they were india and pakistan. that partition also sparked some of the worst sectarian violence of the 20th century. along the newly created border between the two nations, hindus muslims and sikhs killed thousands in a war that lasted for weeks. they have fought four wars since 1947 both sides have massive arsenals of nuclear weapons aimed at each other's cities and pakistan's support for extremest groups helped fuel the rise of islamic fundamentalism in afghanistan and beyond. this is the basis of a new book by nisid hajari, called "midnight's furies: the deadly legacy of india's partition." he is an author and asia editor of bloomberg view. i am pleased to have him talk about this very good book welcome. >> thank you. >> rose: i sort of laid out what is essentially the argument. partition meant pakistan always being smaller, always felt like and took cover in the sectarian disagreements, muslim-hindu and both in competition not only with each other but also other places and, from that, came the rise of fundament

nisid: they need stability in pakistan.e worried about islamic extremism themselves and worried about it coming out of pakistan. they would like to see better relations. charlie: they wouldn't want perfect because? nisid: it suits them to have india a little bit distracted. charlie: because there has been in the tea. -- emnity. what's amazing to me, the chinese are scared of islamic extremism. europe is scared of islamic extremism. parts of the middle east are scared of islamic extremism. everybody is scared of islamic extremism. they can get together on a strategy and policy to do something about islamic extremism. nisid: the pakistanis admitted. they admit that islamic extremism is the central threat in pakistan. charlie: every country says that. it's the dilemma of our time. i don't know why they can't come together. nisid: it's different in every country. in pakistan, while they are worried about this, they are still releasing other militants after a few days in jail because they serve their purposes. they think they ca

china has embarked on actually an endeavor with pakistan. the china/pakistan economic corridor. which is very much in line with what u.s. policy on the proactive constructive side has been with pakistan over many years, which is to help pakistan and say, in essence invest in its people its infrastructure energy, water, the things it needs to be a thriving society and a little bit less on the military side of things. that seems like the area where you could see a link between a new silk road and chinese projects. i think there's always concern and ambivalence in the united states. so you -- do we welcome an aaib do we welcome a major initiative with pakistan, are we worried about it? i'd just like any of you to maybe comment a little bit on this particular investment in pakistan and then the potential for, potentially, for cooperation there? >> i'm not an expert on pakistan issue. but i think pakistan can play a very important role in especially issues related to afghanistan situation. so china generally have a very good relationship with pakistan. so i think, actually, i think f

the afghan government is involved in direct negotiations to happen in pakistan to take place in pakistanthe taliban. those negotiations are set to restart in just a few days now. and so the question is if the taliban is, in fact leaderless, how will that effect the negotiations? is there an internal power struggle going on? has it been resolved since the reported death of mullah omar. a lot of questions after the reports from the afghan intelligence services before we can draw any judgments about the impact of this reported death and whether or not it's going to have any impact on the u.s. timetable for withdraw. that's unlikely, but on the region as a whole. paul? >> mike viqueira in washington. thank you. we'll be following that and the other big story of the day the iran senate hearings. coming up next, we'll have more on both stories. i'm paul beben. thankthank you for watching al jazeera america. >> i lived that character. >> go one on one with america's movers and shakers. >> we will be able to see change. >> gripping... inspiring... entertaining. >> afghanistan says the leader of

>> we are right next to pakistan. >> india and pakistan were once one country, ripped apart in one ofences. >> so once you get past there, you can go straight into pakistan if you want? >> yeah. see, the problem is, the thing is, india is trying to stop people from coming in, the infiltrators, drug dealers, terrorists. >> udeh is working on a documentary about the india/pakistan border. >> no one wants to go to pakistan. >> no one wants to? >> no one in their right mind wants to go into pakistan. >> that's a fairly decisive statement. so they put up the fence but the fence is on the indian side. >> yeah. it's 150 meters from the border. >> so beyond that fence, still indian farmland. >> yes. >> so people who live over here can farm over there. >> can farm over there. >> the punjab is a fertile region in an otherwise very dry country. this is india's bread basket. with over a billion people currently residing in india, every inch of fertile punjabi soil has great value. these are people who own land over there. >> yes. >> then they put the fence. >> yes. >> suddenly your life became di

jane: the fact that he died in pakistan. osama bin laden was also killed in pakistan.does this tell you about pakistan's role? >> i have believed the pakistan's role was central for a long time. when i was in kabul, the president would say there is no taliban in pakistan. give us their phone number or address. i used to tease him about the council that will the tally ban. there were located in pakistan. from early on, after the overflow of the tally ban in kabul, they probably provided a safe haven. their role is central. that is why i put in us is on what they do going forward. it will be an important variable. jane: and a lot of unknowns. ambassador, thank you for joining me. a large piece of debris has washed up in an island. it could be part of the missing malaysian airlines flight. it was found by people cleaning the beach. aviation experts say that other large aircraft has crashed close to the area. french authorities have begun an investigation. watching -- you are watching "bbc world news america." he is the youngest patient ever to receive a double hand transp

former producer for the bbc talks about america's use of drones in yemen, pakistan and somalia and reaction it's caused. he says the targeted groups in the countries are figuring out ways to protect themselves from attacks and working on making their own drones. we changed our name and gave people many. it's wonderful that you've come here for this great events. event. we are excited to have chris come and present his new book sudden justice, which i think is going to be probably the book for people who are interested in this important subject and of course, the book tour coincides with the very interesting moment in the tragic death and other recent revelations about the program that have come out in the last couple of weeks. chris is a former senior producer at the bbc also ran the drone program in the investigative journalism which did anything work on the subject and he's going to talk about some of the themes and stories in his book and then we will open up to discussion. >> thank you very much for coming today. and it's actually, for me it is a pleasure to be here with new america. i

pakistan.his comes just days before they are scheduled peace talks between afghanistan and those claiming to represent the taliban. >> mullah omar, the leader of the afghan taliban and for some 20 years, but very little is known about the elusive man. he was born in kandahar in 1959 or 1960. he fought alongside osama bin ladenand he disappeared after the fall of the taliban regime in 2001. there had been rumors of his death in the past, and now officials say he died in pakistan in 2013. many in the country are relieved. mullah omar was a leader of terrorist groups in afghanistan. he has led numerous destructions, suicide attacks, and has killed many innocent civilians. as an afghan, i am happy he is dead. i am glad to hear about the death of mullah omar but i am not happy that another successor will emerge. after years of speculation new details of his death have emerged. officials say he died under suspicious circumstances at a karachi hospital. they say an investigation is underway. westerns

. >> india and pakistan will meet in new deli to discuss how the countries can combat terrorism, it'sor diplomatic document and follows the first meeting between indian and pakistan leaders since talks broke down last year and modi met on the sidelines at a summit in russian on thursday and will attend a regional summit next year and kamal explain the significance of the meeting between the two prime ministers, has there been any breakthrough? >> well, just to give you a little bit of a background the last time the two prime ministers met was when the ceremony was taking place in new deli and modi was sworn in as the new elected prime minister, at that time the handshake was very warm, however the body language that initially came out from today's meeting suggested that the warmth was missing, however the two sides did meet and the prime ministers did meet for almost an hour and decided they would resume talks as you are mentioning and the national security advisors from pakistan will be going to new deli for talks, after that it was suggested that the border security force as well as

pakistan.his comes just days before they are scheduled peace talks between afghanistan and those claiming to represent the taliban. >> mullah omar, the leader of the afghan taliban and for some 20 years, but very little is known about the elusive man. he was born in kandahar in 1959 or 1960. he fought alongside osama bin laden over this soviet occupation, and he disappeared after the fall of the taliban regime in 2001. there had been rumors of his death in the past, and now officials say he died in pakistan in 2013. many in the country are relieved. mullah omar was a leader of terrorist groups in afghanistan. he has led numerous destructions, suicide attacks, and has killed many innocent civilians. as an afghan, i am happy he is dead. i am glad to hear about the death of mullah omar but i am not happy that another successor will emerge. after years of speculation new details of his death have emerged. officials say he died under suspicious circumstances at a karachi hospital. they say an invest

it is mostly pakistan and yemen. yemen, a pretty stark case of limitations. >> let me back up for a 2nd so that we understand. the fact that so many of these predator strikes and killing of high-profile terrorist and al qaeda leaders in yemen and pakistan isn't because that is where they are all hanging out the because those of the two countries which have the most liberal policies are letting america conduct a strikes. >> and we have seen over time, a permission diminished because of the fact that we were killing the wrong people for the fallout from the bin laden raid. they shut down a drum base. even when the drones were at there height you had the subway bomber and faisal's is odd that is that truck and the time square training in pakistan in those areas at the same time. most troubling the extremists have been able to find ways to beat the drones counter drone technology and pakistan particularly al qaeda has moved into the big cities where we cannot use our drones, the government won't let us and there is too m

in pakistan, more showers and wednesday. just a month ago, we were talking about the severe heatwave of pakistan. >> how times change, so quickly. >> border guards in bangladesh are trying to combat a growing problem with illegal drug smuggling. methamphetamine is smuggled from western myanmar. police seize millions of pills each year, but think that 90% have all trade is getting through. >> for the 400 border guards on duty here, it's a as you have ask. this 54-kilometer stretch of the river is one of the busiest smuggling zones in the world. a suspect the guards insist they can smell the methamphetamine on him. they search his bolt for evidence and take him in for questioning. >> it's not possible for us to guard every inch of this border every single second. the smugglers have people on both shores keeping on eye out for our patrols and communicate by mobile phone. >> most traffickers look like regular fisherman. this one spoke to us on condition of anonymity is out on the water even as a storm approaches. the lure of met

those who launched the attack crossed from pakistan. liddy dutt reports. >> hijacked a car and attacked a bus then opened fire in a police station, close to the india-pakistan border. bombs were also found on a niche rrl, government's opposition are raising questions about the strength of india's border security. >> translator: it is a very you unfortunate incident, there is a vast difference what the government preach and practice. poor and innocent people have been killed. >> reporter: even before the security operation ended some politician he in india were proclaiming pakistan. >> translator: terrorist attacks cannot take place without the orders of pakistani intelligence. the plan for such attack and the supplies needed are be supplied by isi. this means isi has planned this attack. we need to send a message that this is not acceptable. >> reporter: previous attacks pakistan is condepartmenting this incident. pakistan has already stepped up security along the border. >> after the incident the whole of punjab is on alert. we are che

. >>> pakistan has condemned an attack which killed ten people at a police station and bus station in northern india. it follows accusations by indian officials that those who launched the attack crossed the border from pakistan. liddy dutt reports. >> three unidentified gunmen hijacked a car and attacked a bus then they opened fire in a police station close to the india-pakistan border. bombs were also found on a nearby railway raising questions about the strength of india's border security. >> translator: it is a very unfortunate incident. there is a vast different what the be government preach and practice. poor and innocent people have been killed. >> reporter: even before the security operation ended some politicians in india were blaming pakistan. >> translator: terrorist attacks cannot take place without the orders of pakistan intelligence, any explosions needed as such are supplied by the isi. we need to send a message to pakistan this is not acceptable. >> india has traditionally held its neighbor responsible for previous attacks. indian government has already stepped up secu

this is after accusations that indian officials came across the border from pakistan. liddy dutt reports. >> dressed as indian army soldiers they opened fire at a police station in the area close to the india-pakistan border. bombs were also found on a nearby railway. wraizing questions about the strength of india's border security. >> translator: it is a very unfortunate incident. there is a vast difference what the government preaches and practices. poor and innocent people have been killed. >> even before the security operation ended some politicians in india india were blaming pakistan. >> terrorist attacks cannot take place without the orders of pakistani intelligence, the order and supplies is celebrated by the isi this means the is implet has decided this attack, we need to send a is is strong message that this is not acceptable. >> pakistan is condemning this incident. indian government has already stepped up security along the border. >> translator: after the incident the whole of punjab is on alert. we have checked bus stations railway stations. so another in

policy on the proactive constructive side has been with pakistan over many years, which is to help pakistan and invest in its people, infrastructure, energy water, the things it needs to be a thriving society and a little lesson the military side of things. that seems like where you could see a link between a new silk road and chinese projects. there is always a little concern and ambivalence in the united states. do we welcome an aaib? do we welcome a major initiative with pakistan or are we worried about it? i would like any of you to comment on this particular investment in pakistan. >> not to exploit the pakistan issue but i think pakistan can play a very important role in specially issues related to have a a afghanistan situation. china generally has a very good relationship with pakistan. i think actually from the chinese perspective through that kind of economic cooperation, we can join today with pakistan to play some kind of constructive role in the afghanistan issue. of course, at current stage, it seems that the u.s./pakistan issues relations have missed some problems. if we look

serious flooding effecting almost 300,000 in pakistan.into heavy monsoon rains and at least 51 people have been killed. the worst is the northeast of the country where many people are still stranded and carolyn malone reports. >> reporter: villages are deserted at some of the flood-hit parts here. in other parts of the district people are trying to dig themselves out of the rubble. there have been days of heavy rain causing rivers to rise to dangerously high levels. rivers washed away as flimsy buildings as well as cattle. crucial crop harvests have been damaged, people are dis prettypretty. >> translator: i have lost everything but there is no help from the government. they are treating us like cattle and there is no support in the coming days then there is no way for me except to commit suicide. >> reporter: military helicopters have delivered aid to some people stranded by the floods. bottled water is more valuable because drinking water is running out. >> translator: we are in dire need of food and water after we lost everything in th

here in rural pakistan it amounts to a minor revolution. fun never used to be on jamshaid khan's lesson plan. jamshaid kahn: we never used to have games during lessons. but now we have pantomime, ball games and rhymes. that's a big advance for us teachers, but especially for the children, who really have fun. >> it's fun with a purpose. usually girls in the traditional textbooks cook, clean and iron. so the interactive radio program is also trying to overcome stereotypes. in addition to vocabulary, it's teaching gender equality. for many teachers, it's a huge adjustment -- especially in rural areas where people tend to be conservative. school principal mir ahmad had to campaign for the innovative teaching method for a long time among teaching staff and parents. mir ahmad: our local language is urdu, but our official language is english. that means english is spoken in offices. so only those who learn english will have success later on. >> former teacher fakhira najib invented the new concept. she travels constantly around the country to win

if it's all clear nigeria will be taken off the list of polio countries leaving pakistan and afghanistanhere must be no cases of new polio for two years for nigeria to be declared polio free. >> we can't take our foot of the accelerator and ensure resources and commitment of health workers during multiple campaigns. >> reporter: she is hoping nigeria will become polio free in 2017 and stop making wheelchairs for survivors. he says being paralyzed is a warning to parents who don't understand the importance of vacuum -- vaccinating babies and it can be prevented. >>> director of the global polioar ratification at the world health organization and joins us now from geneva and good to have you with us and this is a good day for you and the fight against polio, what are the conditions that allowed nigeria to be one year without the disease? >> first of all, that is a really fantastic news for the children of nigeria, children of africa and children all over the world, being the largest country in africa nigeria has been over the years a source of polio virus not only for its own children but

a last-ditch effort for a bailout but looks very much like the old one and leaders of india and pakistant for the first time since talks broke down more than a year ago. >> robin with the sport and wimbledon in the center stage as men pushed for a stage on the final but the women's final at the all england club and williams will be there and details coming up. ♪ well, we begin this news hour in yemen where the country's government in exile and houthi rebels agreed to a ceasefire, the week-long truce was brokered by the u.n. and allow aid agencies to deliver humanitarian supplies and it's the latest tackle of the crisis since houthis took control of the capitol sanaa forcing president hadi out of the city and a saudi-led coalition of arab states launched air strikes against the houthis so with civil casualties mounting they warn that yemen is on the verge of total collapse. 21 million people need humanitarian assistance. and the u.n.-backed negotiations to find a solution to the conflict have so far failed and the five-day ceasefire in may was violated. well the u.n. say that both sides h

india tightens security on pakistan after gunmen storm a police station in the northern indian state open job, killing at least six people and injuring five. i'm still normal. -- stuart normal. chinese shares plunge off a cliff as the market meltdown returns to shanghai. we are up, up, and away over 400 coming together to bring a world record here in france. stewart: turkey says it did not bomb kurdish positions in northern syria. that's after a claim from the militia earlier that its positions had been shelled very they urged the halt of aggression. the situation is unclear. it appeared unusual that turkey would bomb kurdish white bg positions when it is the kurds in syria who are effectively fighting islamic state group which turkey is also bombing. today we heard kurdish forces have taken a town in the north of syria. we go across live to brussels and we can speak to adam executive member of the kurdish national congress. thanks for being with us. let's talk about the situation in syria. kurdish white bg saying they were attacked by kurdish forces in turkey denying it. it seems st

pakistan has initiated offensives to drive the taliban and other radical elements out of the so-calledribal areas, along the border with afghanistan, but that is a great question. a lot of the details have yet to emerge paul. >> mike stay with us. we're going to run a quick story in nicole johnson about his life and impact on the region. >> reporter: the americans has placed a multi-million dollars bounty on his head. the man who was the spiritual leader and military commander of the taliban. a reclusive private man for most of his life and this is one of the few photos of him. he began has a fighter battling against soviets during the 1980s. his confident described how he became the emir of afghanistan, self proclaimed. >> eventually the taliban chose him as a leader because he had [ inaudible ] people and we had some weapons to use. the second reason he was a famous [ inaudible ] person. >> reporter: his 30 fighters turned into thousands, as the taliban movement grow and took over afghanistan in 1996. under his command the taliban established security and order in a country ravaged b

policy on the pro-active constructive side has been with pakistan over many years which is to help pakistan invest in the people and the infrastructure, energy water the things it needs to be a thriving society and a little bit less on the military side of things. that seems like the area where you could see a link between a new silk road and chinese projects but i think there is a little chern and ambivalence in the united states. so do we welcome an aiib or a major initiative with pakistan or are we worried about it? i would just like any of you to maybe comment on this particular -- this particular investment in pakistan and then the potential for cooperation there. >> i cannot speak on the pack stab issue. but it can play an important role in issues related to the afghanistan situation. and china generally has a good relationship with pakistan. so i think until from the chinese perspective through economic cooperation we can jointly pakistan play some kind of constructive role in the afghanistan issue. but of course, at current stage it seems that the u.s.-pakistan issues and relations

india has stepped up security along the pakistan border in response to the attack.utt in new delhi explains the importance of where this attack took place. >> reporter: it is near the india-pakistan border. it also neighbors an area in india which is home to some key indian army establishments and facilities. in terms of the india-pakistan relationship as well just weeks ago earlier this month prime minister modi met with his pakistani counterpart on the sidelines of a ring natural summit in russia and it was hoped that this meet would go perhaps propel forward the two leaders and the countries in dealing with some long-running issues. it will be a big question in india as to how this attack, if in fact there is confirmation of these gunmen coming from the pakistani side what impact that will have on any forward movement in the relationship, we should also say there is an update that security around the indian parliament in the capital here in new delhi has also been stepped up. but in terms of the major updates it's an ongoing army operation now in the northern sta

it is normal t northern pakistan central pakistan southern pakistan seeing wet weather.you said, lots of heavy rain right across the region. look at the satellite picture. massive swath of cloud right in across the area there. we will see further heavy downpours as we go through the next few days. pakistan's latest area of heavy rain into central parts and a massive cloud moving across into karacus. look tes huge cloud here bangladesh seeing heavy rain. we have seen massive downpours here and on friday we saw 251 millimeters of rain over the last two days, in fact we have maybe 500 millimeters of rain in pakistan. sorry, in bangladesh in only two days. what happens when you try and state a test match under these conditions then? well after barely two days' play, you get a washout. this was the scene in chittagong. there is plenty more rain where that came from. heavy rain across bangladesh into nepal. much of india. look at this circulation making its way toward the northwest of india. >> will drift further westward as we go through monday. weather coming into southeaste

. >> pakistan say they shot dead the leader of a group behind hundreds of killings in the country. he was shot in a shoot out. 13 others were also killed including two of of his sons. the group has claimed responsibility for many tucks on shia muslims in pakistan. >>> we have this report from islamabad. >> he and his two assistance had been arrested by pakistan security forces a week ago. they had been taken from detention to a weapons store where they were providing information about explosives. members of his group tried to free him. they succeeded but then they were intercepted by pakistan police and in that fire fight he was killed along with his two sons and 11 other members of the group. now this is a significant blow for the group. the area is alive with al-qaeda and it has been responsible for a great deal of sectarian violence in the country. >> still to come on al jazeera, the british government hold as crisis meeting as more migrants try to access the terminal tunnel linking u.k. and france. >>> heated scenes between israeli settlers and police. >> a remindser of the top

this must be welcome news for the pakistan security forces. >> that's right. pakistan security forces have been launching a large campaign against these groups since september last year when we had the attack in the army school. it's a significant figure to have been taken out. this happened actually he was rearrested only a week ago, and the security forces had been moving him from his detention center to a weapons attache where he was given some information about weapons stores and then on the way back to the detention center members of the group attacked the party trying to free him. they did succeed for a brief time escaped on motorbike and security forces and police who happened to be en route intercepted them as they escaped, and during that firefight he and 11 others and two of his sons were killed. >> and the question has to be what does this mean for lashkar-e-jungi, which is a prolific attacker of the shia muslim sect. >> yes, it's a powerful organization group inside pakistan one of the top four, so this is the significant blow for the group. they h

, flooding disrupting the lives of 300,000 people in pakistan, 51 have been killed.he worse areas are in the northeast where people are stranded. here is caroline malone. >> the villages are deserted in some of the flood-hit parts of chitral. in other parts people are trying to dig themselves out of the republic. there have been days of heavy rain causing rivers to rise to dangerously high levels. bridges have been washed away as have flimsy buildings and cattle. harvest have been damaged and people are desperate. >> i have lost everything, but there is no help from the government. they're treating us like cattle. if there is no support in the coming days then there is no way for me except to commit suicide. >> military helicopters have delivered aid to some people stranded by the floods. bottled water has become more valuable because drinking water is running out. >> we're in dire need of food and water after we lost everything in the flood. >> men are desperate to get out of the worst-hit areas. some have made it on military helicopters sent by the government. more

india and pakistan are lock into a territorial dispute however, indian prime minister and pakistan prime minister agreed to improve ties when they met this month for the first time in over a year. >>> a gunfight e rumtrupted between from groups in northern afghanistan. p at least 21 people were killed. the gun battle broke out sunday in the northern province of ba glan. many guests became embroiled in the fighting. the dead include two children. the feuding groups included combatants that fought against the soviet military. on top of attacks by the ban taliban, it's disrupting afghanistan afghanistan's investigation. >>> entertainment companies are rushing to china to open theme parks. they are trying to cater to the growing middle class in the second biggest economy. a hillello kitty park made it's debut and disneyland will launch in shanghai next year and a tokyo based company waded into the chinese market. it plans to offer the entertain the officials say is seldom seen in the country. more from nhk world. [speaking foreign language]. >> reporter: people are flocking to a new style in

it's under the umbrella of the pakistan taliban. as you said it's responsible and has claimed responsibility for all sorts of attacks across the country. it's been responsible for creating sectarian violence. in pakistan it targeted shia muslims, in 2013 in fact, two very large attacks in quetta and baluchize tan killed more than 800 people and carried out security force attacks in their military headquarters in raw way pinnedy. it's a blow for the group. it's unclear whether they'll retaliate. analysts believe at some stage they will and its significant achievement. some say in pakistan for the military and security forces. >> nonsons, our correspondent live from the pakistan capital islamabad. >> now, nigeria's newly elected president is on his way from cam roos for talks with his counterpart. cameroon is part of a regional force set up to fight the armed group. they are expected to call for a stronger alliance between his army and that of cameroon. this report from our correspondent >>> this man has been floating in and out of co

al jazerra manila. >>> at least 51 people have died during flash floods in pakistan.g triggered by monsoon rains has washed way bridges and homes affecting many villages. most of these deaths have been in the district in northwestern province. >>> to the second part of your sear royce a popular weed killer raising serious health concerns mostly sold under the name round up. the world health organization has linked it to cancer but manufacturers say the science doesn't add up. a report from sri lanka where the chemical is already banned. >> reporter: waiting for good news. he is hoping his wife's latest medical report would bring some relief. shows one of more than 69 that you people who have -- 69,000 people diagnosed with chronic kid any disease. >> the. >> translator: ed body feels fairly week, they say there is no cure, but i have to keep taking medicine. >> reporter: the husband, like this group of farmers we spoke to blames the powerful chemical he used to kill weeds and grasses. it was introduce today sri lanka by the american biotechnology company monsanto unde

they maya tack against the shia elements in different part of pakistan and they may also hit back on security agencies, but jerk it's a big dent and we have to see that how do they reemerge and regroup themselves after him. no other name has been mentioned as his deputy to lead this organization as yet. >> okay. thank you very much indeed for talking to us live from islambad. >>> now, turkish jets have been bombing kurdish fighters in the southeast of the country. this is the first time in this currents offensive that p.k.k. fighters have been attacked inside turkey. previously they have been targeted inside iraq. on tuesday nato said it backed turkey's fight against isil but urged it not to abandon the peace process with the kurds. bernard smith has more now from the kurdish majority city. >> reporter: turkish f-16 fighter jets don't have too far to flight to hit their any tearing he had of ice nil syria. this was last week. they don't have much further to go to target an olden my positions of the kurdish separatist p.k. in northern iraq. many kurds are angry and frustrated that the

that they could encourage pakistan into helping with the reconciliation process.hey also pushed for the afghan government for a chinese-american-afghan meeting for a couple of the meetings. a couple of them have taken place in the uae for example. the afghans are pushing for chinese engagement because of the potential influence. katty: doing know who is therefore representative for the tally ban, and how high it went in the taliban? >> the names of the taliban participants have not been released, yet. we will see how the powers react to the pakistani press statement issued today. it said that those who participated in the meeting were authorized by the leadership of the taliban. they said the same things about the afghan. we will see how the taliban reacts. if they do not react negatively that would be a positive indicator. katty: we would assume that he was giving acceptance of the meeting. >> that would be the implication. katty: they had meeting, they will meet again after ramadan. how far do you think the talks will go? >> the negotiations will be highly compl

those peace talks scheduled for friday are to be held in pakistan. the impact of this announcement and denial by the taliban is unclear. members of the high peace council didn't even know who from the taliban were going to be at the negotiating table on friday. they were hoping that whoever it is will have broad support among taliban fighters because the fighting continues. we're hearing also that another district has fallen in the south today. now that district in hellman province fighting falling to the taliban. the afghan government, mullah omar the spiritual leader of the taliban they believe he's dead. what kind of impact it will have on peace talks is difficult to say right now. >> thank you. now let's cross to the u.s. washington, d.c. and speak with roslind jordan. the past half hour or so we've had some kind of reaction from the u.s. tell us a little bit more. >> the deputy white house press secretary eric schultz simply said that the administration believes that the report of mullah omar's death is are credible. but when pressed a half hour

we've seen that with small taliban groups in afghanistan and pakistan. this is an opportunity for i.s.i.s. >> rose: matthew? i think one person seems to have been giving orders in the taliban in the last few years, the mullah. there was a lot of disaffection for him so it sets out for a power struggle because he is one of the guys who wants to take over and it's so much hard tore make peace if you have all these internal factions vying for power. >> rose: he's obviously number two and has been reaching for and he is said to be one of the likely contenders. is the other his son. >> his son is one and there are a few others. another one from guantanamo bay may be backing the son. the other problem with the taliban, it's hard to tell exactly what's going on inside. at its core, this is a group of clerics, many who've known each other for years, not a whole lot of outsiders in the inner circle of powers there. it's incredibly difficult for western and even the afghan intelligence agencies to get inside the leadership and figure out what's going on. >> rose:

in pakistan the leader of a banned group has been killed. maliki died during an attempted bail break in punjab province. 13 were killed including two of his sons >>> turkish jets targeted kurdish fighters in a mountainous area in the south-east, and is targetting i.s.i.l. fighters. they back turkey's fight against i.s.i.l., but urged it not to abandon the peace process. a group of scientists signed an open letter calling for a ban weapons. professor steve hawking are among those that develop weapons that think for themselves >>> the u.n.'s humanitarian chief warns against calling a buffer between turkey and syria a safe zone. it could risk attracting people to the area as syrians try to flee the fighting in the country, and says a political solution to the conflict is more urgent than ever. diplomatic editor james bays reports. >> reporter: the u.n. humanitarian chief briefing on the suffering in shia. he had to -- syria, he ha to report on a dire situation getting worse. >> indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks by all parties, includi

we need to send a tough message to pakistan that this is not acceptable. >> reporter: pakistan is condemning this incident. the indian government is already stepped up security along the border. >> translator: after the incident in gerdaspar the whole of punjab is on alert. we are sanitizing the whole area so another attack does not occur here. >> reporter: india security personnel in 20 years police are investigating who these gunmen were and where they came from. india's home minister is expected to make a statement about the attack in parliament. liddy dutt, al jazeera, new delhi. >> scientists served as president from 2002 to 2007, kalam was best known for his role developing be yintd's nuclear technology. kalal collapsed earlier today delivering a lecture he was 83. >>> nine suspected criminals and two police officers dead, it happened in rio bravo an area controlled by a drug cartel. officials say they were attacked by gunmen in two vehicles. meanwhile gruesome discoveries in mexico are increasing. the search for 43 students missing since last september has turned up 60 graves with 129

that's what the pakistanis said the foreign office said that this was a break through; that pakistan facilitator, however, the statement has now come from the spokesmen of the taliban in pakistan saying that he was dismissing all of the reports in the pakistani media about those talks, and also the fact they had been in touch with some of the [ inaudible ] in the afghan taliban who told us that the decision always had to come from the qatar office, because the taliban have an office there, they are the ones who are authorized to give out statements and make decisions. also saying further that a political bureau will now be dealing with negotiations, whether those negotiations should go ahead or not. so it will be interesting to see who the pakistanis were meeting just a few days ago. >> the other line suffice -- surfacing on this is chinese representatives were at these meetings and americans could be involved as well. >> reporter: absolutely. just two days ago the white house spokesmen said the americans were supporting the talks. the pakistani foreign office also saying a chinese r

united states gives pakistan.asn't been exactly buying as much. back in 2010 we gave them $4.5 billion. 2015 that number drops to $882 million. what i'm wondering is is number one, is our money buying us anything? clearly it doesn't seem so. number two money continues to dry up for pakistan. is that in some way enabling or enraging them to help these terrorists even more? >> so i think, leland it gets down to who is actually following the money. is the money actually going to the pakistani government in order for them to stand up their own security operations so they can clamp down on the violent insurgents within their country? or is that money moving over to organizations like the isi we know is going to use the money to procure weapons an pay for expertise and train some of soldiers they launched back in. are we getting good value for our dollar? i don't think so. leland: how upsetting if we found some of money trying to help terrorists attacks themselves. ben collins, former u.s. special forces. appreciate you

leader of the banned group is shot shot dead the group is responsible to hundreds of killings in pakistan. ♪ >>> hello, i am martin den let doha. also to come. nato says it supports turkey's fight against isil but warns it no to forget the peace process with the kurtz. more than a thousand ply grant try to storm the tunnel it wasn't the france and u.k., as hundreds more who crossed the mediterranean make it to italy. >>> i want to debt a kitty. >> i want a puppy. >>> what pet would you get? find out about a new posthumous book eye children's author, dr. seuss. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> but first pakistani police say they have shot dead the leader the banned group which is behind hundreds of killings in the country. he was killed in a shootout with security forces in the one jab reampunjabregion things others were killed including two of his sons. the group is on the terrorist organizations of many countries including the u.s., britain and russia. it claims responsibility for many a attacks on shia muslims. he was accused of plotting the two thon nine attack on the she sri lankan cricket team. he faced se