Migrants in turkey gather at a crossing into europe after ankara says it will no longer hold them back but greece is blocking its borders determined to stave off a new wave of refugees. Im married to evanston its good to have you with us the United States and the taliban have signed an agreement aimed at ending nearly 2 decades of conflict in afghanistan the 2 sides signed the deal in qatars capital doha following a year and a half of talks both have committed to a reduction in violence the agreement paves the way for the United States to gradually withdraw its troops from afghanistan and in return the taliban has promised not to allow the country to be used as a base for terrorist attacks against the west. Hugh well for more were joined now by our correspondent was me who is in doha covering the signing ceremony for us hello to you was a lot so the agreement has just been signed a short time ago what is happening now. Mariano thank you for having me well the incas dried and people came out of the main hall and they are excited the taliban we have seen them coming out of the room they were confident which was quite a surreal feeling and it was also very surreal to see them very close to women journalists to other journalists something that maybe a few years ago we shouldnt have we couldnt have dreamed of. Now 2 days signing of the agreement follows nearly 2 years of protracted talks is there a sense of optimism today in doha is this being seen as a landmark moment. Definitely it is definitely seen as a historic moment for afghanistan for the United States for all the stakeholders involved we have spoken to the taliban themselves i just spoke to he who is the spokesperson of the taliban and he said that hes very optimistic for the interim afghan talks that will happen very soon and now that we paved and they can go and try to have talks about peace one thing that i also want to note is that there are no afghan women neither from the Civil Society and of course also not from the government present at this ceremony. In a simi reporting for us from doha thank you very much. Well for some analysis im joined now in the studio by. Peters money who has been covering afghanistan for many years sandra thanks so much for coming in now a lot of people have been referring to todays agreement as a peace deal between the u. S. And taliban but thats not exactly accurate this is i think for a peace deal what would need to happen is for the Afghan Government for afghan Civil Society or like that for women representatives to be in the room and then sit down with the taliban to hammer out a peace deal that is really going to be an african peace deal what we saw today is an agreement between the United States and extension nato troops and the taliban to open the door because what was seen next is probably a 1st round of in traffic and talks which is supposed to happen sometime in march which would be pretty soon and i think the negotiations with start who is going to be part of the Afghan Negotiating Team shuttling in from kabul who is going to be on the taliban side and where is it going to take place germany has actually raised its head and is ready to host these in traffic and talks are rights so the real road to peace has to be through these in traffic and talks but we know that the Afghan Government itself is facing a very complex political crisis the taliban all these years has dismissed the Afghan Government as being merely a puppet of the United States so. What is the likelihood that we will see these both sides come together for meaningful talks lets start with the taliban that is their parts their commitment part of this deal yes we will sit down with them so there is no easy way out that they will have to sit down because otherwise the withdrawal of u. S. And nato troops its conditioned space so there is a backstop without talks that wont happen as its now. You know the ink is really dry yet and for the ethic and government site that is going to be really tricky because there is this protracted crisis centering around president ial elections which were a fraud event and there is actually a very imminent threat that we might see 2 governments president honey has declared himself the winner and so has mr abdulla who used to be his chief executive officer of basically running government he also thinks hes the winner so who is going to lead the talks here and you know sandra at the end of the day we know of course of the main victims of the violence in afghanistan over these last 19 years have been civilians a u. N. Survey found that the number of civilian casualties has surpassed 100000 just in the past 10 years the fighting has also cost the lives of more than 2000 american troops we now have this look back at all the events that led to the conflict. The 1st bombs rained down on afghanistan on the night of october 7th 2001. The opening salvo in the war of attrition that would last almost decade. On my orders the United States military has begun strikes against al qaeda terrorist Training Camps and military installations of the taliban regime. An International Alliance followed in the subsequent weeks carrying out an intensive a result taliban Training Camps underpinned by advancing Taliban Forces on the ground the taliban stronghold kandahar fell in november. Celebrations pull cart as locals a marriage from the york of repression. And then i was so happy that until now it was like a prisoner of my beard and im free meanwhile so was Osama Bin Laden the man the u. S. Desperately wanted remained elusive escaping from the tora bora cave network but between the battle lines the violence unleashed on anniston afghans was beginning to a marriage of family homes bombed in the chaos of war. When were in a situation. Where were in a combat so. Unfortunately sometimes mistakes are made. And 2014 most foreign troops withdrew. Into the vacuum step to results in taliban who mounted a ruthless Guerrilla Campaign retaking territory and stepping up its use of suicide attacks by the end this long war had left 40000 civilians day. After the blast it was a horrific scene many people were on the ground and i managed to get myself to the ambulance. I dont know what happened next no phone. When the 1st hints of a truce were revealed enemy fighters on the street. Looked to wonder after so many years of violence on vengeance. Well as we saw in that report you know civilians continue to bear the brunt of the conflict in afghanistan sandra where does todays agreement leave ordinary people and afghanistan with hopes and fears depends on where you are in a city like kabul you will find lots of young people fearing for their liberties you know they can now go to cafes they can go to movie theaters they can enjoy life music events so they feel for that women fear that they wont be allowed to work to study to go to school if you look at the countryside its entirely different picture because people there is century fear for their lives so what they want is security they want what ever kind of peace they can get lets not forget obama of afghanistans population lives and die of poverty and this is the rule of population which has borne the brunt of this conflict which is yes 20 years of us in 1000 volts meant but in the whole 40 years of conflict. Its always great to hear your insights thank you so much. Lets turn our attention now to our other top story and migrants in turkey have rushed to borders with the European Union thats after ankara signaled it would not stop them from crossing observers say the relaxation of border restrictions is aimed at getting more e. Q. And nato support for Turkeys Campaign against Government Forces in syria w correspondent you the hunt is on the Turkish Border and shes been speaking to refugees who traveled there in the hopes of crossing into the e. U. These people have been waiting to cross a closed border that theyve been told was open or men and women of all ages families with Young Children from all over the middle east some have been living in turkey for several years for straighted with their situation their night congregating next to whats essentially a no mans land between greece in the European Union and turkey i cite it. What the help of. Those who dont have a life youre going to have a license i dont think thats where you want to. At one point it looked possible that people might have been literally the border into greece so hundreds of people surged towards the gates but their hopes of entering the e. U. Were short lived its not stopping some others from taking matters into their own hands. Turkey has been removing its checkpoints and design actively encouraging refugees to head for the e. U. s borders this is being seen as a deliberate tactic to peer pressure on nato to offer more support in dealing with the influx of refugees. Sizings arrived at the border with greece with an iris of heating that they might be able to get 3 greek police have been firing tear gas to tear them. They thought that was going to be my last breath thats not right i didnt leave im still here and im ok. Turkeys president richard tired eridu one has called on the e. U. To keep its promises and says his country cant cope with another wave of refugees for ny these people are stuck here caught up in the geopolitical game. Well now to the latest developments in the corona Virus Outbreak as it continues its global advance there are now confirmed cases in 57 countries or territory and the total number of people infected has topped 80000 and the virus is spreading fastest to south korea which reported more than 800. 00 new cases bringing the total there to over 3000. 00. The virus is also still spreading in europe here in germany people whove come into contact with confirmed cases in a kindergarten have been asked to stay at home 4 children have tested positive in italy meanwhile entire towns remained sealed off. 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Temperature twice a day. For Health Authorities call us and ask us for the latest figures and then my doubts some extra questions. While miller culson seems to have avoided getting the virus a 1000 others remain in quarantine in the area being confined within 4 walls will become familiar to many more before the global outbreak has peaked. Youre watching d. W. News coming to you from berlin a quick reminder now of our top story the United States and taliban have signed an agreement aimed at ending nearly 2 decades of conflict in afghanistan the court paves the way for the west to gradually withdraw its troops from the country. Youre up to date now thanks for watching. This for me. Is for. Children its for. Beethoven it is for. Beethoven is for. The. Beethoven 2020. 5th anniversary here on