1 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:06,440 Speaker 1: Good morning, and welcome to the Daily OS. It's Wednesday, 2 00:00:06,519 --> 00:00:09,400 Speaker 1: the twenty eighth of April. My name is Zara Sailer. 3 00:00:09,520 --> 00:00:11,840 Speaker 1: And helping me make sense of today's news is Sam 4 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 1: Kozlowski making news today help for India. 5 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:17,480 Speaker 2: Boris Johnson denies. 6 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 1: Reports, some good news about Tinder. 7 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:22,640 Speaker 2: And the latest on the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. 8 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:25,040 Speaker 2: He is Today's Daily Digest. 9 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:29,319 Speaker 1: The Australian federal government is considering sending out oxygen and 10 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:32,479 Speaker 1: ventilators to India as its healthcare system struggles with a 11 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:36,160 Speaker 1: harsh second wave of COVID nineteen. Federal Health Minister Greg 12 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:38,320 Speaker 1: Hunt said he'll reach out to the States to see 13 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:41,479 Speaker 1: if oxygen supplies could be donated. Hunt also said the 14 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:44,519 Speaker 1: government could donate non invasive ventilators that are currently in 15 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:48,479 Speaker 1: the national stockpile. The Australian government also announced that incoming 16 00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:51,640 Speaker 1: flights from India have been suspended until at least May fifteen. 17 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:56,880 Speaker 2: The Chinese Foreign Ministry has told Defense Minister Peter Dutton 18 00:00:56,960 --> 00:00:59,680 Speaker 2: that Australia must adhere to the One China Policy for 19 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:03,960 Speaker 2: the development of the Australia China relationship. The comments came 20 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:07,320 Speaker 2: after Dutton said that conflict with China over Taiwan should 21 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:12,040 Speaker 2: not be discounted. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wangwan Bin said, 22 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:15,280 Speaker 2: we hope that Australia will fully understand the high sensitivity 23 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:16,480 Speaker 2: of the Taiwan issue. 24 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:20,840 Speaker 1: Little language warning here in case there are any little 25 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 1: ears in the car. It's been reported that UK Prime 26 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:27,679 Speaker 1: Minister Boris Johnson allegedly said in a meeting, no more 27 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 1: fucking lockdowns. Let the bodies pile high in their thousands. 28 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:34,319 Speaker 1: The statement was allegedly in relation to a third possible 29 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:38,120 Speaker 1: England wide lockdown. The comments have been strongly denied by 30 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:42,319 Speaker 1: Johnson and other senior ministers. Separately, the UK government is 31 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:45,200 Speaker 1: facing calls for a public inquiry into the handling of 32 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:48,680 Speaker 1: the pandemic after the significant death tolls from COVID nineteen. 33 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:53,560 Speaker 2: And today's good news is about Tinder. The dating app 34 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 2: has announced a world first plan to share in app 35 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 2: reports of sexual assault with New South Wales police. Match Group, 36 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 2: which owns Tinder and Hinge, have announced the creation of 37 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:06,640 Speaker 2: a portal that link's information reported in app with police investigations. 38 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:10,440 Speaker 2: The announcement comes after an ABC investigation revealed Match Group 39 00:02:10,480 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 2: did not have adequate processes in place to respond to 40 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 2: reports of sexual assaults made within their apps. 41 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:19,079 Speaker 1: Let's hope that that proposal starts to build in its 42 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:22,239 Speaker 1: detail and we can actually see some strong results there. 43 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 2: So a story I feel like kind of came and 44 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:29,720 Speaker 2: went was the announcement from US President Joe Biden to 45 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:33,480 Speaker 2: withdraw all troops from Afghanistan. It was an announcement that 46 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 2: was followed very quickly by the same announcement from our 47 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 2: Prime Minister Scott Morrison. I wanted to get us across 48 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:43,560 Speaker 2: the mammoth task of understanding the Afghanistan war. You're going 49 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:46,040 Speaker 2: to see a heap of headlines about it up until 50 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 2: the withdrawal in September, so let's get started. 51 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 1: Once I got past the fact that we had an 52 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 1: announcement that troops were being withdrawn by September eleven, which 53 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 1: was just an incredible headline to read, I saw that 54 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:01,160 Speaker 1: the withdrawal had already begun. Yes, So what has that 55 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:02,359 Speaker 1: looked like so far? 56 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:05,760 Speaker 2: So the big media organizations around the world are reporting 57 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 2: that there's local action that's begun, and basically this means 58 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:12,440 Speaker 2: that some of the foreign military bases currently occupied by 59 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 2: US troops are going to be handed over to Afghan forces. 60 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:18,000 Speaker 1: Can I just stop you there, because some of our 61 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:21,359 Speaker 1: listeners might have been born after two thousand and one 62 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:24,359 Speaker 1: and might not be familiar with the origins of this war. 63 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 1: So before we go any further, do you want to 64 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:29,360 Speaker 1: just explain why Ozzie's are in Afghanistan and how many 65 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 1: they're actually are there. 66 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:33,520 Speaker 2: So I was six years old and woke up to 67 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 2: watch ABC for kids and saw the attacks on September eleventh, 68 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 2: two thousand and one. These attacks killed nearly three thousand people, 69 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:44,560 Speaker 2: and Osama bin Laden, the head of Islamis terror group 70 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:48,360 Speaker 2: Al Qaeder, was quickly identified as the man responsible for 71 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:51,520 Speaker 2: the attacks and declared public Enemy number one by President 72 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 2: George Bush. Now, the Taliban was the group that ran 73 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:58,800 Speaker 2: Afghanistan at the time, so they were protecting bin Laden 74 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:04,360 Speaker 2: asked Afghanistan to hand him over. Afghanistan said no, so 75 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 2: a month after nine to eleven, the US launched air 76 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:11,240 Speaker 2: strikes against Afghanistan. Not long after the air strikes from 77 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 2: the US, Australia, the UK, and a number of other 78 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 2: allies joined the war, and twenty years later, they're still 79 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 2: there now, even though the Taliban themselves were removed from 80 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:25,039 Speaker 2: power relatively quickly after the US invasion. They kind of 81 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:27,839 Speaker 2: stuck around for the last two decades and have risen 82 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:31,240 Speaker 2: up and down in popularity throughout the country. At the time, 83 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:34,039 Speaker 2: the mission from President George Bush was to disrupt the 84 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:36,839 Speaker 2: use of Afghanistan as a terrorist base of operations and 85 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:40,159 Speaker 2: to attack the military capability of the Taliban. Now, while 86 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:45,120 Speaker 2: this mission was reached arguably well before twenty twenty one, 87 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:48,000 Speaker 2: it's hard to argue that the total mission has been 88 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:51,120 Speaker 2: fulfilled of restoring peace to Afghanistan. 89 00:04:51,400 --> 00:04:53,839 Speaker 1: But didn't Trump say last year that he was also 90 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 1: withdrawing troops from Afghanistan. 91 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:58,960 Speaker 2: So Trump and the Taliban entered negotiations last year and 92 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:02,600 Speaker 2: set a May one deadline for the withdrawal of US troops. 93 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:05,359 Speaker 2: So May one of twenty twenty one, that deadline has 94 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:09,279 Speaker 2: been pushed back by President Biden because experts have judged 95 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:11,400 Speaker 2: the situation on the ground to not be stable enough 96 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 2: to make this full withdrawal. It's a really interesting piece 97 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:17,279 Speaker 2: deal because for the first time in over twenty years, 98 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:21,000 Speaker 2: the Taliban has agreed to peaceful terms with a sworn enemy. 99 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:24,599 Speaker 2: There are fears from experts that the Taliban will go 100 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:27,520 Speaker 2: back on this pledge when troops are officially out of 101 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:31,679 Speaker 2: Afghanistan in September, but many Middle Eastern allies are urging 102 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:34,080 Speaker 2: the Taliban to stick to their promises. 103 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:37,560 Speaker 1: So twenty years later, there are still eighty remaining Australian 104 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:40,880 Speaker 1: troops that are due to be withdrawn by September this year. 105 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:44,480 Speaker 1: More than thirty nine thousand Australians have been deployed over 106 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:46,640 Speaker 1: the last twenty years, and forty one of them have 107 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:51,279 Speaker 1: been killed during the decades long conflict. That's basically our 108 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:55,920 Speaker 1: readers and our listeners entire life spans spent during this 109 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:59,839 Speaker 1: ongoing war that seemingly and to some commentators, hasn't achieved 110 00:05:59,839 --> 00:06:01,880 Speaker 1: the objective it's set out to achieve. 111 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 2: And I'm really keen to keep diving into this topic 112 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:07,799 Speaker 2: throughout the next couple of months with you guys, because 113 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:10,600 Speaker 2: it's a war that's always going to be the war 114 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:13,560 Speaker 2: that was from most of our childhoods, and it's really 115 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:17,440 Speaker 2: helpful to actually understand the context of this war and 116 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:21,960 Speaker 2: why we're exiting twenty years on. If you've got questions 117 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:25,200 Speaker 2: around the Afghanistan War or things that you want explained, 118 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:28,080 Speaker 2: hit us up on Instagram at the Daily OS. This 119 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:30,359 Speaker 2: is a topic we'd really like to deep dive into 120 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:34,280 Speaker 2: more and we'd love your input into how we do that. 121 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:36,080 Speaker 1: That's all we have time for today, but if you 122 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:38,320 Speaker 1: want to follow the day's news, please follow us on 123 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:41,000 Speaker 1: Instagram at the Daily OS. It's where over one hundred 124 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:44,040 Speaker 1: thousand Australians get their news every day and we would 125 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:50,840 Speaker 1: love you to become part of the community.