u.s. troops from afghanistan but faces resistance from the afghan government. some u.s. lawmakers who say it's too early to leave the afghans on the road. and some more on this we're joined by his journalist in kabul hi ali president trump says he has cooled off a secret meeting with taliban leaders what are we hearing there from the afghan government what's their reaction so that one government is saying that basically you know they would only accept a reasonable piece of an appropriate peace that would include a cease fire that would see the taleban teaching any attacks that would harm 1000000000 and that would require face to face talks with the one government have been left out of the process in the 9 rounds that have been held in doha they're also saying that this is further proof that the september 20th presidential elections lead to go ahead because to them only a democratically elected government government turn speak directly with the telephone and negotiate what they call an appropriate or reasonable peace now this is quite a turnaround given that the u.s. afgh

u.s. troops from afghanistan but faces resistance from the afghan government. some u.s. lawmakers who say it's too early to leave the afghans on the road. and for more on this i'm joined by the. man who's been covering the afghan conflict for us since 2001. president says he's cooled off a secret meeting with taliban have we heard from the afghan government yet what's their reaction. they totally support this move they were very apprehensive of these emerging framework agreement between the united states and the taliban and they have even go as far as saying look at can only be us electic afghan government that needs to own indeed these negotiations with the taliban and they also made it very clear that they will push forward with elections presidential elections scheduled for september 28th because they say you know we need leverage at the conference table once we get back there so this is obviously quite a turnaround bearing in mind that the u.s. afghanistan envoy said recently that the trumpet ministration was on the threshold of an agreement with the taliban how clos

u.s. and the taliban have been missing since last year in the hopes of ending the afghanistan conflict. the body of an american soldier returns home sergeant ellis but i thought piece age 34 was the 16th u.s. service member killed in afghanistan this year and one of a dozen people who died when a taliban car bomb exploded on thursday near the u.s. embassy in kabul on saturday evening president trump took to twitter to announce that he had canceled a secret meeting at camp david with taliban leaders after the insurgents claimed responsibility for the attack twitter users were angry when they heard of his plan to host members of the taliban on american soil so close to the anniversary of the september 11th attacks by al qaeda it was those attacks 18 years ago that prompted the u.s. to invade afghanistan to go after the taliban who were harboring al qaeda leaders more than 2400 u.s. troops have been killed since the invasion. and afghan leaders including president ashraf ghani have been increasingly critical of a draft deal reached between u.s. special envoy. and taliban representatives in

u.s. next year he wants to show some kind of success. regarding afghanistan the u.s. is not in harmony here so the only way out of this crisis is that the taliban agree sure some flexibility agree with the u.s. and then hold talks with the gun government the elected government in kabul hold indra gone dialogues there is the only way out of this crisis and i believe this is going to happen sooner or later these are just you know bargaining tactics. thank you very much for the analysis. thanks for having me on the show let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world turkish and u.s. troops have conducted their 1st joint ground patrol in northeast syria ankara's established what it calls a safe zone in the area i mean it has away from its border also wants to resettle up to a 1000000 syrian refugees in the region. sudan has sworn in its 1st cabinet after the ouster of long time. that by prime minister abdullah it includes 4 women among them the foreign minister the cabinet part of a power sharing agreement between the military and pro-demo

u.s. next year he wants to show some kind of success. regarding afghanistan the u.s. is not in hearty here so the only way out of this crisis is that the taliban agree show some flexibility agree to terms with the u.s. and then hold talks with the of gun government the elected government in kabul and hold indra gone dialogues that is the only way out of this crisis and i believe this is going to happen sooner or later these are just you know bargaining tactics . thank you very much for the analysis thanks for having me on the show. some of the other stories making news around the world turkish and u.s. troops have conducted their 1st joint patrol in northeastern syria and present stablish what it calls a safe zone in the area i mean kurdish fighters away from its border turkey also wants to resettle up to 1000000 syrian refugees in the region. hundreds of residents of greater bacco island have arrived in the bahamas capital nothing survivors of hurricane doran's assault on their homes many women by family and friends the united nations says some 700000 people are in n

u.s. engagement in afghanistan u.s. president donald trump says that he is calling off peace talks with taliban leaders from tweeted that he also scraps a secret meeting planned with the taliban camp david on sunday are the taliban took credit for an earlier attack in kabul early in this this week or the attack killed a dozen people including an american soldier the u.s. and the taliban have been. since last year in the hopes of ending the afghanistan conflict. case we're joined now by journalist annie le t.v. in kabul good to have you with us allie so president trump says that he has called off a secret meeting with taliban leaders have we heard from the afghan government yet what's their reaction we have heard from the on government just in the last hour or so and their reaction is basically pretty standard you know they're saying that they want a legitimate peace that can only come when there is a proper ceasefire when the taliban stop attacking out on civilians and when the taliban are willing to sit face to face on

u.s. engagement in afghanistan u.s. president donald trump says that he is calling off peace talks with taliban leaders trump tweeted that he also scrapped a secret meeting planned with the taliban at camp david on sunday after the taliban took credit for an attack in kabul this week the attack killed a dozen people including one american soldier u.s. and the taliban have been meeting since last year in the hope of ending a for. the afghanistan conflict. and for more on this and now i'm joined by the w.'s on the pages the man who's been covering the afghan conflict for since 2001 so very good to have you with us sandra now president trump says that he has called off this secret meeting with taliban leaders have we heard from the afghan government yet what have they got to say right now there is actually a presser by the presidential spokesman in kabul and basically they are in favor of calling all for whatever was planned in washington whether it's the camp david meeting that trump was talking about in his tweets which

u.s. troops from afghanistan but faces resistance from the afghan guy. raiment and some u.s. lawmakers who say it's too early to leave the afghans on the road. now some of the other stories making news around the world turkish and u.s. troops have conducted their 1st joint ground control in northeastern syria as established what it calls a safe zone in the area aiming to keep kurdish fighters away from its border turkey also wants to resettle up to 1000000 syrian refugees in the region. sudan has sworn in its 1st cabinet after the ouster of longtime ruler omar al bashir led by prime minister abdullah hum docket includes 4 women among them the foreign minister the cabinet as part of a power sharing agreement between the military and pro-democracy activists. 4 crew members are missing after a cargo ship capsized off the u.s. state of georgia the 200 meter long vessel reportedly caught fire shortly after leaving port then rolled on its side authorities are investigating what caused the ship to overturn. thousands of people marched in bosnia as 1st ever try the parade in the capi

u.s. troops from afghanistan but faces resistance from the afghan government. u.s. lawmakers who say it's too early to leave the afghans on the road. so take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world turkish and u.s. troops have conducted their 1st joint ground patrol in northeastern syria and has established what it calls a safe zone in the area aiming to keep kurdish fighters away from its border turkey also wants to resettle up to 1000000 syrian refugees in the region. hong kong riot police again fired tear gas and rubber bullets at anti-government protesters on sunday activists set up barricades smashed windows and started street fires and one of hong kong central districts earlier tens of thousands of demonstrators rallied in front of the u.s. consulate urging president donald trump to liberate hong kong. the powerful typhoon has lashed the japanese capital tokyo leaving at least 10 people injured the storm has caused major disruption to transport bringing train services to a standstill and grounding flights about 400000 people have been

u.s. troops from afghanistan but faces resistance from the afghan guy. raiment and some u.s. lawmakers who say it's too early to leave the afghans on the road. let's now take a quick look at some of the other stories making news around the world turkish and u.s. troops have conducted their 1st joint ground control and northeastern syria has established what it calls a safe zone in the area aiming to keep kurdish fighters away from the border turkey also wants to resettle up to 1000000 syrian refugees in the region. sudan has sworn in its 1st cabinet after the ouster of long time ruler omar al bashir led by prime minister abdullah hum doc the 18 member administration includes 4 women among them the foreign minister the cabinet as part of a power sharing agreement between the military and pro-democracy activists. thousands of people marched in bosnia as 1st ever pride parade in the capital sarajevo developed peacefully despite fears of violence prompted by muslim groups who had organized counter rallies bosnia is the latest balkan country to introduce pride marches to its annua

u.s. troops from afghanistan but faces resistance from the afghan government. u.s. lawmakers who say it's too early to leave the afghans on the road. let's take a look at some of the other story so making news around the world turkish and u.s. troops have conducted their 1st joint ground patrol in northeastern syria ankara has established what it calls a save zone in the area aiming to keep kurdish fighters away from its border with turkey also wants to resettle up to 1000000 syrian refugees in the region. the powerful typhoon fox i has lashed the japanese capital tokyo leaving at least 10 people injured the storm has cost major disruption to transport bringing train services to a standstill and grounding flights about 400000 people have been advised to evacuate their homes. the hurricane that ripped through the bahamas made landfall on the east coast of canada on sunday for downgraded to a tropical storm dorian still cause damage whipping up waves and flooding waterfront areas the storm lashed the canadian coast with strong winds and heavy rain knocking out power i

u.s. troops from afghanistan but faces resistance from the afghan government. and some u.s. lawmakers who say it's too early to leave the afghans on the road the. russians have been voting today in regional region regional and municipal elections some observers say the elections were neither free nor fair more than 7000000 were eligible to relates lawmakers to the moscow of holland president vladimir putin cast his votes in the capital where demonstrations have erupted in recent weeks protesters were angry after authorities banned several allies of opposition leader and it's in a valley from standing a police crackdown so around 2000 people the times. for more on this let's bring in our correspondent our until he's in moscow arrant we'll only have full seconds tomorrow but do we have any results i thought well russia is quite a large countries around which we want to get the official alexion totals but looking here at moscow which is actually the most closely watched races we're seeing that voter turnout is roughly in line with what it was last year and that was only around

u.s. did not invade afghanistan to liberate afghan women. number two, the u.s. will not make a decision about its exit from afghanistan-based fundamentally on considerations regarding afghan women. i'm not saying that as a policy proposal prescription recommendation, i'm stating it as a policy reality in the rest there will be many who desire to minimize the impact on afghan women, preserve the protections for afghan women, but at the end of the day, the decision-making will be fundamentally about other issues related to the security of the u.s., and not considerations related to women. we don't have time to address the comment, but very briefly, it is a difficult election to answer, because the taliban are not going into this negotiation if the negotiation happens with already developed political forms, unlike other peace processes in the world. the zone of the possible is going to have to emerge as the negotiations develop and the positions confront each other. chances of pakistan stopping are slim. the more important point is if the u.s. withdraws from afghani

u.s. troops from afghanistan but faces resistance from the afghan government and some u.s. lawmakers who say it's too early to leave the afghans on the road. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world turkish and u.s. troops have conducted their 1st joint ground patrol in south in northeastern syria and christmas stablished what it calls a safe zone in the area i mean to keep kurdish fighters away from an order of turkey also wants to resettle up to a 1000000 syrian refugees in the region. 4 crew members are missing after a cargo ship capsized off the u.s. state of georgia the 200 meter long craft carrier reportedly caught fire shortly after leaving the port then rolled on its side authorities are investigating what caused the ship to overturn thousands of people marched in bosnia is the 1st ever pride parade in the capital sorry i ever went off peacefully despite fears of violence prompted by muslim groups who organized counter rallies is the latest country to introduce prive munches to its annual events calendar. russians have bee

u.s. and the taliban have been meeting since last year in the hopes of ending the afghanistan conflict. face we're joined now by journalist and a t.v. in kabul good to have you with us and so president trump says that he has called off a secret meeting with taliban leaders have we heard from the afghan government yet what's their reaction we have heard from the on government just in the last hour or so and their reaction is basically pretty standard you know they're saying that they want a legitimate peace that can only come when there is a proper ceasefire when the follow on stop attacking out on civilians and when the taliban are willing to sit face to face on government which is something that has not happened and 9 rounds of talks with the toggle between the taliban and the americans in doha. this is something that they've been saying for a long time now and they also refer back to the upcoming presidential elections it's on the 28th saying that those must carry forward and that you know having a legitimate elected democratic government is the only way to have a proper discussion be

u.s. service member killed in afghanistan this year one of a dozen people who died when a taliban car bomb exploded on thursday near the u.s. embassy in kabul. that inspired president trump to tweet an unexpected announcement . the major taliban leaders and the president of afghanistan were going to secretly meet with me on sunday unfortunately in order to build false leverage they admitted to an attack in kabul that killed one of our great soldiers i immediately canceled the meeting and called off peace negotiations. it has been 18 years since the u.s. invaded afghanistan after the september 11th attacks on new york city by its ally al qaida thousands of coalition troops have died as well as tens of thousands of afghan troops and civilians. afghanistan's government has been critical of the negotiations between the u.s. and the taliban which have largely sidelined afghan officials a spokesman welcome trump's announcement. there was an important day for the taliban to. to brace a political life david to do so. while they were talking to the city. in the time of the mission and we didn't see

u.s. troops were in afghanistan? > 8,600 or 8,400. >> so donald trump ran on a campaign of getting the u.s. out of endless wars, of getting us out of dumb wars in the middle east. he has failed to deliver on that promise. in fact, he has increased troops in afghanistan by approximately 70%. do you know what the cost of how much the u.s. has spent in afghanistan, ms. wells? >> i don't have an exact figure. i don't think we've been able to produce an exact figure. we talk about 30 billion a year total in afghanistan now. >> thank you. so according to "the washington post," it's been over $1 trillion. there's an article in "the washington post" saying trump's afghanistan troop increase adds to 1 trillion in war costs, and we have very little to show for this. we are still in a stalemate. there is no indication if we stay another 18 years that we're going to achieve any sort of victory. in fact, what ends up happening is because we keep killing civilians and other folks in afghanistan, it makes terrorists recruiting that

u.s. presence in afghanistan. his national security advisers oppose a full withdrawal because of the presence of al qaeda and isis, but keep in mind, we are going into the 18th year of this war. every single democrat running for president wants to bring the oeoops home, and so does the president. >> o'donnell: all right. that promise made by the president on the line. margaret, thank you. the stalled peace talks could lead to disaster in afghanistan. charlie d'agata spoke to one of the country's top leaders about what's next. ( gunfire ) >> reporter: with taliban peace talks in tatters, afghanistan is now bracing for the backlash. the militant group had stepped up a vicious campaign of violence throughout the country, and that was during negotiations with the u.s. afghan government officials have insisted washington should have demanded a ceasefire before any promise of a u.s. troop drawdown. abdullah abdullah is afghanistan's chief executive. >> a complete withdrawal without any progress in the peace process or t

u.s. troops from afghanistan. robert burns writing the top u.s. military officer said last week it's too early to talk about a full american troop withdrawal from afghanistan. injecting a cautionary note as the u.s. peace talks with the taliban appear to be near final agreement. general joseph dunnford told pentagon reporters that any u.s. deal with the taliban will be lace basted on security conditions on the ground. and that afghan forces aren't able to secure the country without help from allied forces. 202-748-8000 your thoughts if you are an afghan vet. 202-748-8001, all others. we say good morning to pat in new jersey. welcome. caller: hi. thank you. 12 ink this comes about years too late. i say better late than never. i don't think it was a mistake to go into afghanistan. we gave the people of afghanistan almost 18 years. if they wanted to be rid of the taliban, they would have done more. asor what's going to happen to people, the one thing i would say to the world, anyone, anywhere who sets foot in afghanistan or any country that is harbori

stated that $5000.00 soldiers would be pulled out of afghanistan the president has also made it clear recently that he wants to cut down the number of u.s. troops in afghanistan significantly by almost half and his advisers have said that trump plans to pull all troops out of afghanistan before the 2028 presidential elections. washington correspondent qana like that well russians head to the polls for regional and municipal elections today with some observers saying the votes will be neither free nor fair demonstrations have erupted in moscow in recent weeks self-regard has rejected several opposition figures as tannadice a protest spoke to police crackdown with a round 2000 people detained at the protests why they know it just seems that he may quit in regaining the presidency in 2012. meanwhile the prisoner exchange between russia and ukraine that took place yesterday is raising hopes that tensions between the neighboring countries could be set to improve this what's also being seen as a step towards resolving the conflict in eastern ukraine 5 years of fighting between ukrainian troops and russian backed separatists has left 113000 pe

u.s. special envoy for afghanistan is being recalled and he warned that things are about to get worse for the taliban after fighters took responsibility for a suicide bomb attack that killed 12 people in kabul last week including a u.s. soldier trumps national security adviser john bolton and republican party politicians have been dubious about the nearly year long negotiations hosted by cantars saying taliban leaders are not to be trusted it doesn't seem to get better but i'm sure it will get worse if we leave frankly i think backing away from where we were just dealing with the taliban is the right thing to do leaving troops there for right now is the right thing to do democrats criticize trumps to go shooting style saying he doesn't take advice from experts that our president isn't listening to his generals to his diplomats to the intelligence community frankly that's largely why general mattis for whom i have huge respect resigned in protest was our president's tendency to make a prop decisions without knowing the context of the region and without relying on the advice of the skilled

u.s. decision to increase operations in afghanistan a day after u.s. president donald trump peace talks with the taliban. on the program. in the capital. leaving this country children simply because they are. hundreds of its. decision. welcome to the program united states is commemorating the 2001 terror attacks with ceremonies across the country families of victims and survivors were amongst. ground 0 in new york 2 hijacked planes crashed into the twin towers of the trade center nearly 3000 people were killed. so it was well we don't do you don't because people who publish. welcome public so these attacks 18 years ago the us response to the change so much what are the biggest things still affecting the world today phil welders are there many things which i suppose a lot of people wouldn't even associate with the 911 attacks strict security at airports it changed vastly after those attacks on september 11th 2001 and that wasn't just here in the united states that was worldwide also there have been changes to the requirements for entry into the united s

u.s. special envoy for afghanistan is being recalled and he warned that things are about to get worse for the taliban after fighters took responsibility for a suicide bomb attack that killed 12 people in kabul last week including a u.s. soldier trumps national security adviser john bolton and republican party politicians have been dubious about the nearly year long negotiations hosted by cantars saying taliban leaders are not to be trusted it doesn't seem to get better but i'm sure it will get worse if we leave frankly i think backing away from where we were just dealing with the taliban is the right thing to do leaving troops there for right now is the right thing to do democrats criticized drops to go shooting style saying he doesn't take advice from experts that our president isn't listening to his generals to his diplomats to the intelligence community frankly that's largely why general mattis for whom i have huge respect resigned in protest was our president tendency to make a proper decisions without knowing the context or the region and without relying on the advice of the skilled

u.s. special envoy for afghanistan is being recalled and he warned that things are about to get worse for the taliban after fighters took responsibility for a suicide bomb attack that killed 12 people in kabul last week including a u.s. soldier trumps national security adviser john bolton and republican party politicians have been dubious about the nearly year long negotiations hosted by cantars saying taliban leaders are not to be trusted it doesn't seem to get better but i'm sure it will get worse if we leave frankly i think backing away from where we were just dealing with the taliban is the right thing to do leaving troops there for right now is the right thing to do democrats criticize trumps negotiating style saying he doesn't take advice from experts that our president isn't listening to his generals to his diplomats to the intelligence community frankly that's largely why general mattis for whom i have huge respect resigned in protest was our president tendency to make a brought decisions without knowing the context or the region and without relying on the advice of the skilled di

u.s. troops to afghanistan and a political settlement. it is not about a u.s. presence conducting a forever war on terror in afghanistan. and so far russia, china, and pakistan have reiterated that position that they support a political settlement that will lead to a u.s. withdrawal, dialogue and settlement in afghanistan. with the u.s. position as we know is unclear, but i think president donald trump's basic position that he wants to get out of afghanistan and the basic possession to get out of afghanistan is quite clear. the question is how. first of all, if the united states is going to get out without the agreement that was reached last week that doesn't mean it will get out without an agreement. perfect. first of all, the afghani government will have the capacity depending how the elections go but if the elections have a decisive result which they may or may not have but if they do, then the afghan government will be in a position to regain position to some extent if it is willing to say to acknowledge that its future is not on the united states. we unders

how's the peace process in afghanistan collapsed in a tweet the u.s. president pulls off talks with taliban leader did donald trump take diplomacy to find that reasons behind the decision this is inside story. how and welcome to the program i am hashem. talks to the war in afghanistan appear to be making progress the taliban and the u.s. came up with a draft deal after nearly a year of discussions in qatar and then back as chief negotiator sounded up to mystic when he revealed that detail so the afghan president last week but now a breakdown in a suite the u.s. president canceled a sequence meeting with taliban leaders and the afghan president at camp david donald trump blamed the taliban car bombing that killed an american soldier and 11 other people in kabul on thursday it doubt of the group want to negotiate a meaningful agreement by the taliban warned the u.s. that americans with suffer more than anyone else for canceling the talks tony berkeley is in kabul for us. privately i think the afghan government is pleased that these talks are being cancel

u.s. special envoy for afghanistan is being recalled and he warned that things are about to get worse for the taliban after fighters took responsibility for a suicide bomb attack that killed 12 people in kabul last week including a u.s. soldier trumps national security adviser john bolton and republican party politicians have been dubious about the nearly year long negotiations hosted by cantars saying taliban leaders are not to be trusted it doesn't seem to get better but i'm sure it will get worse if we leave frankly i think backing away from where we were just dealing with the taliban is the right thing to do leaving troops there for right now is the right thing to do democrats criticize trumps to go shooting style saying he doesn't take advice from experts that our president isn't listening to his generals to his diplomats to the intelligence community frankly that's largely why general mattis for whom i have huge respect resigned in protest was our president's tendency to make a prop decisions without knowing the context or the region and without relying on the advice of the skilled

u.s. forces in afghanistan. that in response to u.s.sident donald trump saying that peace talks with the talibaban are now dead. over the weekend, ththe presidit canceled a secret t meeting with the taliliban and afghan leader. it is now unclear if the u.s. will push ahead with the planned cuts to a nunumber of u.s. army personnel in afghanistan. president macron: they are dead. -- presesident trump:they are dead. they're dead. they thought they had to kill people to put themselves in a better negotiating position. one happened to be an american soldier, and you cannot do that with me. so they are dead as far as s i'm concncerned. we have hit the taliban harder in the last four days than they have been hit in the last 10 years. that is the way it is. next three weeks, france will be holding a national consultation on the use of pesticides, and whether there should be a legal, minimum distance in residential areas and agricultural areas sprayed with chemicals. the two areas should always be kept at least 150 meters apart, but that was la

stated that $5000.00 soldiers would be pulled out of afghanistan the president has also made it clear recently that he wants to cut down the number of u.s. troops in afghanistan significantly by almost half and his advisors have said that trump plans to pull all troops out of afghanistan before the 2028 presidential elections. now to a long awaited exchange of prisoners between russia and ukraine the swap is being viewed as a step towards easing tensions between the neighboring countries and could also increase the chances of resolving the conflict in eastern ukraine 5 years of fighting between ukrainian troops and russian backed separatists have left over 13000 people dead. i their 1st steps of freedom back on home soil 35 former prisoners arriving in kiev. a handshake from the president is nothing compared to the embrace of a loved one. some had been separated for months others years never knowing was would come next. the knowledge that is kept on changing we heard that the prisoner swap was going to fall through. the end of august was a difficult time i couldn't sleep for 5 days. they only told us today at 4 in the morning that we sh

u.s. secretary of state says talks with the taliban are dead for the time being and a special envoy to afghanistan is being recalled taliban representative said the consolation of talks will harm the u.s. more than anyone. the british government's insisting it will exit the european union by oktober the 31st despite multiple setbacks in parliament and the resignation of a senior cabinet minister meanwhile france says it doesn't want another brags that delay and the u.k. needs to show the way forward. but he's in south africa fired stun grenades and rubber bullets to break up crowds in the streets of johannesburg trying to stop the anti immigrant riots that have left at least 5 people that. a day of protest that started peacefully in central hong kong has ended in more chaos demonstrators said barricades on fire blocked major roads and vandalized a metro station that thousands marched peacefully to the u.s. consulate the calling on congress to pass human rights legislation allowing sanctions to be imposed on hong kong leaders video gopalan send this update from hong kong. this is one of hong kong's

u.s. responded by implementing massive new security measures and invading afghanistan which was protecting al qaeda leaders u.s. president donald trump attended a memorial ceremony at the pentagon laid a wreath and announced an escalation of the u.s. military assault on the taliban in afghanistan we do not seek conflict but if anyone dares to strike our land we will respond with the full measure of american power and the iron will of the american spirit and that spirit is unbreakable we had peace talks scheduled a few days ago i called them off when i learned that they had killed a great american soldier from puerto rico and 11 other innocent people they thought they would use this attack to show strength but actually what they showed is unrelenting week that's the last 4 days we have hit our enemy harder than they have ever been hit before and that will continue. the u.s. envoy spent almost a year negotiating with the taliban over a possible u.s. troop withdrawal from afghanistan those talks raised hopes in the country that peace was coming but now that the peace talks have collapsed afgh

u.s. presidents that are promised to end this war in afghanistan. we saw what happened in iraq when u.s. troops withdrew very hastily. .t could be a lot worse the terrain is a lot more rugged and impenetrable. this could come back to haunt u.s. security interests. u.s.esson should be politicians should not make promomises they cannot deliver n or they can only deliver at a great security risk to the u.s. >> thank you very much. you can read her article on the abrupt end to u.s. negotiations with the taliban on our website. i suggest you check out france 24.com. the isisraeli army has bond a hamas of have loss -- positions. we saw an election rally of prime minister benjamin netanyahu cut short. he announced plans to annex the jordan valley at the heart of the west bank if he is reelelecd next w week. a move that one senior palestinian official said would dedestroy all chance o of peace. jerusalem to speak with giordano miller -- jordana miller. this is a carefully calibrated move from netanyahu, i imagine. >> he was incredibly stratategic the he decided to annex west bank jewiwish settle

u.s. does want to bring the troops back that just just pulling troops out without some kind of arrangement afghanistan is not good enough because that the u.s. cannot afford to allow afghanistan fall apart so even if there's a sort of a cooling off time even if there's a time when the taliban have to reflect on what went wrong the afghan government is going to be coming up with some proposals they everybody's going to have to work out what happens with the afghan elections which are shuttle to take place at the end of this month but face tremendous challenges that they in terms of the security so it strikes it strikes me that there's going to be a period in which you can't go forward but there's going to be a reflection on there's going to be another attempt at this perhaps with a different format and i think in particular there will be pressure on the taliban to to lower their expectations and to get honest with their own people about what can be achieved in such a deal you answered my question i was in fact going to ask you about the presidential elections going forward and what impact what's happen

u.s. ambassador to afghanistan, would you trust the taliban when they say, as ty apparently did it to u.s. officials, that they would cut ties with al qaeda in return for u.s. troop drawdown? ryan: this has been flawed from thwevery beginning. made a huge concession at the start by agreeing to t the taliban n baout the governme of afghanistan president. thatad been at taliban demand for years. we resisted it for years, and then we cepted it. the signal weaid was basically the same signal we sent in t i 1970'sn paris about vietnam, we're done, we are leaving. you can lk about the modalities, buwe are just done here. i think they were off to a very bad start right at the stginning. the hing we can do right now, what the presidentays he is doing, is halting these negotiations. we need to re-base need to talk to the afghan government, and come up with a strategy for winning, not losing. that is where we are right now. laura: y to troop withdrawals that you the movie doesn' stop playing.t would that be a problem if we completely withdraw troops from afghanistan? ryan: we have seen this movie in

u.s. and the taliban have been meeting things last year in the hopes of ending the afghanistan conflict. and to talk more about this bombshell announcement by president trouble i'm joined now by our washington correspondent bleicher there have been countless attacks by the taliban during the months these peace talks have been going on what may trump called it quits now well trungpa said on twitter that this last attack on thursday really was the last straw to make him quit the talks now and cancel the secret meeting that was supposed to happen was tolerably does and afghanistan's president at camp david on sunday and president trump s we that if they the taliban cannot agree to a cease fire during these very important peace talks and even kill 12 innocent people then they probably don't have the power to negotiate a meaningful agreement anyway. according to all peace deals seemed within reach a draft is even said to have been on trump's table will all these advances now become unraveled. yes there was indeed a draft peace agreement that the u.s. envoy to afghanistan had said was ready in

u.s. troops leave afghanistan?o or twitter @foxnewssunday, and we may use your question on the air. ♪ ♪ one of the benefits we as a country give our veterans is eligibility for a va loan for up to 100% of your home's value. thank you, admiral. so if you need money for your family, call newday usa. a(p7 ♪ go where my baby lives b[ growl ]olle♪s good boy. hey. hey. you must be steven's phone. know who's on your network and control who shouldn't be with xfinity xfi. simple. easy. awesome. >> we're like policemen in afghani. but we're talking to the taliban, we're talking to the government. we'll see if we can do something. chris: president trump this week setting the stage for the u.s. to begin pulling troops from afghanistan, but that's now in question after the president canceled a secret meeting at camp david to be held today with the taliban. and it's time now for our sunday group, gop strategist carl oval; fox news political analyst juan williams; former congresswoman jane harman, director of the wilson center; a

u.s. has the most to lose after president counseled a secret meeting with the group at camp david in the united states the surprise move came after a series of violent attacks in afghanistan last week one of which killed an american soldier the u.s. secretary of state mike on peo says talks with the taliban are dead for the time being and the special envoy to afghanistan is being recalled this was the afghan government's reaction. we expected an outcome that could lead to a ceasefire that could lead us to a direct negotiation with the afghan government and the taliban. so unfortunately so that's that's we didn't see. our current terry we saw and we are observed that there could be rests to any process that the afghan government is not the main stakeholder and that and any process that cannot guarantee a cease fire a halt to the violence could be on form for all of that humans that we have gained tenure batley has more from kabul. ironically these talks that been going on in doha did have a possibility of the talks between between the taliban and the afghan government going ahead in fact the most surprising thing about this whole cancellation was i think the reaction of th

the way you are talking there may not be but if there is such a thing describe us success in afghanistan. the u.s. success has been to blunt the. force of the taleban and that shari'ah influences at one time when we had them out. afghanistan began to flourish again now a lot of countries in the neighborhood have would like to invest in afghanistan develop its resources because its resource rich why can't we get something go and have a us an issue to have to do that and steer away more and more from the from the military approach and ok talk to the taliban but again they're fractured some of them are joint isis some of them are going to fight with other tribes other clans i mean we there needs to be a stabilizing force right now it's not there can't just convene a meeting you know michael maloof thank you for stepping into the big picture thank you coming up next month it will be years since that 1st $737.00 max crash and the fleet remains grounded well that ground your holiday travel plans this is the big picture on r.t. america. there are growing indications the west's anti russia's stance may b

u.s. to begin withdrawing thousands of soldiers from afghanistan. nson has details. >> reporter: the chief u.s. negotiator in afghanistan says a deal has been reached in principle with afghanistan to begin withdrawing troops. he says this is correct. if the terms go as agreed with, in 135 days we will withdraw from five bases. the accord could lead to the gradual drawdown of the 14,000 troops in the country. >> it's important to emphasize this. any agreement that we have moving forward, the president's been very clear, is going to be conditions-based. >> reporter: cbs news has learned any agreement with the u.s. requires agreement with the taliban and requires a break with al qaeda that ensures sto attacks on their soil. >> i would need to see the whole deal before signing on to any part of it, but i do think it's long past bringing our american troops home. >> reporter: the president must still sign off on the deal, but president trump campaigned on a pledge of ending the nearly 18-year war. the president said last week the u.s. will keep 8,600 sold

u.s. first invaded afghanistan. nat's nearly the number that died on 9/11. we sat down for an emotional interview with some relatives of the fallen and with combat survivors from the battle of wanat in 2008. it was one of the bloodiest battles in the war with nine u.s. soldiers killed and 27 wounded. >> 9/11 was the reason why jason decided that he would go into the military. >> i remember him talking to me about wanting to go and, you know, fight terror. >> my son gave his life over there. he probably would be alive today if it hadn't been for 9/11. >> reporter: for jessica davis, carlene cross and dave brostrom, 9/11 was a turning point, one that would send their sons to a remote and dangerous battlefield. today these gold star families are forever linked together because of one of the deadliest battles in the war in afghanistan, the battle of wanat. nine american paratroopers from chosen company's 173rd brigade died after they were ambushed by 200 taliban fighters just 11 days before ming home. jessica lost her younger brother jason. carlene her only son,

u.s. troops from afghanistan within 135 days of a potential u.s./taliban agreement. now when secretary pompeo was asked about the status of that drawdown today, he said that a decision has not yet been made. we know that president trump has been focused on trying to get the number of u.s. troops out of afghanistan, just talking about that this week to reporters in the oval office. >> thank you. as the political ramifications play out over this scuttled meeting, i want to show you a somber moment from last night. this is at dover air force base. the dignified transfer of the remains of army sergeant first class ellis berreto cortez. he was from puerto rico. he died thursday in kabul, afghanistan, when a taliban car bomb exploded at a checkpoint. he is the 16th u.s. combat fatality this year in afghanistan. he leaves behind a wife, two sons and a daughter. the president cited sergeant ortiz's death in his decision to cancel this secret meeting with the taliban. joining us aaron david miller and cnn military analyst and lieutenant general mark hurt hurtling. how do you