Travel rules. President biden has said that the drawdown of American Forces in afghanistan is on schedule and its Military Mission there will end on 31 august. Its nearly 20 years since us and other foreign forces entered the country in the wake of the 9 11 Terror Attacks on the united states attacks which were planned under taliban rule in afghanistan. Two decades on, and a resurgent taliban continues to make rapid gains as nato forces leave. Mr biden said that there was no sence in prolonging the us stay in afghanistan beyond The End of next month. In 2011, the nato allies and partners agreed that we would end our Combat Mission in 2014. In 2014, some argued one more year, so we kept fighting. And we kept taking casualties. In 2015, the same and on, and on. Nearly 20 years of experience has shown us that the current Security Situation only confirms thatjust one more Year Fighting in afghanistan is not a solution, but a recipe for being there indefinitely. Its up to the afghans to mak
Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. India prides itself on being The worlds biggest democracy, but when it comes to those prerequisites of genuine democracy, Freedom Of Expression and a free media, is india falling short . Prime minister Narendra Modi understands The power of information, but is he using his own power to manipulate The flow of information . Well, my guest is n ram, director of The hindu Publishing Group and an influential voice in The indian media. Are cherished freedoms under threat . N ram In Chennai, welcome to hardtalk. Its a pleasure, mr sackur. Its a pleasure to have you on The programme. If i may say so, you are a leading member of indias media elite. You have been for years. So how would you characterise The freedom of The media in India Today . What state is it in . There was a time, stephen, when i thought that india was in an enviable position, when it came to media freedom, independence and also The state of development of The media, certainly in compar
He considers the promotion of gay and lesbian relationships. These people have taken to the streets in budapest against that hungarian law and the eu can move to cut Hungarys Budget that it received from the eu. All spectators are now going to be banned from 0lympic events in tokyo. It is because the city is under a State Of Emergency because of a search of coronavirus infections. Joe biden is about to speak about the us Troop Withdrawal from afghanistan. The uk already announced all of its troops left. Ending nearly 20 years of Military Operations in afghanistan. In april, Joe Biden all us troops would leave afghanistan by September 11 when all foreign troops who make up the Nato Defence Alliance will be gone. 2,500 us troops were left in afghanistan. Many of them were stationed at the Bagram Airbase The Key Command Centre for anti taliban operations. At the peak of us involvement over 100,000 us and nato troops passed through it. By friday the troops were gone. According to afghan of