Being able to take anything along. they have just rushed here to save their lives. some have travelled for days, making dangerousjourneys past taliban checkpoints and at the front lines to get to kabul. 0ne taliban checkpoints and at the front lines to get to kabul. one woman told me she and her children had been hungry for six days and when they finally got here some residents gave her some food. there is very little by means of food supplies, water, or even sanitation there. when we were in that area we didn t see any government agency or humanitarian agencies on the ground and people were angry because they felt like they had been left on their own. the government say they are going to shelter these people in masks and they are going to provide food material. but what we are seeing here, the un has described it as a humanitarian catastrophe, 18 million people in need of urgent, life saving support. these are not people who have had to run for their
It has made it difficult for thousands of new zealanders to come back home and be reunited with their families. so while the borders are going to be closed for a while, because they want to consolidate the success and be careful about reopening, we are seeing the beginnings, the features of what it will look like for this gradual easing of new zealand s borders in 2022. let s return now to afghanistan and the aid agencies warning that civilians are facing catastrophe as the taliban continues to advance across the country. the insurgents have taken control of ten of the country s 34 provincial capitals and the un say more than 1,000 civilians have died in the past month. with us now is ashley jackson, co director of the centre for the study of armed groups at the overseas development institute, an independent think tank on international development and humanitarian issues. she is also author of negotiating survival: civilian insurgent relations in afghanistan.
With suhail shahin, a member of the taliban peace negotiation team. if you were to return to kabul, how would you govern? there was in the past some mistakes that we have learned from, because at that time you were new to the government to stop education of women and girls. that is not our goal. of course, education is their right and it is much needed. while suhail shahin continues to talk about peace, it s clearly not a view shared by taliban commanders closing in on afghanistan s cities. back in kabul, taliban commander maulana from helmand agreed to meet me. what do you want? do you want the taliban regime to come back into power or do you think that there should be a power sharing deal with the current government? like the discussions that are being had in doha? translation: we would be happy to have a joint government under.
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The umbrella of islamic sharia. a sharia based system in afghanistan, like the system the taliban used to have. if we talk about law and order and justice, if someone were to steal or commit adultery, what should happen to them? translation: all this is clearly stated in the koran. if someone steals, there is a punishment, for example, for some theft, the punishment is cutting off the hand and foot. and if someone commits adultery, then they should be stoned. and if there isn t a political resolution to this conflict, are you prepared to take kabul by force? translation: i m trying to defeat | the government and they re trying | to make me disappear.