3113 fire fighters died on 9/11 as they battled flames and evacuated civillians , we hearfrom one new york firefighter who was on his first day in the job when the twin towers fell. 110 story building fell in seven seconds total and we were caught in the collapse. i m philippa thomas in london from where the queen has sent a message saying her thoughts are with the victims, survivors and their families. we ll be hearing from people from across the globe reflecting on how the 9/11 attacks changed their lives. the attacks were planned by al-qaeda from afghanistan. today s commemorations come weeks afer the us withdrawal from the country, with the taliban now firmly back in control. i m lyse doucet live in kabul where the un has condemned the taliban for their increasingly violent response to dissent.
country with american troops on the ground to give an impression that this was an occupation to those who didn t like the american presence in the fact that american troops were still there in the decades that followed allowed the taliban to make the claim that this was yet another invasion and occupation of foreigners. it didn t work for the british in 1839, it didn t work for the russians, it didn t work for the americans are now it looks like the chinese have found a new way to exert their hegemony economically over afghanistan and i think historians will remember this is the moment that american power faded in both afghanistan and pakistan and, very sadly, the power of china has eclipsed them. very sadly, the power of china has eclipsed them. those in the taliban who are now eclipsed them. those in the taliban who are now in eclipsed them. those in the taliban who are now in government - eclipsed them. those in the taliban l who are now in government incapable will also, willi
was in afghanistan. in fact, four months before september 11 per taliban were being asked to hand over 0sama bin laden. i spoke to the ambassador in pakistan who said they had been called many times by american intelligence saying they had evidence he was going to do in attack and you should hang them over, we are wanly. questions have been asked about why more can be done to stop it and that is another issue but it seems as though they knew that something was being planned and they knew it came from afghanistan. we planned and they knew it came from afghanistan- afghanistan. we are seeing in new york the president afghanistan. we are seeing in new york the president arriving - afghanistan. we are seeing in new york the president arriving for - afghanistan. we are seeing in new york the president arriving for the | york the president arriving for the ceremony and of course we will be bringing either ceremony live as we begin with just to pick up, you have been talking to hammett bec
literature festival he spoke to the audience perfectly and started singing bollywood songs at the audience and he has that charm and ability and this is certainly being seenin ability and this is certainly being seen in pakistan as a victory for the intelligence services and the long term run of the country which now has pakistan in a massive debt chap which is china and china s yesterday allowed stitches giving free vaccines to taliban afghanistan. yesterday announced. never manger minerals being announced and the opening copper mines and whatever this new government does and they acknowledge the taliban are not china sees this as an opportunity to invest and get the stomach afghanistan into one of its debt traps as has happened so often in africa and elsewhere in the world we are going to see both afghanistan and pakistan now clearly veering towards china and american, western and indian influence, i
i laid down with them. but i didn t go to sleep, - because i figured somebody was coming to the house and - i didn t want to be in my pyjamas. it s weird, the things you worry about. - and at about midnight, somebody came to the house to say that bruce was unaccounted for. this memorial, with great restraint, does justice to the terrible events of that day. but nothing can capture the sense of chaos, anger, disbelief of what was unfolding. then, there was steely resolve, and americans were united and most of the rest of the world stood with america. the taliban, in power in afghanistan, who d harboured the al-qaeda terrorists, would be driven from power and the us would try to replace the warlords with democracy. but 20 years on, america has abandoned afghanistan. i think we re still the greatest democracy in the history of the world, but we are not