and we just heard the taliban spokesperson say that afghans have wanted peace and that the taliban has delivered on bringing that and security to citizens despite the ongoing economic challenges that ring true to you. no. ah, what we have to remember is that both he is one of these guys, you know, like with the former government, he's someone who came from abroad in this case he came from new zealand. so maybe he doesn't fully understand the context of the, of on war. but, you know, what he seems to be missing is that this isn't as much of a flex as he thinks it is, because yes, there are fewer killings now or there. they are much, much less killings. now with that because the taliban was one of the main belligerence and the war. so if you look at the war right, there were 3 forces behind it. there was the foreigners who essentially gave up 34 years ago when they really took the piece process seriously than there was the government, you know, the foreigners and the government were both responsible for, you know, innumerable civilian casualties. but obviously the lar and they ran away o

the taliban tried to tear it down. then in august 2021, they succeeded the taliban over and cobble the insurgents. once again, the institutional power was to do one. now these young taliban fighters room the streets of the capital. as urban police. it's a new chapter for a generation. there's no nothing but you had looks you tell them to call you to call it. but when i started fighting the americans, i was 14 or 15 years old to them on the road to. my brother was a group leader. and i could only take part in some vessels. colors for my the my, when i turned 20, i spent all my time fighting with the merger, di, what on the bottom level own from the glory of the battlefield, to the banality of peace. the taliban of inherited the country scarred by war. and the people that views him with suspicion and fear rebundle silicon, the past 20 years americans have occupied our country. and they've attacked us in various ways. now what they call one, that's us. and they've created a mindset and help people through the media. and t

all that changed with the taliban takeover. now it's deserted. the normally busy kiosks empty and padlocked cobbler who held it used to be very good and there was scheme, programs, and competitions in the winter. they used to be so many tourists. but since the taliban came in the last 4 months, we haven't seen any tourists in bonds. mia? 3 see that the one has more of them had met him today. visitors are greeted by arm taliban soldiers and vehicle inspections. of towns once flocked to bundy mere looking for a break from decades of conflict. the region prospered, but now it's taken a double hit from the pandemic and the economic crisis following the taliban victory over melbourne when them, it's 70 to 80 families living in the village. and their livelihoods depend entirely on tourism. couldn't be always thought if they are tourists. their income is good, if not one, they have nothing on mission. without the tourists, the striking beauty of the mountains remains. but the people who live here are facing a winter of hardship. fortunately though some

the access that we have, the taliban, i have met with our teams have met with out in the provinces as well as in cobble. and they have assured us allowing us to operate in partially independently neutrally. and they've honored that we've been able to operate do what we need to do to reach the innocent victims of this conflict if we get the money that we need . and that's our biggest limitation right now we can reach the afghan people without any one including the taliban, interfering with our operations in that extremely important for us. but as a humanitarian effort, enough sanctions and asset freezes have been applied to the taliban since they came into government and they are hitting the wanted me in afghanistan. hard. should these measures be reconsidered? so the long term solution is not humanitarian aid. the long term solution is going to be the international community, figuring the path forward so that afghanistan can revitalize, is economy and move on with this life. because we've got so many crises right now around the world. because if we don't have enough of money more wide

the afghan economy has all that collapsed since the taliban returned. but is there a reason for hope and trouble on the tracks here? how cargo trains are being regularly looted in los angeles? this is date of your business, our robots in berlin. welcome to the program budget, ty berto and has pledged to bring down turkey's soaring inflation and the pressure from the president, turkey central bank as slashed rates in recent months, triggering a currency crisis. a correspondent julia han reports from miss tumble. who are d m n g a has to print new price stickers, milk eggs toilet paper. almost everything he sells in his small shop in istanbul, scotty co district has become more expensive again. normally those wanted him to take this pack of pastor for example, a year ago i sold it for 3.5 years now it costs more than twice as much. that's not normal. thank you. manufacturers and wholesalers are hiking prices several times a month. and d m n g has to do the same. sometimes he says he is barely able to keep up on for another reason. i've been a shopkeeper f

all but one. 0, until the taliban takeover mina nodded. he's 15 year old son, nima sang in afghanistan, se children's choir, but the taliban cracked down on music. nima had to escape. in mid december, he and his fellow musicians arrived in portugal. the portuguese authorities had got them out of afghanistan. his mother in germany is hoping she'll get to see her son soon. somewhere in europe. oh my gosh hollis, i'm satisfied. i'm in safety. my son is safe in portugal and i'm very happy about that, or is it pushes through? ah, can he wouldn't stand on her own 2 feet again? i wish for god to bring peace to afghanistan sounded more so that we couldn't return to our home, and better off than we were before. kennimore bore dest supported me now, now did he, and her family can stay in germany for the next 3 years. ha, ha, ha, goes to school here, or the family will soon be relocated to a camp closer to berlin. they're still collecting donations to help the people in afghanistan. finally, heavy snow and strong winds are disrupting transport links

what would the taliban need to do in order for the us and the u. s. is western allies to have the confidence to free up these foreign reserves? what would the taliban need to do in order to show these countries that they can be trusted? of course, i think there are plenty of steps, but let me just kind of like spin the argument. i think the time to think about the conditionality is a what the next step that they can take to the the international community in support. i think at the time of that kind of conversation was in the plus 2 months, we had several of those around and a lot of the benchmarks and more decided they've been saying that not enough has been done. and i mean, we can, we can have a big discussion on what the bank and look at or do, but right now when we talk about the dire situation, especially the next 23 months, in, of honest on this conversation has to ship. we have to focus beyond a dollar on to the people finest on. and as i think my other colleagues her in today, your program and others who have talked about it, the conversation

at least of conflict with the taliban. and now what we're facing is catastrophic. the number of people that literally are knocking on starvation is door is 23000000 people out of 40000000 people. it is horrific. in fact, i've been there several times of the meeting with families, mothers and fathers. in fact, one mother was telling me how she had to sell her daughter to get food for her family in the hopes that her daughter could be well fed by another family. and so mothers and families are having to choose because they have no money do. if they do have any money, do i buy a cookie? no, to feed my children, or do i buy heating? oh, to keep my children from freeze to death. this is how horrific it is in afghanistan right now. what kind of difficulties are you encountering in delivering food to the people in need? there, we've been operating in afghanistan before the taliban took over in and quite frankly, it's been quite remarkable. the access that we have, the taliban, i have met with our teams have met with out in the provinces as well as in cobble. and they have

we've had the taliban on this program. there are defect negotiations going on between native governments and the taliban. you mean they're kind of negotiating without either more or less? well, i think there's the danger that look there's if there's a big question, whether there's a new moderate taliban leadership or whether it's the same old crew that the government afghan, a stand in the late 1990. i think it's still early to make a final conclusion, but i think the early evidence is not very encouraging that moderate forces have somehow taken over with taliban. and i think it's one of the reasons why even the buys administration has been hesitant to unfreeze afghan assets, turn them over to taliban to resume humanitarian assistance until we find out whether there's still a terrorist group as they seem to be or whether there's something else the pans through the european union have jumped in a little bit early. i think they may come to regret that a lot of money. they seem to be giving, i mean, might say it was after all

to taliban flat, the end of the taliban. taliban leadership on the run. and now the question is, how do you handle that success? ah, with it wasn't supposed to be this way. the taliban wasn't supposed to sweep the country in me a weeks, the pentagon spent a decade preparing to leave of gaston, and even they weren't ready for this. together with our eyes, we will complete our mission bear. by the end of this year, i announced a timeline for drawing down our forces. we are work into finally and america's longest war is timed and for evermore. america's proudest movement of the afghan war wasn't supposed to be a humiliating evacuation under the guns of the taliban. but it was there is absolutely nothing else to celebrate. the united states ended 20 years of war in afghanistan, the longest war and american history. we completed one of the biggest air lists in history with more than 120000 people evacuated to safety. no nation, no nation has ever done anything like it in all history. the only the united states had the capacity to will and billing you to do it.

until the taliban takeover mina nodded. he's 15 year old son, nima sang enough. gunners danced children's choir, but the taliban cracked down on music. nima had to escape. in mid december, he and his fellow musicians arrived in portugal. the portuguese authorities had got them out of afghanistan. his mother in germany is hoping she'll get to see a son soon somewhere in europe. oh my gosh hollis, i'm satisfied. i'm in safety for my son is safe in portugal. and i'm very happy about that. also pushes through. ah, can, i can stand on our own to feed again. i wish for god to bring peace to afghanistan on the bar so that we couldn't return to our home and better off than we were before. animal board does support that. mina, now did he and her family can stay in germany for the next 3 years of her. her goes to school here or of the family will soon be relocated to a camp closer to berlin. they're still collecting donations to help the people in afghanistan. let's take a look at some other stories making use around the world virgin

also coming up desperation in afghanistan and mom, soft of the taliban takeover, paypal a running out of money, many can't feed their families and their children a close to starving. we find out what's hindering i'd efforts and sport history. beckon's tennis. dow raphael nadal surges into the final of the australian open his dream of a man's record 21st grand slam title is ever closer. ah, i am rebecca writ is welcome to the program. translates the bid for dialogue with russia to try to diffuse tensions over ukraine, french president emanuel, my call is due to have a phone call with vladimir putin today to determine the russian latest intentions. meanwhile, the u. s. and germany of ramped up their diplomatic offensive warning that the nod stream to gas pipeline could be part of a sanctions package in the event of a russian invasion of you, crime hush, and military drills on the border with ukraine. these are the scenes keeping the west on its toes. yet russia has repeatedly said it has no intention of invading ukraine. and that even the thought of war between the 2 nations was unaccep

the taliban unleashed thousands of jailed criminals. let me get them on the hush love with them. by my command after will they be released from prison assailed mcnamara. then they went to the court wellborn and destroyed all chairs and tables. there is a good cause and then they called my boss and threatened him, was there not much dozen together? me turn? yes, get him off for now, the judges have found safety at a former military barracks used by russian soldiers during the cold war. but more than 90 of their colleagues are still trapped in afghanistan. they're all very concerned. they are trying so much and they are just waiting for a time to be evacuated from afghanistan. meanwhile, the women are waiting to be housed somewhere permanent, where their children can settle in school, and they can find meaningful work. but they haven't ruled out a return with it. i hope that something american would happen and this will change and i'll be back to my country as a proud a judge as a proud woman and will enjoy in being there. because that's my own country. and i belong to there. i lik

i also coming up the taliban war. i'm judges before the militant groups take over last year. there were hundreds of women working in afghanistan, judiciary, now they've been forced to build a new life abroad. and we have seen them like attacking the prosecutors. judges many were kidnapped, killed. i hope that something american would happen and does it change. i'll be back to my country as a proud judge, as a proud woman. first on the day, all eyes in the u. k. r on prime minister boris johnson. british police are now investigating allegations that parties were held a downing street that breached cobit teen lockdown restrictions. it's the latest in a string of allegations that british media calling the party gate scandal in reference to multiple parties held at downing street while the rest of the country was in lockdown. johnson now faces what might be the biggest political crisis of his prime minister ship as coals for his resignation grow louder. buddhist johnson is under fire again for attending his own both their party at downing street in june 2020 a body that broke loc

the taliban unleashed thousands of jailed criminal litigation. lumber hush love with him. by my command, after will they be released from prison, assailed mcnamara. then they went to the court all by and destroyed all chairs and tables. there is a good cause and then they called my boss and threatened him, was there not much? doesn't they get me turned yes, get him off. for now, the judges have found safety at a form, a military barracks used by russian soldiers during the cold war. but more than 90 of their colleagues are still trapped in afghanistan. they're all very concerned. they are trying so much and they are just waiting for a time to be evacuated from afghanistan. meanwhile, the women are waiting to be housed somewhere permanent, where their children can settle in school, and they can find meaningful work. but they haven't ruled out a return. i hope that something american would happen and does it change and i'll be back to my country as a proud a judge as a proud woman and will enjoy in being there because that's my own country. and i belong to deer. i like it. m

[000:00:00;00] ah taliban officials fly to norway as al 0 learns they will be pushed on women's rights in return for 8. ah, i'm come all santa maria here, enjoy hall. this is the world news from al jazeera. as the tension grows, the u. k is now saying rushes plotting to install a friendly government and ukraine. moscow called it nonsense. there was grief and anger in yemen. a day off to mold and 70 people were killed, and a saudi coalition astride. my weeding will not be going here. that's his evens prime minister, announcing tough the covert 19 restrictions of research in all my con related cases . ah hello everyone was starting with what is the 1st visit's by taliban officials to a western country. since the group took power of f. galveston, back in august, a high level delegation has arrived in noise capital osley. i are expected to meet officials from several nicer countries, and that will include representatives from the united states to norway. hm. yeah. good. did any more bomb declare hard on him in norway we have a meeting with the u. s. and also with the european union on matt

can you go shit with taliban in? good faith to the future of our country in the future of more than 36000000 people, including a diversity, a group of women, religious minorities, different social rule for the best interests of the country. and you know that unfortunately, the taliban did not use the time properly to an efficiently to come to political settlement. and then as a result of the continued war, you know, the former president who didn't have a lot of bass in the country. now. my only concern would be that given the taliban record in the last 6 months, and the fact that they do not allow any kind of rights and liberties for women, including by c to cation political participation, we're even recently they have been depressing women protesters, my only concern would be that in a situation where there is a lot of this unity and the 1st steps have not been put up by the political community understand to unite the abuse or to have a common position on the negotiations. but this for this will further, we can our

will there be divergent to the taliban? -- diversion to the taliban? if the taliban is smart, they won't try to put their hands on the money but there probably is going to be some leakage. that is why we say the donors have to come up with what is an acceptable amount of leakage to the taliban. what you are talking about is actually starting development aid. the u.n. document headset that. i am not saying we should or should not. i think right now we have a crisis of afghans freezing and starving to death and dying of diseases. that is humanitarian aid. if the united states government which they have said, they want to help those afghans. we are saying here the 10 things you need to keep in mind and does not get diverted to beltway bandits in the united states. nobody wants the money to go to the taliban. shuja: i'm glad you pointed out corruption is not endemic to afghanistan alone. we have noticed a lot inside the beltway and you have identified some of the culprits to the taliban -- the culprits are the taliban government itself should not be credit

will there be divergent to the taliban? -- diversion to the taliban? if the taliban is smart, they won't try to put their hands on the money but there probably is going to be some leakage. that is why we say the donors have to come up with what is an acceptable amount of leakage to the taliban. what you are talking about is actually starting development aid. the u.n. document headset that. i am not saying we should or should not. i think right now we have a crisis of afghans freezing and starving to death and dying of diseases. that is humanitarian aid. if the united states government which they have said, they want to help those afghans. we are saying here the 10 things you need to keep in mind and does not get diverted to beltway bandits in the united states. nobody wants the money to go to the taliban. shuja: i'm glad you pointed out corruption is not endemic to afghanistan alone. we have noticed a lot inside the beltway and you have identified some of the culprits to the taliban -- the culprits are the taliban government itself should not be credit

force. 7 more people die calling for a return to civilian rule. rights experts accuse afghanistan's taliban of trying to erase women and girls from public life say in the groups, policies amount to collective punishment. after saturday's eruption and hunger, the scale of the disaster remains unclear. australia and new zealand send it reconnaissance aircraft to find out more. ah, the u. s. a strongly condemned an attack by yemen, who's the rebels on oil facilities in the united arab emirates, calling it an act of terror. 3 people were killed in the attack. police say to were indian nationals, and one was a pakistani spokesman for the whose he said there could be more strikes on what they call countries of aggression. the emerald eas announced a partial withdrawal from yemen in 2019, but have continued to maintain a military presence there. meanwhile, value lab coalition has launched as strikes on the hoof control capital in response to this saying that it's aiming military targets this one civilians to avoid military camps who see media say at least 6 people have been killed. and 8 more woun

that's why you've invited the taliban, they've been in also, i guess, and exactly. no recognition of volleyball, no money to tell the boat, no free ride for tell the bomb they are in charge. so what we have done, they have not been come to norway to talk to norway. they have come to north bay city to, to talk to africans. so we have brought to us know, civil society representatives from inside. i've gone this down and from outside i've gone on to all slow and for the 1st time they are sitting with tell the bomb at the sufficient level that conversations can be, you know, meaningful reflect religious, but prime minister, you know, how controversial this is. some people and i used to live in afghanistan and follow a lot of africans on, on social media. they say you're rewarding the taliban at the time when half the african population, the countries women, live on the virtual house arrest. well, i mean, they have not met with africans. they met with us with frowns, with europeans, with the un, and with norway to me, it looks like this. if we don't sit down with them, p

and taliban fighters took over afghanistan last august. it spelled disaster for millions of women who had re entered public life, not least for hundreds of women, judges who faced threats of violent retribution. but $150.00 female judges and their families managed to escape. they 1st reached greece, where they waited to be re settled. now 5 of them now have arrived in germany. d. w . matthew moore has been to meet you of them and brandenburg where he, dora, he must job, was upholding the law than our country descended into lawlessness. after graduating, she went on to become a judge and an enemy of the violent extremist to no run afghanistan. but many times ask your to branch. i asked us until told us that there are people that are gone and many tourists are looking for judges, prosecutors and we have seen them like attacking the prosecutor's judges. many were kidnapped or killed. no right now, i'm here. but to i'm feeling safe, but my heart and beats for my country, for my people out there, where he does is not alone for him or to is a ju

but i think now, like with the taliban's turn, we're seeing buyers remorse because the way the taliban is ruling, with the than first approach, it's quite unmanageable and no surprise the government based on their own terms and absolute terms, they want the world to deal with them based on those terms and now, if you ask me, the taliban, absolutely not, altogether ignored enabling external factors that facilitated the taliban's behavior, absolutely, yes. and i think in this state, pakistan was or us accepting that as one of the gross misjudgments was, you know, in allowing them to do whatever they were doing as usual was something that really was important factor. the government was-- i was serving under, it was absolutely, but it was an important pakistan element to this one. i think that needs to be unpacked and i think this is also something that the united states needs to pay a lot more attention to going forward. one thing i do want to mention, i think this was mentioned in your remarks as well is that i would argue that in truth, america, the united states never really had a winn

the meeting was presented by norway's prime minister eunice goss stora, his government fluid taliban delegation for talks in oslo, with international diplomats in afghan civil society. in recent days. in an interview for talk to al jazeera, he told me this was not meant to give the group legitimacy or recognition. to me, it looks like this. if we don't sit down with them, present the expectation, the demands and what they have to deliver afghanistan going, it's going to sink down in that tremendous humanitarian. this all search, most of us got stones reserves remain frozen, but the un wants to change that without renewed liquidity and the african economy. as a risk, the da humanitarian situation becomes a country wide famine. on the other hand, some nations still worry about rewarding the taliban when the human rights situation in particular, the treatment of women seems to be getting worse. not better. james bayes al jazeera of the united nations soldiers and jordan say, they've killed 27 drug smugglers trying to sneak across the border from syria. and army spokesman said the traffi

the red zone near naples to understand this unusual love of living with the volcano on al jazeera ah, taliban officials arrived in norway and al jersey was learned. they will be pushed on women's rights in return for 8. ah, are we run over a 100 hours g, m t, here on alpha zeron? come all santa maria, these are the headlights tension is growing. the u. k. says russia is plotting to install a friendly government in ukraine, but moscow calls it nonsense. also ethiopians, deputy military chief reveals his troops are planning an operation to enter. tig rise at regional capital makella my we will not be going here and his evens prime minister announces tougher cove at 19 restrictions after a surge in all recall related cases. ah, so we'll start with a developing story this our, the 1st visit by taliban officials to a western country. since they took power of i've got to stand back in august, a high level delegation has arrived in norway's capital all slow. they are expected to meet officials from several nato countries and that will include representatives in the united states. not good did any mo

there's can taliban says it's taken a step towards international recognition. after the 1st day of talks in norway, the government delegation is meeting western officials and civil society groups and also having us to uphold human rights and return for humanitarian aid. the san bon jovi ripples it's day one of the 3 day trip for the afghan delegation led by the foreign minister of though is the 1st place in europe after trips to russia. iran got their china in pakistan. but nor is made it clear that this does not mean legitimacy for the fall on the chance to talk to those who are in charge of our nathan from norway. i'm not good anymore. bombed clear. got him in norway. we have a meeting with the u. s. and also with european union on matters of mutual interest . one part of our meetings would be with our afghan d. s poor who are outside the country, especially in europe, booked their ideas, consultations and plans will be heard. this means that meetings for mutual understanding will continue between afghans during the closed doors meeting that a local hotel, ec

our senior taliban officials are now in norway. the 1st talks on european soil al jazeera has learned they'll be pushed on promises to uphold human rights in return for billions of dollars in frozen humanitarian aid. gunfire has been heard at military camps in burkina, faso as capital like to go. the defense minister is denying the army has taken over and detained. the president. russia has rejected you. k accusations. it's plotting to install a pro moscow leader in crane. buquet says rushes in contact with format. ukrainian politicians spot of a plan for an invasion senior us officials are talking to kat are about potentially supplying europe with gas. if russia does invade ukraine, cats are, is one of the world's biggest manufacturers of liquefied natural gas. but mostly exports to asia only supplying 5 percent of europe's gas needs. a white house official says talks between president joe biden, and the emir of kat are shipped, i mean, been hammered. al fanny could happen in washington by the end of the month when decent is a pro