Fourth refugee wave that pakistan will have to take care of. obviously, pakistan cannot be detached to afghanistan s situation but the idea that it has been using afghanistan as a proxy. it does not merit facts. the afghan taliban as you would have seen over the last three weeks have taken over most of afghanistan without any resistance. they enjoy enormous public support, at least in the rural areas of afghanistan. i at least in the rural areas of afghanistan. at least in the rural areas of afghanistan. at least in the rural areas of aft hanistan. ~ ., at least in the rural areas of aft hanistan. ~ ., ., ~ afghanistan. i think we need to make a distinction afghanistan. i think we need to make a distinction between afghanistan. i think we need to make a distinction between what afghanistan. i think we need to make a distinction between what happens l a distinction between what happens in certain parts of the country and the urban areas. we just spoke to someone who said it s fi
Far more than 40 years. we are still in cyprus today. the us has been in south korea since the 1950s and japan since the second world war. the strategic patience when the cold war and kept the un line peaceful. that could have been done in afghanistan today as well. keeping 10,000 nato troops was not a huge commitment from anyone. i 10,000 nato troops was not a huge commitment from anyone.- 10,000 nato troops was not a huge commitment from anyone. i think when i seak to commitment from anyone. i think when i speak to counterterrorism commitment from anyone. i think when i speak to counterterrorism experts i i speak to counterterrorism experts as well as they say they didn t need 10,000 in the country it could have been the 3500 that they had. the irony is that they have now had to send 3000 troops because they took 2500 troops out. in send 3000 troops because they took 2500 troops out. 2500 troops out. in iraq right now, there are 3500 2500 troops out. in iraq right now, there are
You help us understand what the next few days will look like? i you help us understand what the next few days will look like? few days will look like? i hope it will be a new few days will look like? i hope it will be a new chapter, few days will look like? i hope it will be a new chapter, peacefull few days will look like? i hope it i will be a new chapter, peaceful and free, because in the past, every day there were people all over afghanistan who were killed because of fighting. and when there is a peaceful transfer of power taking place, i hope there will be a new chapter, a peace of people feeling safe and they can lead their life normally. so safe and they can lead their life normall . .., safe and they can lead their life normall . ., ., safe and they can lead their life normall. ., ., ., normally. so can women go back to the workplace normally. so can women go back to the workplace and normally. so can women go back to the workplace and school normally. so can women
That night and not unpatriotic to run and flee because everyone is responsibility that it has a responsibility that it has a responsibility to look after their family. this is where history will decide what afghanistan will become. thank you very much. i m joined now by viktor urosevic, medical co ordinator at emergency hospital in lashkar gah. give us a picture of what is happening there because there was heavy fighting there. heavy fighting there. hello, everyone- heavy fighting there. hello, everyone. yes, heavy fighting there. hello, everyone. yes, basically i heavy fighting there. hello, l everyone. yes, basically from heavy fighting there. hello, i everyone. yes, basically from the 1st of august, we had weeks of heavy clashes between the governmental forces and the taliban. on thursday afternoon, they negotiated and we were told that the forces would leave and basically since thursday evening to this moment, it is
Associates have been consistently blaming pakistan but it is not a solution to the problem. afghanistan s problem is a dynamic and fluid issue that needs to be resolved in afghanistan itself. pakistan s role is limited. i have s - oken pakistan s role is limited. i have spoken to pakistan s role is limited. i have spoken to very pakistan s role is limited. i have spoken to very well pakistan s role is limited. i have spoken to very well respected . spoken to very well respected analysts and experts about this and i have spoken to your national security adviser in pakistan about this last week about the use of the taliban over the last three decades as part of pakistan s proxy war. i have spoken to former senators in pakistan who have said to me it is not the civilian government. this is part of the security establishment s policy to use the taliban to fund them, to provide them with sanctuary, to use them against the afghan state because a week afghan state helps them regionally a