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.

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

allina teef in kabul thanks so much. you. venezuela's top military on voice of 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 fresh elections president maduro says his government will not be dictated to by foreign nations. the trail of two governments challenge or one 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 unless new elections are called you know. the first thing i want to do today is to recognize the european union's firm steps toward supporting them as wella firm 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 of one 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. it 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 oven government been in for sizing to talk to the ameri

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 imtiaz what 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 se

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

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

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

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

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

taliban attack has killed at least sixty five afghan intelligence and security personnel southwest of kabul a suicide bomb and gun attack happened near made unshod the capital of wardak province the attackers drove a truck packed with explosives into a training center run by the afghan intelligence agency after the explosion other taliban fighters dressed in police uniforms stormed the brakes on the taliban has resumed talks with american officials the group released a statement saying its representatives met u.s. diplomats in qatar where the group has a political office the u.s. appointed special envoys on they had to leave the negotiations in september the taliban insists the u.s. must leave afghanistan seventeen years after its invasion in response to the september eleventh attacks a sticking point in the talks is the inclusion of the afghan government and the peace process the taliban regards it as illegitimate and says it will only talk directly with washington. or to have come as a political analyst and expert on taliban affairs he says the latest talks in doha seem different from tho

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

country's intelligence agency the attack took place in my down shot in wa province not far from the capital kabul it comes despite efforts by the united states to negotiate an end to the country's seventeen year war. part flattened after a car loaded with explosives past three military checkpoint and detonated inside the compound and officials say several gunmen then stormed the base opening fire at soldiers before being gunned dian themselves. it was around six o'clock there was a very big explosion and i thought they had been an earthquake was very strong. it's the latest and want to speak come near daily assaults by the taliban who have been stepping up their attacks on government facilities in recent months to terror to by the harsh winter. this time the taliban were able to breach the compound security barriers by using a vehicle they had captured from the afghan military some of the injured were taken to local hospitals for treatment more serious cases were sent some fifty kilometers away to the capital capital. the government is facing accusations that it's hiding the truth. so as to avoid

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

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

that peace would be easy the taliban doesn't recognize the government in kabul and demanding foreign troops leave afghanistan it's unclear if the parties are willing to make any concessions and agree on a unity government victoria gate and be there in indonesia or the number of people killed by floods and landslides has risen to fifty nine many villages living near an overflowing dam in the south sulawesi province had to be evacuated thousands more were forced to leave their homes since tuesday after tarantula rain triggered severe flooding across the region earlier this month another landslide in java killed thirty two people soaring temperatures in australia have sparked more than fifty bush fires across the southern island state of tasmania hundreds of firefighters have been brought in from other parts of the country to help contain them they iraqi city of basra has faced months of protests against corruption and poor services demonstrators now say they want to get more organized and unite with other groups and they're embracing a movement that began in france and reports. yellow

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

the ultimate objective is to convince the taliban to give up while ns and also go on to talk to the kabul government because everybody recognizes the national unity government as the legitimate representative of afghanistan and i think this is desirable by everybody there if the entire talks basically culminate in direct or indirect negotiations between the taliban and the national unity government however i should also clarify what david said earlier the most of the wine and since the last for two years has been largely carried out by diet or isis yes have targeted the security establishment of understand this with this i think they had just wanted to underscore that they do not want to inflict any pain on the common people however the casualties yes happen to be the of plans which is condemning bill which is very sad and i think everybody is extremely keen including the pakistani leadership for one insurrection as it is out of the talks which should be approached it seems with with more greater degree of trust between pakistan and the united states as well as pakistan and the national u

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

for us from kabul thanks very much for the insights thank you. it's to india now and for the first time women have been permitted to climb a sacred mountain in the southern indian state of corolla up to now local tribes had banned females from scaling the peak but last november a court ruled in favor of a group of women that had been battling for permission to send them out due to abuse the. joined their track as she reports they see it as a great step towards equality. it's an unusually early start for this group of mind them and. they have set out on the road trip to make history by embarking on a trek which has only been open to men so far it took them just two hours to make the trip from the city of two to one and put them to the base camp where the check will start. but it took a trio court battle street protests and countless meetings but the god of our couldn't and to a group to be permitted to make the journey. and after finally getting the permits from officials they out through. the mountains of augusta is the second highest peak and ca

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

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

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

there's a political analyst and let's read more a university joins us now from kabul mr dean welcome to the program what's your sense of this report and the impact it might have on the trumpet ministration and their plans to withdraw troops. well thank you very much it's not only one point three per saying that the taliban or maybe that are in opposition in torreon but some more certainly for me that why we're not winning this war while you were just checking them out for the last fifteen years after eighteen years why the united states the international community and all stuff in government are still claiming that they can fight but still we see that decrease in the control of the afghan government i think it's not me it's international and eyes ation including deal with the cigar they say that they're wrong military strategy they erotic what it takes and also politically tante minute jobs that of the afghan government just cause the problem and that's why they cannot defeat they mean they cannot defeat down opposition a general sense that afghanistan they're not happy about it in t

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 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 we're 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 lon

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

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 very rare we should not expect a reduction in violence there is a possibility of increase in violence even if we have. 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 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 government should should come together and they should talk to each other to resolve the problem a car bomb detonated in the syrian city of latakia killing one person an injury fourteen that's according to state media footage on state t.v. showed a large group of people in th

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

colleague says a significant progress has been made in doha peace talks with the taliban he's returning to kabul to discuss the details with the afghan government taliban sources say all remaining foreign troops could be obliged to leave afghanistan within eighteen months of a peace deal being signed to a group with. at least two people have been injured in the explosion in kenya's capital nairobi and he say they're searching for a suspect who they believe left the explosives in a piece of luggage near a cinema the last comes just days after a gun attack that killed more than twenty people. canada's ambassador to china john mccallum has been fired by prime minister justin trudeau maccallum was sacked for suggesting that the united states should drop its extradition request for a executive among one joke chinese business woman was arrested in vancouver in december and is wanted by the u.s. on charges of violating sanctions on iran. australia celebrated its national holiday today the day commemorates the arrival in seven hundred eighty eight of the first fleet of british ships to the continent whi