american prisoners is an indication of, some kind of normalization to happen. some kind of détente. because, eventually, normal relationships need to resume in afghanistan. they are a country with tremendous problems, and need americas help. let s talk about the documentary. incredibly important piece of work. the documentary, escape from kabul. tell me about why you want to make it. it felt like a full stop to one of the most ambitious attempts to remake a country, halfway around the other side of the world, by america, and its allies, including my country, britain. it felt like a terribly disorganized and, chaotic ending. what we wanted to do, jamie roberts, the director and i, wanted to do, was show what this actually meant to the people, who are directly involved. so, we went out, interviewed,
others were, women should be treated fairly, we have just heard there others were, women should be treated fairly, we havejust heard there in the report how things have gone backwards for women, all of the spaces that were opened up for them for the last 20 years have now closed. and the third was that their government should be inclusive, should include all ethnicities. afghanistan is made up of a number of different ethnic groups, including the hasras, for example. that has not happened. quite recently, the cia only a few weeks ago carried out a drone strike on kabul that killed the al-qaeda leader, which has prompted a lot of people to wonder whether al-qaeda has reconstituted itself, this is the terrorist group that launched the terrorist group that launched the 9/11 attacks. but a white house report that came out in the last 24 hours has concluded it hasn t. but it hasn t changed the other things. thank you very much indeed, frank. sir salman rushdie s family has praised the brave
welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i m karishma vaswani. the headlines: in the last few minutes president biden has confirmed that prominent al qaeda leader ayman al zawahiri has been killed in a drone strike on kabul. al zawahiri, one of the world s most wanted terrorists, took over al-qaeda in 2011 after the us killed its leader, 0sama bin laden. he made videos including in recent weeks calling for his followers to attack the united states and our allies. now justice has been delivered. this terrorist leader is no more. we ll be live in washington with all the latest.
hello and welcome to the programme. we start with breaking news: president biden has confirmed that the al-qaeda chief, ayman al zawahiri has been killed in an american drone strike conducted in kabul. zawahiri was on the fbi s first ever most wanted terrorist list following the 9/11 attacks, which he had helped to coordinate alongside osama bin laden. this is what presidentt biden announced a short time ago. my my fellow americans, on saturday my direction, the united states successfully concluded an airstrike in kabul, afghanistan that killed the leader of al-qaeda, ayman al zawahiri. zawahiri was bin laden s leader, he was with him all the time, his number
al zawahiri has been killed in an american drone strike as you are hearing theirfrom our correspondence. in kabul and washington, lots of analysis on the site including a profile of who zawahiri was and how important he was to the al-qaeda network. you could bite all that information on our website. bite all that information on ourwebsite. 0rsimply bite all that information on our website. or simply download the bbc news at if you have not done so already. let s move away from that breaking news story and take you to a story that has been dominating headlines in asia this week. the speaker of the us house of representatives nancy pelosi is expected to visit taiwan as part of her tour of asia. that s according to several american and taiwanese media reports, although there is no official confirmation on this yet. china has warned of serious consequences if the trip to the self ruled island goes ahead. last week, president xijinping told president biden not to play with fire .