highlighted by india need to see the adoption of the resolution as a strong signal from the security council on and the international community on it . expectations in respect of going to come he would recall that under our presidency, the security counsellor adopted 3 press statements on august on following related developments on the 3rd, the 16th and the 27th of august. i also, we should take this opportunity to extend condolences on behalf of our delegation and our country. those are gone nations and us troops so lost their lives and the terrorist attack in cupboard typically, earlier in the day i was privileged to proceed of the concert is deliberations on the middle east peace process in particular the palestine initial. we also also steered discussions and the adoption of 3 other important mandate extension of the un security council on molly, on molly's sanctions, extension of the mandate, the united nations into important lebanon, uniform and the adoption of one song, which is a similar issue with today's meetings the thicker the india, especially the presidency of the security canc

in light of the developments on the ground, the security council has conducted full consultations with the aim to find an effective way out and secure peace, stability, and order, which is in line with the expectations of the international order. at the same time, given the fragile and sensitive situation as well as uncertainties into its future, any actions taken by the security council should help ease rather than intensify tensions and conflicts so that afghanistan can transition smoothly. rather than relapsing into turmoil. the countries concerned circulated the draft lezz solution -- draft resolution last friday. china has huge doubts about the necessity and urgency of adopting this resolution. and the balance of its content. despite this, china has still participated in conversations and put forward reasonable amendments together with russia. unfortunately, our amendments have not been fully adopted. china has always opposed forcefully pushing to resolution based on the above considerations. mr. president, the recent chaos in afghanistan is directly related to the hasty and disor

the security council will now begin its consideration of item two of the agenda. members of the council have before them document s/2021/762. the resolution submitted by france, the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland and the united states of america. i shall put the draft resolution to the board now. will those in favor of the draft resolution contained in the document please raise their hand? those against. abstentions. the result of the voting is as follows. 13 votes in favor. zero votes against. two abstentions. the draft resolution has been adopted. i now give the floor to those members of the council who wish to make statements after the vote. i give the floor to the representative of the united states. >> thank you mr. president. today's resolution establishes three clear expectations regarding the future of gannett stand. first, the security council expects the taliban to live up to its commitment to facilitate safe passage for afghans and foreign nationals who want to leave afghanistan whether it is today, tomorrow or after august 31. cons

to also thank government of india, norway, and estonia of the pin holders and the rest of the security council members and responding positively to the request to brief the council about the alarming developments. and i understand this meeting also highlights the security council's commitment to ensuring that the people of up on sun are able to live in peace, security, and dignity and shrine, than the charter of the united nations and the universal declaration of human rights and disregard. i should also like to welcome the security council statement of for august condemning the terrorist attack when you and compound in iraq and the recent increase and the level of violence in the country. let me also thank if thought as g lyons for her thoughtful briefing and highlighting the alarming threat and serious concern about the situation. and i understand mister president, were compelled to ask for this urgent meeting at the situation in afghanistan have been rapidly deteriorating due to recent escalation of violence by the taliban, and the brutal military offensives on major cities and population c

there are steps the security council could take. deborah lyons, for, for her part, talked about, insisting on these various measures to get the parties back to the negotiating table, including a, a statement coming from the council about something that they could do. they can issue a statement, calling for a cease fire calling, at least for a stop of attacks on, on cities. she said they should make it clear that any government seized by violence would not be recognized. the un has other tools like peacekeeping forces that they could authorize for the country. the problem is at this stage, there is no peace to keep in afghanistan. so what we've been hearing, not only from deborah lions, but from former envoys from civil society groups that are paying close attention to the situation there is that the message from the security council needs to be stronger. they did issue a statement earlier this week, expressing their concern particularly about attacks on a un compound there. but just by speaker with one voice, the council could make a

but i think the security council spoke strongly. and the, what in the resolution i think are issues that are important to every single member of the security council, including china and russia. thank you. thank you and back to some i've been from a lot of the edge of the newspaper. my question is about the issue for the mission of taliban. i'm sorry. the issue recognition of taliban, when is it for you? a time or a period? where would you say we are ready to try to, to think about recognizing the tiny bon a and what needs to be done there on the ground from your site. we're not in a place yet where we are prepared to recognize taliban. they haven't even formed the government yet. so we need to see what kind of government they form. we insist that that government be inclusive and that it allows for the participation of women. and that it takes into consideration as it forms itself, the rights of all afghans, including minorities. so we will see what kinds of actions they take before any decisions are made about recognition. thank yo

through this resolution, the security council has issued a set of calls that are clear, necessary and in the interest of afghans people moving forward, we must address the most pressing security threats. stand up for the rights of the afghan people and lay the groundwork for a stable and inclusive afghanistan. the people of us dana span deserve nothing less. thank you mister president. i thanked the representative of the united states for as different and i'll give the floor to the representative of front. she will miss you, miss you, because you don't. thank you, mr. president. in the city, she did a lot of work and the adoption of resolution 2593 to day. i regret the fact that the tax could not down to the support of all of the members of the council, told me the eyes of all guns watching this counsel. and they expected clear support from the international community. and this lack of unity is a disappointment for us and for them. and yet i don't doubt that all of the members of this council share the same priority objective, not just to say, allowing the african people to recover st

i'm told the secretary general antonio terrorist will be briefing himself the security council about what's been happening on the ground, what they understand about the taliban plans and about the security situation as foreign diplomats are leaving from cobble airport. the u. n. are not evacuating at this stage. i'm told you and staff are confined to the bases. they are not going anywhere. they're not carrying it out, any work, no humanitarian work by the un at this stage. clearly, it will be interesting to hear from all members of the security council. remember, 6 of the 15 security council members had troops in afghanistan at some point. there are other key players to listen to. certainly russia and china will be worth listening to in the security council meeting. and of course, all eyes will be on linda thomas greenfield. the u. s. representative of the security council trying to explain the us his position right now and what the u. s . is going to do after what nearly every diplomat i've spoken to says is a catastrophic foreign policy failure by washington. right, says james menti

so i will let you get back to that security council meeting, which is ongoing. but for now, thank you very much. indeed, we are going to stay with the analysis of this. now let's bring in a david, it's a wrote, she's a professor at the national defense university and also a former nato operations director at the joint chiefs of staff join us by skype from washington. d. c. me are very grateful to you for joining us on this l. just the news you've been following the security council meeting over here and quite pragmatic statements that from russia, the chinese, and a somewhat bland statement from the us ambassador to the united nations. i wonder what your take is and what we've been hearing. well, i think that everybody's hedging. the bottom line is nobody really knows what they're dealing with. the taliban that was last in power was basically a medieval cult that didn't respect much in the way of international norms. and people don't want to see that again. i think people are hoping that the taliban has somewhat reformed that it will act, you know, with like in

is it the security council that's no way and it's stony. it was remind you that they, when there was a mission here called ice after the norwegians were in the north of, i've got to stop the stones. they only had a small number troops, but they were exactly what we're focusing right now. last got the capital of how the estonians were base in helmand. i think you got to have an interesting dynamics around the security council table about what's going to happen next in afghanistan . what has been interesting is everyone has been talking to the taliban. the u. s. of course have a deal with a ton about the you've been talking to tell about the russians have been talking to the child about the chinese have had extensive talks with taliban. the remember china very close out of pocket st on which is the one country which has some influence over the taliban. but i think some of the patients with the taliban and the piece process is beginning to wear a bit thin. and i think that's particularly true because of what we've seen in the last couple of da

you're talking about the security council. remember, the security council in china is work -- moving toward recognition of the child band. without any guarantees of human rights or anything. mr. price: it just so happens that china, the people's republic of china, is a permanent member of the un security council so i can tell you precisely what they said when they signed onto the statement on august 16. reporter: what they are doing today is moving toward recognizing the taliban. mr. price: i'm going to have to defer to officials in beijing to speak to what they are doing. i can tell you precisely that they signed onto, precisely -- reporter: what does that tell you about their intent? mr. price: i'm not here to divine the intent of the prc government. i am here to point out precisely what they have signed their name onto. the prc government signed off on -- reporter: we have seen the resolution. mr. price: well, it is an important piece of paper because not only the prc government but other permanent and other members of the

and bruce, all the un security council meeting to discuss the escalating situation. and if i can fidel.

early in the united nations security council was warned . of a dangerous turning point in the conflict. ah, uncle santa maria here and how they see the world news from al jazeera. 2 people have been arrested in new york accused of plotting to injure or indeed kill me in mars, and basses to the united nations. and still opposes the military gentle. and we'll take you on board one of the aircraft trying to bring turkeys wildfire emergency under control. me. so ask anniston festival where the taliban says it has captured a 2nd city in and intensifying campaign against the government. in a statement beyond groups of it took control of chabot gun, capital of the northern province of giles john. this video suggests taliban fight has seized several government buildings, including the police headquarters and a prison that the african government denies. the area has been captured on saturday that the taliban did take another provincial capital. this is that owns at the same time as the un security council was being warned, the conflict is entered a m

and what leverage do the security council have of the taliban? certainly we heard to from the ambassador of pakistan. he wasn't invited to the security council meeting, but he came in brief reporters and many a crumb told us that he believes that the taliban are talking about some sort of inclusive government. and he thinks that that is definitely a possibility. what is clear is that there are some of the key political leaders who were allied with the government in cobble, who are still that. i think the only leverage that the international community has of the taliban right now is the whole issue of recognition at the meeting of the security council. the african ambassador was the ambassador that was appointed by the government that no longer exists. the taliban, i'm sure would like to have the seat of the united nations and be recognized by all the countries of the world that i think is the only thing the international community have to try and convince the taliban to broaden government governance and bring in other figures still ahead on algeb

there was an on previous to that listening to the book in the security council. there was a loss to talk about making sure that have gone on does not become a hot bed for terror. and then of course we heard the marine corps general say that the biggest threat he thinks to the taliban is the number of the 2000 hard core fighters of isis k. and he said that's going to be the biggest challenge for the taliban. how would you see this fragmented situation playing out on the ground? it is to been the bite in administration, had underestimated terrorism threat from a guy's done in general these last few months. it did not see the stomach stayed in the sky, present biting, referring to this group to be a major problem until a few months ago. but the, a for today definitely put pressure on the u. s. government. and as somebody in general noted, you know, pressure on the dollar gone itself, which suffers from a certain amount of them isis is violent, its brand is attractive to dollar bond, get to losing the stomach constituencies as well as some of the militant allies. and

ah, the united nations security council has met to discuss the escalating violence in afghanistan as the taliban continue there offensive and sees territory. the head of the un assistance mission in afghanistan warned members to take urgent action and prevent the country from descending into a catastrophe. a piano stand is now at a dangerous turning point. a head like either a genuine piece, negotiation or a tragically intertwined set of crises and increasingly brutal conflict. combined with an acute humanitarian situation and multiplying human rights abuses. i do believe that the security council and the broader international community can help prevent the most dire scenarios. but it will require acting in unity and acting quickly. the taliban made major gains on friday. pictures released by the arm grew, show its fighters near the airport in san jose to they captured that southern city . it is the 1st provincial capital to 4. in the months long taliban offensive. there's also been more fighting in another southern city. lush got a got which the taller bond is trying to capture. on

rob mcbride, al jazeera couple, united nations security council is urging an immediate cessation of all hostilities enough kind of stone. the statement agreed after an emergency meeting, the council called for the establishment of an inclusive and representative government with meaningful participation by women. brought together to james bay's report from you in headquarters in new york around the security council table. deep concern about the dramatic developments in afghanistan. if these grave howard, i urge all parties especially oh, let's take it off to washington officers lesson for the state department that prices reaching journalist and the safety and security of u. s. government employees and us citizens overseas is our top priority. all remaining u. s. direct hire embassy personnel, including the ambassador, have relocated, holman cars, they international airport, where they are secure. the department of defense is working to restore a safe and secure environment so that military and commercial flights can resume. now of course, the situation is evolving quickly and we will com

standards of the international community, but of course a double always in the detail for the security council in negotiating those words. we know the russians and chinese were very critical. and the council of resolution and the united states, withdrawl, they said that there was an attempt to shift the blame away or shift the blame to the taliban. for the u. s. is 20 year occupation and it's, it's role in the break up of the country there. so always difficult to get agreement from the security council here. but the fact that they did come out with a statement on the eve of the us or on the verge of the u. s. withdrawal was certainly somewhat of an accomplishment that can't be denied. christians will be there joining us live from the united nations. we're also hearing on the wires just one line at the moment. of course we will update you is get more on this of the taliban is now declaring independence will get more context around that statement for you as we go. gave ellison though, is live in washington d. c. gave it is a historic moment for the us, but listening to the guests talking about h

the un security council has been warned that afghan install is heading for catastrophe. united nations and voice says the conflict has entered a more destructive phase after the taliban sees the provincial capital of that orange. it is the 1st city to fall to the group since the you.

we welcome the convening of this emergency session of the security council on the situation in afghanistan. and thank all the council members, particularly sonya and norway, as coping holder of her phone is done for the roles and organizing this session. mister president, today i'm speaking on behalf of millions of people in up honest on whose faith hangs in the balance and are faced with an extremely uncertain future. i'm speaking for millions of half on girls and women who are about to lose their freedom to go to schools, to work and to participate in the political, economic, and social life of the country. i'm speaking for thousands of human rights defenders, journalist academics, civil servants, and former security personnel whose lives are at risk for defending human rights and democracy. i'm speaking for thousands of internally displaced people who are desperately need of shelter, food and protection in cobble and other places. as you're witnessing yourself, the situation in cobble as city of about 6000000 people is extremely worrying to say the least. you have seen chaotic scenes at

in the un security council has been warned. afghanistan is heading for catastrophe as the taliban steps. so it's offensive. the united nations and boys, as a conflict with government forces, has entered a deadly more destructive phase after the armed group sees the provincial capital of the ranch. it is the 1st 50 to fall to the group since the u. s. began pulling out the last of its forces entrepreneur to get us a james space has moved from couple. this is significance around the 1st provincial capital enough. going to start to fall into taliban control. these pictures released by the taliban ship fighters driving humvees and other vehicles paid for by the us and nato and taken from africa and forces the airport the only one in the desert province, as well as key government offices were captured, were told by eye witnesses with barely a shot being fired. earlier the taliban fighters had broken into the prison breaking out detainees which included some of their own fighters. they urged the governor abdul karim brow, who into surrender. he released this video saying he would not. but jus

speaking of the security council meeting, dep or lines one country will defend and to catastrophe security council members don't take action. and our top story this, our thousands of people continue to see the files that are incineration, right? part of greece and turkey. 5 fight is going door to door north of athens, urging residents to leave their homes. while 36000 people have been evacuated from the region of nuclear or similar scenes across the united states. fire fighters in the west. and you say that there are a long way from defeating a huge blaze that engulfed large areas of california over the past 3 weeks. the dixie fire now covers more than 1700 square kilometers, making it the 3rd largest in the state history. it's mainly by remote area so far, but it has destroyed more than a 100 times and it's threatening many more. so let's go to john henry and in the northern california town of quincy. tell us what's happening around you, john. the fire is growing at a very rapid re, just a day ago. it was the 2nd largest fire in the u. s. now it is the largest and that's because that fire

the un security council has been warned that i've got this done is heading for catastrophe. b, u and envoy says the conflicts has entered a more destructive phase off to the taliban sees the provincial capital of the arms and is the 1st that he fall to the group since the us began pulling out the law forces. same face has moved from couple.

s. representative had to say when he addressed the security council. the alarming rise and violence and civilian casualties caused by the ongoing taliban military offences further roads, the advances the afghan people made in democracy and the rule of law over the last 20 years. we will not accept military takeover of that began a stand or return of the taliban islamic emerett. the taliban will be isolated in an international pariah following the meeting. now, following the meeting, there were closed consultations from the security council. different countries addressed the meeting and when they spoke they raised concerns about the conditions of women in afghanistan and the need to uphold the rule of law. busy now, the russian ambassador addressed the security council and describe the concrete steps that russia has taken to bring stability to the country and emphasize that there's not going to be a military solution there. need to be real negotiations. here's what we heard from the russian ambassador to the united nations explaining mister president, i

well, the security council has now managed to issue a statement to the end of its meeting. speaking with one voice, which is significant because they met last time on afghanistan 10 days ago, and they didn't manage to come up with a statement. the statement calls for immediate cessation of whole hostile it is, but it also calls for talks for, to reach and let me quote, a new government that is united, inclusive and representative, including the full equal a meaningful participation of women. so their calling for fresh negotiations, an african lead process leading to a new inclusive government. now will the taliban accept that and what leverage to the security council have of the taliban? certainly we heard to from the ambassador of pakistan. he wasn't invited to the security council meeting, but he came in brief reporters and many a crumb told us that he believes that the taliban are talking about some sort of inclusive government. and he thinks that that is definitely a possibility. what is clear is that there are some of the key political leaders who were allied with the

a un compound that left a local police officer dead and could in the words of the un and the security council constitute a war crime. what further action they may take. we are not expecting anything to happen today, but we are hearing rumblings from the council members that they are worried about the situation. and in september a month from now, the mandate for the un office in afghanistan comes up for renewal. so many are seeing that as an opportunity when the international community could bolster efforts in the region to get to a a ceasefire and a more inclusive government. and before that happens, there's talk about the upcoming piece talks in doha and an effort to rally the international community behind a consistent message for the parties there to help calm the situation. all right, kristen, thanks very much. kristen salumi life force there at the united nations headquarters where the security council has been having that special session on the situation in afghanistan. now, the head of the u. n's assistance mission in afghanistan as warned members to take urgent action and prevent the

what leverage does the security council have over the taliban? one possible tool is lifting of sanctions. the taliban wants existing ones removed . council members said they could impose even more if the taliban doesn't follow through. on its promises. kristen salumi al jazeera, the united nations. china has been urging the international community to engage with the taliban and respect, have kind of stun solvency along with russia. it abstained from a un security council vote on monday. katrina, you has this update for baking china. so it had very strong well lecturing sort of woods for the international community, especially for the us. and so that it was against any withholding of funds. international sanctions, anything that would really antagonize the taliban and prevent which one would consider a smooth transition and for the us, well, china, very much pointed fingers and blame the chaotic situation in afghanistan at the moment on what it says is hasty withdrawal of us forces it said that this moment in history proved that the u. s. imposing

but early the united nations security council had been warned of a dangerous turning point in the conflict. ah, we can all santa maria here and don't. how with your world news from al jazeera police and thailand and firing guns, that crowds protesting against the government? hamlet the pen, demick and demanding reform. and 2 people are arrested in new york accused of plotting to injure or kill mean mazda bass, and the un, the poses the military center. ah. so f dentistry festival where the taliban says it has captured a 2nd city in an intensifying campaign against the government in a statement beyond groups as it took control of ship it a gun capital of the northern province of jones. john, we do have this video suggesting taliban fighters seized several government buildings including the police headquarters in a prison, africa, and government denies the area has been captured. on saturday though, the taliban did take another provincial capital. this is angie. as the un security council was warned at the same time that this conflict has entered a more destructive phase even reminiscent of

security council members don't take action. the council did convene a special session on friday to address the escalating violence christian salumi reports on that now from new york thing. the country is at a dangerous turning point. the un special representative for afghanistan called on the security council to act and act quickly. first, by demanding an end to taliban attacks against cities to attack urban areas, is to knowingly inflict enormous harm and cause massive civilian casualties. nonetheless, the threatening of large urban areas appears to be a strategic decision by the taliban, who have accepted the likely carnage that will ensue. russia said the emphasis should be on restarting stalled political talks between the afghan government and the taliban. achieved the still william louis machine guns. it is clear that there is no military solution to the afghans situation, but in the current situation, given the absence of progress on the negotiation track, the prospects of afghanistan slipping into full scale and protracte

how then will the un security council play a part? the un security council play a part?sued any statement was on the 3rd of august which condemned this growing violence in the country. since then it's been completely overtaken by events. but i think the permanent members of the security council, the so—called p5 of russia, china, the united states, france and the uk are meeting later today as you mentioned. and they do have at least a degree of overlapping interests in afghanistan. and that is on the counterterrorism agenda. because all of those countries which normally have very different objectives and look at afghanistan and a very different way, none of them want afghanistan to be a crucible for terrorism externally. all have reasons to fair if the taliban allawi says, al-qaeda and other extremist groups to operate in afghanistan. back is a basis for a degree of understanding between the five countries. to degree of understanding between the five countries.— five countries. to what extent is money or _ five countries. to what extent is money or finance, _ five countr

security council adopts a resolution on save departure from afghanistan. will this be heated by the taliban? we have reaction and analysis as well as the latest from our correspondent. hurricane ida's path of destruction in the deep south has one million people without power new orleans once again counting a heavy cost. all french workers who have contact with the general public have to have the controversial thing this monday or risk suspension without pay. this is life in paris. -- live from paris. thank you very much for being with us. an emergency meeting of the emergency u.n. council has been called to discuss the situation in afghanistan. they adopted a resolution of safe passage from the company. kabul is that raking point. investigation is being demanded after a drone strike killed 10 members of a family. six of them were children. the member who had been -- number of isis-k could been part of the atrocity last week was that kabul airport and claimed the lives of over 100 afghan civilians and 13 u.s. service members france has finished its evacuati

what leverage does the security council have over the taliban? one possible tool is will lifting of sanctions. the taliban wants existing ones removed. council members said they could impose even more if the taliban doesn't follow through. on its promises. kristen salumi al jazeera, the united nations pockets dawns, the government is warning of the increasing threats from ice. okay. and the pakistani taliban on sunday to pakistani soldiers were killed in an attack near the afghan border. islam about blamed fighters from afghanistan. some have been job aid has been given right access to the khyber border area with several armed groups operate. the northwest focused on is one of the world's most inaccessible regions. the soldiers are stepping up surveillance as cross border attacks ro lunchtime intensify. offense spanning nearly 2600 kilometers, act as a deterrent, but haven't been able to stop all infiltrators on sunday to park sunny soldiers were shot dead. it was the latest of more than 100 attacks by different groups that have killed a 133 peopl

what leverage does the security council have over the taliban? one possible tool is really lifting of sanctions. the taliban wants existing ones removed. council members said they could impose even more if the taliban doesn't follow through. on its promises. kristen salumi al jazeera, the united nation of scott lucas is an emeritus professor at the university of birmingham and join us via skype. now from there, thanks very much. be with us. so i want to ask you, 1st of all about the security challenges now for, for the us now they are physically out of afghanistan. how, how does it baffle the threat of groups like ice ok and al qaeda when it no longer has that presence inside the country? was an excellent question. but in fact, you've got the surface and reality, the surfaces that job and then effect declared the 2nd war on terror last week after the killings outside couple airport by making isis k, the target, we will hunt them down. we will make them pay. but the difference from 2001, when the united states was backing local groups like the nort

here's a portion of the meeting. >> v 8800 and 34th meeting of the security council is called to order. the agenda for this meeting is the situation in afghanistan. the agenda is adopted. in accordance with rule 37 of the council's rules of procedure, i invite the representative of afghanistan to participate in this meeting. it is so decided. the security council will now begin its consideration of item two of the agenda. i would like to warmly welcome the secretary-general and would like to give him the floor. excellency, you have the floor. >> your excellency, mr. president, excellencies, the world is following the events in afghanistan with a heavy heart and deeply -- about what happens ahead. all of us have seen the images in real time -- chaos, uncertainty and fear. the progress, the hope, the dreams of a generation of young afghan women, boys, and men. i urge all parties, especially the taliban to exercise utmost restraint to protect lives and ensure humanitarian needs can be met. conflict has forced hundreds of thousands from their homes. the capital city has seen a huge influx

and i think it's time for the security un security council stephan. it's time for the rest of the world to actively turn around. this horrendous situation is in 6 months. the military has launched 3000 attacks on many civilians and killed over a 1000 people, including children. i think it's time to stop this before it gets out of control. and why has been so ineffective? is it because of the relationships which some countries have which me in my, which are getting in the way almost there's been too many compromises amongst individual states. but actually at the end of suffering, a crisis of leadership as well as a region, especially after it hit the region last year. so i think it time we actually stopped wasting around 5 years to act and started acting now at u. n level. and i think we also need to understand that it's time for the credentials to commit to committee when it meets in september next month to recognize the government that represents 76 percent of elected members of parliament. debbie self is from san berner. joining us from bangkok toda

the security council speaking with one voice. this called on all parties to adhere to international norms and standard human rights. ultimately, when it comes to our posture for any future governments in afghanistan, it will depend on the actions of that government. it will depend on the actions of the taliban. we are watching closely. as you have heard, the world is watching. the future afghan government that upholds the future rights of its people, that is not harbor terrorists and that protects the basic rights of its people, including the basic fundamental rights of half of the population, its women and girls, that is a government we would be able to work with. the converse is also proof that we will not support a government that does not do that. a government that disregards the rights and guarantees like the universal declaration on human rights. that is not a government the united states would be willing to work with. that is important. it becomes all the more important when you account for the fact that you had a statemen

security council meeting is about to get underway. individual member delegations having the security council meeting. we will hear from someone in south carolina, an independent. go ahead. caller: thanks, john. thanks for taking my call. i just want to say first in terms of our troops who served, under command, all my thoughts go out to them. it should fall back on the politicians and the presidents on the failures. i remember the night they aired something on hbo. neither one of these wars, iraq or afghanistan, should have ever taken place. and all of the americans and civilians of those two countries who lost their lives, i just feel so for them. but america has got to do better. i mean, we cannot go in wars under false pretense and kill people and our own and think we have done something glorified. this has not been a glorified 20 years in afghanistan or iraq. it has been a sad 20 years altogether. what makes it so sad is it was all unnecessary. thank you, john, for taking my call. host: jean in detroit, michigan, democrat, good mo

council during this critical period we welcome the convening of this emergency session of the security council on the situation in afghanistan. and thank all the council members, particularly sonya and norway as coping holder of fund is done for the roles and organizing this session. mister president, today i'm speaking on behalf of millions of people in up honest on whose faith hangs in the balance and faced with an extremely uncertain future. i'm speaking for millions of fun girls and women who are about to lose the freedom to go to schools, to work and to participate, and the political, economic, and social life of the country. i'm speaking for thousands of human rights defenders, journalist academics, civil servants, and former security personnel who's lived there at risk for defending human rights and democracy. i'm speaking for thousands of internally displaced people who are desperately need of shelter, food and protection in cobble and other places. as you're witnessing yourself, the situation in cobble as city of about 6000000 people is extremely worrying to say the least. you have se

they are seeking to involve both russia and china, who are permanent members of the un security council. we have 3 correspondence covering all the latest developments in afghanistan. charlie angela is live in london for us. alan fisher in washington, d. c. but 1st, let's go to charlotte bellis in cobble. so charlotte, what's the latest the we're hearing on those attacks in the airport in the fall out from that. so the rocket attacks have in this morning i still has just claimed responsibility. they say that they shot 6 petition office would be a force. residents told us this morning in the area where they were shot from that there was a car that these rockets were, came from a trunk and the direction of the fort about 4 kilometers to the waste. at the end of the runway. one had a building, another we understand land is inside the open area inside the perimeter. and then the ram and the missile system managed to intercept several more. and i can tell you, i heard it this morning at around 645. it's a distinctive thunderous, echoing across cobble as it intersect to these rockets. in fact,