allina teef in kabul thanks so much and you. venezuela's top military on voyage to the united states has defected from president nicolas maduro his government his move triggered by the u.s. decision to recognize opposition leader one go i don't know as venezuela's interim president the european union has also thrown its weight behind and called for a fresh elections president maduro says his government will not be dictated to by foreign nations. the trail of two governments challenger won wide laying claim to the presidency while the official government is still in office quite a welcome the european union's move to align itself with the us recognizing him as president and less new elections are called going to be first thing i want to do today is to recognize the european union's firm steps toward supporting venezuela. steps in supporting and recognizing the democratic struggle in our country. that is different riley the government of president nicolas maduro pushed back in strong terms you don't have what i don't know so the e

straight to kabul that my would join journalist or. a welcome to dublin people are going to look at this and ask themselves how the taliban got past security for security on a military base to carry out such a devastating attack. this is always going to be the question people ask it's unfortunately not the first time that an attack like this has. happened what is interesting about this attack is that eight the attackers were allegedly wearing uniforms at the time which is agency and also that they had a military humvee in their possession this is worrying because in two thousand and seventeen and also two thousand and eighteen there were several reports of incidents where military humvees were used by the taliban and other groups to stage attacks and this is a big deal because people always one you know you hear that they get. what bins and uniforms and things like that but how are they getting humvees how are they able to pack and pack them for so full of explosives and then bring them into these kinds of places and these questions ne

it has been pretty clear in his latest reserve to kabul that he will only.

my name is hussein i am nineteen years old and i work at a hairdressing salon in kabul. but i want peace with the taliban so that our country can become stable. when there is peace people can go about their business girls can go to school and boys can style their hair any way they like. it under. my name. and sixteen years old and i play piano at the afghan national music institute. it would be great if the government and the taliban reached a peace deal. if that happens everyone should still have access to music and rights to go should be our pals. said shifts over many ms cusser start i'm seventeen and i'm on afghanistan's new retired national youth team and that was the stuff. and women have achieved so much in sports and i'm optimistic i hope the taliban will accept these achievements. my name is sultan. i'm eighteen years old and i'm an afghan model. it also is a little behind i fear that if the taliban come we won't be able to hold our fashion shows in kabul or anywhere and i hate the taliban because of their violence fighting atrocities and the vision of the rule.

in kabul thanks so much for joining us. kurdish forces in northern syria rejected a safe zone proposed by the u.s. and turkey u.s. president donald trump and turkish president recipe the one both of floated the idea of the safe so a solution to prevent a turkish military offensive against kurdish forces continues kurdish representative saying that they will only accept the proposal if the u.n. has a role. we can accept sleep so there is a decision by the united nations to send international forces under their supervision to these areas and if these forces are neutral to preserve peace and security alternatively if we agree with damascus according to the principles for dialogue that we put forth the syrian forces can enter the area to protect the borders from any external attacks which is considered one of the duties of the syrian army. freezing weather in lebanon is being blamed for the deaths of fifteen children in syrian refugee camps there's been heavy snow and to wrenshaw rain and more is coming down right now more than

joining me for more from kabul is a. researcher with the organization of promise and i miss that must hold so for me from afghan department. i like to come to you first how do young people do not gonna stand feel about a possible deal between the taliban and the united states thank you so much for giving this opportunity as our young afghan. and as grow up and leave. in war i believe every at no matter from we are they are our blogs to which political or economic groups they are the lives that they're. asking for a peaceful afghanistan. even it's a small one that support after its chill achieved its goals is it highly welcomed by afghans including afghan young generation. so far what happened to the taliban and to you as that i saw that going to what's likely still get so i. do i get to believe that these wars that and prop meant iraq speaking to us and all that talk about it is that to achieve that unfortunately the afghans weist was not on the table. and there are any and i thought i'd voice that as on let me just brin

what he's heard about the reports from those talks in doha well right now in kabul we're waiting to see what the government here has to say the information. brings back we know that there have been several sticking points in these discussions things that well sightsee is very important to their demands of potential settled peace in the country so the two main issues left are a troop withdrawal which the taleban say that they have didn't have to. reach an agreement on a foreign troop withdrawal and also a cease fire which is very important to the. right now of course the biggest issue is the fact that this is all being presented to the government without their direct involvement in the process. that was correspondent reporting from kabul now firefighters in brazil are warning with another mining dam is at risk of rupturing imminently as just one day after a deadly dam collapse in the same area and alarm went off this morning warning of dangerously high water levels the death toll from the collapse in southeastern brazil has now risen to at least forty rescue as a searching for around

to right now but i'm curious how does the afghan government feel about that as a government in kabul comfortable with the current level of u.s. involvement in this process they are reports that they have been concerned about perhaps being sidelined the afghan government has not been happy as far as the taliban stance is concerned that they're not prepared to talk to the afghan government but let me remind you something that there has been fluctuation in the stances and contacts here in afghanistan over the past three months and my family's out has been pretty clear in his latest resort to kabul that he will only dialogue with the taliban in the presence of the government should this has added an amount of comfort in the in the feelings of the afghan government the second thing is that the my analysis is that the taliban will continue to push sideline in the afghan government and in for sizing to talk to the americans mainly because they believe that the broader agenda issues as far as of a draw is concerned with travel of the international forces for that they need to reach an agreem

fighters launched a series of attacks across the country including a suicide bomb attack in the capital kabul in january at least one hundred people were killed mostly civilians analysts believe the taliban is increasing its attacks to gain more leverage in crucial talks with u.s. diplomats in qatar what we had today in my down shot was a tit for tat forward the united states in the afghan government is doing to the taliban so the taliban i think they're coming out of that hibernation they're trying to carry on the same policy where do going to inflict damage to the african government and its international counterparts and talks are underway in doha where the taliban has a political office u.s. special representative for afghan peace zalmai is meeting senior taliban members here the talks underway to find and to the war in afghanistan and establish a unity government the u.s. envoy recently toured the region seeking help from allies including pakistan and in many ways the role of pakistan is key the u.s. negotiator ambassador zalmay hollows was just in pakistan for several days before he went

military estimates there almost forty thousand active taliban fighters today mushtaq regime in kabul michael said just a moment ago that the taliban are happy to be talking to the u.s. to right now but i'm curious how does the afghan government feel about that as a government in kabul comfortable with the current level of u.s. involvement in this process there are reports that they have been concerned about perhaps being sidelined the afghan government has not been happy as far as the taliban stance is concerned that they're not prepared to talk to the oven government but let me remind you something that there has been fluctuation in the circumstances and context here in afghanistan over the past three months and. that has been pretty clear in his latest reserve to kabul that he will only dialogue with the taliban in the presence of the government should this. has added an amount of comfort in the in the feelings of the afghan government the second thing is that the my analysis is that the taliban will continue to push sideline in the afghan government and in for sizing to talk to th

not kabul is to to be part of this negotiation i delegate. to emirates in the previous round of negotiation but all of them were not that step accepted to talk to them my understanding is that the pakistanis in the u.s. envoy was talking with our live on they are just paving their all for the face to face negotiation between taliban in the afghan government. like it or not the afghan government is the legitimate government of afghanistan in nobody can bypass it so. too did the war of the day after tomorrow taliban has to talk with this government also but i feel there are there are some issues that they want to be resolved before coming to the to the negotiation table i think they are they're looking for for some guarantees from the u.s. side in other major international players then to come in to talk with the afghan government indeed i mean while they take on those negotiations with the u.s. and pakistan in the in the government in kabul the taliban themselves a little broader also will have to look at his own. personnel and people around h

people heard and they've in central you know in a kabul town people actually felt the wave and the. power of the explosion basically so it's not clear what is you know. let's say what is the casualty rate inside the compass because as i said before there are you know many foreigners living there especially some who are working with the u.n. some work or working with other international organizations so this camp. it was quite important taliban targeted back in twenty fourteen and what obama made his visit to afghanistan back in two thousand and twelve it was also targeted so it was quite. a potential target for the insurgents specially for the taliban that analysts believe that taliban are trying to show their power in order to score more on the talks and to have some more scores or achievements for the ceasefire at least to gain ground however the ministry of defense of afghanistan has increased and intensive farida its operations against the taliban killing their senior commanders and all for shows so it's now quite tense and the country is actually also living another experience

the best there to us yes this money belongs to india it was not in kabul it was outside of kabul and was twenty five kilometers away from kabul city. the best was not a permanent base it was acting for the best and it was a complex attic. as i said adding yet. the government and the taliban will try to have offensive offenses and defenses so in a situation like that ri can expect any sort of attack right just one final question for you learned comes from one of our viewers watching on facebook get issue is asked who else could play a critical role to bring permanent peace in the country you've got the taliban talking to the united states who else is important here. i believe that afghan government is a strong party too should be a strategy to any sort of negotiation. resolving that kind conflict besides that. i believe that regional countries. also have a role to play in negotiating in negotiation. about the issue of afghanistan but finally it comes to afghan people and it should be the afghan people and it is people who has the potential to resolve the problems international communi

an area just south west of kabul we heard from a local resident. i am from gel or is district of mind and word took it was around six o'clock there was a very big explosion i thought there was an earthquake it was very strong. local reporter saw it on faith he is in the afghan capital joins us live good to have you with us. a deadly day in your country what are we hearing about what's happened. exactly and there have been some conflicting reports about the casualty figure because early in the morning local officials announced that the casualty figure was twelve and around thirty others have been wounded but later. you know the government office shows actually were not providing access to journalists to know more about the figure because it was quite a huge blast as we spoke to the locals there the building that was directly attacked by. a humvee type of military vehicle packed of explosives partly part of that was collapsed and many of the intelligence officers and personally who are. attending who are joining for breakfast actually left on the. re

let's bring in our guests now in kabul omar zakhilwal he is a former president's special representative to be an afghan ambassador to pakistan in islamabad and school head of the center for research and security studies and in washington david said a former deputy u.s. assistant secretary of defense for afghanistan and pakistan thank you all for joining us i appreciate it very much i'm going to start with you well the timing of this attack what message do you think the taliban is trying to send. it's not a very good message because. talks need to in an environment. that is more conducive in violence reduction would be the right response but unfortunately the attack yesterday was to the contrary. but had the same time it's important that this does not relieve the ongoing talks and that we focus forward with this ok same question to you empty as well what message do you think the taliban will was trying to send doing this and at the time that they did it i think being a party to the conflict being one of the decoder they just wanted to underline their own strength on the ground they just

that need effectively to to to indeed to or to be taken in charge without talking about the wall in kabul it's a kind of it's problematic because this is the main challenge of course that it is going to face how he will how willie and the war in kabul because the war still there is a low intensity war but it is you know that we have been report we have missed a. lot of tries was forgotten about what was happening in the cold war the raids of the home and the children that will break it won't yield and all these new rules that that rock from all countries and we not the influence that meddling like the ground in particular really very bad rule in that region let know that and let me bring into banksias conversation. about the this will be i think one of the main challenges of musicians that getting power willie and the war in the congo because when you come talk about it going on because that will only talk about social problems. you fenech to solve problems and you will end the conflict today a lot of the response to the war ok i think that there's a lot of things to to say and know about

that has been pretty clear in his latest reserve to kabul that he will only. dialogue with the taliban in the presence of the afghan government so this has added an amount of comfort in the in the feelings of the afghan government the second thing is that the my analysis is that the taliban will continue to push sideline in the afghan government and in for sizing to talk to the americans mainly because they believe that the broader agenda issues as far as david dreier less concern withdrawal of the international forces for that they need to reach an agreement with the americans because that has been the basic objective of the basic motivation behind the fighting of the taliban for the last seventeen years so they want to make sure that the goal is address as far as the peace negotiation is concerned but i'm pretty sure they will come back and talk to the afghan government and i would like to differ with mr simple slightly on the issue of return of the taliban believing that they want to establish the government of nine hundred ninety six and beyond i don't thi

silt and phasey reporting from kabul thank you. moving on the u.s. and turkish presidents of held a phone call discussing the creation of a buffer zone in northern syria in a region mainly populated by kurds this is after donald trump infuriated ankara by threatening to devastate turkey's economy for the tech the region fired off his tweet after turkey agree. threat to launch a military offensive against the kurdish y.p. in northern syria the group received support from the us and it's played a role in fighting islamic state of the y.p. g.'s viewed by ankara to be a terrorist organization dispute has put a strain on the u.s. and turkey alliance within nato for turkish minister for e.u. affairs a given bias doesn't believe the situation will escalate. i don't see that as. crisis because once present drunk understands that he actually embrace of the kurds and is widely against all terrorists it will realize that he made a mistake i think president trump is using apples and oranges and he has a lot of issues back but this will report coming out and he's

far away is simply the outskirts of western kabul. but it's too far for female teachers unfamiliar with the neighborhood or uncertain about its security. it's a paradox principal akila cannot recruit enough women to teach at her school yet it's estimated that up to seventy five percent of teaching graduates are unemployed and most of them are women. at the saeed jumma luden teaching college in a more affluent district of couple afghanistan's next generation of teachers is learning the best techniques to connect with their future students. every one of these graduates knows a good education is not always enough to land a teaching job. that i studied inside john lydon school and he graduated from class fourteen. i made it in dari and king second in the class. then i tried looking for a good job. graduated three years ago from this college but she is still looking for work as. we try our best to get jobs in the middle way but we cannot get anything. but there is another way which is illegal but i have never tried it. i try my best to do

analyst of those worked on conflict resolution issues in afghanistan joins me now from the capital kabul good to have you with us live on al-jazeera sir i mean what was the purpose of the taliban statement. well basically the taliban have been engaged in the process with. and that process has mainly been negotiation for negotiations where they have been agreeing on the mainly they have been discussing the agenda for the upcoming peace talks however what we can see that after engagement of so many countries in the region. that has been engaged in shuttle diplomacy in the region for the last three months and most recently he has visited many countries last night he lived in kabul so because of the engagement of so many countries i think they have the americans actually have slightly away from the agenda that was agreed upon earlier and that has annoyed the taliban because the taliban want to discuss first and foremost with the americans the diva drama all of the international forces particularly the americans from of i understand the schedule and the arrangements around that but i think no

well to talk about this in more detail let's speak now to have be brought back who joins us live from kabul sir thank you so much air for joining you are an analyst. in such issues now the timing does seem strange the taliban has admitted responsibility for this attack which literally came hours before they were meant to meet the u.s. says special envoy for afghanistan i mean actually this obviously doesn't engender any good feeling to try to find a resolution or some you know middle ground between the u.s. and the taliban yes we have had moscow conference two months ago and then we have had the u.a.e. conference a month ago and it looked like the taliban were into their hibernation phase and we're getting of they could get something out of the negotiations and the peace process but the policy that we have product from the united states and its african counterparts that is the african government was a policy where they wanted to engage taliban on one front and strike them on the other front to front of the two further to have some sort of liver age group to have some gains on the negotiatin

kabul tower. the power of the explosion basically the target was you know according to the minister of interior i was the green village campus which is heavily secured and guarded by afghans and foreigners or where is a house for some dozens of expired swore staying there or working and also it's around for about four acres how's that is to some offices. non-governmental organizations and nor one has so far claimed responsibility but this compound was attacked back in two thousand and fourteen and two thousand and twelve as well. reports are now coming that one thousand people have been injured twenty three of them children. but in terms taken to twitter as usual this time threatening to devastate turkey's economy if anchor attacks kurds in syria foreign minister in turn is head back saying strategic ally should not be negotiating over social media. office tweet have to turkey had renewed its threat to launch a military offensive against the kurdish white b.g. in northern syria the group received

joining me now from kabul is gentleness ali and left the fee early what is the latest on this attack and why did the taliban dog this particular intelligence base. well the intelligence agency just put out a statement on the east where you say. members of their forces were killed in this attack. and again that's going against all of the other numbers what we've been hearing so for instance last night when i was asking people i have heard from different sources to her numbers fifty i've heard eighty i had heard more than one hundred twenty i had heard all within a few hours span so we're still not entirely certain looked exactly as tall as obviously we know what the government is saying but there are other sources saying that it's higher as to why the intelligence unit would be the most likely to be targeted it's because the intelligence agency has a very bad reputation amongst the top of on there have been numerous reports by my rights organization saying that you know in intelligence prisons people are. taken in imprisoned without proper evidence that they are that they are tortured

recovery center for workers in the east of the city local reports as he has latest details from kabul ministry of. apart from four killed. ninety others that includes twenty three children and twelve one. for have been killed three are military personnel and one civilian so the neighborhood was quite affected of the blast wave as the kabul police confirmed that it was a truck bomb in the afghan presidential palace issued a statement for. condemning the attack and ordering for a comprehensive investigation about it because the. image of the victims have been civilians in the neighborhood and that have been affected seriously coming back to devolve ability of this compound back in two thousand and fourteen taliban launch a complex attack that no casualty was reported but back in two thousand and twelve when obama made his visit to afghanistan there was another attack that left eight dead so this compound has been all for some dozens or for those that are working for the united nations as well as for some other nongovernmental organizations so this compound has been quite vulnerable in t

at least four people have been killed and injured after a large explosion rocked the afghan capital kabul the blast is said to have happened near a rest and recovery center for foreign workers in the east of the city local reporter tom phasey has details from kabul. surfin to announce. our part from ford that have been killed ninety others that includes twenty three children and twelve one and four dead have been killed three are military personnel and one civilian so the neighborhood was quite early affected of the blast wave as the kabul police confirmed it was a truck bomb and the afghan presidential palace issued a statement for. condemning the attack and ordering for a comprehensive investigation about it because the damage already of the victims have been civilians in the neighborhood and that have been affected seriously coming back to deval near ability of this compound back in two thousand and fourteen taliban launch a complex attack that no casualty was reported but back in two thousand and twelve when obama made his visit to afghanistan there was another attack that left eight

zalmay khalilzad, the us envoy who's been in kabul in the last few days, has delivered the news that after 17 years of fighting, peace for the taliban might be in sight. you must be delighted. well, you are right. the demand for peace is in the veins of every afghan, but it is the modality of how we negotiate and also what sort of peace we achieve is controversial. do you agree with president ashraf ghani that the taliban could enter mainstream politics? absolutely. we have never opposed any group to become mainstream politics, regardless of what type of politics they pursue, as long as they don't resort to violence and intimidation. of course they are most welcome to become a mainstream political entity. it must be frustrating, though, for you, as a former directorate of the security agency, a former director—general of the national directorate of security, you were there for six years, i think, to know that last year, just hours before its leading members sat down for another day of talks with the us envoy, the taliban attacked one of the nds bases, killing at least 43 people, an

dire consequences of parliament's roosevelt also coming up poland pays tribute to the slain mayor of kabul the movie which was stabbed on the stage of a charity event in front of thousands. and a court in china sentences a canadian man to death on charges of drug smuggling the move threatens to further inflame already tense relations between the two countries . following terry martin thank you for joining us is counting down the hours until lawmakers vote on whether to accept prime minister teresa mayes deal for leaving the european union may has urged them to back the agreement warning that rejecting it would be catastrophic for the country but most observers say the deal that may negotiated with brussels is not likely to win approval. london residents how they're feeling about bragg's it before the decisive. yeah we prime minister theresa may made a valiant attempt to rescue her breaks a deal from almost certain defeat in the house of commons from the european union on that although she warned that failure to approve the deal and risk a no deal breaks it could lead to britain breaking ap

peace but that doesn't mean that we're going to stop fighting and he and the thief a journalist in kabul thank you very much for that update you. sad news from the football and was now a plane carrying if you cardiff city signing emily onil saga is missing according to media reports in britain and france the twenty eight year old argentinian became the premier league sides record transplant last week when he left french club known to police also say that there is an ongoing search for a private plane which disappeared from the radar over the in this channel last night or route from no want to contest sana didn't show up for tuesday's training session at condit and the club finesse he was on board. joining me now from the deadliest fourth desk is chris having to guess what can you tell us about this developing story any new details well just tracing his last known steps. he sayd his record contract with cardiff city in cardiff was saturday we know he definitely returned to france because around twenty four hours ago he posted a picture with his former teammates from not and we have the ph

let's be easy the taliban does not recognize the government in kabul and insists peace talks will only start when foreign troops leave afghanistan by a zero. bangladesh has given permission to the un special rapporteur on human rights and me and all to visit an island where we're headed refugees will soon be relocated young he leave will visit child and in bangladesh on thursday the uninhabited area will be home to more than one hundred thousand re-injure refugees who fled man all rights groups have criticized the move saying the island is prone to flooding and will be similar to a prison many of the refugees are living in critical long camp in bangladesh natasha going to aim is their. the dash is facing the enormous challenge of how best to host almost a million rohingya refugees cox's bazaar is now home to the largest refugee settlements in the world and the government says people keep streaming over the border from me and mar at a rate of about forty thousand a year this mega can't is congested it sits on an elephant migration route and in less than two years the jungle has been hea

car bombing in afghanistan the blast struck near a compound helles in foreign workers in the capital kabul there's been no claim of responsibility but taliban militants have carried out similar attacks a canadian man has been sentenced to death on charges of drug smuggling in china robert schellenberg was initially given fifteen years imprisonment but a sudden retrial led to the new sentence canadian prime minister just called the sentence arbitrary and it comes amid high tensions over the arrest of a top and chinese executive last month in canada indonesian authorities say that they have found the cockpit voice recorder from that lion air jet that crashed into the java sea last october killing all one hundred eighty nine people on board the broken into the recorder may still be useful in shedding light on the cause of the crash of that boeing seven thirty seven three well the british prime minister has made a last ditch appeal to parliament to give her brags that deal a second look a vote will take place tomorrow to see evening on just how the u.k. will leave the european union all the oc

us from kabul thanks very much for the insights. in a few hours' time france and germany will be signing a new friendship pact in the west. this treaty will commit the two countries to increase cooperation on european union policies and to work towards a joint foreign and security policy in a moment we'll talk to our correspondents about the paks process prospects but first here's a look back at how the relationship between paris and berlin has been evolving. france's president the man you're my corn is really speaking german and the german chancellor angela merkel is speaking french. during their mutual visit to the french german youth center last summer they were clearly among friends but it wasn't always this way. shortly before the end of the second world war french soldiers moved into southern germany this after hitler had occupied and humiliated france for years german soldiers became french prisoners of war and it looked as if these tried and true enemies would always be at war with each other but the head of the french milit

or earlier i spoke with all the lity for he's a journalist in kabul about this attack he told me that despite its severity it's unlikely to derail the u.s. initiated peace talks with the taliban the one thing is this peace process is still led by the united states in the united states has made it very clear that they want out of this war at any cost at this point the other thing we have to remember is that this is not unfortunately uncommon in this war we have seen you know the government three years has been talking about trying to get peace and talk peace with the taliban and they continue their talks on the call on targets and at the same time in two thousand and thirteen when the taleban briefly opened their office in doha they made a very clear statement they said you know we will consider peace talks at that time i wouldn't go anywhere but they said we will consider peace talks and we will keep fighting so that in eventually what we're seeing is a continuation of that war where both sides say that they want peace you cannot become much more official at this point from the taleba

as a security analyst based in kabul he explained why peace talks negotiations haven't been successful so far the problem with negotiation is. when we have a negotiation it's not only limited to afghanistan it's immaterial we should not expect a reduction in violence there is a possibility of increase in violence even if we have. one side to try to increase the leverage there do sue by increasing while and i believe that original countries. also have a role to play in negotiating in negotiation. about the issue of afghanistan but finally it comes to afghan people and it should be the afghan people and it is people who has the potential to resolve the problems international community u.s. and other states. can play a role of mediation but they are not the actual people to resolve the problem so it should be that people taliban and can go to mention should come together and they should talk to each other to resolve the problem in a car bomb has that innate in the syrian city of latakia and there are reports of casualties footage on state t.v. showed a large group of people in the street

ovoid to afghanistan is in kabul to brief president assad funny on his meeting with the taliban. and reported that there had been significant progress the taliban though being cautious saying talks with continue to overcome obstacles one of them is agreeing on a timeline for the withdrawal of foreign troops initially the taliban dismissed any overtures towards the u.s. as long as american forces are enough to understand. the taliban has rejected direct talks with the afghan government which it considers an american puppet but beast in afghanistan goes beyond internal disputes the u.s. hopes neighboring pakistan can play a crucial role in the talks the afghan government and the white house have often accused the pakistani government of providing weapons and shelter for taliban fighters accusations denied by leaders in islamabad we would like to see us getting from a funny stand as friend of the region so that having exited there must not abandon afghanistan in terms of their social economic development restoration of. the development process the u.s. hopes the doha talks will lead

over ireland seized the public radio station that it also appears that communication has been cut in kabul and so it certainly would appear over the cations out that this could lead to mention that the president. two thousand and nine family running the country for fifty years now falling ill in october last year with a. covering in morocco for all these months is of course still a lot of speculation and concern on exactly what is happening with the government given that the president's been gone for so long they've also been moved in recent months to try and change the constitution to protect the bungled release of the bungles family home government bond that was also met with some resistance speaking to people in kabul and towards the end of last year they had said that they were concerned about what might happen next week or not the president would come back but certainly tension at concern now is it the military seems to want to bring some sort of certainty exactly to what's happening but perhaps too many people in kabul on this this brings a lot of uncertainty given that the military

a national security analyst and a founding member of transparency afghanistan joining us live from kabul good to have you with us so how do you read the appointment of broader to head the office in qatar is that a sign of how well things are going in talks. i think a lot but are there is a senior. taliban official who was serving and pakistani president for the past so many years he was a close confidante to late more omar served as a deputy to morrow maher he is somebody who all was favored negotiations in peace talks and therefore the pakistani government put him in prison years back and here he has this anti pakistan narrative and at the same time favoring peace and in a strong supporter of the peace process i think this is an excellent move by the taliban this shows their commitment that they are committed to this whole notion of peace. along with them they have appointed marlovian would tell a kid who used to be deformed former foreign minister of the taliban government who was living in kabul after serving and the us background prison this is all together this move or together show

envoy to afghanistan the taliban will be held in doha next month is on my sleeves and is in kabul to brief the government on the go to when the seventeen year war secretary of state. says the u.s. is serious about pursuing peace taking america's armed forces home. or affords. afghans eager to learn more about the peace talks between the u.s. and the taliban. government leaders in kabul are not commenting they have complained about not being involved in the latest round of talks in qatar's capital . afghans we spoke to hope the talks in doha will help and the war while others are skeptical for example made what has been the we are very hopeful all the afghans are tired of for exploration in suicide attack in this country they are hoping for a brighter future and i am very hopeful that these talks will bring a bright future for us and for the future of afghanistan. we afghans don't trust groups affiliated with foreign intelligence agencies the u.s. must talk with the afghan people because we are the ones who suffer this is not peace what kind of peace is this the us own boy to afghanis

where we've got a few showers around and some of them are looking for all the heavy day in parts of kabul. the reminder of the top stories the. high court has rejected an appeal by two reuters journalists jailed for illegal possession of official documents it's held up the seven year prison terms handed down to one lone chance to maintain their innocence. iran's foreign minister has dismissed my pump a speech on american policy in the middle east saying u.s. interference only leads to chaos repression or resentment speaking car the u.s. secretary of state rally to deter terror groups reaching. u.s. president donald trump has traveled to the u.s. trying to drum up support for his proposed pull between the u.s. and his demands for five point seven billion dollars for projects have led to a pasta gulf which. friday marks the twenty first day of that shutdown it's also the day federal workers jute to receive their paychecks but without a last minute resolution about one hundred eight hundred thousand of them won't be getting paid and many are now facing tough choices and you've got a small fr

a blanket of smog can often be seen over kabul skyline. it's being emitted by old cars poor quality fuel and people burning trash and it's everywhere in the city's busy streets it is a lot of traffic jam especially in the morning time and also in the evening time you. only only have the capacity of five hundred million. or more than eight hundred thousand when he calls movement in twenty four hours in kabul city. the government has been trying to get a handle on the growing problem its environmental protection agency has installed these devices around the city to monitor the amount of toxic particles in the air the government says if air quality reaches dangerous levels there are other measures that can be implemented we can prevent the activity saw factories or we will shut down the movement of the public transportation and some other measures we can take. back at the hospital doctors are warning their patients especially the young to stay indoors in avoid going into the smog along with bombs and bullets these mothers must now worry about

who is in kabul he told us both sides are trying to increase their leverage the problem with negotiation is. when we have a negotiation it's not only limited to afghanistan it's a bit we should not expect reduction in violence it is possibility for increase in awhile and even if we have. to try to increase the leverage there do su by increasing while and i believe that the regional countries. also have a role to play in negotiating in negotiation. about the stand but finally it comes to people and it should be the afghan people and it is people who has the potential to resolve the problems international community u.s. and other states. can play it rolled up mediation but they are not the actual people to resolve the problem so it should be that good people taliban and i'm going to go to mention should come together and they should talk to each other to resolve the problem to other news in a car bombs exploded in the syrian city of latakia and there are reports of casualties there is this footage of bullets from state t.v. there showing the extent of the damage an attack just a few days a

khalilzhad's goal is to convince kabul, the overall political structure in kabul, to come on the same page and agree on the next step in terms o sitting around the table with the taliban. the taliban have said they are not willing to sit down with the afghan government, but if the government can be part of a larger structure that includes -- that can sit-down with the taliban and not have the logo of it, maybe tha on could be a breakthrough. but it also depends on what the agenda would jane: if the u.s. withdraws troops as part of the deal, what is to stop the taliban from reneging on its side of e bargain? omar: there is a lot of questions on that, a lot of loose ends, things being worked on. i think there may be agreement on certain terms. what is very important is to make sure that afghanistan does not revert back to violence, that other terrorist groups do not take advantage of some kind of vacuum, that they are guarantees and assurances that not only the taliban and ties to terrorist groups but any interim period or transition period, security would be guaranteed, a ed, and thatu