Documented about eight hundred human rights abuses in the first two weeks of this month more details of course on all those stories on the aljazeera website al jazeera dot com coming up now inside story. The world is failing its newborns thats the warning today from unicef in a report that says the death of babies globally is alarming really high so can Child Mortality be reduced and if so how this is inside story. Hello again welcome to the program im peter dobby at least seven thousand infants die every day mostly from preventable causes thats according to a report by unicef the fund babies born in some of the poorest countries are significantly more likely to die countries such as pakistan somalia Central African republic afghanistan and assumed to have the highest rates of newborn deaths will examine the reasons without guests in a moment but first this report from. This is one of the busiest maternity wards in the pakistani capital islamabad several babies are born here every day
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Im daniel runde. We are talking about the nonmilitary components of the us strategy in afghanistan. I think the first thing you have to say is i certainly welcome, i think many people welcome the fact that the president has come forward with a new strategy four afghanistan without timelines and with a commitment to a great cause. I think that there are there is a moral component to this as well. There is a lot of progress. I think that does not get a lot of coverage on this. And so for us to risk letting all of dad go with the price way too high. We have been working on this for a long time. I have been working with ambassador wayne and the Senior Advisor here. We have done a lot of things with the ambassador. We have got a very good panel to cover the issues today but i think the other point i want to make is, you cant solve the challenges of afghanistan without diplomacy and without development. And we certainly welcome the fact that there is a security it requires a security compone
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Afghanistan. The first thing you have to say is i certainly welcome i think many people welcome the fact that President Trump and the Trump Administration has come forward with a new strategy for afghanistan without timelines and redoubling down on commitment to a gray cause. The fact that there are 3 Million Girls in school and theres a whole lot at stake in afghanistan not just our security but theres a moral component to this as well. I think that and theres a lot of progress. So for us to risk letting all of that go would have been the price is way too high. Weve been working on this for a long time here at csis. Weve done a number of things with ambassador wayne. Weve got a very good panel to cover the issues today but the other point i want to make is, you cant solve the challenges of afghanistan without diplomacy and development and that we certainly welcome the fact that there is a it requires a security component but the facts on the ground are being changed by diplomacy and d