So is pakistan. I spoke to the director of rwandas Forestry Authority how would he rate his countrys progress in the bond challenge. Hundredfold. Has been. Good. For. Other countries like malawi have also been successful with their planting but theyve still lost tree coverage overall because deforestation continues apace in other parts of the country. So played. And this. Is on. His own you know its no longer reverse so. You think you have a plus or minus. You have a minus goes i think then little. Were losing 1000. 00 a year. Blunting. Over all the bomb challenge has succeeded only in slowing the pace of deforestation and saw global forests continue to shrink over the last decade alone 470000 square kilometers of forest disappeared thats an area larger than switzerland. And many experts agree that the goals of the bomb challenge are not being achieved partly because of ongoing deforestation. Is the Organization Behind the initiative think of it all. It is a tragic thing because obviou
Of blood clots the company says its now also dealing its european rollout. Minneapolis on edge on 3rd day of protests over the Fatal Shooting of a black man 5 police and in the same city the trial of the Police Officer charged with murdering george floyd continues the defense argues the use of force against him was justified. And in football parents kick the defending champs fire nick out of the Champions League what could that mean for byrons coach cause effect. Im serious thats going to have you with us the u. S. Is reportedly planning to withdraw all american troops from afghanistan by september 11th of this year President Biden is due to announce a plan later on wednesday there. There are about 3000. 00 american soldiers in afghanistan serving alongside summit 7000. 00 additional nato forces bidens plan extends the may 1st withdrawal deadline set by the trumpet ministration by 4 months u. S. Officials say that will give washington more time to coordinate an orderly withdrawal with
Could it mean for buyers like. That its good to have you with us. The United States plans to withdraw all of its forces from afghanistan by september 11th the 20th anniversary of the 911 attacks on america the pullout will take place regardless of the security situation on the ground and there will be no conditions attached it will mark the end of a 20 year conflict for the u. S. The longest in its history critics in the u. S. Have called the move reckless it is also unclear what impact it will have on the Afghan People but washington says it has accomplished its mission and its time to bring the troops home. This has been a loner painful war. More than 2000 u. S. Troops killed. And thousands more injured in almost 2 decades of fighting. The u. S. Campaign began after the 911. 00 terror attacks on american soil in 2001 strikes were launched against the Islamist Group the taliban and the terrorist group al qaida which was based in afghanistan but it wasnt until 2011 that al qaeda is of
Although he wont meet trumps may deadline september is the new date. Among the more marked 20 years of a costly war with little victory to tool called. A new deadline a poignant day to stick a closer look now with our ali witty fee agents to in kabul afghanistan and it was Terry Schultz who is in brussels covering nato h. Q. I want to give you the 1st word ali not exactly a surprise this is a decision given that previous u. S. Administrations also set deadlines to pull out troops still how has the leadership in afghanistan reacted to this. So we just saw a statement come from dr Abdullah Abdullah who is the head of the National Reconciliation body and he said that the taliban shouldnt think that just because the us and Foreign Forces are leaving that they can come easily or that the state will collapse or that this will be that and but in terms of the people the biggest fear and the biggest cause of concern is the fact that this withdrawal is without conditions if you look at previous
The war in afghanistan i flew to afghanistan to the coun our valley a rugged mountainous region on the border with pakistan what i saw on that trip reinforced my conviction that only the afghans have the right and responsibility to leave their country and then more and less American Military force could not create or sustain a durable Afghan Government i believed that our presence in afghanistan should be focused on the reason we went the 1st place to ensure afghanistan would not be used as a base from which to attack our homeland again we did that we accomplish that objective. I said among with others wed follow some of been led to the gates of hell of need be thats exactly what we did and we got him it took us close to 10 years to put president obama commitment of the form and thats exactly what happened with some of bin laden was gone that was 10 years ago think about that we delivered justice to been watching a decade ago and weve stayed in afghanistan for a decade sense sense then