last august my colleague, phil gail, spoke to taliban foreign ministry spokesman abdul car back key. he started by asking why the international community should recognize and therefore legitimize the taliban given its track on human rights. the current government understand the new government that has come to power is manifest reality. and the world needs to engage with it as the government that is currently in place has actually fulfilled the criteria for a body to be recognized as a official state according to under international law. and in accordance with article one of the month of a day of conference, $9.00 to $33.00, there are 4 essentials that they need to fulfill. number one, and that has to have defined geography. 2 is that it has to have permanent population and the geography. 3 is that the government has to provide governance. the people ruling have to provide a governance. and the 4th uh criteria is that the government has to have the capability of, of creating and establishing relations with foreign nations. in our view, it's the right of the of the people they have dec

a short time ago, my colleague phil gail, spoke with a member of the taliban about the groups push for international recognition and the difficulties the country is facing. here's that interview. i've talked to her about k springs for the total balance of foreign affairs ministry. he joins us from afghanistan's capital, kabul, welcome to the w. thank you for having me. why should the international community recognize and therefore, that just in my eyes, the taliban given you a track record on human rights? i. the current government understand the new government that has come to power is manifest reality and the world needs to engage with it as the, the government that is currently in place has actually fulfilled the criteria for a body to be recognized as an official state. according to under international law, and in accordance with article one of the month of a day of conference, $9.00 to $33.00, there are 4 essentials that they need to fulfill. number one, and that has to have defined geography 2 is that it has to have permanent population and the geography of 3 is that the governme

ah, i'm phil gail, welcome to the program. europe is running for a new wave of covered 19 infections to start the new year that are fierce. the only kron variant will cause case numbers to climb to record highs, increasing pressure on hospitals and leaving many workplaces short staffed in germany. health officials awarding the true scale of the crisis isn't yet know because of a lag in testing and reporting of cases over the holiday period. while our micro numbers have exploded across europe, germany has back the trend here and faction numbers have remained relatively low over the past few weeks. now that come, may be deceptive. cases have been under reported over the holiday period, and many think a steep rise in the infection rate is inevitable. and for the 1st time in weeks, cases half actually started to go up. but there is a marked shift and where the virus is heading hardest. whereas just a few weeks ago, the south eastern region saw the biggest number of infections. now it's north western germany that is seeing a spike in cases. this is lightly due to the spread of our micron