even here in kabul there are schools in terrible condition. these were supposed to be brand-new classrooms funded by the world bank but the private company that was supposed to build them ran away with the money. 2,000 children are studying with classrooms with no windows or roofs. the ministry of education say the contracted company should come back and finish what it abandoned years ago. afghanistan hopes that by 2020 all afghan children could complete school, there's still a lot to be done to make that happen. jennifer glass, al jazeera kabul. >>> for the first time a documentary has won the golden lion in venice, that is a decision that hasn't been welcomed by all. >> when it came there were huge cheers but little in the way of surprise. italian critics have been adamant all along that one of their nation's movies would take the golden lion the top award of the venice film festival. microcommunity living and working around a major road in rome had been a strong contender from the start. but sacre gras is a work of documentary not a work of

and kabul was thriving. it was, it was -- there was culture, there was an influx of sort of modernization -- it wasn't tehran or beirut, i won't go overboard, but it was creekly making its way forward. and happened to see it. it was a great place to grow up, you know? it sounds very funny that afghanistan was a great place to be a kid. it really was, at least from the my perspective. and i don't mistake my perspective for that of others, because it was a very poor country even then. so i think that if i was born a girl in those days, i certainly would have been educated. my mother was a vice principal of a very large high school. there were very outspoken, successful, professional women in my family and extended family, among our friends. so i don't think it would have been a problem. we need to get, we need to get back to those days, and that's one of the key things that needs to be a red line in the future of afghanistan, is the education of women, you know? it's not a secret how you raise yourself out of

the partying here in kabul is likely to go on for days. this was the biggest show of unity in years, and afghans are proud their country is making headlines for the right reason. >> translator: it shows to the world that afghans are not after war. they are not only warriors. this is a peaceful message to the world through sports. >> reporter: afghans have not had much to celebrate for decades. these parties will end, but for the next generation, sports has given them some inspiration for the future. jane ferguson, al jazeera, kabul, afghanistan. >>> to the opposite end of the football spectrum now, real madrid teammates have checked in for training for the first time. in the moment -- the two players have combined value in excess of $250 million. but injury has restricted him to just 30 minutes of football since july, but the 24 year old could play some part in the game on saturday. >>> boxing floyd mayweather, jr. and sol alvarez have held their final press conference. after the complimentary words they had for each other on wednesday thi

nhk world, kabul. >> and that wraps up our bulletin. i'm dhra dhirakaosal in bangkok. >>> a hurricane is hovering over the atlantic ocean. it's the first for this year. meteorologist robert speta joins us to tell us how serious it is. >> we have hurricane humberto and the first of 2013 and we've had two tropical storms over the atlantic ocean and this one finally making it to the 120 kilometer-per-hour mark. these are the five latest-forming hurricanes in the atlantic since the beginning of the satellite era. before that you couldn't get eyes on the ocean here to see if the storm was developing up without a ship being out there, but humberto, it formed here on september 11, 2013, at 9 utc. the other one was gustav in 2002 and just three hours later. a very quiet season thus far and this storm system as far as impacting any land areas, it really isn't going to be doing very much of that. some rain toward the azores and then toward the west moving into cooler sea surface temperatures and unfavorable conditions and expect it to slowly weak

jane is in kabul. what happened? >> reporter: well, stephen what we are hearing is yesterday afternoon on saturday a coal mine own bide the government chance odd top of the miners inside. these are often very rudimentary mines. often with very little security or safety infrastructure, now, you said that 24 were confirmed dead we have just recently heard that 27 have now been confirmed. they haven't confirmed the other three because they hadn't recovered those bodies yet. and the government are now saying the local governor spokesman is now saying that all 27 bodies have been recovered. but another 20 people are believed to be injured, several of those severely injured. so the death toll could rise. it's understood that most of those injured were locals from nearby villages who rushed to the area when they heard the mine had collapse today try to help rescue people but they simply put themselves in danger also because they didn't have the kind of equipment and sophisticated rescue operation that would be needed for so

. >> reporter: the taliban's reach even extends deep into the capital, kabul. in june, it launched a massive attack against the office of the president. the united states wanted to weaken the taliban before most of its troops leave at the end of next year. but instead, the militant move remains a powerful and deadly enemy. more than 2200 troops have died in afghanistan over the past 12 years. >> heroes honored today will not have died in vain. >> amid poor security, economic progress has ground to a halt. kabul used to be a thriving city thanks to huge amounts of aid pumped in by the international community. but that's no longer the case. as you can see here, this building is in kabul is under construction, but work has been suspended halfway. the city is dotted with unfinished construction projects. people and money are draining out of afghanistan amid fears of a return to civil war. >> translator: everybody worries their investments may go down the drain because of the return of the taliban. >> reporter: 12 years have passed since reconstruction began in afgh

kabul used to be a thriving city thanks to huge amounts of aid pumped in by the city. but that's no longer the case. as you can see here, this building is in kabul is under construction, but work has been suspended halfway. the city is dotted with unfinished construction projects. people and money are draining out of afghanistan amid fears of a return to civil war. >> translator: everybody worries their investments may go down the drain because of the return of the taliban. >> reporter: 12 years have passed since reconstruction began in afghanistan. following the military campaign to oust the taliban after the september 11th terror attacks. but the country remains unstable placing a constant threat of violence making its citizens feel important and increasingly nervous. nhk world, kabul. >>> a new robotic machine is helping overworked hospital staff someday on top of their jobs. it automatically records details of the drugs used in surgery. nhk world has this report. >> reporter: this is lifting an empty vile of an injectable drug. the machine can process one vile ever

jane ferguson kabul afghanistan. >> reporter: this is the month when children in parts of the world begin a new school year but in the west bank and a village school built with recycled materials is under threat and paul brennan has more. >> reporter: they are ready for the new year and they keep their uniforms clean and tidy and a genuine thirst for learning and she loves school and i can learn and have a future she says, i want to be a dentist. but these children know their school could be bulldozed at any time and that ambitions bulldozed too. i want to be a doctor, but if there is no school i will be a mattre mattre mattress chouffeur and this was built of tires and mud. and it has thrived. >> translator: the school is very important because it alleviates suffering of the community and the closest other school is 35 kilometers and the children will drop out. >> reporter: there are ten teachers and 122 students. but this is area c, occupied territory under israeli control and with no hint of irony the residents of the illegal israeli settlement nearby say the school is an illegal struc

those in the capitol here in kabul have been attacked several times over the years. put are very well bolstered here. in terms of security it's like hi to be extremely strong. but, any kind of suicide attack these days is increasingly would and increasingly strong. so, po* both sides of these atts are showing their strengths here. >> jane ferguson is in kabul reporting on an attack in afghanistan. >> satellite images may indicate an attempt to restart a tpaoubgr reactor in that country. steam can be seen riseing from the building next to a reactor that was shut down in 2007. u.s. officials say restarting the plant would violate u.n. resolutions. harry joins us from seoul, south korea. what's the latest reaction, harry? >> reporter: the most resent reaction we've been having have been as the days progressed from u.s. officials. official pentagon say it's very concerned keeping a close watch. the state department said this is a violation of u.n. resolutions and here in the region the special on srae envos been finishing up his tour of the region in japan where he said

. >>> still to come, they're going crazy in kabul. afghan football fans finally have something to shout about. we have all the details coming up next in sports. >>> welcome back. now, a 5-year-old chinese boy is hoping to become the world's youngest pilot. he's been taking flying lessons for weeks and spent time in the air. it's part of his father's plan to teach his young son what he calls important lessons in live. dominick king reports. >> reporter: readying himself for another airborne adventure. this is the 5-year-old's regular preflight routine. he hopes one day to set a world record. with his trainer in the back seat, he's already racked up more than 45 minutes of flying time. but he says his main ambition is one day to take his father for a spin. although many people might question the wisdom of allowing such a young child into the cockpit, his father says it's the best way to learn. >> translator: my eagle training method is pretty much based on how parents train their bodies. they will push the baby eagle down the cliff as t

the indian embassy in kabul also came under attack twice. >> time for a quick rake now, but coming up after the break -- pakistan hints to release taliban's second in command. welcome back. you are watching "news week south asia." moving on now, wilting under the pressure of the united states and afghanistan, islamabad has hinted that it will soon release taliban's second commander-in- chief. afghans believe he could play a wider role in brokering peace with the taliban. will pakistan deliver on its promise, or will it scuttle the police brought -- the peace process for its own interests? >> pakistan plans to free his second-in-command to help peace efforts in neighboring afghanistan, pakistan's foreign- policy chief. the united states and afghanistan have long pressed pakistan to free him and other senior taliban figures who could be used to tempt moderate taliban leaders to the negotiating table and transform the insurgency into a political movement. >> in principle, again, we have agreed to a meeting. it should be very soon. i think within this month. >> but the thing is at the hea

president visited pakistan to discuss the peace process and repeated requests for his hand over to kabul. a member of afghanistan's high peace council and former tell ban diplomat said he will eventually become a part of the internation the peace efforts. >> we are think that go he will transfer to the other third country. in that case he will easily play a positive role and be the go between between afghanistan and taliban. >> reporter: this is a former tal badge official who knows him and believes he will not be on use until the taliban leader is aboard. >> you think about the rule whatever you think about that, the relationship between the two without that it's useless, like others. >> reporter: it's not known yet whether after three years in a pakistani jail, he remains ta*eupbs enough influence two bring other members to negotiations, or if he wants to. but while he remains the most senior taliban commander to have been released in the current peace process, whether or not he can help that process realize its aims is the biggest question of all. jane ferguson, al jazerra, kabul, afg

jennifer glass, al jazeera, kabul. >>> a look at the western states, rain coming in from the south going over the same area, caused flooding in utah yesterday, now showers and storms moving through north and south dakota. flash flood potential is there. all of this going around is very hot air mass, creating heat index over 100 disease as temperatures climb from the 70s into the 90s easily with high humidity, it should feel like over 100 degrees with the heat index. it's cooler in the northeast. temperatures are dropping a bit. we get the showers and storms causing flooding over the midwest with flash flood potential there, flash flood washes and warnings, a little bit cooler the farther east over heavy rain over minnesota clouds are moving out. temperatures are dropping. it will really drop overnight tonight, though, by tomorrow morning, could see frost with frost advisories in effect. does not mean the temperatures will drop down to the freezing mark. they could be in the 30s. this is the low temperature predicted by tomorrow morning. could see some frost around. it will be cool tomorr

it's in the north of county, 250km north of kabul. it is well-known as a mining area and such incidences in that province and neighbouring provinces happened before. this is likely to have been an accident. we heard that the mine had collapsed, but nobody is ruling out whether or not there was foul play from either part of the conflict here. given the history of mine collapses it's likely to have been an accident. some of the mines are mined informally. this was owned and run by the government. workers killed and injured were government employees. often these accidents happen because safety standard can be low. >> when you say safety standard can be low, can you describe the differences between safety standards in the u.s. and kabul? is it something where they take a risk every time they go under ground? >> it is very risky for anybody working in mines anywhere in the world. in places like this, where the industry has not really been developed or modernised in the way that had been hoped here, it is, of course, all the more risky. thi

jennifer glass has more from kabul. >> taliban fighters bombed the u.s. base in afghanistan border with pakistan. >> the enemy of our country has set fire near the base run by security forces. the attack was in two different locations. the vehicles there were set on fire. three attack presser resisting near the base. all three of them are killed. >> the armored calls and minesweepers wit are part of $30 billion of equipment withdrawn as u.s. forces leave afghanistan. the border attack is the latest incident that marks increase attacks across afghanistan. in the past week or so 100 afghans including security forces and civilians have been killed. and this is the second attack on a nato base. >> detonating a truck bomb and then sending fighters in after the attack. in the same province on sunday the bodies of seven afghan army soldiers were discovered, their hands bound with chains. local officials say the taliban captured them on the highway and then shot them to death. jennifer glass, al jazeera, kabul. >> japan's government said they will take a more dir

. >> this is one of the afghanistan's model schools in kabul. here girls study diverse subjects and virtually all about graduate the 12th grade. it's not how it is everywhere. in a village of pastun, school is a held in a tent. half the schools have buildings, and less than a third of teachers have official qualifications. in gars ni, in eastern afghanistan, there's a lock on the door. >> the taliban closed the school three years ago, because girls should not be in school. >> 34 schools are closed across the province - students and staff are under threat. >> translation: there has been incidents where teachers were affected by bombings, explosions. some children have been killed in the crossfire between the government and opposition forces. >> that's a problem over the country. >> more than 400 injured. more than 100 killed by the enmy of education >> it's not just security that hinders education here - there are budget problems and corruption. >> here in kabul there are schools in terrible condition. these are supposed to be funded by the world

in an up scale neighborhood in kabul. here girls study subject and nearly all will graduate the 12th grade. school the held in a tent. only half of schools across the country have actual buildings and less than a third of teachers have official qualification. in east aoerp eastern afghanista lock on the school board. >> reporter: the taliban closed this country years ago. they say it's because girls should not. in school. >> reporter: 34 schools are closed and the students and staff are under threat. >> translator: there have opinion resent incidents were teachers were effected by bombings, explosion where some of our students have been killed in the cross fire between the opposition and government forces. >> reporter: these a problem educators are having all over the country. >> more than 400 injured. we have more than a hundred killed by the enemy for education. >> reporter: it's not oh just security that hinderers education here. there are budget problems and corruption can. even here in kabul there are schools in terr

jennifer glass has more from kabul. >> taliban fighters planted bombs in vehicles near the border crossing with pakistan. explosions destroy dozens of vehicles and mark the start of a firefight between the fighters and u.s. and afghan forces supported by nato forces. >> the enemy of our country has settle fire of the base run by security forces. the attack was in two difference locations. the vehicles there were set on fire. three attackers were resisting near the base. all three of them are killed. >> the armored cars and mine sweepers are part of the $30 billion of equipment withdrawn as u.s. forces leave afghanistan. there are no u.s. or afghan casualties. marks an increase in taliban assault across afghanistan. in the past week sore so security forces and civilians have been killed. second attack on a nato base in less than a week. on wednesday, taliban forces dead -- deb detonated a bomb. in the same province on sunday the bodies of seven afghan army soldiers were discovered their hands bound with chains. local officials say the taliban captured them on the highway then shot them to d

that's about 200 to 250-kilometers north of the capitol of kabul. it's believe that a small quell mine collapsed on the miners themselves, and those that were injured are villagers that came from local areas to go in and try to help those who were trapped. they would have likely had extremely rudementry tools to do so. now that's quite common here in afghanistan, such incidents do happen, despite the fact that the country has a huge potential for mineral mining here. some figures put $1 trillion on the mineral wealth below the ground in afghanistan. be uh the industry itself is still rudimentary. it is not being developed properly because of the huge challenges that it has faced. jeffing froeverything fromy to corruption. even some of the most prorisk mining companies have backed at really investing and really pucking forward with the mining industry. as a result, a lot of that wealth and a lot of that development has not been realized at this point, and as such, a lot of the mines are very small, some of them are illegally mined and most of them ha

players here face huge challenges from funding to facilities. >> >> translation: in kabul we have two football grounds - not enough for the national team. other teams share the same grounds. we have problems from every aspect compared to neighbouring countries. >> after their victory politicians pledged money for the team. their win united the country in celebrations not seen in recent history in the capital. sporting officials in kabul hope to keep up the momentum and international support so their heroes can keep on winning. >> france will attempt to win their first major basketball title taking an lithuania in the finals. the french beat spain in the sem jis, and tony parker scored in 52. san antonio's point guards, one of six stars on the nba roster. he needs 21 points to become the all-time leading scorer. pirates moved into the top wild car player spot in the national league after losing to the cincinnati reds. the pittsburg pirates brought in pitcher aj burnett to win. they had a season high 12 batters, helping to a 4-2 win and they were agame ahead of cincinnati, and the chase

and it sends a very strong message to the government here in kabul. and anyone involved in the elections next year. >> okay. jane thank you. jane ferguson live for us from kabul. >>> one person has been killed in protesting in bangladesh during a nationwide strike. they are angry at the death sentence handed to a senior figure in the party. he is the sixth senior opposition leader to be convicted this year. the opposition says the trials are politically motivated. >>> renewed calls for tougher gun laws in the united states. court documents reveal the gunman suspected of killing 12 in washington bought a gun legally. in that story coming up, plus, streets returned into rivers. mexico brace for its third storm in less than a week. and coming up in sports, the champions league returns. >>> separatist rebels in the southern philippines appear to be losing ground to the army. 100,000 people have been made homeless. >> reporter: after ten days of fighting, philippine government troops are confident they have the upper hand. they have reclaimed ground claime

in kabul, kandahar, every day people get killed. we have army. we have the police and attorneyers themselves patrolling every day, but still every day they're taking people out of their cars under the name of got jobs and killing them. i'm just a student. my family lives in kabul province but i'm not able to go. >> foreign combat troops will be gone next year. but the government is in turmo turmoil. corruption is rife and the taliban remains strong. people worry the ghosts of the 1990s will come back to life. >> now people are worried abou about 2014, that the foreigners are leaving and anarchy will start again. the foreigners failed to establish a government in the past 12 years. >> while the past 12 years has shaped the lives of a bega of a. it will be seen for years afghanistan. >> part of a special exhibit at the bush presidential library museum in dallas. >> we're in a classroom at the george w. bush presidential library and museum where they put on display for the first time some artifacts from 9/11. what we're seeing is the lapel pin that

. >> reporter: for once gunshots in kabul were fired in celebration. afghanistan's international football cup victory brought thousands on to the streets on wednesday night. the nation's team defeated india 2-0 in the final championship in katmandu, and the party started in kabul immediately. after years of violence the police force were happy to let these fans take over the streets. the next day they were still partying. >> in afghanistan after 30 years of war this is a small happiness. we're so happy to celebrate. >> this is the first time ever afghanistan has won a major football tournament. during the taliban they were allowed to play but not on an international level. the partying could go on for days. >> this was the biggest show of unity in years, and afghans are proud their country is making headlines for the right reason. >> it shows to the world that afghans are not after war. they're not only warriors. this is a peaceful message to the world through sports. [ cheering ] >> afghans have not had much to celebrate for decades. these parties wil

it was filmed in kabul and struggled to be accepted because of this scene. in a conservative country such an imagine is rare. the actress who played the lead role is afghan-american, and said the scene is crucial in dealing with a topic rarely addressed here. >> this is the scene where she's just alone in a bathroom with herself dealin dealing with thes on her body and the body is something that for an afghan woman that is not discussed, yet those are the things that are violated and that's the thing that is under addressed and under control. >> she moved from los angeles to kabul a year ago to act in afghan movies. although her film has been aired without the controversial scenes which show some limited nudity she's hopeful for more screenings. having an address made for such a screening is an opportunity to make a statement. this outfit honors her mothers clothes worn when attending kabul university in the 1960s. only a small elite wore liberal clothing it is something that she feels needs to be remember remembered. >> i'm proud. i feel like it's being sil

. >> this is one of afghanistan's schools in an upscale neighborhood in kabul. here girls have their studies and nearly all will graduate after the 12th grade. but that's not the way it is everywhere. here schools are held in a tent. less than a third of teachers have official qualifications. in eastern afghanistan there is a lock on the school door. >> the taliban closed this school three years ago. they said it's because girls should not nobody school. >> 34 schools are closed across the province, and students and staff are under threat. >> there have been recent incidents where teachers from affected by bombings, explosions. some of our students have been killed in the cross fire of the opposition and government forces. >> that's a problem that educators are having all over the country. >> more than 400 injured, and more than a hundred. >> it's not just security that hindered education here. there are budget problems and corruption. >> even in kabul where schools are in terrible condition. these were supposed to be brand new classrooms funded by the world ban

even here in kabul there are schools in terrible condition. these were supposed to be brand influence classrooms funded by the world bank. but the private company that was supposed to build them, ran away from money. 2,000 children are studying in classrooms with no windows and no roof. when it rains, the teaching stops. the contracted company should come back and finish what it abandoned years ago. afghanistan hopes by 2020 all afghan children will be able to complete school. there is still a lot to be done to make that happen. jennifer glass, al jazeera kabul. >>> it's been a busy weekend for voters around the world. there were ballots crossed for candidates in australia and maldives. in new york city there has been cries of racism and it's because a democratic front runner who is white, running a racist campaign based on class warfare. blasio has been polling well facing his interracial family. >>> cast ballots in a hotly contested race. russian leader alex navalne. he remains slightly behind the crÈme lynn backed incumbent. features u.s.

. >> translator: go to the countryside, this is kabul. go and see in the countryside what is going on. do you call that secure? even on the highway, every day people get killed. we have army. we have the police, and foreigners themselves patrolling every day, but still every day they are take people out of their cars under their name of government jobs and killing them. i am just a student, my family lives in kabul province, but i'm not able to go. >> reporter: the government is in turmoil, corruption is ripe, and the taliban remains strong. people worry the ghosts of the old civil war may come back to life. >> translator: now people are worried about 2014, that the foreigners are leaving, and anarchy and the civil war will begin again. the foreigners failed to establish a government in the last 12 years. >> reporter: the years to come will continue to be shaped by both the scars of the war and the battle for afghanistan's future. jane ferguson, al jazeera, kabul, afghanistan. >>> on the anniversary of the attack that killed u.s. ambassad

jean ferguson, aljazeera, kabul, afghanistan. >> the new mood of diplomacy over the conflict inquiry coincides with the opening of the arms fair in london. the fair seems to be causing some controversy. >> it certainly does, yes. protectors want it closed down and say their argument has been bolstered by the public mood across the west which has come out against military interventions. >> whether you call this a defense exhibition or arms fair, it's become the biggest in the world and its vast size leads to unlikely neighbors. the u.s. navy, next to the russian stands is across the corridor from the united emirates for everyone to demonstrate they're lethal capacity. >> do you have any worries about the british company dealing with the bahraini government. this is more a support to the country's borders, which is entirely legitimate. >> much of the western world might be having qualms about foreign policy and who you choose to deal with with, but not here. >> this articles fair is morally obscene. people think the u.k. should no longer be getting itself wrapped up in other countries

officials, a's' jane ferguson is live for us now in kabul. jane what is the latest on the casualty count? >> reporter: there is some increase on the casualty count. five tackers killed. four suicide attackers believes ared to have detonated themselves the other attacker shot by police, he we are now hearing that three police officers have died and one more security guard at the gator the entrance to the consolate. and over 18 people injured. the death count could go up considering the injured. they are civilians and security force as like. >> jane, how did the attack end? it seems as though the consolate security were able to gain the upper hand eventual on the attackers, but how did it unfold? >> reporter: it started with a loud explosion which would have been the car bomb itself. we believe the highjackers exited the car and tried to continue through the gate into nba to the consolate itself. this is called a complex attack here and it's very common with the taliban these days, not so common in this city in the far west. it's considered to

it's about between 20250-kilometers north of kabul, the capital here. and up there, it's a well known mining area, but a lot of these mines are quite rudimentary. a lot of them are very unsafe and these sorts of incidents do happen from time to time. and like you said, morgan, there are also casualty figures coming out of that injuried. officials are saying 20 have been injured and several of those injured quite severely and those that were injured, we believe were locals who rushed in the site to try to rescue anybody 2r568d inside whe trappy heard the mine collapsed. but they have no sophisticated equipment for rescue. if they are digging with hadn't they were injured as a result. >> wow. locals rush to go the site and digging with their hands, jane answering ferguson live in kabul, thank you so much, janing for joining us this morning. meanwhile soldiers are pushing deep in to rebel held toter try to end a week-long standoff. >> reporter: there are no signs that the clash will be resolved soon. here on the ground more and more human rights services a

in an upscale neighborhood of kabul. here girls study diverse subjects and virtually all will graduate the 12th grade. that's not how it is everywhere. in western afghanistan school is held in a tent, only half of schools across the country have actually buildings and less than a third of teachers have official qualifications. in eastern afghanistan there's a lock on the school door. >> translator: the taliban closed this school three years ago. they said it's because girls shouldn't be in school. >> reporter: 34 schools are closed across the province, and the students and staff are under threat. >> translator: there have been recent incidents where teachers were affected by bombings and explosions, and some of our students have been killed in the crossfire. >> reporter: that's a problem educators are having all over the country. >> more than 400 injured. more than 100 were killed this career by the enemy of education. >> reporter: it's not just security that hinders education here. there are budget problems and corrupti

jane ferguson, al jazeera, kabul, afghanistan. dozens of people are dead in baghdad after a funeral was bombed. two explosions went offer in sadar city. according to local police, a car bomb went off, then a suicide bomber drove in and detonated. at least 7 two people were killed. 120 wounded. >>> much of colorado is now dealing with unexpected fallout after torrential rains. still reeling from the flooding devastation, commune cities north of denver now have 22,000 gal of oil in their backyard. kilney duck hart has the story >> reporter: seven people have died. 80 are still unaccounted for. beyond the human toll, flooded oil fields, toppled barrels and storage tanks leaking more than 22,000 gallons of oil. multiple spells are in weld county where thousands of gallons are flowing into a major river that flows into the south platte river with specific spills reported near evans, milliken and plattville, we will document this disaster. to make things worse, clean-up cruise won't be able to reach the spillage until the water receipts

jennifer glass reports from kabul. >> reporter: they planted bombs in a vehicle at a base at a border crossing between pakistan. >> translator: the enemy of our country has set fire near the base from security forces. the attack was at two different locations. the vehicles there were set on fire. near the base all three were killed. >> reporter: the armored cars and mine sweepers are part of the $30 billion worth of equipment withdrawn as u.s. forces leave afghanistan. there are no u.s. or afghan casualties. the border attack is the latest incident that marks an increase in taliban assaults across afghanistan. in the past week or so, 100 afghans including security forces and civilians have been killed. this is the second attack on a nato base in less than a week. on wednesday taliban fighters attacked a nato base south of kabul detonating a truck bomb at the entrance, then sending 20 fighters in to assault the base. eight afghans were killed and more than 50 injured in that attack. in the same province on sunday, the bodies of five afghan soldiers were discovered, their hands bound wi

of the troops by the end of next year and unlikely they will leave behind a defeated taliban, jane kabul afghanistan. >> deposed morsi for 30 days and has charges including murder and i'm joined on the phone by our correspondent in cairo and cannot be named for security reasons, does it look like we are likely to see a trial for the former president any time soon. >> no, we have no dates for a trial yet. ♪ welcome back, our top stories the u.s. second starry secretary of state have met in the meeting in geneva and trying to reach a deal over chemical weapons and they will join a u.n. treaty banning their use. four men convicted of gang rape and killing a woman in india are sentenced to death and it happened on a bus moving at the time in new deli if december the men will appeal. the taliban has responsibility on an attack in afghanistan on u.s. consulate and 8 died including five attackers. 20 years ago a historic agreement was reached between the israelis and palestinians that meant to harold a just lasting and comprehensive peace settlement and called the oslo-accord and it was this

with the relationship between afghanistan and pakistan difficult, it took a soccer match in kabul to bring these south asian neighbors together, build as an indication of the countries' gradual return to normalcy after decades of war and violence. the 6000-seat stadium was filled up, and fans cheered at every pass, erupting in a frenzy when the game ended 3-02 afghanistan. the crowd represented a wide spectrum of society. >> the last time the pakistani national team played in afghanistan was in 1977. given the background of strain, sometimes violent relations, the game was every bit as significant, although it seemed to matter little to the crowd. they have a history of strained relations that sometimes lead to clashes and harsh accusations. not only did they not see eye to eye on their border, there have been several cross-border shelling incidents in recent years, but pakistan's role in the 12 year war in afghanistan has been ambiguous. other reminders of the past were also present. the match was played just a kilometer away from a stadium that was used for public executions and mu

jennifer glass, al jazeera, kabul. >> still to come on this news our. [♪ singing ] >> praying for peace. we meet a group taking shelter in a church from the almost constant violence there. plus africa's fresh water lakes struggle to eliminate an invad invader. [♪ music ] >> the decision follows sunday's discovery that radiation levels have increased. we have this update from tokyo. >> japan's nuclear regulation authority says there is no evidence of new leaks at the fukushima nuclear plant. the readation readings were higher over the weekend than compared to two weeks ago because tepco, the company in charge of the power plant, has been using more sophisticated machines to detect radiation. the previous machines could not read as the new machines. now the latest revelations has forced the government to taking a direct approach to handling this crisis. >> we have decided to take care of the issue, not just leaving it to tepco. we will deal with this so as not to repeat such an incident. >> now prime minister shinzo abe will hold a meeting on details so speculation of this plant can be

it really sends a strong message to the government in kabul and anyone involved in the 2014 elections that the taliban will target them. they have spoken to al jazeera and reiterated that point saying the election procedures and those involved with them will continue to be targeted. afghan president hamid karzai has condemned the attacks and he himself addressed a dialogue and answering questions about whether or not security issues will allow the 2014 elections to go ahead. he pushed the point that having no elections would be more dangerous for afghanistan than having elections affected by security issues. >> egypt has reopened the wrath of border crossing with gaza after it was closed for a week. it will be open for four hours on wednesday and thursday and for emergency cases. the egyptian military has been limiting the number of people allowed to cross the broader. 1200 people used to cross the border every day until egyptian president mohammed morsi was deposed. >>> in the baghdad, three people dead and another explosion in the same area which killed one person, wounded five. nob

in kabul there are schools in terrible conditions. these were supposed to be brand new classrooms funded by the world bank. the private company supposed to build them ran away with the money. >> 2,000 students study in classrooms with no windows or roofs. when it rain teaching stops and there's no protection from heat or coal. >> the ministry of edcue kags says the contracted company should come back. it's hoped by 2020 all afghan children will complete school. there's a lot to be done to make that happen. >> a curfew has been imposed in parts of the indian state of udarpradesh. hundreds of troops have been sent to the region, a place photographer and a broadcast journalist have been killed. it was after there were protests against the death of three men last month. four died during protests with police in indian administered kashmir. stones were throne at security forces after two rebels were shot dead. police say the rebels throw rocks at their camp. >> a film charting nelson mandela's years has opened in canada. british ak tore idr

all the personnel at the consulate are safe and have been transferred to kabul. >> the attack began with an explosion and gunfire. taliban fighters attempted to interthe consul in the far west of the country. >> an explosion took place at the gate of the u.s. consulate. then a number of insurgents entered the consulate gate. we don't know how many of them were. >> the attack included a car bomb, civilians and security forces were among the casualties and were quickly run to the local hospital. guards from the compound took the force of the blast. >> my brother was a security guard at the u.s. consulate. he was injured as a result of the day's attack, and he is now in the hospital. >> reporter: the taliban said the consulate had been an intended target for some time. american diplomatic missions have been target here's for years. the u.s. ambassador to afghanistan, james cunningham, issued a statement saying: >> in areas in afghanistan are completely secure from taliban attacks. the groups still control large areas of the country. the u.s. military will pull out most of their troops by th

we have more from kabul. >> at a u.s. base near the border with pakistan, explosions destroyed dozens of deals and marks the start of a fight between firefighters. >> the enemy of our country has set fire near the base run by security forces. the attack was in two differently locations. the vehicles there were set on fire. three attackers were resisting near the base. all three were killed. >> the armored cars and mine keepers were part of $30 billion worth of equipment being withdrawn as u.s. forces leaf afghanistan. there were no u.s. or afghan contactors. the border attack marks an increase is taliban assaults across afghanistan. in the past week, 100 afghans, including security forces have been killed, this is the second attack on a nato base in less than a week. wednesday, a nate co base was talked south of kabul, detonating a truck bomb, then sending 20 fighters in to assault the base. eight afghans were killed and more than 50 injured in that attack. in the same province sunday, the boileds of seven afghan army sol

that's what kabul looked like, that's what many of the other cities looked like. they were rubbled, they were destroyed, and there was really nothing here. there was no real health care, there was no water, there was no sense of hope. it was just a state in which the people had been devastated by years and years of war. if you flash forward to today -- and i was here at the beginning, and then i came back in the '08-'09 time frame and then i'm back now -- if you flash forward to today, you've got a significantly and, in my opinion, much more positive situation on your hand. first of all, with the security forces we, in fact, have almost 350,000 uniform police or army in multiple different types of police and army that are out there fighting the fight and carrying the load every single day. and in addition to that, not only do they have the numbers -- so they have capacity -- but this army is capable. so they've gone from zero to 350,000 in a relatively short amount of time. and they are capable at the tactical level every day, day in and day out, and they've prove

the blast sparked a gun fight and sparked, jennifer glass is in kabul and joins us with the latest. jennifer is there any word of fatalities? >> we -- nato says they have incurred no fatalities, that is ooh ang operating base with afghan forces on it. a district spokesman says he sees bodies on it, a little over four hours ago now and there was a firefight with nato gun ships engaging the fighters. the taliban has claimed responsibility for this attack. >> now jennifer there were initial reports of this gun fight soon after this attack. is that still ongoing? >> no, we understand that it is over. what happened was the taliban apparently attached magnetic bombs to vehicles that appears to be a staging area. the taliban also claim that tens of vehicles were destroyed. of course u.s. forcesser withdrawing from afghanistan. half of the 68,000 troops that are currently in the country will leave by february. so does too most of their military equipment. and we understand that what was destroyed in this attack were armored vehicles loaded on the back of trucks to be taken out via truck. th

jane ferguson, al jazeera kabul, afghanistan. >>> coming up on al jazeera. >> these people do not have voices. that's why they are an easy target. >> florida is under investigation by the department of justice. the charge housing hundreds of disabled children in nursing homes for profit. ♪ >>> the department of justice is suing the state of florida over the state's handling of its most fragile disabled children. hundreds of medically fragile children are being housed in nursing homes instead of other critical care facilities. this is a tampa father fighting to get better care for his son. >> reporter: it was the start of a new life for the 15-year-old. the native egyptian had just moved here and was in a car accident. and so began an unexpected life for he and his family. for the last two years he has been living in this nursing home in tampa. it is one of a handful in the state that care for medically fragile and complex children. he says initially it was excellent care, but then the therapy stopped. >> i felt very bad. i was in a state of lost, really. i didn't know what to do. i w

officials in the capitol kabul on monday set up an office to screen potential candidates. outgoing president hamid karzai has served two terms. but the constitution says he can't stand again. officials reported more than 20 people have stepped forward so far to fill karzai's shoes. the new leader will face a challenge, building an independent and stable country, commanders from the u.s. led coalition are said to withdraw all forces by the end of 2014. leaders of the taliban insurgency announced their refusal to take part in the election. authorities are tightening security to prevent militants from sabotaging the electoral process. >>> ceramic artist in iran have been relearning the techniques once lost to history studies how to make shimmering persian luster ware. we have this report. >> reporter: this vase from the 30th century. this is a unique feature is it's golden luminousness. they convert silver and copper but no gold. luster ware is said to prevent the pinnacle of art. this is the national museum in iran, this july, held official lusterware exhibition. >> translat

human sources in kabul and monitor taliban and bringing in telephones. what we did, centralize that process. >> the taliban now says it does know where bin laden is and has told him to get out of afghanistan. this after claiming it -- >> they said they sent a messenger to find him and that messenger must have taken some time. they said we can't just pick up the phone and call osama and call him but, of course, supposedly osama bin laden sent a fuchs a gulf-based >> steve: station and in that fax osama bin laden said, we are "firm on the past jihad, holy war". >> do you recognize these men? the attorney general's released pictures of the 19 hijackers who flew into the trade center, the pentagon and a pennsylvania countryside. he's hoping someone who knew them will help in the investigation. >> working hard to identify the high jjackers who may pose a th to the nation. >> we're on the ground in afghanistan. american and british already on the front lines. troops from both. president bush says we're in hot pursuit. >> and pentagon sources tell fongs fox new

jane ferguson in kabul afghanistan. >> using the word ali and god in arabic is battled over and a 2009 ruling said they had the right to use the word for christians but government is appealing it and saying muslims have the right to use it and a hearing will be expected with a decision in a few weeks. so the assad government never confirmed it has chemical reactions but the reaction to the proposal the international community should control its chemical weapons and appears to be a mission that it does have and last week france published evidence that proves that syria has been harboring chemical weapons for years and developing the programs since the 1970s and details have stockpiled tons which is massive and did diverse and one of the most toxic agents on the planet and several hundred tons of sarin gas and says syria is capable of firing chemical agents up to 500 kilometers away. for more on this let's go to the chief executive officer of bio limited which is a bio weapons consultant in london and thanks very much for coming on the program today. as we said there, syria has been -- n

embassy in kabul was allocated $183 million to spend on new media projects that would, quote, expand media engagement, build communication capacity of the afghan people and government, and counter extremist voices that recruit, mislead and exploit, unquote. >> all of this begs the question: is international funding for the prepress in afghanistan reserved for those who take their editorial orders from the west? >> as someone who has been working in this field in afghanistan for the past 10 or 11 years, i never sensed from the donors anything that would indicate their influence or their sway in elder. i did not sense it. if i were to ever do so, i would never accept funds from that donor. >> from where we stand, there have been no demands made as far as our editorial lines are concerned. to be honest with you, that's something that would be crossing the red line. we wouldn't certainly accept that but we do share similar aspirations. o policies to a large he extent reflect what the u.s. and others would like to see in afghanistan. on those issues, we are on the same wave lent. >> some