the taliban then released army sergeant beau bergdahl. he was held by the taliban for five years. qatar officials were supposed to monitor their activities but at least one of the detain knees reportedly met with or had communications with militants. the obama administration has said repeatedly and cystedinsisted that the threat of them returning is low. but others have expressed concern that they could return to the battle field. they are older, but the sight of them being returned would be a rallying cry for taliban fighters something that the administration and the u.s. military certainly don't want to see, but there's a really good chance that either tomorrow or in the coming months, they will be released from qatar own on their way back to afghanistan or pakistan. >> there's talk about maybe delaying that by six months but that hasn't happened yet. >> picking up where connor left off, these taliban five part of the agreement with the qatar government today the former prime minister of qatar spoke about the deal on sunday morning futures saying there are no guarantees they wil

what's changed from what we understand at least one has reached out to the taliban. >> well the talibant. you've got moammar who disappeared and you've got the network which took bergdahl in the first place. they are much more influential. i don't see these five guys ending up with that close clan. i just think they are not that important at this point we had to get bergdahl back. it's military policy. even deserters, you bring them back from field of battle. you don't leave people behind. it's not a bad deal. can we control the taliban or trust it? no. >> part of the obama administration's goal was to close gitmo, the military prison. these five were held there. do you think this could be the path for the rest of the detainees there? is that something we should expect? >> i think anybody who is not directly involved with terrorism, international terrorism against the united states should probably be sent elsewhere. we should close it. anybody who's got american blood on their hands should end up in a prison in this country after a trial. >> bob baer, thank you. >> thank you. this aller

the fifth has an allegiance, you know, to the taliban. the taliban has not laid down their arms.nage to negotiate that and they do, then there's something to talk about in terms of perhaps releasing them or at least releasing them under conditions in which they are observed on an ongoing basis. but to release them with a one-year period after which they're going to go free to do what they want to do and travel where they want to travel while al qaeda is still carrying out a war with us and the taliban is still making war on the united states, that is throwing caution to the wind and taking enormous risks with our personnel and with our allies in the region. >> quick final question, if i might. >> yes. >> is there any congressional plan on this issue? anything you as a member of congress can do, the chair of your committee, your powerful committee? >> we are seeking documents right now in order to delve further into the release of some of these individuals who, obviously, have turned out to be an ongoing threat. and at the same time, another step that we're trying to take is to bl

known as the taliban five. the men were part of a prisoner swap for joe bergdahl in may of last year. their travel plan is about to expire. the u.s. is meeting with qatari officials to keep the men inside of qatar. we look at the possible options. >> for under the agreement the five taliban detainees have been monitored for one year and banned from traveling outside of the country. the state department is leading separate negotiations with the government of qatar and afghanistan about what happens next. u.s. officials say there are a few options in play. the u.s. prefers they stay in qatar where they will be monitored. they brought their families there. 70 among them. the other options could see the five returning to afghanistan, either released or monitored by the afghan go. the qataris say they will not expand restrictions on the five, nor will they send them home to afghanistan if they don't want to leave qatar. so none of these are great options. these are five pretty high-ranking taliban officials. at leas

it's bad enough we were releasing the taliban. why not for steve or james foley and isn't journalists. why for this man? >> i think this was a convenient excuse, something that temporarily worked for the administration in terms of clearing the five out. this is not the only example we have -- my committee is looking into six individuals that were transferred to uruguay and as we have seen the evidence, they have been spotted about 40 times around the u.s. embassy in uruguay. they are no longer under observation. they have thrown caution to the wind and it has been a reckless act. again what we are talking about is an attempt to close guantanamo down and i believe what he is believing to do is transfer it back to cuba. under these circumstances. >> i was going to ask that. does it go back to cuba? is it part of the deal with the resumption that they get guantanamo back? is that a valuable area? >> well, we have a long-term leasing arrangement there. one of the things we are trying to make certain of is we pass legislation that guan

not just in the taliban. and we've got the experience now that 30% have shown up back on the battlefield to try to kill americans. i don't think that was a good tradeoff. >> is your true of this transaction skewed by the fact that you believe then and believe now that burgergdahl was a desert deserter? >> my view of this is skewed or is patterned by my knowledge of what has been done of what to release these five but another six to urg guway from the documents i'd seen had ties to terrorism and the rationalization on the part of the administration. i think deep down that the only thing driving this is the impetus to close guantanamo bay and fulfill a campaign pledge and i just don't think in the face of the reality of what these individuals have done and will likely do again. in the case of uruguay we had 40 cases of them in proximity now to our embassy down there. in the case of these five that we talk about here in qatar, we've got ample evidence that they at least part of that element intend to return to t

, as taliban fighters are taken positions in villages and homes. refugee camps have sprung up. local officials say they are not getting enough support from the government. >> the latest arrival at the camp in the city, the tents began going up a few weeks ago when the taliban started fighting in the area. this week it reached their village. >> there was fighting, houses were destroyed. i took my children and ran. >> he and his wife have 12 children. she says the taliban forced her to feet them, but the villagers were caught in the middle. the taliban occupied the whole village. the government forces were attacking them. we would have died if we stayed, so we left. >> across the camp, people tell similar stories. the summer heat keeps growing. there are no bathrooms or running water here and many people are angry. >> we've lost everything and no one helps us. >> we've been here six days in the sun without a piece of bread. why doesn't anyone care about us? >> people left their homes with what they could. some had time to lock up, others didn't. gove

they were chosen by the taliban.hings not thought through like the patriot act expiring. why are we allowing that to expire? why aren't we discussing it figuring out what's good and bad about it? why are these things politicalized? i agree with colonel schaeffer and disagree with general mcchrystal. look at al baghdadi he was nothing and went to prison and by the time he got out of there, he was head of isis. >> qatar officials have been meeting. there doesn't sound like a deal to extend the travel ban. what pressure can the u.s. bring to bear to force a deal? >> a great deal. qatar depends on us for economic support. jonathan is spot on. he said it there we don't have a plan. i can't believe state department started negotiating three days before the travel ban expires. this is totally insane. we don't have an idea of what these guys would do. we see guys go back all the time to the battlefield after having been detained and take up huge leadership roles. they don't have to be current, but effective. we have to be cl

the chief of staff of the taliban army the head of communications and the deputy of the taliban intelligence service. they were held in gitmo for 12 years, and it was predicted that they would return to the battlefield if ever released. then came bowe bergdahl. president obamaighly criticized decision to swap the five for bergdahl one year ago. bergdahl, of course captured by the taliban after walking away from his platoon, charged with desertion and has been branded a traitor by some critics. when they were swapped, the taliban five were sent to qatar, living there, says the government under surveillance and monitoring. but despite that at least one of the taliban five was reported to have contacted al qaeda, which of course was not part of the plan. we were told that the five had been living in a residential compound joined by 70 family members from afghanistan. for now, they may not be going anywhere but the question remains, what happens when the day comes that they can? maria? >> and of course that day is today. eric thank you very much. more now with former prime minister of qatar, she

then, in 2006, the taliban moved in.ed music and art, blew up schools, and beat or killed people who opposed them. three years later, the pakistani army drove them out and claims to have found hundreds of child soldiers in the taliban camps. rather than lock them up, the pakistani military decided to try to rehabilitate many of them. >> some of some very violent acts. but i saw hope that they weren't hard, fast militants. we could change them. >> logan: this psychologist was hired by the army in 2009 to run a school for these children. taking on the taliban is a dangerous job, so she asked us to alter her voice and not to use her name. the school is called sabaoon which means "first light at dawn." security here is tight, like a top-secret military installation. the children are held here until the doctors decide they're no longer at risk of returning to the taliban. so what kind of condition are these boys in when they come here? >> actually, they... the reality testing is compromised. >> logan: what do you mean by "rea

but the connection with the taliban and al-qaeda. the taliban is not distinguished that way and it is it a game changer for how we deal with them. what is the connection with the documents that are key here. >> the u.s. government tries to make it disingenous. and the taliban has supported insurgency and integrated in the prayings and in asia. and so the idea which secretary of state hillary clinton and other administration try to draw a distifrpgz between taliban and insurgents and terrorist group. >> and these letters show proof of the connection of the two groups. >> the key is obama administration and secretary clinton pushed forward with negotiations with the taliban leaders. you had people in the cian and pentagon and white house and secretary clinton herself. people objected and didn't think they would boshing. she pushed forward. they finally found a true emiszary from the guy that would deliver a deal and lead the taliban to disown al-qaeda. and what we are seeing in this president and the state department is nor thing with

that is what the taliban wants, the new president in office. they still don't have a defence minister or chief of the army, the taliban keeping up pressure and fighting in 10 provinces across the nation. >> pope francis is leading a ceremony at the vatican to connonize two nuns. they are the first palestinians to become saints in modern times, the decision is viewed as an attempt to support christians in the middle east. you are look at picture from the vatican. >> here is what is coming up on al jazeera. putting pressure on their president. people in guatemala city call on their leader to step down. thousands from china takes to the streets in protest. >> tuesday. >> i thought we were doing something good. >> bodies donated for science... >> how much regulation exists? >> very little. >> a shocking look inside the world of body brokers. >> got a call from the fbi saying we have your husband's remains. >> an america tonight exclusive investigation. tuesday, 10:00 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >>> hello again. a reminder of the headlines

>> the taliban certainly are keeping the pressure up. in addition to that attack in he will hand province, very heavy fighting. there is a siege going on. in one province, four attackers were killed. they attacked police. there were rockets fired at the district headquarters and north of that, we're seeing a lot of skirmishes between taliban fighters the afghan security forces, as well as local militias protecting their own villages. now, that fights been going on for about a month since the taliban spring offensive began in late april. >> since u.s. and nato forces withdrew most of their ground troops in afghanistan last year, it has been up to the afghan army to deal with the taliban. how have they been faring? >> they've been taking very heavy casualties. last two, they were losing about 15 police and army soldiers a day. the casualties are just as high this year. the head of nato forces tells us the afghan minister of defense doesn't release those numbers. we know the fighting has been very intense. it went through the winter months

taliban says it wants to keep up the pressure on foreigners, until what i.t. calls invaders leave afghanistan. >> thank you jennifer, jennifer glasse reporting from kabul. >>> discussing the sucialg of surge of migrants from myanmar. mostly ethnic rohingya who are escaping% accuseescaping persecution in myanmar. rob mcbride has more. from kuala lumpur. >> tight control on the situation, even about information about migrant vessels who are leaving malasian waters and reportedly leaving again, being escorted by malasian navy. not accepting any vessels if they are sea worthy and if they can continue their journey only those vessels in danger of simpgingsinking and actually capsizing and migrants taken ashore. they are kept well secluded. and for repatriation back to myanmar as malaysia as takes a tough stance with the migrants. the plight of the rohingya, facing extreme poverty there has been in the past here in malaysia a leniency from the arrivals coming from myanmar but that has changed. the government making it very clear that this situation has to be sorted

forced her to feed them that the villagers were caught in the middle. >> the taliban occupied the wholelage the government forces were attacking them, what would we do? we could do nothing so we had to leave. >> the summer heat keeps growing, there are no bathrooms or running water and many people are angry. we've lost everything this man says and no one helps us. >> translator: we've been here six days in the sun without a piece of bread. why doesn't anyone care about us? >> reporter: people left their homes with what they could. some had time to lock up, others didn't. government announcements urged people to leave before afghan forces engaged the taliban. >> we told them these people should leave the area, but it was only for one or two days not to day longer time. we are right now encouraging them to go back. >> reporter: but this camp keeps growing. in most areas the fighting continues and where it may be over, homes are damaged or destroyed. in at least one village taliban fighters tore down walls so they wouldn't have to go outside the fighting continues like so many other parts

the taliban is out of power. a fairly marginal terrorist group in the big sense of things, very important to afghanistan, without a lot offam of and international negotiations. i think this is primarily between us and the qataris. >> so we know that these men have brought their extended families to qatar to put down roots, something like 70 people in total. is it likely... >> about 70. >> is it likely that they'd return to afghanistan, to the taliban if indeed they were allowed to be free to go? >> it seems unlikely. the current government is unlikely to welcome them. you can't fly directly into the mountainous hills where the fag has power, you have to fly into kabul or similar where the afghan government has control. it would be difficult for them or endurages to enter the hills where the taliban has control of territory. airport is in cities where the government has control. >> overall, how does it affect u.s. and qatari relations? >> the united states and qataris have a lot of issues on the table. there's con

these five have been away from the taliban for quite a long time.ld they possibly do going back into the organization? well, they are going to be a strategic messaging for success against the united states as soon as they return, or if they are allowed more freedom of activity and freedom of conversation with their former compadres. this is going to be very difficult, because, truthfully, this is seen in that part of the world as a win against the united states. now all kind of stories will evolve from this. i'm sure that they will tell how harshly they were treated, even though that is not the case within guantanamo bay. it will cause more of a dislike and a hatred for americans in the middle east. so all of these things will affect it. now, whether or not they contribute to future operations, that remains to be seen and whether or not the afghan government, as well as the take kcar qataris can pull together and say we have to control these individuals a lot more and watch them very closely or arrest them as is part of the deal of the potential in

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the chief of staff, the former guy of the taliban army. the head of the taliban communications. hear the former official of kuwait saying that you know they can't really guarantee what their behavior is when the cia director says that we're continuing to discuss this with the qatari partners what type of partners are they? >> well i think they're the guy who is took these people when the administration was trying to get rid of them which was a political ploy because if you could get rid of some of the really bad guys and start emptying out gitmo, then it becomes how much her head costing us to keep gitmo open? getting rid of the really bad guys, it is easier to get rid of the lower level guys and then keeping the facility open for a few people and cost prohibitive and then what about that? the problem is you're letting these people out for the wrong reason. they kept them there because they were either of intelligence value, they were breaking the rules and bad prisoners or they were continuing threat to the united states. there's the three main reasons that each one of those gu

another, omari, said to be a minor taliban official and the taliban's chief of communications and perhapsg at here was said to be an early member of the taliban with direct ties to osama bin laden. so the fear as we have been talking about all day, is that these individuals will return to the taliban, help strengthen that group. but of course some critic says they have been out of the loop for a long time may not have that authority to make much of a change. >> that same influence they once h nick valencia appreciate the update. thank you. and we will be right back. a nick valencia, appreciate the update. thank you. and we will be right back. d nick valencia, appreciate the update. thank you. and we will be right back. . nick valencia, appreciate the update. thank you. and we will be right back. nick valencia, appreciate the update. thank you. and we will be right back. nick valencia, appreciate the update. thank you. and we will be right back. verizon say neversettle. t-mobile agrees. never settle for verizon's overpriced gimmicks. try the un-carrier risk-free for 14 days you'll love it,

in other words, former high ranking taliban officials could be free to leave qatar and rejoin the talibany were traded for bowe bergdahl a year ago, and they soon may be able to return to the battlefield in afghanistan. they have been living in qatar for the past 12 months and were not able to leave the country but that ban is set to expire. there is the possibility of the expanding the travel ban, but no announcement has been made. bowe bergdahl was captured by the taliban for five years after leaving his post, and he was charged with desertion. one of the men monitored in qatar contacted militants while members of the al qaeda affiliated network travelled to qatar. members of congress fear the taliban 5 will play an even more direct role in attacks against the u.s. soldiers if they are set free. >> thank you so much. let's talk politics now, as the field grows for the race for the white house, and there are so many people running on the gop side, a man not even in the race yet is leading the pack on the gop side of the race, and we will tell you who, next. i love making sunday dinners.

taliban strikes in southern afghanistan killing five people and another 13 policemen and soldiers inman and the latest on the mass graves found in malaysia our reporter is at the scene, deep in the jungle. ♪ iraq has launched a military operation to try to retake anbar province from i.s.i.l. what we know is shia para military forces are involved in this operation that some fear could raise sectarian tensions i.s.i.l. fighters took over ramadi just over a week ago and emron has more from baghdad. >> reporter: we are hearing troops have been for ten days to retake parts of the anbar province this is a joint effort between shia forces iraqi forces and other iraqi forces and the police. it's quite likely to be a big operation mounted in stages along some of the roads in anbar province and anbar province is a desert and taking over key roads is crucial and they are are talking about ramadi and ramadi fell to i.s.i.l. and sparked a huge internal crisis. >>> somali armed group al-shabab said it killed 25 kenya police officers and they were ambushed north of the town here and there are confl

. >> the taliban began its fighting season in northern afghanistan last month. and now it's gunmen are in villages just outside of the provincial capital. while the government has sent thousands of soldiers in the area it's local militias that are standing up to the taliban. jennifer glasse has had exclusive access to them and sent this report. >> another day on the front line. these villagers are standing up against the taliban who are so close they have to crouch behind the wall to keep from being shot. >> the enemy right now is 100 meters away. do you see the area with the trees? they're there. and they're lying in ditches. >> they have 170 men against a taliban force with nearly twice that. they fight from trenches and mud bunkers. these fighting lines are new this fighting season. when nato was fighting in the region the tall taliban was usually on the move. but they don't have that risk now. >> thepeople have sold their cows and other live stock to buy their guns. >> on this day it's quiet. the two sides negotiated a cease-fire to farmers could plant their

also at program the taliban strikes in southern afghanistan killing five people in kabul and anotherpolicemen and seven soldiers in tell man we'll have the latest on the mass graves found in malaysia, our reporter is on the scene deep in the junkingjungle 123-4678 and does greenpeace india have a future? it's taking on the government in the high court. >>> first, though, breaking news out of ken yeah. the somali armed group al-shabab says it's killed 25 police officers in the east of the country. now, these fighters ambushed them in a village north of the town garissa. some of the policemen died when their vehicle hit a land mine planted by the fighters in last month this group attacked a university in the same area killing 148 people. we'll have much more on this ahead in the program. >>> taliban gunmen are attacking a police headquarters in southern afghanistan. 13 policemen and seven soldiers have already been killed in the siege in the helmand province, the district police chief has appealed for immediate help from the afghan government. jennifer glasse has more from kabul. >> re

taliban says it planned the bombing. >>> the u.s. government says it's deeply concerned by an egyptian court's decision to sentence mohamed morsi to death. >>> and thousands of refugees are believed to be stranded in the andeman sea most ethnic rohingya. indonesia, malaysia and thailand have all turned back boats. >>> more than 130 rescued in indonesia are due to be returned to myanmar on sunday. some 130 men trapped on a life of labor on fishing boats. >> even the simplest thing gives this man pleasure. he's away from his loved ones who he thought he'd inner see again. >> translator: when i was in indonesia, i was always thinking: when will i be able to go home to see my family? >> reporter: he returned to myanmar several days ago together with 124 others and got this reception. they are some of the hundreds of men who were held captive and forced to work in appalling conditions on fishing boats only rescued by indonesian officials in april. it is not unusual for workers here to go to thailand, then he went to indonesia because he w

the taliban vowed to clear her and her father if she returns. many she her as an agent that shamed their country. it has not stopped her. she travels the world promoting education and speaking out about human rights abuses. such as the kidnapping of women and children by boko haram. in 2013 she spoke at the headquarters of the united nations in new york. >> so there is a global struggle against iljit massy, poverty and terrorism. let us pick up our books and our pens. they are powerful weapons. >> and became the youngest ever winner of the nobel peace prize >>> greece has less than two weeks to make an $840 million payment on its debt to the international monetary fund. no deal is in sight to release the remaining $8 billion of bailout money. talks between the government and creditors are expected to go through the weekend. athens will not agree to reforms demanded by the european union, international monetary fund and the imf, and european central bank. newly hired tax office employees protested outside the greek finance ministry. angry they do

of course every taliban phone call who calls someone who ends up calling the taliban, the nsa issue iser picture, far more wide sweeping than people who have any contact. >> how so? >> the nsa issues that you can't hope to find the needle in the haystack. >> we can rehash this if you want. i'm fine with it. are we saying that the taliban -- we're not going to track the phone calls? >> your in favor of profiling, basically? that's the only option that you have. if you don't data minor dot bulk collection the only collection that you have is just profile. i want rand paul to say i'm pro profiling. >> i'll speak for myself. yes, profile. >> okay. >> go to court and say, i want to go after this person this group of five or this group of 500 and name them no problem. but i want to go after 310 million americans -- >> you have to be able to identify them with specificity and you have to have information to be able to do so. >> no, you don't. >> how do you know which one? >> no you don't. k.c. unfortunately, you don't need to name them. >> the point is you have to have some kind of -- >> who?

ask your doctor if chantix is right for you. >>> the five taliban terrorists exchange for u.s.y sergeant beauowe bergdahl will be able to travel freely starting tomorrow. that means they could rejoin the fight. the u.s. is now in talks down to the wire hoping to extend the travel ban on them for at least another six months. connor powell is live in our mideast bureau with how the talks are going. >> leland the talks between the white house and the country still ongoing and just a few hours that travel ban is set to expire at midnight now on friday white house officials said they are trying to extend this agreement of six months is the number we're hearing but it's not positive they'll get that or the agreement extended but even if it is extended it's likely only for a few months and that means the inevitable is likely going to happen at some point the taliban fighters will likely be released. the concern according to u.s. lawmaker answer afghan officials is that they will be released and head right back to the battlefield. qatar officials when the deal was agreed upon were supp

of course every taliban phone call who calls someone who ends up calling the taliban, the nsa issue is far bigger picture, far more wide sweeping than people who have any contact. >> how so? >> the nsa issues that you can't hope to find the needle in the haystack. >> we can rehash this if you want. i'm fine with it. are we saying that the taliban -- we're not going to track the phone calls? >> your in favor of profiling, basically? that's the only option that you have. if you don't data minor dot bulk collection the only collection that you have is just profile. i want rand paul to say i'm pro profiling. >> i'll speak for myself. yes, profile. >> okay. >> go to court and say, i want to go after this person this group of five or this group of 500 and name them no problem. but i want to go after 310 million americans -- >> you have to be able to identify them with specificity and you have to have information to be able to do so. >> no, you don't. >> how do you know which one? >> no you don't. k.c. unfortunately, you don't need to name them. >> the point is you have to have some kind of -

but the taliban is aggressive.ve been increasingly aggressive towards the government and we should assume at all times towards foreigners. so, you know, again, can't speak too much of the developing situation as it is unfolding. but i can say from a security perspective, it was a complete goat rope to decide you would have a gathering of foreigners in kabul. that's just an open invitation to the taliban. (?) >> mike baker, former cia operative and a fox news contributor. but, mike, this is the kind of thing where you think, why don't they leave the foreigners alone since we're basically leaving? just give us a break. let us leave. and they can do whatever they want with that government. >> there's an element of exacting revenge. leverage in sort of also stating your case. making your presence known. all sorts of reasons why we can't assume that they'll think like we would. you're absolutely sloo right. it seems to be the logical thing. the screen door closes. they can get busy retaking that country, which will inev

in other places it is worse than it was under the taliban. it is so counterintuitive. in southern afghanistan for women under the taliban women were locked in their homes, kept away from education, kept away from health care today in southern afghanistan women are still locked in their homes, tip from education, health care and on top of that they live in a war zone where their husbands or brothers run over roadside bombs or taken away in night raids. in afghanistan i didn't see a single woman the whole time i was there. it is a complicated question but the point for whom it is better for many afghans is not better and more than anything else a searing indictment of everything that happened in the last 13 years. >> this is a question for peter baker. thank you all for giving up some of your time to talk to us, greatly appreciate it. mr. baker, you mentioned you worked with a colleague named thomas wreck. a couple months ago i happened to read a book for my policy press platform called fiasco. dirksen senate office building you probably know well. with that being said,

>>> five taliban leaders. the questions return whether they could return to the taliban. beau bide dep loses his fight with cancer. >>> and on world antitobacco day we hear from one group trying to stop the use of tobacco in movies. from cnn world headquarters here in atlanta, i'm george howell. this is "cnn newsroom." back to our viewers back here in the you stauts and around the world. the latest on a travel ban from five members living in qatar. they were part of a prisoner swap for u.s. army sergeant bo bergdahl last year. the u.s. is meeting with qatar rio figures alls trying to keep them inside qatar. our anna coren has this story. >> reporter: there are grave concerns the five senior taliban members released in exchange for u.s. army sergeants bo bergdahl 345i surgeon soon return to the battlefield. they've been living in qatar for the past 12 months unable to leave the country. however, that travel ban is set to expire. it's understood u.s. officials have been in discussion with the qataris about the possibility of extending the travel ban, but no announcement has

spring the taliban are very active and can back their negotiations with military might.hey have started their spring campaign in the north. they beheaded a number of soldiers in the north, and launched major attacks in another province which resulted in government sending some 2,000 forces they have killed some 150 taliban fighters there. so that means that the government is negotiating with taliban under the battle of gun. >> what do you think will be the main political hurdle that will need to be overcome if they are going to get any kind of road map forward. because as you say this is a preliminary round of talks. >> part of the hurdles is internal in the government. the government still is in a precarious situation. it is a government of so-called national unity, two political camps that had dispute in the elections, come together and agreed they will have a 50% government. up until now they do not have a defense minister. a lot of political dispute within the government and then there are different factions within the government. the former northern alliance they ar

>>> the taliban strikes? southern afghanistan killing five people and at 13 policemen and seven soldiers. ♪ ♪ >>> i am richelle carey, you are watching al jazerra live from doha. also on the program. the south sudanese government says its forces have retaken the capital of the oil-rich upper nile state. we'll have the latest on the mass grave found in malaysia. a reporter is headed to the scene deep in the jungle. one year after india's prime minister came to power, has he kept his campaign promises? ♪ ♪ >>> to some breaking news, though first. coming to us out of kenya al-shabab says it has killed 25 police officers in the east of the country. apparently these fighters ambushed them in a village north of the town garissa. let's speak now for mohamed adow who joins us new from ethiopia. mo what do you know? i know this is breaking as we speak. >> reporter: yeah, well, richelle garissa police are confirm that go they have lost 20 policemen. they were targeted in two different attacks. and policemen who were in

it's what the taliban wants and the new president wants in office.r seven months, still don't have a defence minister, and the taliban keeping up the president and the government and the fighting in the provinces across the nation >>> thousands in south-west china took to the streets demanding a high speed railway line should pass through their county. anger grew after media said it would bypass the province. video appeared to show fights with police. adrian brown has more from beijing. >> state media confirmed there was a protest in the central province. sichuan on saturday. sunday, images circulated which al jazeera cannot verify, but which appear to bear testimony to the scale of the unrest. according to some reports some were injured up to 100, many in hospital. the protests began after the demonstrators marched for three kilometres. clashes broke out in the center of the town. a police tactical unit was deployed. why did the protest begin? the towns people were angry after a local media reported that the government decided to reroute a planned r

>> when they were first captured it was early on in the conflict against the taliban and the taliban at that stage did have some deep ties to al qaeda. it hosting al qaeda for years, many talabani officials would meet with top al qaeda leadership it is possible there are ties and probably why cia director john brennan said just today he doesn't want these gave to return to the war zone. but one of the things that's happened in the interim between when this agreement was made and now is they brought all those family members over that you were talking about the original agreement probably didn't envision having to watch not just five but an extended family of people who could be passing messages for them. so the cia chief wants them to stay put but also want better resources in place to watch these people. bob baer said yesterday on our program he believes he would end up in pakistan. do you agree with that? >> that would be a reasonable compromise. pakistan is trying to help afghanistan reaching out to the taliban and bringing them into the political process, so in a sense, pakistan b

the taliban five will be totally free to travel wherever and whenever they want. and today white house press secretary josh earnst getting grilled. >> it is united states has been in touch with our partners in qatar about the kinds of steps that we believe are important to protecting the national security of the american people. you will recall that prior to the transfer of these detainees taking place we had reached agreements with qatar about limitations that could be placed on these individuals that would protect our national security and that's ultimately why the -- why then secretary of defense hagel certified that this transfer could be conducted consistent with our national security goals. and we continue to be in touch with the qatar with the steps that we believe are necessary to protect the american people. >> does that include extending the travel ban? >> we are talking with them about a range of issues and when we have an announcement we will let you know. >> would the president be comfortable with these former detainees being free to travel? >> what t

on captureed radio it fades in the taliban. neighbors here feed them, the few that are left.ost of the homes are empty and most say it's bad. >> we have never been this worried even when the russians were here they are shooting from everywhere. we didn't worry like this. there was fighting, but the next day life was normal. people could go anywhere then. now we are trapped. >> these fighters say that government gives them no support except a little bit of ammunition. they buy what they can and former my gentleman had a dean leader buys the rest and cares for the leaders. >> people are suffering now. they can't farm. most of them have left. we hope that the government would help, but the government doesn't care. >> these men say they will hold the front line as long as they can. that there is no one else to defend their homes their land, and their honor. jennifer glasse, al jazeera, afghanistan. >> in germany a passenger train has crashed after colliding with a truck it happened in the eastern western town of ibbenbueren. police are still at the scene. >>> a passenger train de

: the taliban occupied the whole village. the government forces were attacking them. what could we do? we would have died if we stayed so we left. >> reporter: across the camp, people tell the same stories. the summer heat keeps growing there are no bathrooms here and people are angry. we've lost everything this man says and no one helps us. >> translator: we've been here six days in the sun without a piece of bread. why doesn't anyone care about us? >> reporter: people left their thoams withhomes with what they could. some locked up, others didn't. urged people to leave before afghan force he engaged the taliban. >> we told them that these people should leave the area, but it was only for one or two days. not to stay longer time. we are right now encouraging them to go back. >> reporter: but this camp keeps growing. in most areas the fighting continues and where it might be over homes are damaged or destroyed. in at least one village taliban fighters tore down walls so they could move between homes without going outside. the

. >>> there have been multiple taliban attacks today in afghanistan. >> there have been a number of talibanttacks across afghanistan not only in hellmann province, in three different areas, but also in kandahar in southern afghanistan, and central afghanistan four attackers tried to mount an assault on the local court, and managed to kill two policemen before those fighters were killed. and fighting going on for about a month since the taliban launched their spring offensive in late april. this is really a lot of pressure on an afghan security forces that is fighting basically on its own. a small nato force is helping to train, advise and assist as well as a small american contingent who are allowed to engage in counter terrorist missions. but the afghan security forces don't have the kind of air power they had when nato was here and that has proved really a great challenge for them. the taliban emboldened by this are launching larger and more complex attacks across the country. not just in the south and the east. their traditional strong holds but also in the north where they have been pre

the tentsgan going up a few weeks ago when the taliban started fighting.his week it reached haider's village. >> there was fighting houses were destroyed. i took my children and ran. >> haider and his wife have 12 children. she says the taliban forced her to feed them and the villagers were caught in the middle. the taliban occupied the whole vehicle. the government forces have talking them. what could we do? we would have died if we stayed so we left. >> across the camp people tell similar stories. the summer heat keeps growing. there are no bathrooms or running water here and many people are angry. we have lost everything this man says and no one hems us. >> we have been here six days in the sun without a piece of bread. why doesn't anyone care about us? >> people left their homes with what they could. some had time to lock up. others didn't. government announcements on t.v. urged people to leave before afghan forces engaged the taliban. >> we told them that these people should leave the area the government. but it was only for one or two days, not to st

she said the taliban forced her but the villagers were caught in the middle. >> the taliban occupiedhole village. the government forces were attacking them. what could we do in we would have died if we stayed so we left. >> across the camp people tell similar stories. the summer heat keeps growing. there are no bathrooms or running water here, and many people are angry. we have least everything and no one helps us we have been here six days without a piece of bread. why doesn't anyone care about us. >> people left their homes with what they could. some had time to lock up. others didn't. would he urged before afghan forces engaged the taliban. >> we told them these people should leave the area, yes, the government. but it was only for one or two days and not to stay longer time. we are right now encouraging them to go back? at least one village,table fighters tore down walls so they could move between homes without going outside jennifer glasse al jazeera afghanistan. >> more than 10,000 people have been protesting en massedonia's capitol demanding the resignation of prime primary ni

we believe we may have a high-level taliban commander. pilot: wouldn't surprise me if this is one of their important guys, just watching from a distance, you know what i mean? then came an unwelcome message from florida. 4:37 a.m. mission intelligence coordinator: screener said at least one child near suv. sensor: bullshit, where? send me a fucking still. i don't think they have kids at this hour. i know they're shady but come on. >> pilot: at least one child, really? listing him as a mam military-age male. that means he's guilty. sensor: well maybe a teenager, but i haven't seen anything that looks that short. granted, they're all grouped together but -- mission intelligence coordinator: they're reviewing. pilot: yeah resaw that shit. why didn't he say possible child? why are they so quick to call fucking kids? just as the sun rose above the mountains, many of the passengers got out. to the watchers, the pictures revealed something ominous. 5:10 a.m., pilot: they're praying. sensor: this is definitely it. this is their force. praying? i

she says the taliban forced her to feed them. the villagers were caught in the middle. >> translation: the taliban occupied the village, government forces were attacking them. what co we do? we would have died if we stayed so we left. across the state people tell similar stories, there's no bathrooms, running water. people are angry. "we have lost everything and no one helps us." >> translation: we have been here six days in the sun wowed a piece of bread. why doesn't anyone care about us. >> reporter: people left their home with what they could. some had time to lock up. others didn't. government announces urged them to leave before afghan forces engaged the taliban. >> we told them the people should leave the area. it was only for one or two address, and not to stay a long time. we are right now encouraging them to go back. >> reporter: this camp is growing. in most areas the fighting continues. where it may be over homes are damaged or destroyed. in one village fighters tore down the walls so they could move between homes with