We begin in afghanistan, where the Resistance Leader Ahmad massoud says he is ready for Peace Talks to end fighting in the pansjhir valley. The Northern Province of panjshir is two hours from the capital kabul, and is now the only region not controlled by the taliban. They claim they have reached panjshir s provincial capital, after securing the surrounding districts. But massouds national Resistance Front disputes this. Posting on facebook, Mr Massoud said that to reach a lasting peace, the nrf is ready to stop fighting on condition that the taliban also stop their attacks and military movements on Panjshir And Andarab a district in a neighboring province. And Andarab A District in a neighbouring province. Its not clear if the taliban are likely to agree to the truce proposal. A heavily pregnant Police Officer in afghanistan has been shot dead by armed men inside her home. Witnesses said Banu Negar had been beaten the previous day, after taking down a taliban flag. The taliban have to
Diagnosed with Breast Cancer. Hello and thanks forjoining us. The afghan Resistance Leader Ahmad massoud says he is ready for Peace Talks to end fighting in the Panjshir Valley. The Northern Province of panjshir is two hours from the capital kabul, and is now the only region not controlled by the taliban. They claim they have reached panjshir s provincial capital, after securing the surrounding districts. But massouds national Resistance Front disputes this. Posting on facebook, Mr Massoud said that to reach a lasting peace, the nrf is ready to stop fighting on condition that the taliban also stop their attacks and military movements on Panjshir And Andarab a district in a neighbouring province. Its not clear if the taliban are likely to agree to the truce proposal. Ali nazary is the head of foreign relations for the national Resistance Front of afghanistan. Speaking to me from an undisclosed location outside of the country, he gave his assessment of the Talibans Assault on The Valley.
We begin in afghanistan, where the Resistance Leader Ahmad massoud says he is ready for Peace Talks to end fighting in the panjshir valley. The Northern Province of panjshir is two hours from the capital kabul, and is now the only region not controlled by the taliban. They claim they have reached panjshir s provincial capital, after securing the surrounding districts. But massouds national Resistance Front disputes this. Posting on facebook, Mr Massoud said that to reach a lasting peace, the nrf is ready to stop fighting on condition that the taliban also stop their attacks and military movements on Panjshir And Andarab a district in a neighboring province. Its not clear if the taliban are likely to agree to the truce proposal. A heavily pregnant Police Officer in afghanistan has been shot dead by armed men inside her home. Witnesses said Banu Negar had been beaten the previous day, after taking down a taliban flag. The taliban have told the bbc they had no involvement. Meanwhile, acro
Political thinking. A national tragedy, shameful, a staggering failure. Britains biggest foreign Policy Disaster since suez. That is how my guest has described our withdrawal from afghanistan. He is Tom Tugendhat former soldier and former adviser to the commander of the helmand province, former adviser to the chief of defence staff. He is now chair of a foreign Affairs Committee of the House Of Commons and this is the series in which i have conversations with, not interrogations of, those who shape our political thinking about what shapes theirs. Their background, their values, their lives beyond politics. It was precisely that which led mps to listen to Tom Tugendhat in total silence as he spoke in the commons of his struggle with anger, Grief And Rage as he watched events unfold In Kabul. Ive been to funerals from poole to dunblane, ive watched good men go into the earth, taking with them a Part Of Me and a part of all of us. And this week has torn open some of those wounds, left the
Hello and welcome to the programme which brings together some of the uks leading commentators, bbc specialists, and the journalists who write, Blog And Broadcast from the dateline london. This week, Back To School back to covid . Afghanistan after america, and the Dateline Panel Mark your cards with the news thats worrying them. The they this week are steve richards, author of the Prime Ministers we never had and after 30 years in the highways and byeways of westminster, he should know. Eunice goes is a portgusese journalist and academic, and with me in the studio is bbc health editor, hugh pym. Welcome, hugh, and welcome to both of you, as well. Good to have you with us. Now, here in the uk, covid has quietly slipped down News Programme running orders. During the summer, newspapers and Website Front pages have had other headlines olympic and paralympic glory, and, of course, afghanistan. It was scotlands First Minister who brought us up sharp tuesday, when she told the Scottish Parlia