rachel mealey. al jazeera tokyo >>> imagine someone dialling your number by mistake from outer space. that is exactly what british astronaut tim peake did. he has apologised for calling the wrong number from the space station. he rang and asked if he had reached planet earth. it was not a prank. you can catch up with all the news on al jazeera.com >> on august 3rd 2014 us and afghan special operations forces deployed to charkh district about sixty miles south of kabul to clear taliban from the area. there's nothing unusual about this. us special operations forces often accompany afghan soldiers on these sorts of missions. i was in afghanistan at the time