To separate them. BIg bens bongs were last heard four years ago wIth the famous bell out of actIon for essentIal repaIrs. Well be fIndIng out how the project Is gettIng on. Hello and welcome to the programme. The leader of the afghan ResIstance Group wagIng an Intense battle agaInst the talIban In the PanjshIr Valley says he Is open to enter peace talks. Ahmad massoud saId he supported a plan, put forward by relIgIous clerIcs, for a negotIated settlement, and called on the talIban to end theIr offensIve. EarlIer, reports suggested the talIban had rapIdly gaIned ground In panjshIr takIng the provIncIal capItal, bazarak. The provInce Is the most promInent example of resIstance to talIban rule. MeanwhIle, across the country, people are adaptIng to lIfe under the new regIme. Our Correspondent Secunder KermanI has travelled from the capItal, kabul, to the provInce of logar, from where he sent thIs report. Theyve grown up along the Front LIne but theIr fIrst taste of peace Is bIttersweet. In
eric: that s it for us. jamie: i m jamie colby. s in a fox news alert. we are just learning an american pastor held in iran has been sentenced to 8 years in jail. pastor was arrested in september of last year by iranian officials for helping create christian home churches in iran in the early 2000s. his family in iran was not allowed to attend the court proceedings, but yesterday on fox & friends, they were hopeful that the family will get to see him soon. we haven t seen him physically. we are hope to be able to see him on monday. his wife said they have been getting mixed messages from the iranian government about whether or not her husband would be released. i am bream shannon bream. this group has been fighting, trying to help the pastor with this case. jordan, thanks for coming in. was the sentencing expected? how was this playing out? yesterday, we knew, we had got know a weird comment from a close family friend, the guy willing to put up the bail and it wa