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Same like boys. islam has given us this right, but the taliban has taken this right from us. >> the move quickly drew international condemnation. paula newton has more. >> reporter: the taliban decision to bar afghan girls above sixth grade from returning to school has triggered a concrete backlash. american officials say wednesday's decision could be a potential turning point in engagement, as they canceled planned meetings with the taliban in doha. >> the decision by the taliban, if it is not swiftly reversed will profoundly harm the afghan people, the country's respects for economic growth ...

Pictures of the aftermath. bismillah khan mohammadi was not at home when the blast happened. his family were evacuated to safety. four of the gunmen were killed. the blast happened the upmarket sherpur neighbourhood. it's home to several government officials, and is located in an area with tight security known as the green zone. in ongoing peace talks in doha, the militant group had promised to pay greater attention to the protection of civilians and infrastructure. afghan mp fawzia koofi is a member of the afghan government peace negotiation team that is in discussions with the taliban in doh...

Get an earful, peter, because our nato allies were never read in and didn't return calls for about 36 hours. thanks so much which is pretty amazing too when it comes to the afghanistan, real quick. they had a series of productive meetings, evidently, in doha, at which time, the taliban told us, we're not going to do anything to stop isis or al qaeda. isn't that the whole premise of the agreement that was allege allegedly entered the six pager with president trump that he couldn't get out of? absolutely a tragedy. steve: and going back to that image that we had of andrew jackson in lafayette sq...

Hearing and not surprised to hear? >> we had a story out yesterday saying that secretary austin recommended not only keeping the number of troops earlier this year but actually even growing the number up to 3,500, even 4,000 as a point of leverage in the discussions with the taliban in doha. so it's not surprising, it's been reported that the military leadership all recommended to president biden to maintain a troop presence but what's remarkable is to have these men in uniform sit there and say under oath that, in fact, this was -- they did believe that they needed to keep troops there. we do...

Our special forces, they are gone. the taliban will not allow them to leave. >> even people with the special immigrant visas. >> these are the guys that worked right with our special forces. taliban views them as the worst of the worst because they betrayed, in their view their country. >> how many people are you talking about? >> about 10,000. and if you multiply it by family, that's about three times that. >> so you think they're going to be stuck? they're never going to get out. >> they're already being executed. we're getting stories of families and interpreters being executed by the talib...