and then finding a way to work with taliban. now, of course, we have received assurance that taliban will not be provided with weapons and resources. we will welcome that assurance, and we would like to see that impact us. but we also get concerned that when they claim that there are u.s. nato afghan helicopters so- called breaking daesh from the south or even the tribal areas of pakistan to the north of the country. and just quite recently, during the conference. we respectfully engage them. if you have any evidence of this happening, please produce it. and we welcome a joint regional investigation. into the evidence that you have provided. but if you don't have the evidence, we do have evidence that we would like you to have a look at burke and the evidence that we have is that already we have over 80 daesh related associated fighters in our custody. so we ask them to come and answer where they were recruited, who provided them with resources, and who brought them to afghanistan into the mother region. i'm sure we need to do a

we often hear about the qatar office of taliban. it can play a role, but it must start doing that, and soon rather than later. they have been there years, and we are talking to them, that if you're not there for peace, then you cannot be there for war either. so they have to start engaging in the process. finally is the role of pakistan which is central to both the peace process and the counterterrorism. we are engaging them at different levels. there has been a strong welcome from pakistan, a side for the peace initiative, but we are engaging them now to offer some concrete measures as to what can they do together with us to support the peace process. on counterterrorism, there's a huge difference of view between them and us, but that's the sad reality. we are simply putting this to them that there will be no foreign fighters without taliban in afghanistan, and there will be no taliban insurgency without sanctuaries in pakistan. so we need to see some action. a good process of dialogue has been initiated on a pakistan-afghanistan a

but after the fall of the taliban government, what did the reviving taliban does waive a threat, direct threat across borders to the united states or its allies? this was a question that all of these reviews in the conference room on the fourth floor of the eisenhower building could never settle. president obama knew one thing. he did not want to fight a forever war against the taliban. bob gates, defense secretary at the time, a holdover from the bush administration. he pointed at the taliban are part of afghanistan. we are not in a position to fight a long war against them. the pentagon wanted to fight a war. against them but it was not able to persuade many of the civilian decision-makers. including those at the secretary of defense that had had a plan that made sense in terms of the cost and the outcomes that were likely to be achieved. at one point during the reviews in the building, they got into an argument about, had everything we wanted to defeat the talent band? i'm not sure that we have. and the next day the pentagon came back with a powerpoint putting up all of the statement

i think the place i struggled with the most was the taliban.i think a great book about this with burning the command up in a big vivid way that mullah omar was not available for an interview. >> from a common perspective there's a lot of debate about sacrifices in the war on terror for. did they ever stand against the national interest particularly in the war on terror? >> on the last question yes because pakistan accommodated in the support of groups crossing border to attack and kill american soldiers and destabilizeed the war servility central from the american perspective. the second question or the first one is important and what i tried to elude to in my talk about how the war destabilized pakistan and it wasn't the intention to flush out al qaeda and have them go to pakistan and start car bombing cities but it was the result of the invasion from the pakistani perspective when the americans would come in in 2010 and 2011 and bang on the table and they would look around and say do you not see the smoke on the horizon? i am at war with my o

pakistan there were no militant taliban in pakistan we did not have the terrorism we had six dead in terrorism but that was just nothing compared to what happened once we joined the u.s. war on terror after nine eleven and then we had a spate of suicide bombing which was more than any other country i mean pakistan suffered. the sort of terrorism which nor the country suffered and that was appointed two thousand and eleven where you know the people wondered about the future of our country we were falling apart so it was thanks to our security forces that they eventually control this fanaticism and terrorism which was because we were considered bridges with the americans so all the anti americanism. turned against pakistan so people were attacking pakistan's security forces because they thought we were collaborating with the u.s. so the anger against the u.s. born by the brunt was borne by pakistan afghan politicians are openly saying that pakistan is supporting the taliban it's become somewhat of an open secret and even some former pakistani officials are admitting to that like feelin

, but the taliban, the core taliban, is no longer responsible for most of these attacks.ponsibility, because the haqqani network, you know, operates for the most pa rt network, you know, operates for the most part as an independent group, you know, inside the afghan insurgency, and while the taliban do rely heavily on haqqani support, but for the most part the court taliban does not necessarily agree with the targets that the haqqani network chooses. for instance, you know the attack that they carried out on kabul, in front of the ministry of the interior, which led to the killing of more than 100 people. so the taliban disapproves of that attack. there is... you will notice while they rely on the support of the haqqani network, that they do not agree all the time with the targets of the strikes. specifically in kabuland targets of the strikes. specifically in kabul and other urban areas. so since daesh is a new phenomenon, you know, and the afghan political landscape, a growing problem. know, and the afghan political landscape, a growing problemlj know, and the afghan po

well, i think isis is a completely different beast than the taliban. that those horrific things but at the end of the day it simply has local goals in mind. it wa nts to simply has local goals in mind. it wants to overthrow the government, it wants to remove the foreign occupation forces and there is the view that if you can come up with the right package you can bring the taliban to the negotiating table and get it off the battlefield. isis is very different. they simply want to kill as many people as they can on the way to establishing what it wa nts to the way to establishing what it wants to be some type of global caliphate. so the idea of negotiating a solution with isis to me seems much more far—fetched, as far—fetched as it is with the taliban. because i think the taliban thinks it is winning this war so as long as it thinks it is winning this war is not going to want to step off and talk, but even isis is not the type of organisation that will want to negotiate with anyone, the taliban, or the americans, to negotiate with anyone, the taliban, o

convoy in khandahar nine people were injured in that attack including six romanian nato troops the taliban has claimed responsibility jennifer grass has more from kabul. i know of almost zero zero the first suicide bomber was on a motorbike i saw says the target was intelligence headquarters but the explosion killed civilians and policeman in the street every day added their limb for policemen and from district nine who were at the front line but were among those matson and three policemen were wounded as well emergency workers rushed to the scene to aid the wounded. afghan cameraman reporters and photographers who come to cover the news became part of the story when a second suicide bomber disguised as a journalist blew himself up such attacks could create existential threat against press freedom and freedom of expression in afghanistan which is considered one of the biggest achievements of the country in the past seventeen years i've got to start who's got the most vibrant media in the region this is supposed to be a secure part of kabul home to not only intelligence headquarters but nat

we then can move to kandahar where the taliban know it's the attacks that they've said recently that trying very hard not to kill civilians but we had eleven killed down in kandahar including children again and that's going to work against the taliban they think they sort of recognize that they they thinking doing this keep killing civilians it's not going to work in their favor with the wider population i think it's the same argument and you can tell a fish not to swim towards a border the same thing with weapons you know when you blow things up when there's violence a bomb or a bullet does not recognize was a civilian who isn't unfortunately all sides are. pushing up the level of levels of elegant violence against each other including the taliban i think we will see more and more civilian casualties unfortunately as the international troops in particular have put themselves behind the lines of frontline battles and they're pretty much secluded in their bases so as much as the taliban try whoever is trying to do country is taliban operations the civilian will bear the brunt because

going to witness any elections because the taliban have full control of those districts. well joining me via skype from washington d.c. is java document he's a nonresident fellow with the atlantic council's south asia center at jabot a very warm welcome to the program so we know that isis have claimed responsibility at all what does this tell us about their current presence in the region. thanks joy i'm the. isis has mosque almost all of its territory here over the past year and most of the group's top leadership in its rank and file have been taken it's degraded from some three thousand fighters a year or so ago. six hundred to seven hundred fighters up so whatever is left of the group at the moment it's not on the run but yes indeed it still poses that important threat i think on the part of the afghan government yet time today it was once and for an intelligence failure that's unfortunately becoming all too familiar now but fundamentally there are at least two things. clear. with the first is that their participation of. the afghan people are elections and democratic p

the reason i am saying that is that usually we talk about the taliban in these situations but the talibanresponsible for most of these attacks. that is right, the taliban has not taken responsibility because he hakani network operates the most pa rt he hakani network operates the most part as independent group inside the afg ha n part as independent group inside the afghan insurgency. they do rely heavily on the hakani support for the most part, the taliban are not necessarily attacking the target that the hakani network chooses. for instance, on kabul, in front of the ministry of interior, which led to the killings of more than 100 people. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. the president of nicaragua, daniel ortega, has scrapped the changes to social security that have prompted violent protests and widespread looting across the country. mr ortega has renewed calls for the private sector to engage in talks and has called for an end to the violence. but business leaders say they will onlyjoin talks when the government stops repression against the opposition. th

it looks like this could be a pivoted to the taliban. it is the main insurgent group in the country and the main threat. genie: thank you for that. reporting from kabul. the newly confirmed u.s. secretary of state has wrapped up his middle east trip today in jordan, the third stop on mike pompeo's visit after saudi arabia and israel. the tour came weeks before donald trump is going to decide whether to leave the landmark nuclear deal with iran. from payless doubt at the run sunday, accusing it of destabilizing the -- pompeo lashed out at iran sunday, accusing it of destabilizing the region. the president spent an hourur on the phone sunday w with the iranian leader, trying to convince them to work together to stabilize the deal. reporter: world leaders have hit deadlock on the iran nuclear deal. emmanuel macron and hassan agreed to work forward. rouhani says he will not accept any renegotiation of the 2015 deal. >> the nuclear deal and any subject under its pretext is not negotiable in any way. iran will not accept any restrictions beyon

this is where the leadership structure of the taliban remains. also, three main chewers of the taliban. iran probably second as an outside state dr. iran has allowed camps in iranian soil to be used by the taliban. when the last palestinian leader was killed, he had just come from iranian territory before he was killed by u.s. strike in pakistan. so, this puts the russian assistance in and my general sense is that has been nearly limited. russian objectives in afghanistan are primarily designed to weekend, if not destroy a face. serious concerns about activity and a range of places. there still is balance of power struggle with the u.s. the u.s. has a presence that's gone up in afghanistan, south of russia. the u.s. has a relationship that continues to develop and i think this presents some rain of a strategic concern. and so, in that sense it looks like there has been limited support between the russians and the taliban. they can be overstated quite easily. i would say one of my general assumptions as the great thing in afghanistan is most major

the taliban control large parts of the country. is exceptionally fragile, can it take hold ever? country. democracy is exceptionally fragile, can it take hold ever7m was another sad day for afghanistan as the report illustrated with this new wave of violence. it is an election year, with four elections. parliamentary and district council elections and the presidential and council election next year. the preparations for this year's elections comes in the midst of this fighting with the taliban and an upsurge in violence as seen today. today's attack was a forceful response by an islamic state offshoot in response to the realities of and in opposition to the afghan people and to erode public confidence in the electoral process and the government ‘s ability to protect it. for the afg ha n ability to protect it. for the afghan government the attack, this is becoming all too familiar. the participation of the afghan people in these elections and democratic activities worry and scare groups like isis because the elections further aliena

the syrian government is at war with the taliban. and so, and at war with isis. it makes no sense to use the 2001 authorization to use force in afghanistan which says al qaeda and related -- al qaeda, taliban and related entities. syria is not a related entity and any stretch of anybody's imagination. so that resolution makes no sense to be used at all. what was in the presidents statement is essentially, i am the executive officer. i am the commander-in-chief. i will do whatever i want to do when i think it is in the national interest. >> congressman john garamendi with us until 8:00 this morning. phone lines are open for your questions or comments. -- jesse is up first. good morning.>> hello jesse. >> good morning. i am an independent. i lean more toward libertarian then republican but really conservative. i have to tell you -- you know, when you look at what is going around the world, taking the ability within the commander-in-chief to authorize a strike without declaring war, it just piseems stupid to me. and to give the authority to congress which has shown

from the war against the taliban. iran khan member of pakistan's national assembly and leader of pakistan movement for just as welcome to the show it's really great to have you with us today. mr han pakistani prime minister abbas he has just paid a visit to kabul now that of afghans like former afghan intelligence chief. are saying that pakistan views of ghana's stand as a weaker state and its relations with afghanistan are driven by shared great americans. how can you strike deals with couple if they view pakistan this way. this is very unfortunate the remarks of the of one intelligence chief to. define pakistan's relationship with an over honest on these terms is actually very unfortunate because one is the needs budgets done and pakistan needs peace stability to afghanistan otherwise biased and gets affected especially along the border the what is called the tribal areas on the border of lot of stun so if you have problems and of blunders than instability which sadly that has been for sixty vias by just on gets aff

it was also the deadliest day for the media since the fall of the taliban at least twenty five people were killed in a double suicide bombing in kabul claimed by eisold nine journalists who rushed to the scene were among those killed by the second blast and al-jazeera cameraman was among the forty five injured b.b.c. afghan service reporter was killed in a separate incident in the eastern province of cost and the taliban suicide car bomb apparently targeting a nato convoy in kandahar killed eleven civilians including children from a nearby religious school jennifer glass reports from kabul on the almost zero zero zero the first suicide bomber was on a motorbike i saw says the target was intelligence headquarters but the explosion killed civilians and policeman in the street edward led to do well for policemen from district nine who were at the front line but were among those martyrs and three policemen who would as well get emergency workers rushed to the scene. to aid the wounded. afghan cameramen reporters and photographers who come to cover the news became part of the story when a

media since the fall of the taliban. this report from richard galpin. richard: this morning in kabul, the aftermath of twin attacks in what is supposed to be a secure area known as the green zone, leaving dozens either dead or injured. the second blast killing nine afghan journalists gathered here to report on the earlier bombing near the u.s. embassy and afghan intelligence headquarters. on foot who was reportedly having a camera in his hand, he approached journalists, and that is wheis he detonatedxplosives aivice, and that was such a deliberate attack t journalists. richard: among those killed was a veteran photographer for the ench news agency afp. he covered the turbulent events in his country for 22 years. many of the other jourlists who lost their lives were much younger. this was the deadliest attack on the afghan media forecades. but also today in a separate incident, bbc journalist ahmad shah was shot dead in the east of the country. b he hn working for the pashtu service for more than a year. he was 29 and engaged to be married. on top of all

according to the course of these thirty five districts are under the taliban control and it would be very difficult for the afghan forces to reach out to those people which are under the taliban control now the question for the participation of the people of the means. a big. challenge because people fear that afghan forces will not be able to. secure these centers and now the water that just ration has kicked off a week ago. there is still low turnout for example in helmand in soudan not gonna stand we see a lot of people turning out for them to the station in central afghanistan in kabul but in parts of afghanistan in the south or in the north the turnout is very low after the thank you very much for that for now that's up and i showed what the latest live and a couple thank you. let's move on to other news now and several armenian opposition figures have been held by police after leading mind days of mass protests against the prime minister the most high profile protest leader in the cult was among those seen detained by police denying this well earlier televised talks between pas

and if pakistan what they want to do is to take action against these taliban groups. supposedly operating from pakistan well then they should tell us where are these groups they're talking about the hakani network at the at its peak the haqqani network would have maximum two thousand two and a half thousand men in pakistan that surely cannot be the reason why they've lost they have not been able to win in sixty years what i feel is that the american policy of military actions collateral damage i don't know whether you have seen and can do the bond madrasa killed one hundred children now that one hundred children killed by american bomb means that this will. raise hatred and of understand and hatred means more recruits and so it's an ongoing circle could actually damage hatred more recruits and an ongoing war so the answer is that the u.s. has to change its strategy and that's going towards dialogue political solution said a lot. of us say may not be a catastrophe for your country but now americans are considering provisionally putting pakistan on the international ter

from dodge area because they're dead already costing lives those aren't mine were led by fleeing taliban fighters and the progress on the military during their operations and their tribal areas this movement is gaining momentum on the social media the local media has blocked it out for the most part and they say that they will continue where they're broder's until their demands are met. all the passions are the second largest ethnic group in pakistan making up fifteen percent of the population of two hundred seven million and they are the largest school in neighboring afghanistan a no more than forty five million passions live in the region on both sides of the border in pakistan airbase mostly in the northwest and kind of back to core problems and the federally administered tribal areas all fattah that area has the lowest literacy rate in pakistan just over thirty percent of people can read or write and fact suffers from fighting with the taliban in afghanistan spilling over the border not come on mention passion. protest leaders are making several demands on the pakistani government in

the taliban recently announced. it's springle princess across the country. facing. the. facts across the country one which happened today earlier today at the very diplomatic and very cause and place him in the capital kabul. which happened here in afghanistan this went to cover the story and then as a result. our very very brave and good reporters among them are some of you know the amazing people we know one of them is my good friend. the market reacted you know. every quarter of my hometown just trying to make our way otherwise you. can actually go to college one call it. and you mentioned you're your friend so you're lost in the us and not to bomb attack as a journalist you know you're used to seeing these these attacks on a daily basis and writing about them dispassionately your friend a shah or i was involved in this does that change a soul the way you view the conflict. i want to be on with their shoulder i. was in the prison. in. loads of other friends and. a couple of years ago i might have lost a cameraman from my own channel. who was a brave guy and very recen

you believe in military action against the taliban in pakistan. negotiate with some elements of the taliban. you are deliberately taking a very different tack there. absolutely. i think pakistan has been solely focusing on the military component against extremism, and it needs to be a broader approach. we absolutely have to, you know, people who challenge us to take up arms, we have to challenge them militarily. we need a holistic overall approach that not only focuses on terrorism, but extremism. it would require education reform, curriculum, reform, police reform, judicial reform, police reform, judicial reform and providing equal economic opportunity. this is the overall package i believe the pakistan people's party can lead and provide. the current government has been led behind, have only been reacting to events and had been leading on the issue of extremism and terrorism which the number one threat to pakistan's existence. you said you ta ke pakistan's existence. you said you take back kashmir and not leave behind any of it. i want to clarif

and if pakistan what they want to do is to take action against these taliban groups. supposedly operating from pakistan well then they should tell us where are these groups they're talking about the hakani network at the at its peak the haqqani network would have maximum two thousand two and a half thousand men in pakistan that surely cannot be the reason why they've lost they have not been able to win in sixty years what i feel is that the american policy of military actions gradual damage i don't know whether you have seen and can do the bond madrasa killed one hundred children not that one hundred children killed by american bomb means that this will. raise hatred and of understand and hatred means more recruits and so it's an ongoing circle actual damage hatred more recruits and an ongoing war so the answer is that the u.s. has to change its strategy and that's going towards dialogue political solution said a lot. of u.s. a may not be a catastrophe for your country but now americans are considering provisionally putting pakistan on the international terrorism spon

the fate of missing people the removal of landmines from the war between the pakistani army and the taliban and they are demanding the execution of a police commander who is under arrest for his role in the killing of the young paschal missiles well as bring in our panel now from islamabad i as was the a former pakistani ambassador to afghanistan from cow as a killer in the swat region via skype is on a human rights activist and one of the organizers of the passion protection movement and also in his. own a security analyst thank you all for joining us on al-jazeera suggest that can if i can start with you the passion protection movement says the pakistani military is responsible for the suffering of the paschal and how so what is the context of this accusation so thank you for and wrote to me for this program i would like to answer this question that the people are demanding they are saying that these rights these these organizations which these military organization who are trained back in the nineteen eighties by punks the only military and afterwards they were used in different in the n

going to witness any elections because the taliban have full control of those districts well java to ask mud is a nonresident fellow with the atlantic council sized asian sense he explains why voter registration census have become a target that i'm clips in afghanistan. just a question of. the afghan people are elections and democratic war in which like islam extending the taliban and their patron mostly because these elections for the area need. insurgency from the a grassroots level and there are also a lot there of them a little bit of magenta mysie that they claim to have among the afghan people and this is because there are the realities of the new afghanistan one completely opposite and contrary to the ideals perverse vision of isis the taliban in afghanistan. a prime essentially is to control them to intimidation and subjugation fear controversial french immigration laws passed its first legislative hurdle in the national assembly two hundred twenty eight politicians both if the bill which would impose tough the conditions on asylum requests for more let's go to david chase in

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general in afghanistan about his plans for defeating by the taliban and an isis insurgency. struggling with security issues and economic uncertainty iraq is finally set to hold elections as an unseen global battle rages for resources beneath our oceans we all skip the seabed is a territory still to be claimed commemorating seventy years from now but al-jazeera examines what has changed in the past seven decades on both sides of this conflict made on al-jazeera. disillusioned with life in their own countries since the arab spring and looking desperately for a new sense of identity freedom and self worth let me in anyway i don't feel like system my own country the country dreamed about demonstrated for and sought to achieve many things to al-jazeera world here's the stories of those deciding to emigrate in search of a new life and nationality passport to freedom at this time. your child has their arms the whole robin in all these are all top news stories u.s. president all trump has vowed to maintain maximum pressure on north korea until it's complete denuclearization on the p

general in afghanistan about his plans for defeating by the taliban and an isis insurgency. struggling with security issues and economic uncertainty iraq is finally set to hold elections as an unseen global battle rages for results is beneath our oceans we all skip the seabed is a territory still to be claimed commemorating seventy years from now but al-jazeera examines what has changed in the past seven decades on both sides of this conflict made on al-jazeera. everything you do is being analyzed it's being weighed and it's being measured and it was cool this month. and it's not just i phones that's almost life it's i mean most small things of these days at the moment we are in a state of the universe let's start and did something that was. i would rather take the risks of democracy and the risks of dictatorship digital dissidents at this time on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. where ever you. know i'm maryam namazie in london here's a look at headlines now final preparations are under way from historic face to face meeting between the leaders of north and south korea one jai in wi

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the taliban shot malala yousafzai in the head but instead of killing her the attack strengthened her resolve now malala is back the youngest ever nobel peace prize winner is visiting her hometown and pakistan's swat region security is tight when mother was shot in two thousand and twelve the pakistani army had already been back in control of the area for three years similar attacks still happen from time to time but now the streets of swat a mainly peaceful and bustling. outside the local press club these men welcome her return. we're here so we are very happy because malema is a daughter of pakistan and the daughter of swat we are happy that the daughter of swatches returned we welcome her with our whole hearts. we welcome her with our hearts it is a matter of pride for us that she has given recognition to the name of swatch throughout the whole world but others still claim that molests views go against both islam and pakistan an idea she continues to challenge i'm proud of my engine and i'm proud of my country islam has taught me they've bought into the things done has taught me th

the line from kabul welcome to detail islamic state claimed the first two attacks in kabul and the taliban the third of these two groups likely to be coordinating their attacks. i don't want to tell you all right i mean i know all of you that a lot of you are not coming here are like. things that the right for i care i hope you are right or for peace for the day i'm for can it be fair you know when the birds are back and of course on an old ladies and gentlemen and you get the impression. due to break the don't break the. ice and loads of people can work more on the away and come work on the ground thank an autograph and if you're a. fan going to we believe that you call it the uk and journalists because it's a practical level of you know kind of between a david and kind of finding between the two big illusion so how could you know some of all our very amazing brave cumber i mean photographed bird and journalistically call it up like the plague or kind of the day one of the journalists one of the victims in kabul was a friend of yours and i have a photographer there i tell us about him. we

free media and press is one of the major achievements of post taliban afghanistan to low t.v. was targeted by the taliban almost a year ago so it has its enemies it's also warlords in many other corrupt politicians who really fear the truth but today was indeed a very deliberate attack because these were the forest responders and the attacker or the militant groups would have clearly noticed cameras and microphones and we're being told by the spokesperson for the police chief of kabul afghanistan exactly their attacker had some sort of an i.d. he introduced himself as a member of the press corps so the questions are being asked that after many many years of these attacks why has the afghan government not come up with a strategy where they can cordon off the area where they could have a home sort of an islamist service providing. information in as a member of the afghan media i have been to these areas quite often be allowed to that point though and very briefly if you can what does all of this mean for elections that are scheduled to take place in the fall if authorities just

this was the deadliest day forjournalists in afghanistan since the fall of the taliban in 2001.ai, who the chief photographer in kabul for the french news agency afp. he's covered his country for 22 years, taking photos like this — he's covered this country for 22 years, taking photos like this — afghan children flying their kites over kabul. and this, a man digging a grave for a victim in a previous attack on a voter registration centre just last week. one of his afp colleagues in paris paid this tribute. he was such a joyful man, he was a vetera n he was such a joyful man, he was a veteran journalist, he was he was such a joyful man, he was a veteranjournalist, he was kind of a godfather of young journalists in the office, so it is really the main pillar of our office that we lost today, so he was an incredible guard, father of six children. he has been everywhere in the country, working in great danger all the time but always responsible. it was in khost province that a bbc journalist was killed. ahmad shah was a reporter for the bbc afghan service. he was shot in an area tha

in february when the police killing of an aspiring model went viral police said he had ties to the taliban but an investigation showed no evidence pashtuns say thousands of disappeared over the years or been targeted by extrajudicial police killings come on high that has more from the whole. thousands of supporters from their tribal areas of progress on have gotten word and our city of law they're also supported by the women action forum human rights organizations from the city of lahore as well as across the country who said that the concerns of these drivers must be addressed within the constitutional and the legitimate demands made by the government now as you can see the people like carrying black and white flags the white signifying saying that this is a priest bullet movement and a black of cause to protest their demo ending and enter the extrajudicial killing they want. to know about read about some of the missing people who have gone missing and the seventeen year old conflict along that region goes through i want it done also there warned the hanging of a senior police officer who

i was asked to see a patient in the test house where i was put up by the taliban and it done daoud to be osama bin laden who i was stored had fallen off his horse. on examination i did not find anything seriously wrong with him i did some manipulation of his back taught him some exercises and prescribe some medication and that's about it this was the door to a meeting and after that i met have been on the hot again in in a place which was near the airport it was an old building or dam lake with multiple small buildings and there was a big lunch in a big hall. having failed to capture bin laden in two thousand and one many americans placed faith in reports that bin laden was near to dying of kidney disease if you did have renal problems there was certainly not serious enough to kill him. abdel bari atwan was one of only few arab journalists to meet bin lot. during the many hours he spent with the al qaeda leader he failed to see any evidence of kidney problems. with the standard of that you. know. i'm a bit loud and must be the killer wolf. out of norway and i must have. been bill fris

going to witness any elections because the taliban have full control of those districts. now police in armenia have detained the opposition politician ical and two of his colleagues who have been leading anti-government protests by sheehan was arrested shortly after an unsuccessful meeting with the newly appointed prime minister. he's demanding the lead to step down accusing him of a power grab a former military officer who backs moscow sarkisyan was elected president in two thousand and eight and served two five year term under his watch the constitution was changed in two thousand and fifteen shifting most state powers to the prime minister and making the presidency a largely ceremonial post on tuesday parliament approved sarkisyan as prime minister under the new parliamentary system a potent say this effectively makes our christiane on the news lida for life on a gay go has more. i. the tenth day of mass demonstrations in the capital yerevan and there's no sign of them slowing down they are the largest protests seen in armenia figure is tens of thousands of protesters

its spring offensive something they do every year in its announcement of its spring offensive the taliban said it would only target government and security forces and international forces that it would minimize civilian casualties but as we see daryn so so often happens with the attack today even though the attack may be on a nato convoy it is civilians who bear the brunt of the violence jennifer thank you . missiles of hit syrian military bases and what the government is calling new aggression from its enemies without specifying who at least eight people were killed in the strikes which happened late on sunday in hama province on the aleppo countryside iranian state media denies any military bases were hit despite reports they were among the targets well when i was a retired jordanian air force general he says it's likely the strikes were carried out by israel i think israel is keeping. a balance between striking being a limited strike like this at the same time promoting terence but that means that they would like to expand the scale of war anymore so they will keep doing this limited b

the taliban turned him into a suicide bomber. he said i think you would want to do the injected me with drugs and said they were sending me to the infidels. they gave me the suicide vest and told me to blow myself up but when i arrived i saw the people praying and i told them everything that. he stopped after realizing that the people he had been sent to kill were muslims but he still thinks the same way and would still be prepared to kill non muslims and foreigners if the americans don't get out of afghanistan will force them out he says with suicide attacks. all. fit and. the children are here to be reeducated but their hatred runs deep so does his he's seventeen he was sentenced to seven years in prison your list of bin laden knowledge what if is a fallenness can't bring peace to the country why are they here at all they should go home and if they don't we'll have even more violence and more. violence breeds violence and somebody who has been a victim off. of some direction at one moment in life of course that person down turn

sunday in baghdad's province six army officers protecting a registration center were killed by the taliban and another center was burnt down on monday night shown at best reports. at least sixty people are being buried in afghanistan they all had one thing in common a desire to vote these people were killed in western kabul on sunday morning queuing at a voter registration seems that they wanted to voters in october's elections in. the attack because sorry to hundreds of families people are not optimistic about the government in this country anymore. those ridges stray sion opened on april fourteenth long delayed parliamentary and district elections the government has two months to reach its goal of riches during fifteen million afghans just two percent have turned out so far. election commission released an ad campaign to convince afghans to sign up the president invited the media to see him open the richest ration perseus but it's a hard sell in the current climate to get coverage because i did not want to look at this this is a boating tide which is drowned in blood who will come to vot