driving hundreds of families from the hazara minority community from their villages. in the taliban were lost in power 20 years ago, they persecuted ethnic and religious minorities, especially the hazara. amnesty international says 13 members of the hazara community were killed by the taliban in the past month. the bbc s yalda hakim reports. di condy, south of kabul, hope to the hazara community. this is home to mohammed, who says this house has been with his family for generations. now he s been told by his new taliban rule is that he and his family of eight must leave. mohammed refused, so they began to destroy his home. explosion. translation: they didn t to destroy his home. explosion. translation: they didn t give us any reason. they said these lands arouse and you should leave. that was our family
in the taliban were lost in power 20 years ago, last in power. they persecuted ethnic and religious minorities, especially the hazara. amnesty international says 13 members of the hazara community were killed by the taliban in the past month. the bbc s yalda hakim reports. daykundi, south of kabul, home to the hazaras, from the minority shia muslim community. this is home of mohammed, a farmer who says this house has been in his family for generations. now he s been told by his new taliban rulers that he and his family of eight must leave. mohammed refused, so they began to destroy his home. explosion. translation: they didn t give us any reason. - they said, these lands are ours and you should leave. that was our family home. this was an empty land when my grandfather built our home
The Taliban captured the provincial capital of Logar province Friday, just 50 km (30 miles) from Kabul, effectively opening a path to the seat of the nation.
of russia sort of sticks in their throat to some degree, at least publicly on the white house podium. so a fascinating turn of developments there, and frankly, many in ukraine thinks that plays right into vladimir putin s thinking. he wants to see really how far he can push donald trump. he knows europe s distracted with brexit and its own internal troubles and he s perhaps trying to see what he can get away with. what ukraine, defenseless as it is, will let him do. jake? nick paton walsh in key eiev thank you so much. today, the deadliest attack against troops in afghanistan this year, three u.s. service members were killed with three others and an american contractor were wounded after an improvised explosive device or ied went off in the city of ghazni, afghanistan, south of kabul. the taliban have claimed responsibility for the deadly attack. this comes hours after army ranger sergeant leandro jasro s remains were brought back to the united states last night. the pentagon says
graduates toss their caps in the air, a frightening storm moves in. you ll see why they scramble for cover. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room kwoem. president obama took a few questions in the white house briefing room today but in rushing to get out front of the jobs issue, the president stumbled and republicans are already reaping the benefits. let s go straight to jessica yellen standing by with the details. president obama hammered congress, telling them to pass his long stalled jobs bill as a way to cushion the u.s. from the effects of europe s worsening economy. but that s 23409 the part of his remarks that s making news. the president trying to regain control of his mess amg. if congress decides despite all that that they aren t going to do anything about this simply because it s an election year, then they should explain to the american people why. after disappointing jobs numbers drove unemployment up to 8.2%, he called on congress to pass the j