but despite what i heard in doha, the taliban are on a heard in doha, the taliban are ona campaign heard in doha, the taliban are on a campaign to bring back their brutal regime. with the government adamant to defy a new era of sharia law and the taliban making significant gains, afghans are caught up in a savage war that has taken on a savage war that has taken on a life of its own. hello there. sunshine was limited across the country on tuesday. but we did see some good spells of sunshine for central—southeastern scotland, where temperatures reached close to the mid—20s celsius. for the next few days, though, we hold onto the largely cloudy skies and it's going to feel pretty cool for the time of year. we maintain these west—northwest winds across the uk. moisture—laden air rolling in off the atlantic will bring a lot of cloud, thickest of it across northern and western fringes, where we could see some light rain or drizzle. but, again, like tuesday, with some shelter to central eastern scotland, east of the pennines, southeast wales, southwest england, we'll see some good spel

focus is now shifting to doha. very much so. focus is now shifting to doha. very much so- we _ focus is now shifting to doha. very much so. we understand - focus is now shifting to doha. - much so. we understand delegation has left for doha. we were always talking about what kind of leveraged this government would have, given the americans and the taliban struck a deal last year and where did that leave the afghan government in terms of peace deals? if we look at the situation now, it's certainly very clear where that has left the afghan government. clear where that has left the afghan government-— clear where that has left the afghan government. thank you so much for our government. thank you so much for your analysis _ government. thank you so much for your analysis and _ government. thank you so much for your analysis and on _ government. thank you so much for your analysis and on your— government. thank you so much for your analysis and on your reporting l your analysis and on your reporting over the last few weeks and months on what is happening in a

no, i don't, but — office in doha is redundant? no, i don't, but it _ office in doha is redundant? no, i don't, but it will— office in doha is redundant? no, i don't, but it will be _ office in doha is redundant? no, i don't, but it will be interesting . office in doha is redundant? iifr, i don't, but it will be interesting to see how it tries to bring the rest of the movement together with it, and i think we should be watching to see how that happens. i'm also certain there is a big disparity between what the political commission is saying in public and doing, wandering around doing diplomacy in russia and china. there is a big disparity between that and what's happening on the battlefield where we are seeing atrocities being committed, we are seeing women being brutalised, forced marriages, all sorts of things that taliban were no darius four in the past, and there is a disparity that needs to be called out. is a disparity that needs to be called out-— is a disparity that needs to be called out. , , , , called out. the un says they still have strong _ called out. the un says

many of these individuals have been going to doha today. the first flights have arrived at ron stein airbase. --ramstein airbase. flights from bahrain. there are a vast number countries that have offered to host at risk afghans, american citizens or third country nationals. >> as of today, there's only one country that has definitively -- what does that say about your process. price: that is not accurate. there's one country were at risk afghans have been going. we have been at this for some time now. to do the security situation in kabul, to deteriorate, among those we've evacuated in the past week or so, have included members of our embassy team, american rectifier employees. at risk -- >> at risk afghans are the majority of people we are talking about here. if there's only one country that has agreed to accept those afghans, why is that the case? price: we have spoken to their tremendous capacity in the united states to host siv applicants at the -- military bases. i colleague at the pentagon was just speaking to this. it is not the case

so, "no deal" has been struck in doha at the - has been struck in doha at the moment?— has been struck in doha at the moment? ., �* , has been struck in doha at the moment? . �* , , moment? true. that's true. there is not one yet- — moment? true. that's true. there is not one yet- we _ moment? true. that's true. there is not one yet. we aren't _ moment? true. that's true. there is not one yet. we aren't giving - moment? true. that's true. there is not one yet. we aren't giving up - not one yet. we aren't giving up hope. we are not giving up on hope, prosperity, and stability. you hope. we are not giving up on hope, prosperity, and stability.— prosperity, and stability. you have virtually no — prosperity, and stability. you have virtually no leather _ prosperity, and stability. you have virtually no leather ridge. - prosperity, and stability. you have virtually no leather ridge. also - virtually no leather ridge. also correct. virtually no leather ridge. also correct- we — virtually no leather ridge. also correct. we don't. _ virtually no leather ridge. al

-- in doha. ., ., , ., , -- in doha. there have not been any names, -- in doha. there have not been any names. or— -- in doha. there have not been any names. or we _ -- in doha. there have not been any names, or we know— -- in doha. there have not been any names, or we know is _ -- in doha. there have not been any names, or we know is that _ -- in doha. there have not been any names, or we know is that mullah i names, or we know is that mullah baradar is the head, the face of the taliban group, so far in the negotiations he is a very senior leader, but who is going to be the key figures? back in kampl? that will be decided. —— three. there are the senior leaders who have been talking to the international community but if you look at the sequence of what is happening, it looks like the behind—the—scenes talks are happening, we saw the taliban on the gate this morning, on the outskirts this morning, and then we were talking about the transfer of power, the ministers, the taliban talking about it too, now we hear about present ghani leaving, so it looks

. -- all here in doha. you _ to doha? i don't know about that. -- all here in doha. you don't _ to doha? i don't know about that. -- all here in doha. you don't know i to doha? i don't know about that. -- all here in doha. you don't know if i all here in doha. you don't know if there is a team coming to discuss with you? there is a team coming to discuss with ou? , . , there is a team coming to discuss with ou? , .,, ., ., there is a team coming to discuss with you?— can i with you? yes, as of tonight. can ou tell with you? yes, as of tonight. can you tell us _ with you? yes, as of tonight. can you tell us when _ with you? yes, as of tonight. can you tell us when mullah - with you? yes, as of tonight. can you tell us when mullah baradari with you? yes, as of tonight. can i you tell us when mullah baradar will enter kabul? so you tell us when mullah baradar will enter kabul?— enter kabul? so it depends on the developments. _ enter kabul? so it depends on the developments. mullah _ enter kabul? so it depends on the developments. mullah baradar- enter kabul? so it d

the doha process was never about peace. it was about delaying things until the tyler bond to win militarily. and that's what's happening. i am frustrated because i and many others told united states government that this is a false hope. the cry and have these thoughts that the only thing that matters to the title bond is a military balance. so let's talk about the wider issues, not because lots of comments coming from the european union, the u. k. and the us about the possibility that they will isolate the taliban, if any regime in the country takes it by force. while one does where that leaves other stakeholders, such as pakistan, china, russia was back histone well, pakistan has a strong supporter, the bomb the sullivan can see without the support from pakistan. so the pakistani social media right now is full of claims of victory, pride in that, in pakistan, support for all of on and claiming that the pakistan has beaten united states. so pakistan sees itself as a big winner here. the other countries, however, are losers.

because this was ongoing whilst talks were taking place in doha.— taking place in doha. fighting has been taking _ taking place in doha. fighting has been taking place _ taking place in doha. fighting has been taking place for— taking place in doha. fighting has been taking place for a _ taking place in doha. fighting has been taking place for a long - taking place in doha. fighting has been taking place for a long time | taking place in doha. fighting has. been taking place for a long time in afghanistan, but when we saw the kind of start of the withdrawal of the remaining internationalforces in may, i think many expected the taliban to make some kind of push, to take some amount of territory, but the scale and pace at which they have moved has surprised and concerned many. we thought perhaps the taliban may not take an attempt to take the afghan cities, even said that themselves, we are not trying to take any provincial capitals by force, some analysis that they might wait for the end of the military mission, but it seems they are so involved with the way things are

like the discussions that are being had in doha? translation: we would be happy to have a joint government under the umbrella of islamic sharia. a sharia—based system in afghanistan, like the system the taliban used to have. if we talk about law and order and justice, if someone were to steal or commit adultery, what should happen to them? translation: all this - is clearly stated in the koran. if someone steals, there is a punishment, for example, for some theft, the punishment is cutting off the hand and foot. and if someone commits adultery, then they should be stoned. and if there isn't a political resolution to this conflict, are you prepared to take kabul by force? translation: i'm trying | to defeat the government and they're trying to make me disappear. in the end, we will be compelled to kill one another. increasingly, it appears there is a disconnect between what is being said by the political office in doha and what the taliban commanders and foot soldiers are doing on the ground in afghanistan. but the vice president o

so the talks in doha now become crucial, _ power. so the talks in doha now become crucial, i _ power. so the talks in doha now become crucial, i suppose - power. so the talks in doha now become crucial, i suppose there j power. so the talks in doha now l become crucial, i suppose there is talk about whether the taliban will insist on being allowed to govern alone, orwill they insist on being allowed to govern alone, or will they include others. as i say, i think it has said time again, the taliban, from the very beginning, were pushing for exclusive power, i would say, and they would bring others under their umbrella, it is not like a shared government power, with other governments, they would like to be at the top of the power, and then share some of the mist in a serial —— share some of the ministerial posts and sections of the political section of the society. i do not know, the talks in doha, they would still go ahead, when it is still at the level of rumours, the presidential palace, the guards have left and some of the tali

is that still taking place in doha? or has that moved and are there different people in the administration now talking to them? mr. price: we have multiple channels with the taliban, it is true that some members remain in doha. most of the political cancel has moved from -- political counsel has moved from dell hall -- d oha. we also have several state department officials on the ground in afghanistan also are in touch with taliban representatives on the diplomatic and political front. in addition, the military has its own channel to discuss tactical and other issues. reporter: it has been said that the u.s. will help afghans that want to leave, even after the mission ends, whatever that date will be. i'm wondering how the united states is going to ensure that to afghans who are vulnerable, given the taliban are already going door to door threatening people and brutalizing people. i appreciate these are delicate negotiations and you don't want to speak to specifics, i am just wondering how you or the u.s. government can

in doha, i met with suhail shaheen, a member of the taliban peace negotiation team. if you were to return to kabul how would you govern? there was in the past some mistakes that we have learned from because at that time we were new to the government. to stop education of women and girls, that is not our goal. of course, education is their right and it is much needed. while suhail shaheen continues to talk about peace, it's clearly not a view shared by taliban commanders in afghanistan. back in kabul, taliban commander mulana from helmand agreed to meet me. do you think that there should be a power—sharing deal with the current government, like the discussions that are being had in doha? translation: we would be happy to have a joint government under. the umbrella of the islamic sharia. a sharia—based system in afghanistan is like the system the taliban used to have. if someone were to steal or commit adultery, what should happen to them? translation: all this is clearly stated in the koran. _ if someone steals, there is a punishment. for example, for some thefts,

amy: what about the conditions in doha? thousands of afghans have gone to doha and the air force base in germany. some of the media is reporting the conditions are getting worse and worse in doha because of the numbers of people coming in. is that your experience? >> well i'm a we are -- well, we are looking at the plane we were in, we been provided accommodations by the qatari government, looked after and our families have been able to basically relax at least for a bit. and i want to say this publicly, i want to thank the qatari government because the world should work with governments like qatar who has the ability on the ground -- evacuate people that we should be evacuating. i think this is where allies of the united states and other countries can come in and play that crucial role. i also feel a lot of my friends and people that i know who i had been in contact with are quite confused, angry, disappointed and confused because they hear different messaging. and now this morning, someone was talking to me, she is a very

has moved their diplomatic missions for us. gone on to doha. well look at our foreign minister says of gun astonish going through a critical stage and the taliban must cooperate in the fight against terrorism. at a news conference in doha shake mohammed been up to roman donnie said basic, right should be protective for all afghan. and they said it to our feet is fully prepared to provide maximum support to maintain stability and f kennedy. and also to provide the prostate to the protection and preservation of the can people's rights. we discussed the mains who had any possible human catastrophes including the delivery of necessary age. we also discussed the means to combat terrorism, especially since have canister. and is it a turning point in its history? we reiterated that the taliban should demonstrate full cooperation and to honor all obligations placed on their shoulders. in this context, european union leaders have agreed to increase humanitarian aid to have gone on, but remain divided over how to deal with people fleeing the taliban. the

from doha, the director of the center for conflict and humanitarian studies at the doha institute. thank you all for joining us. let me start with you. obviously, a horrible situation in afghanistan right now with the aftermath of this attack and lots of worries about what will happen next, security, not just around the airport, but throughout the country as a whole. >> yes, what happened yesterday was a shock to all of us. the shock was everyone was talking about it. there were intelligence reports indicating something like that could happen. it was a very soft target, and it still happened. the little glimmer of hope the youth, the educated youth had was that despite everything we had traded in -- peace, the scale of the killing that happened every day and afghanistan would not be seen anymore. >> let's turn to our guest in pittsburgh. could an attack like this happen again? >> yes, and that is what everybody is concerned about. tensions are high. the intelligence bills were raining, and they were right. the administration said an attack was imminent, and we saw one. we know isk

and his team remained in doha, they still remain in doha, following consultations that we talked about last week with a number of countries from the region, the un and countries much farther afield. they continued and they still continue to engage with the taliban. they continue to engage with the islamic republic that say the government of afghanistan representatives when it became clear that the government of afghanistan was on the verge of collapse, that president donny had fled and that the taliban were encroaching on cobble. the focus of course, changed it, shifted from supporting peace negotiations, along with the international community to working assiduously and urgently to do all we can with the international community on an urgent basis to avert violence, to attempt to maintain order and cobble and very, very importantly, to guarantee that the taliban would not seek to threaten our people or our operations. it was a very fluid situation. the situation changed markedly when president dani left the country and as the taliban continued to encroach on cobble, we do continue to en

has ended here in doha in stalemate . there are international calls for an urgent piece process. so prompting the u. s . and the u. k. to dispatch 3600 troops to cobble to help pull out their embassy stuff and local interpreters. but washington insist that is not a full evacuation, and the embassy will remain open. more on that with mike hannah. it was just a month ago that the top us general and i've gone is don returned to the united states. his mission, apparently over me since then, the taliban has made huge gains throughout have gone is done. and now be with is read deploying troops to assist in the evacuation of american nationals and afghans who worked with us. this is a temporary mission with a narrow focus, as will all deployments of our troops into harm's way. our commanders have the inherent right of self defense in any attack on them can and will be met with a forceful and an appropriate response. $3000.00 troops on arrive at couple airport in the next 24 to 48 hours. a support team of another 1000 is being sent a cutter to process a single immigrant visas that are be

of course the inter app can piece talk started here in doha last september. the last meeting that took place in that process was in mid july and it ended without there being much momentum as far as to take the process any further. and the diplomats who were here kept saying the past 3 days that they really wanted to see that inter african piece process put back on track. but it appears that has not happened. there was a final statement issued by all of the envoys present, all of the participants and delegations, and i'm just going to read a few portions of the statement to you. it says participants agreed that the peace process needs to be accelerated as a matter of great urgency. on the basis of the negotiations of concrete proposals from both sides. participants called for a stop to violence and attacks immediately in and against provincial capital and other cities. and i've kind of done. and another point is participants reaffirmed. they will not recognize any government and i can't stand that is imposed through the use of military force. now there's reall

will there be a - delegation going to doha tomorrow? there are a lot of rumours he has arrived in kabul and the current president has handed power over. can you give our viewers some clarity on that, please? mullah baradar is here in doha, he has not gone to kabul, these are just rumours. there is also a lot of concern from women in afghanistan, in kabul, they have been writing to me, they have been texting me, they are concerned that you will reimpose the regime of the �*90s back in afghanistan, where women could not go to school, where the girls could not go to school, they could not work. can you give us some clarity on what your plans are for that? we have taken already many...of the country, and also, many provinces of the country. there are hundreds of schools for girls in the west. there, the girl students are studying. they are there, there is no sanction on them, they are continuing their studies and they are going to schools, they were going in the past. in herat, for example, women are telling me that when they arrived at t

injune, i travelled to doha to meet a member of the taliban negotiating team. before 9/11, suhail shaheen was the taliban's representative to the united nations, living in new york. so you could see a partnership with them? it was hard to reconcile his words with the previous sections of the taliban. when they were last in power they ruled with fear, staging public executions and enforcing punishments such as cutting off the hands of convicted thieves. girls were denied an education and women were made to wear the burka. they could rarely leave the house without a chaperone and were denied the right to work. would you have a religious police that will monitor people's behaviour? would it be unacceptable for you to see a public execution in kabul? many people say the taliban have militarily become so strong, therefore emboldened and therefore will try and take power by force. what do you say to that? if you were to return to kabul, how would you govern? suhail shaheen was promising a peaceful afghanistan, and a taliban that had changed. but back in kabul, i was

doha, they're going to tonight. is not only going to doha, they're going to tonight-— is not only going to doha, they're going to tonight. they can spew all the rubbish — going to tonight. they can spew all the rubbish they _ going to tonight. they can spew all the rubbish they wish _ going to tonight. they can spew all the rubbish they wish but - going to tonight. they can spew all the rubbish they wish but nobody i the rubbish they wish but nobody doubts the essential role, the foundational role that pakistan's intelligence service played in creating, launching, sustaining the taliban so let's talk about openly. yes, people are in fear in both afghanistan and pakistan when they speak up about it but those of us who have the opportunity to be honest about these things should take this opportunity. we were active on social media in the last two weeks saying the only solution to this situation was to sanction pakistan for these acts of aggression, for this invasion, that was the largest social media trend in afgh

military base is now in doha where nick is reporting from. or just outside of doha. and that, you know, that's over 1,000 miles away. so, i mean, however you -- however you slice this, we're certainly losing -- the united states is losing capacity to understand what's going on on the ground. the single intelligence will remain. of course, that's very important but our ability to see what's going on in afghanistan is decreasing with every day. >> there's about a million things i want to ask you about. but one thing i've really been struck by in the last ten days but particularly the last three or four is the integration between the u.s. personnel and taliban personnel. the coordination. i asked jen psaki this tell press briefing, she made clear, this is a necessity. they don't want to do this. but they have to, given the facts on the ground. what's your sense, you know, how this actually came to be? and how risky this is in these final days to be so tied to the taliban for pretty much all security outside the perimeter? >> well, i mean, they own the land. it's not lik

. -- doha. there are complications from last week. they continued and they still continue to engage with the taliban. they continue to engage with the islamic republic and their representatives. when it became clear that the governments of afghanistan was on the verge of collapse that the president had fled, and that the taliban were encroaching on couple, the focus changed. it shifted from supporting peace negotiations with the international community with working and -- urgently to do all we can with the international community on an urgent basis to avert violence, to attempt to maintain order in kabul and very, very importantly, to guarantee that the taliban would not seek to threaten our people or our operations. it was a very fluid situation. it singed -- changed remarkably when the president left and the taliban continued to encroach on kabul. we continue to engage with taliban representatives indo hot from --from doha. if spoken to the taliban on the ground in kabul. we are working on a couple different fronts. first and foremo

and if not, i either can fidel, this is al jazeera, my from doha. also coming up israel father, back with artillery off the hezbollah launch is a branch of rocket southern lebanon. wildfires. burn on the northern edge of athens for things thousands more people to flee from their homes. ah, we'll begin with breaking news in afghanistan. concepts the taliban has captured the southern city of the ranch, the 1st provincial capital for since the group began and offensive to take over territory. video released by the tele bomb shows them on the streets around the city reports just about 20000 people have fled across the border from numerals province into iran. well, i diplomatic editor james bass joins us now live from cobble. james, tell us what more about this, do we know? i mean the 1st provincial capital falling, that sounds fairly significant. very significant. i think yes, it's not the biggest place enough canister on. it's a desert province, but it has now a city fallen to the taliban. we saw what happened through eye witnesses giving us that repor

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that is the channel in doha. we have said there has been engagement with the taliban on the ground and cope top -- kabul. this is a military led channel, a channel that is tactical that is focused squarely on issues like safe passage for civilians. that is what we are working on concerted the right now and it is manifestly in our interest to have these open channels of dialogue with the taliban. again, as you heard from the national security advisor, we have received assurances, but what matters -- the only thing that matters to us are actions and not necssarrily words. we will look for the follow-through and the deeds. i mentioned in the context of safe passage a statement that the united states galvanize and released about 48 hours ago, a little less than that, regarding say passage for civilians -- safe passage for civilians in kabul. there is another notable document i called your attention to yesterday but it is still revenue -- noteworthy in this regard and that is the statement from the security council of

there are still taliban representatives on the ground in doha. you are right, in many ways the center of gravity is shifting to afghanistan. we will continue to adjust. as i said before, we adjusted the focus of our dialogue as the conditions on the ground began to change rapidly in recent dates and we will continue to do that going forward. >> following up on your mention of vulnerable groups and women being included in those groups. would women in afghanistan automatically qualify for p2 status given their gender and the threats the taliban has made or the way they have treated women in the past? sec. price: those are two different things. there is a so-called priority to status for those referred to the program. that is defined in a set of categories. to paraphrase, it is individuals who have worked for u.s.-based ngo's, u.s.-based media organizations. i should say on that score, we have expanded the definition of employment to see to it that stringers and contractors can also qualify for the p2 program. there is a separate category of so-call

in doha, i mean we are continuing to believe that there is a political solution that can be had. this doesn't mean that we also blind to what is going on in the, on the ground. we are not blind to the suffering of the civilians. we're calling cross fire in in urban environments, and the us president insist it's f guns who must deal with a situation saying he does not regret his decision to withdraw us forces. african leaders have to come together. we lost thousands at last death in injury. thousands of american personnel got to fight for themselves, fight for their nation, but i radically, with the latest deployments, the american presence will be back to the same level as it was for the past 2 years . of the u. s. is longest running war. my kinda arches, era washington border crossing between pakistan and afghanistan as reopened. following a fight between guns and people waiting to cross earlier hundreds of afghans waiting to re enter, the country threw stones at security forces, who responded with tear gas. people were angry after an afghan traveller died while waiting to retur

>> i think that doha talks are done. we are well past the point of no return for thinking of negotiated settlement. we cannot take the taliban at their word. clearly, they are not operating in good faith. just as many predicted, including myself. largely looked at the negotiations as somewhat of a smoke show or veneer to allow the united states to extricate its forces under the top cover of some kind of political negotiation that it has never really been about that and clearly, it is not now. >> >> the total -- >> he says the doha talks are done. do you agree? >> i would say with respect that we still have talks. what i believe is that the taliban at the end of the day would return to the negotiations to reach a political settlement with the government. until then, i believe the taliban's recent strategies to maximize their power because this maximization would help strengthen their position at the table because there are some limitations on the taliban if they overtake kabul military. international recognition. internat

jim has more on that side of this story from doha. a long 1st day of talks here in doha, about the situation and afghan sanders ended without any statement being issued and with a lot of uncertainty as to what exactly is supposed to happen next. now, throughout the day, you had the us special envoy for afghanistan's. i'll make a little that as well as envoys from the u. k. the, you, the you, when china pakistan was becca stan, and poplar all assembled here. first, they met with a delegation from the afghanistan government led by dr. de la de la. he's the head of the national reconciliation council for afghanistan. those meetings lasted for about 2 hours. not too long after that, you had a separate meeting between the envoys who are assembled here and a delegation from the taliban. it's not clear what was discussed in those meetings, but if you look at a statement that was issued by all my colleagues before he arrived here, i don't how, which stated in several planned rounds of meetings, over 3 days, representatives from countries in t

we've also had a 3rd day of emergency talks between the african when men and the taliban here in doha. but it's ended and stalemate. international calls now for an urgent piece process to begin. all of this leading the united states in the u. k. to dispatch 3600 troops to cobble to help pull out empathy staff, and local interpreters. let's check in with rob mcbride reporting from cobble this friday morning. i mentioned herat their 3rd largest city, 2nd largest city of kandahar, spiritual home of the taliban. what something that very significant, in fact, you know, the whole of afghanistan is waking up this friday morning to once again, completely changed dynamic and a country that has been changing by the day and over who controls what? i've got to say an immediate future that they've now completely uncertain. where do we go from here? a lot of the focus of attention has been down in the south in the city of kandahar . this is hugely important for everybody involved in this conflict for the government. it's the 2nd city and it's because it's in the hotline of the taliban. what the bir

doha agreement, u.s. taliban agreement in doha negotiating the capitulations and the reason why you see the provincial capitals and then kabul fall in the last two weeks is they're collecting on the capitulations. you haven't seen big urban street fighting in afghanistan. third is the united states created an afghan security forces that were too highly dependent on the united states. look. i'm a professional consultant. my job when i work with clients is to help them be the best versions of themselves, make sure that they're better off so if we part ways they soar and not crash and burn. by creating such dependency that the partner crashes and burns that's strategic malpractice and something to take a hard look at as we examine the outcomes of this war. >> we can get to that in a second but i want do go back to the exodus for a moment because -- and the evacuation. i have spoken to a few afghans on the ground who worked with the u.s. and what they are sur pridesed be -- we heard from the deputy speaker of

we have one communication in doha. we have another team in gauchating with the taliban inside afghanistan. all of these levels of communication, we're not able to ask for or to impose that this could be the situation that would be comfortable for us to take care of. that's stunning to me. that's why we're embarking in a day to day, hour by hour tactical changes and we have to cope with what the taliban wants us to do. >> neil: the taliban has said as you know that this was a red line, the august 31 deadline and there's consequences if we ignored it or tried to run past it. what do they mean? you think they will make good on that threat? >> look at our position. then we'll understand what the taliban aren't doing. we do not want to widen the security circle around the airport. why? that means we'll push the taliban out. the administration doesn't want to engage the taliban, clash wi deal. and other countries are going with patrols inside the city and other places as well to extract citizens. we're not doing that. that w

the team remains in doha. there are number of countries from the region. they continued and still continue to engage with the taliban. they continue to engage with the islamic republic. when it became clear that the government of afghanistan was on the verge of collapse, that president ghani had fled and that the taliban were encroaching on kabul, the focus changed. it shifted from supporting peace negotiations to working urgently to do all we can with the international community to avert violence, to attempt to maintain order in kabul. also, to guarantee that the taliban would not seek to threaten our people or our operations. it was a very fluid situation. the situation changed markedly when the president left the country and when the tele-man continued to encroach. we continue to engage with the taliban representative. the u.s. military has spoken to engagement with the taliban on the ground and we are working on a couple of different fronts. first and foremost, to speak to preserve calm in kabul and maintain similar levels of security and very importan

>> the negotiations in doha are a smoke screen. it's designed to give false hope to the united states, to n.a.t.o. and particularly the afghan government that there will be a negotiated solution. the talib's position has been the same for -- for two decades now. it has stated in english on joyce of jihad, its webite, numerous to times, even seven ds after signing the doha agreement, that the only acceptable outcome of this war would be the reestablishmentf the islamic emirate with its i mir as the leader to have the islamic emirate of afghanistan. the taliban and and the taliban's doha group is merely providing that screen. again, it's giving halls hope to everyone, tying up diplomatic efforts while the taliban tries to take -- the taliban would accept a surrender of the afghan government. remember that. but they'll take it militarily. >> reporter: that is not a political settlement surrender. bill riggio, thank you for coming on the "newshour" and sharing your point of view. >> thank you very much. >> brangham: tonight, we look at

his government is turned in touch with various elements, particularly in doha. so the bite in administration, those well is trying to push off criticism and not only about the decision to withdraw troops, but also about the way in which it is going to bout but degree to which the administration appeared unprepared for that rapid advance of, of the taliban, now you mentioned that the secretary of state, he did make a comment in the course of the morning, rejecting the comparisons to that emergency evacuation of the u. s embassy, back in 1975. and this is what he had to say. let's take a step back. this is manifestly not saigon. the fact the matter is this. we went to afghanistan 20 years ago with one mission in mind. and that was the deal with the people who attacked us on 911. and that mission has been successful. we brought a lot to justice a decade ago, our k to the group that attacked us has been vastly diminished. its capacity to attack us again from afghanistan has been right now, does not exist. and we're going to make sure that we keep in place in the reg

who moved the diplomatic missions for us kind of stand to doha. i, let's talk now the al jazeera senior political analyst model on the shadow. he joins us via skype from paris, listening to the statements coming from the fondness of counter of germany. and indeed from us officials. is it fair to say model was a consensus is emerging here? it's coming together on the how to engage and deal with the tardy bond going forward. yes, my reading is that there is a roadmap of sort emerging to mitigate the crisis in the post war era in order to stabilize against and prevent the emergence of any political strategic, military void or. ready the emergence of extremist terrorist groups. and that clearly the roadmap has a number of sign posts and those are quite chronological. so you have to do the humanitarian, the airport. you have to form an inclusive government in order for the taliban. then to be able to ask for foreign aid or recognition of its government. and i think the notion of such a map is of course, indispensable for the international community to

the taliban spokesman in doha speaking to our reporter. now some more breaking news: afghan president, orformer afghan president, ashraf ghani has made his first statement since he left the country today. posting on facebook, mr ghani said he left the country in order to avoid bloodshed, as the taliban entered the presidential palace. he added any clashes between his government and the taliban would endanger millions of kabl residents. millions of kabul residents. mr ghani did not disclose details on his new, current location. that statement just out from the former afghan president. colonel chris kolenda, author of zero—sum victory: what we're getting wrong about war, he led the us troops as commander to fight against the taliban in 2007 and also engaged them in peace talks later. thank you forjoining us. just first of all, your reaction to these very fast speed developments we've seen in the last 24—48 hours. first fast speed developments we've seen in the last 24-48 hours.— in the last 24-48 hours. first of all, in the last 24-48

then, there is the former president, the man not at the negotiating table in doha. when the talks were happening, he was president. this is the taliban leader coming back last week. he was involved inhe plans for the new government, but ashraf ghani last week was in exile, saying he was no longer a figure in his country, and then there is joe biden and the u.s., not budging an inch. president biden: i stand squarely behind my decision. after 20 years, i have learned the hard way that there was never a good time to withdraw u.s. forces. ros: which leads us back to the deal. when it was done, both sides had their top priority, the outcome they wanted above all else. for the u.s., it was getting out. for the taliban, it was about getting power, and now, the americans are leaving. and joe biden wants it just the same, and now there is the taliban, who now control the streets and the country. both priorities have come to pass, and the dolehide deal -- the doha deal played its part. the outside source team, the bbc website, bbc.com/news, and if you prefer to listen, you c

will there be a delegation going to doha tomorrow to meet with mullah baradar? because there are a lot of rumours that he has arrived in kabul and the current president, ashraf ghani has handed power over to him. can you give our viewers some clarity on that, please? mullah baradar is here in doha, he has not gone to kabul, these are just rumours. there is also a lot of concern from women in afghanistan, in kabul, they have been writing to me, they have been texting me, they are concerned that you will reimpose the regime of the 90s back in afghanistan, where women could not go to school, where the girls could not go to school, they could not work. can you give us some clarity on what your plans for that? we have taken already many...of the country, and also, many provinces of the country. there are hundreds of schools for girls in the west. there, the girl students are studying. they are there, there is no sanction on them, they are continuing their studies and they are going to schools, they were going in the past. in herat, for example, women are telling me t

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udeid, doha. we've learned because of overcrowding, qatar and the u.s. are expanding the facility, installing more showers and places to sleep. the u.s. is also trying to screen people faster and fly them to countries like the u.s. and germany, where one afghan woman arrived yesterday having just given birth on her flight. the pace of the evacuations from afghanistan picking up. the pentagon says u.s. military and coalition flights have airlifted out just over 25,000 people in the last several days. cbs news has learned from a state department source that the u.s. mission says the situation at the airport remains volatile, but the gates where u.s. troops are stationed were less violent today. and just outside, some witnesses say the taliban are now making people form lines, but that there's still a mix of order and chaos. nato says at least 20 people have died at the airport in recent days as people push to flee the country. u.s. officials worry isis could use the chaos to carry out an attack. the

i know the taliban leadership in doha. i know them personally, i've had many private and bigger meetings with them. they understand the afghanistan of today is not the afghanistan of the 1990s. even in the �*90s, when it was a much different afghanistan, if their system of governance was sustainable, it would still have been around. so they understand the need for... but the question is whether you can take them at their word. there is no doubt that starting with that very well covered press conference after they took kabul, when they made the promises that they would be an amnesty forall, including people who had served the previous government, they said that the rights of women would be respected under islamic law. we heard all of that. but in recent days, we've seen very credible reports of executions of directors of security from at least a couple of provinces. we've heard from zarifa ghafari, a female mayor, the first in the whole of afghanistan, who had to flee the country because she knew that the taliban were sea

and doha was continue to play such a vital role throughout the past 2 weeks. when i came to realize that all the parties are aware that the international community is required to come together to contain the situation and we have all hope in the future. that's because that will continue to play such a vital role once again with thank you for playing this instrumental role of the american with what will open the floor to questions starting with alpha, sierra out of the news channels. good evening, your excellency business are you be with respect to the formation of the upcoming government of afghan and stan, do you think that will have international admission and they also think that taliban name will be lifted from the black list. that was the other question regarding the in already i'll put a some of the capital airport because you're excellent. you said that last time you need to have further talk with you thought about on what grab and then and get a chance that america has not suppressed ignition of the movement. and what about the outcomes of the negotiat

will there be a delegation going to doha tomorrow to meet with mullah baradar? because there are a lot of rumours that he has arrived in kabul and the current president, ashraf ghani has handed power over to him. can you give our viewers some clarity on that, please? mullah baradar is here in doha, he has not gone to kabul, these are just rumours. there is also a lot of concern from women in afghanistan, in kabul, they have been writing to me, they have been texting me, they are concerned that you will reimpose the regime of the 90s back in afghanistan, where women could not go to school, where the girls could not go to school, they could not work. can you give us some clarity on what your plans that? we have taken already many...of the country, and also, many provinces of the country. there are hundreds of schools for girls in the west. there, the girl students are studying. they are there, there is no sanction on them, they are continuing their studies and they are going to schools, in the past. in herat, for example, women are telling me that when they arrive