zaid: primary. zaid: yes -- tom: yes. zaid: we see prices peeking next year before stabilizing.ok. head of aluminum, thank you for breaking that story down for us, zaid aljanabi. we will turn to europe's biggest economy. more german economic data is due out today. a squeeze of global supply shortages. that story is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ manus: this is "bloomberg daybreak: europe." i am manus cranny in dubai. tom mackenzie alongside me at london hq. the survey for german economic sentiment is due out later today. it will shed light. german manufacturing data surprised to the upside in july. companies expressed their concerns about the impact of higher prices and shortages of materials. maria tadeo is in berlin with all things german. inflation up at levels we have not seen 2008 so it is a worry for the bundesbank. this is like shockwaves. maria: yes. we will see how much of a worry it is for the german central bank on thursday when the east be meets but you know, overall, when you look at the german economy, it is hard to tell what is the state of this recovery because we do

ten years later when ambassador cal zaid signed the doha agreement on 29, february, 2020. united states had 12,600 u.s. troops with 8,000 nato and 10,500 contractors. this has been a ten year draw down, not a 19 month or 19 day neo. urn the doha agreement the u.s. would begin to withdraw its forces contingent upon the taliban meeting certain conditions which would lead to political agreement between the taliban and the government of afghanistan. there were seven conditions applicable to the taliban. and eight conditions applicable to the united states. while the taliban did not attack u.s. forces, which was one of the conditions, it failed to fully honor any, any other condition under the doha agreement. and perhaps most importantly for u.s. national security, the taliban has never renounced al qaeda or broke its affiliation with them. we the united states adhered to every condition. and the fall of 2020 my analysis was that an accelerated withdrawal without meeting specific and necessary conditions risks losing the substantial gains made in afghanistan, would potentially