taliban, over the longer term, a fractured taliban is a weekend taliban an

i had been in northern afghanistan. at that point, the taliban had an air force, and airbase, artillery, and we got pretty pounded a few times. this was before 9/11, in the country was at war. ptsd reallya what was and it never occurred to meet you could be traumatized in any kind of way. i came back from afghanistan and i am not particularly neurotic. i was puzzled when i started having panic attacks and situations that ordinarily would not scare me. i can new york city subway at rush hour. [laughter] all of a sudden i was having these full-blown panic attacks, and i did not understand it. if i had jumped at a loud noise, it would have been a connection. sure, had a very strange feeling, everything i was looking at scenes like a threat. the crowd of people was going to attack me, and trains were going to jump the rails, and plow into the people and kill everybody. announcer: some of the discussion about the dangers of reporting in the middle east -- byas held recently on the council of foreign relations. announcer: ton

air support and i think that became evident when the taliban was able to overtake a city in northern afghanistan for two weeks in september. and i think it was that takeover of can do -- kandu which finally convinced the president that he needed to extend troop presence beyond 2016 and he committed in mid-october to leave 5500 troops in afghanistan when he departs office. this is a welcome step, but frankly it would have been better if he simply would have said the we are keeping the 9800 troops that are there now and we will reassess the situation next year. it would have been better if he would have dropped all arbitrary deadlines for withdrawal. admittedly, it was a step in the right direction. one of the most important things happening in afghanistan right now is the leadership crisis in the taliban. and i think the u.s. should take advantage of this. some people would argue that it is easier to negotiate with a unified taliban, but i would argue that while it may make it more difficult in the short run to negotiate with a fracturing taliban, over the longer term, a fractured taliban is a we

but if they have information about isis extending into the northern afghanistan, which borders some oft states, i think the russians would say we don't want those isis guys going into central asia. we want to partner with the taliban at some level to prevent that from happening. so it makes perfect sense to protect some of your partners. >> from an american perspective the taliban just skilled six americans, in afghanistan. >> sure. but the russians aren't saying they want to support the taliban against the americans that results in a murder of american citizens or a fight against american e isaying is there is an old soviet state. we want to protect them and anybody who has information that might protect those states, not about the taliban, not about american positions not. t about helping the taliban beat the americans but about isis infiltration across the border into the central asia, i could see where they want that relationship. it is not about the americans, carol. >> i i've also heard rumors that afghan government has reached out because it needs arms to fight. so what if that

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i've been in northern afghanistan with my forces at that point the taliban had air force.ey had tanks. artillery and we really got pretty pounded a few times. and saw some pretty ugly things. but this was before 9/11, and the country wasn't at war and no one will talk about ptsd. liability what it was. and it never occurred to me that you could be traumatized in any kind of enduring way. i came back from afghanistan, economic particularly neurotic person, right? i was really puzzled when i started having panic attacks in situations that ordinarily wouldn't scare me. like the new city subway at rush hour, you know? are ski gondola. all of a sudden of saturday's full-blown panic attacks and i didn't understand it. if i jumped out of love with me that would make a connection. i was panicking and small crowded places, and i was just sure a very strange feeling come everything i was looking at seemed like a threat. a crowd of people with some of turn and attack me. the trains were going to fast and are going to jump the rails and somehow plow into the people on the subway platf

i was there in northern afghanistan and hearing more and more about the spread of isis. across the middle east, serious concerns to us in regard to national security. yesterday the department of defense warned about the growth of isis in afghanistan. the report from the department of defense says isis, quote, has progressed from its initial exploratory phase to a point they are openly fighting the taliban for establishment of a safe haven and are becoming more operationally active. it went on to say isis has claimed responsibility for the ied attacks against the united nations vehicle, attacks against ten checkpoints in september when i was in kabul, as you know they're not taking vehicles back and forth to the embassy. things are now by helicopter because of this increased concern. can you talk about the best estimates of the number of isis fighters in afghanistan? >> thank you, senator. i will have to get back to you on a number on our estimate. i don't have that with me today. we are aware of the emergence of daash in particular. and this is something we've had as par

you will notice in kunduz, the city that has fallen in northern afghanistan to the taliban, they areot letting people leave the city. wonder why. they are hostage now. they can't be bombed because they've got the citizens. syria, putinack to has been saying some things, hey, we need to get a coalition together, we need to hold the À wite factionala together. secretary powell: secretary kerry is having talks with them. i have always been willing to talk to people. people i like, people i do not like. large countries, small countries. that is the strength of the american system. not to go around and brad, say we are exceptional. everybody knows that. we don't have to brag. with constraints and humbled us on our part, till to everybody in the world who wants to talk to us. we don't have to show off. they know what we can do. host: what would you do if you were secretary of state? secretary powell: if i were secretary of state -- and i know sergei very, very well -- i would talk to sergei. we not run into each other flying airplanes? how do we stop isil's advance? russians have also said

rangina hamidi was born in kandahar, but when the soviets invaded afghanistan, her family fled the country, eventually landing in northern virginia, where she grew up and was educated. after the events of 9/11/2001, she returned to afghanistan with a mission to find ways to economically empower the women of her native country. she is the founder of kandahar treasure, an enterprise employing over 450 women who embroider garments and housewares for the domestic and international market. rangina: i came here as a nonprofit worker, and the bureaucracies, the politics, the lack of a real vision forward really disappointed me. and so i thought that the alternative to this mess was business, because business offered sustainability and business gives an opportunity for people to rebuild their own lives with their own hands. i saw my country in the past 30 years of war, we are constantly waiting to be spoonfed by the world. so my answer to this dissatisfaction was start a business that i can own, but with a sustainable model, i know that in the future we can stand on our own two feet and not depend on the world to provide for us.

the northern border of afghanistan bumps up against all the other stans., uzbekistan and russia and mr. putin are very concerned about the passage of terrorists, insurgents, islamists between the borders. he's attempting to not only stop that but as brian mentioned in his report, there's a nice second order effect that he can embarrass america a little bit and his defense minister has done that by making rude comments about we wouldn't have this mess in our southern borders had it not been for america's misadventures in afghanistan. >> phil, as a former cia official, what is your take on putin's end goal here? i can't imagine he wants to engage in any sort of long term conflict in afghanistan. >> i don't think this is about conflict. there sb the restoration of the soviet union. after the fall of the soviet union, you had those independent states emerge, the states that general hurtling was referring to. those states were for afghanistan. what putin is doing now is telling those states i will work with the taliban to ensure that we have an agreement to col

and i think that became evident when the taliban was able to overtake the city in northern afghanistan for two weeks in september, and i think it was that takeover which finally convinced president obama that he needed to extend the u.s. troop presence in afghanistan beyond 2016, and he committed in mid-october to leading 5,500 troops in afghanistan when he departs office in january 2017. now, this is a welcome step but frankly it would have been better if he simply would have said we are keeping the 9,800 troops that are there now and reassess the ground situation next year. it would have been better if he would have dropped all what shall trair deadlines for withdraw but admittedly it was a step in the right direction. one of the most important things that's happening in afghanistan right now is the leadership crisis in the taliban and i think the u.s. should take advantage of these splits, some people would argue that it's easier to negotiate with the unified taliban, but i would argue that it may make it more difficult in the short run to negotiate with a fracturing taliban, it's a

i had been in northern afghanistan. had an point the taliban air force and tanks and artillery. we really got pounded. this was before 9/11. at war.try was not war ♪ know the youly could be traumatized in any kind of enduring way. i am not a particularly neurotic person. i was really puzzled when i started having panic attacks in situations that ordinarily would not scare me. like the new york city subway at rush hour. or ski gondola. all of a sudden i was having panic attacks. i didn't understand it. if i jump to the loud noise may be a could've understood it. i was panicking in small crowded places. everything i was looking at seemed like a threat. the crowd of people was somehow going to turn and attack me. the trains were going to jump the rails and come up on the platform and kill everybody. i reacted as if this was true. i couldn't take the subway for a while. i had no idea anything to do with my experiences in combat. i just i was going crazy. at age 38 is finally happening. [laughter] later i was talking neck and she the was a psychologist and she asked if i'd ever had a

northern iraq. >>> breaking news coming to us from afghanistan, we are getting reports of an explosion in the diplomaticrea of the capitol. of course that is kabul. at least three attackers targeted a guest house near the spanish embassy. there has begun fire as well. the blast comes days after an attack on the airport complex in the southern city of kandahar. let's go to jennifer glasse. jennifer, what else do you know? >> reporter: we heard the explosion here. we're a couple of kilometers away. it happened a little less than two hours ago. >> and as you can tell by that sound we lost our correspondent jennifer glasse, but she is gathering much more information on this explosion in kabul. as soon as we can establish a connection with her, and get you more information, we'll do that. in the men time, after the jockeying for power to succeed africa's oldest leader could spit zimbabwe's ruling party. >>> and in sport, find out if the european football president has had his provisional ban lifted. ♪ >>> an explosion at a moss income the ethiopian capitol. at least 16 people have been injured. this happenin

afghanistan in december of last year. has beenthe taliban gaining ground, including capturing, albeit briefly, the northern city. a spokesman for the afghan interior ministry says that government forces are making good progress in the battle for sangin. >> there is fighting going on in helmand, especially in sangin. since yesterday we have been conducting special operations by special forces. they send special operations in, which had sang a good result, killing lots of taliban, including their team leader. we are focusing a lot on operations. yesterday we were able to reinforce and send reinforcements to sangin, where our forces were there for about three or four days. right now the only focus is to --e sure that those attacks we are trying to focus on ground operations as well. eventually the help was there face theey had to tough challenges or threats by the taliban. sangin has been a contested area. we have had a lot of challenges in the past. not the first time that sangin came under attack. last year, the year before last, the taliban return to launch massive attacks on sangin. we were able to provide ammu

afghanistan this year. winter officially begins at 8:48 this evening. it marks the winter solstice.. which is the moment the northern hemisphere is tilted farthest from the sun on the earth's axis. the northeast finally got its first snowy blast of the season this past weekend.. but above-average temperatures are expected to return in time for christmas. much of the nation has seen unusually warm temperatures for december.. thanks to a strong el nio. adlib let's go to chief meteorologist bryan scofield and 'weather first.' we will continue to see periods of thick cloud cover throughout the rest of the week. in the short term, tomorrow, which is also the first full day of winter, looks to be the warmest day of the week with highs in the upper 50s and breezy winds. cooler air moves in on wednesday and high temperatures will drop to the mid 50s on wednesday and christmas eve. we will start to feel the effects of our next major system on christmas eve, in the form of windy conditions and chances for rain. the winds will stick around for christmas day and that's when the system's cold air sweeps in, dropping high temps t

northern iowa. new year's eve will highlight the colder temperatures. highs will only reach the low 20s in des moines on thursday, with funeral services were held today for an iowa native killed in afghanistan. 45-year-old joseph lemm died last week in a suicide bombing outside of bagram air base in afghanitan. today mouners gathered for a service at new york's st. patrick's cathedral. lemm grew up in bernard, iowa...then moved to nebraska...and lived his adult life in new york. he was a 15-year veteran of the n-y- p-d and a member of the air national guard. lemm leaves behind a wife and two children. the funeral for a w-h-o radio personality is set for tomorrow in des moines. 54-year-old cheryl pannier died at her home on christmas day. she co-hosted w-h-o's "dick and cheryl show"...which airs on saturdays. pannier also served as the station's assistant program director. the funeral is tomorrow morning at ten o'clock at mount olive lutheran church. there is a visitation tonight until seven at the iles-westover des moines police need your helping in finding a grinch who stole christmas. these pictures were captured on the families home surveillance system they show the man and the black veh

northern aftrica. keeping it from getting a foothold in south asia and preventing countries like afghanistan from falling back into darkness. yet, in all these places, president obama's more inclined to tell us what he won't do rather than what he will. that is why we need a global strategy to win the war against islamist terror. and a president prepared to commit the resources and political will to make it a reality. terrorist and the targets of our people cannot stand. in return for barbaric violence, we must be prepared to deliver justy. it has been said that who we are is who we were. everyone in this room is tied to the greatest generation. and era of americans who showed unflappable courage while staring down evil as it spread across the globe. we cannot forget their courage is our heritage. it is a distinlgt element of the american spirit. it is not enough though for us to have inherited their valor. as we embark on another long generational struggle, we must also summon their resolve. and that means we cannot be satisfied with quick vktryes and temporary safety in the war against islamist terror.

. >>> an explosion in northern pakistan killed 26 people and wounded more than 70 others at a busy market. it's about 200 kilometers away from pashawa near the afghanistan border. al jazeera is there, and we have a latest for you. >> reporter: a powerful explosion rocked a marketplace in the town situated close to the outgoing border and about 240 difficult low meters from the provincial capital of the province there. two people have been arrested on suspicious of having some involvement in this deadly blast. the fear is that the death toll may rise further. now, this is a town situated close to the afghan border. it has seen violence in the past on sectarian lines between shias and sunnis and it's not clear whether it's a sectarian attack or more than that. >>> you're watching al jazeera. still to come on the program, it's one month on from the paris attacks, and we look at how life has changed in the french capital. >>> plus, using the force. find out how science-fiction is helping revive an ancient artistic tradition in malaysia. >>> a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. a major meeting on libya's political future has wrapped up in rome. the u

afghanistan back in 2009. he was held captive by the taliban for five years before being freed in exchange for five and there is outrage in northern california in a community there this morning over the decision to not charge a police officer the shooting of an unarmed man who was climbing out of a wrecked vehicle. investigators say the shooting was an accident. the incident was captured on the officer's dashboard camera. we want to warn you, the video is graphic. you may find it disturbing to watch. >> reporter: the incident happened just before midnight the day before thanksgiving. paradise, california, police officer, pursues a suspected drunk driver andrew thomas. video from dash cam shows thomas' car crash and roll over. thams' bike, he is thrown from the vehicle and killed. seconds later the officer approaches the car. as thomas tries to pull himself from the wreckage, he draws his gun and fires once, hitting thomas in the neck. but friends say he has been left paralyzed. county district attorney mike ram see did not charge the officer. he says he was justified drawing his gun and a single round was fired accidentally. over

hospital in afghanistan, and they say the number of fatalities is higher than initially believed at 42. the u.s. military says its aircraft mistakenly targeted the hospital in the northern city of kunduz in october. the medical charity had previously counted 30 dead, including patients and hospital staff, but the group carried out an investigation that included other hospitals where the injured were taken, and they identified more fatalities. >> even in afghan culture, it's a safe house, and it's really surprising for me. we're asking for an independent investigation to find out why and what actually happened. >> last month, u.s. military officials released the results of their investigation. they said human error was the primary cause, and they said they would take measures to prevent similar incidents. >>> more than 700,000 people in the philippines have been evacuated to escape possible flooding and landslides from the powerful typhoon melor. its path is similar to that of haiyan, which left more than 7,300 people dead or missing in 2013. the typhoon made its first landfall on the eastern island on monday morning. authorities have closed schools and offices. dozens o

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