new the latest in science and technology from around the world. we've got the future covered. this is all to die from moscow sealing the deal with the twenty eighteen world cup in the bag all that's left is for russian officials on the field for it to work out the game that the signing ceremony is taking place in st petersburg russia of official status as host nation games will be held in five clusters consisting of fourteen cities. in a recap of the week's top stories poland plans to restage the flight that killed its president and ninety five others colleagues are russian report plane pilot error something will soldiers not fully accept prime minister told tosca has urged the president to politicize investigation. or it karzai makes an official

visit to moscow the first by the afghan leader in decades drug trafficking and trade dominated talks with president medvedev both sides committed to supporting each other. to help afghanistan cool the western forces in three years time. neuer alleged russian arms to the victim boot mission to prove his client's extradition to the us was illegal defense team says it goes against established procedures on americans insist on calling him mentions of the death says he's a victim of a propaganda tool. for next so future of analysis talks to one hundred karzai about the struggle his country faces in its war on drugs an exclusive interview with r.t. in the afghan president opens up about this and other issues his country is grappling with with its profits to independence.

q during. the week. how many cars i afghan president it's an honor and pleasure to have you with us today sir the only responded with what were your hopes and dreams in two thousand and four when you were made president of afghanistan my hope and aspirations were that would have. peace for afghanistan a stable afghanistan afghanistan in close contact. with its neighbors and the new neighbors a country that would progress into a better economy. a better living standard where the afghan troops. who were deprived of education for so many decades would would have a chance to go to school some of those us processions have been with some of them have not been moved so that was my my aspiration at the time but when you say

precisely seven years or what do you want to achieve and where did you fail maybe you managed to achieve a better economy we more than twenty universities right now target in china all. construction industry and afghan flag flying all around the world and independent sovereign afghanistan and the rest of the war of course will have to read to stuff spirituals of us security for the afghan people peace for the afghan people for the whole country house dot com and that is our continued effort and strength for the past couple of years sorry you have been subject to much criticism both personal and professional how do you deal with it. well i was the talk very strongly by the western media. for the past many years partly because of their lack of understanding of afghanistan in that situation partly because of

politics and when your. in a country like afghanistan where there are so which would you turn should were to do so much. conflict would do so which rivalry would have so many interests involved. it's only natural that. criticism like that would take place what would you say is maybe like one main thing in afghanistan or about afghanistan that western media doesn't understand the . unfortunately or extremely simplistic in their in their study of of ganesan and their analysis of ghana measuring if the if the afghan media were writing about politics sort of life or society in america or on fronts what for the right so take that universe and that's how the the the information about us it's it's simplistic andrew demetriou at best well former nor us ambassador to

afghanistan karl eikenberry is on the record as saying that you are not a nation builder what do you feel when you hear something that coming from a former u.s. army general. well it's. a lot of a lot of things have been said in those reports. as we now hear from the week. from other media sources. i don't know what is meant by not a nation but. we are building or institutions were building or we were building go police we have a democratic. order we have free media so that's one of scalding mission building and the last case is helping in a million areas on that with us so my freedom started that remark well you brought up wiki leaks have you come across something that you didn't know before that

helped you or it damaged you in a way no through the much of what came in to be complex did not come to visit price surprise those things before so no not really in your opinion the war on terror how much damage has it done to u.s. reputation in islamic world well the war on terror is. to the extent that the war on terror is concerned. is it war a struggle for all of us it is a struggle for afghanistan it's a struggle for the united states it's a struggle for russia it's a struggle for the muslim countries it's a struggle for all of us it's our two more painful subject in twenty years after you came to power. the record levels of opium were harmless and that's to say at some point i think taliban point down to new york what happened where we are in

charge. afghani current. the afghan people we have reduced poppies in twenty two provinces of afghanistan in some of those provinces we have completely eliminated. we're we are not in charge. in one of two provinces where there is taliban or with more foreign forces and in those provinces of course poppies of. trees and that's a question but still the volume of afghan drug money as of today six point five billion dollars which is five times as much as your national budget i mean who is behind this how high up does its power reaches those who grow poppies. grow it out of desperation. i know people in afghanistan who destroyed their division yards their pomegranate orchards to replace it with poppies in that must be

done out of disparate. the trafficking is an entirely different matter the precursors that come to turn poppy to narcotics is not of african issue or toll it's smikle to afghanistan from other countries so those areas afghanistan is helpless to address the money the injured rate the rates illegally. six point five billion dollars as being five times the afghan budget in afghanistan perhaps the afghan farmers receive close to your billion dollars some of this to me it's even much less than that so the rest of the money the real money goes abroad into into banks into business is also get us through suppressant people close to you for instance your health brother or your narcotics minister are alleged by the united states to be involved in or in profit with a heroin trafficking. what do you do how can your administration be taken seriously

when such accusations are out there in public yes there are there were these accusations in the us media and these accusers began almost five years ago or even order them and i contacted u.s. officials with us repeatedly. not once or twice or thrice five six seven eight nine ten times even more and go to the wall for sure if they have anything if it so that they should come to tell. they always can see that this was old who were so how do you ensure or or when do you think your government will be self-sufficient what else can you do to stop harvesting and trafficking and arose out of gas harvesting is it economic for the afghan people it is the or absolute need and the hope for the future that we must fulfill their economic needs but we offer can our development by way of. infrastructure development and we must make sure the

afghans hope to have better hope for to morrow the international drug trade is something that is beyond of ghana sons means to fight so that's an international matter for us to fight together but can't just somehow corporator help to stop the flow for instance today two point five million russians are addicted to after the flawed we can't fly fight the floor if you cannot stop it in russia you are a much more organized society you are a much more effective government if the united states cannot stop at the border with mexico. with all that policing and ability we in afghanistan the international community is in afghanistan because we are really been destroyed by years of foreign destruction and the infrastructure is gone the abilities gone the civil service that we can that's why we need to is there that's why russia is helping our police force that's why america is helping your military so how do we

have the capability to prevent supplies from of ghana's into other countries of course who have done it and we would have not been the such a sorry state who are today you're brought up nato help what's your response to british defense minister sir david richards has said that they should stay another thirty forty years in afghanistan well that was a statement for five years ago now you know we have a transition plan. and you know that britain has announced that they will be withdrawing their forces by twenty fifteen do you believe that yes i believe that close contact with. prime minister cameron and his government the british will leave afghanistan by twenty fifty the americans also want to reduce their forces by twenty fourteen the transition is the most important thing here so you disagree with those who say it's an realistic for nato to withdrawing truth not unrealistic

and once we are back as a stable strong administration and country we can definitely protect ok we have a historical country you mentioned that you needed russian help in order to build that strong government independent government what exactly what type of help do you want from russia there is there is both the ability to russia and the the need for russian afghanistan to engage with. natalee in a manner of russia helping afghanistan rebuild itself and be redeveloped its you to shield capacity. but also by trade for investment by interaction between all businesses which is very strong do you think questions have a better understanding of afghan mentality as opposed to americans oh yes a lot better little bit because of us just. as european and asian both russian and. culturally better and we have

a stock that goes for the better that's that's a fact of them that's very true thank you very much mr president and welcome and i sincerely wish you and your people all the best in achieving peace and democracy wish you the best to. repairing a broken. highway construction and humanitarian aid. but it's a shady officials at the spoils of war it's the people who the price. is no longer just down to drug trafficking.

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sealing the deal with the twenty eighteen world cup in the bag all that's left is for russian officials on the fifth to work out the game plan signing ceremony is taking place in st petersburg and will give russia official status as a host nation games will be held in across this consisting of fourteen cities. you know a recap of the week's top stories president plans to restage the flight that killed its president and ninety five others comes off the russian report playing solitaire so will soldiers not fully accept hermanus and don't toss comes amidst the pain of a not to politicize investigation. or it karzai makes an official visit to most of the first by an afghan leader in decades drug trafficking and trade dominated told

president that both sides committing to supporting each other. as found to help afghanistan to the withdrawal of western forces in three years' time. from noir over the edge to russian almost in a bid to boot who is on a mission to prove his client's extradition from the us was illegal his defense team says it goes against established procedures on americans insist on calling the merchant of death good says he's the victim of a propaganda war. all next on the sports highlights with the title. hello and welcome to the sports news that he calls without top stories world number two does the right all the boxes into the last sixteen of the also open while he demands will usually suffers a shot defeat in round three. clash of the conferences we preview the first

of the n.f.l. semifinals green bay versus chicago and upsy decider. and also l.a. when else really beat iraq by a single goal to advancing to the asian cup semifinals. let's get started in melbourne and there will be four russian women vying for the quarterfinal place at the australian open this year second see the videos were not always one of them off to al gunning lucie safarova in straight sets on saturday the world number two to the first set six three barely breaking into a sweat and the pro says but the matter was made to work for the fourth spot in the second so far about battling gamely to force a tie break was when i was finally came out the right side of an eleven to nine school and now the check that the benefit of the next up to. the level of my game if you would computer to these matters to my first marriage i think i was. already i think there is still room for improvement. now kim clijsters continues

a run in melbourne as well beating elliott scored in that first set went to a tie break which came to making it seven three with a class c. back when. the second was more straightforward as she did six three admitted after the match she hasn't reached a best for me yet. you know i'm really kind of the times and i didn't finish off my point. so that i was building out my points pretty well when i was you know in charge but never you know a couple times most of easier volleys and then felt that i could maybe could drive slowly and kind of finish off the points. i worked out there still stayed focused and monthly tough. to do. and some more fixtures from day six as a lot of us next opponent at the benefit of security will be a picture of on this this year. there was also an old russian battle on the day we don't see that you could sit in the muck out of upsetting the seed not at fifty

eight six in the decider and local favorites modest also a stupid thing if there's also outs after losing to patrick. in well maybe i'll usually is shot defeated by militia three and it rushes participation in the men's side of the jaw down seeded usually forced back is bags up to the twenty year old with the shot even down so no may or shins remain in singles action in melbourne elsewhere. there are had no such worries both mandated free with easier victories. as do you draw fellow joe the top seed coming out a sixty two seven five and six three way to over local man bernard tomic rafael setting up a last sixteen meeting with gracious. defeated american john kerry in his third round try also on saturday. very different. that's normal for these people. that's.

very very rare and i want to be really. great if you have to be able to remember. and to mario also made sure that he's safely into the second week the world number five in syria. walloping here we are with their see the office cruising to a six one six one six two victory and he has helped to drop it south this year in melbourne. as good. as equipment. to get out of the. well that brings us to the english premier league with a games on saturday and in the early one livable claimed their first win on the manager county del wish seeing all three mail on the road for a lot of tourists for the phrase their mayor ellis added all the reds elsewhere

manchester united have extended their lead to the top at least for a couple of hours the red devils threshing birmingham city five nail with a hat trick. to six in meanwhile failed to catch up with united as they are all still struggling else in the vale up one nailed so arsenal apparently second thanks to call for them to win over we're going to a big one percy with a half trick that wants the rest of the time it's on the screen as well with fourth placed chelsea travelling to bolton. now staying with football but moving to qatar where australia booked a place in the last four of the asian cup that's off the beaten iraq one the all in the cool to as normal time couldn't separate the side so we don't went into an extra period where the aussies succeeded in being one hundred and eighty two minutes carrick you will receive a pinpoint pass from at mackay ahead of the ball into the nab being australia and

there'll be. trav setting up a semifinal against is because stalin japan will beat south korea and the other say me. now it's do or die time in the n.f.l. playoffs away the conference championships on full consideration this weekend best bargain new york go had to having the a.f.c. decide but it's the oldest much up in the game that gets going first on sunday it was a war scheme previews the n.f.c. championship clash. the longest stand in rivalry in the n.f.l. belongs to the bears and the packers despite many generations worth of battles dating all the way back to nine hundred twenty one the upcoming n.f.c. championship showdown may prove their biggest clash yet the two teams have met just once in the postseason and most fans in attendance likely won't remember that game which took place on december fourteenth one thousand nine hundred forty one the packers were able to battle through mounting injuries this year and got their playoff going by taking down the red hot michael vick and the philadelphia eagles

the birth of a different feather was up next and green bay against the care of business by shocking the n.f.c. east top seed the atlanta falcons the team showing it can overcome its previous rolled woes winning two crucial games away from lambeau field one of the league's most feared linebackers clay matthews the third still remembers his regular season meeting against the bears and is hoping for more of the same on sunday obviously you know the person speaking. the last time for week seventeen so. you know if we can taper for which we were in the office continues on the way in which there will be a trip to be that ten to three season finale when the sole reason for the packers postseason berth in reality only the two bears faithful believe their t. would be one win away from the super bowl when the season started but chicago made all the right moves in the off season eccentric on fence of corner mike martz and quarterback jay cutler on the same page as. the bears totally dismantled the

seahawks in their only postseason game ninety one million dollar man julius peppers holding up his and of the bargain on the defensive side or was able to run free and had time to throw against seattle offensive line play has been the team's q yes he'll all year and while the fans are fired up about history which could be made clear is focused soley on doing his job. in the. words of. the bears are looking to return to the super bowl for the first time since two thousand and six when lovie smith and his chargers lost to the indianapolis colts the packers were led by brett farve back when they won it all in one thousand nine hundred eighty six and came up short in the final a year later so two storied rivals going to head to head in what is seen as one of the most important chapters in the bears packers saga gorski.

and the cage held in the moscow have ended their eleven game losing streak by beating did not mince going home ice thirty one and any model. for a slow down on the scoreboard for the muscovite so well and the only other game of the day second from bottom paint is lost it's not very good. and more ice hockey news now we have gained in the bulk of well finish this season with the new york islanders the new york team snatched the thirty five year old version goalie away from the detroit red wings just days after his signed a one year contract with them remember the n.h.l. still active bargaining agreement says that anyone who plays in a professional league before signing a contract must me away was. over to women's biathlon now where russians to the full buy a six kilometer relay of the six stage of the world cup on saturday because. it's not even science and i have six spare hours and finished fifty seven. seconds

ahead of switching well the german boy completed the podium after clinching the bronze. and there was further success for russia in cross country skiing as unconscious or into bronze in the past start losing just for chance of a second to sweden spewer and ferry who clinched the silver with margin for saad taking the top honors with a massive seventeen second advantage. over in courtin the dump and so maria reached posted her third down here when all the world cup season the german beating americans julia so i mean she wanted to second and third respectively. first spot in this discipline three years reach meanwhile extended her overall world cup lead but want to retain stops in the downhill standings the action on the olympic slopes in cortina concludes with the super junior race on sunday. and in golf martin camera leads the abu dhabi championship going into the final day

after shooting a sixty six on saturday the twenty term p.g.a. championship winner closing in on his third title in abu dhabi and last year's race to dubai winner only needs a top seven finish to overtake dying or was as well not up to the final round to have drawn even kilroy's in second place five strokes off the irishman eagling the last one for a best of the day calling sixty five and bushman david lean lies washout further behind in third place. and that's it for the moment on the way in a few moments look at the world weather stay with us. hungry for the full story we've got it for. the biggest issues get the human voice face to face with the news makers.

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