that is meant to sort of peaked peoples fears, and make people think like this is the time to act. are you seeing any evidence that those things are more influential then your average man on the street, trump supporters saying the same kind of extremist stuff? ters not everywhere you show p tomorrow is going to be in that world of qanon, and all this stuff. some people just support trump, just the way it is. but there are people who think overtime that there is, effectively, at kabul taking over the world, and somebody needs to stop it. and when you read the posts of people who commit terror attacks, that s what happens. they just say i couldn t take it anymore. couldn t do nothing. and it only takes one guy. predicting that, rachel, is inherently impossible, and it s one of those things, that it should keep you up at night. it s one of those things where if we could predict it, we would love to. right now, no one is just gonna say it before we do it. ben collins, nbc senior
but the vast majority of afghans remain in their homeland and are now facing an economic crisis, severe food shortages and the roll back of what progress there had been for women and girls. our correspondent yogita limaye, reports from kabul. a song of defiance. if they fight us again, we ll pray the world is destroyed. the taliban erupted in a spontaneous celebration. at kabul s main square, hundreds gathered to mark one year since they walked into this city and took over afghanistan. carrying american weapons, fighters and their commanders now trying to run a country. when you compare the taliban this time around to their rule
were told they would be allowed to study again. in a cruel blow, they were sent back home within an hour. for nine years, this girl attended school under the shadow of war. i m totally upset because of this situation that i don t have the right to study. they don t consider us as human. and my feel is like humanity has died in this country. i asked taliban spokesman zabihullah mujahid when schools would be opened. translation: we have | problems in some places. we are trying our best to solve them and to bring things back to normal. what problems, though? because classes were always segregated for boys and girls even before the 15th of august. translation: our leader scholars have issues with the safety of girls travelling to and from schools. we cannot only make decisions based on the situation in kabul.
even before the 15th of august. translation: our leader scholars have issues with the safety of girls travelling to and from schools. we cannot only make decisions based on the situation in kabul. we also have to consider villages and districts, where people don t want girls to go to school. so, after one year in power, you are not able to commit a time at which all girls will be able to go to secondary schools? translation: when we came to power, - there were a lot of problems. these things take time. the decisions on women have far reaching effects. international recognition and funding is tied to them. crucial, in a country where a majority are going hungry each day. yogita limaye, bbc news, kabul. we can now speak to omar samad, who s with the atlantic council. he was previously afghanistan s ambassador to france and to canada, and also former senior advisor to dr abdullah
under russia s control. moscow and kyiv accuse each other of shelling the site. this time last year, the taliban had swept in to the afghan capital kabul and seized power, after the chaotic withdrawal of international forces. their return prompted a desperate exodus of those who d worked alongside international forces and agencies trying to flee in fear of their lives. but the vast majority of afghans remain in their homeland as the country faces an economic crisis, severe food shortages, and the roll back of what progress there had been in particular for women and girls. our correspondent yogita limaye, reports from kabul. a song of defiance. if they fight us again, we ll pray the world is destroyed. the taliban erupted in a spontaneous celebration. at kabul s main square, hundreds gathered to mark one year since they walked