When it comes to the west is likely to be dependent on what kind of government the Taliban Create and what laws it enforces. The Us Supreme Court ignores appeals against a new law in texas banning 85 per cent of abortions. President biden says its a blatant violation of constitutional rights. And in California Emergency crews continue to battle a huge wildfire around Lake Tahoe. More than Fifty Thousand people are evacuated from the region. Its eight in the morning in singapore, eight in the evening in washington and 4. 30 in the morning in kabul, where the taliban is moving closer to establishing a government, now that the us exit from afghanistan is complete. A senior leader told the bbc the government would be inclusive. But against this backdrop the economy of afghanistan is close to collapse with little immediate prospect of the new islamist rulers gaining access to the countrys foreign currency reserves held in the west. Prices of Essential Goods are soaring, the value of the cur
Do They need to build alliances both inside and outside The country . Well, my guest is omar zakhilwal, former afghan Finance Minister and recent interlocutor with The taliban. Does The future belong to The pragmatists or The zealots in afghanistan . Omar zakhilwal in kabul, welcome to hardtalk. Pleasure. You made a remarkable decision just a couple of weeks ago as thousands and thousands of afghans were trying to flee The country as The taliban fighters swept into kabul. You decided to head back from safety in The united states. Why did you do that . Well, my country faced a sudden, unexpected, deep uncertainty. There were fears, as we saw at kabul airport, people even hanging to The planes to just escape. And ijust Couldnt Bear to see that, i needed to return. First of all, be with our people, calm Them down, but secondly, wanted to engage with The taliban. They needed to assure The people that They should not be feared, The future should not look as bleak as people think, and that T
Kind of government the Taliban Create and what laws it enforces. In California Emergency crews continue to battle a huge wildfire around Lake Tahoe. More than Fifty Thousand people are evacuated from the region. And the Us Supreme Court ignores appeals against a new law in Texas Banning Eighty five per cent of abortions. President biden says its a blatant violation of constitutional rights. Its seven in the morning in singapore, seven in the evening in washington and 3. 30 in the morning in kabul, where the taliban is moving closer to establishing a government, now that the us exit from afghanistan is complete. A senior leader told the bbc the government would be inclusive. But against this backdrop the economy of afghanistan is close to collapse with little immediate prospect of the new islamist rulers gaining access to the countrys foreign currency reserves held in the west. Prices of Essential Goods are soaring, the value of the currency is falling, and many public services are bare
Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are rachel cunliffe, whos the deputy online editor of the new statesman. And Annabel Denham who is the Director Of Communications at the Free Market Think Tank the institute of economic affairs. Tomorrows front pages. Starting with. The telegraph says a third Covid Jab is being advised for the most vulnerable although plans for further boosters are yet to be confirmed. A similar story makes the front page of the times. It says there are calls for boosterjabs to be given to all older adults. The guardian focuses on the crisis in afghanistan. It carries the admission from the Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab, that The Uk was Caught Out by the speed of The Fall Of Kabul. According to the i, a Blame Game has broken out between cabinet ministers, over the Governments Exit from afghanistan. The metro leads with the news that itv has been cleared by Media Regulator Ofcom over piers Morgans Criticis
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are daisy mcandrew, who is nbc s royal commentator and digbyjones who is the former trade minister. tomorrow s front pages, starting with. the metro leads with the story on all of the front pages this evening that the duke of york has been effectively throne out of the royal family following yesterday s decision by a us judge to reject an appeal to have his sexual assault case dropped. the assault case dropped. sun has a same headline, th must the sun has a same headline, they must be talking to each other. as the queen strips the duke of his various military titles he s now facing that prospect of that american trial is a private citizen. the telegraph says that queen has frozen the duke out of the royal family and describes a 45 minute meeting held with the duke and windsor where he was informed of her decision. the guardian quotes a royal commentator who says the duke ha