and taliban representatives but hours before those talks began in doha taliban fighters launched one of their most daring attacks in recent months a gun and bomb raid on an afghan intelligence and military base southwest of kabul that killed dozens of security personnel many are now looking to see if the timing of the attack coming on the eve of those talks could have an impact on negotiations there have been several efforts to bring the taliban to the negotiating table but the armed group has repeatedly refused to hold direct talks with the afghan government and stead its insistent on the go shaded with the u.s. with the primary goal of forcing foreign troops out of the country at the request of the u.s. the taliban opened an office in doha in two thousand and thirteen to facilitate talks the u.s. has shifted its policy last year and said it was ready to hold direct talks with the taliban and discussed the role of international forces around the talks took place in the u.a.e. last month before officially resuming in qatar this week. let's bring in our guests now in kabul omar zakhil

those taliban who for a year or. simply were not prepared even to mention ideas such as peace ceasefire 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 the taliban both of their you know their fighters and they and the leadership it is completely true as my colleague graeme from kabul said. they the afghan security forces and the u.s. have escalated over the past two months and have been inflicting significant casualties on the taliban but is absolutely true i see no evidence from the decision making on the ideas of the leadership that they have factored that into their calculations and their stance on negotiation they know they're pretty ruthless men and as far a

and the taliban. son was very right to point point out that indy's talks and people who are not represented we have to remember that the current round of talks is between the americans and they're both trying to get something for not full of coniston the taliban continue to refuse to talk to the afghan government which will represent afghanistan and scope people in these talks so whatever comes from these talks which is still in their first phases whatever comes of it will be a deal between the united states and taliban the taliban will have to assure the united says that their soil will be going somewhere not used to be not used against americans but guarin rise and mechanisms for this do not exist or does not read and see what the final agreement eventually looks like if i can just ask your at the end as you're thirty two years of age and you've already alluded to others most of your life you have seen of goddess on a wall what does of god is the need for peace very briefly possible. i think. it's r

and taliban representatives but hours before those talks began in doha taliban fighters launched one of their most daring attacks in recent months a gun and bomb raid on an afghan intelligence and military base southwest of kabul that killed dozens of security personnel many are now looking to see if the timing of the attack coming on the eve of those talks could have an impact on negotiations there and several efforts to bring the taliban to the negotiating table but the armed group has repeatedly refused to hold direct talks with the afghan government and stead its insistent on the go shaded with the u.s. with the primary goal of force. foreign troops out of the country at the request of the us the taliban opened an office in doha in two thousand and thirteen to facilitate talks the us has shifted its policy last year and said it was ready to hold direct talks with the taliban and discussed the role of international forces around the talks took place in the u.a.e. last month before officially resuming in qatar this week. let's bring in our guests now in kabul omar zakhilwal his a f

and taliban representatives but hours before those talks began in doha the taliban fighters launched one of their most daring attacks in recent months a gun and bomb raid on an afghan intelligence and military base southwest of kabul that killed dozens of security personnel many are now looking to see if the timing of the attack coming on the eve of those talks could have an impact on negotiations there have been several efforts to bring the taliban to the negotiating table but the armed group has repeatedly refused to hold direct talks with the afghan government and stat its insistent on the go shaded with the u.s. with the primary goal of forcing foreign troops out of the country at the request of the us the taliban opened an office in doha in two thousand and thirteen to facilitate talks the us has shifted its policy last year and said it was ready to hold direct talks with the taliban and discussed the role of international forces around the talks took place in the u.a.e. last month before officially resuming in qatar this week. let's bring in our guests now in kabul omar zakhilw

led coalition removed the taliban from power after the nine eleven attacks in the us the taliban has fought foreign troops and the u.s. backed government forces sends some analysts saying the taliban controls as much as forty percent of afghan territory the u.s. many. estimates there are almost forty thousand active taliban fighters today mushtaq rahim 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 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

the taliban has fought for insurance and the u.s. backed government forces since some analysts saying the taliban controls as much as forty percent of the afghan territory the u.s. military estimates there almost forty thousand active taliban fighters today mushtaq regime in kabul michael said just a moment ago that the taliban are happy to be talking to the u.s. to right now but i'm curious how does the afghan government feel about that as a government in kabul comfortable with the current level of u.s. involvement in this process there are reports that they have been concerned about perhaps being sidelined the afghan government has not been happy as far as the taliban stance is concerned that they're not prepared to talk to the oven government but let me remind you something that there has been fluctuation in the circumstances and context here in afghanistan over the past three months and. it has been pretty clear in his latest reserve to kabul that he will only.

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. and when i. know 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 the study and rights to be upheld. cows have shifts other many miss cusser start i'm seventeen and i'm on afghanistan national youth team the one that was the stuff. and women have achieved so much in sports and i'm optimistic and i hope the taliban will accept these achievements. to. my name is sultan. i'm eighteen years old and i'm an afghan model. it off of here 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 and fighting atrocities and that vision of war. joining me for more from kabul is a. researcher with the organization of promise

who are not taliban who do not wish to live under the taliban rule but it was so there has to be a cause for taliban as well they have to give up. on fighting to reach their end goal if that is power they have to give up on a control complete control of power they have to give up on overthrowing the government one of our games and what about what about running man what about the sticking point this demanded there that their prisoners be released is that something even realistic that would be considered and what are those you know those are those are absolutely absolutely legitimate. talking items. and there is not a position either again from the u.s. envoy for peace or from the afghan government to the willing to discuss that in fact there are items that are way more important. now with the us is open to discuss such as the status of its forces in afghanistan. and lastly. the recent talks in doha indicate. that discussion of such important items has begun and i would call it a breakthrough and in that respect or not agree that. it is as recent statements was there bigger deal i mean he

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 and they were dependent on drugs and and aid from foreign terrorist groups now as far as a pac sun is concerned the the taliban leadership is living in pakistan most of it there are a few of the commanders leaders who are in iran but most of them are living in pakistan so. obv

welcome to the program taliban sources have told al jazeera that u.s. negotiators have finalized the details of a draft agreement to end the seventeen year long afghan war talks have been ongoing in qatar between taliban and american representatives for almost a week but with me is how has covered the conflict extensively for al-jazeera and these are very encouraging sounds coming out of this joint meeting being held here in doha indeed and it seems that the taliban made some significant concessions for the talks to move forward particular when it comes to the timeline for the pullout of the foreign troops down there talking about eighteen months before the taliban was saying that there would be no political settlement no talks alas the as long as the foreign troops stay in afghanistan now they are trying also to finalize the terms of a ceasefire to be announced soon but this i think has to take into consideration a decision also by the afghan government at a commitment from the taliban that the country won't be used in the future by groups like isis or

the taliban and the shura council of the taliban these are. the key players within the taliban movement and if they come up with an agreement about how to move forward that would definitely give more momentum to the to the peace process in afghanistan and it's not just the taliban that can benefit from this also stakeholders and regional neighbors have a vested interest to see a positive moves forward in terms of this is specially countries like pakistan indeed they are the key regional player as far as the area is concerned particularly the afghan the afghan issue of america has been accusing the pakistani government of providing safe havens for the taliban and this explains why the relations between the us and the pakistan have strained over the last few months and the trump himself the pentagon have been in the passing of the pakistani government continues to provide significant assistance to the haqqani network for example to the leadership of the taliban and to the taliban fighters and i think the draft agreement itself has to go through

it's one of the worst attacks by the taliban says the group was pushed from power by u.s. forces in late two thousand and one a suicide bomber drove a truck packed with explosives into a military compound what followed was carnage officials and witnesses say several dozens of people have been killed the result of it was a very dangerous incident and the sound of the explosion was very loud the windows of our house and other houses close to the area were broken and the wounded ones were taken to different hospitals here and week out. the facility is a brand by an elite intelligence unit in charge of training tribesman to fight the taliban. the attack is another indication of the armed groups growing influence last year taliban 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

negotiator and the taliban's political commission we have not seen a meeting between the the taliban the afghan government although the u.s. clearly does demand they say we want to see the taliban meet with the afghan government negotiate with them because the u.s. is not competent to agree any future arrangements for government for government in afghanistan without which there cannot be a peace the taliban are holding out against the opposition the taliban are still refusing to talk with the afghan government they say we don't recognize them they say we are the rightful government of afghanistan we were toppled on lawfully by the the u.s. in two thousand and one they are trying to restrict the agenda to about how and when the u.s. troops will leave whereas the u.s. of course is trying to get the agenda round to a discussion amongst afghans about peace in their country. excuse me michael is there any reason for you with your experience and knowledge to believe that these talks are going to be any different i pointed out at the start of this that there has been seventeen years of war

defeat the taliban, there will be no daesh, defeat the taliban, there will be no al-qaeda, defeat the taliban, there will be no infrastructure left for manifestation of terror in any form in the future. let me put to you what fawad chaudhry, pakistan's information minister, tweeted last month, in response to your comments — some of your comments criticising pakistan and also suggesting that pakistan was talking up the is threat in its own interest. he said "trivialising the threat of is is to live in cuckoo land. the new afghan interior minister," — which was then you, although you only in the job for seven days because you resigned to fight this vice presidentialjob — "he needs a reality check. decide if you want pakistan as a partner or as a scapegoat for your own government's failures, mr minister. time to get real and give up phantom thoughts from a paranoid mind." are you being paranoid? well, not necessarily. even if i am paranoid, perhaps as an individual, but they are paranoid as a state, and his tweet is very indicative of the paranoia within the state system. when an a

taliban leaders canceled a meeting with the u.s. officials only a few hours after telling the media they were willing to hold face to face talks in qatar in the coming days and the reason is differences over inviting the afghan government delegation to join the talks a few days ago the taliban rejected an offer to meet afghan government representatives in saudi arabia preferring instead to hold talks with the u.s. special envoy zalmay khalilzad the united state. some cards taliban also try to play chess board in politics they don't want to open up all they want to give in take a lot. of the afghan government says it's ready to me the taliban any time anywhere but for the talks to succeed in afghanistan needs help from neighboring pakistan the u.s. has repeatedly accused islamabad of providing safe haven for taliban leaders accusations dismissed by the pakistani government being the immediate neighborhood on a star is interested in any development in afghanistan leads to peace and stability of the region gotten the efforts underway t

he's not entirely trusted by the taliban leadership at the moment, he's respected by the taliban foot soldiers. but as we understand, it's not been put to the taliban field commanders, so if this is going to progress at all, it's got to have buy-in by the field commanders. i'm told the taliban acommander are holding up the whole process. >> we've tried this before. there's been some progress, some setbacks. >> we have, yes. >> in your view, what makes this potentially different? >> i think nick hit one big thing, that the taliban is not a monolithic organization. not everyone sings from the same song sheet and there is a lot of distrust. there are going to be spoilers, even at the foot level. number two, the afghan government eventually has to be brought into this process. they are the democratic leadership in that country and they have to be a part of this. number three, the devil is in the details. yes, a cease fire is the next obvious step, but what does that mean? for how long? in what areas? what would be the limits? what would be the requirements for any u.s. withdrawal? over wh

talks in qatar between taliban officials and the u.s. special envoy to afghanistan is on my head are to continuing to assert day the discussions began on monday hours after one of the worst taliban attacks in seventeen years of the war in afghanistan at least sixty five afghan intelligence and security personnel were killed and one u.s. military service member the suicide bomb and gun attack happened near my down shot of the capital of water that province. has before. it's one of the worst attacks by the taliban says the armed group was pushed from power by u.s. forces in late two thousand and one a suicide bomber drove a truck packed with explosives into a military compound what followed was carnage officials and witnesses say several dozens of people have been killed and this happened it was a very dangerous incident and the sound of the explosion was very loud the windows of our house and other houses close to the area were broken and the wounded ones were taken to different hospitals here and leak out of. the facility is a brand by a

who are not taliban who do not wish to live under the taliban rule but it was so there has to be a cause for taliban as well they have to give up. on fighting to reach their end goal if that is power they have to give up on a control complete control of power they have to give up on overthrowing the government one of our games and what about what about running man what about the sticking point is demanded there that their prisoners be released is is that something even realistic that would be considered and what are those you know those are those are absolutely absolutely legitimate. talking items. and there is not a position either again from the u.s. envoy for peace or from the afghan government to the willing to discuss that in fact there are items that are way more important. now with the u.s. is open to discuss such as the status of its forces in afghanistan. and lastly. the recent talks in doha indicate. that discussion of such important items has begun and i would call it a breakthrough and in that respect are not agreed that. the recent statements was that bigger deal i mean he i

saying taliban leaders met u.s. diplomats in qatar where the group has a political office talks between both sides of gay men to him over the last six months the u.s. appointed special envoys on the hollywood sad to lead negotiations in september the taliban insist the u.s. must leave afghanistan seventeen years after they invaded the country and response to the september eleventh attacks a sticking point in the goshi ations is inclusion of the afghan government in the peace process the taliban regard it as illegitimate and say only negotiate directly with washington or david seventies a former deputy u.s. assistant sect of defense for afghanistan and pakistan is not surprised by the increase in taliban attacks. in the run up to peace talks whether it's in the afghan conflict or other it's common for one side or another usually the side that is weaker to mount amount greater off military operations to try and strengthen its hand for the negotiations and this appears to be one one other at reason for this kind of att

end the war in afghanistan seventeen years of fighting makes the conflict america's longest war now taliban and new u.s. negotiators say they're seen progress off to peace talks in qatar but some sticking points remain. also coming up venezuela's top military and boy to the u.s. defectors from the government of president nicolas maduro pressure is mounting on their off to his rivals one way to go winds increasing international recognition as the nation's unofficial leader. and on holocaust memorial day we meet a jewish french woman who risked everything to spy on the not scenes planning a sleeping pill suicide if arrested. we don't think that a kid. that. to parents who talked. to. his became and thanks so much for joining me. negotiations to end america's longest war may have made significant progress the u.s. special envoy will brief the afghan government in kabul today about his peace talks with taliban rebels amid reports of positive steps being made towards a deal zalmay khalilzad held six days of talks with taliban representatives in the qatari capital doha key sticking points on the

talks between the taliban and u.s. special envoy. will continue into a fed day in qatar they are happening as details emerge about one of the west attacks against the n.d.s. afghanistan's intelligence service in the seventeen year war the taliban attacked a training base in modern shah and water province on monday the n.d.s. says thirty six people died and fifty eight were wounded in the attack. it's one of the worst attacks by the time to seize the group was pushed. by u.s. forces. one. drove a truck with explosives into a ministry called pound what followed was called the church officials witnesses say several dozens of people helping killed the missile. it was a really dangerous you see in this explosion was really low. windows of our house and other houses close to the area were broken and the wounded ones were taken to different hospitals here and leak out of. the facility is a brand by an elite intelligence unit in charge of training tribesman to fight the taliban. the attack is another indication of the armed groups growing in

united states in the african government is doing to the taliban so the taliban i think coming out of that hibernation period they're trying to carry on the same policy where do going to inflict damage to the african government and its international counterparts on the other side carry on with the peace process to have further gains in leverage for them on the negotiating table i think this is the overall policy. the so i guess if they're doing this to try to get leverage themselves though what impact is this having in afghanistan itself tell us a little bit about the military compound that they targeted. so this is from what we had this is a compound that belongs to the intelligence agency not demean the street of defense it's a very high profile target good and terms of the guerrilla warfare in terms of from the perspective of the taliban we have nominations for the presidential elections that are going to happen in july two thousand and nineteen president he has registered for reelection and his point was very clear yesterday urging the taliban to coming join the african peace proc

to reenergize the european project at a time of crisis but doesn't go far enough also coming up the taliban launches one of its deadliest attacks in months insurgents detonate a car bomb at a military base in central afghanistan killing scores of socialist. hello and welcome i'm a touchy germany and france have signed a new treaty aimed a deepening cooperation between the two nations chancellor angela merkel and french president to monitor mccraw at their names to the pact at a ceremony in the western german city of and under the agreement the two countries will step up operation in a number of key areas including security and foreign policy magazine and such an accord was vital specially at a time when populists were gaining strength in europe. both leaders also said they hoped the pact for dream to greet the e.u. at a time of crisis between b. we live in very special times so that for the first time a country is actually leaving the european union the united kingdom well it multilateralism is on the pressure be it in climate issues be. trade to beat in the acceptance of international inst

forces in late two thousand and one discussions between taliban leaders and u.s. diplomats started last summer in an effort to end the seventeen year long war and establish a unity government the u.s. envoy recently toured the region seeking help from allies including pakistan the u.s. has repeatedly accused islamabad of providing safe haven to the taliban leaders accusations dismissed by the pakistani government so this is a major major change for the power back on and one that bodes very well for peace mullah baradar has been on the side of peace for over a decade and this is a sign that there is great hope that he things could go wrong but there has been no such hope for peace in afghanistan for the last twenty years almost. 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 degree on a unity government big gaited be al jazeera let's speak to michael semple he's a visiting professor at queen's university belfast and an a

a 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

now the taliban taliban sources in fact have told al jazeera bed they and u.s. negotiators have finalized details of a draft agreement to end the seventeen year long afghan war talks have been ongoing in qatar between taliban and american representatives the u.s. envoy. is heading to kabul to brief the afghan president following six days of talks in doha let's bring in house or head about he's covered the afghan conflict extensively for al-jazeera to break down this draft agreement tashan men and one point in the agreement calls for the withdrawal of foreign forces from afghanistan in eighteen months this in particular had always been a sticking point for the taliban indeed a major concession away the taliban because in the past they were saying that there would be no talks. until fall into a spoiler for afghanistan now they're saying that they're willing to because of that and give them a timeline of eighteen months now it means to be seen whether the leadership within the taliban itself is willing to move ahead with this particular notion of a team bus but thi

been meeting taliban representatives for the past four days and. hubby water back is 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

i'm sam is a dime this is al jazeera live from dollhouse so coming up the afghan taliban appoints one of its founders to join the goshi ations with the u.s. talks to end the conflict gain momentum. un specialist on exit q sions is headed to turkey to launch an investigation into the murder of saudi journalist jamal. plus i think it's very insensitive a lot of the things that are saying federal workers in the u.s. struggle to feed their families as rival politicians fail to resolve our funding crisis. now venezuela's self-proclaimed leader who says he would consider granting amnesty to present nicolas maduro and his allies if they helped restore democracy the united states canada and several latin american countries have indoor school as the interim president backed by the military has hit back and accuse the u.s. of trying to stage a coup washington has asked us citizens and some of its diplomats to leave on its way to for security reasons other than that i'm p.f.c. reports from kuta on venezuela's border with colombia. one after the other venezuela. regional military commanders took

had to have control over the of on taliban the taliban also issuing a statement saying that any air dam to outmaneuver they would be unacceptable and that the us was now being conditionalities which were unacceptable to the avalon taleban according to diplomats are still sticking to their guns saying that they will not fall to the puppet regime in kabul and war nothing short of a foreign drawing from of one is done therefore there is a complicated issue at hand and it is going to be difficult to see how the of one taliban will come to the negotiating table of the united states of insincerity. conason adjunct scholar of defense and foreign policy at the cato institute she says pakistan will be able to bring the taliban back to the negotiating table. i think with pakistan plays a vital role in actually moving these talks forward and it is very telling that the special envoy. used to go to some of us and the response back side has been sort of cracking down on taliban safe havens and safe houses in going after certain leaders so i think what can be done to move these talks along there

taliban sources say they've reached a draft agreement with the u.s. negotiators to end the seventeen year long war in afghanistan after six days of talks in cata the u.s. envoy is now heading to afghanistan for consultations with the government but he says there are number of issues left to work out and that nothing is agreed until everything is agreed to show her by reports. an apparent breakthrough in negotiations taliban sources say their leaders are paving the way for around fourteen thousand american troops in afghanistan to leave within eighteen months it return groups. and i still will not be allowed to use of got it as a base to target u.s. forces that will only actually be implemented if the other items are also agreed and which are for the taliban much more difficult including direct negotiations with the afghan government reaching agreement with the afghan government on moving into some kind of interim or transitional ministration but after repeated and failed attempts to the seventeen year old afghan war the peace process has a long way to

and comes as the taliban is actually taking pot and u.s. back to peace talks in qatar so what message is being said here. i think we're told on are being very obvious with their message they're saying that ok we have agreed to restart negotiations with you because for a while you know the did stop them with the negotiations with the u.s. what they're saying is basically we're going to negotiate with you but we're not going to give up our fight we're going to keep fighting and really keep trying to win this war it's a way of saying we're not you know our morale hasn't decreased we don't feel like we've already lost this war. so that sort of the move that they're playing at this point. the taliban now house control of about half of the country why is the government being so unable to stop. so that comes from reports from the special rest again investigator general for reconstruction that figure and that includes control and influence so it's not necessarily one hundred percent control of the area and there are several issues with this seem so

clovis is al-jazeera life my headquarters in doha i'm fully back to bore also ahead the afghan taliban appoints one of its founders to join negotiations with the us plus we speak to zimbabwe and children who say they have been beaten in custody during the recent crackdown on demonstrations and from the streets of paris to southern iraq yellow becomes the color of protest in basra. venezuela's president has hit back at his opponents at home and abroad with backing from the military and world powers like russia and china but the u.s. and its latin american allies are demanding that nicolas maduro be replaced by opposition leader one declared himself interim president a trump administration is also calling a special session of the u.n. security council to discuss the crisis and you've got to go tell us more about that in just a moment but first. reports from kolkata on venezuela's border with colombia. one of to be other venezuelan regional military commanders took to the airwaves to declare loyalty to president nicolas maduro saying that your position efforts to replace him with the tran

abdul ghani baradar was the former right hand man of taliban found. he spent eight years in a pakistani prison before he was released last october analysts say his appointment as political leader of the taliban's of his thing cattle shows the armed groups commitment to the afghan peace process 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 and a strong supporter of the peace process the taliban was pushed from power by u.s. forces in late two thousand and one discussions between taliban leaders and u.s. diplomats started last summer in an effort to end the seventeen year long war and establish a unity government the u.s. envoy recently toured the region seeking help from allies including pakistan the u.s. has repeatedly accused islamabad of providing safe haven to the taliban leaders accusations dismissed by the pakistani government so this is a major major change for the polygon and one that bo

so the taliban i think do come. out of that hibernation preview they are 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 beating senior taliban members here the two a way to find and to the war in afghanistan and establish a unity government the u.s. ovoid recently tore the region seeking help from our allies including pakistan and in many ways the role of pakistan is key the u.s. negotiator ambassador zalmay khalilzad was just in pakistan for several days before he went to doha and the pakistani prime minister imran khan is visiting doha as well it's not clear exactly what role pakistan is playing but they may be playing a newly positive role but peace won't be easy the taliban does not recognize the government in kabul and insists peace talks will only start when foreign troops leave afghanistan or. when bangl

talks between the taliban and u.s. special envoy zalmay khalilzad will continue into a third day happening is details emerge about one of the worst attacks against the n.d.s. afghans intelligence service in the seventeen year war the taliban attacked a training base in miten shah in wardak province on monday india says thirty six people died and fifty eight wounded in the attack. as more. it's one of the worst attacks by the taliban says the group was pushed from power by u.s. forces in late two thousand and one a suicide bomber drove a truck packed with explosives into a military compound what followed was carnage officials and witnesses say several dozens of people have been killed. it was a very dangerous incident and the sound of the explosion was very loud the windows of our house and other houses close to the area were broken and the wounded ones were taken to different hospitals here and leak out of. the facility is a brand by an elite intelligence unit in charge of training tribesman to fight the taliban. the a

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 now what we're seeing after engagement of so many countries there have been efforts being made to put pressure on taliban to agree to additional age and up points and tha

european union as a time of crisis but is there any substance amidst the symbolism also on the program the taliban launches one of its deadly attacks in months that's making the car bomb as a military base in central afghanistan and killing dozens from the country's intelligence agency. i'm still go welcome to the program germany and france have signed a new treaty and deepening bilateral cooperation german chancellor i'm going to mcaloon french president. for their names to the pact at a ceremony in the western german city of aachen through leaders committed to increasing cooperation in key areas including security and foreign policy chancellor merkel said the agreement was especially important at a time when populists are gaining strength in europe and both leaders said they hoped it would read in figuring the e.u. at a time of crisis. we live in very special times so for the first time a country is actually leaving the european union the united kingdom well why it matter less one has and is under pressure be it in climate issues trade to be it in the acceptance of international institutions all

so i'll make that as meeting pakistani leaders to try to bring the taliban back to the table taliban leaders canceled a meeting with him accusing me us of deflecting from the issue of withdrawing forces from afghanistan and also rejecting the involvement of the afghan government in the dialogue that's joined from. of us what was on the agenda of the u.s. and u.s. envoys visit. where the. main focus will be how to get that dollar bond back to the talks. expected in islamabad this trip guard force formed several times and up against on the government on the other hand trying to run taliban to hold talks with the us on war however we are door that at this moment the issuance of our statement from the minute of honest on where this decide how and where and destroys their sort of right so it is going to be important to see where the pakistan will be able to go and reins of one taliban to come to the dogs or another us. could in islamabad she's likely to join. in the talks with the bug astonied civilian and military leadership i did not yet clear whether the taliban will accept or sit in t

it's the latest in what has become near daily assaults by the taliban who have been stepping up their attacks on government facilities in recent months under 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 death toll so as to avoid further worsening morale among afghanistan's already shattered security forces. earlier i spoke with all the latif he's a journalist in kabul about the attack he told me that despite a severity this attack is on likely to derail the u.s. initiative peace talks with the taliban the one thing is this peace process 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 that point the other thing we have to remember is that this is not unfortunately uncommon in this war we have

taliban all over the whole place in abu dhabi and. now the u.s. special representative for peace and reconciliation four of one is done ambassador . was due to come to islamabad for dogs with the bugs on the government on how to bring the of one taliban to the negotiating table august on saying that it had little control over the of. the of one taliban also issuing a statement saying that any air dam to outmaneuver they would be unacceptable and that the us would now being conditionalities which were unacceptable to the avalon taliban according to diplomats are still sticking to their guns saying that they were not told to the puppet regime in kabul and warn nothing short of a foreign drawing from of honest on their four day gaited issue at hand and it is going to be difficult to see how the of one taliban will come to the negotiating table of the united states of insincerity. khan is an adjunct start scholar of defense and foreign policy at the cato institute she joins us by skype from virginia so what can be done to try to get these talks actual

dozens are killed in a taliban attack in afghanistan as the u.s. begins another round of direct negotiations with the group. to resume a present another version of her breaks at planned but it's not terribly different from an already rejected proposal. plus open for business one of the oldest streets in baghdad gets a new lease of life. u.s. troops based in syria have become the target of ice will fight as for the second time in less than a week a bomber rammed his car into a checkpoint in syria's kaddish controlled northeast just as a joint convoy of u.s. and kurdish forces passed by at least five people were killed no u.s. troops were among the casualties the incident comes just weeks after the u.s. president announced a pullout of troops from syria from monday's incident happened in his sock a province where residents say there's been a surge in attacks on checkpoints in recent months kurdish fighters there are still battling to clear eisler from their last footholds in the region osama bin. on the turkey syria border this is the second attack i

the taliban calls off told with the u.s. prompting afghan and pakistani officials to consider the next move. north korean leader kim jong un wraps up a visit to china a day ahead of schedule. so sudan's president omar al bashir is addressing a pro-government rally in the capital khartoum trying to counter mass protests against his rule and the demonstrations has spread across sudan since mid december and began over the rising cost of food and fuel and government corruption payments meanwhile are organizing what they say will be another massive push for to resign let's bring now to the moment he joins us live from called team and pro-government rally ongoing right now and the president keen to demonstrate the support that he has. yes nick he did speak to protesters a few minutes ago and he basically sang the armed forces for standing by his side and he said that sudan has been quite well off and that if people continue to protest then there would be destabilizing sudan his words and say he said it was going to be like revolut