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

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

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

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

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

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

with the latest from kabul for that 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 it was a truck bomb gascon presidential palace issued a statement for. condemning the attack and ordering for a comprehensive investigation about it because the. majority of the victims have been civilians in the neighborhoods that have been affected seriously is coming back to devolve or ability of this compound. i was standing on my praying mat and it was around six fifty five pm when i stood for praying while i was praying all of a sudden a huge explosion occurred at first i didn't realize it was only after that i saw the whole roof had fallen on top of us back in twenty fourteen taliban launched a complex attack and 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 you know this compound has been for some dozens of foreigners working for the united nations as well as for some other nongovernmental o

had a similar attack in kabul that many people were killed but still we also had a lack of access to the information again the similar case but what is very visual and obvious that is the taliban has carried out two deadly attacks in the past two weeks however how wadekar witnessed another major attack back in late november and twenty eighteen which was the police recruitment center many people were killed there so this is still not very clear no official accepted or confirmed that that's . the exact figure but there are many concerns that people are actually already talking about which is did rate of the casualty because it sounds like it has been a very deadly attack on many actually an essay for afghan security forces have been killed yeah exactly one thing we do know for sure that it is another deadly day in afghanistan thank you very much sue town phasey live in kabul for us this hour. well that is your news for now but stay close has some great programs begin in moments live from moscow every hour of the day this is your r.t. international. when gold make good manufacture conse

you're more democratic then how go very day you know that country whose existence i wasn't aware of kabul very day you're telling me a cabbage based green salsa is more democratic than the good ole us of a who are least this democracy index lefty make left wing make left the left left left left left left left the economist intelligence unit democracy index twenty eight seen me two political participation protests then democracy ok a couple of things about that first the economist is establishment as. so it's interesting that they put us at twenty five and second are they not aware that the phrase meet to. is already being used for something. i know what you mean. the democracy index is based on five categories electoral process and poor alyssum civil liberties the functioning of government political participation and political culture based on their scores of sixty indicators within these categories each country is then itself classified as one of four types of regime full democracy flawed democracy hybrid regime and authoritarian regime and drumroll please. according to the economist the

taliban struck a military training center and made an wardak province to the southwest of the capital kabul we had from a local resident. a large explosion hit this area and broke the window panes in my house ambulances transferred the injured and that from the same to the host. was around six o'clock there was a very big explosion what i thought there was an earthquake it was very strong. the core of poor test sultan face he says it's been difficult to get accurate information on the bombing. 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 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 personnel who are joining for breakfast actually

that the taliban has claimed responsibility for monday's deadly truck bombing in the afghan capital kabul it took place near a center for foreign workers. in this market. if it. is and the police in the. first. but it is the latest in a long line of disturbing incidents involving the militant group tempered curity contractors' died in an assault in november the taliban has been conducting near daily attacks two one security personnel on they since comes as the u.s. peace envoy visits the region witnesses have been describing what happened. popish misha the mc i was going home and my point can following the same truck when suddenly it moved in the wrong direction to rules the foreigners camp and i shouted at him saying what kind of dr raju move in the right direction of the route when i moved like twenty metres the explosion took place and i was down on the floor in a second i was standing on my praying mat and it was around six fifty five pm when i stood for praying while i was praying all of a sudden a huge explosion occurred at first i didn't realise it was only after that i saw the who

taliban struck a military training center in made in water province and in an area just southwest of kabul we heard from a local resident. district in wardak it was around six o'clock there was a very big explosion i thought there was an earthquake it was very strong. local reporter assault on pfizer he says it's been difficult to get accurate information on the attack. 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 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 joining for breakfast actually left on the. remnants of the building and lost lives it was two vehicles and five attackers involved into the attack and the

steadily truck bombing in the afghan capital which took place near a center for foreign workers in kabul. if you. look forward to. what. i. was. early in november another attacks at the lives of ten british security contract is taliban militants have been conducting a daily attacks and security personnel in the country the latest blasts comes as the u.s. peace envoy this is the region this is how some of the victims described. popish mission of the mc i was going home on my bike can following the same truck when suddenly it moved in the wrong direction towards the foreigners camp and i shouted at them saying what kind of dr ro you move in the right direction of the road when i moved like twenty metres the explosion took place and i was down on the floor in a second i was standing on my praying mat and it was around six fifty five pm when i stood for praying while i was praying all of a sudden a huge explosion occurred at first i didn't realise it was only after that i saw the whole roof had fallen on top of us. now a canadian data analytics firm has accused the us media of having a pro i

bonnie and also the just and we know that was big fight as so they were congregating mostly in north of kabul so i would take some more patients and i was sent to the frontline you know basically once every three months but i wouldn't call that fighting it was mostly you know exchanging mortise you know with the enemy so how hard was it for you to cross that border from a normal life into a life which is pretty much about killing. well you know it was really at the age of sixteen when i wanted to go to bosnia and fight the jihad there so when i was leaving aside arabia and the comfort of my life there i wasn't thinking that i was going to join a terror organization it was more like the international brigade of the spanish civil war so we were going to a volunteer fight him on one side of the civil war in bosnia which is the side of the bosnian muslims against the serbs it wasn't you know the intention to go and join a terror organization is just i didn't know that the jihad in bosnia was run by. managed by members or veterans of the egyptian jemaah islamiya you know the group that was respons

military training center in my doc war doc province an area just south west a munch in this region of kabul we managed to speak just briefly to a local resident. i am from joeys district of my own wardak it was around six o'clock there was a very big explosion i thought there was an earthquake it was very strong. local reporters phasey told me it's been difficult to get accurate information on the attack but the numbers do look extraordinary. 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 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 joining for breakfast actually left on the. remnants of the building and lost live