rashid let's bring in michael semple in dublin michael unprecedented u.s. attempts to get the peace thing in afghanistan the u.s. envoy. has said he's cautiously optimistic about a peace deal in april can he succeed in your view on bringing the taliban to the negotiating table anything does kind of achieve lasting peace in afghanistan in the past three months that the ambassador has odd has been active in the. post he has made a palpable difference in the discourse in afghanistan and particularly amongst the taliban those taliban who for a year or two simply were not prepared even to mention ideas such as peace cease fire settlement have been forced to talk about them so that has already been achieved. i spend a lot of my time trying to make sense of what the taliban are doing and thinking i can certainly you know testify to these changes the discourse has changed but i would like to make some observations about some of the limitations to that because i think that you know we also have to try and get inside the head of the taliban both of their you know the

conversation ahmed rashid you are in pakistan. the u.s. envoy has been to islamabad tell us about the role of pakistan in this particular scenario and what can pakistan do to exert pressure on the taliban do they have leverage on the taliban on the afghan taliban let me just add a couple of points to the earlier conversation that you've been having i think one reason the taliban have woken up is the fact that they know they cannot rule of guns like they did in the early ninety's they need foreign aid they need friendly neighbors they they need a helping hand and i think the americans the very big card that the americans have to play down the road is the fact that aid to afghanistan will continue if the taliban are willing to be involved with the afghan government to seek a compromise the other thing is that i think the taliban are deeply aware of the ifa laich they faced in the ninety's and many of them and they were forced to adopt osama bin laden as one of their finances because they had no money that no aid and they were dependent on dr

into the conversation ahmed rashid you are in pakistan. is that the u.s. envoy has been to islamabad tell us about the role of pakistan in this particular scenario and what can pakistan do to exert pressure on the taliban do they have leverage on the taliban on the afghan taliban let me just add a couple of points to the earlier conversation that you've been having i think one reason the taliban have woken up is the fact that they know they cannot rule of guns like they did in the early ninety's they need foreign aid they need a friendly neighbor they they need a helping hand and i think the american the very big card that the americans have to play down the road is the fact that aid to afghanistan will continue if the taliban are willing to be involved with the afghan government and seek a compromise the other think you that i think the taliban are deeply aware of the ifa leash they faced in the ninety's and many of them and they were forced to adopt osama bin. urban as one of their finances because they had no money that no aid and they

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afterwards and that means a long war ok let's bring back rashid into the conversation ahmed rashid you are in pakistan. the u.s. envoy has been to islamabad tell us about the role of pakistan in this particular scenario and what can pakistan do to exert pressure on the taliban do they have leverage on the taliban on the afghan taliban let me just add a couple of points to the earlier conversation that you've been having i think one reason the taliban have woken up is the fact that they know they cannot rule of guns like they did in the early ninety's they need foreign aid they need friendly neighbors they they need a helping hand and i think the americans the very big card that the americans have to play down the road is the fact that aid to afghanistan will continue if the taliban are willing to be involved with the afghan government to seek a compromise the other thing is that i think the taliban are deeply aware of the ifa laich they faced in the ninety's and many of them and they were forced to adopt some of bin laden as one of their finances because they had no money that no aid a

rashid are they saying that they want president i'm going to push you to end his twenty one year rule and step down something he said he's not going to do so people are saying that they will not stop protesting and demonstrating in the streets and so the president gives in to their demands now we've seen people being separated from the crowd and the protest using live ammunition and tear gas something that has happened over and over again during the previous protests and certainly something that has happened today people of the police have been using tear gas and live in militias. disperse protesters foreign governments have said that the police are using excessive force against protesters who are armed making their demands known to the government and to the world now opposition figures of also come out and said that they understand why people are demonstrating in the streets and that they are lending their support to these people who are protesting and that they also want the president to step down and hand over power to an interim council it's not clear how that would happen but the

rashid to try to and these protests against him and his government ok thanks very much for that update from khartoum. government says is back in control of her attempt to overthrow president go for medical treatment two plotters were killed and five others were arrested the attempt to take over the presidency is highlighting questions about bulger's fitness to lead that last hug as more. lieutenant calley from the presidential guards burst into the national radio and television center calling off for a popular uprising against guns president. obama the eagerly awaited day has arrived when the army has decided to put itself on the side of the people in order to save him from chaos if you're eating stop if you're having a drink stop if you're sleeping wake up wake up your neighbors rise up as one and take control of the street. outside gunshots electricity in the internet are shut down as gabby's special forces stormed the building in a statement the government spokesman says calm has returned the situation is under control of the african union in france which. nine hundred troops in the

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