but i was told they rarely go outside. >> just 40 minutes after leaving kabul, and we were in taliban countrya little further on, we were met by a taliban fighter, who drove ahead of us on a motorbike. >> i was taken to meet two of their commanders. it was obvious they were planning something big. >> i've been told that we're going to be taken to a place where they're going to make plans for attack early this morning. >> i'm sitting at the back of a motorbike driven by a taliban soldier. earlier this evening we heard the sound of the drones. to be honest i feel quite nervous driving with an armed soldier. >> they took me to a safe house where a number of taliban fighters were checking their weapons. >> for the several days that i was with the taliban, they only told me to stop filming once. but i was acutely aware that i wouldn't have been allowed here to film them, unless they wanted the world to see what they showed me. >> the leaders have always had a certain media savvy. the fact that they used the media to establish their point of view and get their point across, they should, i mean we c

its also risky - this is taliban country. >> charkh is a cluster of dusty settlements surrounding a smallntral town. the taliban of charkh were burying their dead. >> one of the two taliban fighters killed in an attack on a local afghan army base. a lot of inhabitants from this village in charkh have gathered today. >> they're here to pay their respects. they're here also to mourn, and also show that they are proud. >> the dead man's father was amongst the mourners. >> many of the dead fighter's comrades were there, including 17-year-old ehsanullah, who also took part in the attack. after the funeral was over, i followed him as he went to meet a friend. i asked him to tell me what motivates young men here to fight for a movement like the taliban >> from what i was told, the taliban in charkh are mostly recruited from the 40,000 people who live in the district. >> the taliban are feared across many parts of afghanistan - and especially outside predominantly pashtun regions. before they were toppled from power in 2001, and like other groups during afghanistan's civil war, they committed hor

special episode this is taliban country only on al jazeera america >> top stories for you once again on al jazeera. the russian president vladimir putin has left the g-20 summit early after he was confronted by western leaders over ukraine. the meeting did produce a plan to increase global growth by $2 trillion in five years. >>> children suffering from malnutrition, in syria they're searching for scraps of food. wheat harvest could be 50% below average. >>> and u.s. top general stressed, i.s.i.l. cannot be defeated by air strikes alone. sent 1,000 personnel to train forces. >>> country toughens its antiterrorism laws. islamic state of iraq and the levant is one of them. as well as yemen's houthi rebels and the uae branch of the muslim brotherhood. explained why uae has added nearly 100 groups to the list. >> the concern of the islamic state in iraq and syria, organizations and groups that are supporting democracy, supporting human rights. i mean the attack on american muslim civil liberty organizations is very telling. the united arab emirates is not a bastion of human liberties. bu

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special episode this is taliban country only on al jazeera america >> welcome to the news hour. coming under attack in kabul. the taliban has claimed responsibility. israel is accused of collective punishment also this hour five people are found dead as indian police arrest so-called after a 12-day stand off. >> we'll hav

special episode this is taliban country only on al jazeera america you are watching inside story. today on the program, a look at u.s. policy regarding the negotiations for release of american hostages. it is the official policy of the united states not to pay ransoms demanded by captain tors. we are taking a closer look at that policy and other parts of it this time on the program. joining us, former u.s. ambassador, and governor of new mexico he has l has led negotiations around the world. matthew advantage dine, who was held hostage a friend of james foley, he was held in libya at the same time as his friend james, and zachary goldman, director of law and security at new york university school of law. let me start with you, you heard dianne talk about how in the dark the family was for much of the time of james' captivity, are hostages themselves just as much in the dark? i am sure it varies from case to case, but were you aware of efforts to win your release. >> when knives libya, i was essentially a prisoner of war. i had been captured on a reconnie sans mission, but no i had

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country? >> the removing of the taliban was a good thing. and i think what should have happened in 2001 is that they would have been incorporated in some level into a comprehensive peace settlement. what we did in 2001 was, seclude them, and sow the seeds for discontent, persecuting tribes, and leaders ready to lay down their arms that is our mistake. there is something to build on there as you say, education is a giant -- and the inclusion of girls in school is a giant leap forward. but that gives you an idea of the scale of the changes. it's generational, it's going to take 20, 30 years. because afghanistan is predominantly rural country, 80% live in the country side. in those environments conservative forces prevail. in the cities, is we're slowly bringing the country together. >> you wrote that the west's good experiment was effectively lost when president obama stuck to his decision three years ago, to end the surge. as you know, you know, we are winding down even further now. what hope, are you hopeful for the future? >> i'm hopeful in

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special episode this is taliban country only on al jazeera america >> vice president biden was in kiev today to lend support to ukraine's embattled leaders. biden wasted no time. in western sanctions against moscow include those targeting russia's energy industry. as i reported, there is immense energy wealthy to be found in the arctic. and the race to tap it is ratcheting up tensions in this new cold war. it's 10:00 a.m. on afternoon autumn morning in tran sil transsylvania. fm. >> demonstrations of force like this have taken on a new urgency for the west. here beside the car carpathian mountains in romania, just a seven hour drive from ukraine, where russian backed separatists set off the worst confrontation sense the end of the cold war. rowe reu row row roman nian fears that russia and the u.s. are bound for armed conflict. yet an escalating conflict on both sides have left little room for understanding. combat aircraft near nato air space. nearly two dozen russian bombers and fighters swooped over the north sea, the black sea, the dpufl of finland and the baltic sea. that intercep

trying to sell the isis message in taliban country. trying to sell pepsi in coke country.may not have a lot of luck there it shows that he is committed. they have an outpost beyond the battlefield. >> they may have be different. if they have a common goal. you know, things may look very different to them in six months. they may be pals. >> a decade ago, the bush administration felt that there was no way this guy would go back to the fight because he was too old and he had poor health. here we are a decade later and now he has hitched his wagon to the next big thing, which is isis in the global jihad. >> that's terrible. anyway, catherine are, thank you. >> you're welcome. >> former detainees going straight from gitmo back to al qaeda and now to isis. what is the solution in senator lindsey graham joins us. good evening, sir. this can't be a good sign if they are going from al qaeda to gitmo to isis and now even to pakistan. >> what percentage of a gitmo detainees who have been release have gone back to the fight, do you know? >> i have no idea. >> almost 30%. what is the s

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special episode this is taliban country only on al jazeera america >> welcome to the news hour. coming under attack in kabul. the taliban has claimed responsibility. israel is accused of collective punishment also this hour five people are found dead as indian police arrest so-called after a 12-day stand off. >> we'll have all your sports headlines this wednesday, including formula one driver jules ou sbianchi out of his coma. >> so breaking news from afghanistan, first this hour, the taliban says it is responsible for a suicide blast in the center of kabul. a car bomb exploded close to the so-called green village, a heavily guarded complex which houses foreign contractors. the bomb went off in a street off of a secure zone and was followed by a bomb fire. four attackers are dead. you heard the blast. a journalist with "the l.a. times." he joins us on the line with kabul. how big was this explosion? >> reporter: i'm actually pretty far from the center of the explosion, and i heard remnants of it. it was a low baring truck loaded with explosives that caused the blast. and they wou

special episode this is taliban country only on al jazeera america >> on the stream >> born one gender, but living as another. is a lack of awareness about this community in america costing transgender people basic human rights? >> the stream on al jazeera america >> iran and the u.s. worked long hours to try to overcome their deep divisions, ahead of a monday deadline. secretary of state john kerry plans to stay over the weekend for more talks. one party not at the negotiating table but keeping a close eye on the talks is israel. unlike iran israel has not signed the nuclear nonproliferation treaty but it's weapons. nick schifrin has the latest in jerusalem. >> officials here in israel and the u.s. all agree if iran were to decide to make a nuclear weapon it could do so in a few months. fundamentally what's on the table this weekend, removing iran's ability to make that weapon or making it harder in the wake of crippling financial sanctions. for more than adecade iran has built a vast nuclear strawrkt. infrastructure. this weekend may be the last best chance to make a deal that presid

special episode this is taliban country only on al jazeera america >>> a lot to be done to finalize theeal with iran over the nuclear program. a 6-month tentative agreement with iran's roll back of parts of the program expires in two days. kerry says there are still big gaps. that's what he calls it. the talks leaving doubt about finalizing a deal by monday. north earn syria, the sees of kobane going in to its third month. kurdish forces say they have seized control of six buildings as well as a cache of ammunition. ire strikes have pummeled in and around that town. mexican officials arrested a former police director in connection with the disappearance of 43 college students. this comes as u.s. officials issue a travel warning to the southern townsend of acapulco. thousands of protesters have been clashing with mexican police and with the government to do more to find the missing students. tunisia angels will go to the polls tomorrow to elect a new. it's fwlooen years since the revolution that brought democracy to tunisia and set off the arab spring for the first time move, there will

special episode this is taliban country only on al jazeera america >> we are not defined by tribe, or blood lines. we are defined by a creed. >> president obama, evoking america ideals hours before announcing changes that will allow millions of immigrants to stay in the united states legally. coming up, new details from. going beyond the rhetoric, a look at what reform can mean for the nation's economy. >> more deaths in buffalo, after the area got an entire year's worth of snow in just a few days. >> and anger in mexico. leads to mass protests and industries. >> live from new york city, in two hours president obama will tell the nation what he plans to do on his own, to fix the nation's immigration system. but we are already learning details of the plan which is expected to protect about 5 million undocumented immigrants from deportation. at least while president obama is in the white house. mike is live at the white house for us. mike, what can you tell us about what the president plans to say tonight? >> well, that's an important caveat that you make, as long as president obama is

special episode this is taliban country only on al jazeera america >> now a snapshot of stories makingeadlines on america tonight. jason collins who made basketball history, by coming out, has announced his retirement. some positive news in the fight against ebola, officials say the government's worst case scenario forecast for the ebola outbreak in west africa won't happen in september. the cdc mentioned the people with ebola could reach as many as 1.4 million by the begins of 2015. there have been 14,000 ebola cases and more than 5100 deaths, since spring. >>> the newly crowned miss honduras and her sister have been found dead. authorities have questioned founder people. >>> one year ago, the ukrainian central square the maidan, wanted their top official out. the maidan revolution, in the end, a new political era for ukraine. today, though, the country is gripped by civil war, facing an uncertain future. on the first anniversary of the uprising "america tonight" correspondent sheila macvicar looks back on the changes through the eyes of three members of the maidan generation. [ bells

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special episode this is taliban country only on al jazeera america >> an arranging of 13 people a day are being killed in the ongoing conflict in ukraine, despite a ceasefire in september. 4300 people have died in eastern ukraine since the fighting breakout between the ukrainians and the pro russian separatists in april. vice president biden is expected to announce an increase in non-lethal help for ukraine. foruke rain. > for -- youring us, courtney, the senior adviser for russia and iris you're and it's a ceasefire. are things getting worse. >> the ceasefire has reduced the level of killing but it has continued, and russia has continued to put new arms into the rebel-controlled areas of eastern ukraine. >> and thaws one of the things that the report says. that the military is going back and forth across the border, and there's ample evidence of russian servicemen in eastern ukraine >> so the report is saying that putin is wrong when he says that russia doesn't have military equipment in ukraine and they're there, and the people are dying, but the russians haven't done very well in e

special episode this is taliban country only on al jazeera america >> and finally from us, the song thate pop charts. raising millions to fight famine in ethiopia and now 30 years after the original band aid, a new band of music superstars that recorded the same anthem this time with a very different cause. ♪ it's christmastime ♪ there's no need to be afraid >> it's the same studio, the same tune, even some of the same faces. ♪ well tonight we're reaching out and touching you ♪ >> but 30 years after the original band aid the cause even the words have now changed. ♪ ♪ >> from pop star elie goulding to the biggest boy band on the planet, most of the singers on band aid 30, most of the people weren't even born. and now they're raiding funds to fight ebola. the original single released in 1984 raised more than $24 million worldwide. it inspired similar efforts like live aid and u.s.a. for africa. with a smash hit "we are the world." >> true band aid we have been working for 30 years but this was so immediate, it's so vicious, it's so filthy little playing and it is a plane ride away from lon

special episode this is taliban country only on al jazeera america >> on techknow, >> we should not be having earthquakes in texas >> the true cost of energy hits home... >> my yard is gone... >> are we destroying our way of life? >> contaminated water from the fracking activities come here >> they stick it to the core of the earth >> but this cutting edge technology could be the answer >> the future of fracking is about the water >> protecting the planet, saving lives... >> how do you convince a big oil company to use this? techknow, only on al jazeera america >> now a snapshot of stories making headlines on america tonight. jason collins who made basketball history, by coming out, has announced his retirement. some positive news in the fight against ebola, officials say the government's worst case scenario forecast for the ebola outbreak in west africa won't happen in september. the cdc mentioned the people with ebola could reach as many as 1.4 million by the begins of 2015. there have been 14,000 ebola cases and more than 5100 deaths, since spring. >>> the newly crowned miss hondura

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special episode this is taliban country only on al jazeera america >> could hydraulic fracturing better known as fracking, be causing earthquakes in areas that have little or no history of seismic activity? traveling to the town of reno, texas to find why residents are standing on shaky ground. >> we were sitting watching tv and there was a tremendous explosion it sounded like and then the whole house shook. >> then the next day there was another one and they just kept coming. and that's whenever we realized we definitely have a problem. we should not be having earthquakes in texas. >> joining us now from seattle is "techknow" contributor marita davidson. marita, great to have you with us. questions are being raised about the connection of fracking and earthquakes in a bunch of different states, arkansas, ohio ohio, oklahoma and texas among them. you went to see this what did you see? >> as you saw in that piece there we went to a small town in texas had a the that has been experiencing a sudden increase in earthquake activity. texas is not known to be earthquake country. and there are

special episode this is taliban country only on al jazeera america protests in missouri as residents wait fr a grand jury's decision in the michael brown case and the governor calls out the national guard. >>> peter's life is evidence that he has been right all along. one person makes a difference. >>> a family's grief after their son is murdered by isil. the response and the latest on the fight against the group. and federal drug agent question national football league doctors a midst claims that locker rooms have become outlets for precipitation drugs. ♪ ♪ . >>> this is al jazerra america, live from new york city, i am david shuster. we begin tonight in missouri where governor jay nixon signed an executive order today di declaring a state of emergency and activating the state's national guard. the move comes as a grand jury is expected to decide any day if police officer darren wilson should be indicted in connection with the shooting death of 18-year-old michael brown. jonathan martin joins us now from ferguson, missouri. jonathan, what is the purpose of the state of emergency? >>

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but it wasn't very different affair the country was divided by the northern alliance is the extreme northeast the taliban controlled 90 percent of the country. is complicate -- complicated dramatically but from the united nations and the u.s. government but no material support man that taliban was the controllers of the country. grossi you could go to those countries to get the visa or you do when i did. you go to the northern alliance the saw there was no airport at the time like dan rather it is like camping into a rugged national park then you get to the battle line they call each other they know each other on the radio and say we have an american in journalist. he wants duke teeeight 20 his visa give us a 20 minute cease-fire bid to drive into the middle of the battle he would pick us up and then to arrive on the taliban side for $30 they would stay lamp on your visa that gives the most interesting experience at the televisa airport. [laughter] majestic -- logistically all the bridges we're gone, no infrastructure whatsoever. i remember calling a story to the village voice. there is no way using a sa

. >> to other news now, the taliban has claimed responsibility for the explosion in the afghan capitol. a foreign guesthouse under attack. now in the south of the country the taliban had also attacked the camp base. british forces handed over the base in helmand to the army in late october. >>> in kabul two british embassy employees were killed. we are in kabul, charles, is it fair to say that taliban announced stepping up their attacks? >> sorry, i didn't hear your question exactly. i'll give you news that just broke. the kabul police chief going on local television and saying two of these attackers are still in this building here in central kabul. it's believed that they're wearing afghan military universities. we also heard from witnesses that left the area after that attacks began, and they're reporting that this is a foreign ngo. the ngo they're reporting is in that compound. it is the third attack specifically on a foreign target. and a second attack on the same day at a foreign ngo here in kabul. yes, it certainly seems as if the taliban are keeping their promises. they said they would in stepping up their attacks against foreign targets. >> mov

and they -- within six weeks they had pretty much bombed up a ol' the taliban military infrastructure. this is not a country with a lot of infrastructure so they bombed all of it and by december the taliban crumbled. now, what is very interesting, what is very surprising to me as i was researching this history, was that by december of 2001, the taliban were defeated and they essentially century rein dead wholesale to the u.s. they tried in groves to switch sides. they sort've repudiated the taliban, and this not just the rank-and-file. this is also leadership. repudiated the taliban and tried to pledge allegiance to the new u.s.-backed government of karzai. enough i know from studying afghan history this shouldn't be that surprising because in a curch trithat has been at war for now 35 years almost, the main prerogative is to survive. so people frequently switch sides. when the soviet union withdraw from afghanistan in 1989, a lot of people who had called themselves communist, who are supporting the soviet union in afghanistan, rebrand themselves as islamis, mujahideen, and joined the other side. and out of

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officials say he is allowing the pentagon to target the taliban in that country. earlier the president said american troops' role would be limited to hunting al-qaeda members. so what's behind the decision? the former deputy consistent to president george w. bush and ellen ratner is a bureau chief of talk radio news services. hello, ellen. she's also a fox news contributor. >> thank you very much. >> brad, i want to start with you. if this is about the safety of personnel, do you have a problem with the president's plan or perhaps do you have a problem with the fact that he didn't recently announce it? >> then he didn't recently announce it and he hasn't been square and up front with the american people. look, we're just within the past few weeks two former defense secretaries who served this president gauge and panetta, said this president doesn't have a will. this president, everything he does is political. it's reactionary. it's not visionary and it's not real in the sense that when you fight a war, you fight a war to win. not to manage conditions. and the pres

country. the taliban made the promise.hey said that they would continue, escalate their attacks on foreign targets and the afghan national army in the wake of an agreement made by the afghan parliament. for foreign forces to remain in the country on training afghan forces after the end of this year. it seems as if the taliban are keeping their promise. >> charles stratford in kaboom, thank you for the update >>> the arab league is meeting in cairo to discuss tensions in jerusalem over access to holy sites. mahmoud abbas, palestinian president held discussions ahead of the meeting. joining us from ramallah, naz reem, tell us what is being discussed at the meeting in cairo? >> well, in addition to the issues you mentioned, jerusalem, al-aqsa, and the wave of violence in jerusalem and the occupied west bank, they are expected to discuss the palestinian move to go to the united nations to get a security council resolution to end the israeli occupation within two years, based on the 1967 lines. so we know that they are going to

country. but the third attack of the taliban in the last 24 hours is seem big a concerted effort by the talibans to really intimidate not only the afghan national army and security here, but foreign forces and foreign nationals across the country. >> all right, thanks so much. charles stratford there. >>> let's get you more on the attack on the -- on the earlier attack i should say on the i she british e embassy attacks. they are all on the heels of the agreement to international force to his stay and train afghan forces let's get more from charles in this report. >> reporter: afghan security forces racing to another suicide attack along a highway that has become one of the most dangerous places in kabul. the suicide car bomber targeted a british embassy vehicle. >> translator: when the explores happened i was standing there. i saw dead bodies in the road. some of them had no arms. it was a land cruiser vehicle and a control a both cars came together and the explosion happened. there were foreign casualties. >> reporter: the force of the blast through the vehicle across four lanes of traffic. s

taliban. to find out which countries have the most attacks over the past five years, there is a very interesting interactive map. we put a link to that on our website nbc10.com. you can check it out there. >>> we have up to the minute news from across the country thanks to our network of reporters and photographers. vai sikahema is in the digital operational center monitoring all the stories. >> we begin with the unrest in ferguson. right now state of emergency is in effect in missouri and this comes as the community waits for a grand jury decision in the michael brown case. the grand jury has decided whether to charge officer darren wilson in the deadly shooting of officer brown who was unarmed. the national guard would help state and local police keep the peace after a ruling is handed down. >>> and in washington the senate is expected to vote on whether to approve the controversial keystone excel oil pipeline and funnel from canada to the gulf of mexico. the house has already said yes, but environmentalists say it is dangerous. >>> later this morning the architect in charge of the dome restor