many of the other issues that are priorities for pakistan and also use pakistan relationship. as where a peace institute would like your perspectives from all parties. we're also, therefore, reached out to the indian embassy in the hopes will have an opportunity for the indian ambassador to speak at usip at some point in the not-too-distant future. ambassador khan has a long and distinguished career in the foreign service of pakistan spanning nearly three decades. by his most recent assignment was pakistan's ambassador to japan where he served from 2017-2019. again no stranger to d.c. as he was here at the dcm at the embassy from 2012-2015. ambassador khan earned his doctorate in international economic and business law in japan. and and and i was about ambassador to take the stage and make introductory remarks. after that my colleague moeed yusuf will join the ambassador on the stage for a moderated discussion in question and answer. but i wouldn't be doing a job if i didn't use this opportunity to put in a plug for his book -- [laughing] brokering peace in nuclear environment

we really need to understand about pakistan pakistan has changed on that ground pakistan knew mostly among to its nationals against any one of its neighbors as a good state policy right this is where pakistan is very different than we then india right now because i think we've learned our lessons from history and therefore we don't wish this upon india also because in this region this region has suffered for far too long because of this ongoing conflict between these two giants in the region you know if you look at any progress that the streets and could potentially have made we've lost out ok i think we need to fight wars against poverty against giving education to our people giving help opportunities giving economic opportunities it's really sad if in the neighborhood as large as india move towards this extremist belligerent aggressive mission because it doesn't do any good to any of its neighbors and least of all pakistan well i agree with you that the indian response was quite extraordinary because there were suicide attacks before but it was the first time that indian fighter je

and pakistan relationship. as we're a peace institute, we like to hear perspectives from all parties. also therefore reached out to the indian embassy in the hopes that we'll have an opportunity for the indian ambassador to speak at usip at some point in the not too distant future. ambassador khan has a long and distinguished career in the foreign service of pakistan spanning from -- nearly three decades. his most recent assignment was as pakistan's ambassador to he served from 2017 to 2019. again, to stranger to d.c. as he was here at the dcm at the em bassy. he earned his docktorate from kyushu university in japan. after that, my colleague, who's the associate vice president here at usip, will join the ambassador on the stage for moderated discussion and question and answer. but i wouldn't be doing my job if i doesn't use this opportunity to put in a plug for maweed's book, "brokering peace : u.s.lear environments crisis management in south asia," published by stanford about a year ago and this certainly very

so china is becoming closer with pakistan and is helping pakistan in the un and investing in the country as part of the silk road project does a slum out expect chinese help in case of a real conflict with india as well. well frankly we we have we are more thinking in terms of conflict we are thinking more in terms of peaceful resolution of things. but. this conflict is concerned i think pakistan has the serious huges virtual port after this incident we have received those you know that has offered mediation president trump has asked for this training the european union has actually said that india must not less clear things so but i think. we are not thinking in terms of conflict on your own for this befriends operation or you know that in this conflict but even trying obviously pakistan has a really long standing historical relationship and deal relationships are based on economy. the project that china is investing in pakistan is always the is such a huge economic project that we would like when we have offered other countries to come and invest in pakistan so we would like the relati

a welcome to sophie i'm going sophie shevardnadze tensions are running high between india and pakistan over a deadly terrorist attack in kashmir with artillery and mortar fire from both sides and indian jet downed is this a random uptick in violence or a war in the making on this edition of the show will hear both sides out to. the two nuclear powers of south asia one small on the brink of war with pakistani based terrorists attacking indian soldiers and the indian air force and gauging pakistani point is how you can cool heads prevail and prevent escalation manager to safe kind of election pressure in india and military influence in pakistan push the leaders towards radical decisions and well the cycle of violence in the rest to kashmir continue to threaten peace in the region. and will start with the indian perspective ambassador a shock that a former indian envoy to china and accept which are referred to at the ministry of external affairs he joins us to help shed some light on the conflict and master mr confident the most recent escalation between india and pakistan since there hav

i think strongly bonet pakistan together and i think it's probably too many pakistanis that pakistan stands together as a united front pakistan is a far stronger an issue and it's much bigger an issue that we're talking about one of the most militarized regions in the world with a very very high security presence and i think it's a valid question how would a young local man and we're talking about a man in his twenty's who is believed to be this initial suicide bomb attack how would he be able to source seven hundred fifty pounds of explosives carried out one that being the interest of pakistan to find out and don't you think that your country should be perhaps a little bit more forthcoming in offering its assistance to india to deal with this major terrorist issue in the indian controlled kashmir look i think we have been more than forthcoming to the extent that the indian media and indian politicians have used it as pakistan coming to its knees wanting to negotiate asking us over evil help but they will actually not so this is all a narrative shipping and i think pakistan has said

and pakistan. i wanted to let everybody know that the next event will be march 11th where we have a panel looking at pakistan gulf relations. pakistan and saudi arabia. another interesting dynamic. that will be march 11th. i think that is already out. please join me in thanking the pakistan ambassador. [ applause ] >>> a look at the prime time schedule on the c-span network start beginning at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, house floor debate on the bill had cap r1 which covers campaign finance, voting rights and ethics. at 8:00 p.m. on c-span two, testimony from homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen. on immigration and border security issues. at 8:00 eastern on c-span three, environmental officials look at the implementation and enforcement of state air quality programs. . >> c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up thursday morning, north dakota congressman kelly armstrong discusses house democrat's investigations of president trump. t

between india and pakistan. started from that attack the place on the fourteenth of february so you know elections and i think through that in the sense that you will not stop taking action because elections are coming you may be more restrained and at least up until recently they were easy and foreign policy has been catch a graz by strategic restraint i use saying that next time there is a terrorist attack in kashmir india should go a have bomb pakistan again is that what you're saying is that what the policies right now it is not your time thing war time thing. is what happened this time also was that india did not attack pakistan in detail ition for the stake you know or did i say i said evidence was available that there was a terrorist camp that could be used for planning to do this to tax in different parts of the country and what india did was to try to take out that there this camp so that it could protect its citizens it did not target a military installation they did not target pakistani civilians this

i think strongly bonet pakistan together and i think it's probably too many pakistanis that pakistan stands together as a united front pakistan is a far stronger an issue and it's much bigger an issue that we're talking about one of the most militarized regions in the world with a very very high security presence and i think it's a valid question how would a young local man and we're talking about a man in his twenty's who is believed to be this initial suicide bomb attack how would he be able to source seven hundred fifty pounds of explosives to carry it out one that being the interest of pakistan to find out and don't you think that your country should be perhaps a little bit more forthcoming in offering its assistance to india to deal with this major terrorist issue in the indian controlled kashmir look i think we have been more than forthcoming to the extent that the indian media and the indian politicians have used it as pakistan coming to its knees wanting to negotiate asking us over evil him but they will actually not so this is all a narrative shipping and i think pakistan ha

and pakistan relationship. as we're a peace institute, we like to hear perspectives from all parties. we're also, therefore, reached out to the indian embassy in the hopes that we'll have an opportunity for the indian ambassador to speak at usip at some point in the not too distant future. ambassador khan has a long and distinguished career in the foreign service of pakistan spanning fearspan ing nooearly three decades. pakistan's ambassador to japan, he served from 20127 to 20129. again, to stranger to d.c. as he was here at the dcm at the embassy from 2012 to 2015. he earned his doctorate from kyushu university in japan. after that, my colleague, who's the associate vice president here at usip, will join the ambassador on the stage for moderated discussion and question and answer. but i wouldn't be doing my job if i doesn't use this opportunity to put in a plug for maweed's book. "brokering peace in nuclear environments: u.s. crisis management in south asia." published by stanford about a year ago and this ce

we're facing an important election no this is what you we really need to understand about pakistan pakistan has changed on that ground pakistan no more considered and the more city against india encouraging and the most vehement its nationals against any one of its neighbors as a good state policy right this is where pakistan is very different than we than india right now because i think we've learned our lessons from history and therefore we don't wish this upon india also because if they go on this trajectory unfortunately they will not be able to be responsible players in the street in this region has suffered for far too long because of this ongoing conflict between these two giants in the region you know if you look at any progress that the street and could potentially have made we've lost out ok i think we need to fight wars against poverty against giving education to our people giving help opportunities giving economic opportunities it's really sad if in the neighborhood as large as india move towards this extremist belligerent aggressive nation because it doesn't do any good to any

between india and pakistan. started from that attack the place on the fourteenth of fifty so you know elections and i think you do that in the sense that you will not stop taking action because elections are coming you may be more restrained and at least up until recently they were easy and foreign policy has been catch a grower as by strategic restraint i use saying that next time there is a terrorist attack in kashmir india should go and have bomb pakistan again is that what you're saying is that what the policies right now it is not your time thing what i'm saying is what happened this time also was that india did not attack pakistan india television for this strike you know or did i say i said evidence was available that there was a terrorist camp that could be used for planning. attacks in different parts of the country and work and did was to drive. this camp. so that it could protect its citizens it did not target a military installation they did not target pakistani civilians this is what i said and ther

between india and pakistan so have been contained now with pakistan releasing the captured indian pilot and returning its commissioner to new delhi but the situation is still tansen kashmir is our risk of violence breaking out again. the question has been continue as you mentioned when all what has happened there tension has been is winding down they are happy to see that under international pressure pakistan has taken some steps against terrorist groups operating from a fly but would like to be convinced that what pakistan is doing is not merely medical needs or that they are willing to breach the law on have big office ponselle interests activities against india a look not that problem it is not i'm afraid that this you offer no terrorist actions on indian soil leading to escalation in will continue. so the steps to discuss later came quick and worked goodwill gesture from pakistan so as a release of a captive indian palace can that momentum of making sense carry on forward and bring about opportunities to improve the climate between india and pakistan. i yes it is possible there are

the pakistan assured the maturity to take this step to announce the release of. wing commander then and his return to india but to what extent will it deescalate tensions between the two countries. if we can just go back a little bit to why we are at the situation today. we are at the situation because of a very important reason of terrorism. you would be aware that that this immediate action took place because a pakistan based organization the gesture marmont. which took responsibility for the attack launched an attack and. in jammu and kashmir on february fourteenth more than forty of our security personnel were killed and. india asked pakistan as we have been repeatedly doing to address this issue to capture the people who were convicted to bring them to justice. pakistan did not react in fact they completely ignored the situation we then had. intelligence reports with suggested and these were credible intelligence reports that the jaish e mohammed was planning another attack now in the face of pakistan's absolute refusal to act the only option left to us was

i think strongly bonet pakistan together and i think it's probably too many pakistanis that pakistan stands together as a united front pakistan is a far stronger an issue and it's much bigger an issue that we're talking about one of the most militarized regions in the world with a very very high security presence and i think it's a valid question how would a young local man and we're talking about a man in his twenty's who is believed to be this initial suicide bomb attack how would he be able to source seven hundred fifty pounds of explosives to carry it out one that being the interest of pakistan to find out and don't you think that your country should be perhaps a little bit more forthcoming in offering its assistance to india to deal with this major terrorist issue in the indian controlled kashmir look i think we have been more than forthcoming to the extent that the indian media and indian politicians have used it as pakistan coming to its knees wanting to negotiate asking us over evil help but they will actually not so this is all a narrative shipping and i think pakistan has s

between india and pakistan. started from the attack that took place on the fourteenth of february so you know elections and i think you do that in the sense that you will not stop taking action because elections are coming you may be more restrained and at least up until recently there indian foreign policy has been captured or as by strategic restraint i use saying that next time there is a terrorist attack and crush me or india should go a have bomb pakistan again is that what you're saying is that what the engine policies right now it is not your time thing what i'm saying is what happened this time also was that india did not attack pakistan india television for this you know or did i say i said evidence was available that there was a terrorist camp that could be used for planning. attacks in different parts of the country and work india did was to try to pick this camp. so that it could protect its citizens it did not target a military installation they did not target pakistani civilians this is what i said

well in the when we talk about new zealand sitting here in pakistan know well people in pakistan consider me new zealand as the safest and very peaceful country so it was kind of a shock for the people to get to know about this kind of attack but as the premise of pakistan states that you know terrorism is very very heavy countries facing it and whenever there is such kind of an attack one should call it a terrorist attack and this was the concern of the pakistani people here in pakistan but as the prime minister of music don stated as a as a stick at this as a terrorist attack you know people have taken all this very positively here in pockets on terrorism is a global draw now that's what the people of oxen or the community deprived of spock's one believes and that needs to be developed in the same day if you mention the prime minister. of new energy did call this a terror attack but she is also being praised around the world for handling of the aftermath of this terrible tragedy what is the reaction been in pakistan to that where people in pakistan have to conduct very positively not on

this is true that when you fly from delhi and pakistan frees a captured indian pilots calling it a gesture of peace when command i've been on down bottom and walks across the border into india for a hero's welcome a whites and also on the program day long the battle with militants and efficiency is over first they bombed a hotel in the somali capital that according to police special forces surrounded and killed them all. i'm so going to welcome to the program pakistan has freed the indian pilot captured with his plane was shot down a pakistan administered kashmir indian air force as wing commander i've been and is now undergoing medical checks indian prime minister and the rendering and their entry modi tweeted the nation is proud of your exemplary courage pakistan says the release of the pilot who was captured on wednesday after each acting from zach raft was an effort to deescalate tensions between the nuclear neighbors. and hero's homecoming. wing commander done via time and walking across the border into india two days off to pakistan's side shot down his fighter jet over its territory

well we only talk about new zealand sitting here in pakistan but people in pakistan consider me new zealand as the safest and as the very peaceful country so it was kind of a shock for the people to get to know about this kind of attack but as the premise of pakistan states that you know terrorism is everywhere every country is facing it and whenever there is such kind of an attack one should call it a terrorist attack and this was the concern of the pakistani people here in pakistan but as the prime minister of news you don stated as a as a stick at this as a terrorist attack you know people have taken all this very positively having bought this on terrorism is a global drop no no that's what the people of fox on or the community depravity spock's on believes and that needs to be developed in the same day if you mention the prime minister just of new energy did all this type which is all to being praised around the world for handling of the aftermath of this terrible tragedy what is the reaction been in pakistan to that. where people in pakistan have to conduct very positively not only the

what has been the reaction there to these comments on the pakistan tv from the captured in oui’ the pakistan tv from the captured in our release indian pilot? people have been surprised and intrigued by this video appear in just minutes before he was allowed to cross the border. why he was made to give a statement which appeared to be heavily edited, and what we also understand was that it is dented, pakistan trying to reach out to his long—time rival india by voluntarily giving up this caption pilot on wednesday and the prime minister saying it was a goodwill gesture for peace and they made such a video and it was broadcast on pakistan television. so people are questioning the motive and the timing of this video because there we re timing of this video because there were also previously some videos which appear to show this caption pilot under the custody of pakistani army, once they showed he was bloodied and blindfolded to was taken off of the pakistani website hours later when it came under criticism, even the pakistan made this gesture of releasing this pilot, the timing of this video

it's a charge pakistan the noise however the question remains what is pakistan doing about groups like al but their majority and jaish e mohammad after two thousand and fourteen we have been hard on these groups. now it's a stupid policy in pakistan that. really remained with this to. be able to. reload to have the ability to use one for the groups so i think we are taking steps we have taken steps in the past since two thousand and fourteen we have stepped and i think we are on the right direction the groups are active today on both sides of the disputed border in indian administered kashmir has both mojahedin regularly now attacks on indian troops yet india insists it's a domestic issue and says there's no comparison between groups on either side of the disputed border so all the suggestion that. between the kind of better challenge that india is facing. and what pakistan is either dealing with internally or india is all internal security issues which are related to the northeast have completely i would say different contours and it's a different profile so this is a case of apples a

captured days ago by pakistan,re today he was. wing commander abhinandan varthaman was flanked by government officials and members of the military as he waited at the crossing with indi n his release was expectedthe early afternoon, and after many hours of delays, the gate was finally opened after 9:00 p.m. local ti. the pilot who fought for his country for 16 years was finally back on home soil. outside, crowds erupted as the news came out. >> pakistan has released our countryman. a re very proud and very happy. rajini: millions across india have been following the wing commander's story. tv networks have been running wall-to-wall coverage ever sincn his capturednesday. pakistan says it shot his jet down after he violated the country's airspace. india says it was retaliating after pakistani warplanes entered its territory. shortly before he was handed back to india, this was broadcast on pakistani tv. it is unclear whether varthaman was asked to speak under duress . many in india say it is nothg re than political propaganda. this

a group based in pakistan claimed responsibility. india accuses pakistan of harboring terror gros. at a rally ahead of upcoming elections, the country's prime minister narendra modi said india would return the damage done by terrorists. today, pakistan's foreign minister told the bbc that any further escalation would be suicidal. >> i want de-escalation, i want defusion.fe i the tension is too high. tempers have to be brought down. rajini: tonight celebrations continue after the return of a man being hailed a hero. th might have brought back india and pakistan from brink of war, but peace remains fragile. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news. jane: for more on the tensions between india and pakistan, i spoke earlier with a senior fellow at the council on foreign relations. e st how far has this gest peace gone to defusing the situation? >> it has been very helpful. no doubt about it, it has been a helpful step in bringing down the temperatures this week. imagine if the pilot had not en released. i think things would have been much worse. but we should not be confused about the fact that t

time on walking across the border into india two days off to pakistan shut down his fighter jet over its territory. locals gathered for the day at the vaga atari border crossing as anticipation mounted across the country ahead of the pilot's release. mr brando you didn't say i'm a yes and i ever since i heard the pilot was captured by pakistan i've been praying for his return to india that's all i wanted to happen and watch. i'm so happy now what he called yeah as a captive in pakistan i've been undone became the face of such an tensions between the rivals the disputed kashmir region once again edging the nuclear neighbors to the brink of war the latest escalation began two weeks ago when forty indian troops were killed by pakistan based militants in kashmir news of i've been released described as a gesture of peace by the pakistani prime minister was also welcomed in pakistan. on humanitarian grounds and under the geneva convention pakistan had to hand them over to india we did so quickly to show the world we respect human rights. does hope now on both sides of the kashmir conflict

everyone believes pakistan india everyone blames pakistan but there is also homegrown militancy in the state of jammu and kashmir and pakistanis say that that india is in denial about the fact that they have eliminated sections of the population in indian adman's to me where militancy is homegrown. if again the reality of the situation is different from what it is in india. we are a peace loving people we don't indulge in violence as a norm we have never started a war. if you if you look at the focus of the people of india what does then meet the need is economic betterment they need is social development this is happening all over india. where there are disaffected people there are normal. mechanisms of democracy. we you can go to the ballot you can go to the judicial processes we have of as you know a very very vibrant media and civil society sector you can change governments there's a process of dialogue people in india don't need to become terrorists or militants in jammu and kashmir of course economic and social development is affected because of the constant fear of terror from p

well we only talk about new zealand sitting here in pakistan but people in pakistan consider many new zealand as the safest and very peaceful country so it was kind of a shock for the people to get to know about this kind of attack but as the prime minister of pakistan states that you know terrorism is everywhere every country is facing it and whenever there is such kind of an attack one should call it a terrorist attack and this was the concern of the pakistani people here in pakistan but as the prime minister of new zealand stated as a as a stick at this as a terrorist attack you know people have taken all this very positively here in pockets on terrorism is a global draw now that's what the people of oxen or the community depravity spock's one believes and that needs to be developed in the same way if you mention the prime minister just of new energy did all this a terror attack which is also being praised around the world for handling of the aftermath of this terrible tragedy what is the reaction been in pakistan to that. well people in pakistan have to conduct very positively not

it's a charge pakistan the noise however the question remains what is pakistan doing about groups like al but their magazine and jaish e mohammad. after two thousand and fourteen we have game hard on these groups. now it's a stupid policy in pakistan that monopoly. remains with the state and norgrove will be able to use that bill bruford real reload to have that ability to use one for the groups so i think we are taking steps we have taken steps in the past since two thousand and fourteen we have clean steps and i think we are on the right direction the groups are active today on both sides of the disputed border in indian administered kashmir hizbollah mojahedin regularly now attacks on indian troops yet india insists it's a domestic issue and says there's no comparison between groups on either side of the disputed border saw the suggestion that there is some kind of week where millions between the kind of terror challenge that india is facing and what pakistan is either dealing with internally on india's or an internal security issues which are related to the northeast have completel

pakistan did not react in fact they completely ignored the situation with them had. intelligence reports with suggested and these were credible intelligence reports that the jaish e mohammed was planning another attack now in the face of pakistan's absolute refusal to act the only option left to us was to attack the jaish e mohammad. now our think was it was nonmilitary it was not an attack on pakistan we attacked no military installations it was a counterterrorism operation in a very remote part of india which of pakistan where there were no civilian populations. that there was a pleasure to have you with us on the w thank you very much. turning out to somali with police and the captain over the shoes says an almost twenty four hour battle with extremists is over special forces reportedly killed all the fight is who laid siege in the building next to a hotel they've bombed on thursday night that bombing a set of course heavy casualties. and not have chaos right in the center of mogadishu people flee for their lives just after an explosion in the busiest area of the

in pakistan, no government or political party wa nts pakistan, no government or political party wants to use this, you know, asa party wants to use this, you know, as a political weapon. hatred for india is no more spewed in pakistan as state policy. unfortunately you see this whole aggressiveness which is in the media houses, among the anchors, among policymakers, among politicians, retired army generals, which is coming our way from india, andi which is coming our way from india, and i think we need tojust com pletely and i think we need tojust completely change this environment. and therefore when the prime minister announced this decision of releasing the pilot on the floor of the national assembly, in a joint session of the parliament, we all welcomed it, because we want to move towards de—escalation, and finally towards de—escalation, and finally towards normalisation, and some long, long do you real intensive dialogue to be able to resolve the ongoing and existing and years old dispute, including the disputed territory of kashmir that we have between the two countries, whic

british it is a huge problem in pakistan we have to understand pakistan is a majority indian country society. but we need to understand that when we say forced conversions we only talk about the kidnapping of. matted all of. that has been happening and this happened in the case of vienna but there are also cases when religious minorities. christians and these they embrace islam but that's the only way they can climb up the ladder the economic and social so that is in my opinion also forced conversion because religious minorities suffer from immense discrimination on so many levels in pakistan that's the only way they can prosper that they can climb up the social and economic so all these contribute to in my opinion should be defined as forced conversions all the new laws forming in pakistan and plans to tackle this discrimination. well dissing the assembly boston law in two thousand and sixteen not actually a law it never became a law of bill was passed but then the lawmakers kind of. were pressured by extremists in islam as to to to not ratified the bill so it never became a law the

all over say the borders it drew between china india and pakistan that's where the u.k. legacy as well as other factors are threatening global peace after violence in kashmir with me here the pakistani high commission in london is high commissioner mamma duffy's acara commissioner thanks for letting us into that commission i've got to ask you what's on the minds of i suppose people all around the world right now will pakistan rule out the use of its fifty or one hundred nuclear weapons in this current conflict the tension was. you know caused by the actions of india there after the pre-war my tack the they immediately blamed pakistan they don't any investigations as they always do and. then after that they were actually they carried out twice the. you know of parker's son's sovereignty and territorial integrity by sending the aircraft to park sun. this is where we have actually been surprising and the briefing the international community that because of the their actions the situation over there is worsening and our prime minister was very candid in conveying a message t

in the pilot shot down over pakistan controlled kashmir this week. gesture of birth more fighting between the two nuclear arms. talks with worried. they wonder if it's still safe to live in the country they've always called home. oh i'm terry march and welcome to the program famous swedish climate activist is joining german students on strike today in hamburg on her very first visit to the country people around the world have joined her on fridays for future movement walking out of classes to call on politicians to take climate action some three thousand. students are expected to take part in the march in the northern german city. kate brady is in hamburg covering the march good to see you kate so the march has started i'm told has to emerge presents in hamburg people out on to the streets. it certainly has i spoke to some of the schoolchildren who have skipped things school this morning to turn out on the streets of hamburg demanding more action from politicians against climate change and many of them were extremely excited to know that data will be

prime minister of course and that and the hindu the pakistan will release. today those it's on the front pages of all of the national press and indeed everybody's waiting with bated breath to whether they will get a glimpse of him we do know that the indian air force personnel who will be looking after him have arrived at the atari world cup border being a score to buy the border security force and they will literally be there waiting to take control of the handover of the pilots now and ambulance trip just a short time ago we don't really know what the condition of the pilot is but certainly there's a great fervor at the border that he will be coming home the press were further away from the border crossing that normally it's a very ceremonial opening and closing of the day that's been canceled because of the scenario that india is facing nothing that actually comes back but the tension has not gone away here in india and others as those newspapers have said the prime minister has said that even though they're getting back their man they're not letting paki

is when we saw this aerial combat between pakistan and indian fighterjets combat between pakistan and indian fighter jets and one combat between pakistan and indian fighterjets and one of the jets we re fighterjets and one of the jets were shot down and the pilot was captured. now, the two governments are trying to take their own narrative to the people to influence public perception. the indian government says it was a diplomatic victory for them and put pressure on pakistan. in the international community put pressure on pakistan and that is how the wing commander was a release. 0n the other side, the pakistan, not only for their own people and the outside world was to show it as a country which is offering dialogue and wants to establish peace with india and that is why they released the wing commander who was captured 60 hours ago. both countries are trying to give their own narrative so they can shape the public opinion. thank you for joining shape the public opinion. thank you forjoining us. the prosecutor‘s office in georgia, has told the bbc, it‘s received a request to ext

pakistan has freed indian pilot captured when his plane was shot down over pakistan. indian air force says the commander is undergoing medical checks. the prime minister treated the nation is proud of you are exemplary courage. pakistan says the release of the pilot captured wednesday after he ejected from his aircraft was an effort to de-escalate tensions between the nuclear armed neighbors. >> a hero's homecoming. the wing commander walking across the border into india, two days after pakistan shut down its fighter jet -- his fighter jet over its territory. locals gathered earlier in the day at the border crossing as anticipation mounted across the country ahead of the pilot's release. >> ever since i heard the pilot was captutured by pakistan, i he been praying for his return to india. that is all i wantnted. i am s so happy now. as a captiveve in pakistan, he became the face of tensions between the rivals. the disputed region once again edging the new care neighbors to the brink of war. the latest escalation began two weweeks ago when 4 40 indian trs were killed b

pakistan denies those accusations. the two countries have thought two wars over kashmir over the past 70 years. it may not have ended the conflict, but it has at least averted a war. that is how many people here will see it. thank you forjoining us. the headlines on bbc news: the government has been ordered to pay £33 million to eurotunnel in an agreement to settle a lawsuit over extra ferry services in the event of a no—deal brexit. in his first tv interview since quitting as theresa may's chief of staff — nick timothy criticises the prime ministerfor seeing brexit as a "damage limitation exercise." pakistan has freed an indian fighter pilot captured after his plane was shot down in pakistan—administered kashmir. new leicester city manager, brendan rodgers, says he hopes celtic fans can forgive him after he with the clu b can forgive him after he with the club for the premier league earlier this week. scotland's women begin their cup this week. scotland's women begin theircup campaign this week. scotland's wome

in fact this is what we had been asking them that they keep blaming pakistan for any act of terrorism against india and they never provide us with any evidence and i have actually mention time and again that. on the contrary we have credible evidence of indian state involvement in pakistan in perpetrating terrorism in pakistan and terror financing park some i would give it examined years supporting al qaeda and taliban linked groups in pakistan that would not me you saying that we have captured one of the commanders serving commanders can. from what i've just done who confessed indian involvement in preparing terrorism and park a son in terror financing part aside because i mean in fairness to india the. had to promise iran i understand you're now in talks with the iranians now about about a fence or a book or a wall it does seem to be always coming from the pakistani side of these. groups these are clearance there is a difference between claims and evidence and that's what we have been seeking if they have the evidence they should share with us so that we are able to take action beca

after days of rising tension over kashmir both india and pakistan on the move to ease the tensions. i'm about this and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up no way forward on the venezuela crisis and why of all resolutions failed at the u.n. security council. donald trump returns to the u.s. without a deal on north korea's nuclear program but differing explanations on what went wrong is there still a way forward. israel's attorney general says he plans to indict prime minister benjamin netanyahu. pakistan's prime minister says his country will release a captured indian pilot on friday as a gesture of peace a day earlier india and pakistan said they shot down each of those fighter jets in the disputed kashmir region pakistan says it downed two indian planes and arrested the pilot india said it shot down one pakistani aircraft and lost one of its own we've got two reporters covering this story for us on both sides of the border is live in the indian capital new delhi first let's go straight to come on who's in the pakistani capital islamabad come out and give us some indica

pakistan's military facilities it was only operating against. this dog and that dog which has consistently launched terrorist attacks in india the jaish e mohammad indeed they bomba the suicide bomber who carried out the bull bomb attack on february fourteenth himself in a predicted radio said that he is a member of the jaish e mohammad. north korea is accusing us of wasting an opportunity to strike a nuclear deal president donald trump has walked away from the two day summit with kim jong il and vietnam with no agreement he says he couldn't meet the north korean leader's demands to lift sanctions. you into the if united states removes partial sanctions namely removes the articles of sanctions that hamper the civilian economy and the livelihood of our people in particular we will permanently and completely dismantle all of the nuclear material production facilities in the yongbyon area including plutonium and uranium in the presence of us experts and by the joint work of technicians in both countries. told me this proposal was the biggest denucl

it's a charge pakistan the noise however the question remains what is pakistan doing about groups like al but they're rejecting and jaish e mohammad. after two thousand and fourteen we have game hard on these groups. now it's a stupid policy in pakistan that. really remains with the state and norgrove will be able to use that bill bruford real reload to have the ability to use one for the groups so i think we are taking steps we have taken steps in the past since two thousand and fourteen we have clean steps and i think we are on the right direction the groups are active today on both sides of the disputed border in indian administered kashmir has both mojahedin regularly now attacks on indian troops yet india insists it's a domestic issue and says there's no comparison between groups on either side of the disputed border saw the suggestion that there is some kind of week where millions between the kind of terror challenge that india is facing and what pakistan is either dealing with internally on india's on internal security issues which are related to the northeast have completely i

in fact this is what we had been asking them that they keep blaming pakistan for any act of terrorism against india and they never provide us with any evidence and i have actually mentioned time and again that. on the contrary we have credible evidence of indian state involvement in pakistan and for protecting terrorism in pakistan and terror financing parks i would give it examined years supporting al qaeda and taliban linked groups in biggest fans booed me was saying that we have captured one of their commanders serving commanders could bush and others from what i've just done who confessed indian involvement in preparing terrorism to park a son in terror financing part. because i mean in fairness to india the. had to promise iran i understand you're now in talks with the iranians now about about a fence or a book or a wall it does seem to be always coming from the pakistani side of these. groups these are clearance there is a difference between claims and evidence and that's what we have been seeking if they have the evidence they should share with us so that we are able to take ac

pakistan is an important country. we've done big things with pakistan in the past. we'd like to get to a better situation in terms of relations with pakistan. the afghan conflict and the fact of the role that pakistan has played in terms of its relationship with the taliban and the haqqani network and others has been a burden on this relationship. they say they want peace. we welcome that. we want them to play a positive role. most of the meetings we have had with the taliban have not been in pakistan. they've been in other countries. i think the message of that here is peace in afghanistan will help our relations with pakistan. peace in afghanistan will help relations. peace in afghanistan will help regional connectivity. pakistan will be a beneficiary of that. and let's seize this opportunity, this moment for the region, for afghanistan, especially for the long-suffering people of afghanistan. that's an opportunity for the united states as the leading power, which has an extensive engagement with afghanistan, to leave a good legacy behind and to have a good produc

a piece gesture from pakistan as india awaits the return of its downed pilot. north korea's leader puts on a brave face in vietnam after coming out of a summit with trump empty handed. sudan zomato bashir steps aside as the head of the ruling party for the crackdown seems more than a dozen protesters jailed. in sport looking good to be named the n.b.a.'s most valuable player for a second straight year hitting the miami heat for fifty eight points in this latest win for the houston. india is awaiting the release of its pilot captured in pakistan prime minister says the amman will be set free on friday as a gesture of peace media has gathered a border where the handover is expected to take place in the around that time it comes after india and pakistan said they shot down each other's fighter jets in the disputed kashmir region on wednesday well tensions have escalated since february the fourteenth when a suicide car bombing by the pakistan based group. mohamad killed forty soldiers in indian administered kashmir a day later india with through its most favored na

in fact this is what we had been asking them that they keep blaming pakistan for any act of terrorism against india and they never provide us with any evidence and i have actually mention time and again that. on the contrary we have credible evidence of indian state involvement in pakistan in perpetrating terrorism in pakistan and terror financing park some i would give it examine the a supporting al qaeda and taliban linked groups in biggest fans booed me was saying that we have captured one of the commanders serving commanders could wish any other . from what i've just done who confessed indian involvement in preparing terrorism to park a son in terror financing park aside because i mean in fairness to india the they had to promise iran i understand you're now in talks with the iranians now about about a fence or a book or a wall it does seem to be always coming from the pakistani side these. groups these are clearance there is a difference between claims and evidence and that's what we have been seeking if they have the evidence they should share with us so that we are able to take

and saved one on one reveals how one is giving pakistan's lost children a new chance at life on al-jazeera. free at last after a tense few days pakistan hands over the indian fighter pilot who was shot down in the disputed kashmir region. has i'm sick of this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a rare show of defiance in algeria protesters clashing with security forces in the capital. north korea's leader puts on a brave face in vietnam after coming out of a summit with trump emptyhanded. russia assures venezuela of full support hours after vetoing a u.s. led bid at the u.n. calling for new elections. pakistan has released the indian pilot it took captive in what it's calling a gesture of peace wing commander been undone someone walked back across the water authority border after being shot down on wednesday in the disputed kashmir region pakistani officials say they handed him over to india in a bid to ease the tensions between the two nations. on earth you all of us all indians are how to be in contact so long as he will be bartulis a country if you are in his. other countries cu

being shot at by pakistan's force pakistan's prime minister brown card ordered his release as a goodwill gesture which was welcomed by new delhi it's the only story and turn around yet the government's message is clear pakistan is not off the hook in the past twenty four hours there's been ongoing shelling in the kashmir region indian administered kashmir officials claim three members of one family were reported to be killed in the area. at six in the evening pakistan started firing and shelling the shelling was going on for about three hours one of the shell fired by pakistan hit a house in which three members of a family were killed including two innocent children. fifty kilometers away and three civilians were due to temporary accommodation after coming out to heavy shelling from pakistan's forces the suicide bombing that killed more than forty paramilitaries last month prompted the latest escalation of violence in the disputed kashmir territory it's one of the worst attacks a decades and of group operating from inside pakistan claimed responsibility india's foreign minister speaking