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led forces and rid of ghana stand civilian and coalition losses are on the minds of foreign forces are struggling to turn around the fight against the taliban ahead of next year's spectacle drawing international forces. russian authorities say more than a third of export of afghan drugs and up in russia every year and that's the equivalent of five billion hair windows us next we talk to russia and in about why the war on drugs can be won yet. today we're talking to the head of russia's drug control service and mr pena thank you very much for joining us today first off let's talk about afghanistan afghanistan is the number one producer all opiates in the world when we talk about the transfer of the drugs to russia what kind of amounts of drugs are we talking about. afghanistan produced about seven thousand tons of opium last year which is

equivalent to seven hundred tons of heroin we believe that about thirty six of these tons end up in russia that's a lot about five billion doses and it's about thirty five percent of all drugs exported from of ghana stan because in fact afghanistan exports less than half of the drugs it produces as drug addicts throughout the world are unable to consume everything that comes out of afghanistan so afghanistan stores a huge amount of drugs russia and other countries estimate it's about thirteen to fifteen thousand tons of opium so even if drug production stops in afghanistan the country will still be able to supply the international market with heroin for another twenty or even thirty years. what about the main mode of transportation of the drugs could you talk about the roads or the countries to which the drug trade flows into russia. out of i.c.u. there is the northern route which is sometimes called the northern silk route after the seventeenth century trade route the reason the silk route is popular is because

after the collapse of the soviet union new nations are merged and while their borders exist on paper in reality they're not even properly guarded so essentially there are no effective borders between afghanistan and russia with such poor borders it's very easy for traffickers to transport drugs the biggest part of drugs flows through stan and kazakstan and onward to russia another part goes through iran across the caspian sea and the caucasus ridge and ends up. north caucasus or deeper in russia's territory by the way this provides a source of financing for terrorists and extremists in russia's caucasus because the. americans that have got to say that they cannot eradicate most of the puppy fields because a lot of danny's depend on their livelihood on these fields by producing the opiates what can be done about this is their solution to the problem. when the u.s. says you cannot deprive farmers of their livelihood it actually sends

a message to the afghan leadership as well saying they shouldn't do it because first this will destroy people's livelihood and second you push farmers into the hands of the taliban i think this is merely an excuse furthermore since u.s. special representative for central asia richard holbrooke first suggested this idea that instead of eradicating drug crops the u.s. should target drug labs and traffickers which was almost a year ago the number of laps of producing drugs for russia has tripled a year ago we knew about one hundred seventy labs in afghanistan today we know of more than four hundred laps of producing drugs for russia for some reason it doesn't seem possible for nato to get rid of the poppy fields in afghanistan and yet at the same time it seems that they're quite successful or not necessarily nato but it has been proven that getting rid of for example plants in colombia can be quite successful so are we not talking about it this year for double standards here

where they can solve the problem in one country and can not solve the problem in another country for some reason of course you know because when i visited the nato headquarters in brussels to address the russian nato council i pointed out that more than two thousand three hundred square kilometers of coca crop are destroyed in colombia annually get only twenty square kilometers a drug crops were destroyed in afghanistan last year of course there should be no double standard in the matter of eradication furthermore the un general assembly has a. dr a number of resolutions on the issue for example there was a political declaration on drug control that the un general assembly dubbed it in one thousand nine hundred eight in september two thousand and nine the un general assembly reaffirmed that declaration and said proper education was of strategic importance by the way all countries including nato countries signed that resolution so i can't understand why nato was and applying the same standard that is applied in latin america does this not seem to be a paradox that when afghanistan was under the control of the taliban the opium

production was significantly lower than it is now and it has risen dramatically after the us invasion nine years ago what what is the problem how is this fitting into the picture and the statements that nato is trying to fight the drug trade in afghanistan in your opinion. you're right i had a meeting with my pakistani colleagues here in islamabad and they too were amazed at this phenomenon there's only one way to explain it when the taliban sought official recognition for its kabul regime they took on president in measures to eradicate oppy and poppy crops they consistently took serious steps in one nine hundred ninety eight nine hundred ninety nine and two thousand when they introduced capital punishment for poppy cultivation as a result they succeeded in a radical new drug crop on ninety percent of afghanistan's territory all the provinces they controlled the only place they couldn't do it was

a northern afghanistan which was controlled by the so-called northern alliance but then operation enduring freedom began and the situation changed drastically only a competent government that has the support of the people can really control the country and take serious steps to destroy drug production how can we talk about the military solution to the problem when most of the poppy fields in afghanistan are located near in areas of the most intense fighting or where foreign military personnel are stationed where where is this listen to that. the nine years of the military operation in afghanistan have demonstrated that the more fighting there is in the country the smaller the chances are of destroying drug production they're growing alternative crops is a risky proposition the risks are immense you can lose your crop at any stage opium on the other hand does not require any effort poppy grows all by itself and buyers come straight to the field and purchase the crop so it's obvious that you can destroy drug production this way the russian federation has developed

a plan which is called rainbow two because it consists of seven points we presented this plan to the european commission the european parliament nato our partners in the us in afghanistan and here in pakistan the plan calls for a comprehensive approach first of all this huge problem should be officially recognized as a threat to international peace and security in other words this is a separate problem that kills more than one hundred thousand people each year hundreds of millions of people suffer from this problem which everyone has been talking about for almost a decade second as i just said we need to eradicate opium poppy and the international security assistance force which is in afghanistan today under the un mandate and therefore has assumed responsibility for the future of afghanistan should play very active role in our medicaid in the crock then of course afghanistan needs economic eight we need to rebuild its infrastructure by the way

the legal afghan economy today operates mostly thanks to the hundred and forty two industrial facilities that the soviet union built there as far as i'm aware no new facilities have been built there since that time also we need to make international cooperation more effective i'd like to emphasize particularly the role of regional cooperation for example there's a four party format that the presidents of four nations russia afghanistan pakistan and then have established also i think that the shanghai cooperation organization should step up its efforts because most of the drugs produced in afghanistan end up in nescio countries and their people suffer the most. and finally considering that pakistan is still under a rather heavy influence from the united states can we talk about washington possibly playing a negative role in the fight against drug trade or a positive role in your opinion was there but you started this week in the pakistan is a sovereign state and a rather strong one at that there are one hundred seventy million people living

there pakistan is a nuclear power so i think there's nothing wrong with the fact that pakistan cooperates with the us we to view the united states as a partner and we work with america as partners is just a question of finding the most effective approach we don't have time for mistakes and we have no right to make a mistake. thank you very much for taking your time out of your day to join us thank you. showbiz and to take. a simple trade presentation high production. grass so. this is

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compass if you visit. kyrgyzstan is heading to the polls to elect a parliament that's hope to bring stability to the state ravaged by repeated brutal clashes the vote will take power away from the president for the first time in a central asian country. mourners are gathering in russia's city of to remember the victims of a plane crash which killed poland's president and many of its top brass it's been six months since the tragedy claims and winds of ninety six people. dead in our view of the week ninety years after the u.s. led forces in afghanistan civilian and coalition losses are on the rise foreign troops are struggling to turn around the fight against the taliban ahead of next year's expect it was droll. now sports news with kate's don't go away.

hello and welcome to the sports news and here the top stories. back on track to gather cocktails his players after russia died in three two in the latest european qualifier. while a new formula motor sport supremely bernie ecclestone says a deal is on the table to bring f one to russia. and last for epic world number one rafael nadal finally overcomes picked this really three sets semifinal at the chip pan open. but first a football coach took out the colonel says his team deserved to win after russia got their euro two thousand and twelve qualifying campaign back on track with a three two win over ireland in dublin but it wasn't straight forward because man

you have to hold on after being strained a lot after fifteen minutes in full alexander scored russia's first islands a go it made it to no before the break when ron chewed off pops deflected shot twenty and just after the restart it looked like game over but the irish fought back robbie keane was brought down and scored from the penalty spot after seventy two minutes and shane long added a second six minutes later to make it three two however russia weathered the storm to claim one of the three points. for their. first. move. is going to. have to. think. really deserve to win.

you've got a formation in our country. you know when you know i'm in office. just ocean much more stream of one possible stream of the french. the russians have one so you and last one siphon off and that puts them second in the green on goal difference behind slovakia surprisingly last three want to draw media russia's next game is a way to macedonia on cheese day they beat andorra two nil in their latest game that the congo as a result against that is imperative. to most building if we had the result we have no. it would be very difficult but now we are back. in the condition but still we have to play all day because if you go to bed ridden. even still not good well meanwhile there wasn't much luck for former russia coach chris hiddink his current site turkey fell victim to be informed germany in group a watched by that chancellor angela merkel to make sure that the deadlock that's before the interval

was meaningless had to hit the ball a step closer to the best picture in confusion of the two year old this country's second high scorer think it was a heap more misery on the hosts eleven minutes from time for the long cross split the defense be able to do. thank you so the last mile into texas coughing capitalizing on a blond i keep all condemn are all the time to concede between the legs goal in the dying minutes so great leaders germany maintains their perfect record. since it. was elsewhere so how well champions italy will help we're going to stall in northern ireland the absolutely dominated from the kick off but it was the hosts who were close first david keith richards had it just inches wide the house was quick counterattack resulted in nothing goalkeeper might take a left holding his ground. but

a yellow this is just pushed the i know off the restart kept it. as the home side held on for the draw however it still top of group c. it's seven times today when i went for points a game in town and. elsewhere depending on the world and european champions spain went top of group by following a three one win potentially through a near scotland a second just two points behind off losing one then in the czech republic classy and home to law school to the first half win for the netherlands as they won their group encounter in moldova while still without a point after losing one they'll soon build area in group g. and portugal beat denmark three one pilot bentos managerial debut. and while the european qualifiers are going on there was a friendly result that raised a few eyebrows mr pound claimed their first ever win over argentina one nil was the score which was an impressive result for japan's new coach albert is like a roni especially as it was his first game in charge the only goal came in the

ninety minutes to be. exact topic thank god story than a pound for pound the first the overarching. six in this recent. tennis and world number one rafael nadal will meet a french number five seed gelman cease in the final of the japan open after bros won their respective semifinals but in very contrasting styles in the first match my face cruised past and seeded radek stepanek of the czech republic in straight sets the frenchman who had not attacked second seed and roddick in the quarter finals thanks to scintillating tennis seventy minutes to walk out a six three six three victory. meanwhile the dollar was take the existence and have to save two match points against serbia and world number fifty four fit to try it the spaniard finally came out on top seven six zero six seven six six two as thank

you thank you i was sure it was a really good. i think they were very aggressive to serve us very well with the force on the second serve to order the or are they going to have a little bit more or do it with when the market was very difficult or they were it was like they were in for me with that sort of the informal one in beijing and i joke of it too remains on course to defend his china ripen title after beating american john is that seven six six to the top seed and i'll take on david for in sunday's final four which has also sealed his place in the season ending eighty people. and they see their out the study of play in the second match. fail to repeat his surprise quarterfinal when the top seed andy murray the croatian made thirty unforced errors direct close down after breaking serve at four all in the deciding set to reach six four four six six four. and in the women's event top seeds caroline wozniacki and vera zvonareva will go head to head for the title

after streit set wins in the last four doesn't see the new world number one soar off israel shahar peer seven five six two despite having a knee problem which he picked up in the quarter finals and won that game to avenge the us open semifinal defeat by zvonareva top of the russian and he'd lean os hopes of a home successful with a six three six three victory. motorsports nav and off to stage an exhibition events in moscow russia is on the brink of landing its first formula one race everyone supreme oh bernie ecclestone says the deal is ready and just needs to be signed the briton adding he is and if the companies are for a teaser and if the plan goes ahead top national racing will start in sochi in twenty fourteen the same year the city place host to the returning however money could be the stumbling block the license to host an f one race is expected to cost russia no less than fourteen million u.s. dollars same with motor sports and in malaysia jorge lorenzo conceal his maiden

moto g.p. title on sunday in. he finishes in the top ten at the grand prix in supplying rival dani pedrosa in this race to talk broken collarbone leaving the door ripened for yamaha's renzo to claim the title holds a seventy one point lead over his fellow spaniard with four races remaining stronghold position after talking the fastest lap qualifying former champion making haven finished second on his two catty. busier so start heard him speak for casey stoner who has won the last two races his face is defending champion valentino rossi completing the top six but the renzo says he was desperate to top the time sheets in what could be his biggest weekend so far. but i really wanted to fight for the position today because i know that for tomorrow's going to be difficult to fight for the telly there the moment he's a star i mean i know this moment is very important for my career. and you know i

want to have these provisional steve some problems on the bike that we don't show any way with we what we can we make it will happen and tomorrow we start in the first bush over in india those being concerned at the commonwealth games that the main pool had caused a stomach bug among swimmers although organizers say tests show there is nothing wrong with the water over a dozen athletes from england and australia came down with the virus which led to speculation the cool was to blame but tests have given it and the woman for the all clear through the eyes is moving the story was exaggerated by the press. she just doctor has also been in touch with the doctors of the australian english teams and they all agreed that the problems that they're having with the athletes and the fishers in the village is not from the water but could be caused by

a number of other things. we have had reports that the. incidents not as widespread as reported in the media and there for that matter was resolved arguably one of the biggest chairs in delhi so far has gone to india an athlete having to run out she came home certain the women's ten thousand meters behind kenya's grace my man he dies tangay was in the process became the first indian tribe kathleen eight hundred fifty to me is to stand on the podium at the commonwealth games. and finally to ice hockey weigh a new voice u.h.c. deny most came from two goals down to be scarse in petersburg five to go top of the k h l the same features backside lead off to the first period before did not hit back rivals taste moscow didn't fare so well going down three two at home to atlanta but spacek did better heaping more misery on rock bottom if he has the fall to go away with a lot of jaroslav all one three one that's down by minsk another. four one.

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