Coronavirus cases have been detected with no known origin. Sport it is canceling International Football friendlies because of coronavirus the lympics are also in downs but were in senegal where africas best boxers still trying to qualify at the 2020. 2 to the news that the u. S. And Afghan Taliban are due to sign a preliminary deal in the coming hours the could eventually and americas longest running war is the result of 18 months of talks but once its agreed to go the 1st stage will be a 135. 00 day period of whats called a meaningful reduction in violence to include the exchange of 6000. 00 prisoners now that deal is being. Described as a precursor to a Peace Agreement between the warring sides within afghanistan itself its hoped that this will lead to talks between the taliban and the government in kabul as well as the withdrawal of foreign troops now leading up to the signing theres been an initial weeklong reduction in violence and that mostly held although there were still some attacks. There was a somber binge of it has spoken exclusively to taliban spokesman so heres shaheen he asked how the group responds to criticism that it wants to take away peoples rights we have the person of the truth we have our plants that you see there is peace and there is a. Commercial activities there is schools so if you go there. And when the security is more in in those areas and there are control rather than in the main cities provincial cities of the capital kabul so about womens rights a woman one that. To you cation and their right to work we both accept and give them as part of their islamic rules but only that they observe that age or. We have teams across the region covering the story from several angles in a moment well be speaking to kemal hyder whos in northern pakistan how the abdul hamid is standing by in afghanistans capital kabul but 1st lets speak to some of injury to use in the venue here in doha where the signing is due to take place and of course a very busy day and a momentous day for some who work very hard to try and get to this position just talk us through what we expect to happen a somber. Whats being called a historic day by people who are involved in this process old sides of the americans the taliban as well as interlocutors in between have been saying that this is going to be a momentous occasion because it is going to signal as you mentioned not just the sation of violence in afghanistan but also the draw of foreign troops from of conchoidal a long standing demand which was seen as an impediment to peace by the Afghan Taliban and that is something that the americans have agreed to according to the information that weve been provided this signing would pave the way for the troop drawdown from 1514215000 troops to just around 8000 in of going to stand from the american side the taliban has agreed that they will stop attacks on major stations it is very interesting that the choosing of words has been very very careful theyre not calling it a ceasefire but theyre calling a reduction of violence because the taliban is not an organized army as one analyst explained to as the door not door do not want their fighters to lay down their arms as of yet they want to them to continue to manned their positions but not carry out attacks the taliban spokesman told us that 70 percent of a gun a son is under their control they do not still accept the Afghan Government as the legitimate government but see them as a party to the conflict what has changed in the last 7 years when the office of the taliban 1st opened is the tone of the taliban they do not want to call it going to stand the Islamic Emirate of afghanistan did come to some sort of an agreement on that they do not want to do it completely refused to sit with the Afghan Government and they are ready to talk to all sides and that is something which is giving people cautious optimism that this might pave the way towards some sort of a Peace Agreement and of course it has to be cautious optimism because the next 135. 00 days is going to be crucial in the fact that a lot more stakeholders will have to get round the table to talk within afghanistan itself. Well in the last 24 hours weve heard that all sides have called on saboteurs quote unquote over trying to derail this reduction in violence for just one week and now this has to be expanded beyond weeks and months and that is something which is going to be very very difficult to achieve remember that there are multiple players involved in the guards and its not just the Afghan Government the taliban and the American Forces there are multiple players that play here so it is going to be difficult but to coin a phrase from Donald Rumsfeld from 20 years ago there are known knowns and unknown unknowns and this is that we are headed to words that intra Afghan Dialogue is going to begin there are 3 places which have been said that this process is going to take place either in qatar in germany or in norway this is going to be decided in the days to come and crucially 5000. 00 Afghan Taliban need to be released and of long official said that it is very very uneasy there an easy to say that 5000. 00 will be released in a matter of 10 days because the taliban wants hardened commanders people with strategic knowledge to be released and that is going to take time they are also expecting 1000. 00 Afghan Government troops to be released by the taliban as well so all of that is going to happen how it happens and how long does it take remains to be the question if you will continue to monitor events with you certainly from doha where that signing ceremony will take place in a few hours time lets take a quick look at the human cost of the u. S. Led invasion of afghanistan what more than 31000. 00 civilians have been killed since 2001 thats according to the u. N. Rights group nearly 58000 members of the Security Forces and 42000 opposition fighters have also diet nearly 2400 american soldiers were killed the u. S. Is estimated to have spent more than one trillion dollars on the conflict and the Afghan Ministry of Public Health says 23000000. 00 afghans or 2 thirds of the population suffer from Mental Health problems because of the war. Well in a moment well be speaking to hold up to her meeting kabul but 1st her report on how people in afghanistan are reacting to the deal. Its a momentous time for afghanistan many still in this believe that what had been unthinkable is happening the u. S. And the taliban agreeing with each other mohammed as eases a beat this has been the most peaceful week has seen in years we can go outside. Our homes without. Fear of anything so its been a good week yeah there. Is between there and we can only tolerate that its a real fake. That will be have lots of effects on Afghan People because the security of afghanistan is in the hands of the americans but outside of kabul in jabal siraj she could well have a bad wonders about his future he has mixed feelings the taliban ruled here before so he knows them well they are something. After all southern and its bad if the taliban come back i wont be able to run my business they forbid music i will have to leave the country for the past 40 years foreigners didnt let us live in peace thats why the countrys in the situation its maybe better if they leave but there will be no peace with the taliban it will be worse im scared the war has been devastating for bibi girl her husband a soldier the National Army was killed in a Suicide Attack in her whole province of little man then another 4 members of her family died in another attack being a widow with 7 children is stuff they help out by polishing shoes on the streets or begging in the market lot now weve never had any help from anyone its a miserable life my sons collect charge so we can burn it in the stove the foreigners must stay i havent seen anything good from the government and the taliban destroyed our lives. Its because of them that we became back as its humiliating only the foreigners can help us. The taliban controls nearly half of the country mainly rural areas where most of the war against american troops unfolded people have been told that they will fully withdraw soon and theres a sense of victory on the. People are happy we also want peace and security taliban are committed to their promise the fighters obey whatever orders they get this is a big success for us back in the cities it up my year is worried she was born as a refugee in iraq now shes a University Student part of a new generation full of aspiration Everybody Knows that tal advanced your ideals like Culture Limited and close minded they are and if they come to the government like officer the they cannot be implemented on an officer that they can implement and the people there will be hard as the women are 1st column on and never good with women and. The people working in the government are often sells these do not have peace between themselves and i dont think everyone has risen someone else like polamalu if only goes well do us will pull out its troops the taliban and afghan leaders might find a compromise but many afghans remain cautious about the future theyve seen many full stones before caught up to let me joins me now live from kabul. Opportunity about to be signed in the next couple of hours but as with hearing were seeing the road ahead really is still so with so much uncertainty from so many saw its what are you hearing where you are. Certainly there is a lot of uncertainty and i think when you speak to Afghan People they do have the hope that this will bring about a permanent ceasefire that bring about peace and stability that hope is there but they also extremely cautious about and many will tell you we heard that over and over again and also they are very worried about their own Political Leadership theres a lot of this unity a lot of bickering 5 months after the elections i still not able to figure out who is the president of this country you have 2 candidates saying that they have both the winners to have that they both threatened just last week to go ahead with their own separate integrations it took a lot of effort from the u. S. Envoy Zalmay Khalilzad to just have everybody come down at least until after the ceremony in go higher now joining me here is which takraw he he is from the afghan afghans unit think tank here in kabul which tax thank you very much for joining us now when you speak to afghans they say yes we want peace but they have a lot of doubt they have a lot of but how what you know you walk around kabul today its as if nothing is happening its a normal day when there is a big joke quite a bit of forward among among the Afghan People and by look of the things like this social media if you look at the bay the way people are celebrating it there is definitely a feeling of hope among the people of course with a lot of skepticism they are very cautious about the future because in the past similar processes have taken place without delivering the desired result so there is a hope with with the cautiousness the 2nd thing is that there is a quite a bit of misinformation about the whole process as you know a lot of things that get close to the chest of those who have been talking to each other not much has been released nobody knows how things are going there we will have to be a signing ceremony in doha kabul. I will be hosting 2 senior officials of the International Community who will be talking to the president and issuing a joint statement and then member no hope of understanding the future a lot of confusing confusion about the process thats a really meeting people who have little bit of skepticism. They have got their doubts and that is pulling them back in regard to showing absolute enthusiasm for the whole process and i think also theres probably the problem of whats going on among afghan politicians a lot of bickering a lot of disunity and that could be really one of the Biggest Challenges to this entire Peace Process absolutely youre absolutely on the dart in this regard because there is a lot of divide among the political quality here in kabul they are divided on different political lines that belong to different election tickets and because of that there is lack of consensus in kabul and the media concern is that who is going all the president has been calling shots as well as it is process concern at least for this latest phase in the sitting president. But the point is that who is going to bring everybody together who is going to build this consensus is it possible to do it that quickly so that the avalon Peace Process can move to the next state that is in trouble and talks that thats a serious concern at the moment among those who are following that you can see things and certainly there is a lot of skepticism thank you very much and wish to act now defense secretary of defense mark aspart and the u. N. Secretary general. Are both here in kabul they have met with dr Abdullah Abdullah was the 1st major rival to incumbent president as have any are sent to joint declaration with the afghan president in the hours to. This isnt nearly as show of support to. Government here trying to say really giving that message we are still supporting Afghan Government react behind afghanistan the Afghan Government feeling really left on the margins of this entire process happening in doha and im not being very happy about it of course were coming back to harder as the day progresses for more insight and analysis hard on me there for us in kabul lets cross over the border from afghanistan and get the pakistani perspective is our correspondent is at a refugee camp just outside of bashar near the border with afghanistan of course kemal successive pakistani governments have often said that a stable pakistan a stable afghanistan suits pakistan and thats what they would hope for yet weve seen International Capitals and politicians often accusing his sons intelligence agencies of supporting terror and destabilizing afghanistan across the border how does islamabad sit in this very interesting you might say peace deal at this moment in 2020. But if you have. 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Forgetting the fact that did a big division between the avalon leadership in no one knows how dad rated and why thats on the bonnet of the america. Which road. Of american for no one. Can really play out on. The 911 many of the water. That. They are. Going to be a very fluid situation but. Thanks very much to that our correspondent. Thank you. Well still ahead here on the aljazeera news his president ial campaign in the balance is supposed to go to the polls in South Carolina to pick a democratic candidate but in sports were looking at whether coronavirus could possibly stop liverpool winning the premier league title. Turkish president. Asked his russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to get out of the way in syrias last rebel bastion of it follows the death of 34 turkish troops in a strike by russian but Syrian Government forces. We killed more than 2000 syrian soldiers and destroyed more than 300. 00 Armored Vehicles we will prove to the Syrian Regime and those backing them that we are capable of this only yesterday we destroyed 7 chemical depos we did not want the siskel ation it was the Syrian Regime the forced us into it and thats why the Syrian Regime must pay the price. Of oil and also. Confirmed his countrys borders with europe are open as thousands of refugees gather at the frontier greece in a moment well get more on that from natasha game in istanbul but 1st lets speak to synagogue whos in her near turkeys border with syria and iran speaking very clearly about his military and the sacrifices that theyve made for the country but also his very clear objectives in syria. Yes exactly i dont try to make 2 things clear for the 1st one is that turkey will not back on its military presence inside and the 2nd thing was that turkey doesnt have any intention for a territorial gain or any National Interest on syrias Oil Natural Resources one other thing that he made clear was that turkey doesnt have any power left to carry the burden off some more refugees he emphasized that there are 4000000 is civilians inside and around 1000000. 00 of them are right behind the border which is behind us actually rig