Welcome to the program Afghan Government and taliban negotiators are in qatar for long delayed talks these are live pictures now we hope coming from the capital doha yet there they are live pictures of the talks which are just about to get underway its been more than 6 months since the u. S. Brokered a deal aimed at ending americas longest war before his appointment in 2016 President Donald Trump pledged to end the conflict and hes hoping to follow through on his promise ahead of the november election section of state might compare was attending the inauguration event. Well the head of the Afghan Government delegation says progress in the talks is crucial for the countrys development on chamberlains momi one on today with hope and confidence we are heading to doha to build an of guns tanweer no more guns go off and we hope the values of the republic us truth and and the people of afghanistan achieve the Economic Development they deserve well the u. N. Secretary general Spokesman Says t
Afternoon just 1 pm you are mostly right now life martys will use h. Q. This wednesday september the 4th is kevin 0 in with you for your headline roundup in more detail than 1st then will focus again on the u. K. And the twists and turns of bricks and coming up shortly but 1st of all millions of serbia made weapons of reportedly fall into the hands of Islamic State fighters in yemen and syria are the arms were bought by the United States and their allies seems according to documents seen by one bulgarian investigative journalist. Loath to document that. You may not serve. Actively and that you as. Jackie o. Go away that war and out this contract i was able to be one for thinking that a lot of lead into and theyd like to. Hear it in their propaganda video even yeah man. This is a complicated story across polymer augustus across the road so many twists and turns as mentioned traced this all but the uncomplicated forest well basically. These slimy state isis in yemen released the propagan
It helps to unite the mosques of the islamic world. Mr. Khodade he added foreigners who live in iran can become members of the mosque childrens system and work by creating specialized cultural and artistic centers under the name of fatemiyoun center. The ritual of dusting the holy graves of the martyrs defending the shrine and renewing the pact with the ideals of the martyrs on the occasion of the 9th. The martyrdom day of fatemiyoun commanders was held in behesht rezai, mashhad. The families of martyrs and fighters of fatemiyoun were present in this ceremony. The first commander of martyr fatemiyoun , alireza tusli, with the name jihadi abu hamid, and seven of his companions were martyred in march 2013 in the tale qurin region of syria. The ceremony of the 9th anniversary of shahad. Tavasli and 7 of his companions were held in mashhad. According to the tradition of fatimi thursdays , we went to the family of one of these seven martyrs. Martyr Seyyed Mahmoud hakimi is one of those mart
President for foreign policies here at the kato institute. Thank you for being here today and the outstanding conference stuff who do a terrific job organizing our many events. Welcome also to those of you watching at cspan and online at kato. Org. Following the september 11 terrorist attacks in october 2001 the United States issued combat operations inside afghanistan and against the taliban government that had harbored the terrorist there is. The ensuing 16 years, u. S. Goals have changed marginally but they typically include defeating al qaeda and other terrorist groups with global reach, strengthening the Afghan Government and Security Forces to prevent the taliban from retaking political power and denying terrorists a safe haven. Aassessments are mixed at best. In june secretary of state james mattis stated we are not winning in afghanistan right now. Estimates what have we spent prang from 840 billion to over 2 trillion plus over 2300 u. S. Troops killed and another 20,000 wounde
Good morning. Im Christopher Prebble the Vice President for against and Foreign Policy studies at the cato institute. Thank you for being here and thanks to our outstanding conference staff who do a terrific job organizing our many events. Welcome to those of you watching on cspan and online at cato. Org. Following the september 11th terrorist attacks in october 2001 the United States initiated combat operations against al qaeda targets inside of afghanistan and against the taliban government that had harbored the terrorists there. In the ensuing 16 years u. S. Goals have changed marginally but they typically include defeating al qaeda and other terrorist groups with global reach, strengthening the Afghan Government and Security Forces to prevent the taliban from retaking political power and denying terrorists a safe haven. Assessments of our progress to date are mixed at best. In june secretary of Defense James Mattis stated, quote, we are not winning in afghanistan right now, unquote