explosive devices prison authorities are using education and games to reverse taliban brainwashing as tony burke now reports. this is a former women's prison at bottom bagging kabul it's been turned into a juvenile rehabilitation center housing children the government says fought with the taliban we can't identify the children all start because they fear reprisals but the boys have either been charged or convicted of a range of activities including planting roadside explosive devices and attempted suicide bombing offenses they all deny mohammed is sixteen and he's serving a five year sentence for possessing a roadside bomb he says he was framed by family and his and claims he has no connection with the taliban. i have nothing to do with the taliban bad people pay the police to frame me but i did nothing. this type of facility is the first of its kind in the country it houses thirty four detainees age from twelve to seventeen and they are part of a new strategy by the afghan government to move from previous harsh detention conditions to a new more compassionate approach aimed at winning hearts an

from a devastating drought in afghanistan aid workers say the situation is now at a critical stage tony burke has been to one of the worst hit areas the province about gets. in the barren in the hospitable terrain of northwestern afghanistan life is a challenge at the best of times but the drought that to salvage this region has made survival even more difficult. we haven't had rain here for nine months it's devastated our community. but luis province is said to be one of the worst affected in the district of cali nor more than one hundred twenty thousand people have arrived in this one area the lack of water cause their crops to fail so they abandon their homes in villages muhammad his wife and four children walked eight hours in search of water and. we had nothing we couldn't stay night tonight and. it was hard that we had in our charts. u.n. agencies are bringing in supplies but so many people are arriving at the camp they can't keep pace with the demand. the number is much much bigger than we expected and there are sources we have is even much less than what we expected so a woman talent