Laws have passed by HM government under which undercover agents could be granted Criminal Conduct Authorizations authorizing them to engage in criminal conduct including rape, murder and torture without any legal culpability.

In this edition of The Debate, Press TV interviews Medea Benjamin co-founder of CODEPINK from Washington and Elijah Magnier journalist and political analyst from Brussels on massive explosions outside girls’ school in Kabul, Afghanistan, in holy month of Ramadan amidst hopes for peace and stability in the country. The guests also try to find out who was behind this barbaric attack while Afghan government blames attack on Taliban, but Taliban blame Daesh Takfiri terrorists.

New figures from the International Organization for Migration show a sharp increase in internal displacement in Afghanistan in 2020 due to war and insecurity.

The US military has reportedly started withdrawing troops from Afghanistan after about twenty years of war on the impoverished country.

Taliban militants have claimed responsibility for the reported downing of a military helicopter belonging to Afghan forces in southern province of Helmand.

Washington claims China offered bounties for US troops in Afghanistan.

The fight against Daesh turned Major-General Soleimani, who had evolved into so much more on the battlefield and at home as a person, from a shadow figure into a major player in the geopolitics of the region.