lets go to jennifer glasse, in exulkabul now. another below to the formation of the government jennifer. it took three months to get these 23 scab net nominations and announcements nominations for central bank. they've recessed now after the potential ministers were introduced into parliament. they said anybody with dual citizenship, afghan citizenship and another zenship they planned to reject. they didn't plan to get 11 ministers with dual citizenship. at least one minister was wanted by interpoll. that was the minister of agriculture. he's dropped out. at least one, there is an age concern, may not be 35 years old and old enough to be minister. the members of parliament said they will look into each one of these but they need to get this one done as quickly as possible. that's balance they're trying to strike, make sure the ones they put in place will be the right ones will be accountable. they have the power to prove or disprove any of the president's nominees. without a government any of those plans will be difficult to impl

kabul, jennifer glasse, jennifer tell us more about this. martin as you said he is on interpol's most wanted list for large scale tax evasion connected to a company that he owned. he says that he doesn't owe those taxes that it's the man who cut pwa*ut the company from him. but, of course, this is an embarrassment for the new government of the president the unity government. it took them more than three months to get those cabinet ministers nominated. they say it took so long because they wanted to make sure that they had the right people. he is now being investigated by the president's office. they say it will go very quickly. they plan to get to the bottom of it in the next day or so. that's because he's these nominees are supposed to go to parliament this week, we think it might happen on tuesday, they have to be ratified by the parliament really afghans want to see a new government in place as quickly as possible. there have been no cabinet ministers for three months and before that, of course, the political deadlock over the presidentia

thank you jennifer glasse reporting from kabul. pupils and 150 and most children were killed when taliban gunman stormed the school in peshawar and walls raised and electric fencing raised to help. >> reporter: they reopened the schools across pakistan there is apprehension there will be more deadly attacks like the one that took place on december the 16th leading to 150 killed including 32 children. now importantly the government has already issued guidelines for security to be stepped up in private schools as well. however, in the city of peshawar which had more than 1400 schools, 1200 schools have not come up with a mark and will not get the no objection certificate and there are also concerns that stepped up security including the walk-through gates and raiser wires will add to security cost and mean an extra burden for the parents and students who are studying at those institutions so a big challenge as far as the government is concerned which of course wants to reopen the schools but also has to take adequate measures to ensu

jennifer glass is in kabul for us. and what did he have to say? because this is another indication of how big of a battle the afghan national forces have in front of tell. >> reporter: that's right martine a forceful speech by the president in a ceremony still going on at the presidential palace celebrating the fact that afghan security forces have taken overcontrol of security for the country, that will happen about 12 hours ago when the nato mandate ended. the president con garage congratulated the african security forces and made promises to them, programs using the local ranking soldiers that they would all skip up a rank, promising them accommodation as well as education. the he also talked a warn to go his neighbors no to interfere in afghanistan's business, a coded warning to pakistan, he said all terrorism is bad terrorism and afghan children deserve the same rights as children in pakistan and children anywhere in the world. and basically peace in afghanistan meant piece in the region no one can drown afghanistan he got very emotional when

jennifer london in glendale california. >> average age of a victim sold into the sex trade: 13 to 15 years old. in the weeks leading up to the super bowl arizona has taken a number of steps to let traffickers know they aren't welcome here. this tiny empty room is ready for the next victims of the sex trade. down the hall more identical rooms. >> these are girls that have been sexually abused and trafficked. >> leah benson runs street light u.s.a. with super bowl xlix set to kick off down the road in glendale, benson is prepared to see more girls sold for sex. >> the circuits for girls. >> what are the circuits? >> the circuits are many pimps bringing their girls from one entertainment venue to another to another to another. >> suggesting an increase in sex trafficking around the big game in 2014, arizona state university conducted the first of its kind study at super bowl xlviii. attempts to market women for commercial sex increased sharply, and that any large event which provides a significant concentration of people in a relatively confined urban area becomes a desirable location f

jennifer glasse, al jazeera kabul. >> the outbreak of ebola may be over by the end of the year. so far more than 8,000 have died. the u.n. missed its september goal to be accomplished but remains optimistic. >> it's going to go on for not just weeks but some months before but i believe we will do it in 2015. i believe we will end ebola in 2015 and we are going to do it by working very closely not just with the governments of the countries but the communities. >> hundreds of people are facing eviction from a church in the searchsouth african city of johannesberg. >> here they've made a home. some have tried to keep things as tidy as they can. that's not easy. up to its peak up to 4,000 people lived here. bishop paul verane opened the area the in 2008. attacks of 80% of the people in the church are refugees. >> your accommodation in this building is not ideal for several reasons. first of all sleeping on steps sleeping in foyers for most of the people, no privacy struggle with utilities. >> it may not be perfect but it's all they have. now the bishop is leaving. moving to the subu

jennifer glasse kabul. >> a pakistani girl and indian woman has been killed along the board. india said search civilians have been injured in the jema region. soldiers on both sides have been killed. >> the u.s. has imposeed fresh sanctions targeting pyongyang's intelligence services. pyongyang has denied involvement in the sony cyberattack. >> sony is not pulling away that north korea is hyped the cyberattack against sony pictures. >> the cia would love it if you two could take him out. >> hmm? >> take him out. >> take him out? >> for drinks? >> sony picture originally called off the screening after threats against the screening of the film. a move that was critted by many, including president obama. he said that the order is not targeted at the people of north korea but rather it's aimed at the government of north korea and it's activities that threaten the united states and others. sanctions target the general bureau the military's intelligence arm which the white house says wages major cyber warfare. >> we'll respond proportionately. and we'll respond in a place and time

jennifer glasse has more for us from kabul. let's talk about the minister. embarrassing this for the new afghan government. what more do we know? >> that's right. he is wanted in estonia for what it calls large-scale tax evasion. this red notice dates back to 2003. it was not widely reported and comes as a surprise to president as a surprise he says. he and 25 other ministers were nominated last week and took the government three months to get a list of nominees. it waited because it wanted the right people. it is critical to the new government. what will happen to him. he says that the taxes to be paid are not his, and are the man who bought the business after him, which the palace is investigating. they are hoping that the nominees will go to parliament this week. >> after the story of corruption of the previous afghan president, it was hoped that it turns a new page. obviously on the strength of this story, it hasn't happened has it. >> certainly it's a concern. it's something that the president promised he'll try to do. these trying to remake all of it.

. >>> still to come for you on the program -- >> reporter: i'm jennifer glasse in kabul, where afghan journalists say freedom of expression is under threat. >>> plus the festival in new zealand with all of it's weird and wonderful ways. stay with us. ♪ >>> welcome back. you are with al jazeera, let's run through the top stories. houthi rebels in yemen are calling on the previous president to appoint a vice president from their group. it's one of the demands being made as part of an ultimatum by current fighters who are are -- surrounding the president's residence. >>> and kurdish peshmerga forces are launching a major front against isil. if they succeed, they would cut off a major isil supply line from syria. >>> and at least 13 people have been stabbed in an attack on a bus in the israeli city of tel-aviv the alledged attacker is a 23-year-old palestinian who was shot and apprehended by security forces. >>> the rival faction in the sudan people's liberation agreement is expected to sign an agreement aimed and reunifying the ruling party. >> reporter: the talks happening at the mome

. >> jennifer glasse has more what are you hearing about the attack? >> the fighting there is now over. there were three attackers in all. one blowing up a car bomb at the gates of the police training academy, and host city. two other attackers then tried to get into the compound with machine-guns and threw hand grenades. those two blew themselves up. only five injuries in that incident - two police and three civilians entered. and a text message claimed responsibility. it's not the only attack. officials say it was the taliban that ambushed a convoy of construction workers, killing six, kidnapping two. in jalalabad city a judge was killed and two children injured when a bomb went off that was attached to his car. >> the attacks are bolder and frequent. all this amid instability in afghanistan, and there's no new government. >> that's right. the parliament is unhappy about it. they have been meeting up morning. very vociferous arguments about what the parliament can do about it how they can force the president and the chief executive officer to exert p

her work focused on open government, transparency, and privacy issues jennifer, thank you for joining us, so barrett brown didn't hack stratford, why was he son convicted. >> well that's very true. he didn't hack stratford, he was convicted -- his ultimate conviction was related to some threats he made to an fbi agent, and posted on youtube. but the initial prosecution against barrett brown was actually for just sharing a link to the stratford cloud. he share add link like most of us do about every day when we communicate on the internet. he didn't share the files he just shared the link so that anybody could download them. on to their own computer who had access to that information. you can fortunately, those files also contained tens of thousands of credit card numbers and access codes and so the government used that against him in one of the two criminal cases against him. while he was charged with sharing this link, he was convicted of threatening an fbi agent. >> that's correct. the threats were made because barrett brown was being prosecuted was being investigated for his connec

jennifer glasse has more. >> reporter: afghans are forced to stand in long lines, the paperwork seems endless with not many results. this man helps afghans fill out forms from nearby government offices. >> translator: there is some work going on in government offices, but not like it used to be. it is so slow because ministers have not been appointed, so other government officials can't do their jobs. >> reporter: when papers are signed it's by acting ministers, and often no one will enforce them. this man can't solve a family dispute. he blames the president. >> translator: i voted for afghanny as president, but now he himself covers up corruption. i made a big mistake voting for such a traitor. >> reporter: he is ruling in a coalition government with abdullah abdullah. some site the unprecedented situation as part of the problem. >> now it's time for us to act upon the problems. >> reporter: this afghan tv station has been following the government's progress with a nightly program called 100 days with each show focusing on a different subject. >> i think the afghan people expect mor

nato-led forces are leaving and foreign aid is slowly driving up and as jennifer glass reports from kabul afghans want the government to respond quickly. >> reporter: the factory in kabul can pros dune 150,000 juice packs a day. the owner is proud his product is homegrown. >> we are the only company in afghanistan that use afghan fruit pull be. >> reporter: really? >> two more companies but they are importing their raw materials. >> reporter: we first met him two years ago right after a suicide truck bombing next door destroyed millions of dollars of that juice pulp. then he wasn't sure if he would rebuild. but he has and he's expanding. >> it's a business, it's not a smart move at all. it's not worth to invest with such a high-risk but as afghan being inning habitant of this country, i think it's a smart move. if i don't do it, who ill. >> reporter: he employs about 350 people now to buy and produce the skwraourbgs he buys of crops of 20,000 farmers. and next year plans to hire 200 more workers and buy from 30,000 farmers to make nearly three times as much juice. he says he and other afg

jennifer glasse al jazeera kabul. >>> two bodies from the crashed asia plane recovered from the java sea and it's 53 and sent to be identified. in bangladesh opposition leader is now free to leave her office security was stationed rounds the office in daka for 16 days to prevent her from initiating protests and the barricades in front of the office have been removed, local police told the former two timer she is now free to leave. and it's time for a short break now and more on the ongoing situation in yemen after the break and stay with us here on al jazeera. ♪ presidential palace, then his house and now in almost every street around sanaa. live in doha with coverage in ♪ welcome back reminder of the main story on al jazeera, it's yemen where gun battles on going with houthis in the capitol sanaa and the prime minister earlier been attacked and minister of information says the capitol is in chaos and could be a new yemen by the end of the day and more today joining live from the southern port city of aden and omar the information minister telling us we possibly could see a new y

jennifer glasse, al jazerra kabul. >>> still to come on this half hour on al jazerra. driving under discrimination, we'll tell you why one measure under russia is coming under fire plus. >> reporter: i am adam raney on the canals of mexico city. coming up a store on a threatened species only found in these without that's could hold a secret to saving human lives. future. >> then john seigenthaler breaks down the issues. >> we need to know what's going on in our backyard. >> plus, objective analysis and live reports from across the nation and reaction from around the world. the state of the union address. special coverage begins tuesday, 7:00 eastern. right here on al jazeera america. >>> welcome back, to al jazerra. let's take i through on you top stories now. there has been renewed fighting between isil and peshmerga fighters near sinjar and the mosul dam. the top american official fighting there says more is need to retake mosul. >>> the first funeral is set to take place on thursday in paris an artist and caricature artist. >>> an alleged plot to attack the capital

jennifer glasse, al jazerra kabul. >>> the egyptian actress has died at the age of 83. renowned for her beauty and voice, she was called the lady of the arab screen. a star during the golden era of egyptian sin. appeared in 100 films off with her exhusband and golden globe winner omar sharif. >>> thailand's military government is tapping in to popular culture in an effort to battle corruption. a soap opera based on real life cases is being produced in the country. scott heidler reports. >> reporter: soap operas in thailand are wildly popular. they trace their roots back to the 13th century when storytelling was put put on stage, the military government realizes this. the president changed the time of his weekly address so it wouldn't interrupt prime time for soap operas but taken it a step further to tap in to that massive audience the government is producing it's a own soap opera. the anti-corruption commission has starting filming a tv series dramatizing real corruption cases in thailand. >> translator: i believe in this project. even though it's propaganda duh. when

jennifer glasse, al jazerra kabul. >>> the egyptian actress has died at the age of 83. renowned for her beauty and melodic voice she was called the lady of the arab screen a star during the golden era of egyptian sin match she appeared almost in 100 films almost -- often with her exhusband omar sharif. >>> tapping in to popular culture in an effort to battle corruption in highland a soap opera based on real life crimes, but not everyone believes a tv show will get the message across. >> reporter: soap operas in thailand are widely popular they trace their roots back to the 13th century when the kingdom first put storytelling on stage. the military government recognizes this. the prime minister changed the time of his weekly address so it wouldn't interrupt prime time for soap operas. but he's taken it a step further tower tap in the massive audience the government is now producing its own soap opera. the anti-corruption commission has started filming a tv series that will drama ties well corruption cases in thailand. >> i believe in this project even though it's propaga

jennifer glasse al jazeera, kabul. >>> politicians in the u.k. have reacted angrily to news that a report in britain's [ inaudible ] has been delayed. people named in the report need more time to respond. simon mcgregor-wood has the details. >> reporter: the report two u.k.'s role in the invasion in iraq was commissioned in 2009 and this was not the first time its findings have been delayed. at the heart of the matter evidence of how tony blair persuaded the british parliament to back the invasion despite huge public opposition. and whether weapons of mass destruction reports were manipulated. at steak are some big reputations, not least of blair himself. the latest delay has provoked outrage across the political spectrum. >> the publish's perception will be that people in powerful positions now and back then are using the process that was set up to protect themselves by pushing this into long grass. >> reporter: many members of the british publish and politicians, the invasion of iraq and all that followed it is a kind of open wound. they believ

some of his nominees have dual citizenship and others have questionable credentials and let's go to jennifer glasse and live for us in the afghan capitol kabul and yet another blow no ghani's efforts to form a cabinet and what is the problem this time around? >> that's right, it took three months to get to this point since he became president of afghanistan, the 25 nominees for government ministers, and some problems as you mentioned, at least 11 of them are alleged to have dual citizenship and that is prohibited in the constitution and parliament in charge of the confirmation process, does have latitude to override that in the constitution and can approve a minister if they want at least one minister the minister of agricultural and minister nominee of agricultural was not in parliament today because he is on interpoll's most wanted list for tax allegations in astonia that date back 11 years, one minister nominee is alleged to be under the age of 35 years old. we've seen local televisions showing her personal documents on air. she says she is 38. you have to be 35 to be a minister here. and

jennifer glasse has the story. >> in the end it's been proven that these people are indeed criminals and thieves. >> reporter: the men's punishment they must replace the goats they stole they are no longer allowed to be taliban fighters and whipped with sticks. the punishment is carried out immediately. that's the attraction of the taliban justice system. it's immediate it's local and it's's cheap. it's cheap. >> there is corruption and many problems in the government courts and instead of solving the case they create more problems. that's why people come to the taliban court. >> reporter: the convicted men are put on donkeys and taken to the square. >> we don't have a specific income like the deposit level like pakistan or any other government to get help or other financial support. we don't have a specific source exempt donations from people. >> reporter: they say their fight isn't just against foreigners, against anyone who oppose them including afghanistan who support the government. >> translator: we'll fight anyone who opposes us. >> jennifer glasse al jazeera kabul. >>> night

jennifer glasse reports that the afghans producing in the country. >> his product is home grown. >> we're the only company in afghanistan that are using its own fruit pulp. there are two other companies but they are importing from other countries. >> he's not sure if he's going to rebuilt but he has and he's expanding. >> as a builder it's not a smart move, with such a high risk but as afghan, being inhabitant of this country i think it's a smart move. if i don't do it, who will? >> sadik employs about 350 now. he buys the fruit of 20,000 farmers. next year he wants to buy from 35,000 farmers. and use the juice. >> until then the economy remains at a standstill. >> he pounds the pavement trying to sell energy drinks. >> translator: shopkeepers don't buy anything for us. because of the uncertain situation. they don't want to invest anything. >> reporter: ishmael nouri says he's just struggling to survive. >> 11 people depend on this shop to live and we're operating at a loss. we're living off savings and instead of expanding our business we're going backwards. >> nouri says he hopes the ne

jennifer glasse reports. >> the taliban court called into session in kunar province eastern afghanistan. three men are accused of using their fighter status to steal stock from a neighboring district. >> the owners of the life stock it is proved that these -- livestock these men were proven to be responsible. >> they must replace the goats they stole and pay a fine. their faces are blacked and haircut off. they will be whipped with stikdz'sticks and no belonger taliban fighters. the punishment is carried out immediately. that's the traction of the taliban justice system. immediate, local and cheap. unlike the government's legal system. the government refused to comment on the justice system. >> translator: there is corruption and many other problems in the government courts and instead of solving the case they create more problems. that's why people come to the taliban court. >> the convicted men are put on donkeys and taken to the village center to be publicly shamed. they take care of this bit imposing taxes on the people. >> we don't have financial support, we don't have a specific s

jennifer glasse, al jazeera kabul. >> the united states released five more detainees from guantanamo. libby casey has the details. >> no details on security with the country of kazakhstan. these people were geared for release nearly five years ago and they were only being let go now. in the past there have been concerns about tunisia because of persecution and yemen because of enemies there. the man who's served for past 18 months as the obama administration's point-person on guantanamo recently said that 90% of detainees being released were never even suspected of doing something wrong in the first place. well, it's taken longer than expected to release some of these men. one complication is that that special envoy for guantanamo bay, cliff sloane, recently resigned complicated future releases. there are 60 prisoners at guantanamo bay who have been signed off for release so we'll see what 2015 brings for them. political complications have made it tougher to see individuals sent away from the prison. republican push-back even among the democratic ranks as well and strife in president

jennifer glasse, al jazeera kabul. >>> up next, perceptions about transgender people in america. plus the role that luck plays in whether or not you get cancer. >> the parents are a transgender teen who committed suicide over the weekend are speaking out. they say they're devastated and that they loved their child but a lot of people say the parents are clueless. paul beban reports. >> 16-year-old lee la was born joshua she killed herself by walking in front of the of a truck. the parents don't accept their child's gender identity and now supporters are having their say. it was still dark on a cold december morning when leila alcorn headed for a stroll. heading south along interstate 71. when a southbound tractor trailer came rolling by, leila stepped in front of it. that morning her mother wrote a statement, my beautiful son went for a walk and was hit by a truck. she set up her own suicide the note to post to the web automatically. the life i would have lived isn't worth living because i'm transgender. she wrote that since she was four years old she felt like a girl trapped in

jennifer glasse last the story. >> three months to see what the new unity government would look like. presidents ashraf ghani and his prime minister, abdalla abdalla these ministers come from a cross section of afghanistan and across the country. they include three women in the cabinet. none of them have been ministers before and that's what ashraf ghani has promised, that we would see new faces. the head of the army as well as head of the high peace council. these candidates will be vetted by parliament very closely. a new report released on the off and on this pays for afghanistan, police, coming from the inspector general of the united states who looks at afghanistan funds. the report saying there is a wide scope for corruption in the police fund. $300 million a year given to afghanistan by the united states. it says after nine years that fund still doesn't have an electronic payroll system, that there are still about twice as many afghan police i.d.s issue as there are policemen. but there there is a lot of potential for corruption in this fund. that a ghost policeman could be pai

jennifer glasse joinsjenniferlandist joins us. >> john, good evening. sex trade 13 to 15 years old and the leadup to super bowl sunday arizona has taken a number of steps to let traffickers know they aren't welcome here. this tiny empty room is ready for the next victims of the sex trade. down the hall more identically rooms. >> -- identical rooms. >> these are girls that have been sexually abused and trafficked. >> leah benson runs this facility. >> i think it's increases the circuits that are traveling with reference to girls. >> the circuits? what are the circuits? >> the pimps bringing their girls from one venue to another to another to another. >> suggest increase in sex trafficking around the big game in 2013, arizona state university conducted a first of a kind study at super bowl xlviii in new jersey. did conclude that markets attempts to market women at these big events concentration of people in a relatively confined urban area becomes a desirable location for a trafficker. >> it finally wasn't until i was 21 that that something just snapped a

jennifer glasse has more from kabul. >> reporter: it took more than three months to get to this point. the president has presented his potential cabinet ministers to the afghan parliament that will confirm or reject them. he promised they will be accountable to the president, the parliament and the people. >> reporter: every minister should have a specific action plan. we will not tolerate corruption. if a minister comes under suspy shin we would have to resign and be investigated. >> reporter: but three ministers dropped out even before being introduced. one of them is on interpol's wanted list. there are other problems with the cabinet nominees too. 11 allegedly have duel citizenship. some of had their educational credentials questioned and one is alleged to be younger than 35. >> translator: there's a big possibility that those who aren't eligible for ministries don't have the expertise or they are dual citizens. for those reasons the parliament will reject them. >> reporter: the president didn't mention any of these problems in his speech but he did ask for more time. >> translato

jennifer glasse reports. >> reporter: this factory in kabul can produce 150,000 juice packs a day. and the owner is proud his product is home grown. >> we're the only company in afghanistan to use afghan fruit pulp. >> reporter: we first met him two years ago, right after a suicide truck bombing next door destroyed millions of dollars of that juice pulp. then he wasn't sure if he would rebuild, but he has, and he's expanding. >> as a business not a smart move at all. it's not worth to invest with such a high risk but afghan being inhabitant of this country, i think it's a smart move. if i don't do it who will? >> reporter: he employs about 350 now. he buys the crops of 20,000 farmers. next year he plans to hire 200 more workers and buy from 35,000 farmers to make nearly three times as much juice. he and other afghans have hoped the economy would improve, but he says the economy remains at a stand still. this wholesaler knows that all too well as he pounds the pavement. >> translator: shopkeepers don't buy anything from us. many shop keepers have closed their shops or gone out of bu

as jennifer glasse explains. >> in kabul's only specialist military ptsd, or post-traumatic stress disorder, this soldier wants to go back to the battlefield. you're in a hospital not a prison the doctor tells him. tell the commander to come get me out of here or i will kill myself, he threatens. the doctor tells a nurse to give him an injection and ensures the patient he will feel better. suicide is forbidden in islam. >> there are lots of ptsd case et cetera in the west because of the search and statistics. we have no way to measure it here. extensive cases are present here as well. >> reporter: but only a small fraction end up here. there is a social stigma to admitting any kind of mental problems especially in military. doctors say there are so many empty case beds here not because there are fewer cases of ptsd but because they are reluctant to report them. there are no guidelines or doctors to diagnose troubled soldiers. >> translator: the commander and i and other officers are on the lookout for other problems and if we see one we do our best to solve it. >> for a young afghan soldier

jennifer glasse our correspondent there. this has only just happened, but the afghan authorities say isil is now operating in their country, afghanistan. >> that's right david. we've got confirmation not only from the military of interior, but also from a senior afghan general marat looking at ground forces here. he was speaking in northern afghanistan and he says that there have been elements of i.s. s. of the islamic state operating here, trying to recruit under the i.s. flag in the provinces. this is the first high level confirmation we've heard. there have been reports but we've seen no pictures of fighters or of the i.s. flag, but these are remote areas where fighting has been very difficult to get to. the commander of afghan army ground forces confirming reports that isis trying to recruit inside afghanistan. >> it's a recruitment basis rather than carrying out operations there in similar way, training bases where al-qaeda was based there before 2001? >> well, david we don't have any reports of any training bases and t

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their own cabinet and say if there is not a new government this week they plan to take to the streets, jennifer glasse al jazeera, kabul. >>> let's go to sri lanka and the race is heating up between the candidates and minority has strong views of election and who they should vote for and we have this report. >> reporter: the rail ways a vital artery connecting the south and the city of jafna in the north. rebuilding it after the war with the tigers has been a key achievement for the president. but will this and other development win enough time in votes for the president who is seeking an unprecedented third term in office? >> translator: people like him, he is someone who does good for the country, that is what we want. >> but there are many here who do not agree. >> translator: we can't go to our own land which has been taken over. there are lots of problems like this. there are still people who are displaced during the war. they must get some relief. >> reporter: the reason for wanting a change is people's income and the high cost of things. and they can reduce debt the people will vote for.

. >> jennifer glasse reporting from a kabul afghanistan. >>> the speed of the response by the international community to the threat post by isil is under further scrutiny. iraq's prime minister said that it's too slow. speaking in cairo he maintained that the coalition failed to provide snuff military--enough military support to his troops. meanwhile isil fighters have killed 24 members of the kurdish security forces. it's the deadliest single attack against the kurds since last summer. it took place near gwer, southwest of erbil. we have more from erbil. >> reporter: peshmerga has confirmed that they lost dozen of their men after a fight with isil in gwer, near the capital of erbil. they said that the town, most of the people fled, fearing isil. there are continued isil fighters around the town of gwer gwer in a town where peshmerga have been in control. now in daring attack five kilometers away from erbil shows how daring isil is becoming by the day. >> libya's general national congress is meeting in tripoli to does the upcoming mediated talks with its rival parliament, which sits in trob

years there is additional problem and that is cultural stigma that is attached to the condition as jennifer glasse explains. >> reporter: in the military ptsd or post traumatic stress disorder unit this soldier wants to go back to the battlefield. you're are in a hospital not a prison the doctor tells him. . >> translator: tell the commander to come get me out of here or i will kill myself he threatens. >> reporter: the doctor tells a nurse to give him an injection and tells the patient it will make him feel better and also tells him suicide is forbidden in islam. medicine is the standard treatment here not psychiatry. >> translator: there are lots of ptsd cases in the west because of the statistics but we don't have any way to measure it here. we are at war. these cases are present here as well. >> reporter: only a small fraction end up here and stigma to admitting a mental problem especially in the military. this 47 bed ward built for soldiers with ptsd but used more for addicts and those with depression. doctors say there are so many empty betz here not because there are not cases of pts

as jennifer glasse reports from kabul, afghans are demanding fast action by the government. >> reporter: the factory in kabul can produce 150,000 juice packs a day, and the owner is proud his product is homegrown. >> we're the only company in afghanistan that uses afghan fruits and pulp. >> really? >> there are two more companies, but they import raw materials from outside. >> reporter: we first met him two years ago right after a suicide truck bombing next deer destroyed millions of dollars of the juice pulp. then he wasn't sure if he would rebuild, but he has and he's expanding. >> it's a business and it's not a smart move at all. it's not work it with such a high risk but as afghan being an inhabitant of this country, i think it's a smart move. if i don't do who will? >> reporter: he employs about 350 people now who buy and produce the juice. he buys the crops of 20,000 farmers. next year he plans to hire 200 more workers and buy from 35,000 farmers to make nearly three times as much juice. he says he and other afghans have hoped the economy would improve with the end of the politica

jennifer glasse has more from the capital kabul. >> the announcement of new cabinet ministers will come as welcome news for the unity government. president ashraf ghani and abdalla abdalla each getting the equal number of votes equally divided. they include three women, in the cabinet, none of them have been ministers before and that's something that ashraf ghani has promised we osee some new faces. there is leadership experience there including the former head of the army as well as former head of the high peace council. these nominations have to still be confirmed by the parliament. they are going to be vetting these cabinet ministers very closely. >> iraq's prime minister says the international community is too slow to responding. haider al-abadi, mohammad adow has more from the northern iraqi city of erbil. >> reporter: heavy fighting from the northern iraqi town of gwer . in pursuit of i.s.i.l. tighters who attacked their positions in town. opened fire at him. he tries escape by running. he's unlucky. soon the peshmerga arrive at where he now lies, dead. he's from chechnya one of t

from kabul, jennifer glass reports. outside most of the ministries afghans are forced to stand in long lines. the paperwork seems endless with got many results. they hope afghans fill out forms from nearby offices. >> there is some work going on in government offices but not like it used to be. it is so slow the ministers have not been appointed, so other government officials can't do their jobs. when papers are signed it is by acting ministers and often no one will enforce them. he can't solve a family dispute, he blames the president. >> i voted for gahni as president. the corruption, and now he himself covers up corruption, and made a big mistake voting for such a traitor. >> gahni is ruling in a coalition government with abdullah abdullah, the unprecedented alliance for the delay in the government. >> we did identify all of our problems in the last 100, days but now it is time for us to about upon those probables. since the inauguration this afghan t.v. station has been following the government's progress with a nig

jennifer glasse there in kabul. mexico's attorney-general has for the first time declared that all 40 students who went missing in september are dead. the government says they were killed by a gang who mistook them for rifle criminals. rival criminals. many don't believe that. adam raney reports. >> mexico's attorney-general says there's no doubt as to what happened to 43 students. >> evidence allows us to determine that the students were killed burnt and dumped in a river. >> he cited 37 confessions, including this man who gang bosses called on to dispose of the students. the conference was completed with slick produced videos and re-enactments to add weight to the attorney-general's argument. it's unlikely to convince a sceptical country. protests like this on monday call the government's argument into question. so far forensic experts identified students. fire experts say there's no way 43 students were burnt. we don't believe it because yesterday many were marking in the street and they want to close the case. >

from kabul jennifer glasse reports. >> reporter: it took more than three months to get to this points. the president has presented his potential cabinet anybody officers to the afghan parliament that will con term are firm or reject them. he promised tell be accountable to the president the parliament and the people. >> translator: every minister should have a clear plan we will not tolerate corruption if he comes under suspect he should resign and become under investigation. >> reporter: but candidates for three ministries, dropped out even before being introduced. one is on interpol's wanted list. there are other problems with the cabinet nominees too. 11 allegedly have dual citizenship which may disqualify them from being in government. some have had their education credentials questions. one is under 35 the minnesota age to qualify. >> translator: there is a big possibility that those that are not eligible don't have the expertise or are dual sill sense for those reasons the parliament will reject them. >> reporter: the president didn't mention any of these problems in his speech

jennifer glasse has more from the capitol kabul. >> reporter: the nominees for afghan cabinet ministers have been introduced to the parliament but the confirmation procedure is going to be far from straightforward, at least 11 of the nominees are expected to have dual citizenship. several of the other nominees there are apparently questions about their educational credentials. one nominee is alleged to be under the age of 35. that's how old you have to be to be a government minister here. the nominee for finance minister and agricultural minister was on interpole's most-wanted list and he says the charges against him are false, but did not appear in parliament today. this procedure has taken the new president three months for his unity government to introduce these nominees at all, and basically the government has been paralyzed not only for those three months but in the five months leading up to it they were part of the presidential election period. afghans are very anxious to see an election in place. many ministries are working slowly if at all. afghans can't get some of the most bas

jennifer glass reports. >> the president gathered senior government officials his predecessor, and members of the coalition in the presidential palace. he told security forces the honor now lies in their hands and instructed them to follow the rule of law. >> afghan security forces have to implement law should not do anything, yourability as should be the pride of the nation. >> he promised mo motions education, and accommodation for the forces and he has a warning for the country's neighbors, that if there's not peace in afghanistan, there won't be peace in the region. >> no one can drown afghanistan. whoever dreams of destroying afghanistan they will be destroyed. but afghanistan has considerable internal problems. and it's people are off caught in the middle. >> foreign forces have gone home. but afghanistan is still not safe. afghanistan is sacrificing it's children, heavy fighting killed 26 and wounded 35, all women and children. a rocket landed on the house while they were celebrating a wedding. a brutal beginning to the new year. >> if this kind of incident happened to the family of

jennifer glasse reports on the taliban's justice system. >> reporter: a taliban court called into session in kunar province in eastern afghanistan. three men are accused of using the fighter status to steal livestock from a neighbouring district. >> translation: we question the criminals and the owners of the livestock. in the end it's proven these people are criminals and thieves. >> the men's punishment they must pay a fine, about $2,000 and replace the goats they stole. their faces are black and cut off. they are no longer allowed to be taliban fighters and will be whipped with sticks. punishment is carried out. that's the attraction. taliban justice system - it's immediate, local and cheap. the government refused to comment on the taliban court system. >> translation: there is corruption and problems in the government court. instead of solving the case they create more problems. that's why people come to the taliban court. >> the convicted men are put on donkeys and taken to the village center to be shamed. they collect taxes from the people. >> translation: we don't have a specific i

jennifer glasse has more on this from the afghan capitol, kabul. >> confirmation not only from the minister of interior but a senior afghan general who is a commander of ground forces here he was speaking in northern afghanistan and he says that there have been elements of is of the islamic state, operating here in afghanistan, trying to recruit under the is flag namely in had you had munt profess. there is the first real high-level confirmation we have heard of this. there has been reports, but we have seen no pictures of any of these fighters or of the i.s flags. of course these are remote areas where fighting has been very very difficult and difficult to get to. but the commander of afghan army ground forces confirming a report that the i s is trying to rekrurt inside afghanistan. >> in libya, the tripoli based leadership says it will attend u.n.-sponsored talks if they are held inside the country. the arrival government has just declared a cease-fire while the malitias loyal to tripoli have agreed to lay down weapons last friday. kim vannel has more. >> reporter: the lawlessness in liby

jennifer glasse, al jazeera, cab bum. >> the united states says the palestinian authority bid to join the international criminal court is counter predictive. authority president abbas launched the bid to pursue israelis for war crimes if successful. his announcement follows the rejection of a resolution demanding an end to the israeli occupation of palestinian territories within the next two years. >> israel's prime minister has won the backing of his party to lead it into the general election in marsh. israeli media says benjamin netanyahu has an overwhelming lead over his challenger, former defense minister. >> this was the moment benjamin netanyahu knew he would be prime minister for a second time. although it wasn't until months later that he would form his coalition government, there was little doubt that he would lead israel. when elections were called for marsh 17 he, his political future now looks less certain. >> there are no clear achievements in terms of economic reforms structural reforms, government reforms achievements in the foreign policy on the palestinian front. >> t

jennifer glasse is in kabul. >> reporter: a suicide bomber blowing his car up at the wall of the training academy with two other bombers trying to get in. they eventually blew themselves up. the taliban claimed responsible for that attack. officials say the taliban were also responsible for an assault on a construction worker convoy killing six people. >>> the unhvr say that syrians have become the largest refugee population under its report. >>> al jazeera has obtained a leaked report from the organization of the prohibition of chemical weapons investigating the use of chlorine attacks in syria. the report proves the assad government is dropping barrel bombs full of toxic chemicals. >>> search teams have foukd the tail of the airasia plane that crashed into the sea. these pictures released by indonesia's national search and rescue agency are the first photo of the wreckage. the jet was traveling from the indonesian city to singapore. >>> a man who says he's a senior come mooned -- commander in the rebel movement has been taken into u.s. custody. he is considered to be a deputy commander

opposition to cabinet nominees and ghani presented the ministers to parliament on tuesday morning and jennifer glasse has more from kabul. >> reporter: the nominees for afghan cabinet ministers have been introduced to parliament but confirmation procedure is far from straightforward and at least 11 of the nominees are believes to have dual citizenship, that is prohibited in the constitution although parliament does have the latitude to over ride that provision, several of the nominees there are apparently questions about their educational credentials and at least one nominee is alleged to be under the age of 35 that is how old you have to be to be a government minister here and two of the nominees did not appear in parliament and all the nominees for finance minister and nominee for agricultural minister and nominee for agricultural was on interpoll's most wanted list and says the charges against him are false but did not appear in parliament today, this complicated procedure is not what afghans want and has taken ghani the new president three months to introduce nominees at all and the govern

jennifer glasse reports. >> reporter: civilians caught in the middle again. afghan government forces and the taliban were fighting. rockets fell on a house crowded. >> translation: the rocket struck a wedding in part. almost 2 dozen people have been moved to the hospital, more are on the way. >> reporter: all this hours after n.a.t.o.'s combat mission ended. evidence the war is not over. the fighting in helmand has been fierce all year. the taliban controlling much of the countryside. a similar story in the kunar province in the east. the afghan army can't move more than a few kilometres because of the taliban. it says al qaeda is rebuilding training camps on the mountain tops. all scenes of a difficult time ahead. >> we have a lot more to come on the al jazeera newshour. including after the floods in malaysia villages try to salvage the little left in their homes. >>> in new york and many other cities around the world, celebrations herald the start of 2015. manchester city's boss aims to make this year even better. sanaa with all the details in sport. >>> an

jennifer glass al jazeera, kabul. >> an israeli rights group is accusing israel of violating international law by targeting palestinian homes during last year's conflicts in gaza. the report said that the policy caused a huge number of casualties most of them women children. more than 2,002 palestinians were killed and 72 fatalities on the israeli side. >>> sarit michaeli. >> it appears the majority of people killed were not involved in the hostileities. they were family members very often, and in some cases we know who the intended targets of these souls were, militants from haomas or other armed groups from gas. in other cases we don't know the stated intention the military. but when you look at these attacks and when you look at the policies of bombing civilian bombings over the summer, it appears that this policy in some cases has led to attacks that violates international law. and other cases there are suspicions that these laws were violated. now hamas and violated international laws as well. that does not mean that all israeli actions in response to these violations are legal. becau