we offer expertise and tailored solutions for small businesses and major corporations. what can we do for you? and now, bbc world news worlda. max this is bbc news america reporting from washington. i am katty kay. there are strict conditions for this progress. we do not anticipate this process will be easier quick but we must pursue it. smiles for the camera but division offstage stage as russia refuses to sign any that president assad should leave syria. 175 the brothers, nearly years ago, they change the way we capture the world. one image at a time. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the globe. after 12 years of brutal war in afghanistan there were two important positive to ailments today. america announced it will hold direct talks with the taliban and the meetings could begin as early as this week in doha. that announcement came hours after nato handed over control of combat operations to afghan security forces. from kabul, we
welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the globe. after 12 years of brutal war in afghanistan there were two important positive to ailments today. america announced it will hold direct talks with the taliban and the meetings could begin as early as this week in doha. that announcement came hours after nato handed over control of combat operations to afghan security forces. from kabul, we start our coverage. of the past 12 years the afghan war has cost those nations fighting it around 20 billion pounds. than their is the cost in lives lost, tens of thousands of afghans and 3000 dead foreign troops. the uneasy truth is far from being defeated the taliban are still fighting. now claiming political legitimacy by opening an office in the gulf and still calling themselves by then name they were in afghanistan. with all countries in the world including the neighboring companies countries. they marked the formal handover of afghan security from n