18 years of war in afghanistan could end in a little more than a week a deal that calls for a 7 day reduction of violence is now in effect and after that the taliban says it will sign a peace deal with america u. S. Involvement in afghanistan began in 20011 month after the 911. 00 attacks washington launched air strikes and a Ground Invasion to remove the taliban from power within 12000. 00 american soldiers are still in afghanistan thousands more from nato allies and partners countries are also there some 2400 american troops have been killed since the operation began and the u. S. Is estimated to spent more than one trillion dollars during its mission. Joins us live from washington d. C. So a lot is resting on this reduction of violence do we know what will be judged to be enough of reduction we dont know lauren and that is perhaps the biggest obstacle to getting to a signing ceremony in doha on february 29th both sides the United States and the taliban have agreed that there needs to be a significant reduction of violence. Not just by the taliban but a reduction in the number of offensive strikes by the u. S. Military and by the Afghan Military its not clear one what the numbers are to constitute a significant reduction number 2 its not clear exactly whos monitoring and who can be considered the impartial arbiter in order to make this judgment and so that is perhaps the biggest problem 3 it does not apparently account for any rogue actions and how both how all 3 of these parties would actually account for them during this 7 day period one thing that both the u. S. And the taliban have agreed though is that this is a significant moment and that both sides need to try to take the best advantage of it that they can and if the deal does go ahead what kind of times can we are looking at in terms of any potential drill down of u. S. Troops. Well thats the other big question donald trump of the u. S. President campaigned back in 2016 on the fact that he would bring u. S. Forces home from not just iraq but from afghanistan as well because he said the country has been involved in too many wars for too many years certainly that would get him not just applause but also get him votes in the 2020 election but on the flip side there is considerable concern here in washington about removing too many u. S. Forces because of the concerns that the Afghan Military just isnt Strong Enough to adequately defend its country both from internal and external threats fact the pentagon has noted just as recently as a week ago that he would be comfortable john dropping the number of u. S. Troops in afghanistan from about 12000 or so right now to about 858600 any lower than that its thought could imperil the afghan militaries ability to further develop its capabilities and to not need the support from the United States or from other militaries for that matter jordan thank you very much. Ive. Closed it closed and irans parliamentary elections the result is expected to change the face of the countrys legislature as thousands of moderate and reformist candidates were barred from running said baker reports from tehran. He said its a religious jew to vote and irans supreme you didnt lead by example casting the 1st ballot and servant the conservatives have much of their support base they followed through. By the hour show that. This is the 1st time im voting my reason to vote is to have a share in the future of my country and help it. Voting doesnt solve any problems and conditions could deteriorate if we dont vote we should vote for the way it is so the new lawmakers can fix some problems. This 88 year old says he has been voting for 70 years as an added value in trouble i have voted from the very 1st election in the Islamic Republic 81 parliamentarian toughing disqualified from standing of the reformist hopefuls also told they cannot stand ins elections it means conservatives could benefit from a lower turnout and lack of opposition and this will have also repercussions for you when a Foreign Policy and i think this will bring more support from the parliaments side for ukraine and regional policies but more importantly it will decrease the chances for the life the hood of any direct negotiations between iran and the United States there are those who have stayed away upset at a lack of change and an economy reeling under us sanctions are solomon right. I voted every year but i saw no effect to convince me to vote this time i finished my studies i have a bachelors and finished Ministry Service but theres no job for me for what i see no reason to want. Now to ban it i know im not voting because previous lawmakers did nothing they had no effect in the country so i didnt vote its not me alone many to vote. Results are expected later in the week. At this polling station where we have permission to film its been relatively busy but there are others across the city that were quiet but we werent allowed to film a lower turnout relieve whoever wins this election with the task of rebuilding confidence and trust in the system i said big al jazeera the. South sudans president salva kiir has dissolved his cabinet in preparation for a new unity government care is also appointed the rebel leader rick machar as 1st Vice President the 2 former rivals will lead the new government from saturday in a tent to end years of conflict which is left over 400000. 00 people dead. Is in juba where she says the south sudanese people will finally see change on the ground. Ahead of forming what has been termed as the revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity on saturday south sudans president on friday issued several decrees relieving the ministers of the government from their positions as well as relieving the 1st Vice President and Vice President one eager from their posts now the president also issued more decrees the most prominent being appointing the head of the Opposition Leader rick machar as for his Vice President according to a peace deal that was signed in 2008 between the whirring sides 2 and 5 years of conflict he also issued decrees that saw the return of. As Vice President and one ego also as Vice President now this all comes as part of a deal that was signed between the various opposition parties and the government in 2018 and a conflict that started in 2013 which has led to at least 4 100000 people being killed and more than 2000000 displaced within the country and some in neighboring countries but just because the 2 sides and or all the sides have said that they are trying to meet a deadline that doesnt mean all the issues are resolved the most outstanding issue between the sides had been the number of states that has been resolved by the president last saturday when he announced that the country. Well be returning to the former number of 10 states along with 3 administrative areas but then the issues of security arrangements still remain to be outstanding between the various sides that will in just a matter of hours be partners in the government they have said that they are going to agree to try to resolve these issues after the formation of the government to make sure that they do not miss another deadline and lets not forget that february 22nd is already dead 3rd deadline the 1st initial deadline had been in maine 2019 and then that was postponed to november 29th team but due to several outstanding issues that had not been resolved between the warring sides they had to push it to february 28th seems so people on the streets of south sudan are saying that theyre looking forward to a government formation so that they can see the impacts of the peace deal that has been signed in 2018 but is yet to be reflected on the ground there saying that the economy has suffered a lot since the conflict started and they want to make sure that peace comes to their country so that they can try to go back to their normal lives 313 when the war started attacks on civilians in booking a fast so displacing more than 4000 people a day thats according to the uns Refugee Agency which says armed groups are carrying out raids with increasing frequency many whove escaped have reported murders rapes and the pillaging of villages 700000 people have fled their homes in 12 months nearly a quarter of those have left in just the past 3 weeks in stark language the un has warned that fighting in Northern Syria could end in a bloodbath has been continuing in province where the airstrikes it in the town of some in near the front line Government Forces assisted by russian air cover have been steadily gaining ground in the region which is the last held by the rebels in a phone conversation turkeys president richard the one whos urged Russias Vladimir Putin to rein in syrias move to avert a humanitarian crisis. Regime in france means that close to a 1000000 people have fled towards turkey and theyre now in desperate need of assistance reports and how tie it take it border with syria asim is the head of an extended family his origin only from the town in the south of italy when the town was have a. Sim and his family fled a few days ago they arrived here in a rebel held village in the countryside north of it destitute hes planning to join the thousands of poor and displaced syrians living in olive orchards here in it live city. I need at least 5 turns for my large family their dog me to buy them but each cost around 250. 00 in Pinellas Fatima malise from hellfire a town in the rural hama when Syrian Government troops advanced closer to her village she says the family left a rebel stronghold in aleppo fatimas husband was killed 3 years ago now she lives in this brick built by Turkish Charities with financial contribution from germany. The place doesnt provide any protection from the rain and cold but when i remember what we went through and the day to bombardment this feels fine for me and for my kids this is what it looked like. In some other 3 months ago civilians converged on this town north of it live hoping for shelter food and warmth but when some of those attacked a few days ago the displaced dishpan till their turns and flat. The school this struggle to set up is now deserted for now thousands of syrians seem destined to continue their long journey looking for shelter and these for the hundreds of thousands of people who have recently been uprooted by the fighting the only way they can go home is if there is a ceasefire agreement one that guarantees syrian Government Forces will and the military campaign but cease fire agreements have never lost long in syria and this explains why people have lost hope in International Efforts to solve the crisis diplomatically. I tie to the head on now to syria russia denies claims its already trying to interfere in the 2020 u. S. Election in favor. And one particular democrat candidate. And police are deployed to germanys mosques as the government warns the threat of far right attacks remains high. Hello again its good to be back well here across the northern part of australia we all watch in the gulf of carpentaria very carefully notice all the clouds right there in the next few days we do expect to see a developing sight clone and its going to move very slowly but it is going to intensify a lot of coastal rain a lot of coastal storm surge are going to be a big problem here across much of the north but notice over here towards queensland an area of rain were going to be watching this area of rain potentially is going to be bringing flooding in the 3 day forecast we do expect to see well over 425. 00 millimeters of rain and so the flooding will continue maybe even towards parts of the Northern Area of New South Wales down towards the south though the temperatures are on the way up for melbourne take a 3 day forecast start here on saturday a 22 degrees sunday a very warm day at 31 and on monday coming back down to about 26 degrees there well here across the northern part of japan we are going to watch you one storm that is coming out of china across the sea of japan and with that we are going to be seeing a lot of snow over the next few days here on saturday not too bad we are going to see some rain towards the south but as we go towards sunday that storm pushes up here a little bit more towards the northeast and its really going to be here across the western part of japan we see the highest levels of snow but tokyo not a bad day for you with the temp there of 16. In 2009 a torch a victim of the brutal arjen time the denon regime confronted his interrogator tortured is no no no no no i wasnt torturing to i was in target has justice now been sad for the atrocious crimes committed decades alyea i didnt touch you as you would telling me and investigation into the dark history of argentina why didnt think to me in the end rewind interrogating it. On aljazeera. Well again or one of the top stories here now to syria a 7 day reduction of violence agreement between the u. S. And taliban has come into effect its seen as a significant step towards lasting peace for the war torn country. Votes are being counted or in irans parliamentary election with a result expected on saturday that will see a more conservative legislature elected after thousands of candidates were barred from running. South sudans president salva kiir dissolved his cabinet in preparation for a unity government with rebel leader react machar to attempt to end a conflict that has killed more than 400000 people. The kremlin has denied claims its interfering in the upcoming 2020 us president ial election to boost Donald Trumps chances according to u. S. Media reports intelligence officials warned members of Congress Last week that russia was meddling in the vote russia has repeatedly denied the u. S. Intelligence communitys assessment that it interfered in the 2016 president ial election its going after john hendren in washington d. C. John tell us more about where this all came from. Well last week on february 13th the acting director of National Intelligence did something the person in that position does often and that is brief members of congress about recent threads and on this occasion Joseph Mcguire spoke to members of the House Intelligence Committee among others well that infuriated President Donald Trump who reportedly were rated mcguire that is according to a report in the Washington Post and he was particularly upset because among the people that were being briefed was the head of the House Intelligence Committee which happened to be adam schiff hes a democrat who also led the impeachment effort against trump and trump was worried that schiff would weaponize that information he has always been sensitive about the accusation that russia helped him win in the 2016 election and he was equally skeptical on this occasion and he spoke about it in a rally in nevada today this is a little of what he had to say. I see these phoneys these that did nothing democrats they said today that cotton wants to be sure that trump gets elected here we go. Here we go again did you see it still arent people who are i was told i was after tonight i was told a week ago they said you know theyre trying to start a rumor its just information thats the only thing that good us is not good at anything else they get nothing done do not think democrats did just that. Once to make sure i get elected. Adam schiff that democratic member of congress tweeted on thursday that it appeared that mr trump was in his words again jeopardizing our efforts to stop foreign meddling with his objections to that briefing and we are also told that Bernie Sanders has been informed that his campaign is part of a target of the effort but in a positive way that the russians are actually trying to help sanders in order to cause some disarray in the democratic primary here in the United States sanders has issued a statement he was just speaking moments ago to reporters on Us Television from nevada but he also issued a statement to the Washington Post which reported this saying i dont care frankly who putin wants to be president that is flatter me or putin my message to putin is clear stay out of american elections and as president i will make sure you do well the white house says it is mere coincidence that the president is replacing his acting director of National Intelligence with Richard Grinnell the ambassador to germany a vocal trump advocate but also someone without really any Real Intelligence experience sanders meanwhile says he believes all of this information about his campaign was deliberately leaked the day before the nevada primaries in order to harm him to 100 thank you very much indeed. Gymnase interior minister says the far right poses the countrys biggest Security Threat that comes after 9 people were killed when a gunman opened fire at 2 she was on wednesday extra police in our patrol to mosques train stations and afterwards dont make a report so how now when the attack took place. As. For many these friday prayers have a particular resonance wednesday nights murders have taken their toll on the congregation or several were killed others wounded those who were not fearful erma damia says he worries for his