the sand and salt travels to central asia to explore what's being done to revive our old city. nato has announced its plans to pull most of the one hundred fifty thousand foreign troops out of afghanistan within four years but some believe afghan forces may not be ready to defend the country by then in an interview with r.t. afghan foreign minister dr zalmai rassoul says that regional cooperation is the first step in fighting extremism and terrorism within the country. afghan foreign minister so let us all thank you very much for being with us today our pleasure there's a foreign minister when soviet forces withdrew from afghanistan you have been publishing your resistance journal for eighteen years what did you and your

compatriots expect for your country's future back then as usual afghanistan wanted to be free independent and sovereign country to be friendly with its neighbors good region and have his own destinies that are on her and that's something that you wanted and that's something that afghans always will how would you describe the state of your nation as of today afghan people have been at war for the last five to two years since nine eleven calls them one when international community came to afghanistan to liberate afghanistan from different of the taliban. afghanistan is facing tremendous challenges to rebuild that sloth because for thirty years the ford country which solidly was a poor country has been completely destroyed so the challenge is. rebuilding the country giving the normal life toward people are our children go to school to have a health care target you creation. that is what you're trying to do

now would or friends british defense chief general sir david richards set that nato should prepare for another thirty forty years to stay in afghanistan which makes a mockery of the plans transition in two thousand and fourteen why do you think need to change that strategy and do you think that strategy defeating the tribal opposition was right in the first place number one it's not a tribal position it is a fight against terrorism and extremism and to try. chief in this tribal people are the first victims of the terrorism which are being killed every day. the date of two thousand and fourteen it's afghan proposal president karzai is the first inaugural speech in the second term sit afghanistan should take this the response ability of its own security starting by two thousand and eleven and if initiated by two thousand and fourteen that's has been proposed and i dropped it in london and

kabul conference by international community and that's been concrete types and had the summit in lisbon that's a real things that afghanistan should be in the hands of afghans and the security of afghanistan is the responsibility of the afghans so starting by two thousand and eleven and finishing by two thousand and fourteen the afghan national security forces will be in charge of security of afghanistan and the remaining force of international community need to or not it will be supporting force not a fighting force how is the russian efforts to help their russian effort to what they help the war effort perceived in kabul i think russia is a great country a great power in the world is a great partner of afghanistan in the region and we seek the support and cooperation of russia for peace and security in afghanistan because the security in afghanistan the stability of afghanistan is not only for afghanistan it took effect

disability and security of the region including russia was so wonderful our product involved foreign policy in the fight against terrorism and extremism and stability of afghanistan in the region is a region of cooperation because the fight against terrorism and extremism is not only individual afghanistan it is a regional issue so if you cannot find a solution the additional solution for it will be in deep trouble because that will continue and take longer time is nato presence threatening your internal security in relations to remediate neighbors we have. being working through the day we're sure are sure our neighbors that the presence of new to allied forces in afghanistan is for security and stability in afghanistan for the fight against terrorism and extremism is not directed against any other country and so far you have kept out reassuring gordon it would be neat to have a regional cooperation as i mentioned to to defeat terrorism extremism kabul has

very good relations with washington and with tehran just like russia is your government in the position to mediate between obama and ahmadinejad's perspective administrations and maybe are you afraid of the repeat of the iraqi scenario when a war is waged just to satisfy a american demands iran is a great country a nucleate neighbor of going to stand with whom we have long historical pollution and who are seeking and having good relation reviewed on united states software like afghanistan which are fighting terrorism and helping afghanistan a lot we see it but the relation between you danny the united states to benefit off afghanistan and the benefit of the region by the same time we don't want to pay the price of the problem because you don't do it sir you told the un general assembly and i quote you to complement our efforts towards eliminating poppy production who wish to see greater action to counter smuggling of precursors into our country and to reduce demand and consumption of drugs in other countries as of today over two

and a half million russians are addicted to afghan heroin this is where mr why has your administration and your allies failed to tackle the poppy production first of all the poppy production in afghanistan have to result of thirty years of war and lawlessness and despair of the afghan people who do new tomorrow he's going to be a life or not you know security for your future. secondly when he came to our back to afghanistan in two thousand and eleven to two thousand and one two thousand and two don't have any institution to fight it no police no judicial system no army and in that will take time before you can put. in place but the fight against not quantic is also one of the priority of afghanistan because afghanistan will pay first for that suffer first before you die that will suffer from it and you are not taking the benefit off that because the many produced by traffickers will go outside afghanistan and not stay in afghanistan so definitely it is it is

a major fight that. we get. this right cannot be done by afghanistan alone we need support of international community we need the support of the regions by force from the floor by as mentioned a precursor which are not produced in afghanistan is pretty outside afghanistan came inside afghanistan we will do our job to do an element of poppy cultivation afghanistan but also do war in dejan should to do it for to reduce the demand because because because the demand the production of popular so it's a common foot commonly for reducing the cultivation giving too far but of afghanistan they are tentative which they will accept to two groups something poppy to the farmers the cultivate poppy have any viable alternative in the region of afghanistan which are under control of the afghan government which have been able we have been able to give

a tentative yes that has not has been very positive. into the important problems of afghanistan which had been traditionally poppy good hard in the south in the east and by the north when some project has been delivered a project a tentative. culture the production of culture of what we're going to do significant. why are there area which. did as in security in a are not in full control of course the production has been increased so more unloaded security will come and do syria and more and more draft and government will become in control listen there's going to be popular quality experience that we have and other part of afghanistan which is where mr the outside world gets an impression that you and your government colleagues are only save what they in kabul called pounds and unable to travel across your own country does this send a signal to taliban that there may be a winning. i don't know what's the impression of the outside world i'm inside

afghanistan i traveled practically all provinces myself and we are appointing all the governors saucer district chief or so of small pockets of course afghanistan are still not under the control of the afghan government but the majority of afghanistan is rude and controlled by the central government of afghanistan i think that's a perception which we did not share with them sir his forces have been accused of building black prisons in your countries where your citizens have been illegally detained and tortured or curb the wetly document it military excesses against your countrymen and again you sure president has been issue an issue that has created tension between united states and afghanistan there are two or three issues that has created tension and it was the issue of detainees the shoe of civilian casualties at liberation day the issue of the night raids in the house does he shoot has been discussed at the very frank and friendly manner i think

we are in the right part to solve soon in the beginning of two thousand and twelve afghanistan will be charged off between these all over afghanistan at the beginning of this of this. taking charge of to tunis and we are working with our lives to reduce the minimum of any need. decision car drove you but also issues off my feet that should be done by afghan national security forces more and more afghan forces would be charge off to come but less than this would be described the problems elections have also been a lot in the news lately two elections have taken place since the nato led invasion both sat fraudulent with the rigging with results published only two months after the poll what do you say to those who claim when you and your allies are planning an unsustainable political system afghanistan a democratic system afghanistan after thirty years of war and lawlessness no

government practically were different kind of government has now system to democratic process is taking root cause you know you cannot make democracy in one day in your country especially in a country that i've been a war for for thirty years so i think that there are probably going to going to be problems and i think the problem on election is not only in the specific on afghanistan a lot of countries even more developed countries have a hard problem in their direction but the process is going on there people are now living in democracy that's the reason people are complaining millions of people in a very difficult condition of security when to vote a lot of women for the first time in afghanistan or will know in the election to be men a lot of priests dear good news with afghanistan where the afghanistan cannot be switzerland or sweden in nine years mr foreign minister thank you very much for this interview

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thanks for joining us this is sports today i'm you know these are some of the stories we're covering this hour reigniting the rivalry it's time for another one of tennis greats raw feel that allen roger federer qualified to meet in the final of the season ending a.t.p. championships. southern comfort rugby union powerhouses new zealand and south africa stay perfect as they wrap up their tours of the british isles. pick of the puck we've trawl through each and every kid shall clash this week to compile the unmissable auction from europe's top ice hockey. all that's coming up in just a moment but let's begin with boss couple were under fire c.s. gas side got a much needed win in the league on sunday evening the army men with new temporary

coach dmitri should cool in in tow seeing off hunka but richard from port fate reports there were few signs that the moscow giants are about to turn the corner after a very disappointing season to date. serious current club in turmoil may have reached eight straight final pulls out of the muscovites fight to struggle to even make the next round of your early after a disastrous saltsman new season which culminated in the sacking of head coach bruce coverts clearly each but i think that makes. the new system for their own new circle for me. just before going to break up with the board paragraph we're going through. a field where he's a good coach. i wish the best most of the men had hoped to get their season back on track with victory over the finish side from the playboy in the united league first period sources consulates where there is

struggle. to get their game together against their finish opponents who aren't exactly one of europe's basketball powerhouses their women were making far too many basic errors i had it not been for the presence of dimitri sokoloff in the pain's the home side would have ended the first trailing robertson having a slender free point lead but having pretty much the same squad that made it all the way to last his final four in paris this is a shadow of the team that proved to be one of europe's very best last season says cover a team very low on confidence a male lead to of their game very quickly they want to be challenging holders come the end of the season the muscovite slowly began to get their act together in the second quarter but that munster karlov once again proving to be too hot to handle from inside he was getting ample support from trajan langdon who are still too many players having an off day and the less said about the autumn and shooting from a free point line the better says car finally started to show something approaching a game in the second home off as hong kong having fewer opportunities on all fends side we're going to a final quarter with

a fourteen point advantage so has come into the fourth of the game but in the bank but even with a twenty point cushion their play was far too scrappy of both ends of a cause i missed plenty of work for interim head coach dimitri struck willing to do to get one of europe's possible powers firing again first game in a new coach and so did a pretty good job at times but that's changed systems and backs and things that we did before so just trying to figure that out before you can get it going to go into for. instance three or four to get our confidence back and you were. in the most important thing is for you now you have for yams for probably the most important games and. these are troubling times a serious car must go and despite today's victory by twenty points it doesn't hide the fact that it was against very ordinary opponents and there's still plenty of problems to sort out above all model for caught before this side starts being a force to be reckoned with again. dotsie. legendary federer

versus natal tennis rivalry adds another chapter on sunday the stakes are high in london as the purge do battle for the title of best of the best in the ultimate round of the a.t.p. world tour finals were number one on the dollar making his passage to the title fights after raging andy murray in three sets the ultra competitive match take you being set seven six but the sellout crowd then watched murray rally puck an impressive fashion taking the second set i respond dominating the big points converting when it mattered more the closer to seven six three six seven games to six when i. defend express meanwhile is drooling comfortably along as he saw all the talk of it in straight sets the twenty nine year old one win away from a world tour finals title the following serb seemingly nervous jittery at the start

several taking advantage to win the opener six one to thaw in the mid champion joke which attempted comeback of sorts out after being shot down six one in the first but his opponent was having none of it wrenching intro of the match to end it six one six four so it's federer versus natal take twenty two russia house want to talk to double of their previous addicted. moving on where the southern hemisphere dominance of the rugby world shows no sign of halting after new zealand on south africa both ended their tours of the british isles with one hundred percent records the springboks they were in london aiming to dent mince confidence following their saw and beating all this truly a fortnight back but the world championship with their ruthless streak grinding out a well deserved twenty one eleven win over the home side with six six at the break south africa though promptly buffered and bruised their way to a brace of tries before the seventy minute mark through with berths on then.

south africa just sending the true with victory over our lands we'll scotland and england. a grand slam of wins over the home nations where the all blacks their third straight game marked by a minute's silence for the twenty nine miners who lost their lives this week in new zealand next year's world cup hosts were pushed all the way by wales at the millennium stadium despite having somewhat of an off day kiwi fly have done carter still became the leading point scorer in test history overtaking jonny wilkinson it wasn't until eight tries from weaver then from john here the game was put to bed final score new zealand thirty seven wales twenty five. meanwhile shrilly humiliated the host with a muscle of fifty nine to sixteen minutes. the tourists running in tries for fun in the second period touching down half a dozen times in a dizzying half an hour spell that the spike fronts actually holding the lead going

into the break for my opinion the pick of the furry came right at the end james o'connor racking up his second try of the knights with a blistering score down the line. in the n.b.a. new york have watched their run of five consecutive wins halted by the revitalized atlanta hawks the next fall to seventh place in the eastern conference standings following the ninety nine to ninety loss to long suffering home fans and modest and square garden hoping to witness first six game win streak since two thousand and six but it was not to be the hawks who just ended a three game losing run of their own starting off proceedings with aplomb jamal crawford helping bury his former team making it twenty seven fourteen in the first more hawks in the second quarter marvin williams finishing strong for a fifty one thirty five lead. taking advantage of the second shot opportunities in the third. finishing strong after johnson. this one thousand nine hundred ended the

home crowd booing the next one and then be a crime in thirty seven years and it's. let's hit the ice finally where it's the time of the week again we've chosen the most memorable moments from the past seven days in the kontinental hockey league they are. plinths

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with the latest news on our round up of the week's top stories the arrest of an artsy news crew covering up peaceful protest in the u.s. is criticized by organizations as a crackdown on media freedom but ignored by the mainstream american news out. switzerland votes on a proposal to expel foreign and charged with serious crime it's a measure that spawns discussion of the weather and has nationalistic most of. russia's democracy should not stagnate the russian president's calling on the opposition in his video blog to act so that those in power stay awake at the wheel . plus once one of the world's largest lakes sits now well hospitalist wasteland of sand and sold off he travels to central asia to explore what's being done to revive barrel city.