and taliban. a peace process that somehow upfront guarantees that the outcome will be such that the gains for women, minorities, many of the other kind of gains, are preserved. the u.s. has been unable to deliver that kind of peace process. i see no reason why this week the options and capabilities of the u.s. to deliver that kind of peace process are better than they were last week or will get ny better in the future. if the afghan government, the afghan political aleve, the people want to reject the kind of peace process that the u.s. is able to launch and try and deliver, that is perfectly within their right to do so. however, if that is what happens, i think that means afghanistan will be left alone to try and find peace on its own terms. i highly doubt that it will result in a peace process of the more desirable variety, where the taliban agrees to cease-fire and negotiations immediately commence with the afghan government. i'm not recommending against the preferred peace process. if it were

but taliban warns the u.s. stands to lose most after it calls off talks to when the conflict in afghanistan. hello typhoon i went across the top of tokyo but went through pretty quickly which limited the amount of potential damage it still sits off the coast of honshu as you can see in the forecast really for the rest of bundled into tuesday takes it out of the way completely so choose to stay daytime forecast is this one temperatures back in the thirty's is virtually nothing going on there's no breeze for a few showers some things trying to gather further west particularly of the korean peninsula maybe your concentration of right and eventually that will come back i think tokyo could be a wet one on wednesday to be arms in fact given the way there's nothing immediately trying to form the showers are all building again and you know in fact the whole of western china and the drifting in that direction late season rain may well affect hong kong the western yangtze sichuan as well and of course the hard drive righ

and they want to hold direct talks with the taliban this is something the taliban has always refused they call the afghan government a puppet of the americans and they refuse to talk to them of course with this draft peace agreement if it was signed it would then lead to direct talks in some form with the afghan government but there are concerns now the afghan government wants an end to the what the fighting it wants then meaningful talks to go ahead and the big question is where does this now leave us the taliban we understand are having high level meetings of their own they can go 2 ways they can either say yes hang on the americans are serious let's go back to the negotiating table with something more to offer because so far they could see did very little or it can lead to an escalation of the conflict everyone here has been concerned at the pace of these peace negotiations it had 9 meetings in a year quite an achievement getting them around the table in the 1st place but the americans have being expecting too little from the taliban that's the overriding opinion so they want more

taliban warns the u.s. stands to lose most of president calls off talks aimed at ending the conflict in afghanistan a setback for president in his party's majority is slashed by nearly hoth moscow's local elections. the u.k. prime minister barak is johnson has just arrived in the irish capital ahead of what's. set to be a day of major drags it drama at the top of the agenda will be how any irish border and customs system would operate after the u.k. pulls out of the european union well johnson will then fly back to london he's expected to call again for an early election lawrence lee joins us live now from london so long as there's a look like he's going to be able to untie the gordian knot that is the backstop. no i don't i don't think so that there are the podiums are actually out in dublin johnson and his counterpart live regular meeting at the moment and we're expecting both of them to come out and say something in a in a minute or 2 but the irish sides and by extension the entire european side is quite

the taliban wants us out. i want to be able to thanks you a question with regards to what the afghanistan government wants and how we do with it. these naÏve to think that we just leave afghanistan today and everything just works itself out on its own. i believe strongly that the vacuum it's not successfully filled at this moment. good people in afghanistan and government, not right now. how do we get to the result that we want. this morning this committee met with ambassador, i thought it was a good meeting and i'm not allowed to get into it because it was a classified briefing. i just had believe it was very helpful for that meeting to take place. i believe that should happen again and i believe we should be spending more time together. it's good for us here on this community to hear from him, in that setting and i also think it's good for the state department to hear from us. to get fresh eyes and to get other perspectives and that brings me back to my question. in her time left, in an unclassified setting

there was an important day for the taliban to. to brace a political life they've had to do so and they. continue to divide this while they were talking to the city he was in touch with the mission and we didn't see any commitment by the time for any peace process except talking and you know. continuing to have this popper's meanwhile the taliban said the decision will harm the u.s. more than anyone else but seem to leave the door open to more talks. his pledge to withdraw the remaining 14000 u.s. troops from afghanistan but faces resistance from the afghan government. and some u.s. lawmakers who say it's too early to leave the afghans on the road. under the trees has been following the story for us from all thanks for joining me as we heard the taliban reacted to president trump's decisions saying that canceling the pace talks would harm the u.s. more than anyone else what i mean by that well i do not think that the decision by the us i think the dollar bill and what they're actually trying to do is they want to get the maximum ou

-taliban agreement. now that is suspended but i think really that agreement, if it was to occur, if it does still occur, it's really just the first act of what will be a long and difficult peace process. and that true hurdle lies in afghan to afghan negotiations included with the taliban come with the company, , and other elements of afghan society. so for this panel i've asked the speakers to speak from of course their different perspectives, but what lies ahead. how do we address the most fundamental issues of negotiations and notably getting to a cease-fire and lasting peace? so without further ado, shaharzad, the floor is yours. >> good morning, everyone. i'm really honored to be part of this reducing was panel. and speak first about the reactions of the recent investment by president trump, and then speak -- what lies ahead for the process. the reaction to president trump's announcement about u.s.-taliban talks -- [inaudible] there were a lot of positive reactions also by the media from afghan that

taliban. said the taliban leadership were there. but whenever we had an offer for them, they need to go outside, they were like we have to speak with our leaders. but they were leaders. what is your proposal? be a proposal to bring pakistan to the table to work for a peaceful outcome of assess -- of the process. >> start with michael and work our way back. >> i think the work to put together a regional consensus is important. that is one of the points i am saying it has to be built on, rather than just scrapping. keep not just pakistan but other players at the table. most of the taliban movement is resentful asg as perhaps you might be yourself. no one has come up with a strategic level way of making use of that. i think if we do see progress towards reduction of violence over the next year or so it will be more attention. -- was like -- slapping on the wrist. i mean, i was saying the war fatigue isn't a strategy. it's not sufficient but it's an important ingredient with the right policy from an institution is something which can be

for instance, the need to include not only taliban -- we are not only talking about taliban fighters, because there is a proliferation of armed groups and afghan society, which i'm hoping he erica gaston can speak for. but they must not be the only one included in a reintegration effort but there must be other coalitions included as well. and not doing, this we do not want to give the taliban irrational to not participate. any future effort as the ig also underscored. must ensure that communities are ensuring that the former fighters are part of the reintegration process. they cannot be angry and resentful about advantages given to former combatants that are perceived to be unfair. we also suggested international duty are experts advise afghan experts on reintegration they can come from both sides of reintegration from. columbia northern ireland to give the afghan negotiators some sense of what is happening in their countries as well. i will stop there, i look forward to my fellow panelist and reactions on this issue. thank you so much. >> great, thank you so much. timor sharan we wil

first, it was an taliban? that's hard to say. first, it was an assurance taliban? that's hard to say. first, it was an assurance company tell about that it would not provide any space to international terrorist groups like al-qaeda and isis. i think that has changed, the expectations of the us have changed, i think they will us for more from the taliban. when negotiations resume, new us will want some kind of clear indication that the taliban will be willing to lay down arms, even temporarily, before there is a withdrawal deal, it should go deal, between the us and the taliban. i think the us government would also like to see some sort of assurance from the taliban that it will formally negotiate with the afghan government,. the problem here is that there is no way to measure that, at the way to trust that the taliban with the taliban would do those things even if the us gets those things even if the us gets those assurances. this is really a very complicated process, and when the talks do resume, it's going to bea the talks do resume, it's going to be a very long

and taliban representatives in doha this week while those talks were going on taliban fighters have launched a fresh offensive a stance of lead to strengthen their negotiating position. trump has pledged to withdraw the remaining 14000 u.s. troops from afghanistan but the president has been under pressure from the afghan government and some u.s. lawmakers who mistrust the taliban and think it's too early to withdraw american forces. and for more on this i'm joined by the us man has been covering the afghan conflict for us since 2001. and president trump says he's called off the secret meeting with taliban leaders have we heard from the afghan government yet what's their reaction. they totally support this move they were very apprehensive of these emerging framework agreement between the united states and the taliban and they have even go as far as saying look at can only be us the electic ethic and government that needs to own it and delete these negotiations with the taliban and they also made it very clear that they would push forward with elections presidential elections scheduled for sep

i want to talk to the taliban negotiators. i want to look them in the eye, i want to see if we can get to the final outcome that we needed so that we could signoff a deal, so we found that arrangement acceptable, that the verification was adequate and we concluded this was a perfectly appropriate place. you know the history of camp david. lots of bad folks have come through that place, there have been lots of peace negotiations taking place. it's all most always the case, chris, that you don't get to negotiate with good guys. the reason you're in negotiations, to end wars, to end conflicts, to end violence, to reduce risk to the iraqi people, is almost always because the person across the table isn't exactly the finest. >> chris: i understand -- i don't want to press the point too much, but yasser arafat was there and obviously he was responsible the palestinian liberalization, the death of many people. >> secretary pompeo: many americans. >> chris: but the taliban has the deaths of thousands of americans just three days befor

may be affecting taliban morale as well including our province more than 150 taliban and i saw fighters have surrendered to government forces but the civilians caught in the fighting are still paying a high price for the. many civilians are still being killed as the fighting intensifies we have asked all sides to reduce the use of or so heavily populated areas but they don't listen if there is some hope that peace talks will be resumed but probably not until after the forthcoming afghan presidential elections they've always been a catalyst for attacks and violence but with the prospect of new talks many here are hoping that this time it will be different tony berty al jazeera kabul. the government in the bahamas says dropped the number of people missing following her we can dorian from 2 and a half 10021300 the count fell off the government checks at evacuation centers you official death toll currently stands at 50 but the authorities still expect that number to rise significantly the united states has announced that $4000000.00 in new humanitarian aid will be given to the. politicians

the taliban was ruling over most of the country. >> the muslim taliban government controlled most of afghanistan and banned women from going to school or work. women had to be accompanied by a man to walk outside. and had to be covered in the veil from head to toe. >> the taliban exposed the afghan people to a horrific war. that continues to this day. >> you also had this group of international religious extremists under bin laden who refer to themselves as al qaeda, and they had sought and gained safe haven in the taliban-controlled parts of afghanistan. they were essentially being hosted by the taliban. >> it was the paramount safe haven for al qaeda. which was the most dangerous terrorist group on the planet at the time. >> the taliban is ruling according to their conception of islamic law. the most literal fundamentalist conception that you can possibly imagine. >> the taliban regime was ruthless. there wasn't anything that they wouldn't do. these men would shoot women in the back of the head. they were the men who would beat you on the street with whips. they were the ones who w

for that the taliban spokesman so hampshire hin in doha. is the. issue. that's going to be heard in the division who knew who the who the we and. the long just the consumer of the u.s. is that he used to not follow him into the center of the new system so that's the main the same. size you have to consider. to do this when these are all i think the rule. of the state with incomes. well joining us for more is due to a correspondence under appeared as man has been following the many rounds of talks in doha under welcome now the by the americans we're talking to the valid one in doha you have the taliban that i can do cities over the weekend in afghanistan is the taliban essentially controlling the narrative in doha from a gun and i think that trying to very much but what you must keep in mind is afghanistan was the world's deadliest conflict in 2018 and chances are that it will remain the words debt in this conflict in 2902 because despite the peace talks or framework agreement talks in doha the fighting hasn't stopped afghanistan is still essentially a cou

and the taliban had been in negotiations for almost a year the taliban command the withdrawal of all foreign troops from afghanistan while america wanted guarantees the group would not assist international terrorism and a draft accord had been reached last week currently the taliban does control more afghan territory than that any point since the us invasion in 2001 when the peace talks were still active the taliban never committed to holding attacks in the country in fact the group stepped up its campaign of terror we got reaction to trump decision to abandon peace talks from people in kabul. because one of the soldiers presumably the general was killed in a suicide attack or abdul haq square he called off the peace talks while so many afghan army forces and civilians are killed on a daily basis they do not think about. the peace talks began the suicide bombings and attacks have increased in our people have been killed and they have accepted peace the should have announced a cease fire and then the talks moved forward. meanwhile the u.s. special envoy for middle east peace has resig

but in the end, the taliban overreached. they forgot that america's always going to protect itself interests. the commander commands resolute support in the nato forces, killed over a thousand taliban just in the last ten days, and while this isn't a war of attrition, the american people need to know we will continue to apply the appropriate pressure -- chris: so are the talks now dead, and what will it take to restart them? >> for the time being, they are. chris: okay. >> we've recalled the ambassador to come back to washington so that we can begin to think about how we would chart the path forward. i think -- and although the president hasn't made a final decision, what they did here was they tried to use terror to improve their negotiating position, and i think anyone who's observed president trump knows whether it was in hanoi with north korea or whether it's been in how we responded when the chinese reneged on their commitment in the trade deal, if in the course of a conversation when we're trying to improve both teams'

and the taliban that we will see f. can plea in peace blossom you know the very next day so essentially what you're saying is of the framework agreement that is under discussion in doha is essentially something that serves more the u.s. interest and the fall of on interest than the of i would say yes because the americans especially president trump have a very keen interest on pulling troops out you know he's also campaigning he wants reelection and if he manages to pull troops out of course that would be very rare way received in the united states whether this is a good or a bad thing for the people of afghanistan it's an entirely different story because what we need to see is really intra f can dialogue we need to see the f. can government and the political elite opposition forces sit down with the taliban because that is where a peace deal lies and sundra do you think very briefly that the of gun government if it does get involved in the bogs at some point there could be some agreement down the line with the part abo

we've been taking it to the taliban as well. over 1,000 taliban killed in just the last ten days alone. the american people should know we're going to defend american national interests. we're going to be tough to make sure we put pressure on all of the powers, all of the risks, not just the taliban but isis there in afghanistan as well. president trump will always protect americans and the american interest and one of the ways we are trying to do that is take down the violence levels in afghanistan so we can rebalance. we've got challenges from terrorism, not just in afghanistan, jake, as you well know. we have to make sure we have the right force levels, the right force postures, the right people each and every place so we're protecting america's national security everywhere, not just afghanistan. >> is the president willing to restart peace negotiations with the taliban? if so is there a precondition they have to agree to a cease-fire? >> you saw what president ghani said this morning, that's his ask. we need a significant co

has been fighting the taliban very hard. since the last time i was in afghanistan self-montveral mont i was hearing about the number of taliban the u.s. has taken out. >> it was news of the air force launching an investigation after we learned that a military crew was flying from alaska to kuwait, stopped off in scotland and stayed overnight at a resort owned by the president. officials are saying that no regulations were violated, but there are concerns about taxpayer money. and then the president tweeting this morning this, i know nothing about an air force plane landing at an airport which i do not own and have nothing to do with near turnberry resort, which i do own in scotland and filling up with fuel with the crew staying overnight at turnberry. they have good taste. nothing to do with me. what is your reaction to this? >> hard to know where to start. in 30 seconds, i'll just say that every time we fly a military aircraft in a civilian transit like that, they are absolutely required to do it at the best cost and the lo

for that the taliban spokesman so henshaw again in doha. with the. insurer. this friday we are the division who knew who the who the we and we are still. in the room i just consider the youths zaki used to. be really the sort of the finest so that's the main it's a good size vessel question. too. is there when there's a home for the disabled i think libby will. understand the importance. well joining us for more is due to a correspondence under appeared as man has been following the many rounds of talks in doha under welcome now the while the americans were talking to the valid one in doha you had the taliban attack and do cities over the weekend in afghanistan is the taliban essentially controlling the narrative in doha from afghanistan i think they're trying to very much but what you must keep in mind is afghanistan was the was deadliest conflict in 2018 and chances are that it will remain the words debt is conflict in 2902 because despite the peace talks or framework agreement talks in doha the fighting hasn't stopped afghanistan is still essentially a cou

and the taliban? well, in his tweets, the president says that he's called the talks off, but secretary of state mike pompeo appeared to indicate that they will continue as long as the taliban honors its agreement to reduce violence. the taliban has also released a statement, accusing the u.s. of being against peace, saying that trump's tweets have lowered the u.s.' credibility, but they stopped short of saying that they will actually step away from the negotiating table. now, there have been many criticisms of this potential deal between the u.s. and the taliban. on the grounds that it concedes too much to the taliban without extracting enough concessions from the group. that the afghan government has not been sufficiently involved in negotiations. that there are no preconditions of a cease-fire or guarantees to protect women's rights, but still, many see this as being the u.s.'s best chance of getting out of its longest war after nearly 2,400 u.s. servicemen have been killed and with no victory in si

hello the taliban is warning that americans will suffer more than anyone else after the u.s. president donald trump called off secret talks to be held near washington the u.s. secretary of state says talks of the taliban are dead for the time being following a suicide bombing in kabul that killed an american soldier and 11 others. it was the case that when the taliban tried to gain negotiating advantage by conducting terror attacks inside of the country president from made the right decision to say that's not going to work we're going to walk away from a deal if others try to use violence to achieve better ends in a negotiation it's not right it's not appropriate killed american and it made no sense for the taliban to be rewarded for that kind of bad behavior while the u.s. special envoy is being recalled sees been negotiating with the taliban in qatar for nearly a year and the armed groups said both sides had reached an agreement they were happy with the afghan government says peace will only be possible if the taliban stop launching attacks and hold direct talks with the go

a very high level of military pressure against the taliban and the taliban have also been fighting back as well so no the death of one u.s. soldier is not a reasonable explanation for why the talks are structured. today the taliban said that washington will regret canceling the talks and it valved to continue its fight against u.s. forces but. the taliban did not say you know categorically there will be no more talks i mean it almost left a little window open there for peace talks do you see that as you know maybe something promising. definitely yeah i think you're right the target are relatively moderate so far in their response the statement that they put out on sunday was pretty much a sort of business as usual kind of a statement that some of the interlocutors that we have on the ground in afghanistan say they're sort of waiting to see what this actually means before reacting too strongly you've seen. a couple of major occasions on the streets of. number one is the anniversary of the death of ahmed shah masood sort of northern resistance leader when his followers come out on the und

and taliban a been going on now in qatar for nearly a year and it was the case that when the taliban tried to gain negotiating advantage by conducting terror attacks inside of the country president from made the right decision to say that's not going to work we're going to walk away from a deal if others try to use violence to achieve better ends in the goetia it's not right it's not appropriate killed american and it made no sense for the taliban to be rewarded for that kind of bad behavior. now earlier secret meeting involving a donald trump and taliban officials in the u.s. was called off hours before was meant to take place the u.s. president saying it was all because of the deadly attack in kabul last week now the taliban is warning the u.s. that that move will lead to further loss of american life trying to eat it late saturday unbeknown to almost everyone the major taliban leaders and separately the president afghanistan we're going to secretly meet with me at camp david on sunday unfortunately in order to build false leverage they admitted to an attack in kabul that killed on

a taliban spokesman sent us their response. a few days ago, the peace agreement was concluded with the us negotiation team, and it was initialled by heads of both negotiation teams. the tweets by president donald trump is astonishing, and i think it harms his reputation. a peace process that may have consequences. . . the afghan government the taliban still refuses to meet welcomed the move. i think it was the right move at the right time, and a genuine reflection of the concerns that not only the afghan people but many in dc raised, of the threats, of the consequences of any deal that could be harmful to all of us. was it this one terrible attack in kabul which provoked president trump's dramatic move, or was it the rising chorus of anger and anxiety in kabul and in washington over peace talks which only seem to bring more war? america's longest war has lasted 18 years, launched to topple the taliban, doing battle as they rebounded with growing strength. all sides are fighting hard now, their casualties mounting. many fear tal

lawmakers who mistrust the taliban and think it's too early to withdraw american forces. and for more on this i'm joined by a pit us man who's been covering the afghan conflict for us since 2001. president trump says he's called off the secret meeting with taliban leaders have we heard from the afghan government yet what's their reaction they pretty much agree to this whole calling off thing because the afghan government was very apprehensive of this emerging framework agreement between the good. i did states and the taliban simply because they were excluded right from the start like in doha we saw 9 rounds of talks exclusively between the americans and the taliban and not too many details did emerge for the f. government elected government you know to basically have their word who are to within these talks and that's what they really want they want an ethic and that an afghan owned peace process and that is what they reiterated today ok now this is quite a turnaround isn't it bearing in mind that. the u.s. of afghanistan and voice said recently that the trumpet ministrat

news a live from berlin and donald trump abruptly canceled peace talks with the taliban and us president says the move is in response to a taliban attack in kabul so is this the end of the peace process that's been looking to wrap up america's long campaign in afghanistan also coming up russia votes in regional and local elections around the country but concerns that the opposition is being shut out are threatening to overshadow the ballot we'll get the latest from moscow and. i have tomorrow. off the little dr ahmed joker takes the golden lion award for best movie at the venice film festival will find out more about the title role for 4 months that has all the critics very excited. i knew cubes mckinnon thanks so much for joining us. it's a potential blow 3 to ending u.s. engagement in afghanistan president donald trump says he's canceled peace talks with taliban leaders at camp david which was supposed to be taking place today at tweets the president said that he had scrapped the secret meeting off of the taliban claimed responsibility for a car bomb in kabul that killed a dozen people

the taliban warns of more american deaths after donald trump cancels afghan peace talks. also this hour a russian journalist who was part of a historic prisoner swap with ukraine speaks to us about his detention in kiev. because it would have to be stupid to deny that it's a political process and it's my release and it ended like that because there was a change of up in the street. and with just hours to go before it suspended the u.k. parliament will get one last chance to agree to a general election that's after a disastrous week for boris johnson and what the pm losing all he brags about. a very warm up come to the program from all of us here at our teacher in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. the afghan president has declared his country is ready to face off against the taliban that's after doll trump pulled the plug on peace talks with the group that had been hoped they would bring america's longest war to an end trump blamed the group's recent attack on kabul and which an american soldier was killed the taliban warns though that scrapping the talks will result

the afghan taliban says the u.s. has more to lose officer donald trump or broccoli counseled secret peace talks in the u.s. . watching al-jazeera life from a headquarters in doha i'm dead navigator also ahead another week of wrecks at showdowns looms france warns the u.k. it might not get another delay even if it asks for one. lined up like tombstones thousands of school backpacks are placed outside the u.n. headquarters to highlight child deaths and conflicts and step inside the museum honoring the german artistic movement that helped. the 20th century. fellow the taleban says the u.s. has the most to lose from donald trump's decision to cancel a secret meeting with the president blamed a series of recent taliban attacks for his shock announcement and the u.s. secretary of state negotiations are dead at least for now reynolds we'll have more from washington shortly but 1st tony brooklier reports from kabul. president trump's early morning tweet canceling the meeting with the taliban surprised many including the afgh

relations with the taliban were rather different as more and explains. after almost 2 decades of war this could have been the big break but no back to war as luck would have it peace in the goo she weren't on the media's mind when they found out they were outraged that trump should dare talk to the enemy that was murderous villains who dare fight against the u.s. occupation. the problem with the council of afghanistan talks was not the timing locale or recent taliban violence it was the reality that the talks were designed to provide a cover for u.s. troop withdrawal rather than peace and would help the taliban while undermining the afghan government never should lead is a terrorist organization that hasn't renounced kind of love and continues an evil be allowed in a great country never full stop for the us to meet with the taliban and not have the leader of afghanistan to make meet with the taliban is something that's doomed to failure the whole thing doesn't quite make sense i mean it's just another example of the president truly treating our foreign p

advantage to the taliban that was more defensive operations because the taliban were launching attacks so we could not do anything to leverage any position of the taliban who were doing this at some point given. the level of violence spiked but we were given that actually by the taliban we were almost in defensive and we pushed back on that time but that was the pushback was not for the negotiation because the negotiation was taking place with the taliban and the us but the taliban and the dup is that the taliban you know look at the level of violence that went up so what else can the taliban today you know are worried about the consequences of this. right now and we are concerned of the future violence to what extent they can go their way would be gone soon to the highest level of violence so they could have done anything that they were to do so if i might can we will be better to the status quo is there let me just. this is that is who is there. my limbs or increase in violence or your contacts and the understanding of the taliban. is absolutely wrong as it is not good let me just em

hello the taliban says the u.s. has the most to lose from donald trump's decision to cancel a secret meeting with the president blamed a series of recent taliban attacks for his shock announcement and the u.s. secretary of state my pompei o says negotiations are dead at least for now rob reynolds will have more from washington shortly but 1st tony berkeley reports from kabul. president trump's early morning tweet canceling the meeting with the taliban surprised many including the afghan government but it has actually welcomed the decision the main goal of our piece is is a ceasefire and indicted negotiation with the taliban so these 2 components are very important. the taliban refuses to talk directly with the afghan government who she regards as illegitimate and corrupt but it did agree to negotiate with the u.s. these forces invaded afghanistan 18 years ago after the 911 attacks on america there have been 9 rounds of talks it's october last year but during that time taliban fighters have carried out numerous attac

we've worked with the taliban to try to get the taliban to commit to reducing violence. they had committed to doing so. to get them to agree to talk to their afgan brothers and sisters, something that multiple administrations have tried to do for, goodness, 15 plus years now. we had that. to get them to make a public commitment to break with al qaeda, that something as far back as the bush administration americans had been trying to get. we got that too. >> brennan: they never agreed to a ceasefire. the violence has been intensifying throughout. >> so back to where we were.Ñi we were working to deliver that set of outcomes so we could make good decisions about american risk. i was a few hours ago out at dover air force base with the dignified transfer of the remains of our sergeant. we have officers taking real risks every night. president trump is committed to reducing that risk so there will be fewer fallen american soldiers, heroes. this is the mission set. we're trying to do that through peace and reconciliation negotiations. i hope we can get back to doing, that bu

our top stories this hour the taliban mourns with more american deaths after donald trump cancels afghan peace talks on u.s. soil. america's special envoy for middle east peace resigns leaving the current israeli palestinian plans in the hands of a less experienced successor we assess what that means for the region. time for the palestinian authority the pauli up and get with the program so that they can achieve the type of independence when when the situation in the middle east is quite simple and it starts by putting the occupation in the historic waste bin. and london mess it slams the world's largest currently being hosted in the city branding it up for. good morning welcome you watching our international where she is content here in moscow. the u.s. president donald trump has pulled the plug on afghan peace talks with the taliban which it was hoped would bring america's longest war to an end he blamed the terrorist groups recent attack on kabul in which an american soldier was killed the taliban warns that scrapping talks will result in more u.s. losses. they admitted to an attack i

but i'll try and confirms that the peace talks with the taliban also lapsed after the militant group came to responsibility for a couple terror attack which left one american soldier dead. and yet another blow to british prime minister boris johnson parliament has rejected his latest move to call for a general election as the u.k.'s pasted on course for exiting the e.u. next month but with the status of a deal in doubts. and a russian journalist he was part of an historic prisoner swap with ukraine's speaks to us about his detention and here. it's stupid to deny that it's a political process and it's like my release and it ended like that because there was a change of roughly the stray should. a warm welcome you're watching r.t. 1 international with me and if you are in our top story this hour u.s. president donald trump has confirmed negotiations with the taliban have been scrapped it had been hoped they would bring america's longest war to an end blames the insurgent groups recent attack in kabul in which an american soldier was killed . they thought that that it killed people in o

but taliban says the u.s. has the most to lose after president donald trump canceled a secret meeting with the group and the united states leaders were supposed to fly to camp david on saturday night the surprise move came after a series of violent attacks in afghanistan and the killing of a u.s. soldier last week tony berkley reports from kabul president trumps early morning tweet cancelling the meeting with the taliban surprised many including the afghan government but it has actually welcomed the decision the main goal of our peace road map is is a ceasefire and a direct negotiation with the taliban. so these 2 components are very important. the taliban refuses to talk directly with the afghan government which it regards as illegitimate and corrupt but it did agree to negotiate with the u.s. these forces invaded afghanistan 18 years ago after the 911 attacks on america there have been 9 rounds of talks it's october last year but during that time taliban fighters have carried out numerous attacks and suicide

to meet with the taliban and not have the leader of afghanistan to make meet with the taliban is something that's doomed to failure the whole thing doesn't quite make sense i mean it's just another example of the president truly treating our foreign policy like it's some kind of game show this isn't a game show these are terrorists listening to them you'd never know that by the late ninety's the taliban which was already hosting asama bin laden were invited to the u.s. is on the guests for business by u.s. energy company talks and laying pipelines talks supported by the government it was very you know they have this shadow we image i guess you call it that i found very straightforward and. i think the clinton administration was really committed to helping you know american business to be successful. we enjoyed. really strong support. for military analyst. to report for the defense intelligence agency pointing out that there were alternatives to the taliban we didn't go down well with her superiors. the state department didn't want to have anything to do with the afghan resistance war even

the headlines this hour the taliban moons of more american deaths doubled from cancer pace talks on u.s. soil we take a look at how the u.s. and gauged with the isn't this minutes and. also to come london's mass city councilors the world's largest arms are being hosted in his city branding it apparent and america's special envoy for middle east peace resigns leaving current israeli palestinian plans in the hands of a less experienced successor we assess what that means for the region. time for the palestinian authority to pony up and get with the program so that they can achieve the type of independence that israel can have the type of rights and security that the jewish people so much deserve in this part of the world so it's a win win win win situation in the middle east is quite simple and it starts by putting the occupation in the historic waste bin. out of that good morning just to talk here in moscow you watching the international now the u.s. president donald trump has pulled the plug on afghan peace talks with the taliban which it was hoped would bring america's longest war to a

the idea of pumping the taliban in through this, one, it's not clear that the taliban would want that as opposed to a force that would be fully synced in with the central state of power, but it's also -- what's really likely to happen is one of two scenarios where you would put those into local forces. they would exacerbate some of the other forces. and in other areas, what you would have would look not a lot like reintegration. i want to pull out just looping towards a conclusion here so john can get a word in. i think the quote i took away from this report was a program done poorly and in adverse conditions may prove worse than nothing at all. until all of these other conditions they mentioned are figured out. the rebuttal you're going to get, is what do you want to do with all of this? i would say, focus on all of the other fighters that are out there creating a lot of violence and instability at a local level and would have to be part of a disarmament and reintegration program. the current security force numbers are about 300,000. it's not sustainable. everybody thinks that you ha