of aid inside afghanistan. the fact of this violence is happening now, how much more difficult does it make it for yourself, your colleagues, other aid organizations, to get much-needed aid to people who need it most? >> i think at the moment the aid and humanitarian action in afghanistan is proceeding well. we came through a winter period where we were worried about supporting people during the cold months. that by and large has been achieved. currently we are seeing signs of increased insecurity. last week's attack on the boys school was very shocking. that impacts the ability of schools targeted in that way for us to provide education for students in afghanistan. at the moment, we are not seeing any specific impact on what we are trying to do and i think there are worries for the future if things intensify. our concern is getting on with the job of looking at delivering humanitarian aid at the moment and then moving to a situation where development assistance can enter the country because humanitarian assist

masuda come you go to your home country of afghanistan. tell us what you found and what you are calling for. >> well, amy, medea and i and a oup of six other american women activists who have been working in afghanistan for the past 20, 25 years were hoping to go for the reopening of schools. just before our trip, we heard, as we all heard, girls above the age of seventh grade to 12th were stopped. we also the images of girls crying and being sent away. we have to make a decision about what we were going to do. believe me, the day that happened march 23, i could not get out of bed. i was crying, as were the girls and women of afghanistan, as was the world. but we made a decision we needed to go to afghanian precisely because we wanted to advocate for these girls. we have been advocating for the release the cenal bank assets and increased aid. i really glad we went because what i learned on this trip is that afghanistan needs engagement. the afghan people need the taliban government and the united states to cooperate. if we're going to thro

afghanistan today is facing extreme levels of poverty. millions of afghans are facing the risk of mass starvation. that in itself is the tragedy of 21st century. it shows you what a waste it was over the last 20 years investing billions of dollars, all the sacrifices, and the end result is the epic failure that we are experiencing today. amy: bilal sarwary, thank you for being with us afghan , journalist who reported on afghanistan for 20 years. he left the country after the taliban takeover last year and is now in toronto, canad next up, we go to the border to speak an immigration lawyer about how u.s. border oicials have arrested a record one million asylum-seekers in the past six months while at the same time welcoming thousands of ukrainian refugees fleeing russia's invasion. a number of them coming up to the southern border. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. we turn now to the u.s.-mexico border, where u.s. immigration authorities

robin, how concerned are afghanistan's neighbors about the impact the security situation in afghanistan could have in the region? thank you so much for having me. i think specifically is a great answer. and this concern has been there at the same spot lavonne has taken over. but if the situation has to be entered a did you know, since volleyball, staple in august last year. and i think its not only a concern for august on concerns or broader region as a country solid gone, although they made a lot of pharmacist didn't get the process, they didn't have control of their borders. it seems now that the, the reason just says off g v that you get out of on the back of star. and also i was just inside the sun. i no longer has control of borders, not only did on boarders, but also inside industry. so the concern is absolutely great meal. let's talk for a moment about how the overall security situation and garrison is impacting the distribution of aid inside of afghanistan. i mean, the fact that his violence is happening now, how much more difficult does it make it for yourself, your colleagues,

but i'm from afghanistan. we build the on li, fashion i, gen see in afghanistan, right before the government collapse. my basic job as a fashion choreography, i have models gone the stage. so i thought maybe you both are models, was you are. thank you very actresses. you know, you. wonderful. so that blogs very my kid looks amazing. with these are all new experiences for hum ed, but he's clear about his goals. he wants to keep alive the new modern face of afghanistan, which seems to have disappeared under the taliban. i want the people of the world to know that ah, i've gone astonished, not just the place where a bomb blasts happen and we have a story to tell and we contribute. no, that's the most important part of it. and i don't know how, how am i gonna put my part into it, but i feel i feel extremely happy and simultaneously i feel responsible and i, i wanna do great. i don't want, i wanna put 100 person into it and it's just the beginning, whole with joy ride from fascinating world into uncharted deb, our

last august marked the end of the military mission in afghanistan despite transitioning from afghanistan the biden administration maintained its commitment to ensure afghanistan cannot be used as the base for isis, al qaeda and other tourist groups to conduct attacks against the united states or its allies. as such, we have assumed and an overthe horizon partner to cr the threats and i would ask for and update the capabilities on whether additional units have been reached so we have a counterterrorism architecture to address the threats from these terrorist groups. after, presents an array of responsibilities and the situation has been following the decision to withdraw the majority of the personnel from somalia in november of them excuse me, december of 2020. as you note in your testimony, u.s. and partner efforts to disrupt the most dangerous have not achieved the success we need. the administration has taken a comprehensive look at the strategy in somalia and i hope you will share your views on the situation as well as the status of the engagement with the partners. the situation is i

here on out 0, taking on i saw in afghanistan, bombings, kill at least 18 people. many of them, minority, she, i muslims, can the taliban government contain security threats from iso and other on groups. this is inside story. ah. hello and welcome to the program. i'm a jim jerome, the afghan taliban says it has arrested the so called mastermind of a bomb attack on a mosque. police say he's a major iso operative suspected of helping to kill at least 12 people in the northern city of missouri sharif on thursday. on the same day, the arm grew claimed at least 2 attacks in afghanistan, highlighting the security challenges for the taliban since returning to power. last august, i shall detonated the remote controlled bomb during mid day prayers. the said, oh can mosque is one of the largest for the cities, has our community. i so frequently targets the shia muslim minority. now to seek their lessons to the incident of the moss was really heartbreaking. i was at the market and came to the science as fast as i could. unfortunately, the toll of casualties and injuries is mo

last august marked the ends of our 20-year mission in afghanistan. despite transitioning all forces from afghanistan, the biden administration has maintained its commitment to ensuring that afghanistan cannot be used as the base for isis-k, al qaeda, and other terrorist groups to conduct attacks against the united states or its allies. as such, we have assumed an over the horizon posture to counter and degrade such threats. i would ask for an update on our capabilities and whether additional regional agreements have been reached to ensure we have a robust counter-terrorism architecture to address the threats from these terrorist groups. of a ri come completes a similar array of capabilities. east africa has been on a downward that jeker to following the decision to withdraw from somalia in december 2020. since then, u.s. forces have been conducting periodic engage meant to train and advise somali partners. however, u.s. and partner efforts to disrupt and degrade the most dangerous violent extremist organizations have not achieved the success we need.

mark: tonight, the deadly operations in afghanistan with australia's secretive sas. [speaking foreign language] for f-- sake. yeah, yeah, get the f-- here. mark: revealed in never-before-seen footage obtained by four corners. for the first time a special forces operative who was on these covert missions speaks out about what he saw. braden: the guy had his hands up, and then it was almost like target practice for that soldier. he shot him, you know, twice through the chest, and then once through the head as he walked past him. mark: for years, the secrets about what exactly happened in the valleys, fields, and mud villages of afghanistan have remained hidden. with a major inquiry about to report on suspected war crimes, four corners will tonight reveal the culture of impunity among some of our special forces, as well as proof captured on camera of a cold-blooded killing. mark: in your opinion, were war crimes committed in afghanistan by australia special forces? braden: yes, they were. you can't shoot unarmed people and not call that murder. ♪♪♪ [helicopter bla

when entrepreneurs in afghanistan, the afghanistan today with the taliban leadership. they are able to actually benefit from this and survive. in other news for you today, pakistan prime minister imran khan has refused to resign ahead of a no—confidence vote on sunday. he lost his majority in parliament after one of his allies, the mqm party, withdrew their support on wednesday. this leaves his authority in real trouble. the no cofidence vote requires a simple majority and, on paper at least, the opposition have 11 more votes than the government. our pakistan correspondent secunder kermani has more. addressing the nation in a live televised speech, imran khan described this as a defining moment in pakistan's history. a vote of no confidence is expected to be held on sunday, following the defection of a number of imran khan's coalition partners, it seems that the opposition parties here in pakistan have enough support to unseat him. now, there has been a growing public resentment against the rising cost of everyday life in pakistan, but on the other hand, imran khan s

how serious a security challenge does ice will remain in afghanistan. oh, thanks for having me. actually turns to the front of the 15th of august taliban, what pretty much in comfort zone. they haven't realized that there are still very significant 3. it's for the security of the country, specifically the monopoly of the power that has some created by jim regarding the public opinion. i assist itself. it's not a challenge for, nor that isn't after the fall, but it has been a challenge and security challenge for many years now. since 2015 the time to time blasts. and now attacks coming on and then 6th, 2016. i just taken a momentum now with the recent incidence, which are really harsh. test created a big massaro and then i'm going to send a big gloss today. also there is a blast in the province now the district. so this is going to be a big challenge for taliban because of the lack of capacity on the sort of a line regional cooperation. counter insurgency and counterterrorism capacity. all these and capacities will create more challenges for probably one to come to script robin.

he's leaving behind the dream of a modern afghanistan with his modeling agency. he wanted to shake up conservative society. it should go without saying that women to can show their bodies and public very image. the people think a female model based modeling. and she is known as a model. maybe she is presentation comment found at the agency model. stan and 29 team. it's already made quite a different i. when we did the worst people saw that these people who are in the car but they are performing that i cannot ignore the economic north. i cannot. what these people could thing could change the image of society. ah, but since the resurgence of the taliban comment has received repeated death threats, everything he's worked for has vanished into thin air. when your dreams crash, right, and you're not even talk about it worse. i'm one of those, a small examples of how people who have lost their hopes and dreams, who couldn't continue what they love. oh, but hum. it has had some luck to. he came into contact with a german private initiative called a couple of booker or c

thank afghanistan was pre-existing. thank ou so afghanistan was pre-existing. thank you so much — afghanistan was pre-existing. thank you so much of— afghanistan was pre-existing. thank you so much of what _ afghanistan was pre-existing. thank you so much of what he _ afghanistan was pre-existing. thank you so much of what he has - afghanistan was pre-existing. thank you so much of what he has on - afghanistan was pre—existing. thank you so much of what he has on the programme, associate professor kathy vaughn. the day's other main story is the state of the pandemic in the uk. the overall number of children absent from school in england because of covid has fallen slightly in the past fortnight, but teachers' unions say rates of absence "remain at concerningly high levels". 0ur education correspondent elaine dunkley reports. girls, keep moving, don't stop in the middle. back in time for the end of term. i was off last week, positive with covid, as was my deputy head. at the prescott school in knowsley, a high number of staff are off sick with covid. today

3 months later, he's leaving afghanistan for germany. his goal to make a name for himself in the berlin fashion, seen. ah, what kills you is with your life, even if you're breathing, you're not able to use your power. you don't need to use your talent. that's what kills the most, even if i'm going to city, or anybody like me, there's nothing to do with that. it's the day before hom at departure. he isn't just leaving his home. he's leaving behind the dream of a modern afghanistan with his modeling agency. he wanted to shake up conservative society, it should go without saying that women to can show their bodies and public very image. the people think a female model based modeling. and she is known as a model. maybe she is present it comment found at the agency model stand in 2019. it's already made quite a different i. when we did the worst people saw that these people who are in the car but they are performing that i cannot ignore that. i cannot ignore it. i can know what these people could bring. i could change the image of society. ah

s. war crimes in iraq and afghanistan. and publishers were integral to the information that you liked about the vietnam war. so i'm curious from your perspective, what happens if that president that you spoke to is said that alleged to create a new as chris that is not distinguishable from russia today with julian assange. ah extradited if he hasn't yet been expedited, but it was expedited and prosecuted and convicted here. we will have had the 1st instance of an actual journalist as a law or a it will be essentially rescinded if julian sanchez, successfully prosecuted. and we will then approach how important is it to have actual transparency when it comes to government actions and government decisions about war? i'm afraid that transparency and war are 2 words don't really go to each other. they don't exist together. in war time, that secrecy is suddenly due to my son war because you have to keep it from an enemy. that's one of the senses in which i should and at least are understood, which actually figured far more polit

to end it's freeze of afghanistan's of foreign assets. so they could be used to help that war torn country cope with its profound humanitarian crisis. while gender base violence has been a long standing and severe threat to women and girls, has been exacerbated by the measures imposed by the us together with the drought and widening gender base discrimination adopted by the de facto authorities. the by an administration has frozen nearly $9500000000.00 in assets belonging to the afghan central bank after the taliban take over. following the hasty u. s. military withdrawal last year in february biden issued, in order to use part of the funds for purposes within the u. s. instead of tackling the humanitarian crisis in afghanistan and seizing the central banks, funds has left the afghan economy, chittering on the verge of collapse. the united nations has warned that afghanistan could reach a near universal, harvard, a rate of 97 percent within months. half of afghans are already on the brink of starvation, with more than 4000000 having been

i knew that the fi who's reported from afghanistan for many years. i li, the thought bon have banned opium cultivation officially. but as we see in our report, they don't appear to be actively enforcing the ban wise that you think i mean, this is the thing that this is the same issue that there are public had that you know, enforcing the ban is extremely difficult because on the one hand, if you enforce it, what you're going to be doing is taking the likelihood of farmers who have really very few other options to make money. you know, like, during the 20 years of the occupation, the former public always came up with these different schemes of you know, poppy alternatives like pomegranates or aloe vera, or any apples, any, any sort of things that they thought would somehow or sat from that they thought would make more money, and in reality, they could never support any of those market to make sure that, for instance, those alternative crop would either be sold in sufficient amounts in the domestic market or would be exported properly around the region

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dozens of people are killed in four bomb attacks across afghanistan. a shia mosque was among the targets. bonjour! ca va! we're on the chaotic campaign trail of marine le pen, who's hoping to become president of france on sunday. it is always like that on the camp —— campaign trail le pen, but press and protesters wherever you go. president biden has announced another $800 million of extra military aid for ukraine, saying, "we will never let russia win this conflict". he added, "we're in a critical window of time" with moscow launching a new offensive in the east of the country. earlier, president putin declared victory for russia in the besieged city of mariupol and ordered his forces to blockade, rather than attack, the last pocket of ukrainian resistance, a massive steel plant. mariupol has been under attack since the russians invaded in late february. some civilians have been able to leave, but thousands have been left behind. 0ur correspondent catherine byaru hanga reports. after a 24—hourjourney, they finally reached safety from mariupol, o

, for the women of afghanistan, the educated people of afghanistan. the former pakistani prime minister imran khan, ousted from office earlier this month, has been holding large rallies across the country, refusing to accept the new government that has been formed and demanding fresh elections. he's alleged he's the victim of an american—led conspiracy — though his opponents have ridiculed that. secunder kermani reports from lahore. imran khan may no longer be the prime minister here but he is still able to draw out big crowds. he has been repeating his allegation that he was ousted as the result of a us led conspiracy, targeting him, he says, because of his foreign policy decisions, including a recent trip to moscow. and in doing so, he is really tapping into a reservoir of popular anti—western sentiment here. why is america so concerned that we are having a good relation with russia and china? that is the main thing which is threatening america. they used to think that because they had slaves, they would suffer with america. �* ,, �* slave

a lot of us also coming up afghanistan's devastated economy is addicted to opium. the countries only cash crop for the telly, bon, it's a mine field of heresy. heroine, money, and morals. but a chance i would if this plant is banned from cultivation, my friend we will be forced to steal. i like it doesn't make any sense to harvest of the crops, like mays, all pomegranates. they don't yielding of profit to live off, and that's why demanded ah, to our viewers watching on p b. s. in the united states into all of you around the world. we begin the day with a military campaign. the russians may be rushing to when the invasion of ukraine began 56 days ago and its been punctuated by military missteps in the north, followed by last week's humiliating thinking of russia's main warship in the black sea military strategist say that russian forces spent the past 2 months struggling to get their act together. but now let me put, it has ordered a change, of course to make up for lost time and to ensure a speedy victory. since monday you grains industrial heartland. the dawn bus

in afghanistan with this horrific exit, the african and people's money has been stolen by mostly the united states, $7000000000.00. and that's one of the poorest countries in the world. and so we are working hard to get that money back to the afghan people. and we're also very concerned about the sanctions on russia hurting ordinary people because we've seen that's what sanctions around the world do. they affect the entire economy and who is it who is impacted the most? it is working people we seen for 60 years. how the u. s. has imposed horrific sanctions on cuba. it hasn't changed the cuban government, but it's closed such hardship for the cuban people. yeah, but the united states, as it's fighting terrorism, obviously in yemen, you don't have to be a major general or a person in power in nature. countries to say, all of russia must be punish, it's sad, but they just have to be punished as regards them. well, perhaps even food, you know, when it comes to the invasion. well, that's just wrong. i mean, the ordinary people have no say over their government. look at the thousands of ve

his institute collects data and research is drug cultivation in afghanistan. the objective is certainly to get the approval 1st of the international community hopefully move closer and closer to the recognition of the regime, which is very important for them because it would then allow many other revenues to fluid. oh, so when the taliban minister confirmed this in the interview, he said the world has to help us. we asked them to take notice and stand by our side of that. so for me taken, ah, i just got it is a thought they were great. you.

and i want to mention afghanistan, because i'm just heartbroken that after 20 years of nato militarism in afghanistan with horrific exit, the african and people's money has been stolen by mostly the united states. $7000000000.00. and that's one of the poorest countries in the world. and so we are working hard to get that money back to the afghan people. and we're also very concerned about the sanctions on russia hurting ordinary people because we've seen that's what sanctions around the world do. they affect the entire economy and who is it who is impacted the most? it is working people. we seem for 60 years. how the u. s. has imposed horrific sanctions on cuba. it hasn't changed the cuban government, but it's close such hardship for the cuban people. yeah, but the united states, as it's fighting terrorism, obviously in yemen, you don't have to be a major general or a person in power in nature. countries to say, all of russia must be punish, it's sad, but they just have to be punished as regards them. well, perhaps even food, you know, when it comes to the invasion. well, that's just w

again. -- reliberate afghanistan again. why are you rushing into something afghans don' want? they don't want another war. >> i was planng with my friends to give taliban 12 months and see if they change. unfortunately every day you wake up the taliban have ha something new to do, torturing people, killing, food shortages, children malnutrition and everything. it is easy for others in the west and elsewhere to say give the taliban a chance, but it's not easy for me. every day i see in my phone getting hundreds of messages from young girls, young boys, from families, from doctors and officers and says we have been tortured, oppressed, disrespected. and what are you going to do about it? i mean, there is probably thousands of afghans who are getting these messages. correspondent: we also hear from many in the afghan countryside, which bore the brunt of the war of the past 20 years, that they are so relieved that the warplanes and drned are out of the sky. -- drones are out of the sky. they are relieved at least that there is

the taliban re took power in afghanistan in august 2021. after 20 years, this outlaws mas as i recall, only bizarre, enlarged the taliban regime to pay more attention to the safety of the people get on. but how long will such incidents be allowed to continue on was i think, is rather more bizarre, had all of us. not all explosions were immediately claimed by any group, but the so called islamic state is set to be behind. most of them the i s, sees itself as rivals to the taliban. the recent violence has been condemned internationally as a violation of international law. here are some other stories now making news around the world. 6 people were killed in somalia, capital mogadishu, when a bomb went off in a beach side, restaurant somalis, police, chief and legislators were present when the explosion occurred, but were not harmed. smolley has seen a spate of attacks in recent weeks as it goes through a long delayed election process. an ecuadorian court has requested the extradition of ex president raffo korea from belgium. korea has been sen

the taliban re took power in afghanistan in august 2021. after 20 years is outlaws mas, as i recall on the bestseller emerged, the taliban regime to pay more attention to the safety of the people get on. but how long will such incidents be allowed to continue on by that? because rather more bizarre had or was not all explosions were immediately claimed by any group, but the so called islamic state is set to bill behind. most of them the i s, sees itself as rivals to the taliban. the recent violence has been condemned internationally as a violation of international law. european union countries have reached a deal over made a changes to digital content laws. after 16 hours of talks running late into the night, the block will now move ahead with enacting a law of forcing companies like facebook, twitter, and google to police content for issues like hate speech and misinformation. french president emmanuel macro on his far i challenge emory and le pen are making a final push for votes before sundays. presidential run off, polls show the race i

, the women, the educated people of afghanistan. that is first. secondly, for us, the taliban and isis are two sides of the same coin. believe it or not, in the past in one incident at least in the north in a place in the north, they shared the authorisation —— the operation against the hazaras, more than 50 people were killed and they got away with it. so at times they have their minor differences, but in their hatred towards hazaras and towards shi'as and other religious minorities, they are the same. so if aces claim responsibility, where are the taliban? for us, the responsibility is squarely on the shoulders of the taliban, no matter who carries these operations. thank you so much for speaking to us, that is akram gizabi, just to underline as well that where that mosque was it is a hazara community, they are muslim hsia, and very much affected by that and other attacks over the past couple of weeks. —— shia. stay with us on bbc news — still to come: meet the ultimate company man. we'll tell you about the veteran brazi

in afghanistan, the collapse of the economy can have devastating consequences for the people of afghanistan. so we have been are claiming that the international community needs to create the conditions for cash to be injected in the afghan economy. we have that if our selves, the win, is bringing by play bank notes to afghanistan. we already did about $500000000.00 us dollars. we have been pushing the world bank her in order for the world banker to her disburse amounts that are foreseen in relation to a afghan is than and her. we are working together with the central bank and the american treasury to remove the obstacles there to still exist in relation to the needs to and flees the money that is available. and we hope that this will be true for all the countries that of these are assets are frozen. an he is we believe literally that we need to look every scene father, good of the people in afghanistan. but are, we are also engaging with the taliban very seriously in relation to the inclusivity of the government and her inclusivity between men and women, but also inclusive 80. in order for

and, and we have a mess if you met italian operation in afghanistan. but we recognize that humanitarian aid is not enough in the absence of cash in the absence of liquidity in the economy in afghanistan, the collapse of the economy can have devastating consequences for the people of counties than so we have been claiming that the international community needs to create the conditions for cash to be injected in the afghan economy, we have that it's ourselves. the when is bringing by plane bank notes to afghanistan, we already live about $500000000.00 us dollars. we have been pushing the world bank in order for the world banker to a, disburse the amount that our foreseen in relation to a afghan is done. and the we are working together with the central bank and the american treasury to remove the obstacles that it still exists in relation to the needs to and fries the money that is available. and we hope that this will be true for all the countries that have these are assets are frozen. and he, we believe literally that we need to do every scene father, g