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My guest is shaharzad akbar, former chairperson of afghanistans independent human rights commission. What would morally acceptable engagement look like . Shaharzad akbar, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Its good to be here. Its good to have you here. If i may, im going to start with some powerful words of yours. You wrote recently, i spend every day with a fire burning in my heart with the pain of injustice that women in my country face. Of course, since the taliban takeover, youre no longer living in your homeland. Youre living here in the uk. Does that actually, in a funny sort of way, inten...

In my heart with the pain of injustice that women in my country face. Of course, since the taliban takeover, youre no longer living in your homeland. Youre living here in the uk. Does that actually, in a funny sort of way, intensify the pain you feel . Absolutely. I mean, every day i feel like im living two different realities at the same time. I wake up in oxford, where im a visiting scholar and its green and beautiful and people are going on about their lives. And then im all day long following the situation back home, talking to colleagues, monitoring the human rights violations. And during...

red cross, the neutral intermediary who actually transport the hostages through gaza. the white house has said its hopeful that a us citizen will be among those freed. yesterday, hamas freed another 13 israelis who were taken hostage during the attacks on october the 7th. they are all women, teenagers and young children. four thai nationals were also released. among the group was nine—year—old emily hand. she was at a sleepover at a friend's house in the kibbutz when she was abducted, without any family with her. there was an emotional reunion last night. there was an emotional r...

and the number of prisoners freed to 117. let's take a closer look at some of the hostages released by hamas today. among the group are sisters, dafna and ela elyakim. they were attacked at their home in kibbutz nir oz. the girls were part of a family group whose capture was live—streamed by the attackers themselves. also for the first time, an american—israeli citizen was released earlier today. abigail idan was just three at the time she was taken hostage — she spent her fourth birthday in captivity. her parents were killed by hamas gunmen during the october seven attacks. he...

truce with hamas, whilst 39 palestinian women and children were released from israeli prisons as a part of the hostage deal between israel and hamas. today's releases brings the total number of hostages released during the window to sa and the number of prisoners freed to 117. let's take a closer look at some of the hostages released by hamas today. among the group are sisters, dafna and ela elyakim. they were attacked at their home in kibbutz nir oz. the girls were part of a family group whose capture was live—streamed by the hamas attackers themselves. also for the first time, an...