i the us has made a mistake by the taliban?— the taliban? i think the massive _ the taliban? i think the massive concessions i the taliban? i think the i massive concessions given the taliban? i think the - massive concessions given to them was a mistake. the us delegation came to us, they swore to every holy scripture that if you release these 5000 people, based on these assurances, they will be no violence, but the taliban in order to protect their prestige with their fighters, they will not announce it force up we told them at the highest level that this is our intelligence, if we do this, violence will spike. violence spiked. why did we give that concession? in return for absolutely nothing. so again, what is it that you would like to because there is a new us administration that is coming in later this month. what would you like to say to them? ~ ., what would you like to say to them? ~ . ,, ., them? we want the us to define their interests. _ them? we want the us to define their interests. we _ them? we want the us to define their interests. we will - their interests. w

if taliban went through elections, and if the afghan people prefer some taliban leader than myself, i will respect that decision. but i will not sacrifice that right of the afghan people in the negotiations. why has afghanistan struggled so hard to find peace? well, it's our location. of all the things, it's our location. it's a... it's a very good location, but it's also a frontier of big powers. and we are never left by ourselves. we are never left alone. hello. heavy rain and flooding in the forecast for the week ahead. later, even the chance of snow too. sunshine turning hazy after what has been a steady start. a lot of thin high car, but we have some wet weather this evening across scotland and northern ireland, in particular turning more showery, and we will see some of the cloud and showers pushing into england and wales. a bit of a breeze overnight, should not get too cold, for many places, temperatures above freezing. just the risk of a few icy patches across eastern areas. tomorrow, we're left with this area of rain across southern scotland. to the north of it, sunshine and

if taliban went to elections and if the afghan people prefer some taliban leader than myself, i will respect that decision. but i will not sacrifice that right of the afghan people in the negotiations. why has afghanistan struggled so hard to find peace? well, it's our location. of all the things, it's our location. it's a very good location. but it's also a frontier of big powers. and we are never left by ourselves. we are never left alone. hello there. a lot of the snow we had earlier this morning across some eastern parts of england has melted. and overnight tonight, we are looking to the north—west to see some showers coming in. those showers continuing to get blown across northern ireland into parts of england and wales for a time overnight, with clear skies returning later in the night. it will be chilly tonight. we are going to find those temperatures close to freezing, and it brings the risk of some icy patches, especially where we had wiltshire, for one. 0ut towards the east, where we had most of the snow falling earlier in east anglia, it has been colder. but above freezi

the killings have mostly gone unclaimed but authorities blame the taliban a group which the government does a gauged in peace talks with indoor this at a time the united states has greatly reduced its troop numbers leaving open the question of security in the country already bearing the brunt of 2 decades of war. with relatives and neighbors mourn the dead the 2 supreme court judges were on their way to work when they were killed their women were among some 200 female judges on the court according to authorities kabul has seen a spate of attacks reasonably targeting high profile figures spreading fear decided to show that yeah i was told that madam judge was martyred when i arrived here i saw blood stains on the ground what can i say where should we go to live a peaceful life. gunmen riding a motorcycle shop the 2 women in an ambush on their car the driver of the court vehicle was injured afghan president ashraf ghani blamed the attack on the taliban and called on the insurgent group to accept the permanent ceasefire with the afghan army the taliban say they were not responsible for th

the taliban gained ground. they had political objectives that didn't like drugs when they started they really were very upset with all those corrupted watch in afghanistan and they read them like she wanted to bring law and order it was not the kind of law and order we lived with that was their perception show part of that was to stop opium opium us advice is how it's not clean. everywhere they went the taliban imposed their strict laws closing movie theaters outlawing music hiding women from view but opium was the livelihood of tens of thousands of families if they banned it the taliban rest losing support in the countryside. to build political capital the taliban started saying well the koran says that opium poppy is her and it's still how to use it but it would say as long as you produce opium poppy for dick a fuse for the infidels as long as it goes to russia or goes to the us that's perfectly fine with us. opium allow the taliban to finance their advance on kabul the afghan capital fell in 1906. afghanista

and called on the insurgent group to accept the permanent ceasefire with the afghan army the taliban say they were not responsible for the killings. the attack comes amid ongoing peace talks with the taliban in qatar women's rights activists have warned the talks could lead to a decrease in rights they have gained over the last 2 decades as attacks on u.s. forces have stopped in afghanistan after the trumpet ministration began withdrawing troops as part of a deal brokered with the taliban and talks with the afghan government however have stalled amid ongoing violence. if the blood is gone but the fear of remains the last 20 years saw significant progress for women in afghanistan with this latest attack phase out the clock could be turned back on that progress. during an offer. more is journalist a little of this is from paul a wave of attacks on people in the arts media and government is this being viewed as a deliberate strategy by militant groups or a negotiating tactic to strengthen the taliban's hand during ongoing talks. it's definitely seen as a leverage strategy by whoever is

taking place between the afghan government and the taliban. ianthem taking place between the afghan government and the taliban. when you have horrific killings _ government and the taliban. when you have horrific killings like _ government and the taliban. when you have horrific killings like this, - have horrific killings like this, what hope is there of those peace talks succeeding? that what hope is there of those peace talks succeeding?— what hope is there of those peace talks succeeding? that is precisely the question _ talks succeeding? that is precisely the question that _ talks succeeding? that is precisely the question that is _ talks succeeding? that is precisely the question that is being - talks succeeding? that is precisely the question that is being asked. l talks succeeding? that is preciselyl the question that is being asked. at a time when violence is surging in this country, will there be a resolution that comes out of those talks? 0n resolution that comes out of those talks? on friday, 2500 troops withdrew from this countr

and called on the insurgent group to accept the permanent ceasefire with the afghan army the taliban say they were not responsible for the killings. the attack comes amid ongoing peace talks with the taliban in qatar women's rights activists have warned the talks could lead to a decrease in rights they have gained over the last 2 decades attacks on u.s. forces have stopped in afghanistan after the trumpet ministration began withdrawing troops as part of a deal brokered with the taliban and talks with the afghan government however have stalled amid ongoing violence. if the blood is gone but the fear remains the last 20 years saw significant progress for women in afghanistan with this latest attack faced the clock could be turned back on that progress. drawing an awful. more is journalist a little of the from bull a wave of attacks on people in the arts media and government is this being viewed as a deliberate strategy by militant groups or a negotiating tactic to strengthen the taliban's hand during ongoing talks. it's definitely seen as a liberal strategy by whoever is conducting the

saw the starts of talks between afghan officials in the taliban. but as we've been reporting over the last year, once the taliban did stop attacks on american and international forces, they continued fighting with the afghan government, seeing violence as their best form of leverage. and according to this report, the taliban were responsible forjust over half of all civilian casualties last year. we've also seen a change in the tactics by the militants — there are been far fewer suicide bombings in big afghan cities by the tele— band, instead there's been a huge rise in deadly targeted assassinations with journalists, human rights activists, government officials all amongst the victims. now most of those attacks go unclaimed by any militant group — they are recorded as being perpetrated by unknown actors. at the afghan government and the united states have said they believe the taliban are also responsible for the vast majority of those, and that the taliban often denies that— what is undeniable is the suffering of the afghan people. meanwh

ghoul's wife was murdered by the taliban years ago now their daughter has also been killed malala my wife and was one of the few female journalists in afghanistan until she was shot dead last month in cold blood. she was brutally murdered for no reason at all her only crime was that she spoke the truth and fought against injustice to give her life because she wanted to help other women in particular. molalla was an anchor at the afghan news station any cas her boss zalmai latif he remembers her as a fearless broadcaster on the day of her death she was shed you have to present the morning show. to your colleagues were waiting for her in the studio at some point a cold cane telling us she was dead. it was tragic that we all started crying and couldn't understand who would do such a thing to malala. and. her father shows us where his daughter and her driver were killed by unidentified gunmen attacks like this are growing more frequent in afghanistan in 2020 more than 10 journalists were killed malala former boss is concerned about this constant threat. to the of course this puts a lot o

and called on the insurgent group to accept the permanent ceasefire with the afghan army the taliban say they were not responsible for the killings. the attack comes amid ongoing peace talks with the taliban in qatar women's rights activists have warned the talks could lead to a decrease in rights they have gained over the last 2 decades attacks on u.s. forces have stopped in afghanistan after the trumpet ministration began withdrawing troops as part of a deal brokered with the taliban and talks with the afghan government however have stalled amid ongoing violence. if the blood is gone but the fear remains the last 20 years saw significant progress for women in afghanistan with this latest attack fear saw the clock could be turned back on that progress. italian region of calabria has been hit hard by the coronavirus its health system is under strain and not just because of the number of patients several hospitals are going under mismanagement and mafia interference and only a reporter mark sunda medical doctors who are fighting to reopen the close clinics . these are not your usual s

miller ghoul's wife was murdered by the taliban years ago now their daughter has also been killed malala my wife and was one of the few female journalists in afghanistan until she was shot dead last month in cold blood. she was brutally murdered for no reason at all her only crime was that she spoke the truth and fought against injustice she gave her life because she wanted to help other women in particular. mulatto was an anchor at the afghan news station any cas her boss zalmai latif he remembers her as a fearless broadcaster on the day of her death she was shed you have to present the morning show. to your colleagues who are waiting for her in the studio at some point a call came telling us she was dead. it was tragic that we all started crying and couldn't understand who would do such a thing to malala. and. her father shows us where his daughter and her driver were killed by unidentified gunmen attacks like this are growing more frequent in afghanistan in 2020 more than 10 journalists were killed malala former boss is concerned about this constant threat. to the course this puts a l

earlier, the afghan government blamed the taliban for these attacks. a few days ago, i met saba sahar, afghanistan's first female movie director and actress, and also a policewoman who was attacked in august last year. she was shot multiple times but she survived the attack. she says the taliban was behind the attack on her and she says it is because she was a woman in these prominent roles. the taliban issued a statement denying any involvement in this and all of this is happening against a backdrop of peace talks that are taking place between the afghan government and the taliban in doha. when you have horrific killings like this, what hope is there of those peace talks succeeding? that is precisely the question that is being asked. at a time when violence is surging in this country, will there be a resolution that comes out of those talks? on friday, 2,500 troops withdrew from this country, us troops, leaving around 2,500 behind. this is part of a withdrawal plan that the trump administration had signed with the taliban. according to that deal, all

the taliban have not met their commitments. as you know there's a looming deadline of early may, before everybody, in terms of wanting to have a solution here. without them meeting their commitments to renounce terrorism and to stop the violent attacks on the afghanistan national security forces and the afghan people, it's very hard to see a specific way forward for the negotiated settlement. we're still committed to that. no question about that. the secretary has been clear in testimony that we need to find a reasonable, rational end to this war and it has to be done through a negotiated settlement. that includes the afghan government and thus far the taliban has been reticent to meet their requirements. the u.s. force presence is down to 2,500. both general miller, the commander in afghanistan and the chairman of the joint chiefs general milley have said they believe that's a sufficient number to finish the mission. we have many nato partners in afghanistan. that was another thing the secretary talked about with the german de

the taliban wants the u.s. on a commitments on releasing prisoners on removing its leaders from a blacklist the u.s. wants an end to violence in afghanistan honest pushing for a peace agreement. the burning left of a straw from harvest season in northern india has long been a big contributor to the nation now efforts to stop it have consistently failed because fama say there's no other way to clear the land some in punjab have found a way and they're producing electricity in the process elizabeth per annum reports from. a novel way to produce electricity in punjab leftover straw from some of the state's paddy fields is being burnt to generate power for a 50 acre industrial area. says he began looking for cheaper and more environmentally friendly alternatives to power has factories when petrol prices peaked in 2030 this is were. these 200 percent on the useful here but we are believe me this is ready for another former. and. we are going to follow. pace fathers to collect paddy stroll for the factory is no short

understand is exactly what is in the agreements that were reached between the united states and the taliban to make sure that we fully understand the commitments that the taliban has made as well as any commitments that we've made and so we are taking that up, and with regard to ambassador khalizad, we asked him to continue the vital work that he's doing. >> thank you so much. good afternoon, mr. secretary. how are you? >> well, thank you. >> if i may -- >> good. if i may on china, how -- how do you cooperate with china and climate change when you say that it's engaged in genocide, and separately there's been some measures mentioned such as loosening up journalist visa restrictions and reversing the consulate closure. is that happening? >> thank you very much. we've had some opportunity to talk about this in recent -- recent weeks and recent months, and i think it's not a secret that the relationship between the united states and china is arguably the most important relationship that we have in the world going forward. it's going to shape a lot of future that we all live, and increasingly t

taliban on the. battlefield you know drawn out right and nitrates and there have been also includes political influence ok and we thank you very much for speaking to us from kabul. still ahead on the al-jazeera news hour the u.s. sounds why if this isn't a label young man's heart is as terrorists despite u.n. warnings that it will be a death sentence for war ravaged nation coming up in sport with peter 2 of the oldest players in the n.f.l. get ready for a battle in the playoffs. everywhere in central eastern europe and just beyond in russia has exceeded the color of the moment yet maybe not surprised to see that moscow is covered in snow but something like 35 cent of visits on the ground and it felt too quickly to clear a way to make the streets quite clear this is brought on this video shows it anyway now this cold air has got a lot of cloud of it and there dots of low pressure means there's more snow or was stormy weather to come but moscow sits in really cold and minus 14 at best buy they don't i'

the taliban have not met their commitments. as you know, there is a looming deadline of early may, before everybody, in terms of wanting to have a solution here. but without them meeting their commitments to renounce terrorism and to stop the violent attacks on the afghan national security forces from a bite out of that, the afghan people --, and by didn't have that -- forces, and by dent of that, the afghan people, we don't see a way forward. the secretary has been clear that we need to find a reasonable end to this war, and that it's got to be done through a negotiated settlement. that includes the afghan government. it has to be involved in this. thus far, the taliban has been, to put it politely, reticent to meet their requirements. this gets to the other issue, u.s. force presence. we are down 2500 right now. general miller and general milley have made it clear that they believe it is a sufficient number to accomplish the mission, which is largely a counterterrorism mission right now. we have many nato partners in afghanis

he could he could simply say we're not going to negotiate with the taliban i'm not going to stick with that timeline for complete troop withdrawal out of afghanistan he hasn't really been very public with his stance i can tell you that when he was vice president he was one of the loudest voices against the surge into afghanistan he's made it clear that he wants to have some troops there in order to make sure that they can't launch another terrorist attack like 911 but is he going to continue with the peace talks is going to keep these numbers we really don't know and one of the problems is usually we would have had the secretary of defense in confirmation hearings as secretary of state that hasn't happened yet so we really haven't got a chance to really watch lawmakers ask questions to figure out exactly what the policy is going to be or about it's about particularly in the pentagon. now with the uncertainty of peace talks in an increase in violence some fear the draw back could further destabilize afghanistan for your country for the reports now from kabul. it's america's longest war

had already reduced its numbers in afghanistan from 14000 last year after a deal was made with the taliban at the height of the wall with iraq more than 125000 u.s. troops were deployed there while there were over 100000 in afghanistan in 2011 let's pick straightaway talk course one of protocol he joins us live from the pentagon and patty this was an anticipated drawdown of troops but some are concerned. it wasn't to supported but not really let me explain why the president ordered this months ago the pentagon was moving to reduce the numbers but then just a few weeks ago congress passed over a presidential veto on a bill that said they had to keep troop levels at $4000.00 now the only way they could get around that is a presidential waiver or a study from the pentagon saying that it wouldn't impact the fight in afghanistan we believe that the president did sign a waiver but not until after the drawdown it happened so a little bit of confusion here at the pentagon about what authority they had to in fact do that if the president had in fact signed that waiver of course all of this now goes

so the taliban are now moving from rural areas to urban warfare and that means that the afghan forces are now fighting the taliban in fact the city is now or the city outskirts the american soldiers who remain in afghanistan are part of a u.s. led nato mission foreign troops from dozens of other nations for the 1st time outnumber the americans nato trains the afghan security forces and relies heavily on the u.s. military for intelligence and logistics nato says it will decide on its future not ganna stand in february a former afghan military chief warns of dire consequences and not only for afghanistan if all countries decide to pull out and 5 years time if the democracy the iraqi gained newly gained very weak fragile democracy is not supported then it will break. it will go into pieces the current 2 will be turned back and towards we had in the ninety's now then what happens you will have explored every day in london and frankfurt and bonn and washington and a role model whatever street you think nato secretary general jens stoltenberg says the alliance may pay a heavy price if there

against the taliban in afghanistan a move that was widely unpopular in the country. scheck's argument to the court was the death sentence handed down did not warrant his minor role in the kidnapping one appeal was fly the cortez mean police to accept their appeal and give him a clean and complete acquittal in 2011 a pearl project investigation at georgetown university said the reporter had been murdered by khalid shaikh mohammed being held at the u.s. military prison at guantanamo bay something officials also said khalid sheikh mohammed the man accused of masterminding the september 11th attacks had admitted to while in custody. daniel pearl's family called thursday's decision to release almost side shares a travesty of justice and a danger to journalists everywhere and the people of pakistan i said big. the u.n. secretary general and the security council are once again calling on all foreign forces and mercenaries to leave libya under a cease fire deal all fisons from outside the country were told to withdraw by the end of this month that is here to happen and diplo

reduces job deployment to $2500.00 as agreed on 3 peace deal with the taliban and google is accused of strong arm tactics in australia for blocking out some new sites from its session results. thank you very much for joining us at least 35 people are dead and 600 injured after a magnitude 6.2 earthquake hit the indonesian island us soloway see thousands in the cities of my janey and mahmoud 2 are displaced and authorities are warning of the potential for further aftershocks and a possible tsunami jessica washington break for some jakarta. on the indonesian island of sumatra e.-c. a massive search and rescue effort is underway a 6.2 magnitude earthquake. in the early hours of friday morning struck at a depth of just 10 kilometers the cities of marginalia mahmoud you have been hardest hit with many buildings being severely damaged. search teams found this young girl trapped under the debris of a house but she says her name is angel and she isn't sure how many people are still under the rubble and. she's told she will be ok. the earthquake and aftershocks triggered landslides blocking roa

of targeting has are as the taliban has told al jazeera its fighters do not target ethnic minorities. they got more visible at us than we believe the only way for his or people to choose to stand is only stage and not stand they are always oppressed when we stand at least our conscience is clear in front of our people and made on board the province members of the resistance for justice movement militia say their commander abdul ghani ali poor the militia leader who's been accused of human rights abuse was released on bail in 2018 after his arrest caused violent demonstrations. because our fight is the they have to pick up weapons because the government has repeatedly failed them but. because unfortunately our expectation from the government to defend us was not fulfilled and we had to take the gun and stand in defense in order to survive otherwise we pay taxes there is a government and the budget is spent they must defend us but we have not been defended for many years. in the last decade thousands of us our men have also taken part in the fighting in syria the fierce battles have pr

miller ghoul's wife was murdered by the taliban years ago now their daughter has also been killed malala my wife and was one of the few female journalists in afghanistan until she was shot dead last month in cold blood. she was brutally murdered for no reason at all her only crime was that she spoke the truth and fought against injustice to give her life because she wanted to help other women in particular. malala was an anchor at the afghan news division any cas her boss zalmai latif he remembers her as a fearless broadcaster on the day of her death she was shed you have to present the morning show. to your colleagues who are waiting far in the studio at some point a call came telling us she was dead. it was tragic we all started crying and couldn't understand who would do such a thing to malala. and. her father shows us where his daughter and her driver were killed by unidentified gunmen attacks like this are growing more frequent in afghanistan in 2020 more than 10 journalists were killed malala former boss is concerned about this constant threat. to all of course this puts a lot of p

administration want to conduct this review has the taliban not been living up to its commitment. i believe the new team needs a comprehensive review of go hungry men because they will have to understand what will be an issue agreed on so that is. become a. policy later on and also they would have to look i'm the commitment made by the taleban in the doha agreement to what extend. shown commitment at the top of the bill high grade men and on and to understand that i think the biden seen really need 'd the company with you on the situation the afghan vice president i'm going to solder he said earlier this month that he believes if the united states had conceded too much to the taliban in what way is that the case do you think. yes if you look at the communist nation approve they were more disconnected with the one government and now. the afghan government has some concerns regarding the agreement and looking at the indication that we mean our might and patience is. the commitment which is made in the agreement that would mean a bad end to the bad one government will definitely be s

the taliban wants the u.s. to on a commitments on releasing prisoners and removing its leaders from a blacklist meanwhile the u.s. wants an end to violence in afghanistan and is pushing for a peace settlement between the taliban and the afghan government. has been a 2nd lines of protests in tunisia and cities despite a government imposed lockdown a video showing a police officer abusing a shepherd has drawn comparisons to the incident 10 years ago that led to the arab spring uprisings his andrew chapelle. a man is humiliated in the street by a police officer whose shepherd is being reprimanded and pushed apparently because his sheep got too close to the local government headquarters. and. the video has led to protests but also include the state of the economy joblessness and police violence. they came a decade after a street vendor set himself on fire in protest over the same issues an event that became a catalyst for the 2011 revolution in tunisia and the arab spring. earlier in the day prime minister his mrs

there are fears that, once all international forces leave, the taliban might be back in power in the country. i met afghanistan's vice president, amrullah saleh, and began by asking him if this was the right time for us troops to be leaving. we believe the mission is not accomplished, but if they decide to leave, we respect their decision.

invasion that toppled the taliban government but the challenges are enormous. there's still bloody fighting going on between the two sides who are talk but there's also an increased pressure on the government here. their position is that essentially the deal between the taliban and americans has vastly weak pped their leverage. they have released 5,000 taliban prisoners just to get these talks going and nowith the americans continuing to commit to their complete withdrawal by may, that leaves the afghan government and the afghan negotiators from kabul in quite a weakened position. we have to remember that from the taliban perspective, and they've been saying this vocally, they feel as if they've won in war. from their position, that is a win-win. >> jane, good to see you. >> thank you. ♪ judy: and now, for the final friday analysis of the trump presidency, we turn to brooks and kapart. hello to both of you on this friday evening. so david, it was just two wednesdays ago that there was the attack on the capitol. five people dialed as a direct result of that, t

invasion that toppled the taliban government. but the challenges are enormous. not only do the talks come at a time when there's still bloody fighting going on between the two sides who are talking, but there's also an increased pressure on the government here. their position is essentially the deal between the taliban and the americans has vastly weakened their leverage. they have released 5,000 taliban prisoners just to get these talks going and, now, with the americans continuing to commit to their withdrawal, with their complete withdrawal by may, that leaves the afghan government and the the afghan negotiators from kabul in quite a weak position, and we have to remember, as well, from the taliban perspective -- they have been saying this vocally -- that they feel they've won this war, so from their position this is a win-win. >> reporter: and that is special correspondent jane ferguson reporting from kabul. jane, good to see you. >> thank you. >> woodruff: and now, for the final friday analysis of the trump presidency, we turn to brooks and capehart. that i

the taliban have not met their commitments. as you know, there is a looming deadline of early may, before everybody in terms of wanting to have a solution here. but without them in meeting their commitments to renounce terrorism and stop the violent attacks on the afghan national security air forces, and bite dented that the afghan people, it is very hard to see a specific way forward. but we are still committed to that peddler's still committed to the secretaries mclaren testimony that we need to find a reasonable, rational and to this war. it's got to be done through negotiated settlement. that includes the afghan government. have to be involved in this. thus far the taliban, to put it politely reticent to meet their requirements. so, this kiss to the other issue which is u.s. force presence. for down to 2500 now. both general muller the commander in afghanistan of course the chairman of the joint chiefs have made it clear they believe that is a sufficient number to accomplish the mission. which is a largely counterterrorism

the taliban put no stock in any of that. now this is the second report that we've had in a year the other one was about the united nations security council, this is by our own department of treasury that says the al qaeda threat is growing inside of afghanistan. that's why we have a residual force there of 2500. it should be 4500 in my mind. it was arbitrarily turned down to 2500 having nothing to do with the conditions on the ground. equally important and maybe more important is by having troops on the ground we have access to air power. this is the insurance policy against the al qaeda which still has aspirations to attack america and remember, the only reason we're in afghanistan is because they did attack america successfully once before. i believe we are going -- i think they will wind up keeping troops there because of the uncertainty around the al qaeda. >> bill: general, we have been in your own briefings where you scan the world and tell us what concerns you. now you have a new administration coming in facing this w

/taliban agreement and it imposes some obligations on the united states and some obligations on the taliban. the obligations on the taliban include cutting ties with al qaeda not just in word but indeed, reducing violence and participating in good-faith negotiations with the afghan government because ultimately it's a deal between the taliban and the afghan government that is going to produce the kind of outcome that will allow us to achieve what is everybody's goal which is an end to the conflict in afghanistan. and the united states under president joe biden will support diplomacy along these lines even as we ensure through america's national security strategy that afghanistan never again becomes a safe haven for terrorists to attack the united states. >>> all right. stay with us. when i come back, i will ask jake sullivan to tell us a little bit more about himself and to tell us more about joe biden's foreign policy for the middle class. what does that phrase mean when we come back? robinhood believes now is the time to do money. without the commission fees. so, you can start investing t

and the taliban senior nato officials have told reuters that the deal's conditions have not been met the taliban is to fulfill security guarantees for troops to withdraw but there's been a spike in attacks in recent months from the u.s. president joe biden has said his administration is reviewing the deal journalists in india are protesting the arrest of their colleague who was detained while covering farmer prose house on saturday. was reporting on the rallies at the same 2 border where tens of thousands of farmers have been protesting new agricultural laws for more than 2 months they want them withdrawn but the government says it's committed to modernizing the sector those are the headlines on al jazeera more news coming up after al-jazeera world. to. the only. image. that i watch out of her. they're going to get out. of it's locker so they are. going to decide we're going to do a little bit of a little focus a while but if you do want to one of them. and you still. go on through. for carbon. emissions the house come and. go to a board you have a saw. but i will not order. it with.

peace talks are taking place between the afghan government and the taliban. but it's unclear if and when they might result in a resolution. all this comes against the backdrop of a significant surge in violence. dozens of afghans are being killed every day. the conflict has resulted in acute poverty and hunger. there are fears that once all international forces leave, the taliban might be back in power in the country. i met afghanistan's vice president amrullah saleh and began by asking him if this was the right time for us troops to be leaving. we believe the mission is not accomplished, but if they decide to leave, we respect their decision. but you wouldn't be asking for them to stay? not necessarily, we would ask them to respect their agreements with us, they have signed a strategic partnership agreement with us and they have signed a bilateral security agreement with us.

the taliban have not met their commitments. there is a looming deadline of early may that is up before everybody, in terms of wanting to have a solution care. without them getting their commitments to renounce terrorism and to stop the violent attacks on the afghan security forces and afghan people, it is hard to see a specific way forward for the negotiated settlement. we are still committed to that. >> jill biden has signed a series of executive orders and is expected to issue more. >> eight days into office and another challenge for president joe biden. left over from the trump era, immigration reform. jill biden removed the ban on travelers from several muslim majority countries. activists want him to do more, quickly. >> was sending the muslim bad is the floor -- ban is the floor, not. if justice is going to be served, it needs to be served for all of us. >> they want to be given permission to work, something that was allowed under president obama. there is also because from wider immigration reform. >> it is crazy. it dri