a former senior taliban official admits. there is a big difference between that is entirely tenable has the procedure there. strategy in the a limitation but example the pentagon seeing the way we are acting in defendants of a valid stand according their claim stand geographic or not we don't want to attack i'm going to share your group on five pack and then medica but they sting me the actiq and america will act tag them if. we want one islamic court treaty to mean islamic law for. and the taliban themselves are now coming under direct attack. in june last year one hundred massed militants appeared in nuristan province in eastern afghanistan. they rounded up and then hanged the group of taliban commanders. the killers were rumored to be a precursor to i still and the execution struck fear into the taliban. since then i sill has been steadily seizing taliban territory. guided by a taliban middleman our team is heading back up into the mountains to speak to one of their senior regional commanders was voted on what are the alm

and the taliban themselves are now coming under direct attack. in june last year one hundred massed militants appeared in nuristan province in eastern afghanistan. they rounded up and then hanged the group of taliban commanders. the killers were rumored to be a precursor to i sill and the execution struck fear into the taliban. from since then i sill has been steadily seizing taliban territory. guided by a taliban middleman our team is heading back up into the mountains to speak to one of their senior regional commanders or the one of the political or are you what are the almost good of what is what are you here to the meal you ordered the glue that one will get you in the shed on german good god would refer you to be a leader who will really give you. credit where. we are going to get the good money but it is there in whatever little good you show bolger you get i'm going to learn. milo we some of that is the taliban leader for this district he's a powerful man and government forces don't trouble him in this mountain stronghold . but now there i

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donald trump that there will be no negotiations with the taliban no talking to the taliban whatsoever there's no talking to the taliban we don't want to talk to the taliban and we're going to finish what we have to finish what nobody else has been able to finish we're going to be able to do it now we've heard a response from the taliban essentially mocking the united states and saying that if the usa wants to find them it knows where their office is located in the city of doha at this point we are not hearing moves from either side the taliban or the united states about resuming negotiations so at the moment it appears that the violence and chaos in afghanistan is going to continue no expert on middle east in the first risk believes that the latest move by the pentagon is effectively tantamount to an admission of failure in afghanistan. seem in some horrific attacks launched by the tyler taliban and by isis which have there are begun to target kabul the afghani capital previously we saw that the you know there were attacks by these extremist groups but they won't focus so much on kabu

donald trump that there will be no negotiations with the taliban no talking to the taliban whatsoever there's no talking to the taliban we don't want to talk to the taliban we're going to finish what we have to finish what nobody else has been able to finish we're going to be able to do it now we've heard a response from the taliban essentially mocking the united states and saying that if the usa wants to find them it knows where their office is located in the city of doha at this point we are not hearing moves from either side the taliban or the united states about resuming negotiations so at the moment it appears that the violin.

donald trump that there will be no negotiations with the taliban no talking to the taliban whatsoever there's no talking to the taliban we don't want to talk to the taliban and we're going to finish what we have to finish what nobody else has been able to finish we're going to be able to do it now we've heard a response from the taliban essentially mocking the united states and saying that if the usa wants to find them it knows where their office is located in the city of doha at this point we are not hearing moves from either side the taliban or the united states about resuming negotiations so at the moment it appears that the violence and chaos in afghanistan is going to continue no middle east affairs expert ali risk relates to the latest move by the pentagon is a fact to be tantamount to an admission of failure in afghanistan. same in some horrific attacks launched by the taliban and by isis which have now begun to target kabul the afghani capital previously we saw that they know there were attacks by these extremist groups but they won't focus so much from kabul kabul was conside

donald trump that there will be no negotiations with the taliban no talking to the taliban whatsoever this is donald trump. this no talking to the taliban we don't want to talk to the taliban we're going to finish what we have to finish what nobody else has been able to finish we're going to be able to do it. now we've heard a response from the taliban essentially mocking the united states and saying that if the usa wants to find them it knows where their office is located in the city of doha at this point we are not hearing moves from either side the taliban or the united states about resuming negotiations so at the moment it appears that the violence and chaos in afghanistan is going to continue. ok thank you for those details. more pain what has this got this bad now let's cross live to our guest expert on middle eastern affairs alley risk going to risk thank you for joining us on the program so what do you make of this latest decision by the pensacola not to disclose information on how much afghan territory is held by the taliban is this test and admission of failure we're seeing

mom autism but that's impossible now because the taliban is very active in our region. and all. the young women here are resident they don't want to turn their backs on afghanistan they want to help build the country the international coverage of their school is a nice bonus they regularly watch this recording of a concert they gave in washington d.c. three years ago in front of an illustrious audience in the middle of the orchestra is nicky at the time playing an afghan string instrument. in kabul she's never completely free from fear especially not when she's on her way home until recently she lived in the orphanage too but for a few months now she's been living on the outskirts of town she's finally reunited with her family who she hadn't seen for years because they had to fear for their lives in their home province now they've moved to kabul to join her her eight siblings and mother and her father who works as a bodyguard and knows what danger his daughter is in every day or every time i'm thinking like this because life is not set that much here because the government there

one, there is resistance from the taliban and those who support the taliban, pakistan included, to resist the policy of the u.s. government, president trump in particular. and second is in the winter season when there is less fighting in the battlefieldsds, you see e more high profile attacks in cities like kabul and jalalabad, where the office of save the children was attacked last week. a lot of our friends are heard. today i woke up to this gas fire on the military academy, which is in the neighborhood i live. it is unfortunate that we see a rise in casualties and attacks will stop toto be honest, we really don't know what tomorrow awaits you, so there is an unprecedented level of violence happening in the heart of the capital, which also suggests the lack of capability and also the failure of the afghan government and security institutions in particular to protect the city. juan: could you also talk about -- there are many afghani's who are blaming pakistan for this new resurgence of these kinds of attacks, claiming that pakistan is in effect trying to use the taliban, especially the

on the other side of table on behalf of the taliban, even though they were not a member of the taliban. these men were once allies. there were once in the same local party. today with the chief negotiator for the separate countries. in 2017, or in april this year abraham told me that i talked with mohammed a couple times about this and that i said wait a minute, you're supposed to be, to myself, i did bring this up with him directly vended later that you were negotiating across the table as enemies but you just told me that you were talking with him together about whatever you were talking about twice. there are two things. yes, you have to negotiate this under the table. there is part of afghanistan that no foreigner can penetrate. no one can know. it's a combination of serious negotiations among nations as well is to realize that the afghans are going to have to realize that they have to resolve this and can resolve this themselves if enough pressure is put on them and that would have to come from pakistan as well as the u.s. >> such a crucial question to what extent pakistan intelli

>> i don't think the strategy is to defeat the taliban. i think the strategy is bring the taliban to the table. use enough force that convinces them they cannot win militarily. now, obviously we don't appear to be winning militarily either. but if you just convince them that they need to come to the table, there might be a political solution. i'm optimistic that might happen. but actual defeat of the taliban, i just don't see that happening. >> all right, colonel, once again great to have your insights. >>> officials in michigan are opening up about an investigation into larry nassar and michigan state university. the probe has been going on since last year. nassar was the one who was the schools sports doctor in two decades. and during that time we now know he sexually abused dozens of young women in his care. sometimes as young as six. a special prosecutor now looking into how the university failed to take action. >> reporter: they're being investigated by the attorney general's office here in michigan. he said he didn't want to make it

-- taliban. >> are you sure you want to do this? >> stay there. >> next, doug stanton who told his story. bookshat 2010 festival of , this is about one hour. >> good morning, everybody. we're here at our beautiful sunny tucson, arizona looking out on a great looking audience. of course, everybody joining us at home on c-span. groggy, having lost one hour of sleep except here in arizona, where we don't have daylight savings time. that is why i am looking all bright eyed and bushy tailied, so early today. let me start out by thinking everybody who put on this festival. it is day two of the amazing event here in the tucson premier book festival of the country. of course, the great part of what is going on here in arizona. let's give them a big round of applause. as i said yesterday, we ended one streak, but there is a new streak of good book festivals that has just started out. maybe just as important. we are very lucky to have doug stanton with us here today. before i start, would like to take a moment of personal privilege to a to do

the afghans do not want to support the taliban. even to this day, they have maybe 5% or 10% support in the country. thethey are there ahead of military by days and weeks, then these errors, people talked about mitchell -- he comes in later -- they get in the helicopter in uzbekistan where they are based, and the connell says good luck -- the kernel says good the colonel luck. they knew that it was real. these guys were trained to actually not need the strongest people in the room, although they often are. what is interesting about their training, is that they are really trained to recover more quickly than the other person from failure. it is such an interesting idea, which is why i thought the story was interesting. if you keep putting a person into situations of failure over and over and over, and you watch how they risk want to that, do they just crumble and collapse or do they rise up and prevail on those circumstance, that is the person you want. in some ways, it felt like eating a writer -- [laughter] mean, i remember driving

donald trump that there will be no negotiations with the taliban no talking to the taliban whatsoever there's no talking to the taliban we don't want to talk to the taliban we're going to finish what we have to finish what nobody else has been able to finish we're going to be able to do it now we've heard a response from the taliban essentially mocking the united states and saying that if the usa wants to find them it knows where their office is located in the city of doha at this point we are not hearing moves from either side the taliban or the united states about resuming negotiations so at the moment it appears that the violence and chaos in afghanistan is going to continue no. middle east affairs expert at risk believes that the latest move by the pentagon is effectively tantamount to an admission of failure in afghanistan see some horrific attacks launched by the time of the taliban and by officers which have now begun to talk of kabul at least i've got a couple.

mom autism but that's impossible now because the taliban is very active in our region. and although. the young women here are resonant they don't want to turn their backs on afghanistan they want to help build the country the international coverage of their school is a nice bonus they regularly watch this recording of a concert they gave in washington d.c. three years ago in front of an illustrious audience in the middle of the orchestra is nikki at the time playing an afghan string instrument. in kabul she's never completely free from fear especially not when she's on her way home until recently she lived in the orphanage too but for a few months now she's been living on the outskirts of town she's finally reunited with her family who she hadn't seen for years because they have to fear for their lives in their home province now they've moved to kabul to join her her eight siblings and a mother and her father who works as a bodyguard and knows what danger his daughter is in every day every time i'm thinking like this because life is not set that much here because govern

this time we were negotiating who had become the leader of the taliban and. -- taliban. we had five sessions and in the first week of may we had the session in which we agreed all four countries would go back to the taliban and come back to exchange notes and on the 21st crossed over, who he was droned. then pakistan believed that we have lost any leverage of the taliban. betrayed. -- they see that we pushed them to a situation where they feel betrayed. nevertheless, we don't want to give it up. there was a first meeting in january. maybe december. we don't know where it finally goes but we know that the only way forward is for all four countries to continue to exercise whatever influence a half on the taliban to push them to join the political mainstream in afghanistan. >> two other questions. given the historical animosity between india and pakistan what is the process of energy cooperation between india and pakistan. is a neighborndia of pakistan. we need to have good neighborly relations with india. we have always maintained

donald trump that there will be no negotiations with the taliban no talking to the taliban whatsoever there's no talking to the taliban we don't want to talk to the taliban and we're going to finish what we have to finish what nobody else has been able to finish we're going to be able to do it now we've heard a response from the taliban essentially mocking the united states and saying that if the usa wants to find them it knows where their office is located in the city of doha at this point we are not hearing moves from either side the taliban or the united states about resuming negotiations so at the moment it appears that the violence and chaos in afghanistan is going to continue no. expert on middle east affairs ali risk believes that the latest move by the pentagon is effectively tantamount to an admission of failure in afghanistan. seen some horrific attacks launched by the tyler taliban and by isis which up there are begun to target kabul the afghani capital previously we saw that they know there were attacks by these extremist groups but they won't focus serve much from kabul k

the taliban killed 130 afghan soldiers. a1.5ton taliban killed 130 afghan soldiers. a 1.5 ton truck bomb was exploded in central kabul, telling dozens of civilians. in all of these attacks, ordinary afghans have suffered, becoming mere statistics. the question is who should be held accountable? any measure that leads toa accountable? any measure that leads to a failure to detect these attacks, the afghan intelligence should be blamed, especially when they take place in the heart of kabul or any major cities. the afg ha n kabul or any major cities. the afghan government is saying a taliban affiliate carried out the attack. talking about support from pakistan, is a bad has denied supporting these attacks. —— islamabad. there is a direct link between taliban in pakistan. they have been playing host for them. in fa ct, have been playing host for them. in fact, the second—in—command of taliban is the son of the founder of the hakani network. so, the taliban and hakani are close together. in situations like the intercontinental hotel, it is often the work of the ha

donald trump that there will be no negotiations with the taliban no talking to the taliban whatsoever there's no talking to the taliban we don't want to talk to the taliban and we're going to finish what we have to finish what nobody else has been able to finish we're going to be able to do it now we've heard a response from the taliban essentially mocking the united states and saying that if the usa wants to find them it knows where their office is located in the city of doha at this point we are not hearing moves from either side the taliban or the united states about resuming negotiations so i.

there's no talking to the taliban we don't want to talk to the taliban we're going to finish what we have to finish what nobody else has been able to finish we're going to be able to do it. while the taliban are saying that basically while you better talk to us rather sooner than later and you can reach us in our office in doha but so far it looks like there won't be any negotiation where the when there's no talks there's war and this war hasn't been going on for washington very well it goes down i thank you for those details thank you. there has be islamic parties chief negotiator mohammed armin karim believes that nothing but direct talks between the afghan government and the taliban could bring peace to the water on country. no i think the military strategy from the very beginning of the liver was a feeling that has been declared it seems for the august break is that. student. recruited to even call it the new strategy is just a defensive position in order to avoid the fall of the city of thought about for the afghan people of the station has become the worst every day and no real

donald trump that there will be no negotiations with the taliban no talking to the taliban whatsoever there's no talking to the taliban we don't want to talk to the taliban we're going to finish what we have to finish what nobody else has been able to finish we're going to be able to do it now we've heard a response from the taliban essentially mocking the united states and saying that if the usa wants to find them it knows where their office is located in the city of doha at this point we are not hearing moves from either side the taliban or the united states about resuming negotiations so at the moment it appears that the violence and chaos in afghanistan is going to continue. if he has be islami polities chief negotiator mohammed then cut him believe that nothing but direct talks between the afghan government and the taliban could bring peace to the water in country. no i think the military strategy from the very beginning of modern liberal is a feeling that destructive has got the better it seems for the august break is that . steve did we could even call it a new strategy is just

mom autism but that's impossible now because the taliban is very active in our region. and the young women here are resonant they don't want to turn their backs on afghanistan they want to help build the country the international coverage of their school is a nice bonus they regularly watch this recording of a concert they gave in washington d.c. three years ago in front of an illustrious audience in the middle of the orchestra is nikki at the time playing an afghan string instrument. in kabul she's never completely free from fear especially not when she's on her way home until recently she lived in the orphanage too but for a few months now she's been living on the outskirts of town she's finally reunited with her family who she hadn't seen for years because they have to fear for their lives in their home province now they've moved to kabul to join her her eight siblings and mother and her father who works as a bodyguard and knows what danger his daughter is in every day or every time i'm thinking like this because life is not safe that much here because government the

the taliban claim responsibility. early this morning isis claimed responsibility for an attack that killed five. we will get an update from the news director of tolo news 24-hour news channel based in kabul. the michigan attorney general has launched an investigation into michigan state and the entire board of directors of usa gymnastics is resigning after team dr. larry nassar was sentenced up to 175 years in prison for sexual assaulting a d abusing more than 160 young female athletes. that as abundantly clear full and complete investigation of what happened at michigan state university from the president's office down, is required. this investigation is and will .ontinue to be independent it will be thorough. and it be transparent will be prompt. amy: we will talk to repororter the alesia, part of investigative team at the indianapolis star, who broke the story. and we will look at his latest piece "what is next for usa gymnastics? a long, tough road at best." then we will speak with ari berman or concerns of the ne

the war with the taliban will be won on the battlefield as someone who lived. around the taliban for years what do you make of daughter i'm saying that i think it's a huge distraction really the taliban i mean how much space to they control essentially i think what's going on in afghanistan is a huge looting exercised by nato it's all about. the deep state it's all about off the books revenue is about the drugs trade it's about rare earths which apparently very good the tech industry in california and lithium apparently it's all about strategic control in the region and you've got china with with the news. because i mean people have been saying that there's been visibly more evidence of chinese investment how long as she didn't bring a measure that resumes over there right there how long are they going to just sit back and watch all their investments go up in flames well i think you know you have to also see who's benefiting from these mass casualty event i mean essentially what it means is that cobbles going to be emptied of westerners there's not going to be

there is no talking to the taliban. we do not want to talk to the taliban. brent: that was u.s. president donald trump. he is dealing with another resignation. the fbi director andrew mccabe is leaving his role in march. the reason for his early departure from the law enforcement agency is not yet known. the white house says president trump had nothing to do with it but that he stands by his criticism of mr. mccabe. white house press spokeswoman sarah huckabee sanders was asked whether pressure from the trump administration laid any role in the decision. >> the only thing the president has applied pressure to is to make sure we get this resolved so that you guys and everyone else can focus on the things americans actually care about and that is making sure everybody gets the russia fever out of their system once and for all. >> nothing improper, nothing inappropriate whatsoever from the president since he came into office since he came to this investigation? >> no. brent: we want to get to our washington bureau correspondent. good afternoon to you. we have andrew mccabe coming u

donald trump that there will be no negotiations with the taliban no talking to the taliban whatsoever there's no talking to the taliban we don't want to talk to the taliban and we're going to finish what we have to finish what nobody else has been able to finish we're going to be able to do it now we've heard a response from the taliban essentially mocking the united states and saying that if the usa wants to find them it knows where their office is located in the city of doha at this point we are not hearing moves from either side the taliban or the united states about resuming negotiations so at the moment it appears that the violence and chaos in afghanistan is going to continue. at least affairs expert at risk believes that the latest move by the pentagon is the effect of lead tantamount to an admission of failure in afghanistan. same in some horrific attacks launched by the taliban and by isis which have now begun to target kabul the afghani capital previously we saw that they know there were attacks by these extremist groups but they won't focus so much on kabul kabul was consid

donald trump that there will be no negotiations with the taliban no talking to the taliban whatsoever there's no talking to the taliban we don't want to talk to the taliban and we're going to finish what we have to finish what nobody else has been able to finish we're going to be able to do it now we've heard a response from the taliban essentially mocking the united states and saying that if the usa wants to find them it knows where their office is located in the city of doha at this point we are not hearing moves from either side the taliban or the united states about resuming negotiations so at the moment it appears that the violence and chaos in afghanistan is going to continue. the middle east expert on the risks believes the latest move by the pentagon is tantamount to an admission of failure in afghanistan. siegmund some horrific attacks launched by the taliban and by isis which have now begun to talk accountable the afghani capital previously we saw that they know there were attacks by these extremist groups but they won't focus so much from kabul kabul was considered to be re

mom autism but that's impossible now because the taliban is very active in our region. and all. the young women here are resolute they don't want to turn their backs on afghanistan they want to help build the country the international coverage of their school is a nice bonus they regularly watch this recording of a concert they gave in washington d.c. three years ago in front of an illustrious audience in the middle of the orchestra is nicky at the time playing an afghan string instrument. in kabul she's never completely free from fear especially not when she's on her way home until recently she lived in the orphanage too but for a few months now she's been living on the outskirts of town she's finally reunited with her family who she hadn't seen for years because they have to fear for their lives in their home province now they've moved to kabul to join her her eight siblings and a mother and her father who works as a bodyguard and knows what danger his daughter is in every day every time i'm thinking like this because life is not safe that much here because the government they

mom autism but that's impossible now because the taliban is very active in our region. and all. the young women here are resolute they don't want to turn their backs on afghanistan they want to help build the country the international coverage of their school is a nice bonus they regularly watched this recording of a concert they gave in washington d.c. three years ago in front of an illustrious audience in the middle of the orchestra is nicky at the time playing an afghan string instrument. in kabul she's never completely free from fear especially not when she's on her way home until recently she lived in the orphanage too but for a few months now she's been living on the outskirts of town she's finally reunited with her family who she hadn't seen for years because they had to fear for their lives in their home province now they've moved to kabul to join her her eight siblings and a mother and her father who works as a bodyguard to knows what danger his daughter is in every day or every time i'm thinking like this because life is not safe that much here. because going to mean t

the taliban claim responsibility. early this morning isis claimed responsibility for an attack that killed five. we will get an update from the news director of tolo news 24-hour news channel based in kabul. the michigan attorney general has launched an investigation into michigan state and the entire board of directors of usa gymnastics is resigning after team dr. larry nassar was sentenced up to 175 years in prison for sexual assaulting and abusing more than 160 young female athletes. that as abundantly clear full and complete investigation of what happened at michigan state university from the president's office down, is required. this investigation is and will .ontinue to be independent it will be thorough. and it be transparent will be prompt. amy: we will talk to reporter the alesia, part of investigative team at the indianapolis star, who broke the story. and we will look at his latest piece "what is next for usa gymnastics? a long, tough road at best." then we will speak with ari berman or concerns of the newl

whatsoever there's no talking to the taliban we don't want to talk to the taliban and we're going to finish what we have to finish what nobody else has been able to finish we're going to be able to do it now we've heard a response from the taliban essentially mocking the united states and saying that if the usa wants to find them it knows where their office is located in the city of doha at this point we are not hearing moves from either side the taliban or the united states about resuming negotiations so at the moment it appears that the violence and chaos in afghanistan is going to continue. middle east expert alley risk believes the latest move by the pentagon is tantamount to an admission of failure in afghanistan seeming so horrific attacks launched by the time of taliban and by isis which have now begun to target kabul the afghani capital previously we saw that they know there were attacks by these extremist groups but they won't focus so much on kabul kabul was considered to be relatively secure what we've seen now is that even the capital is no longer secure so a lot of these

being pushed over the border then also just granted members of the afghan taliban alliances in afghanistan are very fluid have been over a period of nearly four years a decade so yes you have two forces on the ground competing but they do have a common enemy which is united states which is the western alliance which is the afghan government do you see the possibility and you know you have to look into your crystal ball but do you see a possibility maybe of islamic state until they wanted some point. merging or if not merging at least learning to co-exist maybe a sim b.o.'s is there a positive coexistence i mean you see them fighting each other especially in eastern afghanistan which is the stronghold of the islamic state a country you see them marching because the afghan taliban a pretty much nationalistic in its outlook they're really focused on afghanistan why the i.a.s. of course with the whole idea of a caliphate has a much broader approach and much bigger international appeal they want to strike abroad as well they're not you know exclusively focusing on afghanistan as do the taliban

there's no talking to the taliban we don't want to talk to the taliban we're going to finish what we have to finish what nobody else has been able to finish we're going to be able to do it. so he's staying optimistic about it while the taliban of course doesn't think so the taliban says you better talk to us soon and they're even saying well you know washington you can reach us in our office in doha they have like a foreign you know they've opened a foreign office just to talk to the afghan people and to reach out to foreign powers as well so really when there's no negotiations there's war and this is a war that washington is definitely having a hard time winning stalemate springs to mind yes he goes down i thank you for coming in. tensions are high in the russian city of thought she where peace talks over the syrian crisis have got under way during the opening speech of russia's foreign minister some in the audience became quite emotional as r.t. is my gal's you have reports. it's been a busy and unpredictable start to the sochi peace conference first there's a deal a for hours and

again this is al jazeera life and also coming up donald trump calls for decisive action against the taliban after ninety five people are killed in a suicide attack in kabul supposed secure district. from fighters to politicians colombia's form of talk rebels begin a new chapter for the public is skeptical plus. it's not only the financial markets that have booming i'm rod mcbride at the biggest market in traditional chinese medicine that's going through the roof. so we begin in ethiopia where leaders from fifty five african union nations are meeting for the blocks annual summit corruption conflict and funding for the group some of the issues which are high on the agenda palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas is also attending and is expected to seek the a use support of the palestinian issues disco lived out at his abba sirus muhammad out o. is there some what is on the agenda at this summit. well levy and a lot is all the agenda promises to be quite an event hope on dramatic or the uptick in median wealth of all that would be discussing option one of the biggest problems afflicting

so there's no talking to the taliban. we don't want to talk to the taliban. we are going to finish what we have to finish, when no one else has been able to finish and we are going to be able to do it. so thank you all very much. we appreciate it. we are going to a tremendous discussion about that and other subjects. thank you all. thank you.

the taliban, when i was in captivity, i had to listen to hours and hours of taliban suicide tapes and in those recruitment tapes they would talk about a chance, a hunting vienna boys choir, a chance about afghan poetry, afghan, past tune, two main ethnic groups, past and being the largest ethnic group in the world without their own homeland between the kurds in the past ands, largest number in pakistan, second number in afghanistan, 50 million give or take. 's they would sing a chant of poetry, history, geography and the tele-been are more of a nationalist movement. very much a nationalist movement. without being too complicated there is not a boy over 10 who doesn't believe or feel every past tune that the british when they went to afghanistan and the first british crossed from india across crossing into the land of the past ins at the same time lewis and clark reached the pacific ocean. today which is part of pakistan pushing the forward policy to prevent russians from coming down and taking the crown jewel of the british empire, the border they created which divide afghanistan from

it is it is horrible so there's no talking to the taliban we don't want to talk to the taliban. that was us president donald trump of the u.s. president is dealing with yet another resignation the f.b.i. his deputy director andrew mccabe is reportedly leaving his post more than a month ahead of his planned retirement in march the cave has been repeatedly criticized by president trump for alleged bias against him and the republican party the reason for mccabe's earlier departure from the law enforcement agency is not yet known the white house says president trump had nothing to do with it but that he stands by his criticism of mr mckay. white house press spokesman sarah huckabee sanders was asked whether pressure from the trumpet biggest gratian played any role in mccabe's decision here's what she had to say. given that the president's apply pressure to you is to make sure we get this resolved so that you guys and everyone else can focus on the things that americans actually care about and that is making sure everybody gets the russia fever out of their system once and for all yo

this is no talking to the taliban we don't want to talk to the taliban we're going to finish what we have to finish what nobody else has been able to finish we're going to be able to do it. now at this point that the taliban has responded to trump saying that he will not negotiate with them and will not talk to them by putting forward a video saying that the usa knows where to find them and pointing out that the taliban does have an office in doha out that they would use for the purpose of negotiating if the usa were open to that however at this point it's come become pretty clear that neither the taliban nor the u.s. government are really up for negotiations at the moment so with no negotiations in the process it looks like the war is going to continue and there will continue to be fighting and violence and wreaking of havoc on the ground in afghanistan. i think that that's not he's a tele mopane. the u.s. treasury has released a declassified list of russian individuals as part of a sanctions law signed by donald trump in organized the list includes the names of some two hundred top

of the taliban are trying to send out a message that. we. would suspect. the coming exactly a week after the attack on the who john. is intended for the audience of course it was a very large collection as reward for leaders and these people are thinking the leader think internationally while there is no military or political or what we do in. raising. or. in honduras opposition groups are calling for protests and a general strike to coincide with the president's inauguration them strangers have started gathering on the streets of the but they say they were rag irregularities in the vote count during of embers a general election which saw one over under and then there's reelected over opposition leader salvador and as for a lap well john holeman is in the hundred and capital f. four s. now we know that president hand there's a study giving his inauguration speech a short while ago what's he been saying so far. he's still speaking right now but he definitely didn't speak with what's been on the minds of many hondurans which is the division in the country th

mom autism but that's impossible now because the taliban is very active in our region. the young women here are resolute they don't want to turn their backs on afghanistan they want to help build the country the international coverage of their school is a nice bonus they regularly watched this recording of a concert they gave in washington d.c. three years ago in front of a last straw. his audience in the middle of the orchestra is nicky at the time playing an afghan string instrument. in kabul she's never completely free from fear especially not when she's on her way home until recently she lived in the orphanage too but for a few months now she's been living on the outskirts of town she's finally reunited with her family who she hadn't seen for years because they had to fear for their lives in their home province now they've moved to kabul to join her her eight siblings and mother and her father who works as a bodyguard and knows what danger his daughter is in every day every time i'm thinking like this because life is not safe that much here because the government th

taliban attacks. the darker the colour the more frequent the taliban attacks. where the british army was based for much of its time there. this is malik. he is 11. and too traumatised to speak to us. he was playing in his garden when he lost his legs. and his best friend. to a taliban landmine. explosion. translation: children go through utter fear every night. it's a horrific life. it's so volatile that we live by hours and minutes. we are the living dead. fitted almost a thousand people with new limbs. from the very old. to the very young. the violence does not discriminate. helmand was the base of the british army in afghanistan. hundreds of soldiers died defending these streets. province has fallen to the taliban. and the violence is spreading. just ten minutes from hospital, the frontline. it is very rare for international journalists to come this far. the soldiers say the militants are so close they exchange insults. today though swearing is not enough. now the police are returning the fire. thi

the united states put six high level members of the taliban in. global terror blacklist and also the government of afghanistan and ally of the u.s. pounding the a group so they are also responding this is a this is an impasse it's not a neither side is winning so they're also pushing to win the government and its allies are also pushing to win and. yes this is a response and we can expect more to come from all right so how can that and past be broken. well. only time can tell us but i think it's it cannot be broken so soon we cannot expect to win i mean if we talk on behalf of the government we cannot expect to win so soon because the group the group resisted the. aggressive strategy of the us with the united states out more than one hundred ten thousand troops and now they have around twenty the group. is not going to surrender or give up they they want to take areas mo territories and also the government is trying to control the populated areas but this impasse cannot be broken so easily and so soon but i thought he could still see so many thank

donald trump calls for decisive action against the taliban after ninety five people were killed in a suicide attack in kabul is most secure district and. i'm lawrence lee with the second of all reports from the ever off river where refugees have accused the greek police of using violence and intimidation to illegally push them back over the river into turkey. to begin in ethiopia where leaders from fifty five african union nations are meeting for the organizations and the old summit corruption conflict and funding for the a us some of the issues which are high on the agenda palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas is also attending and is expected to seek the a use support on the palestinian issue and it added reports from at his other book . they come together from all over the continent in the city that give birth to the concept of african unity the issue of independent financing for the african union and white out informal the organization large and tackling corruption in africa will also dominate discussions here but it's tough to be skeptical lou list can you sit in with sa

donald trump that there will be no negotiations with the taliban no talking to the taliban whatsoever there's no talking to the taliban we don't want to talk to the taliban and we're going to finish what we have to finish what nobody else has been able to finish we're going to be able to do it now we've heard a response from the taliban essentially mocking the united states and saying that if the usa wants to find them it knows where their office is located in the city of doha at this point we are not hearing moves from either side the taliban or the united states about resuming negotiations so at the moment it appears that the violence and chaos in afghanistan is going to continue the middle east expert at the risk believes the latest move by the pentagon is tantamount to an admission of failure enough got a stone. seeming so horrific attacks launched by the time of taliban and by isis which have now begun to target kabul the afghani capital previously we saw that they know there were attacks by these extremist groups but they won't focus so much on kabul kabul was considered to be r

donald trump calls for decisive action against the taliban after ninety five people were killed in a suicide attack in kabul suppost secure district. and from fighters to politicians colombia's form of fog rebels begin a new chapter for the public is skeptical. we begin in ethiopia where leaders from fifty five african union nations a meeting for the organizations annual summits corruption conflict and funding for the a you are some of the issues which are high on the agenda palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas is also attending and is expected to seek the a you support on the palestinian issue al-jazeera as mohammed out of reports now from this of about. they come together from all over the continent in the city that give to the concept of african unity the issue of independent financing for their fricken union and white out informal the organization large and tackling corruption in africa will also dominate discussions here but it's tough to be skeptical lou list time. city analysts say again because where is it going to help those who are in this to it's in this good meet

the taliban claimed responsibility. this is their second deadly assault on the city in the space of a week. 20 people were killed in an attack on the intercontinental hotel last week. this evening, work was continuing to clear the scene of the latest bombing. this is a very secure area and security is very tight here usually and the question will be how they got through this far. the afghan military, backed by us air power, has intensified its campaign to drive out the taliban from its rural strongholds. but, as today's strike proves, they're still able to mount deadly attacks against civilian targets in the heart of the country's major cities. sana safi is a presenter at bbc pashtuns. the first thing is the death toll. it is fairly high. are there are concerns that could rise? absolutely. the numbers have already gone up from 95 to more than 100. it is expected to rise. it will go up. and the injured as well. what about the significance of these targets? this is the third attack in a week. they are getting very close t

taliban strike in one of kabul's most secure areas killing at least ninety five people in a suicide bombing. and jane does and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. a nation divided protesters in honduras clashed with police as the president is sworn in for a second term after a disputed election. systems that he and. a saudi billionaire prince to change in riyadh for more than two months on allegations of corruption is set free plus. i'm lauren free on the river of rocks if the land border between turkey and greece but it's all for the new frontline and the european union's attempts to keep refugees out. the taliban says it was behind a bomb attack in afghanistan's capital that killed at least ninety five people and injured more than one hundred fifty others the explosives were hidden in an ambulance that allowed the bomber to get through security in kabul's green zone the city's most heavily protected area jennifer glass reports. another day of carnage on the streets of kabul this time the bomb was in an ambulance the driver pretended to be taking someone to a nearby hospital

the war with the taliban will be won on the battlefield as someone who lived. around the taliban for years what do you make of daughter i'm saying that i think it's a huge distraction and really the taliban i mean how much space to they control essentially i think what's going on in afghanistan is a huge looting exercise by nato it's all about the deep state it's all about off the books revenue is about the drugs trade it's about rare earths which apparently very good the tech industry in california and lithium apparently it's all about strategic control in the region and you've got china with with the news going to sit back because i mean people have been saying that there's been visibly more evidence of. these investment how long is she didn't bring enough that resumes over there right there how are they going to just sit back and watch all their investments go up in flames well i think you know you have to also see who is benefiting from these mass casualty event i mean essentially what it means is that cobbles going to be emptied of westerners there's not g

you were do you not see it is claimed to target the taliban in the coming winter or the ongoing winter is something which afghan people ask after twenty years and brigade folly this strategy would defeat the taliban. decrees the attacks in the capital of the country or all around the country years going to increase saudi a lot of questions even if when you see and in european countries who accidentally just time into an afghan which is a taxi driver and frank ford what i want to ask. i can after nine eleven and i hope that i enjoy the life of one of the developed country like germany and the afghan people would be secure in the flag of the united states but they're good for the the situation is not something which afghan people forecast and as i mentioned newly there is a kind of calm pit of attacks and killing of afghan people by the taliban and so-called islamic state after sort of the attack and a capital of the country now in the history of the country on the save the children . i mean we've heard this haven't we for years and years and years and you know one of the biggest questio