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Thanks for joining us the International Group save the children has suspended operations in afghanistan after an attack on its workers gunmen stormed the agencys compound in the eastern city of jalalabad after a suicide bombing just outside three people have been killed including a policeman jennifer cost joining us from kabul its been a long day jennifer now that the your operation is over what more do you tell us are emerging. Along harrowing day forty seven people trapped inside that that office for more than eight hours while gunmen battle that began Security Forces into a low level out in eastern afghanistan grenades gunfire explosions the building itself set on fire a very very harrowing ordeal for those who were rescued three People Killed twenty five injured those are the figures that we have right now but security sort of forces are going through that building to clear the building as we speak to make sure there are no more explosives to make sure theres any sort of booby traps left behind and for save the children a terrible day they suspended operations across afghanistan and that is so terrible for those people who when they help here they say they they affect a one point four million children in afghanistan they say they are devastated by this attack theyre committed to their work here in afghanistan theyd like to reopen their programs as soon as they possibly can but they say the only do so when know that their workers will be safe and secure what are you hearing about any claim of responsibility. Well the taleban explicitly denied responsibility the Islamic State on their web site did claim responsibility but we have no way of verifying that theres nobody here who speaks on behalf of the Islamic States they do have a stronghold in eastern afghanistan and they have stepped up their attacks in afghanistan and here in the in the capital kabul and in other other areas perhaps trying to keep up pressure on the government but as i said aljazeera cant verify that it is actually the Islamic State despite their claims of responsibility on their website and jennifer was be organization was save the children be specific target here that is going to be the big question i know Aid Organizations are trying to find out if they were the specific targets its really not clear at this moment and we have seen other Aid Organizations attacked here and in a mistaken way because it was the wrong house or the wrong place they were trying to attack a different route and i know of at least two major attacks on Aid Organizations where the Aid Organization wasnt the target the attackers simply had the wrong address thats what the government is going to be invested looking into and Aid Organizations are to be watching very closely to see if they believe save the children was the actual target ok jennifer glass reporting from kabul frank you. Earlier we spoke to the afghan ambassador to qatar about the security situation in his country. What doesnt get to the news and where the International Community doesnt know how many how many potential attacks are prevented by our Security Force that is very important that information is with us and with our government but unfortunately those who are trying to destabilize the country their. Attacks and their activity has also increased but overall im sharing with you our security situation has improved and hopefully it will get much better well its not speak to Michael Semple hes joining us from belfast hes a visiting Research Professor at the institute for global Peace Security and justice at Queens University belfast thanks for speaking to us once again on the news grid so we know that Aid Organizations have been targeted in the past in afghanistan were not yet clear as jennifer was saying whether save the children was the specific target of this attack but regardless of that why why are Aid Organizations being targeted in this way. Yes im very glad that jennifer made the point that or until some kind of forensic analysis is done you count over three of for certain who carried out the attack and exactly what their thinking was but looking more broadly not just at this attack but of the account of attacks weve seen over some time now they the taliban seem to be acting as if all foreigners the foreign presence is for them somehow or they say that they are attacking the invaders and rather than as you know focusing on military targets theyre prepared to go with any any element of the the foreign presence in afghanistan including we saw in the attack over the weekend you know technical staff from a private sector airline there prepared to present a some part of the invaders and if this is the rationale behind the attack today theyre saying that those who are responsible for delivering and relief programs humanitarian assistance to the needy of afghanistan they it seems that they you know the taliban are prepared to treat them as invaders and legitimate targets which amounts to a humanitarian crisis of renunciation of any kind of humanitarian principle and humanitarian crisis for the uk for afghanistan and the people who are trying to work there id just like to get your thoughts on what the the ambassador said to us earlier on aljazeera we played sound a little while ago where he was saying that the security situation in the country has improved your reaction. You know of course i would love i would love to be able to back him up on this but i can say that you know if he had some statistics which would show this to be the case then you know we will get a very hard job in selling this to the Afghan People you know i talk every day to multiple funds they are desperately concerned with the current security situation even those who got no love lost for you know for those who do carry out this kind of attack they feel that the Security System the security situation is very alarming they worried when their children go out in the day when they come back and i you know theyre feeling desperate and im sorry we have to do an awful lot more than just giving you and i could read reassurance over the t. V. Inshallah things are ok people are not sure when their children go out in the morning whether the. Ok Michael Semple we thank you very much for joining us on aljazeera well turkeys army says more than two hundred sixty kurdish and eisel fighters have been killed in five days if its operation in Northern Syria so the military is trying to force the why p. J. Out of the town of free and create a buffer zone on the border a senior kurdish officials says turkey has greatly exaggerated the number of casualties but refuse to give the exact one nearly five thousand people are trying to escape the conflict zone in Northern SyriaStephanie Decker joining us from the turkey syria border so claims and counterclaims stephanie over the death toll what are you hearing. Yes you mentioned the turkish government to say theyve killed over two hundred sixty five inches of the white p. G. The y. P. G. Says that theyve killed over thirty seven turkish an f. S. A. Troops there are various videos and social media during that we cannot simply verify that claim to show bodies of epis a fighters of y p g fighters of turkish troops it is incredibly difficult to get a real sense a realistic sense of what is happening how many casualties there are because this is also very much a propaganda war what is clear is that it is an act of war it is a conflict zone weve been hearing it all the days that we spent along the border shelling airstrikes there is Ground Fighting its slowed down the Ground Fighting today somewhat because the weather is so dire visibility very no but still shelling continued so to get a real clear picture as to whats going on in terms of casualties is very very difficult we do know that Somebody Just were taken by the epa say they then have fallen back into why p. G. Hands is well there are making some advances however but yes it is slow going and it is complicated to get a very accurate picture as to specific details and for those who are civilians who are trying to leave stephanie where do they go. Well theyre not going anywhere at the moment when it comes to leaving the province of oxygene this is pretty much what sources have been telling us throughout the last couple of days and the u. N. Issued a report yesterday which seems to corroborate that saying that five thousand civilians left the border areas that are further into the problem that it seems that the authorities about freedom not allowing people to leave theyve cut the roads all this is the new idea why p. G. And that some government checkpoints for a few who have actually managed to leave the province work turned back into africa and so its a very difficult situation there are no aid agencies inside the province of the that are functional at the moment referring again to the weather it is very very cold its freezing during it is what its going to be like this for the next couple of days so its a dire situation its an act of conflict so you know as always with this war jury we talk about the politics who took but the military operations but always its the people that are suffering and that have no way out and u. N. Estimates around three hundred thousand people civilians are inside that problems about the im just back to the military operation for a second what is turkey saying it and game is not going. Well attending the minute after he did they say is to push the white p. G. A. Out to clear its borders its interesting you mentioned there that thirty kilometer safe zone while the Prime Minister the foreign minister in fact said that four days ago one day into the offensive that it was going to be in four phases and that their priority was to set up a thirty kilometer safe zone today weve just heard again from the authorities now that secretary of state Rex Tillerson actually proposed is proposing a thirty kilometer safe zone its very confusing to the say this before is he saying this now we havent heard from the americans that thats the case you know the americans are urging restraint you know the americans are also supporting the y. P. G. Further east as part of the bigger group called s. D. F. That were fighting eisel turkey is saying its going to move further east and clear the why b. G. From that border is very complicated it is you know you dont know how its going to play out when it comes to getting on everyones interest when it comes to the u. S. Turkey russia iran this is what were looking at when it comes to syria but certainly just briefly you have nato allies Turkey Bombing a group that is the americas best ally in fighting i still on the ground so its very complicated very murky indeed Stephanie Decker thank you well germanys government is facing criticism about german made tanks being used in Turkeys Campaign in Northern Syria dominic kane following that story for us joining us from berlin so whats the reaction in germany to that news that tanks to turkey are being used in this way dominic. Well the thing to soldiering is that there has been condemnation and its very strong criticism from several prominent politicians some indeed inside Angela Merkels own party the christian democrats with with one Senior Member saying that there can be no question that any upgrades to the tanks that the German Government sold to the turkish government could possibly be allowed to proceed thats the thing at issue here the turkish government is keen to have the Weapon System the tank system upgraded and that would not ordinarily be part of the deal between the two governments but the point to be made here as i say is the level of condemnation that has emerged as a consequence of the uses to which people think the turkish government have put these weapons is something that politicians it dont think that the German Government should or should really be trying to to help it and germany itself has made a record amount of sales over the past few years when it comes to the arms industry dominic is that right. Yeah thats absolutely right that the movements export industry at least here in germany is very considerable it generates a loss of revenue for germany and many countries are recipients of german systems Weapon Systems around the world the point to make here is that the saudi government in the past has received Weapon Systems from germany and then following the use that some of those weapons were put to in yemen germany was placed under a degree of difficulty about the idea that it could be supplying such weapons and so decided not to do that so that the suggestion being made here is that it is likely that the German Government might consider doing exactly the same thing in other words not allowing that upgrade that i was referring to to the tank Weapon Systems that the turkish government would want to see being installed as it were certainly thats the suggestion here anyway ok dominic thank you for that update from berlin well if youre wondering who the worlds biggest Arms Companies are we have compiled a list on aljazeera dot com the top ten are either american or european and this is data thats sourced from the Stockholm InternationalPeace Research institute and published in twenty sixteen and show them all based in the u. S. Or in europe as you can see as i scroll down that list well as always wed love to hear your thoughts on this and other stories were covering on the news grid today i am getting some comments on the turkey story in fact saying whatever turkey is doing is not cold war its actually an operation against what hes describing as terrorist groups so a lot of interest in this story do keep your comments coming in to us so were on twitter at a. J. English were also on facebook at facebook dot com slash a. J. Newsgroup you can also send us a whats up the numbers right there its plus one seven four five one four nine and just use the hash tag a. J. News grid. Now egypts president on before the house a say has officially filed his papers to run in the president ial election in march the news comes off several other potential candidates have withdrawn or theyve been barred from running again Facey Mohamed jungle reports. President of the fatah has sisi officially launched his bid for a second term in office after announcing his candidacy last week submitting registration documents for his reelection bid in march in a speech to Police Force Members seem determined to project an aura of strings and. All egyptians must remain alert and some people want to divert our attention from the goals we have been working to achieve i see that as people do not listen to their nonsense talk and stay committed to achieving Construction Development and prosperity of. The rhetoric was similar in tone to promises made to voters during his first president ial Election Campaign in two thousand and fourteen which the former military chief of staff won with ninety seven percent of the vote observer said that election fell short of international standards. 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