here in northwest afghanistan a wedding is about to take place and not a conventional one there are the obligatory security checks at the entrance ops there's in the gallery above the hole sixteen couples are waiting to be true they will look into each other's eyes for the first time only after the ceremony custom demands that the bride hides her face until the end of the wedding the seating arrangement is very strict the men sit on the left and the women on the right they're largely from poor backgrounds and almost the loss of the knowledge that is in my family has no money. and that my income is just enough for the bare minimum. that's why i'm grateful i can get married today. to see the moment. i'm happy my mother is here along with my sister my aunt and two other relatives. well enough one and. there's one cake for all the wedding guests donated like the cost of the entire event by business people from the surrounding area. these women are responsible for the organization they chose the couple's depending on their level of need. but the ferocious we've been engaged for six years i r

get it often get the chance to say that that cloud stretching its way across afghanistan pushing over towards the northwest of pakistan slightly clearer skies to come in behind but it's a very young settle picture across much of the middle east a lot of arab looks fun to drive beirut around eighteen celsius away nineteen the the baghdad as we go on through the weekend much of iraq can expect to see some rain syria also seeing some clouds and rain that will make its way down towards kew way gradually moving a little further east with as we go on through sunday a little bit of snow over the high ground that's certainly a possibility a couple at around twelve degrees celsius but i cloud are right but if iran seeing some very disturbed weather then over the next couple of days should be somewhat drought across the levant but notice there ensues syria we saw him for his central parts of turkey will run in the full cost for the year and right in the forecast to a crusty arabian peninsula which i believe over the east as i said no the process saudi arabia gusty winds pushing through his some very wet weather we a

get it often get the chance to say that that cloud stretching its way across afghanistan pushing over towards the northwest of pakistan slightly clearer skies do come in behind but it's a very young settle picture across much of the middle east a lot of bad looks fun and dry beirut at about eighteen celsius a wet ninety in the the baghdad as we go on through the weekend much of iraq can expect to see some rain syria also seeing some clouds and rain that will make its way down towards kew way gradually moving a little further east was as we go on through sunday a little bit of snow over the high ground that's certainly a possibility a couple at around twelve degrees celsius but i cloud are right but if iran seeing some very disturbed weather then over the next couple of days should be somewhat drought across the levant but notice there into syria we saw him for his central parts of turkey will run in the full cost for the year and right in the forecast to a crusty arabian peninsula would you believe over the east as i said no the process saudi arabia gusty winds pushing through his some very wet weather we

afghanistan. the weather sponsored by cats and meese. i was always telling him how famous he was going to make it that's how he presented hello my name and body without manchester city's northwest representatives kind of. teacher pretty cool. actually you'll remember that we had this special meeting about the nail and he said no. that's not the topic and you mean this is a cover up in a piece on the mainland city al-jazeera investigation. build of silence this time. you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories kurdish officials say they've reached a deal to allow syrian troops to enter our fingers city to help protect it the move could mean syrian forces confronting turkish troops who've been carrying out an operation against kurdish fighters since last month israel's prime minister has taken aim at iran and a key international security conference accusing it's have been the biggest threat to the middle east benjamin netanyahu is head of a component from what he said was in a rainy and drone that had been shot down by his forces near syria iran's president hassan rouhani has ordered an investigation into a plane crash in which sixty five people have died last month

northwest. if we don't figure that out, we will find ourselves finding -- fighting the next variation of isis. in afghanistan there is a sense of the new strategy is the right one, particularly harder on pakistan. my understanding is men are often rivals when they heard we would be pulling out, embraced each other and started to cry which is a testament to how these problems are existential for partners on the ground. do we have any sense of how the afghans will be able to sustain these gains without our significant involvement? >> al qaeda has been biding time. it's various affiliates elsewhere. i would be curious in addition to -- and congressman gallagher underscored what comes in its place. i don't mean to be too blunt spoken, but during president clinton's election, it is the economy. in this case is that the ideology? until we address the roots that propagate the fuel and ideological underpinnings, won't we always be reacting instead of directly preventing? will >> a question i ask anybody who has been involved in terrorism -- the global war on terrorism, i asked them what day do we celebrate? what day

afghanistan. we have capability to continue our efforts against isis despite increasingly complex situations across syria and especially in the northwest province of africa to be fully engaged with the department of state to carefully balance our objectives. our partners on the ground have advanced a long way toward our objectives and we will stick with him to the completion of the fight. the iraqi security forces to prepare the elections later this spring. the second goal is to prioritize the implementation of the strategy in afghanistan to reaffirm the commitments with those complementary military missions. with u.s. counterterrorism mission. with our support and then to seize the initiative to span population control and secure credible elections. part and parcel is the approach to engage all countries with the state in the afghanistan stability especially pakistan and our goal is to develop a productive relationship that benefits both military and supports our objectives in the region. the third goal is to ensure we have a line on military efforts -- efforts to neutralize counterbalance with the destabilizing impact a rant across t