A japanese farm that produces luxury items in the Old Fashioned way to add Something Special to a popular desert. Im melissa chan welcome to news asia thanks for joining us will it be the final stretch of talks between the United States and the taliban this is the 9th time theyve come together to try to hammer out a deal and 18 years of fighting in afghanistan they are doing this without the participation of the actual Afghan Government here are the 4 major issues being looked at the withdrawal of foreign troops mostly americans a ceasefire counterterror guarantees and the promise by the taliban to engage in intra afghan talks before we get into what any of that means he. A quick reminder of the rise fall and resurgence of the taliban. The taliban a marriage in the early 1990 s. Their aim was to turn off ghana stan into a theocracy im bound for an influence from the country in 1906 the taliban seize control of the capital kabul and began enforcing sharia law they forced women to wear burkas clothes girls Schools Television and music were bound after having been largely ignored by the west for years the country became the center of attention in 2001 in the aftermath of the 911 terror attacks at the time the taliban kept close ties with al qaeda the terrorist network behind the attack the taliban sheltered its mastermind osama bin laden. I gave taliban leaders a series of clear and specific demands close terrorist Training Camps hand over leaders of the Al Qaeda Network and return all foreign nationals including american citizens unjustly detained in your country none of these demands were met and now the taliban will pay a price just weeks after the 911. 00 attacks the United States and its allies invaded afghanistan the us led alliance brought a new president to power and funneled billions of dollars of aid into the country the taliban fighters were forced into hiding but soon after the regrouped in neighboring pakistan and launched an insurgency against the Us Government and foreign troops. At the height of the Afghanistan Mission in 2010 close 2140000 us a need to uproot her on the ground. The insurgency continued and 4 years later most foreign troops had pulled out leaving just 20000 mainly u. S. Soldiers behind. Left to Train Afghan Forces and for counterterrorism purposes since then the taliban have taken back large parts of afghanistan washingtons priority is no longer to defeat the taliban but to negotiate an end to americas longest war joining us is shams who is in doha where the talks are taking place shama for those who dont follow this closely it seems a little weird that the United States and the taliban are talking about afghanistan and the actual Afghan Government isnt participating whats going on well melissa we have to understand that what is happening even though is strictly between the taliban and the u. S. They are trying to seal a deal it is a deal about the big draw all of us troops the foreign troops all of the understand we have been told here in doha that if and once the u. S. And the taliban agree on something it would lead to an intra of gone through dialogue which means they have gone government would hold talks with the taliban the taliban are reluctant to have been reluctant to talk to you have gone government president karzai of afghanistan is still wants to go ahead with the president ial election but im want to make it clear that what is happening and is between the u. S. And the taliban the Afghan Government is not part of it and this counterterror guarantee which the taliban would pledge to if this deal goes through it seems like an arsonist pledging to put out a fire am i missing something here. Well the taliban recently said that. They have kind of agreed with the u. S. That they would not target u. S. Troops in afghanistan under the goal and the u. S. Will not attack their fighters that is something still pretty vague i would not say it is like i would not bring the and counter that it is and the strategy and do it at the moment taliban and the u. S. Are trying to do to minimize the casualties they dont want to attack each other by god or something which is going to happen and how you know if a deal is done does that mean peace in afghanistan well not at all i mean there is there will be a lot of rounds of talks the u. S. And the taliban agree on a deal here there will be in draft gone dialogue and we do not know what the taliban want what theyve gone government wants everything is pretty unclear at the moment but it will be a 1st step the u. S. And the taliban agree here in the something that would lead to further negotiations between the have gone clears and they have to agree on a political setup obviously the u. S. Will be backing all those negotiations but to break these i would say at the moment it is not peace deal its quite far enough going to stand there will be a lot of work to do from all parties to manage peace in afghanistan shamash chance thank you and very much melissa. So men at tables in doha managing an end to this conflict and ending their women on the ground in afghanistan have much taken a little to no voice its been 18 years since the taliban were in power time that saw some women gain freedoms not possible under the militants rule professional women are looking at the prospect of peace not with relief but worry. T. V. Is a glimpse into another afghanistan a television station by women for women its very existence an act of revolution in a country american from the shadow of the taliban ever since the Islamic Fundamentalist Group were driven out women have been discovering new freedoms even in the face of threats moment there that i will not allow the taliban to stop me from learning from working or from having hope for the future of my country we will not allow the taliban to force women again to sit at home as they did during their dark period of power. In the reception to privately colored back because stand as reminders of the dark past but while women have made leaps here lack of a voice taliban peace talks has angered some. You know where has the enduring dominance of the patriarchy been clearer than in high level negotiations about the countrys future. Growth so one of the women should have been part of the peace negotiations but there havent been any talks on womens rights as far as i know my turn project in my i work in the media i appear on t. V. And im concerned for my future because even if peace comes off future might be in danger or track time they want to happen and that. Its a view shared by campaigner fawzia koofi the taliban try to assassinate her for speaking out for womens rights for the rest could not be starker. I think the new generation of afghanistan the transformed your vision of afghanistan will not be able to accept this kind of approach and behavior and therefore i think this is a major issue a major issue or post a major challenge i would say post the taliban integration palawan Peace Process would be how do we smoothly ensure that these taliban fighters interview the system with respect to the values that people of afghanistan believe in since the war began here in 2001 women have enjoyed equal rights to men in law even if society likes behind unequal see however is another matter. Now to japan and a look at it all traditions from the 11th century almost lost and new lease saved the hard work of hand cutting blocks of ice its production is now used for the popular sweet treat known as category. It could be the work of enough onkar composer but these notes from a conch shell are blown in gratitude they ring ike to thank nature for a successful harvest. 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