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 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

the taliban wants us out. i want to be able to ask you a question with regards to what the afghanistan government wants and how we deal with it. i think it's naive to think that we just leave afghanistan today and everything just works itself out on its own. i believe strongly that the vacuum is not successfully filled at this moment by good people in afghanistan government, not right now. so how do we get to the result that we want? this morning this committee met with ambassador lazad. i thought it was a good meeting. i'm not allowed -- we're not allowed to get into it. it was a classified briefing. i'll just say it was very helpful for that meeting to take place i believe that that should happen again. i believe that we should be spending more time together. it's good for us here on this committee 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, to get other perspectives, and that brings me back to my question. in our time left in an un

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 refused 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 mor

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

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

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

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

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 harmed his reputation. a peace process that may have consequences for the security... the afghan government, the taliban still refused to talk to, 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 washington over peace talks which only seemed to bring more war. america's longest war has lasted 18 yea rs. america's longest war has lasted 18 years. launch to topple the taliban, doing battle as they rebounded with global strength. all sides are f

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

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

and taliban. a peace process that somehow up front guarantees that the outcome will be such that the gains for women, for minorities, for many of the other kinds of gains are preserved. the united states of america has been unable to deliver that kind of peace process. and i see no reason why this week the options and capabilities of the united states to deliver that kind of peace process are any better than they were last week or will get any better in the future. if the afghan government, the afghan political lead, the afghan people want to reject the kind of peace process that the united states is able to launch and try to deliver, that is perfectly within their right toss do so. however, if that is what happens, then i think that means that afghanistan will be left alone to try to find peace on its own terms and i highly doubt that that will result in a peace process of the more desirable variety where the taliban agrees to a ceasefire and negotiations immediately commence with the afghan gove

troops would leave no matter what the taliban does and that perhaps what some taliban hope is true and certainly what many in afghanistan fear is true i really don't think it is true this is that has been fairly clear many times his phrase is nothing is agreed until everything is agreed and the concept is that this deal lays out a conditional drawdown the potential drop down and the timetable on which would happen but there's a huge difference between agreeing on that timetable and actually removing troops and so i would strongly agree with those diplomats who wrote the letter you're referring to that the actual departure of u.s. troops needs to be pinned to milestones in the peace process because what's important is to actually get to a cease fire and political settlement that brings peace to the country without that a drawdown could be a disaster but i really think this deal has been mischaracterized as leaving regardless of what happened. well anyway we do understand was that part of the provisions of the deal are kept secret for the time being because it's not set in stone but howe

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

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

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

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

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

alarm citizen and then with the top stories on al-jazeera the taliban says the u.s. has the most to lose after the cancellation of a secret meeting with the group the surprise move by president donald trump follows weeks of attacks by the taliban in afghanistan the afghan government says a cease fire is essential for progress we expected an outcome that could lead us to a ceasefire that could lead us to a direct negotiation with the afghan government and the taliban so unfortunately so that's that's we didn't see. commentary we saw and we are observed that there could be risks to any process that the afghan government is not the main stakeholder in that and any process that cannot guarantee a cease fire a halt to the violence could be our fall for all of the achievements that we've gained place a fire tear gas that pro-democracy protesters in hong kong as the demonstrations and to their 14th week demonstrators set barricades on fire blocked major roads and vandalized the metro station area thousands marched to the u.s. consulate calling on president trump to help at

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'

a taliban spokesman sent us their response. a few days ago, the peace agreement was concluded with the us negotiation team, and it was initialed by heads of both negotiation teams. that tweet 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 refuse to talk to 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 cores of anger and anxiety, in kabul and in washington, over peace talks which only seemed to bring more war? many fear taliban at the table don't speak for fighters on the ground. until they put down their guns, their commitment to peace won't be clear. lyse doucet, bbc news, kabul. 0ur north american cor

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

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

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

and the taliban had been in negotiations for almost a year the taliban demanded the withdrawal of all foreign troops from afghanistan while america wanted guarantees the group would not assist international terrorism or drop a cord had been reached last week currently the taliban controls more afghan territory than that any point since the u.s. invasion in 2001 when the peace talks were still active the taliban never committed to halting attacks in the country in fact the group stepped up its campaign of terror we got reaction to terms decision to abandon peace talks from people in kabul. part of the hook because one of the soldiers is presumably that general was killed in a suicide attack 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 that. since the peace talks began the suicide bombings and attacks have increased in our people have been killed and they had accepted peace they should have announced a ceasefire and then the talks moved forward. a russian journalist who returned to mosco

i am i afraid i don't trust taliban at all i don't. because right now woman and the situation of women have been improved and especially young generation. afghan youth are fed up with terrorism they want to live like other young people without mistrust and violence moving from that will be afghanistan's most difficult task. to washington now and the u.s. special representative on ukraine has resigned in the midst of an impeachment inquiry against the us president kurt volker stepped down after being named in a whistleblower report of bitter about a phone call between president donald trump and the ukrainian president volcker was named in the report as somebody who tried to quote contain the damage after trump allegedly tried to pressure the ukrainian president into digging for potentially damaging information on a political rival democratic presidential hopeful joe biden congressional investigators are set to interview volcker and 4 other state department officials next week they have also subpoenaed secretary of state mike peo for doc

do you want to see peace between the taliban and america? >> translator: it would be better if this question was put to the spokesperson of the islamic. >> do you feel like the taliban is winning the the war? >> translator: god willing, we have to. we are supported by god. >> he wants to show off his forces for our cameras. his men are gathering just outside the village. it is exceptionally rare and dangerous for dozens of fighters to congregate in one place. i have been coming to afghanistan for more than ten years. i never imagined that i would be reporting from here in the heart of taliban territory, but we're not going to stay long here because gatherings like this can be a major target for air strikes. >> but the demander says america's military mite can't get them from victory. >> translator: we are ready for any sacrifice. we are not scared of being hit. this is our whole path. we continue our jihad. >> most of these men have been fighting u.s. forces since they were old enough to carry a gun. the question now is are they ready to put

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

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 taliban 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 of some of the interlocutors that we have on the ground in afghanistan saying 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 kabul number one is the anniversary of the death of on a child to suit sort of northern resistance leader when his followers come out on

afghanistan. >> in less than two months, the taliban army had been destroyed and the taliban government replaced with transitional leaderseeringlead eager to work with the west. >> at the time the basic policy was not to let the taliban come back. so it was a massive international effort to try to rebuild afghanistan which had been a very poor underdeveloped country before 20-odd years of world. >> they had been through the soviet invasion, civil war and the time of the taliban. it's as if their soul had been ripped out. >> almost inconceivable to americans how shattered this country was. >> people say, oh, it's medieval there and the common phrase was it's not medieval, think flintstones. it was very primitive. >> so the economy was destroyed and poppys increased in volume. they had always been a crop there going back to when my father was there in the 60s. it became an increasingly necessary way for farmers to feed their families. >> translator: we are the poorest people in this area. if we don't cult vaivate poppie we can't feed our family. >> afghanistan had 70% of the land dedicate

the taliban. the super violent radicals who gave shelter to osama bin laden. the same group whose fighters have been b killing u.s. and coalition troops in afghanistan since 2001. invited for a cozy sit down at camp david just days before the 18th anniversary of 9/11. to talk peace. pompeo says he knows full well who he's dealing with. >> we understand who the taliban are. there's no more clear administration. when i was director of the cia, i had young men and women serving in afghanistan taking enormous risks to their lives. we're aiming to get this right. we're aiming to talk with those lead that can deliver. we're going to keep driving towards that outcome. >> let's get to our national security reporter. this is the latest curious turn taken by trump dealing with entities that are openly hostile to the united states. he made jokes about russia meddling in the presidential election. and now, set iting the table, wt has this group done to deserve a camp david meeting? >> secretary pompeo did lay

this is d w news live from berlin donald trump abruptly counsels peace tools with the taliban and the 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 a long campaign in afghanistan also coming up the rush of votes in regional and local elections around the country but concerns that the opposition is being shut out as threatening to overshadow the ballot. pope francis celebrates mouse with hundreds of thousands of believers in madagascar and he has a message of hope for the younger generation and the poverty stricken african nation. among the cubans mckinnon thanks so much for joining us. it's a potential blow to ending u.s. engagement in afghanistan president trump says he's canceled peace talks with taliban leaders at camp david which was supposed to be taking place today in a tweet president trump said that he had scrapped the secret meeting after the taliban claimed responsibility for a deadly attack in kabul the u.s. and the taliban have been missing since last year in the hopes

my understanding is, the taliban need to believe they are ina win—win the taliban need to believe they are in a win—win situation and gain more international trust. and pretend they have changed that in reality, facing the new afghanistan, you have to be cautious about the future. it's good to talk to you. thank you for your time. the headlines on bbc news... amber rudd resigns from the cabinet and the conservative party in another major blow for boris johnson's government. she'll be replaced as work and pensions secretary by therese coffey, mp for suffolk coastal. business secretary, andrea leadsom, says the conservatives will break with precedent and field a candidate against the commons speaker, john bercow, at the next election. those are the latest headlines, let's ta ke those are the latest headlines, let's take a look at the sport now. history was made at the us open but not how people expected. serena williams failed in her bid for a record 24th grand slam title, losing in the final to bianca andreescu, the first canadian to win a grand slam. it's been 20 years since serena w

and the taliban had been in negotiations for almost a year the taliban had demanded the withdrawal of all foreign troops from afghanistan america wanted guarantees the group would not assist international terrorism and drive accord had been reached last week according to the u.s. secretary of state though the fighting is only escalating. how the commander resolute support and the nato forces there are still at this hard and we killed over a 1000 taliban just in the last 10 days and while this isn't a war of attrition the american people should know we will continue to apply the appropriate pressure to make sure that we're never struck with terror again from afghanistan are the from it's true that he's someone who campaigned on an anti war on antiwar slogans but at the same time a trump tries to always try himself as being a strong man not being a weakling and i think that the statements made by point one into indeed are in that direction part of the efforts being made by the trump administration to show that it's not treading softly when it comes to the war on terror. so i do expect t

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

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