is part of the us taliban deal, the taliban had committed to reducing violence. on a new caliban offensive in helmand. —— caliban. soon after, his house was searched that make searched and he said a text to a colleague believing his life was in danger. he is one of 12 journalists individually identified, targeted and killed since they us taliban deal of february 2020. g ., ., , , us taliban deal of february 2020. ., , , 2020. journalists are the eyes and ears of the people. they are the voice of people stop ruling powers are always very uneasy and uncomfortable about this, particularly despotic regimes. the taliban for example who didn't even allow tvs back in the days when they were ruling. so, silencing journalism is silencing the whole population. but he would not be silenced. no—one has claimed responsibility for his killing. the taliban deny involvement. most targeted killings go unclaimed by any group. unknown armament is _ unclaimed by any group. unknown armament is the _ unclaimed by any group. unknown armament is the phrase _ unclaimed by any group. unkn

as part of the us—taliban deal, the taliban had committed to reducing violence.ading up to his death, elias reported on a new taliban offensive in helmand. soon after, his house was searched and the day before he was killed, he sent a text to a colleague believing his life was in danger. elias is one of 12 journalists individually identified, targeted and killed since the us taliban deal of february 2020. journalists are the eyes and ears of people. they are the voice of people. ruling powers are always very uneasy and uncomfortable with this, particularly despotic regimes. like the taliban, for example, who didn't even allow tvs back in the days when they were ruling. so, silencing journalism is silencing the whole population. but elias would not be silenced. no—one has claimed responsibility for elias�*s killing. the taliban deny involvement. most targeted killings go unclaimed by any group. unknown armament is the phrase being used but my understanding is that there is a lot of indication that the taliban are party to these assassinations. there is also an ind

from the uk and the us, the taliban — directory. is often seen _ directory. from the uk and the us, the taliban is often seen as - directory. from the uk and the us, the taliban is often seen as a - the taliban is often seen as a pariah group, but presumably it does have support from elsewhere. 50 the have support from elsewhere. so the taliban has long _ have support from elsewhere. so the taliban has long been _ have support from elsewhere. so the taliban has long been allied - have support from elsewhere. so the taliban has long been allied to - have support from elsewhere. so the taliban has long been allied to the i taliban has long been allied to the government of pakistan. they have supported the taliban for the last two decades, but over the last 2—3 years the taliban have expanded their relationships. they now have a relationship with russia. they have also travelled to china and iran and iran has also additional supported the taliban with its insurgency as well. the taliban continue to face a lot of international condemnat

taliban violence. the second key challenge is the future of the security forces. usorces may not be able to withstand the challenge of the taliban, that they might collapse. multiple us senior officials have said that. and then the final concern is about the future of jihadists. al-qaeda is degraded, but it still has a presence in afghanistan. the chief of al-qaeda, ayman al—zawahiri, was assessed to be in afghanistan until mid to late last year, and the most worrying aspect of the jihadist revival issue is that the taliban still retain a relationship with al-qaeda, and they are only offering very minimal guarantees for now. and al-qaeda, for its part, is portraying the us withdrawal as its own victory as well. dr asfandyar mir. residents of care homes in england will be able to go out for walks and visit relatives' gardens without having to self—isolate afterwards, following new rules which come into force on tuesday. 0ur health correspondent jim reed reports. john kemp's mother sheila has lived in a care home in eastbourne for the last two years. the 92—year—old ha

will attack us forces as they pull out. earlier today, the talibanstatement saying that they are not bound by any agreement any more now that the deadline has passed. however, they remain in consultation on whether to do that. the us military has proactively attacked some taliban ammunition dumps in the south of the country, in a bid to deter taliban violence. the second key challenge is the future of the security forces. us military is worried that these forces may not be able to withstand the challenge of the taliban, that they might collapse. multiple us senior officials have said that. and then the final concern is about the future of jihadists. al-qaeda is degraded, but it still has a presence in afghanistan. the chief of al-qaeda was assessed to be in afghanistan until mid to late last year, and the most worrying aspect of the jihadist revival issue is that the taliban still retain relationship with al-qaeda, and they are only offering very minimal guarantees for now. and al-qaeda, for its part, is portraying the us withdrawal as its own victor

taliban violence. the second key challenge is the future of the security forces. usay not be able to withstand the challenge of the taliban, that they might collapse. multiple us senior officials have said that. and then the final concern is about the future of jihadists. al-qaeda is degraded, but it still has a presence in afghanistan. the chief of al-anda, ayman al—zawahiri, was assessed to be in afghanistan until mid to late last year, and the most worrying aspect of the jihadist revival issue is that the taliban still retain a relationship with al-anda, and they are only offering very minimal guarantees for now. and al-anda, for its part, is portraying the us withdrawal as its own victory as well. you are watching bbc news. the headlines: israelis hold a vigil for the 45 people who lost their lives in a stampede. sunday has been declared a national day of mourning. amid record levels of covid—19 infections, india's vaccine drive stalls with some states forced to close centres as they run out ofjabs. the british government is cutting its core funding to the united

that's that's helpful background to you yourself lived and worked in southern afghanistan a taliban stronghold tell us how do the taliban influence daily life there. bence well you are i think overall there is. different parts of afghanistan you will have here different stories in for example kandahar appearance why compared to of course the big capital like kabul where there is much less support for the taliban look i think overall that in many ways the taliban is big and is monstrous in some parts of the country and dangerous because there is no alternative as you heard in the report that as well it's not that the taliban is such a favor and turn of the of to to to what an afghan wants an afghan wants a calm life with proper education and with a job and no corruption iraq that's what many people in the world want sure just quickly what will it mean for women if the taliban expand their power across the country yeah i mean i think many women with the current situation where where you see an increase of violence where you see that the situation where the military has made itself necessary basically by

they can use their diplomacy, first of all, to bring taliban to the negotiation table, and a meaningfulonsensus, but more international consensus on the peace process in afghanistan to use the... ..the few next months for a political negotiated settlement. but also they have leverage of their financial support. if we have strong institutions in afghanistan that holds back the right of women and protect them, you know, there are possibilities that we will continue to keep the rights of women that we have gained in the past 20 years. but in the meantime, if everything becomes so militarily and if both sides try to use military strategy as the victory point, then, in that situation, women will be the main victim of the war. all right. let me just pick up on the women's issue, because, of course, it's a very important one. suhail shaheen, who's a spokesman for the taliban's political leadership, said in may this year the group is committed to women's rights, whether they are in terms of access to education or work. so, you don't need to worry about your basic rights, do you? i mean, they're

taliban side. this makes me happy because we are muslims and we should defend these limits state islamic state allows us to fight infidels we dedicate a logic to it we also want islamic sharia and taliban law to be implemented. many afghans are scared of the taliban's increasing power. ali khan is a truck driver he drives all across afghanistan and has to pay passage fees to the taliban on a regular basis just recently he paid the equivalent of $75.00 euros about a quarter of his monthly salary. yet. the taliban are increasing in number and their power is growing. they set up checkpoints and force drivers to pay for safe passage the government can't stop them although the official checkpoints on from far away. jannot cool a farmer has had a similar experience he makes his living growing and selling grain from his meager earnings he has to pay the taliban over $100.00 euros on a regular basis the taliban threatened to imprison or even kill him if he didn't pay up he's afraid of what will happen when foreign troops finally leave the country. i would prefer that the soldiers stayed international troops hav

taliban side. this makes me happy because we are muslims and we should defend the islamic state. state allows us to fight infidels we dedicate our logic to it we also want islamic sharia and taliban law to be implemented. but. many afghans are scared of the taliban's increasing power. ali khan is a truck driver he drives all across afghanistan and has to pay passage fees to the taliban on a regular basis just recently he paid the equivalent of $75.00 euros about a quarter of his monthly salary. yet. the taliban are increasing in number and their power is growing. they set up checkpoints and force drivers to pay for safe passage the government can't stop them although the official checkpoints aren't very far away. jannot cool a farmer has had a similar experience he makes his living growing and selling grain from his meager earnings he has to pay the taliban over $100.00 euros on a regular basis the taliban threatened to imprison or even kill him if he didn't pay up he's afraid of what will happen when foreign troops finally leave the country. i would prefer that the soldiers stayed international

leading up to the doa agreement last year, the task force in afghanistan was using drone strikes in a way to support the taliban isis fighting each other in the same old valley where american troops used to fight. sergeant first class, senior nco who fought there is a young man in afghanistan in 2019 and happened to stumble across at drone speed, happened to see isis and taliban fighters duking it out on a hillside he spent time on and shared this news on facebook, they are killing each other on the old grounds and his take was he's all nostalgic for it, i wish i could be back there. in the facebook thread that resulted, also expressed nostalgia for this for a period in their lives that objectively was pretty miserable when you spend 15 months living on shoestring logistics, but they felt a nostalgia for this war. you learned later in the year that the special operations task force to the scales in that part of the country even as it is continuing to bombard the taliban and and everywhere else in the country, here is trying to figure out how can we help the taliban by hitting the isis machine-gun position, how

cbs news has obtained video of the taliban in that very region, a show of force right on the doorstep of the capital kabul. the afghan military told us coordinated taliban offenses are ongoing in 20 provinces across the country including volatile helmand province where a base was handed over to afghan forces just two days ago. despite deploying elite afghan troop reinforcements to the southern province, local leaders warn today that helmand is on the verge of collapse. as the u.s. pull-out got under way, we asked first vice president sali his prediction. how long can the afghan military hold its own against the taliban? >> forever. afghanistan is not conquerable by the taliban. in one way or another we will withstand. this country will not be talibanized. >> reporter: the resolve is being tested as the group stems up attacks. launching a major taliban offensive in helmand province carries significance. the battlefield saw some of the heaviest fighting between the taliban and american forces during the 20-year war. charlie d'agata, cbs news, kabul. >>> an attorney for derek chauvin, the former minneapolis police officer convicted of m

taliban attacks on u.s. and nato personnel since may 1st indicates a capacity, it appears, to add here to the agreements that were made with us. but the peace process is ultimately between the taliban and the afghan government. and my question to you is, how do we remain optimistic when over 400 pro-government forces and afghan civilians were killed in the first two weeks of may? >> senator, i wouldn't say that i'm optimistic. i would say that work still remains to be done, and that the best future for afghanistan will arrive through a negotiated peace settlement. that's something that we as a department and as a government are continuing and committed to supporting. this is critically important work, but fundamentally the best path to a safe, secure, and more prosperous future in afghanistan will be the afghan people sitting it down and determining their future. >> indeed. a challenge. a significant one going forward. general, the joint doctrine of stability lists four fundamentals of stabilization, which i'm sure you are very familiar with. unity of effort, conflict transformation and host nation ownership and capacity. by

overrun an outpost in laghman province.btvi the taliban in that very region, a show of force right on the door steps of the capital, kabul. the afghan military told us coordinated taliban offenses are ongoing in 20 provinces across the country, including volatile helmund province, where u.s. troops handed over a base to afghan forces just two day afghan forces just two days ago. despite deploying elite afghan troop reinforcements to the southern province, local leaders warned today that helmund is on the verge of collapse. as the u.s. pullout got under way, we asked first vice president anrulla sala his prediction. how long can they hold against the taliban? >> forever, they are not conquerable by the taliban. in one way or another, this country will not be talibannized. >> reporter: that resolve is already being tested as thebeine militant group steps up attacks. launching a major taliban offensive in helmund province carries with it symbolic significance, norah. those battlefields are some of the heaviest fighting against american forces during the 20- year war. >> o'donnell: charlie d'agata, thank you. and there is still much more news ahead righ

taliban side. this makes me happy because we are muslims and we should defend the islamic state. state allows us to fight infidels. a logic to it we also want islamic sharia and taliban law to be implemented. many afghans are scared of the taliban's increasing power. ali khan is a truck driver he drives all across afghanistan and has to pay passage fees to the taliban on a regular basis just recently he paid the equivalent of $75.00 euros about a quarter of his monthly salary. yet. the taliban are increasing in number and their power is growing. they set up checkpoints and force drivers to pay for safe passage the government can't stop them although the official checkpoints on from far away. jannot cool a farmer has had a similar experience he makes his living growing and selling grain from his meager earnings he has to pay the taliban over $100.00 euros on a regular basis the taliban threatened to imprison or even kill him if he didn't pay out he's afraid of what will happen when foreign troops finally leave the country. i would prefer that the soldiers stayed international troops have kept pea

a, they wouldn't attack us during this period, and we would be back at war likely with the taliban. >> this is the decision, whether or not we go back to war. i want my constituents to know the underlying factors that went into this decision. implicit in this withdrawal is a recognition that the afghan national security forces will soon be operating without the backstop of u.s. technical assistance and support, but will the administration requested that congress provide substantial financial or material assistance to afghan forces? >> yes, we will. >> will those funds be able to be used to pay for americans or foreign contractors? >> the issue of u.s. contractors staying, that is not part of the agreement that contractors could stay. the contractors are also leaving , but the afghans are looking for others to be able to provide that service to them. we are obviously very sympathetic to them to find alternatives for the needs they have in terms of maintenance. >> last week, we were told conducting -- it would be difficult to do, but not impossible. he additionally commented that gath

were fighting to take power in 1900 the taliban succeeded they took over nearly 2 thirds of the country what's to stop them doing it once the americans leave well the us because i know the taliban were not part of the fight in $1200.00 risen as a result of the mujahideen having at the go at each other it's power and the taliban really came into existence because of the insecurity that there that the insecurity that was created in the country star as we're aware and i'm sorry as they've been making of statements that there are objective is simply too over to turn round the uk mission now of course the temptation of power is always there the decision of forcing one's opinion is over there but we can only judge by what statements they have put to the puppet and it's very unfortunate that over the last year or so of negotiations they haven't been forthcoming and i didn't go find their positions in conformity people back in against on results of the there or the 2 to get together and if there is an ambition to be a major force in power or to control the country and so on you have to one of the need to understand that they cannot control their country by fo

focus on no longer has any you opperation or involvement with the, with the taliban strategic depth houses as focused on used to good. so what were you just like trusted advisors? i mean, there are, there's a sense of a taliban is going more pragmatic itself is what she was able to learn over the years. one thing i think that thought bon and the f one government has relies or should realize that the people fun is fun. the all, the very mean majority wants peace. recommend the power now give it was focused on was actively preventing the afghan government and functioning with its sponsorship off of the tell about the does that sense of that? that's that relation. change how, how, how, how will we stopping then going to southern country that i had been in countries to take the news. and we have a very clear policy of non interference. we have learned over the years. and we do not want to meddle in that internal affairs. what we are saying is we will be honest brokers. you would be facilitators, and that's it. would you think it's because of pakistan's weakened influence over the taliban? that the washington doe

can you give us more specifics why you are so confident with the suggestion that the taliban would prevail maybe the spirit that you offer that there is another side to this quick give us another side to give us the confidence that is not the outcome and millions of people including women which are half the population will not be victims again of taliban brutality. >> thank you for that observation. i agree our ability to predict we have to be somewhat humble even in the vietnam context even those predictions of the dominoes falling from vietnam did not turn out to be right. >> excuse me, that was a political theory i'm talking about military capabilities. >> i will come to that. second, these things are very complex and depend on a lot of factors including if we do what we commit to doing and an argument can be made vietnam did not work out the way we had hoped because we cut off assistance to theman i believe there are alternative futures for afghanistan that depends on the choices the afghans make. we have given them the best circumstances possible. and also what we do going forward and

helvey, is the absence of y taliban attacks on nato personnel since may 1st indicates a capacity it appears to adhere to the agreements that were made with usptimistic whenen ove 400 progovernment forces were killed just in the first two im weeks of may? >> senator, i wouldn't say that i'm optimistic.remain i would say that work still remains to be done and that the best future for afghanistan will arrive through a negotiated peace settlement and that is something that weare c as a . department and as a government are continuing and committed to supporting. this is -- this is critically important work. but fundamentally the best path to a safe, secure and more futr prosperous future in afghanistae is the afghan people themselves sitting down and determining -- determining their future. >> indeed a challenge. a significant one going forward general, the joint doctrine of stability lists four fundamentals of stabilization yf which i'm sure you're very ffor, familiar with. unity of effort, conflict transformation and host nation o ownership and capacity. by the measure of the joints tae doct rip for stability, is afghanistan clearly currently

focused on no longer has any you opperation or involvement with the, with the taliban strategic depth houses as focused on used to good. so what were you just like trusted advisors? i mean, there's a sense of a taliban is going more pragmatic itself is what she was able to learn over the years. one thing i think that thought a bon and the government has relies or should realize that the people on his phone the all the very mean majority once be se raglin. the policy now give it was focused on was actively preventing the afghan government and functioning with its sponsorship off of the tell about that. does that sense that that's that relation to change? how, how, how, how will we stopping the southern country that i've been in countries the take the own decisions and we have a very clear policy of non defense. we have learned over the years and we do not want to meddle in that internal affairs. what we are saying is we will be honest brokers. you would be facilitators, and that's it. would you think it's because of pakistan's weakened influence over the taliban? that the washington doesn't seem to need you any

focused on no longer has any you opperation or involvement with the, with the taliban strategic depth houses as focused on used to good. so what were you just like trusted advisors? i mean, there are, there is a sense of, of a taliban is going well. pragmatic itself is what she was able to learn over the years. one thing i think that thought a bon and the government has relies or should realize that the people find his fun the all the very mean majority once be se raglin. the pulse now give it was focused on was actively preventing the afghan government and functioning with its sponsorship off of the taliban. right. that does that sense of that? that's that relation to change? how, how, how, how will we stopping then going to southern country that countries to take the decisions. and we have a very clear policy of non defense. we have learned over the years. and we do not want to meddle in that internal affairs. what we are saying is we will be honest brokers. you would be facilitators, and that's it. would you think it's because of focused on weakened influence over the taliban? that the washington doesn't se

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many in the societies in the afghan society that there is a bilateral agreement between the taliban and the us not even with nato and for sure not with the afghan government or the afghan civil society in this file actually agreement the set and date but not an end state and the problem is there is no really functioning and doing peace negotiations indeed feel abandoned. because they are the thing that after 20 years is not even a real framework for a peace process between the afghan government and the taliban civil society then for sure not even for women to have strong seat with 50 percent of the seats and to suit courts negotiation table and so if we sort of make an appeal directly as it were to the taliban what does afghanistan looms if women are forced into secondary positions in the country. well for sure is as i mentioned on the professions that women are working and we haven't even talked about women as teachers or doctors or part of the. the police or army offices they do they would lose all these professional women they would lose of course much of the education i'm a new you see mil

us. sure come absently. the talibanenied responsivity for the attack, but afg hanistan�*s for the attack, but afghanistan's president has afg hanistan�*s president has blamed afghanistan's president has blamed the taliban for its postal without a cease—fire, it is hard to know. one would have to take the taliban's work for they have not committed the attack and it could certainly be the work of isis, the isis. —— the islamic state group has conducted attacks such as this in afghanistan in the past, but the taliban has as well, and that we do know is the taliban have intensified their attacks across afghanistan, with more violence, in this past week, since the final us withdrawal began. then another week since last october. and they have shown no interest in producing violence, incoming to the table for peace talks, much less a cease—fire. they have actually openly threatened journalist as well, so the taliban, or they may not of conducted this intact, or certainly not innocentin intact, or certainly not innocent in this

taliban stronghold. i'm very. glad you could join us we begin in taiwan which has become the new home for thousands of hong kong political persecution at home according to government figures more than 10000 residents permits were issued to people from hong kong last year alone many of them escaping beijing's crackdown the democratic freedom that taiwan provides has also allowed dissidents to do what is now unthinkable in their former home publish their democratic views and ideas. printing in progress this is the 2nd issue of flow ha a quarterly magazine launched by home called activists only have this year as a forum for hong kong issues but it can't be published in hong kong and the beijing strip konya national security is all so everything a stand in democratic taiwan. has been very supportive of it and we've mentioned hong kong the civil societies of the 2 places are deeply connected we've received a lot of help from taiwanese design is printers engineers and scholars without their support we would not have been able to get the logis

occupation, that should in principle, take away one of the fundamental bases the taliban and other groups have been usinguse for engaging in more. -- in war. >> quickly because we are running out of time, do you think the american government, this administration, realized there is an afghan peace agreement, between the taliban and other groups in the afghan government, that might not come at the expense they want? it may not come by denouncing isil, by denouncing al qaeda. it might just be that the taliban when everything they want and become a regional power in afghanistan and the americans have to deal with it, do think they realize that? >> i think that is one scenario that is being discussed. from folks ice between washington, there seems to be confidence -- from folks that i speak with in washington there seems to be confidence can be managed, the threat come up from an offshore counterterrorism strategy, but only time will tell. >> i want to thank all of our guests and thank you for watching. you can see this in our previous programs any time by visiting our website, al jazeera.com. for further dis

taliban side. this makes me happy because we're muslims and we should defend the islamic state islamic state allows us to fight infidels we dedicate our lives to it we also want islamic sharia and taliban law to be implemented. but. many afghans are scared of the taliban's increasing power. ali khan is a truck driver he drives all across afghanistan and has to pay passage fees to the taliban on a regular basis just recently he paid the equivalent of $75.00 euros about a quarter of his monthly salary. yet. the taliban are increasing in number and their power is growing. they set up checkpoints and forced drivers to pay for safe passage the government can't stop them although the official checkpoints on from far away. jannot cool a farmer has had a similar experience he makes his living growing and selling grain from his meager earnings he has to pay the taliban over $100.00 euros on a regular basis the taliban threaten to imprison or even kill him if he didn't pay up he's afraid of what will happen when foreign troops finally leave the country. i would prefer that the soldiers stayed international troo

so can you give us more specifics on why you are so confident that suggestions that the taliban would prevail are -- well, maybe the spirit in which you offered is not so fast, there's another side to this. give us the other side that would give us confidence to believe that would not be the outcome, and millions of people, including women, half the population, won't be victims yet again of taliban brutality. >> thank you for that observation. i believe that our ability to predict, we have to be somewhat humble, even in the vietnam context, some of the predictions about dominoes falling in vietnam and it did not turn out to be right. >> excuse me, but that was political theory. i'm talking about military capability. >> i will come to that, too. second, these things are very complex and depend on a lot of factors, what happens, including whether we do what we commit to doing, and an argument can be made that vietnam did not work out the way we had hoped because we cut off assistance to them. i believe that alternative futures for afghanistan and those futures depend on the choices that

taliban side. this makes me happy because we are muslims and we should defend islam expect. state allows us to fight infidels we dedicate our lives to it we also want islamic sharia and taliban law to be implemented. many afghans are scared of the taliban's increasing power. ali khan is a truck driver he drives all across afghanistan and has to pay passage fees to the taliban on a regular basis just recently he paid the equivalent of $75.00 euros about a quarter of his monthly salary. yet. the taliban are increasing in number and their power is growing. they set up checkpoints and force drivers to pay for safe passage the government can't stop them although the official checkpoints aren't very far away. jannot cool a farmer has had a similar experience he makes his living growing and selling grain from his meager earnings he has to pay the taliban over $100.00 euros on a regular basis the taliban threaten to imprison or even kill him if he didn't pay out he's afraid of what will happen when foreign troops finally leave the country. i would prefer that the soldiers stayed international troop

taliban side. this makes me happy because we are muslims and we should defend islam expect islamic state allows us to fight infidels we dedicate our lives to it we also want islamic sharia and taliban law to be implemented. many afghans are scared of the taliban's increasing power. ali khan is a truck driver he drives all across afghanistan and has to pay passage fees to the taliban on a regular basis just recently he paid the equivalent of $75.00 euros about a quarter of his monthly salary. yeah. the taliban are increasing in number and their power is growing and they set up checkpoints and force drivers to pay for safe passage the government can't stop them although the official checkpoints aren't very far away. jannot cool a farmer has had a similar experience he makes his living growing and selling grain from his meager earnings he has to pay the taliban over $100.00 euros on a regular basis the taliban threaten to imprison or even kill him if he didn't pay up he's afraid of what will happen when foreign troops finally leave the country. i would prefer that the soldiers stayed international tro

the rest is sold as non-working jump to ensure the taliban can't use it. for a few days ago there was a big explosion outside the airport. and we later found out the americans were destroying the equipment that. if that equipment belongs to the military they should give it to the afghan government and if it's for civilians on the base they should give it to us but not destroy it now any scrap from there to be sold in the market as much as the. let's. talk about they should leave we don't have good memories of them the memories and benefits we have from them are destruction like they've destroyed this vehicle they've destroyed us too. like scrapyard owner bob amir many afghans are frustrated angry and feeling abandoned to a government regarded as corrupt. they fear a new phase of civil war. money out of the obviously the americans don't trust the afghans and they don't want us to use this stuff and make progress what they're doing is betrayal of afghans. the u.s. is actually added troops in afghanistan recently to help pack up the major bases here and the e

as a lot of people would come give us intelligence and take what they learned from us back to the talibannflict we are still in, that's what happened with people. i do not know they have figured out a good vetting process. there has to be with taking the good people you say have bled with you and worn a uniform and giving them some sort of lease a bump to the front of the line. >> we let them sleep beside us and share uniform but we do not believe in them enough to share country with them. that is not make sense for it to me it's much more boots on the ground perspective. if i ever give you my word some mid-level officers have told these guys and gals mostly men in that situation this is the path to become a citizen help us, put your life on the line. good buddy of mine was an interpreter and iraq he goes by johnny walker that was his codename. or believe at the story correctly his brother and his brother's family were killed trying to get to him. i've met him ten years ago here in this country think just a few years ago he was granted citizenship. the point they're being these are people