you say the taliban need to adapt because afghan society has changed, but the taliban doesn't appearey've closed down the parliament, they've wound up the electoral commission, they've wound up the independent human rights organisations. this is what they have done. and yet, to be honest, afghanistan's people are not taking to the streets. there isn't an uprising of any sort. and of course it's too dangerous for people to take to the streets, but the fact is the taliban are succeeding in imposing a very repressive form of 2.0 rule, aren't they? well, i must say that people of afghanistan have been oppressed for the last four decades by weapons and guns. they have come to this understanding that the only way to respond to taliban is only military response. they have come to believe less and less every day that, you know, civilian activism will have any impact. but there's no space any more for... because there is no space. because there is, first of all, no space. and secondly, those who actually get to the streets, and women being in the forefront of that in the last eight, nine mont

going forward for the taliban, _ themselves. going forward for the taliban, how _ themselves.ves. going forward for the taliban, how do these - the taliban, how do these minority groups fit in with their overall view of where they want to see afghanistan? unfortunately and tragically, the taliban have continued to demonstrate that they have very little regard for these minorities and even within their organisation, they have begun to systematically alienate some of the ethnic minorities within their own ranks. unfortunately, it does not look to be a very positive situation now for any minorities in afghanistan. the s - rinu minorities in afghanistan. the spring pretty _ minorities in afghanistan. the spring pretty up—to—date with some other news. let's get some of the day's other news several fires have broken out across a petrochemical plant near shanghai's waterfront, killing at least one person. the fires raged for hours at the sinopec petrochemical plant before they were brought under control, leaving thick black smoke hanging in the sky and raising fears of envirnmental a

the taliban have only one two helicopters.t is not enough at all, international and community, they are closing their eyes. we need immediate help. the problem is the that the mountains and roads, they cannot be accessible right now by the ngos sending help. the roads are destroyed because of the war by taliban. the taliban is -- the woman's rights, curtailing the their rights, limiting journalists to arrest activists. helping the people already displaced because of the war and the rival taliban. >> you are talking about logistical problems, the taliban has been cut off from foreign aid. how do you see this playing out as the international community tries to do something? >> they do not want to recognize them. the afghani people need help. there are innocent people. they are hiding. they have acted list -- activist journalists, they say what we did, we did nothing. we do not receive our salaries since months. any help from international countries, the only receive one sack of flour. that is all good in 14 months from the you a

so the question is actually they had that the taliban just put jakey's on the woman's. that woman's are not allowed, which is women's, are not allowed to go to your work. the woman should be covered and get a phase should be covered as long as should be covered in black color. like did you give orders about these things? but enough got us on, we have a woman that they haven't any men in their homes like enough. got us on a lot of where do because there was a was in 20 years, most of that gun woman on now, where do they are at the one who are responsible for the children for any members of the family, like your father's and the mother like obligated to find some financial. what for them? like i am a woman. i'm working in the solo news. i'm obligated to support my family financially because i'm the one who should be support my family. there is no one in my hall in my house. the support my family find insurance. so if you like you, you, as a woman, you are not allowed to go to what you just sit at will. so in this situation, they also haven't any policy to implement that.

o used to be a made before the taliban came to power. the family she worked for her since fled. afghanistan, luna, her. the family that employed me has left the country. now i sometimes work for others and do their laundry to help pay the rent for the food at this center helps us. we had a medical not met alabama. at her home on the outskirts of kabul, her children need something to eat. the taliban have ordered all women to only leave the house when absolutely necessary. mo says she's desperate. cause the little la, no one can feel our pain. i have a lot of problems. my husband doesn't live here anymore. he vanished 2 years ago. life with 4 children is very hard for me. if they want to eat something, i can't go out and just buy them food made them just go to la atm forever. we heard from marsha mal either or in women like heard already facing draconian laws that have been enacted by the taliban. are they helping women at least feed their families now? no d is nor any a clear policy about the woman's that they pay many for the woman, esp

is the taliban government equipped to offer much help in an emergency? that is on a scale like this. the taliban already before this devastating earthquake have requested things. nation community to held saying that they don't have the capacity to address the general humanitarian crisis. so the, the leg means what they have. they have dispatch pretty false. one has to say, for example, they sent several helicopters falls to the areas and also several military ambulances reached a most hearted sites. pretty quickly. france will enough aid come in, given that many aid organizations pulled out of the country after the taliban take over. there are some misconception near like some a the organization suspended their operations during the take over and shortly after, but many of them resumed their programming already lost all to more ventre infect you to the general humanitarian crisis. several organizations have expand that have gotten more bought, should have tried to spend more money than you one has literally been pumping. cashing to afghanistan already be

all of which highlights that the taliban are headed in the wrong direction. according to german foreign minister. and the lena bear book, i let the speak, she was in islam above where she had this to say. when we look across the border, the association is syiaa. and as you have mentioned, the taliban are leading the country into the down fob. parents do not know how to feed their children, girls are deprived of their rights to education. women are almost excluded from participation in public life. dissenting voices are brutally suppressed. the economy is grinding to a halt. the international community must end united and together. tell the tale bon, loud and clear. you are heading in the wrong direction. we will continue to provide humanitarian aids and support the people who needed the most. especially women and girls who suffer more than anyone else under the taliban through. now international aid is coming into afghanistan, but as 8 workers have told us not fast enough. and then there's the local economy, which collapse since the balaban takeover up. the i

although the taliban definitely had a hand in the drug trade enough on his side. but if you're the tall blonde, what you'll say is, well, the former government was heavily involved in the drug trade. you know, you had m p 's, you had ministers, you had governors, you had police all kinds of different officials and people connected to the government who were accused of having an alleged hand in the drug trade. um, so what they can say now is a, because we got rid of the corruption. now we can enforce this and get rid of this. of course, again ignoring the fact that they themselves also had a hand in it over the last one years. ah, so it comes down to good p r again. and it also could be something about their relationships with the neighbors, you know, because you know, on and boxed on both of which they're very good with even turkey. also a nation that they're very good with has complained a lot about drugs coming out of well honestly, now they don't talk about how their own drug mafias are involved in her, you know, making a possible. but it's another way of tryin

one day after the earthquake i spoke to a taliban from bomb. all one of the areas the most hate, he said they're all people to dad and the injured have even burried from under the rubble bob to the burials off to death is still ongoing. given the large number of casualties, the heavy rain unfortunately stopped while yesterday weather was really bad and impeded 8 air force. now there are clear blue skies above afghanistan. i'm so this makes it a bit easier, more ambulances and some helicopters, in addition to the ones that already were dispatched yesterday reached areas are. so the ada ford is ramping up. afghan ascent, as we know, is a country that is already on its knees. is the taliban lead government equipped to deal with such an emergency? not fully, as you rightly say already before it was the human humanitarian crisis, the taliban already did before. of that bonded 8 for all the international community. most public services have since years already before to polygon to power. been funded by international aid. and this of course, and compo

and is a new test for taliban leaders online and asked her conny, a senior taliban official, tweeted that quote to the government is working within its capabilities. we hope that the international community and agencies will also help our people in this dire situation. they survived the deadly earthquake and were taken to safety hospitals and practica province near the pakistani border are filling up with the injured many of them, recount stories of horror and terrible loss. with when the roof came down on me, i thought i had been shot with my body was in pain. it took me awhile to get up, but i lost feeling in my body when i saw the rest of my family under the debris, with people digging with their bare hands through the rubble of joseph, in the hopes of finding someone still alive or to recover their dead, i houses and other buildings have been flattened by the powerful quake. it struck in the middle of the night when most people were at home sound the sleep. the number of dead an injured is expected to rise as news slowly trickles in from these remote parts of afghanistan. rescue

and how is that working out for the taliban? | that working out for the taliban?yet their influence, their control is being undermined by this? that influence, their control is being undermined by this?— undermined by this? that is precisely — undermined by this? that is precisely the _ undermined by this? that is precisely the case, - undermined by this? that is precisely the case, and - undermined by this? that is| precisely the case, and what undermined by this? that is - precisely the case, and what makes it more complex as that from an ideological standpoint, the taliban have always really demonstrated some harsh discrimination against many of these same groups who do not abide ljy these same groups who do not abide by their also very strict interpretation of sunni islam, so for them, they have two tread this very small needle here of demonstrating their bun fide as the dominant political player with the country while at the same time not being seen as being overly protective of some of these minorities that they have traditionally targeted themselves. so, in

but it might prove hard to get since the taliban seized power last year. some international agencies have left afghanistan and billions of euros in development. aid were held back. more than 60 percent of the population relies on aid to survive the earthquake and only worsen their dire tremendous tarion situation. we have niel turner, afghanistan, country director at the norwegian refugee council. joining us, welcome to the program. neal. humanitarian aid had already been fairly limited the past year. where does this disaster put the country? while this is a catastrophe on top of a crisis, it has misery on top of misery for the icon. people that have spina shantarian crisis caused by economic collapse. i'm the fact that i can stand is prone to a number of natural disasters. we're coming out of a drought. we have floods. we have earthquakes already this year. there were 50000 people affected by natural disaster. this is one more. i think the important thing to look at here is how we make sure that we respond to this emergency. in an effective way and the co

it's a test for the countries taliban rulers can they deliver aid and will the rest of the world health and chaos continues in sri lanka, as the economy continues to unravel, a desperate government makes a desperate decision in a bid to increase jobs. ah, i melissa chan, thanks for joining us. a powerful earth quick hit a mountainous part of eastern afghanistan, early wednesday, flattening homes and killing at least 1000 people is the deadliest quake the countries experienced in 2 decades and is a new test for taliban leaders. online and i have connie, a senior taliban official tweeted that quote, the government is working within its capabilities. we hope that the international community and agencies will also help our people in this dire situation. ah, they survived the deadly earthquake and were taken to safety. hospitals and practical province near the pakistani border are filling up with the injured many of them, recount stories of horror and terrible loss. mad mobile the press. when the roof came down on me, i thought i had been shot with my body was in pain. it took me awhile to g

taliban officials have called for aid agencies to help provide support.e rushing towards the epicentre, though bad weather could hamper their efforts. this was a country already struggling with a humanitarian crisis, with millions going hungry. now, the misery is intensifying. secunder kermani, bbc news, paktika province. our world affairs correspondent caroline hawley is here. caroline, let's consider this taliban regime, which of course has its problems with the rest of the world community. when they appealed for help, what is your sense of the readiness to provide help? that for help, what is your sense of the readiness to provide help?- for help, what is your sense of the readiness to provide help? that is a critical question. _ readiness to provide help? that is a critical question. the _ readiness to provide help? that is a critical question. the international. critical question. the international community has faced the dilemma of how to respond to the suffering of afghans since the taliban takeover last summer. internationalfunding last summer. in

it is not that most agencies left off to the taliban takeover. so ride that to take over a lot of programming of 8 agencies was really suspended. but this started already months ago. the u. n. has been pumping cash into afghanistan since to paul 78 mum. um, some agencies have already before because of the looping family and drought expanded their program. so it's not that aid organizations have to start from scratch. of course, this adds to the to could needs that are there across afghanistan. but it's not that it's that that 8 organizations would be completely unprepared and the polygon today, for example, state that, that top top and you don't already sent plains with aids, to ask on a song. and that pakistan dispatched a convoy with um, a material over land. um, so this is adding to the ada fords that were anyway, already ongoing. okay, france, marty reporting for us from a capital let's take a quick look at some other stories making headlines at this hour. major flooding has forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people in southern chi

to some extent, the taliban also reactedell.or example, they quickly dispatched helicopters to the most affected areas. in one of the most heavily hit districts, excavators arrived quickly, it was confirmed to me. in other areas, the taliban lacked theapacity act quickly. the aid that has arrived to some extent is not sufficient. brent: help us understand, u.s. president biden has ordered eight agencies from his country to do what they can. what can they do, though, right now in afghanistan? guest: the situation is not easy. it is difficult. however, aidgencies have, pretty soon after the taliban takeover, tried to resume their operations sometimes successfully and sometimes not successfully. the u.s. issued several general licenses that exempt humanitarian organizations from sanctions that are imposed on afghanistan and the taliban regime. so it is possible to get aid in. but they still face difficulties. nonetheless, some ngos expanded their programming. they are under pressure to implement from the donors, under pressure from

the countries taliban rulers relief f plus the u. s. supreme court rules that americans have the right to carry guns in public. the decision comes as well. makers are trying to tighten, restricts blue. thank with that historic shift right here in europe. you leaders today approving ukraine's bid for candidate status. that's the 1st official step towards joining the aid. this is a victory and the political arena as it battles rushes, invasion high profile in you, leaders from germany, france and italy. they all backed line off on the candidacy. yes, yes, yeah. we protested outside the new council building here and meet all of them agree to grunt ukraine. you candidate status along with moldova. the decision was not unexpected event. we will again show solidarity with ukraine, and we will also take an important decision for ukraine's european prospective along with 2 other powerful e u leaders. italy's mario draggy and francis emanuel mackerel had trouble to give earlier in june, where they endorsed ukraine shoes, linked to corruption

we'll try to figure things out to taliban can help us, not 11 rotted. the taliban government has managed to mobilize and move some supplies in and some of the injured out. but this is one of the most remote regions of the country. those 8 organizations that kept staff and f canister and after the taliban takeover are doing what's possible, the evacuating people with the medical facilities. so i've got to start at the moment, is that how systems come on the strain over the last again, connected to the development assistance in state assets have been frozen as those affected wait for aid to arrive or the chance to be evacuated. local medical facilities, what do what they can but graves must be dug. the dead must be buried. the u. s. supreme court has ruled that americans have a constitutional rights to carry firearms in public. the court struck down in new york law, requiring people demonstrate a specific need to carry a concealed weapon outside their homes. and this landmark ruling will prevent other states from enforcing similar restrictions. president

the taliban lead government has called for international support. but it might prove hard to get since the taliban seized power last year, some international agencies have left afghanistan and billions of euros in development. aid were held back. more than 60 percent of the population relies on aid to survive the earthquake and only worse in their dire, tremendous, terry, and situation. fans mighty as a freelance journalist in cavil earlier, we asked him how well the taliban government is equipped to handle the situation? one thing to remember is that of con sons, he's frequent earthquakes. yes, this one was from the death toll a major one of the largest one in several years. but this is not something completely new. to some extent, the poly mon also reacted well, for example, they quite quickly dispatched helicopters to the most affected areas in bar mold. one of the most heavily heats districts escalate. excavators arrived pretty soon as locals confirmed to me um, in other areas, the taliban lex, the capacity to, to act quickly and, and aids that

if they banded the taliban wrist losing support in the countryside to build political capital, the taliban started saying, well, the koran says that opium poppy is her arm and it's still her round to use it. but it would say, as long as you produce an opium puppy for the calf, yes, for the infidels. as long as it goes to russia or goes to the us, that's perfectly fine. but us opium allowed the taliban to finance their advance on cowboy. the afghan capital fell in 1996 afghan. his son was immediately ostracized by the international community and cut off from the world. afghanistan was around richland, and there was no foreign aid. ah, and so, ah, opium, ah, was them the knife, the cut through the gordian knot of this social puzzle of how to restore economy? it's an annual crop. you put the seed in the ground. and a few months later, he got a commodity that solicit that magically crosses all boundaries. no, i, without any impediment whatsoever. the talent been set up labs on their land and turned afghanistan into the world's leading heroine, producer. ah, drug money made them bold thinking t

the taliban? that we knocked out of power shortly after 911. what they said they were, or when i and go shaded with them, that they had made serious mistakes the last time when they were in power and that they had been punished severely by the united states and the coalition for one mistake and a mistake that they say they inherit ordering alco take, they may because they hadn't heard that from the previous government that they took over from in the ninety's or sound, but a lot and personally and as grew but played a big role in helping and a war against the soviets. in afghanistan, which we also contributed to, meaning we increase the price for the soviet so much over time. that to our own, surprised at intelligence was very surprised that they would grow. we thought they were very unlikely that they would draw because the, in the old soviet bridge and dr. an era when the soviets went into a neighboring country that, that there and pro sophia, that was one way highway ever give up number, sir, an

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the taliban regime sorely needed international aid. in hopes of regaining international favor, the taliban outlawed opium. poppy production throughout the country in 2000 peasants risk to death if they planted the forbidden seed in just one year nearly every poppy failed in afghanistan had disappeared and the international community said things like, well, no, thank you. in the united states, under secretary of state colin powell actually award the regime, i think $41000000.00 in foreign aid. but there were other issues human rights, the status of women. and so the un wasn't going to recognize them until the taliban had. now, in retrospect, conducted an act of economic suicide. after the taxes, september, the 11th 2001, the united states invaded afghanistan. in a matter of weeks, the taliban were pushed back into isolated zones, doomed to disappear the patiently little by little they recon could the land by encouraging the cultivation of opium, poppy, and miraculous source of funds for the re both of them movement e ah. colombian asked

it was governed by the taliban, and the taliban had given shelter to al qaeda. so invading the country and toppling its terrorist hugging leadership was initially a really popular move by president george w bush. but by the time president donald trump was elected, it had become what he called a forever war. decades before that, russia had invaded afghanistan and tried in vain to control that country for 10 long years. last year, president joe biden made the risky decision to pull out and almost immediately the taliban were back in power. my guest today has had a ringside seat not only to the wars in afghanistan from beginning to end, but also to u. s. government involvement in that region. over the last 40 years. he's also one of the nation's leading strategic thinkers and has important insights into the state of american power today, how it's perceived, and what he believes should be done in response to russia's invasion of ukraine. he is al, may callas aud former us ambassador to afghanistan and to iraq and the united nations . and most recently, he served as

the problem is that taliban suddenly within government it's only 9 months pastor that taliban and cobbling power are expecting them to have a stronger grip on said her situation and controlling such as will tig town. it needs a pretty it needs to be done, cooperation. it needs people or cooperation and it also needs some kind or for counterterrorism counter insurgency at planning, which to luck. so the question is mounting one different area on the pallet, one government to be of economic alert. my case is currently powered d from and, and drought is been getting harsher or economic girl or of gunner said to freezing that is increasing and mounting problem. so under governor governor and say, and not having recognition legitimacy that santander, 80 off british on pallet brand. so it all somehow encompasses and increases problems within the country, rather than helping anybody else. fi son as a professor of political science had couple university. so we appreciate you joining us and our da 0. thank you very much. indeed, for your time somali as government says that 70 algebra fighters, incl

that taliban says it's that taliban says its main search and rescue operations for victims of the earthquakeors. counting is under way and two uk by elections for the conservative party in a first test of voters opinion since the party gate scandal. the congressional committee investigating the january sixth attack on the us capitol heard on thursday about the pressure former president donald trump placed on the us department ofjustice to overturn joe biden�*s win. mr trump wanted a different attorney—general, who would do his bidding, and investigate voterfraud — even though there was no evidence of any. richard donoghue , a senior justice department official, testified how one jeffrey clark tried to convince mr trump he has never been a criminal attorney, he is never conducted attorney, he is never conducted a criminal investigation in his life. he's never been at a trialjury. and he kind of retorted by saying, well, i have done a lot of very complicated appeals and civil litigation, environmental litigation, environmental litigation and things like that, and i said, that is right, you are

but when we did speak to taliban supporters in the region they told us that the taliban are known for corrupt unlike the previous government, and that was going to be the key element that it was going to allow the group to deliver aid in a more effective and faster way. correspondent: as the taliban's disaster relief abilities are tested hospitals continue to fill with survivors of the earthqua and the ground fills with more of its victims. congress voted friday to extend a pandemic era school waiver program set to expire at the end of the month. the bilon bill provide some relief but reduces the number of children able to access school meals. advocates say the delay in passing the extension has jeopardized access to meals for 7 million children. yesterday i spoke with wilfrid chan, a contributor at the guardian. democratic leaders, as you know, in rushing to get this legislation to president biden's desk, they were trying to avoid a hunger cliff for millions of children. why were senate republicans holding it up? why were they opposed to school meals for needy children? >> what advoc

the taliban tightens its grip on the afghan way of life offending even wedding customs. like so much in cobble these days, marriage has become a struggle compounded by the economic crisis and taking charge period. a pakistani woman on a mission to get rid of the mystery around menstruation. ah, i melissa chan, thanks for joining us. we'll go deeper into those stories in just a moment, but 1st here's a quick round up of top stories out of asia. floods triggered by monsoon storms continued to overwhelm bangladesh with rescuers trying to deliver food and fresh drinking water to shelters across the northern part of the country. officials say it's the worst of flooding. in 2 decades, thousands of university students took to the streets in sri lanka to demand the resignation of the president and prime minister over the countries worst economic crisis in 70 years. authorities have shut school to reduce community and conserve fuel. the country is bankrupt and most people have started skipping meals because they can't afford to buy food. in south korea, it's off to infinity and b

and under the taliban, things of only got worse. ha ha, did it get laid up on the product? i have no job with the fall. we were short of money. and so we decided to marry that a mass wedding ceremony for them. yeah, that's less expensive than para is awesome. this room has waited 8 years to be able to get married. oh no young man wants to bear the burden of an expensive individual wedding party. every one knows about the situation in afghanistan. about 98 percent of people are living below the poverty line. it's very tough to manage these expenses. pooling resources and holding multiple weddings is not uncommon here, but with 70 couples getting married at once. this is one of the largest mass, weddings of canis done has seen journalists were not allowed to speak to the brides who had to keep their faces covered. even before the taliban takeover wedding parties were often segregated with men and women celebrating in different spaces. now the islamists have imposed other strict rules, no music, no dancing. the only form of entertainment allowed poetry recitals and speeches fe