We will get started. My name is andrew wilder, i am the vice resident. I am delighted to welcome you to the important and timely event. As many of you know, we were founded 35 years ago by members of congress as an independent and nonpartisan national institute, charged with the mission of preventing, mitigating and resolving violent conflict. Todays topic is near and dear to you sip. We have had an office since 2002 and worked closely with the government, Civil Society organization and others to address underlying causes of instability and violence. Support to the process is a top priority. We have dedicated considerable effort over the last two years to some research, dialogue, skill building and policy analysis, both in washington and afghanistan and. Throughout our efforts, we have held fast to the conviction that were a Peace Process to be sustainable, it must be inclusive. We recently held a workshop in istanbul with top women negotiators from afghanistan who had mostly participa
We will get started. My name is andrew wilder, i am the vice resident. I am delighted to welcome you to the important and timely event. As many of you know, we were founded 35 years ago by members of congress as an independent and nonpartisan national institute, charged with the mission of preventing, mitigating and resolving violent conflict. Todays topic is near and dear to you sip. We have had an office since 2002 and worked closely with the government, Civil Society organization and others to address underlying causes of instability and violence. Support to the process is a top priority. We have dedicated considerable effort over the last two years to some research, dialogue, skill building and policy analysis, both in washington and afghanistan and. Throughout our efforts, we have held fast to the conviction that were a Peace Process to be sustainable, it must be inclusive. We recently held a workshop in istanbul with top women negotiators from afghanistan who had mostly participa
Coming. First off tomorrow a look at friday, but were going to be tracking your travel plans for the weekend. Were still tracking that big storm during the day on saturday, and what thats going to mean to your travel on saturday. Of course, Christmas Eve coming up on sunday as well. Looking at christmas and into next week, were going to talk much more about the christmas holiday, what to expect on christmas, and weve got some update snow chances as well. Not just one or two. Weve got a few snow chances the next couple days. Including more on the holiday lights we have going on here in Prince Georges County today. Im live right now and well be back in just a couple minutes with the latest on all that. Cant wait to see the show you have. If youre heading out of town, you may want to wait awhile. Between now and 6 00 they say there will be three times more traffic. Some spots will be extra slow, think i66, maryland and virginia. Chopper4 is live for us for any particularly bad back ups. T
Good afternoon, everyone. Good afternoon. My name is michael kugelman, the senior associate for south asia with the Wilson Centers asian program. Thank you all for coming. Before forget i just want to thank our institutional cosponsors which are the middle east program and also the Wilson Centers global womens leadership initiative. I also wanted to welcome those of doing this on cspan. As you all know afghanistan is experiencing a great period of uncertainty. International combat troops have left a fragile new unity government is in place. The taliban has been ramping up its attacks of late including in kabul. And once again and there are rumors of buttons to start these talks between the Afghan Government and the taliban. In recent days the chinese reportedly hosted taliban and Afghan Government representatives for informal discussions about the possibility of talks. This all makes for very tenuous time in afghanistan but also and especially for afghan women. Even the horrific track
Start recording with her mobile phone when a man attacked her. Start recording with her mobile phone when a man attacked herli switch the recording on my phone and the light as well, and i thought, if he sees i am recording, i said, i am recording you, i am recording you, he will run off, it would scare him off, and he wouldnt want to get caught. But he didnt care at all. We will hear from 19 year old lilyanne. It is an incredible story. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until i this morning. Also do you think Music Festivals should provide drug Testing Facilities to allow people taking Illegal Drugs to check whether those drugs are safe . If you take drugs, if you go to festivals let me know what you think. Our top story today. Seven weeks after a General Election was called, Polling Stations across the uk have opened for millions of people to cast their vote. Police forces say there is increased security in some areas following the recent Terror Attacks in manchester and lon