the taliban is one of extremist in the pakistani taliban and i understand there's already a conversation underway, greatly enhanced threat to their own security as the taliban increases the message going through the entire islamic world where extremist or important so how we got there isn't important, what we do not is more important. >> i now recognize ambassador. >> thank you, members of the committee. we are discussing an important topic in this brief statement, not for your work and committees work going forward in several lessons and takeaways on the on tragic events, especially the collapse of the government, including the suicide event, it killed 13 americans and 150 afghan civilians. natural to focus on the near terms the last several weeks and ask ourselves, how did we come to this? i believe a more powerful inducement assessment would entail a deeper and broader peace but this defeat afghanistan filter for the last 20 years over the last 20 and cumulative effect of the last three euros despite all efforts in nato allies and partners afghan people able to help insulate himself s

days since the taliban swept to ower? ., , days since the taliban swept to ower?ce the taliban swept to ower? . , .,, ,, days since the taliban swept to ower? ., , .,, y., 4' ., ~ power? certainly, as you know, who estate and has _ power? certainly, as you know, who estate and has continued _ power? certainly, as you know, who estate and has continued to - power? certainly, as you know, who estate and has continued to deliver l estate and has continued to deliver help to _ estate and has continued to deliver help to ensure continuity of the essential— help to ensure continuity of the essential health services to save lives _ essential health services to save lives we — essential health services to save lives. we are seeing a population that has— lives. we are seeing a population that has enormous stresses on it because — that has enormous stresses on it because of— that has enormous stresses on it because of the inability to access their_ because of the inability to access their funds, because of the inability to access theirfunds, their because of the inability t

the taliban are reimposing brutal sharia. the ready-made crisis that resulted in leaving american and allied citizens behind, as well as those afghans who fought to preserve their freedom, will continue. jihadi terrorists are gaining financial and physical strength. it is a victory for jihadi terrorists everywhere, but especially for those based in south and central asia. al qaeda are completely intertwined with the taliban. they and other terrorist organizations are celebrating a jihadist victory over the world's superpower. they're using our surrender and withdrawal as isis used the establishment of the islamic state in 2014 after a complete withdrawal from iraq in 2011 to recruit war to the cause far beyond their emirate in afghanistan. the emirate in afghanistan will give them unfettered access to trade, enterprises, state revenue and devoted international assistance. but jihadist organizations are not only growing larger in numbers, more confident and richer, they're also becoming more destructive. our humiliating withdr

what did the taliban do with that? they went around to the afghan units and say here's how this is going to go, with the backing of the pakistanis intertwined with the haqqani network and al qaeda, they told those commanders, listen, we give you the signal or we kill your family. how does that sound? that's why the afghan forces collapsed, in addition to what you mentioned which is the withdrawal of our intelligence support, the withdrawal of our air power, which was the afghan force's differential advantage. the taliban's differential advantage was the backing by the isi and other groups, but it was their unscrupulousness and their willingness to terrorize. they didn't give up their differential advantage. so i don't think it's a mystery at all, why it collapsed, and i think it is -- it should be unacceptable, i think, to disparage the afghans who did fight and over 60,000 of them made the ultimate sacrifice to preserve the freedoms we're now seeing taken away from the afghan people. >> thank you, sir. i have nothing

so, i've seen the letters that the taliban had issued. could see the sincerity in both bilal and also then his brother, when i spoke to him as well, that at that point, when they were having to leave their house and hide in different houses every night, it told me the severity of it. that this wasn't, this wasn't a made up story. this was genuine. but it was bilal�*s insistence on facing taliban justice that prompted tim to get more deeply involved. bilal told me then that he was going to return to afghanistan so that the taliban could kill him and save his family. it's at that point then that i knew i had to do something more. but as a serving member of the armed forces that meant breaking rank. speaking to the media, and lobbying politicians.=, he tried to get the family onto uk government's refugee list, but failed because bilal himself was already out of the country. in fact, it was the irish government who offered them refuge, if the british naval officer could only get the family to the airport. we had worked out a route to get thro

as the taliban seized ower. ., , power. men who served in the armed _ power. the men who served in the armed forces _ power. the men who served in the armed forces in _ power. the men who served in the armed forces in the - the armed forces in the province in 2012 says it's now a race against time to save the family of his afghan interpreter. what do you think you can do about this? we have to be clear about this the threats are there 7 they are going to murder innocent civilians. the people the taliban were threatning to murder were the family of tim mccullagh 5 afghan interpreter bilal nasiri, someone he had relied upon when he d been on the ground in afghanistan working on reconstruction projects for the war torn country. and what was bilal s role as your interpreter? he was not somebody who just sits in a nice safe building. he was on patrol with us on a daily basis. but the difference being is he's not allowed to carry a weapon system. but he's still there. he's still in uniform. and often we'd hear over the, the talib

and the taliban helps to fight for forever.k those are realities we are able to overcome. >> i know we can point to women make progress in the country. but it is hard to describe overall that things got better in afghanistan. who was caught in the middle of all of this violence to have government officials to corruption and who suffer the most innocent afghan civilians and that brown university to estimate exactly 47000 afghan were killed along with another 66000 afghan military and police. and while all of this was happening and we wereti creating the very conditions that were used to justify our continued presence, military officials, came beforee this committee, one after another, time after time and are making progress. we are turning the corner. general millie told the committee last month that our presence would have been needed indefinitely. do you agree with that assessment? >> yes. >> what does that mean for the taliban and al qaeda. >> that we would have had thousands of people probably more than 2500 over time and th

>> the taliban has said to me in the various interviews i have done with various members of the taliban a should not be used as a bargaining chip. it should not be conditions based deal. that it should be given because they are concerned about the afghan populatiobecause they are concerned about the afghan people in the humanitarian crisis that this nation faces. with the international community has conditions. they don't want to deal with a taliban government that isn't inclusive. at present the taliban government is made up of their own base, whichre all exclusively men, no women apart of this government. the international community is concerned about the role of women and girls within the regime, and how they wish to impact the future of girls and women in the country. like i said and pointed out, there are rollbacks to that. this country is yet to see exactly how the taliban plan to rule, and there will be a tough and harsh road ahead. both for the talib and the people of afghanistan. lisa: -- laura: thank you. as americans prepare to hit the road, president biden is trying to bring

the taliban are _ help alleviate this crisis? tue: taliban are talking help alleviate this crisis?iban are talking to the international community and major aid organisations, the united nations, the w fp — every single day they are in conversation with them. the europeans say they are going to open some kind of mission here in kabul, but that doesn't mean recognition of the taliban or legitimising the taliban, that they can still address the humanitarian crisis without actually recognising this particular regime. because the international community has certain conditions that they want matt, and that includes an inclusive government — which we haven't seen from the taliban yet. it is a regime thatis from the taliban yet. it is a regime that is made up of mostly men, mostly people who fought for the taliban in the last 20 years. women's rights have been ignored, the rights of young girls, teenage girls who have wanted to go back to school across this country, millions of girls of we've been reporting have been denied education and many of the provinces. the international community i

two challenges still facing the taliban.was still getting from the opium fields of afghanistan to the streets of the west. that is a good financial resource if the taliban want to use it. and the threat of terrorist activity from groups allied to the islamic state. from all of us on dateline london, goodbye. morning. a change of month brings with it a change of the weather. we'll start the week with sunny spells and scattered showers. by the middle part of the week, it gets noticeably quieter, cooler for all of us, and some frost and fog overnight, so plenty to pack in there. so on monday morning, then, it looks somewhat like this — with low pressure easing away, and as we go through the week, high pressure will build in which quietens things down. but ahead of it, we can trace those isobars all the way back to the north — and that means a colder wind direction, with that northerly wind driving the blue tones, the cooler air, a little bit further south, you really will notice the difference with the feel of the weather if yo

it's fun and last week also the the taliban. they have committed that they will be assuring the safety and security off the front line headquarters in a vice done, which is a good thing. and i think which is an essentially requisite for the successful implementation of will you come by and of course, i'm glad it's done. dr. john, i myself have reported numerous times over the years from the sites of inoculation campaigns in different parts of the world. i know that it's one thing to announce that there will be a campaign, but then there are also the logistics of mounting, such an operation and they can sometimes be quite challenging. so i want to ask you from your vantage point, what are some of the biggest challenges for the front line workers in this particular effort? yes, moment one, we discussed their security and, and the government and district order need to develop a meticulous security plan. and then need to integrate the whole security practice and the communities into it so that no mishap is encountered. the 2nd chall

the taliban always— negotiated in delhi. the taliban always has been rejecting discussions.ussions. they spend six months on the agenda, apparently with the afghan— on the agenda, apparently with the afghan side too, but they were not very serious, and all the reports are indicating that they where planning _ are indicating that they where planning a for a small—cap chair of the country. — planning a for a small—cap chair of the country, and certainly it was very— the country, and certainly it was very clear— the country, and certainly it was very clear in the us agreement that if you _ very clear in the us agreement that if you capture the country by force, there _ if you capture the country by force, there is_ if you capture the country by force, there is going to be consequences if it is not— there is going to be consequences if it is not settled, so i think the situation — it is not settled, so i think the situation was not going very well, there _ situation was not going very well, there were — situation was not going very well, there were issues, but i think it's there

the taliban is putting to the taliban. and what the taliban decide to do? of course, it is unthinkable that dorner will fund, for example, did you cation system if girls cannot go to school and i think it should be like that. so i think that it's important taught to, to be pragmatic, but it is also important to uphold some fundamental principle for the sake of the afghans themselves. united nations high commissioner for refugees, philipo grande, thank you so much for joining us. all right, thank you. that's our show up for i will be back next week. ah, november on al jazeera, by years after the his story, he still between fog rebels and the colombian government algebra examines white tensions and violence of rising once again. and you award winning for flight investigates the untold stories across the us. millions in calgary, done both in parliamentary elections under a new constitution. and more than a year after the last old figured political crisis immersive personal short documentary africa direct showcase is african stories from african filmmakers. chi

the taliban is putting to the taliban. and what the taliban decide to do? of course, it is unthinkable that dorner will font, for example, did you cation system, if girls cannot go to school and i think it should be like that. so i think that it's important taught to, to be pragmatic, but it is also important to uphold some fundamental principles for the sake of the afghans themselves. united nations high commissioner for refugees, philipo grande. thank you so much for joining us on a friday. thank you. that's our show up front. we'll be back next week. ah, life is never scripted. never foretold. it's never no, no matter what happens. never stop. open you read between the lines. listen, always listen, never stop asking. never stop questioning. wanting to discover the unknown. cheer the human story. being punctual, be courageous. finding the untold story. celebrate excellence. keep alive the pioneering spirit. never stop. we haven't for 25 years, we've never stopped on our journey, never stops when our commitment to you al jazeera, 25 years a unique path of

the taliban is putting to the taliban. and what the taliban decide to do? of course, it is unthinkable that dorner will font, for example, did you cation system, if girls cannot go to school and i think it should be like that. so i think that it's important to talk to be pragmatic, but it is also important to uphold some fundamental principle for the sake of the afghans themselves. united nations high commissioner for refugees. philipo randy, thank you so much for joining us on a friday. thank you. that's our show up front. we'll be back next week. ah ah. in the country with an abundance of resources already won indonesia, his friends for me, we moved full to grow and frock. we balance for green economy, blue economy, and the digital economy with the new job creation law, indonesia is progressively ensuring the policy reform to create quality jobs. invest, let be part when the this is rose and progress. invest indonesia now november on al jazeera by years after the his story. he feel between fog rebels and the colombian government algebra examined white ten

the taliban is putting to the taliban. and what the taliban decide to do? of course, it is unthinkable that dorner will font, for example, did you cation system, if girls cannot go to school and i think it should be like that. so i think that it's important taught to, to be pragmatic, but it is also important to uphold some fundamental principles for the sake of the afghans themselves. united nations high commissioner for refugees, philippa grande, thank you so much for joining us on a friday. thank you. that's our show up front. we'll be back next week. ah, cuba, pacific island nation, rapidly falling victim to rise in sea levels and to president skilfully commanding the stage of climate change. diplomacy, whom do we appeal to corolla, people's right to survive, and the challenge of climate change that can he secure a theater that he seemed to be stateless people? what he's going to happen to us is going to be the fate of ferris winful. witness a phone al jazeera, tens of thousands of children were born into or lived under the icicle regime and iraq and sy

the taliban to _ work for them here today. the taliban to go _ work for them here today.iban to go by _ work for them here today. the taliban to go by country that is very much reliant on international aid. when the taps were turned off, the economy virtually collapsed. nafisa tells me she's desperate. security is one of the biggest concerns for the community here. it was just six months ago that a major attack was launched on the sayed al—shuhada school, a girls�* school. and the islamic state—khorasan, or is—k, claimed responsibility. almost 100 girls lost their lives. one of the bombs went off just behind me. another over there. and then a third went off over there. it was designed to kill as many girls as possible. that attack happened under the old regime, but is-k has continued to target afghanistan's shia community. mahommad's two daughters were caught up in that attack. he thought he had lost them. the taliban have promised security for all afghans, but many here say they still don't feel safe. as we try and interview the head teacher, the boys make it very clear

the taliban is putting to the taliban. and what the taliban decide to do? of course, it is unthinkable that dorner will font, for example, did you cation system, if girls cannot go to school and i think it should be like that. so i think that it's important taught to, to be pragmatic, but it is also important to uphold some fundamental principles for the sake of the afghans themselves. united nations high commissioner for refugees, philippa grande, thank you so much for joining us on a friday. thank you. that's our show up front. we'll be back next week. ah, serious dorcas days with one man leading the country through. pleasant to alice out his loss legitimacy. he needs to step back. how has he retained control through over a decade of war? we examined the global power games of president bashar al assad. we believe assad simply carrying out iranian orders. what keeps you awake at night? many a reason that could effect any human assad master of chaos. coming soon on all 0 question the narrative. you don't have ways to shake whether this information is real o

the taliban. those people are left behind.t is a broad category of people who believe in what america was selling who are now stuck. that is a policy decision what we do or don'twh do but we have over 300 that we are trying to get out and it is a blackhole and i'm certain many of you here at two. i don't know how long it will take and it's very difficult because it's hard to reach out to so many people because of moving in don't want to use phones and god bless all of them. but then you addhe to the fact next year almost 93 percent of the afghan population will be below the poverty level. that is what the un is predicting over 93 or 97 percent likely the biggest economic humanitarian disaster. >> i you are all looking at it don't forget those afghans left behind. >> a word of thanks to everyone in this room who were to get afghans to safety. thank you for everything that w you did i will try to get to as many as possible. >> with those 20 years they have been saying that so when you try to assign responsibility for this govern

she's been speaking to afghans about their lives now under taliban rule.is early morning here, in a predominantly shia hazara community. the majority of the people sitting here our labourers. they are waiting to see if there is any work for them today. the taliban took over a country that was very much relied on international aid. when the taps were turned off the economy virtually collapsed. she tells me she is desperate. security is one of the biggest concerns for the community here. it was just six months ago that a major attack was launched on the sahidul alam a harder school, and girls school. almost 100 girls lost their lives. 0ne school. almost 100 girls lost their lives. one of the bombs went off just their lives. one of the bombs went offjust behind me. another over there, and then a third went off over there. it was designed to kill as many girls as possible. that attack happened under the old regime, but isis-k happened under the old regime, but isis—k has continued to target afghanistan's shia target afg hanistan�*s shia community. target afgha

the taliban is putting to the taliban. and what the taliban decide to do? of course, it is unthinkable that dorner will font, for example, did you cation system, if girls cannot go to school and i think it should be like that. so i think that it's important talk to, to be pragmatic, but it is also important to uphold some fundamental principles for the sake of the afghans themselves. united nations high commissioner for refugees. philippa randy, thank you so much for joining us on a friday. thank you. that's our show up. frank will be back next week. ah ah if america held up a mirror to itself, what would it see in a sense race is the story of america. what's working and what's not. lot of people were only talking about that. it wasn't at the top of the agenda if america can handle multiple challenges on multiple fronts. we need to go back to school, the bottom line one, i'll just err on november on al jazeera, by years after the historic, the field between fog rebels and the colombian government algebra examines white tensions and violence of rising. once

the taliban are insistent on playing down the threat from is.ook power. is are challenging the taliban�*s core narrative that they�*re finally bringing security to afghanistan. is accuse the taliban of not being hardline enough, and the two are fierce rivals. this new taliban government is beginning to face many of the same problems as the government they just overthrew — a dismal economy and now rising security concerns. secunder kermani, bbc news, kabul. the government�*s latest coronavirus figures for the uk show there were 33,865 new infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period which means on average there were 40,068 new cases reported per day in the last week. there were 9,538 people in hospital with covid as of yesterday — the highest number since the first week of march. 293 deaths were recorded. that�*s of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. but that figure includes some deaths in england that were not reported yesterday. on average in the past week, 162 covid—related deaths were recorded every day. and more

it refuses to grant refugee status to people who fled the taliban.mily traveled to the capital and a border city. the refugees she spoke to have asked for their identities to be protected. they fear reprisals against their family members in afghanistan. >> dancing to keep the boredom out and the fear. afghan journalist marina and her extended family fled the taliban in mid-august. she is now in uzbekistan's capital with her sister, her two children, her husband and his brother. marina speaks several foreign languages including russian. she says her reporting and activism for women's rights would have been a death sentence under taliban rule. >> my whole family was worried about me because i always wrote against the taliban. i remember i took a backpack, diapers and milk for the little one. one or two pieces of clothing to wear and we just ran. >> the 26-year-old tells us the uncertainty over their future is hard. is pakistan is not a signatory of the international u.n. refugee convention so they don't have refugee status. instead, marina and her rela

they'll act as a go between for the taliban and the biden administration. the cutter re foreign minister says the agreement will help advance another u. s. cutter priority supporting the afghan people, especially when it comes to human rights. we believe engaging with body bonds since they are empowered right now is very important for us to ensure that are our facilitation for humanitarian assistance is moving smoothly and also encouraging them and urging them all the time to a stand up to their commitments and their pledges. for the international community . the agreement also shows just how far relations between the u. s. and cutter have come, despite occasional differences. after nearly 50 years of diplomatic ties, the trumpet ministration backed the g. c. c. blockade against doha, imposed in june 2017. a diplomatic route, only resolved in january, and analysts say cutter's new role representing the interests of the world's most powerful country. and contentious region represents a payoff of years of diplomatic ambition. cutter has been in the game so to

and, taliban takeover.uture looks bleak, as the economic freefall and dire food shortage hit the poorest hardest. >> there is hunger back home. we have food, but very little. we just put something small in our stomachs. there is no work and no money. judy: all that and more on tonight's "pbs newshour." ♪

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the taliban? it is a broad category of people who believed in what america was selling who are now stuck. that is a policy decision what we do our do not do, but as a human being -- and we have 300 some people we are trying to get out, and it is a black hole. we are not hearing anything. i am certain many of you are hearing it too. we will be looking at it. i do not know how long it is going to take and it is difficult. it is hard to reach out. god bless all of them that they get out safely. add to the fact economic disaster. next year almost 93% of the afghan population will be below the poverty line. that is what the u.n. is reporting. it could be the biggest canonic humanitarian disaster. those -- economic humanitarian disaster. how do you handle that? i don't know. we are looking at it. do not forget the afghans who were left behind. >> i want to give a word of thanks to everyone in this room who has worked to get afghans to safety. thank you to what you did in such a perilous our. -- perilous

of course, there was an infamous taliban i'm here -- crime here.ple of hundred yards from the place where statues used to stand until the taliban destroyed them, a woman lives. she is a widow, raising her children on her own. before the taliban took over, she got by with occasional food aid and the money she and her eldest boy earned from weeding the fields and herding sheep. the drought has put an end to all of that, and food a does not reach here. within weeks, they could be starving. some women sell their daughters for marriage. if it was absolutely necessary keep everyone alive, she answers, she would hate it. listening to all this, it was hard not to think of your own family. >> imagine if this was your little girl or your little boy or your grandchild about to starve to death. you would do everything you possibly could. when there is $400 trillion worth of wealth on the earth today, shame on us. reporter: that's, -- her children leave from school, those allowed to go. like millions, their lives are under real threat. the next few months will

[speaking foreign language] >> the taliban says the world is to act.national community has a head in that because they have proposed sanctions which have led to a humanitarian crisis. >> these are the phases of the crisis. we have come to the endura gonda children's hospital -- endura gandhi children's hospital. she is three, so weak she can barely open her eyes. she is nearly one. [speaking foreign language] >> it is not just patients suffering. health care staff of dump and pa for months. -- staff have not been paid for months. >> they can't pay for their ticket to come here, they can't pay for the food here and she was saying something -- someda the-- someday they may have to commit her as a malnutrition patient because she does not know where she will get her meal next. >> before the taliban can to power, there was a humanitarian crisis. drought, aid cuts and economic collapse have turned prices into catastrophe. >> i spoke to her and she told me more about what the taliban is trying to do to alleviate this crisis. >> that is something this entire

the taliban are insistent on playing down the threat from is. the fifth major attack they're suspected of carrying out since the taliban took power. is are challenging the taliban's core narrative that they're finally bringing security to afghanistan. is accuse the taliban of not being hardline enough, and the two are fierce rivals. this new taliban government is beginning to face many of the same problems as the government theyjust overthrow — a dismal economy and now rising security concerns. secunder kermani, bbc news, kabul. children between the ages of five and eleven in the united states will begin receiving coronavirus vaccinations as early as wednesday. the move comes after the us health regulator the centers for disease control, the cdc, signed off on the measure on tuesday. but there is a challenge regarding takeup — polls are showing a large proportion parents aren't prepared to let their child have the vaccine. dr ashistha is a us expert on the covid—19 vaccination and gave me his reaction to today's news. first and foremost it is gr

the taliban are insistent on playing down the threat from is.suspected of carrying out since the taliban took power. is are challenging the taliban's core narrative that they're finally bringing security to afghanistan. is accuse the taliban of not being hardline enough, and the two are fierce rivals. this new taliban government is beginning to face many of the same problems as the government theyjust overthrow — a dismal economy and now rising security concerns. secunder kermani, bbc news, kabul. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. ethiopia's government has declared a state of emergency, as war intensifies in several regions in the country. officials have urged people in the capital addis ababa to arm themselves, as rebels from the northern tigray region advance towards the south. thousands of people have been killed — and more than two million have fled their homes — since the conflict began a year ago. local elections are taking place across the united states with particular focus on the ballots for governor in the state

the taliban says the world needs to act.ve imposed sanctions and other steps, which has led to a humanitarian crisis in afghanistan. i think the international community who are educating of human rights, they have such claims. they should reconsider, not take steps which lead to a humanitarian crisis in afghanistan. and these are the faces of the crisis. this is the ward where some of the most severely malnourished children are being looked after. gulnara is three, so weak she can barely open her eyes. marwa is nearly one. translation: the powdered milk we get in afghanistan doesn't have the i required nutrients for infants and i didn't produce enough milk to feed her so she became malnourished. it's notjust patients suffering. health care staff haven't been paid for months. every single person i'm speaking to has the same story. they can't pay for their ticket to come here, they can't pay for theirfood here. and she was just saying that someday they may have to admit her here as a malnutrition patient herself, because she d

china will begin developing those in conjunction with the taliban. china sat back, surrounded afghanistan with its geopolitical network and waited for it to fall into its hands. and they did not pay a dollar. and we spent $8 trillion on afghanistan and got nothing . juan: professor, i wanted to ask you, in this conflict between china and the united states, these two countries are not alone, obviously. the belt and road initiative is meant to win friendship and support china from other parts of the world. i'm wondering if you could talk about countries like russia and iran you mentioned in terms of where they would stand in a developing conflict with the united states and also about latin america, which china has probably been the only major power to make significant inroads into a continent or an area of the world these to be considered u.s. backyard. >> first of all, china has was it strategy of resource development with latin america. it's trade with our southern neighbors is already larger than her own. the core of china's strategy is the father o

the taliban are insistent on playing down the threat from is.ack they're suspected of carrying out since the taliban took power. is are challenging the taliban's core narrative that they're finally bringing security to afghanistan. is accuse the taliban of not being hardline enough, and the two are fierce rivals. this new taliban government is beginning to face many of the same problems as the government theyjust overthrew — a dismal economy and now rising security concerns. secunder kermani, bbc news, kabul. president biden is on his way back home now after his trip to glasgow — and he's flying straight into a political drama — it's the election for governor taking place in virginia. that's where democrat terry mcaullife, on the left, is trying to fend off a challenge from republican glenn youngkin, who's on the right. joe biden won virginia by ten points a year ago, so this race is being seen as a referendum on the first year of his presidency — and a preview of next year's mid term elections. let's talk to our north america correspondent davi

—— taliban. the taliban to fight a k? -- taliban. ~ , the taliban to fight a k?y enemies enemy is my friend is the phrase _ taliban. my enemies enemy is my friend is the phrase going - taliban. my enemies enemy is my friend is the phrase going throughj friend is the phrase going through my mind as well. i think the common enemy undoubtedly is isis k, where it's pops up, and currently it's trying to make a presence of some such sense in afghanistan. i think the west has really got to stop and consider, yes, of course on the one hand, we are bruised, i would argue self bruised by our withdrawal from afghanistan this summer. but that has actually left the majority of the afghan people who we where trying to help, and of course up until this summer, afghan civil society had been developing pretty well. so that majority of the population that we where trying to help has now been left in crisis, or be a crisis, a crisis of notjust being paid, they haven't got anything to eat. food is a real issue. there is a huge proportion 90 plus % of the population in afghanistan fa

to the taliban, which only augmented their fighting force.that automatically reduce our troop presence before this administration took over. and that got none of the commitments from the taliban cemented before all those actions were taken. that set the stage. i don't excuse anybody for execution of what they decided. but if the set the stage. senator murphy. >> thank, you mister chairman. senator barrasso is left but it takes a lot of gall to come down to the committee and lecture this committee on policy, when right now republicans are using extraordinary powers on the senate floor to deny personnel what they need to conduct this policy. senator barrasso is talking about whether taxpayer dollars are going to be effectively administered in afghanistan. i came from the floor for trying to get approval for two non controversial usaid administrators whose job it is to oversee expenditure of u.s. dollars in and around places in afghanistan. and we were denied the ability to move to nominees that under any other administration would have gone by

isil challenged the taliban's hold on security since it came to power in august.he group has carried out four major hundreds and injured hundreds of civilians. tens of thousands of people evacuated, and the military forces withdrew. >> the thing people need and want from the taliban is there group over the security. if they lose that grip, and insecurity increases, it will somehow weaken the taliban's power. reporter: the taliban has downplayed the threat of iso, but the group is getting harder to a north -- isil, but the group is getting harder to ignore. targeting members in eastern provinces. still in kabul, taliban members respond, like the previous government would have just a few months ago. they set up a large gordon to protect the public. special forces and intelligence units gather evidence. the people here are hoping for more, a stop to attacks altogether. al jazeera, kabul. >> still ahead for you on the program, the livelihoods of millions are drying up around lake chad, as decades of drought and climate change recover. also -- reporter: fuel is scarce

now, two decades on, western forces are gone — and the taliban are back in control.ed the country. john simpson has returned to afghanistan, and his report begins with that historic moment, when kabul fell. kabul lay temptingly close below us now. the small bbc team decided to head on into the city on our own. well, this is it. we're walking into kabul city. we don't seem to have any problems around us... this was the route that we took on that extraordinary day, with thousands upon thousands of people pouring out to greet us and thank us for being there. but to be absolutely honest i can scarcely recognise this now, because none of these buildings were built at the time. they've all sprung up in the last 20 years, and during that time the outside world has of course pumped enormous quantities of money into afghanistan. the trouble is that directly the taliban arrived in power the economy collapsed and the effect on ordinary people will be horrific. in the surroundings of the intercontinental hotel in the centre of kabul, we caught sight of a group of arab and pakist

, deserting that -- the people in that country that it helped us hold the taliban up a for 20 years. she cannot speak for herself tonight, but i believe i know what she would've felt when america turned its back on its own citizens, our allies, and those who fought side-by-side with us leaving tens of thousands of people in the hands of the various fanatics who had facilitated her murder. our marines were given a mere 30 minutes to pluck a few people out of thousands of afghan into it been coming by bus, car, and foot for tens -- 10 straight days standing knee-deep in sewage attempting to flee from the terror of the taliban to we had abandoned control of their country. 12 minutes into that desperate half-hour a suicide bomber detonated the device that killed 170 of them and 13 of our own servicemen and women. thousands of helpless people were deserted and for the most part forgotten. what kind of nation does that? not the america of douglas macarthur, george patton, dwight eisenhower, or ronald reagan, the america that took on nazi germany and imperial japan, and america that fought

but have been targeted by the taliban.st of the americans according to secretary blinken, all the americans who want to get out are being the given the opportunity, but there are many, many more desperate to flee. >> most of those special immigrant visa applicants eligible still left behind. a alex, thanks so much. there are hundreds of afghans who want to escape the country and believe they are facing real threats. cnn has spoken to some turning to private companies to get out, some charging as much as $10,000 with no guarantees. our next guest has been trying to help students and faculty from the american university of afghanistan to evacuate, many of them women facing increasingly dire restrictions and threats from the taliban. she's an exfiltration export and joins us now. good to have you on the show again. >> thank you, jim. thanks for having me. >> first let's begin with an update. of those many hundreds of women and girls who were students and faculty at the american university there, how many have you been able to