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Abdullah, the former chief executive of afghanistan. he joins us live now from washington. omarsamad omar samad thank you for being with us. how do you assess the picture in afghanistan one year on? ~ ., picture in afghanistan one year on? ~ . , ., picture in afghanistan one year on? ~ . , . ., picture in afghanistan one year on? ~ . , ., ., ., on? well, it all started out a ear on? well, it all started out a year ago on? well, it all started out a year ago as on? well, it all started out a year ago as surreal. - on? well, it all started out a year ago as surreal. we - on? well, it all started out a | year ago as surreal. we didn t expect the taliban after 21 years after being defeated post 9/ii to make such a strong comeback but they did. there are a lot of reasons and we will spare people without at the moment. since then, obviously, there were expected by many in or outside afghanistan to make good on some of the pledges they had made during the doha talks with united states. am ....
For his book, the satanic verses. in a statement, the us secretary of state denounced iran for inciting violence against the author for generations. mr blinken also accused the country s state media of gloating, calling it despicable . after news emerged of the attack, many outlets called it divine retribution . iran s government has now reacted, saying it categorically denies any link with the attack, adding that no one has the right to accuse tehran of anything. translation: we don t see any other parties that should be blamed or condemned, other than him and his supporters. freedom of expression and such slogans cannotjustify insults against religious beliefs and fundamentals of islam and other divine religions. iran also says it knows nothing about the 24 year old american suspect arrested at the scene and later charged with ....
Northerly breeze. here s wednesday s weather forecast, and again a chance for some showers across parts of england and wales, but further north, the weather s looking dry and bright. i think a very pleasant day on the way for scotland and northern ireland, with temperatures of around 18 celsius. now, i talked about that jet stream at the start pushing in a weather front, and here s that area of low pressure approaching the uk during the course of thursday. it ll spread thursday night into friday across the country, bringing thicker cloud and perhaps some outbreaks of rain early hours of friday, but no guarantee of rain further south. here s the outlook for the middle of the week, into the weekend. you can see it s generally set fair towards the end of the week. ....
Carrying american weapons, fighters and their commanders now trying to run a country. when you compare the taliban this time around to their rule during the 1990s, you perhaps don t hear of the level of brutality that was associated with that regime. but one big thing, among others, that challenges the more moderate image they are trying to portray is the restrictions they ve imposed on women. the fact that they haven t allowed girls to go to secondary schools in most of afghanistan the only country in the world to do so. taliban men displaying their dominance, but women shut down for demanding their rights. two days ago, this group was stopped from marching in kabul. shots fired in the air. mobile phones seized. the protesters threatened. this woman took part in the march. we are hiding her identity to protect her. ....
Community. obviously the international community has been generous to provide assistance on the humanitarian side. that is vital and it is to continue especially with winter coming. what is very important at this point, is to realise that it is the afghan people themselves, the majority of afghans, the majority under the age of 25, those who have been exposed to the intranet and other modern tools, they would like to live in a country that can offer them jobs, back and have certain opportunities, education and certain rights. the taliban will need to. we will need to leave it there, we re out of time. grateful for your contribution omar samad. stick with us on bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: what do chess and diving have in common? we ll be telling you all about this underwater partnership injust a moment. ....