or nato allies or the taliban. general miller noted a few weeks ago, this is not going to be won mill terrell this is going to a political solution. i think there's also widespread consensus that a precipitous withdrawal of most troops without a settlement would lead to a collapse of the afghan state and the return to the environment we saw in the early 1990s that gave birth to the taliban mauvement movement in the first place. i believe we're entering a pivotal time in afghanistan's history that may shape the course of the country for a long time to come. supporting the afghan peace process is a top priority for usip heading into this next year. and we're boosting our capacity to support u.s. and afghan efforts to seize this crucial moment. this includes working with the state department and his team in the office of the special representative for afghanistan reconciliation as well as with our other u.s. interagency colleagues, as well as u.s. central command and the resolute support mission in kabul. we are pleas

one other quick point on the taliban, in my view the taliban are not independent thinkers. i think the smart question is pakistan, what is it that pakistan wants from afghanistan and their assistance to help basically bringing the taliban to some sort of a negotiating table, so one last point in closing, afghanistan generally has moved forward. they are embracing regional initiative, they do, we know that afghans, they do want them to be prosperous, they want to be living side-by-side in a peaceful neighborhood. with pakistan, with iran, with other neighbors. but i think the taliban if they think they want to come back and reestablish an emirate. >> on that note, thank you very much. thank you to new america. >> thank you. >> [ applause ] >> tonight on c-span three, from the middle east institute a discussion about the war and u.s. foreign policy in the region, at the heritage foundation a discussion about the role of the federal judiciary and the supreme court, and former general david talks about u.s. relations with the arab world. at the middle east institute's annual po

and the same with the taliban, we don't know if they're the credible afghan taliban negotiating team that's empowered and that's going to be a necessary part. i wouldn't want to rush forward. i also wouldn't want to negotiate with nonempowered counterparts, right? so confidence building measures become something that have to be done to some degree. he think there's value in getting quickly to the issues at hand. so what is power sharing going to look like, what is security going to look like? what are social rules and norms going to look like? is there going to be a new constitutional process? what kind of reforms? i think those all matter and i think getting there absent confidence building measures to make sure that we know, you know, you're sort of at the dance with the right people, i think that's, that's a potential-- that's a potential avenue of mistakes, right? of having a lot of effort going into something that doesn't necessarily have potential to go anywhere. i mean, i think that this is-- you know, most a peace process probably has, you know, 10% chance of succeeding any o

with theame goes taliban.e don't yet know if there is a credible afghan taliban and team that is in power. and that is going to be a necessary part. i also would not want to negotiate with non-empowered confidences, so building measures become something that has to be done to some degree. i think there is value in getting quickly to the issues at hand. so what is power-sharing going to look like, what is security going to look like, what our social norms going to look like, is there a new constitutional process? to gettingatter their absent confidence-building that is a potential avenue of mistakes. andng a lot of effort putting it into something that doesn't have the potential to go anywhere. most peace process is probably have a 10% chance of succeeding. it's not like you just decide, we are going to have peace and then we have it. ,uch like a military operation they don't survive first contact with the enemy, and that is true in general. the willingness to put the energy into a peace process should at least

as the taliban says georgia peace? the afghan constitution, you know, literally a few thousand, let's say 10,000, 40, 50, 60,000 people people, we shouldn't have this notion that you mention that there's a rushed process that you in a hurry to have peace deal that the taliban is bring them into this system of government in afghanistan. if the taliban want to be part of the process in afghanistan, they should come and participate in the elections. we have elections scheduled for april of 2019, and they can come and gone but i think they know that they don't have the legitimacy. >> i wonder about to the afghan people have hope? because in 2007 and earlier after 9/11, afghanistan was such a haven and such a great place to be, restaurants, shops. i i wonder if that still exists today? and people go out walk and really enjoy life? what went wrong between then and now? why are we in a position where there's so many attacks in kabul? for westerners it doesn't seem like a safe place to be. >> i will begin. for me as an african

and our nato allies or for the taliban. as general are noted a few weeks ago, this is not going to be won militarily. this is going to a political solution. a withdrawal of most u.s. troops without a politically negotiated settlement would inevitably lead to a collapse of the afghan state and a return to the anarchic environment that gave birth to the taliban in the first place. i believe we are entering a pivotal time in afghanistan's history, which may shape the course of the country for a long time to come. supporting the peace process is therefore a top priority. we are boosting our capacity to support u.s. and afghan efforts to seize this crucial moment. this includes working with the state department and a zalmay khalilzad and his team. as well as with our other u.s. interagency colleagues, including u.s. central command and the resolute support mission in kabul. we are pleased to be hosting this event today and to discuss some of the central questions that centcom has posed to our panel of experts today. usip is plea

not surprisingly, it has been seen as such by the taliban. it's not a ministry that this initiative to peel away fighters has been an effort to fracturing the organization. it has never worked to any meaningful degree that's had any genuine impact on the security dynamics in afghanistan. i personally see no realistic prospect that it will work, looking ahead. i think jason might talk about that further. otherwise we could get that in the question and answer if there is interest. if there is a negotiated settlement in afghanistan there will eventually be a need for something that is more like reintegration in the way that in the way thate commonly that term is more commonly used ash respect to reintegration, per se, which suggests an absorption of the taliban into existing government and security structures in a way that does not fit the circumstances in afghanistan would be rejected by those seeking to integrate. i think it's more realistic in afghanistan to thank conceptually in terms of merger rather than acquisition. concepts canow the be

one of the quick point on the taliban. in my view the taliban are not independent thinkers. think the smart question is to ask pakistan, what is it pakistan wants from afghanistan and their assistance to a basically bringing the taliban to some sort of a negotiating table. so one last point i think in closing, afghanistan genuinely has moved forward. they are embracing regional initiatives. they do, afghans, they do want afghanistan to be developed and prosper. they want to be living side-by-side in a peaceful neighborhood with pakistan, iran and other neighbors. the taliban, if they want to come back and reestablish an emirate, that's going to be a tall order. >> on that note, thank you very much. thank you to new america. >> thank you. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> live thursday on the c-span networks would look at the results of the 2018 midterm election. at noon and c-span a postelection analysis of 2018 on the american enterprise institute. later, smithsonian associates host a panel on the midterm elections and what the results reveal about america. on c-span2

he's taken to a small village under the taliban's control three hours away then. the appears surrounded by bodyguards the combat gear is not just for appearances this taliban leader has no interest in a ceasefire. it doesn't matter if the american government talks with us it doesn't matter if the discussions take place in moscow kabul is pakistan or qatar. flown all believers want to throw sand in our eyes and lolo's to sleep so we stop fighting. as he has been living in the underground for seventeen years now his fighters have been waging a war against the afghan government and western troops based in the country. he is said to have organized countless suicide bombings including ones which killed dozens of civilians for a few years now he's also been fighting against rival taliban factions the islamist group appears to be deeply divided that doesn't seem to stop their military successes however they now control more than half of afghanistan the taliban feel like they're heading towards victory and want nothing less than the reestablishment of an islamic state. fu

he's taken to a small village under the taliban's control three hours away then. the appears surrounded by bodyguards the combat gear is not just for appearances this taliban leader has no interest in a ceasefire. doesn't matter if the american government talks with us it doesn't matter if the discussions take place in moscow kabul was pakistan or qatar. flown all the way was want to throw sand in our eyes and lolo's to sleep so we stop fighting. as he has been living in the underground for seventeen years now his fighters have been waging a war against the afghan government and western troops based in the country. he is said to have organized countless suicide bombings including ones which killed dozens of civilians for a few years now he's also been fighting against rival taliban factions the islamist group appears to be deeply divided that doesn't seem to stop their military successes however they now control more than half of afghanistan the taliban feel like they're heading towards victory and want nothing less than the reestablishment of an islamic state. in

well it's been a big challenge to get the taliban on board a t.v. crew from the german broadcaster or do you got an exclusive interview with the militant leader of an undisclosed location in western afghanistan. our camera man has been waiting in a hotel in west afghanistan for two days he doesn't want to be recognized. suddenly a phone call and he's picked up by a heavily armed men wearing a mask. he's taken to a small village under the taliban's control three hours away then. the appears surrounded by bodyguards the combat gear is not just for appearances this taliban leader has no interest in a cease fire. doesn't matter if the american government talks with us it doesn't matter if the discussions take place in moscow kabul was pakistan or qatar. the all the leaders want to throw sand in our eyes and lolo's to sleep so we stop fighting . as he has been living in the underground for seventeen years now his fighters have been waging a war against the afghan government and western troops based in the country. he is said to have organized countless s

well i believe the taliban will enforce their point of view they would like to rule the country they don't want any participation from others so i believe there realize that the americans are very weak and they can actually sit that agenda so i believe in the end that the american administration. will listen to taliban and pull out of their troops i think it is not the realistic to say by spring but i think that will intensify their attacks and spring and particularly and force that american to accept their point of view otherwise that casualties among the american need to that of afghan the army will be huge and coming straight because put it spring is the time for offensive drive from taliban in afghanistan given everything you've just said what you know about this place now it's the last seventeen years what's your prognosis for afghanistan for the short to medium term saying how is it going to pan out this year. you know it is a matter of time when the taliban will win this war you know nobody manage an afghani history to win the war in afghanistan the british were defeated the t

army sergeant bowe bergdahl a taliban prisoner in twenty fourteen they've been posted to the taliban's office in doha for negotiating an end to war with the u.s. and its allies which has lasted since two thousand and one a spokesperson for the group told r.t. that if the u.s. wants negotiations to be successful it has to change its strategy first. negotiations are at a low level an issue stage this is because the americans are opposite side are fighting against as if the other side will be honest in the negotiations and really change their strategy from fighting to negotiating then i'm sure we will reach a high level and there might be a good result despite seventeen years of war against the two. about insurgency its position in afghanistan has remained solid just overhaul of the afghan population lives in areas outside government control with about forty one percent of people under taliban rule that's according to a new study made by the foundation for defense of democracy but we're joined live now by afghan journalist sally latif a science for coming on to the program ali. what do yo

me the taliban have made it quite clear that they want a a u.s. military withdrawal from a harmless not a big ask they're also asking for some prisoner releases and recognition of their office those are relatively minor issues the big thing they want to say is a withdrawal. now sign is of course is asking for something entirely different you are asking them to answer negotiations with the afghan government around any political solution the u.s. doesn't like being in afghanistan because of the cost they're not going to be leaving anytime soon so why is the envoy so keen so clear that he can get a deal by april. you know so so far there is nothing and so the in the public domain in terms of what they the taliban have been doing to us of to indicate that they are ready for that compromise but if you look along you know on all sides of the conflict there is a sense that it really serves very little purpose and the taliban official position is that he is that the u.s. is occupying afghanistan i mean the reality is they're not there's an independent gov

taliban of several former older taliban leaders to lead peace negotiations was a step forward the fact that over the three months or so that ambassador homicide has been the special envoy he said two trips and very intense mc discussions with a range of taliban leaders most recently in doha where the talks went on we understand for three days the these are unprecedented the u.s. has met with the taliban before over the last eight years have been a lot of meetings but this is the first time there's been real discussions at the same time it's not clear yet that the taliban militants the ones who want to continue to win militarily are ready to buy into peace that's still to be determined and president trying to see a factor in all of this and you know hesitant to bring everything back to him but his afghan strategy. well his afghan strategy of a year ago which was to stop having a time time limited deadline the way president obama did and to commit to a long term supply in terms support for afghanistan we'll see some of that at the at the meeting in geneva that certainly delayed the bow t

haven for the taliban, the more we can defeat the taliban in afghanistan. as far as the president needing a photo op, you have to remember this president is the president that negotiated the deal with congress earlier this year to rebuild the american military and restore what was a 20% cut to military during previous administration. that alone, as a veteran of the afghanistan war, navy reserve, serving and uniform, this president does not need a photo op to prove he supports the troops. he proved it in negotiating a deal to rebuild the american military to begin with. the next step is for this president to show us what he has achieved in that progress report and what it will take to win in afghanistan. host: what was security like for you? did you have concerns about transportation? guest: i will give you a picture of what has evolved since 2015. often can'td, we void in vehicles -- conviyed in vehicles outside kabul. -- convoyed. our delegation traveled black box through the country to perform oversight duties as we asked questions of different aspects of

terrorists rather than the fact that the taliban were in government now the u.s. has got no intention of sort of handing government locks not to talk and borrow over to the taliban but the whole idea of the u.s. encouraging the taliban to join talks with the afghan government is that they can come up with some deal whereby they taliban come into the political system i mean the whole idea of us of a the plural political system might have been afghanistan is that there's meant to be room for everyone but until now the taliban have refused to talk directly to the afghan government they've refused to acknowledge the government to accept the political. system and they haue yet prepared their membership for the kind of political compromise that would you know would be in both so far what the leadership has been telling the members of. is that the fight goes on until i'm the the us calls out and we restore our government without sharing it's never happened before an apec summit until now leaders attending the meeting failed to agree on a final statement after two days of

we're no longer dealing with just defeating the taliban. today the rise offist knits afghanistan is is perhaps a much more startling situation than what we news fafaced in years p. there's 21 terrorist group who is have a foothold in afghanistan, but. isis appears to be the most dangerous threat perhaps that we have ever faced in that country. that part of it was startling to me. i have called on the administration in recent months to give us an update, a progress report on what has been achieved in afghanistan since this administration enacted the south asia strategy. they have yet to do that. but in afghanistan, we were able to get a better sense, ask questions about what the strategy has brought about. i renew that call upon my return back home from viz vitting afghanistan. the administration must give the american people and congress specifically those of us on the armed services committee a progress report just a year later after enacting that policy to let us know what they have achieved so that those of us who serve on committees rel

wants as much as the taliban is could be correct in their statement in saying that . you know if the u.s. wants to i want to get real about negotiations they have to end the war the fighting but at the same time the taliban has to do the same thing. and i want to wrap up this section of the hour with really a snapshot of history come up dating back to the second world war has been recovered from a trench in southern russia really against the odds one frame from the roll of film survived. but not the troops couldn't approach the strange they killed here with the ground covered. we're lucky that this is a good camera and it expensive still also the fighter covered camera with something like a notebook. and what a story those photos can tell laurie king's politicking is back on our screens in a moment stand it is the latest news headlines with myself once more i hope you can stick around. oh look beautiful that without a good. book given the way in which the last terrorist attacks were proclaimed structured using european logistics these as you say for there is a certain

forces in the past seventeen months the taliban said it was responsible. coincides with a two day international conference on afghanistan being held in geneva the afghan leader has used the meeting to appeal for foreign investment but he is under growing pressure to end the fighting first. is in switzerland. a demonstration by afghans outside the united nations in geneva a reminder for the afghan president of the urgency of ending the violence back home but at the start of a two day conference here he was keen to stress opportunities for the outside world . private sector investment it's a different. we are open for business i hope you are open for partners thank you this is not a pledging conference rather it's a chance to evaluate whether afghanistan is delivering on its promises to the international donor countries the un assistance mission to afghanistan or you know is pointing to several areas where things are getting better thanks to outside support one concrete example ensuring that there is a police force which is trained which functions police men

members of the taliban movement men u.s. special advisor on peace in afghanistan to discuss this request of yours that for foreign troops should leave the kind of armistice been. for the last seventeen years i would him is that hold to these foreign forces out of these the. talking negotiation which is going to go with american this is in a very initial stage the delegation from afghanistan not the government from the diplomats but the members of the country's high peace council also participated in today's talks and i've seen you during coffee break shaking with them talking to each other did you agree on direct contacts with the government this conference which was live that was blocked at the start of the. negotiations with the problem with egypt because first of all we do not look at my as the. they're going to. go to a bit of kabul has decided not to send its diplomats to moscow but the members of the country's high peace council government appointed body that is responsible for overseeing the peace process in afghanist

remains about the negotiations with the taliban. eventually, the united states troops will be gone or highly diminished on the taliban will be part of the government, what are we negotiating for? what concessions can we expect to get from the taliban and what are we negotiating with? what kind of pressure can we put on them? professor.u, it is great to see you and i have always benefited from your and inn writing conferences where we have been together. it was a privilege to be inducted. i greatly value it. unfortunately, i could not come in person. our ambassador presented me. peace is a process and not an event. we have to understand how to reach agreement. the answer to the question is premature because we need to sit together to define. we have done this -- this is not the first time. beginwas a round that early this year but when the news of a leader passed away leaked, it brought an end to that process. the team that will start the task at first will be to provide a table of content and a list of issues. each site is critical.

in recent weeks the taliban and so have stepped up attacks in the regions that had been comparatively peaceful thousands of living in the provinces of. fled their homes after deadly ambushes that surprised afghan security forces many has are as say they have been forgotten by the government so with the war bogged down in an apparent stalemate is there any hope for peace more on this i'm joined from geneva by sure enough kasi and al jazeera journalist she's covering a meeting with you an afghan leaders and international diplomats looking at ways to end the war bully a lot of money is the media and technology entrepreneur in the afghan capital kabul he launched reportedly gotten that it's a new site that aims to broaden coverage of issues affecting afghanistan also in kabul is that the award that she recently ran for office in afghanistan's parliamentary elections and is an architect and entrepreneur and completing our line up from kabul is. he's a freelance journalist who was extensively covered political and cultural developments in afghanistan welcome everyone to this string you know

and we are engaging the taliban. that's what they have been advocating. therefore, i believe that the time is now for peace in isghanistan and in pan to play a positive role. >> schifri zalmay khalilzad, special representative for afghanistan reconstruction, thank you very much. er>> thank you, thank you much. >> woodruff: stay with us, coming up on the newshour: nasa seeks to take samples from an asteroid in an effort to understand the origins of life. author katie kitamura discusses her novel "a separation," the latest entry our newshour book club. and how one company uses mipltary pants to employ peoe often overlooked for a job. but now, the u.s. incarcerates more people than any other country. more than two million people a in jails or prisons here, and more than 200,000 of those prisoners are female. amna nawaz takes a closer look at the conditions faced by women behind bars. >> nawaz: judy, nearly 30% of all incarcerated women worldwide are in the united states. and the number of women in u.s. prisons has risen more than 700% in the last 40 years. t

but of course so far the taliban have not accepted the afghan government's offer earlier this year of unconditional talks and notably they have not attended not just this conference but previous ones as well for a bit more on the implications of this announcement i'm joined by job of nada who heads a network of afghan civil society nongovernmental organizations how realistic do you think this prospect is it's a bit difficult to tell because today we had a better solidarity of the international community on the peace. countries such as the united states and russia who have recently not been i to eye on afghan peace they emphasized on their common positions the regional countries also said that this fully supports an afghan led peace process so there is that international and regional solidarity but on the other hand we see that the taliban are expanding their control they are consolidating their control over large swathes of the country but also threatening more population so they are at the moment expanding militarily so there is very little hope that those gains military gains can be

and that's particularly important because while the taliban was in control when the u.s. led invasion took place in two thousand and one so seventeen years now of this conflict they were fairly diminished back then but in recent years there seems to have been resurgence in the number. some reports suggesting that the taliban have control or openly active in seventy percent of afghan the regions that's for higher than we've seen in any figures over that seventeen year period so they are a major stakeholder and it is important for many that they are at future talks in terms of peace in regards to the country and how that moves forward now there was a warning today when there was that offer of that new twelve month that's been assembled for these unconditional talks and that is that these talks may be unconditional in terms of getting to the table but the demands will not be accepted if they are unconditional representatives diplomats here saying one of the most important things that they will not allow to be disregarded in future is the rights of the citizens of afghanistan

engagement is to ensure that talks with the taliban result not in negotiations with taliban but with talks, direct talks between the afghan government and taliban. the islamic dimension is equally ery strong with challenges remaining in the region and that's the key promise of the south asian countries to be able to persuade particularly the ignificant actor where sanctuary and technological support is provided openly to enter an engagement. but the most important area of interaction has to become broad. i'm committed to this to make it happen because it's a demand of the site. -- the society. the price of peace needs to be determined. we are a stakeholder society and once the price becomes clear, we have to renew our consensus so we must have a mechanism of endorsement nationally that brings us sustainable peace. the quest of the afghan people is for enduring peace. for enduring peace we're committed to make the necessity sacrifices. the process, however must be a very open process. peace cannot happen at midnight behind closed doors. it has to form an advisory council to make sure

it to the taliban's office in doha to negotiate an end to the conflict with the u.s. in afghanistan the spokesperson for the group told us r t that if the u.s. wants negotiations to be successful it has to change its strategy. negotiations are at a low level an issue stage this is because the americans are opposite side are fighting against us if the other side will be honest in the negotiations and really change their strategy from fighting to negotiating then i'm sure we will reach a high level and there might be a good result. but taliban is considered by most countries to be a terrorist movement and after seventeen years of war in afghanistan the militant group is still going strong forty one percent of the country's population live under the taliban rule according to a new study from the foundation for defense of democracy afghan journalist ali latif he believes that all sides need to make concessions. the u.s. will you know they'll have to accept them because the truth is if you're talking about who has been negotiating you know all of these figures have been co

and of the taliban makes a rare appearance in high level peace talks on afghanistan in moscow this friday saying it was a success and they're ready to meet again or to use the only news channel to speak to the group's representatives following him either. our broadcasting live direct this is our national and thomas certainly glad to have you with us now donald trump's press secretary has released a video which she says justifies banning c.n.n. reporter jim acosta from the white house some call it doctored and manipulated while others claim it was proof of inappropriate behavior and debate is raging in the media over whose side to take them up and comments. philosophers have long debated the concept of reality is reality defined by our perceptions or our perceptions defined by reality now at a recent white house press conference this debate became very relevant to many americans i think you should let me run the country you run c.n.n. all right and if you didn't well your ratings let me ask you if i mean that's one of the question is present right by me i don't know how are you worried i s

new again isn't ready to talk directly to taliban yes yes. yes so you're. saying. well it seems of ghana's stand he's ready for direct dialogue with the taliban movement as we've just heard and i have to say. during the coffee break i saw members of these delegations talking to each other hand shaking so this can't be the first steps towards a long awaited peace in afghanistan it's too early to say but hopefully back to you know yes some interesting comments you go through with it without gas thought to interview fairly good stuff and do keep us abreast of what comes i don't say as you say could be very significant area for national life in moscow. the f.b.i. probes and ukrainian military units links to white supremacist groups in the us and if you don't like how old you are simply change the numbers those stories on plenty more coming your way in ninety seconds. seems wrong why don't we all just don't. let me. get to shape out these days become educated and in the game trade equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common gr

taliban makes a rare appearance in high level peace talks in afghanistan in moscow on friday saying it was a success and they're ready to meet again it seems the only news channel to speak to the groups representatives after the need to. get enough of this we have. a little more we have you want good to be some of the what i want to be able to. thank you joining us this hour this is our international. press secretary has released a video which she says justifies banning c.n.n. reporter jim acosta from the white house some of called the video doctored the manipulated although this claim that it's proof of inappropriate behavior debate is raised in the media over who side to take. it just is it crosses a line you don't put your hands i don't want him a cost to sort of wrestling this young white house intern jim acosta clearly never touched that white house intern that's just a lie and what i saw was a battery not by jim acosta but by that young white house aide if you can use a fake video use a fake video if you go all the way do something like this. so we have sarah huckabee sanders the

this is going to stand ready to talk directly to taliban with us yes just. yes you're right thank you thank you obviously the situation in afghanistan is very complicated and the road towards a long awaited peace in this country could be a long and bumpy but many admit that right is event was a very important multisided peaceful initiative that has all the potential to become a success. and trial in germany has been launched friday as thirty people stand accused of brutally abusing refugees at an asylum center the shocking revelations first came to light four years ago with some of the worst incidents filmed. put much as you desired of course yes. the incidents allegedly took place in the town of burbach in the western part of the country prosecutors claim the staff and tormented asylum seekers both physically and psychologically images of the abuse were leaked to the media sparking an outcry social workers security guards and other staff are mung those that now facing charges of assault and false imprisonment one of the accused however disputes the gravity

afghanistan's neighbors sent delegates and sort of the taliban after years of conflict that's a sign of progress. but we will be afghanistan's problems can only be solved politically that has to be in a code that accommodates all elements of the opposition the participation of the peace council and the taliban can make a significant difference. the past to represent all is fraught with obstacles generations of this long suffering country know little other than violence and hatred. bomb craters suicide attacks security zones these are the everyday images of a country wracked by war for forty years since the u.s. led invasion in two thousand and one western governments have tried to establish democracy in afghanistan but there have been constant setbacks the taliban says it will continue fighting until foreign troops leave the country and that includes the german army which has been in afghanistan for the last seventeen years. sports news now and in friday's bonus league action hanover were out for revenge when they hosted a ball spork which had oust of them from the german cup just te

will listen to taliban and pull out of their troops i think it is not that he and his stick to say by spring but i think taliban will intensify their attacks and spring in particular and force that american to accept their point of view otherwise the casualties among the american need to that of afghan the army will be huge. seven twenty seven in the evening here in moscow this monday that's the way things look in so far the get out he dot com for all of our breaking stories as they happen and throughout this world to mobile device if you don't load it free if you haven't done it why not do it tonight one is kevin now and thank you for watching. thanks to. i'm. joined me everything on the alex simon chill and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics school this list i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. i don't think the democrats are much mood to negotiate with the republicans or president so i think people are going to have to acknowledge that the united states over the next couple years is going to be consumed even more so by our internal our turtle bickering in affairs and.

the dozen countries with the taliban was also represented with delegations leaders say the taliban will its peace with all its neighbors. the whole nation is with us and they're going to get some americans in the other guest of the chemical push we will not call it a single american soldier in afghanistan we have. across the borders we have we want good relations specially whatever labels fridays russia hosted and russia led talks basically the forest open and public appearance of the car top aides taliban movement political office at an international conference nine countries have been participating in the dialogue aimed at finding peaceful solutions to the afghani conflict including the gani delegation after the talks i've had a chance to talk to the head of the delegation of the taliban movement that is considered to be a terror group here in russia and this is what he has told me about taliban's views on the situation in afghanistan and on a potential solution or tripped up on the saudis be. for the last seventeen years i want to him is that how do these foreign forces out of honest

problem absolutely and peace talks are underway in moscow for the first time in seventeen years the taliban are engaged in a high level multilateral negotiations. and i welcome to all the international live from. you are welcome to the program. the protesters across the united states have rallied in the wake of the trumps the signal to fire attorney general jeff sessions they fear that the moon a probe into alleged the russian meddling in the twenty six thousand presidential election that was led by sessions could now be sidelined you know the mutual twist some of those who initially opposed his nomination have now taken to the streets over his departure but it's kind of open found out they don't seem to care much for the man himself. jeff sessions the u.s. attorney general who just stepped down has got some new friends liberals and progressive's across the country are taking to the streets to protest his removal it's over nine hundred cities that are having protests a major mobilization but was jeff sessions a friend of progressives hardly jeff sessions of i was a zero rating for the human

and the taliban makes a rare appearance at a high level peace talks in moscow this friday saying it was a success and they're ready to meet again. to speak to the groups representatives after the meeting. with the single american soldier the number one must be how do. we have we want good to be some of the what i want to. welcome this is the international. press secretary has released a video she says justifies banning c.n.n. reporter jim acosta from the white house some called it doctored and manipulated while others saw it as proof of the journalist inappropriate behavior and debate in raging in the media over whose side to take. it just is it crosses a line you don't put your hands i don't want him a cost to sort of wrestling this young white house intern jim acosta clearly never touched that white house intern that's just a lie and what i saw was a battery not by jim acosta but by the young white house aide if you can use a fake video use a fake video as you go all the way do something like this. so we have sarah huckabee sanders the white house press secretary pulling the credentia