thank you for a superb moderation in your excellency, rula ghani. thank you for being with us this evening and your time and we are very grateful for everything you said and the clarity of your comments and your courage and dedication. thank you. we are most appreciative. i look at both of the conversations and truly what an incredible set of conversations that we have had today. the insights that have been divided by former first lady laura bush and also her excellency first lady rula ghani are really a model for all who seek a more fair and just society. thank you both, missus gotti and missus bush for your inspiring insight into the wonderful moderators, holly and leola, thank you both. i also would like to express a debt of gratitude to the atlantic council south asia center and also to the george w. bush institute for hosting these key discussions. it has really been, not only an honor but i also think truly insightful and very thoughtful the conversations that we have heard today about the future of afghanistan in about the peace negotiations

particularly thankful for her today for her making today's discussion with afghanistan's first lady rula ghani possible. thank you so much, ambassador. we are really appreciative of all your efforts. thanks again for being with us. we're also joined today by one of the council's great partners of afghanistan, and that is steven heights of the rockefeller foundation. thank you, stephen, for your support. we are very grateful. and also the importance of the afghan task force. we are grateful to be partnering with you and glad you could be with us as well today. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. i would like now to turn to her excellency, first lady of ghani, who isula director of the enabled children's initiative, a charity that supports advocates for afghan children with disabilities who have been abandoned or ou orphaned. since assuming the office of the first lady in 2014, first lady ghani has worked very closely with afghan women to create a more fair and just society. this has been really a core goal and objective of hers. excellency first lady ghani has been a vocal advocate of e

back on off function taking up to 12 pills a day so it's becoming a problem interesting points there rula now from the abuse of cording to trauma or west africa is experienced in a drug crisis in 2017 west africa accounted for 77 percent of all tramadol seized worldwide in the following story right now takes us to liberia where we meet a drug peddler who makes a profit from selling tramadol. monrovia liberia the abuse of the painkiller tramadol is on the rise. officially the synthetic opioid is only imported in $50.00 to $100.00 milligram pills but criminal networks smuggle in tramadol tablets $3.00 to $5.00 times higher in dosage. those pills are then passed on to street vendors like henry kane the 19 year old makes a profit every day. and i was and i used to sell electronic gadgets but then my business went down because of the call in a pandemic so i started selling tramadol people who have nothing to do people who don't have jobs they all come to me to buy my pills. kane says he's tried the drug and knows its effects but you keep selling as long as there's a market. sometimes i take it

kuwait's lates rula shakes. has been laid to rest and then you may shake no off.has been sworn in as the gulf nation observes 40 days of mourning. revolts. as he arrived at the national assembly to be sworn in kuwait's amir received a standing ovation. now waffle amadis off the half brother of the late amir took the oath making him the 6th leader since the country gained independence is to the local in ice with respect the constitution and the state's laws and to protect the rights of the people and their interests according to kuwait's constitution the parliaments must approve the appointment of a new leader it was a somber occasion to as the new leader struggled to contain his sadness at the passing of a leader loved by many in the law or the woman who had been soprano who made the law if an anomaly to ensue of shortly after the swearing in the body of ship. arrived from the us where he was being treated before he passed. to have a funeral was then held at the main mosque in the front row paying his respects was the emir of qatar shift i mean been head of the fa

set of conversations we have had, former first lady laura bush and her excellency rouleau gandhi -- rula ghani, for all who seek a fair and just society. thank you very much for your inspiring insight and the wonderful moderators, thank you both. i would also like to express a debt of gratitude to the atlantic council south asia sensor and also the george w. bush institute for hosting these key discussions. it has not only been an honor but truly thoughtful the conversations we have heard about the future of afghanistan, the peace negotiation, peace talks and the future of afghan women and afghan society. it should not be an issue. it has to be part of the process. let me emphasize in afghanistan and everywhere where turbulence and instability prevail we must remember there is no peace without justice, and there is no justice without a quality. thank you for being with us today. thank you. >> the carnegie endowment for international peace holds a discussion on how the global community views the united states. watch online, c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio apps. >> you are wa

question then we have received a few common questions, including this one this is from her meet know rula it reads i have my ballot but misplaced my return on the low what should i do. >>well we talked to a local registrar of voters to get the answer. >>so what i'd suggest in that case is that they come down to one of our locations or in person both locations and we can take care of that vote for them at those locations. >>and don't forget you can take your and in person vote location within your own county, if you have any questions or problems casting a ballot. let us know and we will investigate you can e-mail us at voting problems at kron 4 dot com as we head into the halloween weekend health officials want to make sure people who are celebrating our doing it safely. officials are warning to not have indoor private gatherings with different households and to not organized gatherings outside your home they also add don't attend on authorize street fairs festivals war go door to door trick or treating or trunk or treating between cars because it can be difficult to maintain 6 feet of ph