among. abdulrahim used to put people behind bars for doing drugs now he's been put there himself but the former army commander denies the charges he insists he never swayed from the right side of the law. we saw a truck driving on the main road something made me suspicious and i checked out the cargo we found narcotics heroin in some drugs but what for him claims he didn't expect to find a driver who told authorities he was involved in drug smuggling. by himself is guarded by another policeman if. he's been taking drugs since he was twelve and went for treatment only recently after the prison warden found out he's in good company according to a recent u.s. congress report nearly half of the afghan police are doing drugs well. when i graduated as a policeman i was doing i kept quiet about for about two years all the other

policemen here knew about it quite a few police my drug addicts are not telling anyone they're just saying i'm smoking something. polished afghanistan's biggest jail many of the five thousand prisoners here are doing time for drug smuggling and drug use but the locks are not a sure safe way of keeping the drugs out. these are the different kinds of drugs we collected over the past years. this is a mix of all your contacts. but this is opium. this is the kind of tricks drugs inside a calm family members coming to visit bring these with them we found drugs in shoes over the years prison guards have been charged with mending a hand. yes it's true when i joined a few years ago lots. of dollars were involved in smuggling drugs into the jail

they are not for the good that you don't have enough and there are a lot joining the produce truth out of the people joining the police to solve themselves but the ministry of cantona cottage insists it's now got a hold on the problem but questions remain what if some of those fighting afghanistan's drug war are actually foot soldiers for the other side and with the many challenges the country faces doesn't really have the resources to tackle the corruption within its ranks inside these four walls is a snapshot of the problems facing afghan society tell it members drug traffickers and petty criminals and a person's overcrowded forests here are teen preaching keep those in kabul. meantime u.n. experts warn that higher opium prices could persuade afghan farmers to cultivate

even more opium wheat main alternative crop for farmers has fallen in price while poppy eradication is at an all time low but zalmay of zali spokesman for the counter-narcotics ministry insists that a growing drugs is against the afghan people's belief. but the news is positive poppy production has been slashed for forty eight percent as compared to the previous year but i don't agree with some of the u.n. . claim that it was a because of the bad weather or so it could have been the case in some provinces government was very much successful to the public awareness campaign and we sent a positive message and the people of afghanistan know that the poppy cultivation is bad figured on them and it's something that. we afghans this is not our culture this is against this is against the basic principles of. our religion so something that is against our religion something which is

a dangerous and he will phenomenon something that is supporting terrorism and we get as an afghan affected by that we never support. and we made a pretty hard commitment on that to get rid of this problem. well nato is mission in afghanistan is facing a new obstacle pakistan has closed a vital supply route for the u.s. led war effort across the border one hundred fuel tankers and trucks have been stopped from crossing the front it is believed to be in response to a nato helicopter raid in which three pakistani soldiers were killed and three of those wounded the alliance denies its aircraft entered pakistani territory and says the reports are being investigated but the u.s. has been stepping up missile strikes against suspected militants hiding in pakistan then there have been several cross border helicopter raids over the last week

pakistan condemned the strikes calling them a violation of international law pakistani political expert document qureshi told us here at r.t. that the u.s. led coalition has been unable to involve to try living on both sides of the border to join the peace or. you need to expect that box and could go actually more further ahead and completely shut down nato supplies because there is a strong feeling it backs down that box down is getting though the bad side of the stick we didn't get what we really expected from this alliance with the united states with nato in afghanistan and of course fox money interests are not being looked after or respected by our friends in afghanistan and if this continues you might as well see a complete you have to understand something tribes of course are divided by this this manufactured border and and in order to completely stop the push to ones from any of the tribes to really help each other during this war in afghanistan there's only one way to do that and that is to bring political reconciliation in

afghanistan so basically what i'm saying is and what box any officials have been. telling american officials but not in a forceful way that you need to resolve the problem of isolating the push to get them out of power in kabul they are of course angry about this and what you see the resistance that you see the afghan taliban whatever they're doing enough. i understand part of that is an expression of. anger add to excluding them from power in kabul so unless you bring them into the power circle the pushed rules will keep fighting and it is unfair in this situation to expect pakistan to completely clamp down on the push to an tribesmen whether they are of gone or whether they are pakistani pushing throughout the past eight years of course boxen has been coming up with suggestions in order to defuse tensions inside have done is done box down the ideas box any suggestions box on the input were completely ignored and in eight years of course we've seen the situation go from bad to worse in afghanistan i don't think it is possible that you could do you could achieve that kind of an end

in afghanistan without having a strong pakistani involvement. and that was pakistani political expert. well still to come here on arts he meeting with no water you speak without a voice tell you why one hundred nations bush by the media and other delegates of the u.n. general assembly that's coming up in just a few minutes plus. this feels very very strange the story is very cold and also heavy they're doing all right i think it's going to get more scary find out why people are asking to be buried alive how it feels turn one. hour let's check out some other news stories now making headlines around the world this hour and two policemen have been killed and three civilians wounded in baghdad after an armed gang tried to rob a bank the attackers used bombs to storm the building before being filed by officers in a gunfight two suspected robbers were captured and the neighborhood has been sealed

off police search for other attackers officials say it's unclear whether the gang has any links to insurgent groups. there is a controversy in india over a court decision to split control over a holy site in the northwestern town. the main disputed section where a mosque was torn down in one thousand nine hundred two has been allocated to hindus while muslims will be in charge of other parts security is being tightened across the region as orthe or his fear unrest in a towel that's seen two thousand killed in clashes over the last two decades the muslim community already says it will appeal the verdict. north korea has published a photo thought to be of the country's heir apparent for the first time it's the only picture released of kim jong il which is up to date he was appointed to keep party positions this week it's being viewed as

a gradual transfer of power due to the ailing health of his father kim jong il. many e.u. countries are trying to get back to normal after protests and general strikes affected dozens of major cities tens of thousands took to the streets demonstrating against budget cuts in spain traffic was blocked and many passengers were left stranded in madrid with two thirds of flights grounded. high level united nations panel will hear directly from victims of sexual violence in the democratic republic of the congo it comes after the release of a preliminary un report into the rape of hundreds of civilians in the north kivu province two months ago survivors will have a chance to share their experiences as part of efforts to improve treatment and support. american actor and hollywood legend tony curtis has died at the age of eighty five he passed away at his home in nevada after

a cardiac arrest curtis was best known for his roles in movies such as spartacus and alongside marilyn monroe when some like it hot he starred in more than one hundred and twenty films during a career that spanned six decades. more to explosive devices equivalent to at least ninety kilos of t.n.t. have been diffused in russia stuff. to nearby buildings under schools were evacuated for safety reasons the first bomb in a car was supposed to have been set off by the vehicles alarm system the second bomb was nearby and is believed to have been targeted at police officers who would respond to the first explosion. it's also discovered the body of a man in the car who was apparently shot dead there's been no official comment on whether he was linked to the attempted attack. well the world's media has been accused of overlooking smaller nations at this year's u.n.

general assembly in new york while certain leaders speeches grab the media's attention most fail to make the headlines marina portnoy reports on why so many delegates were left talking to an empty room. an international circus of political power. public stress for new yorkers. reporters secret service and barricades three signs of world leaders are crammed inside one building for the annual united nations general assembly debate. this diplomatic gathering provides more than one hundred ninety countries an opportunity to promote their foreign policy agenda but generally it's always the same voices now is the time to build the trust dominating the stage in identifying those responsible in the september eleventh attacks journalists flew in from all over the world to cover this seven day event people who have endured too much more but once the richest and

strongest finished pledging their promises. the press prematurely concluded their coverage. of so i think you know what you see what. you know the. mainstream media pull the plug on this international story friday evening with more than one hundred and twenty nations yet to speak abandoned by live trucks and most police presence nations like congo in mongolia were left addressing half empty are torrijos by monday when cuba spoke of suffering under us and forgoes camera outside the un along to a tourist between two thousand and twenty five hundred journalists were accredited at the un for the general assembly debates and when u.s. president barack obama was here the room i'm standing in was packed and when he laughed he took all the media attention with him now only a handful of journalists are left to report about all the other countries that are

addressing the international body the poorest leaders took to the podium campaigning for climate change and the scene inside the u.n. media center spoke volumes less than ten reporters and girl. cans overflowing with recycled rubbish. today also reflects that the u.n. sadly doesn't draw much attention. you know global governance seems to have so many challenges to address. a lot of difficulties addressing those challenges first maybe garnering respect from its host country nearly seventy percent of americans think the u.n. does a lousy job in solving global problems maybe they should move it somewhere else maybe governors island where nobody would be affected by it you know it's definitely inconvenient for everyone however most of the world criticizes americans for neglecting to understand problems we only know what we hear we don't know exactly

what's going. on and that's good or bad i mean. we should know we surely should be you know the same for everyone if not the united nations may remain a place where everyone continues to talk and neglects to listen arena porton i am party new york. months proved fatal time for russia this year hit by record breaking heat waves raging wildfires and choking smog the country's emergencies minister has been speaking to r.t. and says a number of lessons have to be learnt. of course we analyze all our work we exchange experience and advice with our western colleagues i would like everyone to realize that such disasters are not nation specific catastrophes know no borders customs nationalities or religion this is perhaps the most important lesson we should learn from the situation we should learn to consolidate our efforts to join forces to give

a helping hand to each other and to do our job efficiently and that's on the list. and you can watch our full interview with russia's emergencies minister next hour right here on r.t. well people are always searching for new ways to relieve the strains and stresses of everyday life in russia mabrouk group of therapists has come up with an extreme method to overcome your problems that of burying people alive they claim that twenty minutes of it can change your outlook on life despite grave doubts about it went to give it a try. above ground there are a few signs of life below the surface a man trapped with his greatest fear is pavel has just been buried alive for twenty minutes not torture but it stream therapy. that's the first thing you experience is

panic once your face is covered with dirt you start tasting it and thinking what the hell am i doing down here or what i want to come down to simply no more the place like this these are the grave digging therapists modeling the burials on an ancient form of self in lighting meant practice by shamans they wanted to make the rights more accessible believing everyone can benefit. there's the most effective and powerful method overcome an internal problems person can neither see nor hear anything nor even move underground they have no other option but to delve deep inside their minds. a burial costs around one hundred sixty dollars attracting both men and women from students to fifty something professionals all aiming to suffocate their worries the maximum burial is forty minutes beyond that the mind struggles to cope with the lack of physical function that they're thirty centimeters any deeper and the pressure would be too great to stand once under that

volunteers breathe through this chewed the organizers a ten year veteran of living burials and says this shouldn't be tried at home it was. that are we have to be able to get the personal very first and also contact them earth for us to be distributed in a certain way across the body so that the key joints or pressurized you can't practice burials without knowing about these things. until now i didn't think i suffered from any cost a phobia and that could soon change because i'm going to try this for myself now me given this to breakthrough which i'm told that we monitoring at all times so i want to stop and all i have to do is make a noise so here we go. well they started to fill in like graves they were here this feels very very strange the soil is very cold and also heavy they're doing all right at the moment but i think it's going to get a lot more scary and i was right five minutes after being buried alive i was very

ready to see the light of day again. thank you. one of the weirdest experiences of my life completely trapped and i'm definitely never doing that again i live in it r.t. moscow. twenty minutes past the hour here in the russian capital and don't forget we're also online with plenty more stories for you to explore. some amazing. shows the. gay community has been. on the city streets. if you feel like a. country. all

right stephanie is now here with the business news stay with us. hello and welcome to the business bulletin investors are once again focusing on the poor state of european banks the government of violent has announced it will be taking a majority stake in the country's second largest bank as part of a fresh bailout it's also revealed the price tag for bailing out all of its banks will be more than fifty billion dollars this will raise its deficit to thirty two percent of g.d.p. in two thousand and ten meanwhile moody's has lowered spain's top credit rating by

one notch this puts additional pressure on the country's government as it prepares to pass the most are still budget in three decades it comes as the belt tightening measures imposed by the european governments provoked a massive protests across europe. concerns over public financing also feeding into the currency markets this week the brazilian finance minister said there was a covert currency war taking place as countries sought to devalue their way out of debt earlier i spoke to chris we first chief strategist of oral sip who explained what the governments might be trying to achieve. deliberate action by governments to weaken their currencies in order to increase to compared to this of their own industry in direct sports in order to try and boost the revival of their economies some governments are doing to it we saw for example the japanese government taking action to weaken the yen because they feared words hurt competitiveness the chinese

government of course is resolutely refusing to appreciate that one so effectively keeping at a low level in order to sustain growth in their economy and in other countries particularly of course the focus on the u.s. were u.s. dollars being quite weak and the accusation is that it's been done very deliberately in order to help boost the economic recovery in the u.s. at the expense of other countries such as brazil and perhaps such as europe so do you think governments will actually find a solution that could work you know cross borders or is this going to escalate i think it's inevitably going to escalate we may actually see some of that as the next g. twenty summit which is due to take place in korea in november i think currency and currency wars if you like to use the brazilian term i think certainly will be on the agenda i think that governments really don't have any other option and they don't have any other strategies that they are increasingly resorting to try and use their currency to get out of this problem so we're going to hear an awful lot more about currency battles in two thousand and eleven now if we turn to the rebuttal

it's down against the euro it's down against the dollar it's not performing very well why is that well investors are effectively sidelined russia since the mid summer i think since the drought the smog and the concerns that that's raised about rising inflation and we've already had a number of growth forecast reductions from government so investors really don't see russia as having a strong domestic story right now they're much prefer to focus on parts of the economy merging market world that do have strong domestic stories such as brazil india china and turkey in particular and in eastern europe russia has been ignored you can see it in the equity market it's no. and you're way on the downside from the global emerging markets of the same with the currency markets so i believe it's a temporary move that russia now is is very cheap even relative to the weak fundamentals we have to go outside so i think once we get turned a corner a big upside we probably need to see more confidence in global markets before we

see that upside i believe it will come strongly before the end of the year. russian equity markets finished higher on thursday boid by gains in global markets later in the session banks got the my six higher d.t.b. finished more than three percent in the black was put on two and a half percent energy majors also outperformed you call and just left finish one and a half percent higher. talks on russia as a session to the world trade organization are expected to be completed in the next few weeks that's according to top officials in moscow but prime minister putin has acknowledged that membership may still be some way off he warns that in the meantime russia is not prepared to accept further economic restrictions. in the required can only be applied after our extension to the organization not a single restriction related to the exception process must be applied before the solution is complete because this process may last for ever be accepting

restrictions without getting the benefits of full membership. ratings agency has placed the bank of moscow russia's fifth largest bank on negative watch it follows this week's dismissal of moscow's mare yury luzhkov by president medvedev the agency says the appointment of a new mac could cause a deterioration in the relationship between the bank and the city of moscow had close ties to the outgoing administration. and that's all the business news for now but of course you can always find more stories if you log on to our website that's r.t. dot com slash business. wealthy

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