partner seat in afghanistan and they also have more than 8000 troops in afghanistan so for them also they will need a safe passage and a plan to address from afghanistan where they see in the current deal that has not been rightly estimated and it will jump or dies the security of the people who will be dark as well as the security of the afghan security forces and afghan people overall because they will be left at the mercy of taliban and for sure taliban will not i would say hesitate to attack the afghan forces and afghan people in the absence of nato and u.s. forces in afghanistan things are moving extremely fast not just stripped starting to leave the u.n. security council is having this resolution put before him this is a draft that i have obtained. and they're going to lift the sanctions it seems on the taliban again that is reducing the leverage of the afghan government in negotiations and it does raise questions shafiq mention about future human rights and accountability for some awful crimes. i have to go back to do or draw all of the u.k. for says it's direct impact on the

a defenseless people of afghanistan who have paid for this so any justice which people of afghanistan were really well come and i guess there cannot be any peace sustainable peace without justice should come and should be. investigated. for the whole process of what enough under some because i think neither side of the war in afghanistan actually to spectate and even to say the culture for they have brutally destroyed their houses they have killed innocent people and this happened by both sides you've traveled a long journey personally to become a negotiator with the enemy the taliban what is it like negotiating a deal like the doha deal with people like us on voice i'll make up has been the afghan taliban smaller deal it is never easy to be part of a process that you have been a victim of war by the same people who have. taken all the opportunities from you as an afghan woman who have killed people in front of your eyes who have. insulted people of afghanistan especially women of afghanistan it is never easy but at the end of the day i guess somebody has to take that response about a

cities it is it's across afghanistan i travel across afghanistan i have been to the villages i am a village woman everywhere you go probably the demand is different but. every human being and particularly woman no matter where they live there now want to have a life where their daughters could go to school they could benefit the you know the freedom that people in other parts of the world. enjoy that but this term of what then islam. values is a very broad term and we are an islamic country and women of afghanistan never demand that so far an eating beyond islamic values but there is a different interpretation of islamic values as we. have experienced that during taliban there was a different interpretation of islamic values in the parliament i india it is really bases i face some of these. male members of parliament who try to the have their own enter protection of islam within the islamic. call it islamic value so therefore i think we have to really clarify that and that's why the editor afghan dialogue or the enter afghan talks are crucial because you really have to clarify a lot of issu

issues they are also part of afghanistan conflict and they have been in afghanistan for the last 18 years for example our list some countries like france like germany u.k. even need though that they are and have been part of the eakin years of war at least for the 14 years or 13 years and i suffer in afghanistan so i think united it is speaking out because it's not party to that but when it comes to the action implementation and support i would assume that these other member state also because they have stake in havana sons what then they may also not be very much supportive that's why i'm not very optimistic that this will take us to a conclusion here in kabul if we're talking realistically know about the situation with nobody involved in the afghan conflict going back 40 years say ends up in a court at the hague where does that was the signal that sends out to the innocent civilians who lost everything or came very close to losing everything. look the problem in afghanistan is definitely this will satisfy the week terms of the conflict but don't forget that afghanistan is also fragmente

insulted people of afghanistan especially women of afghanistan it is never easy but at the end of the day i guess somebody has to take that a spy. it's about a team and i think it's time for the people of afghanistan in particularly for the woman of have on a son 1st of all to be part of the major decision making they have to demonstrate leadership in this critical time of our history to make sure that women are indeed negotiation table that women rights are respected and that decision is never easy because you don't talk with a bunch of friends you basically talk with people who definitely oppose you or views personally when it comes to me they have actually a time marked me twice in fact so it has been a difficult decision to be part of this in the past this is the chance we have to really use it if we don't use this woman will certainly not be present for the future of the station making we now know that afghan taliban forces attacked afghan security service forces just hours after the deal was signed the afghan taliban have tried to kill you how are you sure that you can be safe w

create a lot of development projects for afghanistan and. were efforts there so women's indicators on the show and what talib. education the fact that girls were not allowed to go to school back then now they are and life expectancy and access to health clinics have all improved in fact afghanistan has been moving forward in a lot of indicators however afghan women have have been starting from a very low point and so and afghanistan is a very difficult country it has a lot of poverty the poverty rate has gone from 36 percent in 2002 to 55 percent now and those include women so women's progress has been made in the past 1819 years great strides have been the afghanistan is still one of the worst places in the world to be a woman it ranks last or next to last on various indicators progress including the georgetown women peace and security educator for example. and this is why i am some people will want to know because today if i understand correctly you advocate for engaging with the taleban why. well the taliban are in afghanistan in one form

we have found her koofi who's a former member of the afghanistan parliament and chairperson of afghanistan's women civil society human rights commission and from washington d.c. we're joined by birth or go persuade me who is a distinguished senior fellow with the research foundation welcome to you all if you are let's start with you if i may you have lived through the time of the taliban when they took over afghanistan in the 1990 s. and when they banished women from public life you face them as a politician in negotiations how hopeful are you at this moment that we're heading towards peace and a peace that's acceptable to all. well we in afghanistan are cautiously optimistic i'm hopeful i'm saying cautiously because the we the people of afghanistan the political community does have a society and people from across walks of life are fed up with the 4 decades of war which afghans have paid the major price for it in the meantime. this is the hope if if this war ends that if peace with dignity and justice prevails in afghanistan i think this is what people of afghanistan expect and desire and d

similarly as regards afghanistan in a moment we're about to speak to the afghanistan vice president of the national assembly was park consulted in the afghanistan talks which was signed in doha i think not only were we consulted the whole peace process could not have been signed without pakistan's active role in encouraging both parties to come to the table pakistan is one off the most active stakeholders and one of the most interested parties because any oil in afghanistan spends over into into pakistan state or tree we have facilitated that agreement and my foreign minister has even gone on to say on record that this agreement could not have been possible without pakistan's assistance minister thank you thank you very much after the break with yet more loss of life after drugs peace accord signing in we ask the vice president of afghanistan its national assembly who negotiated with the taliban what went wrong all the similar going about to him going on the ground. the question. what do you do with global economy that relies on justin time to livery of parts and services mostly from l

-led war in afghanistan. this is special inspector general john sopko testifying before the house foreign affairs committee. >> the problem is, there's a disincentive, really, to tell the truth. when we talk about mendacity, when we talk about lying, it is you about the casualties" or "i can't tell you how good the afghans weapons are" or "this or that." it turns out everything that is bad just lying about a particular program, it is lined by omissions. by saying, "oh, i everything that is bad news has been classified over the last years. amy: this is congress member joe connolly of virginia questioning the special inspector general john sopko in january. just give us some examples of hubris and especially mendacity? >> some of the statements made about the great success on life expectancy. it was statistically impossible to double the life inspected the in the time given. --hink it is a commerce of combination of hubris and mendacity. the next thing you know, we will be walking on water in an aide program. p

troops in afghanistan? when will it begin and can you give us a timeline of the three to five months, is that correct? also, the president said over the weekend he'll be meeting with the taliban soon. do you have any details about how that's going to happen? can you be present? secretary esper: i have no details. the state department will be working on that with regard to your second question, ourtney. we reduced to 8,600 within 135 days, if i recall correctly. that drawdown would begin in the first 10 days. but my instructions to the commander was, let's get moving. let's show our full faith and effort to do that. as you know, i said on many occasions i'm comfortable we can still conduct all the missions we can conduct at 8,600. reporter: it has begun the drawdown? secretary esper: the general had my ok to begin at his pace. certainly within 10 days. the requirement said-- the agreement says within 10 days it should begin. reporter: can you talk about the specific impact of coronavirus on ongoing military

our partners because we need to do to help afghanistan is not up. only peace talks it's about. the fall of men it's about economic empowerment it's about it acacia it's about health care and we have a good record all of this so we are more than happy to help the ones and the care sector an indication sector we have for a certain initiative in certain programs and copper. could help find kids young men and women in afghanistan to empower them to have better future so we are open to this and we have been doing this in different parts of the world so of honest dan is so close to us to our heart i would have been close very close to this issues and we would like to help our. friends and brothers you are the special envoy for conflict resolution and as you've seen in the last few years that you've been associated with the afghan conflict that it is not just of guns themselves there are a lot of external actors which are involved in there as well as including neighboring states india pakistan other. east central asian states as well how are you or are you going to be talking to all o

afghanistan or from outside afghanistan. sitting next to each other. talking about. their country and the future of afghanistan so i think this is this is this is maybe a tactic. 100 percent sure talk automatically we will again it's not about facing each other this is not the direct talks it's not necessarily to facing each other and talking directly to each other and you call this. negotiation maybe shuttle diplomacy could help at least in the meantime to facility talks. with the distance between between the 2 sides again you need to be creative to be. patient with like the parties to be patient and to work together and we are more than happy to help and assist so diplomacy is side of the understand is in a situation where it's struggling to meet its budget pay for its military and it relies heavily on foreign assistance especially from western states who've been invested in of understand for the last 20 years is there a role for part that in that process are you part or are you going to be part of the future phase of a bloody stand where the united states has pled

for peace in afghanistan. the victims of the riots are struggling to rebuild and restart and to find muslims and hindus take to the streets. possible. well. it's good to have you with us less than a week after signing a troop withdrawal deal with the taliban the u.s. has conducted an airstrike against taliban militants in afghanistan the air strike in helmand province was in support of afghan troops being attacked by the taliban that attack one of many get involved across the country by the taliban in just 24 hours the violence on the ground coming just hours after taliban leaders assured us president in a phone call that they wanted a secession of violence a situation meant to enable talks about peace in afghanistan to begin. the taliban celebrating after their historic deal with the us. the agreement in doha was heralded as a major step towards ending afghanistan's 18 new war 2 days later taliban fighters are back on the offensive carrying out dozens of attacks across the country afghan security forces came

the mom soft people of afghanistan. 8 and also we are cautious because there is also. not a strong tight afghanistan islamic republic delegation has to be really inclusive we have to start preparation for. you know kind of making of you know. yes i just wanted to ask you there's a very important point that in the story right now president for truck county says his government has not pledged to release thousands of taliban prisoners even the that's part of the deal that the americans apparently have made with the taliban does it put this deal in jeopardy. oh i get. this these initially was that there was less involvement from islamic republic of france including the government and the political community to be part of this to make sure that this step is agreed upon and then it becomes pretty practical and it becomes you know something that could be a fly. so therefore i think the 1st challenge now is 5 up to 5000 taliban prisoners i take no just because we also have very fair to 5000 taliban you know the ones who actually not should not go back to the battlefield should

hopes of peace in afghanistan as the u.s. and the taliban stein a deal to end america's longest war washington expects to remove all of its troops from the country in the next 14 months after almost 2 decades of conflict and thousands of lives lost. migrants clash with greek police on the country's border with turkey fast and pregnancy would no longer prevent refugees from heading to you . as the french government announces it will push through a controversial pension reform by decree bypassing all the modes that move is prompting a new wave of protests in the country. a very warm welcome you're watching our c international with me anything erin now our top story the u.s. and the taliban have signed a peace deal which is expected to finally bring washington's longest ever war to an end but the agreement is already finding itself on shaky grounds while president trump has even said he won't hesitate to send u.s. troops right back if necessary. bad things happen we'll go back that people will go back and go back so fast it will

war crimes in afghanistan and iraq. clubs wikileaks has published evidence of war crimes, human rights abuse the world over. years in prison in the united states. this is an abuse of process.s. it is a political offense. smy: we will speak with julian' or jennifer robinson. then we speak with jennifer cisneros, a 26-year-old immigration lawyer running to replace congressmember henry cuellar, one of the most conservative democrats in congress. she called him trump's favorite democrat. then we go to iran, the epicenter of the corona outbreak in the middle east where at least nine officials have tested positive f for the disease including g its health m minist. i iould like e to inform youu i have been infected with coronavirus.s. i i had a fever yesteterday. mymyirst test was positive last night t and i havave isolated mymyself. ththey informemed me my f finalt is definitely positive. i'm starting my treatment and my general condition is not that. i had a fever, which, god willing, will decrease. amy: all that and more, c

these people from afghanistan have made it across to greece but that doesn't mean they're safe. in the times we struggle. during our life. over. there. the greek police are resting migrants they find on their side of the border they'll either be sent back or even jailed for entering the country illegally. correspondent dorian jones joins me now from istanbul dorian the greek government has made serious accusations against turkey accusing it of using refugees as pawns to exert diplomatic pressure has there been a response from ankara. well ancora said that any criticism of his decision to stop migrants from leaving the country will is absolute rampant hypocrisy they say turkey has. called of dealing with the refugee crisis saying the country is hosting 4000000 refugees 3 and a half 1000000 from syrian civil war and a half a 1000000 from conflicts from the region and it says despite hosting such a huge number of people the support it's getting from the international community has been very little and it says that he simply cannot host anymore refugees and he says those who want to

has criticised the judgment and so has the government of afghanistan. joining me on the line from kabul now is kate clark use co-director of the afghanistan and the list of network mislike welcome now you look to the issue of rights violations and war crimes in afghanistan for some time and you also published a report after the i.c.c. is a recent judgment the afghan government isn't happy with the judgment but what about the people of afghanistan well when the i.c.c. in the hague consulted people who consider themselves victims that will crimes 98 percent who responded wanted an investigation the appetite for justice here is very very large and remember the court can only look at alleged crimes from 2003 on once when i got some became a member but actually the crimes go back much further back to the late seventy's. and this will be an important symbolic moved i think for everyone whether the court covers. their alleged perpetrator so not but how effective will any possible investigation be you have the us government that has refused to cooperate on the

. >> we have lots of young men and women who served in afghanistan not only our military but intelligence warriors and diplomats who served there. now you have this crazy renegade body sitting in the hague netherlands who wants to come after them for actions that the american people wanted them to undertake. it's wrong, it's deeply troubling and i want everyone to know that the united states under president trump is going to do everything we can to make sure that they never come after any of you. pete: the idea of the international criminal court was rogue regimes, dictators, others massacring people. some people saw that these international bodies can turn and can turn against you. that's precisely what's happened here. they want to prosecute americans who went to afghanistan as war criminals. >> when the president talks about international institutions just wandering off the mandate that they have, the things that they were intended to do i think the whole world is k. see this isn't what the icc was set up for. it was about rogue regimes not institutions like america. when someone gets

in afghanistan u.s. service members have been accused of bombing and attacking healthcare facilities disappearing people and killing civilians according to the latest un report over 100000 civilians have died or been injured in the past decade of fighting in afghanistan however the united states has withdrawn from the international criminal court the top administration withdrew from the court in september of 2018 and it appears that my pompei was doubling down on that this is a truly breathtaking action by an unaccountable political institution masquerading as a legal body the i.c.c. today stumbled into a sorry affirmation of every denunciation made by its harsh critics over the last 3 decades now it's also important to note that last year we saw the pardoning of u.s. service members accused of killing civilians in both iraq and afghanistan by u.s. president donald trump he pardoned them when they face charges for their actions. so as the war in afghanistan seems to be drawing down many are optimistic ab

the war in afghanistan. this war was never against terrorists it was again carol that are not and i repeat not on the payroll of the cia and the us the terrorist group. whose activity they're going against the u.s. . and cia but other than that the u.s. has never had a war with these terrorist groups because they create a. and the terrorist groups have really never had one with the unit i mean going to be. awful all the time but i mean you can see that as you see that and there's only innocent civilians dying every day and they're not part of that. ok you have literally only been in this scenario are people and that should be. but. of course we don't know the numbers of afghan women or men who have died or been displaced or wounded thousands of british soldiers have been. killed or wounded in this conflict the vice president of afghanistan the national assembly if i was a koofi welcome the international criminal court's announcements there will be it will investigate u.k. u.s. war crimes in afghanistan do yo

the war in afghanistan. this war was never against terrorists it was against the terror the that are not and i repeat not on the payroll of the cia and the us the terrorist groups that. activity there going against the u.s. . and cia but other than that the u.s. has never had a war with these terrorist groups because they create it and then. and the terrorist groups have really never had a war with the us i mean the taliban claim to be. to fighting the u.s. forces all the time that and you can see the casualties i mean there are so many innocent civilians dying every day in afghanistan and they are not part of the. u.s. military the only victims in this scenario are to people and especially the women of afghanistan. of course we don't know the numbers of afghan women or men who have died or been displaced or wounded thousands of british soldiers have been . killed or wounded in this conflict the vice president of afghanistan the national assembly if i was a coup feel welcome the international criminal courts

plenty of people in afghanistan means that the us has no interest in staying in afghanistan and simply wants to let the taliban and the afghan government work things out so thatis government work things out so that is why i think it was important for secretary of state mike pompeo that the us remains committed to working with afghanistan and be involved into this dialogue expected to start. the key aspect of this deal is also that all us troops will leave afghanistan in 1a months but only if the taliban uphold its commitments. it is not going to abandon afghanistan and the afg ha n abandon afghanistan and the afghan people, the us. you talk about the taliban needed to uphold its commitment. do you think the taliban will? will we see this troop withdrawal? this isa see this troop withdrawal? this is a big question. in terms of the commitment from the taliban, the us is looking to sever all its ties with all international terror groups. it sets out what the taliban needs to do in terms of not providing shelter or training to terror groups. how do you and monitor, how to impose mechanisms

afghanistan now where just last week the u.s. signed a historic peace deal with taliban forces aimed at ending 19 years of war even though an afghan peace process does sound like it should be a good thing many women in the country like the filmmaker roy yes have that are fearful a return to power of the taliban could endanger the very few gains they've managed to make. roy aside that with her team the filmmaker is considered one of the best in afghanistan she's busy planning a new project with her production company lawyer film. office is already full of international awards. that is worried by the political changes happening in her country how will the peace treaty agreed with the taliban affect her and other women. concerned when i remember how women in our country simply forgotten during the taliban's 5 year grew up to 911 come to the because the defeat of the international community views afghanistan as an open and shut case and abandons us again that will undoubtedly be grave consequences. for years sundance has documented t

troops from afghanistan. secretary esper and general millie address the impact of the coronavirus on the military. >> ok, well, good morning, everyone. as you know, we have a busy week here at the pentagon. d.o.d. will be testifying before 20 hearings before congress in the coming days as we continue to brief the hill on the department's f.y. 2021 budget request. as you know, i was in afghanistan on saturday with president ghani and nato secretary stoltenberg where we announced a joint declaration on bringing peace to afghanistan which reaffirms united states's partnership with the government of afghanistan. this was an important first step toward a political solution to end the war in afghanistan. as i reiterated to our afghan partners, this is a conditions-based agreement. a conditions-based agreement. we're watching the taliban's actions closely to assess whether they are upholding their commitments. i also had the opportunity to address our troops and coalition forces while i was in kabul and speak with m

afghanistan. following a record breaking world cup in france last year women's soccer is massively on the rise funding and crowds are growing in countries like england but others like germany still have room for improvement. women's football is experiencing a boom like never before the world cup in france or recalled $1000000000.00 viewers tune in and crowds averaged almost $22000.00 per match and the momentum hasn't stopped. a friendly match between england and germany in november seoul 77000 fans packing to london's wembley stadium a record for a women's football match. i think it could be in the record attendance and of any women's but we're game never is a massive precedent to set i think now we've had this one really and we've seen other parents and i play that goes down to the league and we see women in the women's game continued to grow. england's women's super league is also leading the way on the domestic scene there are now 12 fully professional clubs and crowd averages have tripled to m

what does this mean for the people of afghanistan? you would assume that a reduction in violence can only be a good thing. certainly the last seven days, the reduction in violence has been met with tremendous excitement and joy in afghanistan. i think people need to be aware that there is not a long—term ceasefire in this deal. the reduction in violence lasted seven days. the government of afghanistan and the taliban are now going to begin their negotiations. part of the agreement between the taliban and the us is that a ceasefire will be an agenda item in those negotiations. my expectation is that there will be quite a bit of violence as the peace process proceeds, if the peace process proceeds. and if in the next few days, the next seven days or the amount of time this reduction in violence amounts to, if that is a success, what happens next? well, the reduction in violence was the last seven days. the reward was the signing in doha today. the next phase is for the intra—afg han negotiations to begin. march 10 was suggested, it

military presence in afghanistan? >> the document that was made public yesterday is the complete agreement. the implementing elements of that will be available for every member of congress to see. know this: i saw what aous amou of respect for her. the american people should know, donald trump is not going to take words a paper. we're going to see if the taliban are prepared to live up to the commitments they made. the bush administration and the obama administration both tried to get the words that were on the paper yesterday, that the taliban would break from al qaeda publicly. we got that. that's important. now time will tell if they live up to that commitment. it is our expectation. they have promised they will do so, and we will be able to see on the ground everything they choose to do. >> brennan: it's a historic agreement. secretary, thank you for coming secretary, thank you for coming on to talk about it. we'll be right back.