Bench. As. It is. This is archie international my names union oneill 30. Views start. And we begin with breaking news on the program what was supposed to be moves between peace between the u. S. And the taliban appears to be unraveling this witness that the u. S. Has conducted under a strike against the Islamist Group in Afghanistans Helmand province thats reports emerge of deadly taliban attacks overnight which killed more than 20 Afghan Soldiers and Police Officers correspondent joins us now been following developments were seeing these fatalities only a few days ago were talking about this supposed peace deal and then only last night donald trump was trying to convince the world of the talibans ready to stop the violence here thats correct before the long tramp was on a phone call with the leader of the taliban this is the organization banned in russia and so many other countries as terrys hes also the groups chief negotiator but i thought it was a 35 conversation in some way it was
People in a province bus. I think its time to stop the tweeting and. Read criticism from one of president trumps most loyal left hands is it a risky rebuke or part of a damage limitation exercise. Welcome to the program our top story the u. S. Is saying that its reached a reduction of violence agreement with the taliban which could lead to the withdrawal of american troops from afghanistan a Senior Administration official told reporters the week long pact is very specific covers all Afghan Forces and if successful could lead to a more permanent deal it follows protracted negotiations in doha and a meeting between the u. S. Secretary of state might pay 0 and the afghan president bush afghani at the Munich Security Conference earlier on friday at least 8 people were killed in afghanistan in an ad strike lets cross now to jonah hall whos at the Munich Security Conference where that announcement was made 1st of all jonah what do we know about this agreement. Well its been coming for quite
Breakfast at st. Anthem chej in manchester, new hampshire, live over on cspan 2. You can watch online at cspan. Org or listen live on the free cspan radio app. Next, a discussion on the political situation in afghanistan, and the role that taliban and other power brokers like the u. S. , china, russia and pakistan may play in future peace arrangements. From the Brookings Institution earlier this week, this is just over an hour and a half. Welcome. Im mike owe han lon briefly playing the role of mc to say hello and welcome you before i hand it over to tom bowman. Tom is a very distinguished and accomplished npr reporter. Thrilled that he would join us. He spent time in the field in afghanistan, embedded with u. S. Combat units and other parts of the broader effort there that no of course is approaching the end of its second decade. Before i hand the baton to him ill introduce laura miller, who was the acting special representative for afghanistan and pakistan at the state department, ha
Over there i mean this is the news hour live from london coming up in the program. The iraqi army says its taken a full control of kut could province from the. Two more devastating attacks in afghanistan as mosques are targeted and sixty people are killed. Calls for cat food cash withdrawals in catalonia separatist increase the pressure on spains banks and the government. And here is the ever shadowed by controversy ahead of kenyas second president ial election this year. And our peace summit in doha with all the days sports news including the l. A. Dodgers defeat the defending champions the chicago cubs to reach their first world series since one thousand eight hundred eight. So then iraqi forces have claimed control of the whole of province from Kurdish Peshmerga forces the army says they captured the last town elton capri which is situated near with the help of shia militias Stephanie Decker has more now from the battle zone. A new front line opened early friday iraqi forces togethe
Effect in afghanistan at acquittal time. We would ask you to relay to the brave men and women fighting under your command how proud we are of their service. America has been at war in afghanistan for more than a isade and a half, but it always worth remembering that American Forces went to afghanistan because that was where under the section where he of the taliban regime, al qaeda planned and trained for the september 11 attacks killed 3000 innocent in millions on american soil. Civilians on our soil. Our mission was to ensure that afghanistan would never again be for al qaeda. The mission has been successful isr 15 years, but it not not over. We are performing to in two critical tasks. Both are vital for protecting our homeland. We are taking the fight to our enemies in afghanistan while at the same time taking on violent extremists and denying terrorists a safe haven in the country great for julie, in recent years, we have tighter in tied our hands afghanistan. Instead of settling t