no in and first the u.s. led war in afghanistan is now past the ten year mark it's been widely dubbed the decade of failure with nato troops no closer to victory over the taliban the human cost though keeps rising both among the soldiers and the afghan civilians who demand an end to the aimless war and the violence it brings down on them jason mattera reports now for r.t. . another day in afghanistan's southern battle more casualties despite official claims that the war is being won two thousand and eleven is lining up to be the deadliest yet for u.s. forces fighting to tame the decade long taliban insurgency but things to improve medical capabilities casualties who would have perished in previous conflicts are surviving but these two soldiers one patrol in a vehicle when a roadside bomb exploded beneath them it took less than half an hour for a medical crew to pick them up by helicopter and deliver them to the trauma ward at kandahar airfield one of the country's busiest for their injuries are bad but not extreme i mean we will most likely stay on base until they've recovered more severe

cases such as if you teams are flown to germany for treatment right you guys with. this facility was built to save critically injured american troops fresh from the front lines but doctors here also treat afghan civilians caught in the war's crossfire with nowhere else to go for help nine year old wally was shot in the head by a stray bullet earlier this year when u.s. marines got into a firefight with the taliban his village in helmand province the bullet shattered part of his skull and would have killed him if not for emergency surgery in six months dr main park says he's treated more than a fair share of afghan bystanders mostly gunshot and bomb blast victims in this follow up operation he and his team are reconstructing the boy's forehead with a titanium miche that will restore his appearance so i started work i had. one eye i also gratifying to make a difference that this i would very likely not.

guard studies to show. in the recovery ward well these follow their own of the says that while the short was a u.s. marine well it had his son he's grateful for the first class treatment he has rescinded which i know what's out there i'm just happy that he's ok this shooting. mistakes and he's forgiven accident or not the enduring insurgency suggests that no amount of good will can compensate for civilian casualties that continue to climb each month in a war that grinds on to some workload. for two. drug productions increased dramatically since the foreign intervention began and the country remains the world's largest source of opium a former chief of staff to the u.s. secretary of state says american forces a turning a blind eye to the problem because they fear more resistance who benefits from this is who benefits from it in mexico and colombia and other places it's people who are

heavily invested in the drug trade and i don't just necessarily mean those who are taking it there is a connection and that connection is very simple it is that the troops don't want to attack those people who are raising drugs not any blatant overwhelming comprehensive way because that just adds to the enemy list that they have to fight they are fighting all manner of taliban now different groups of taliban they're fighting people who are just pashtun and want them out of the country who may identify as taliban they don't want to add to that enemies list all the people who are raising drugs in afghanistan and making a profit from their. following this big story my one of the two in fifty minutes terms and i will be bringing you an expert opinion on it as well arty's biliteral listens in afghanistan for us he's asking why america is struggling to contain the insurgency despite its huge military superiority question we're trying to find out the answer later for you also on our website so we're asking what you think about the legacy of the ten euro can knock your patient this is what you're telling us

again not much change this last couple of hours after say just over half of you saying the war has brought the us nothing but bloodshed and bankruptcy a third of the telling us those years are just turned afghanistan into the world's biggest heroin but a fifth of you this hour say you believe the occupation cleared the way for the american invasion of pakistan and just thirty three percent of you there voting to say the world is a safer place because of all the we say there are team dot com that's the place because. america. target. u.s. . mission to bring peace stability. you. don't have to.

anger about the afghan was mounting in the u.k. which has the second largest number of troops deployed in the country hundreds of british soldiers have been killed since the conflict began and the war activists celebrities and politicians gathered in london protesting over a decade of war artie's are bennett reports from the capital. this huge protest in the center near the center of london has shown the magical or sentiment in the public imagination here in britain is forefront people are very angry very that we're there in the first place obviously the period of time of deep cuts people sterling has risen through all this money in n.z. really being pumped into a seemingly unwinnable war in another world alive hundred million is a major development are you the ngos are saying well no is no reaching is the right people is not going to say you know we're going to really having much of an effect and not want to sound crews that are being killed in. a us university brown university with a thirty thousand other people having to go in this in this case. the billions insurgence to. talk more about this is

a high profile activists lauren booth is journalist act with thanks very much to for speaking to r.t. so why is the government still in britain still in this unwinnable war eve we've committed ten years of troops and political narrative to oppressing some of the poorest people on the planet it would be like rewriting a whole novel this government cannot go down and avin you and then take us out by saying actually we were wrong we've had three hundred eighty soldiers die and tens of thousands of afghanis die by the troops led by america it's impossible for the government to extract themselves easily from this unfortunate apart from the course of human life and of the sle the massive financial cost of this done for britain's image on the international stage to say well let's not skip over the financial cost because eighteen billion eight hundred billion pounds sterling in the last ten years is what's been spent on the coverage government is asking people here take

pay cuts to the test to say if you work in civic life you won't have any pensions and so that's unacceptable but as for britain's world view the government's consecutive lake of consecutive government still refuse to accept that their actions in afghanistan and in iraq and around the will. affect how people see us and yet seven seven the bombings here in london the that the bombers say it was a direct response to the murders in afghanistan so of course britain now is known as a terrorist state and frankly our government should be no. those come talking to our trees of a banner a bit earlier and our london bureau is there to keep you updated of course on the anti afghan war protests you can follow the latest from them on our twitter feed r.t. underscore comus what we got from so i mean one of the recent tweets quotes an activist who said the joy of money while you can there's not enough water to wash the blood of your hands that we've got through you can also see footage of course our cameras roll in the protests that artie's you tube channel. people rallied in

the center of london today demanded an end not only to the afghan war but also to the ongoing intervention in libya r.t. spoke to one of the high profile speakers there wiki leaks founder julian assange unsure about the military interventions and the libyan conflict in particular. the lesson for me being. only to. speak why one of the united states and europe. together to take over the country regional justification for no fly. shows that there is no. rule of. nations should be a lesson to us every time. military intelligence. it is a slippery slope that leads to. all understand. another country has

suffered months of civil unrest is yemen many its president announced on saturday that he has to step down in the coming days it follows nine months you may recall a violent protests with the opposition demanding an end to ali abdullah saleh is thirty three year rule discuss this latest development is talk live now to london and we're joined by several mocktails president of the out of boys association mr several months of thanks for being on the program. seller's been playing out of power for so long do you actually believe this time he is serious about stepping down. over the last nine months i think he must have made a hundred in. speeches and in every single one of them he said he's going to leave in every single one of them he promised that he doesn't want to run as a president and every single one after he finished he stayed in power this is absolutely no different from anything before i think no one believes what he's saying it's the americans who allowed him to go back to there were people who are

really believing this idea that he is on their side and he actually is on their side as far as the policy of the u.s. is concerned as long as i have done. all of their demands will be achieved in can. moving assassination of american citizens in yemen through the agencies of the. yemen and this is the reason why the people are. against. let me just get this straight them so you say you don't think personally is going to go and we've got reports that you have been deputy information minister has told some media outlets that he does not think at last will stand you disagree with that so what was this announcement about. well i think this minute is willing to stay in power as long as it takes he is playing the same wrong saying that if the russians or the chinese can keep this syrian regime and the americans will keep me here especially that

he's willing to do anything there won't whether he. or against. iran or against iran america's wishes this man is staying in power as long as he can stick it out he had this attempt on his life when he went to saudi arabia it was an exhibit policy was the americans have organized with the gulf states so that he stays away and then somehow he can leave but now that they are allowed to go it is very clear that they intend to keep him and it will take probably it's going to be another bloody similar to the one we have in yemen whereby americans will continue to buy. and people and continue to be killed and indeed the figures in yemen increasing dramatically and i think i've. been around for all this time he's not about to give out and even if he's forced to then it's going to be is going to be

the man behind the crown he's going to put one of his sons or his brother or one of the generals that he has been working with so can you spell out to me how you see this putting out over the next few months you say the ongoing violence the street violence is going to continue unfortunately. it will continue i have a fear that it will intensify and i have a fear that other elements will get into the so far the the uprising has been extremely peaceful there are more in yemen per capita than anywhere else in the world yet there was no use of by the demonstrators by the people who are revolting i think with the use of force that the government is that acting of the people it is not too long before people will begin to respond specially that there are some elements of the army that have changed sides from the outside to the people so i think we are heading for more bloodshed and i think he is not likely to go i cannot

see this situation stabilizing and the next six months if he does stay put as you say i guess it's all part of the elbow of the syrian leader president assad as well he's facing a lot of pressure as well to go but if you see you know another arab leader i guess is part of his elbow to yeah yeah this is this is how it is being viewed by those people whether one looks at the asset or look at. the end of the day they think they can withstand the uprising the syrians counting on the idea that people will get tired and yemen is indeed counting on. its counting on that but it doesn't look like it i don't think either in syria or in yemen that the people having broken the wall of fear they are not going to go back to where they're where and i think it is incumbent on the governments both in yemen and in syria to actually make dramatic

scene the magic changes stop killing the people replacing the heads of the state and change some of the elements that they have been abusing the people unless this happens i think we are likely to see a continuation of the slaughter of civilians in these two countries thank you savva of what the president of the. it was life but very much appreciated. well it's in the middle east much of europe and know the usa as well street protests could be seen as a running theme in world of these days the occupy wall street movement spread to dozens of american cities and polluting the capital washington d.c. is anti corporate protests in new york and to the fourth week the city's mayor recently lashed out at demonstrators saying their actions are hurting the economy the test is whether insistence the greed of just one percent of the u.s. population that drove the country into financial chaos in the first place despite being branded as other kids by many of those camping out in a well organized and they say they've got

a clear agenda results he's in this to suit your kind of found that. these are and these are the people you know. accused of being anarchist and disorganized the occupy wall street encampment is far from chaotic it is set up like a small village for kidnapping to themed sections way better organized than i thought it would be. they really have it set up so that there isn't a clear leader in the organization the way that it's being done but at the same guy . every part seems to be handled by someone a medical area staffed by volunteers provides on the spot assistance a comfort area supply sweaters and blankets to keep demonstrators warm as the season gets chilly or while the door needed sleeping bags pile up as the number of protesters grows bigger we just took the china to our most of you from richmond virginia. the kitchen providing a traditional american breakfast bread bagels and peanut butter and jelly plant

fruits are used to filter water here we have breakfast at seven thirty in the morning people don't know breakfast foods great cereals so we have lunch around but we have snacks continually continually throughout the day your dinner at seven thirty. a media center has been broadcasting a live stream from day one of the protests for already three weeks videos film during clashes with police are posted online from these laptops you've got people coming in running in here i mean panicky you know adrenaline rush with cameras i got footage i got footage you know so processing footage getting it online and simultaneously having people tweet you know on facebook when our social media using social media and to get it out get the message out of what's happening as quick as possible why feeds of the protests are being followed by supporters across the u.s. and the world of the viewership really goes up as you keep a steady content you know provision information is also spread in more traditional

ways the status board helps protesters keep up to date with the occupation developments it's day twenty one of occupy wall street zero chance of rain the number of arrests to date at over eight hundred and thirty four. a library area let's protesters relax and educate themselves with literature fitting most tastes fiction nonfiction magazines we've got a good section we got c.d.'s we had. documentaries occupy wall street prides itself in being a peaceful grassroots democratic movement without leaders there are just different decisions made by different groups if there's a if there is to be some decision that's going to supposedly speak on bart on behalf of everyone here but now we need to happen at the evening general assembly and we need to be consensus on by everyone here all of the many cooks in this kitchen are here to cook up one thing a revolution of change in america. party you know a. lot more reaction for you from the protests of wall street next.

i mean thirty five words that up i well they found by one percent of the population if you're going to be that wealthy you should have to pay a tax to be that wealthy as waves of public cross the u.s. we take a closer look at what i. activists actually for. one hour but our top story the tenth anniversary of the afghan war big mark this weekend washington's trying to mend ties with one of its main allies in the war pakistan relations have recently been hit by mutual accusations and political differences out his military analysts are going to khrushchev reports now from afghanistan. this is the commanding height that dominates this sweeping view was the area of kabul the afghan capital. right behind me of the reason that three weeks ago was under the twenty hour see by the ha going to network let's

take a closer look at what went wrong we had the global war on terror first after al qaeda central re deployed to the pashtun tribal belt along the afghan pakistani border the state department filed a request with pakistan for cooperation against osama bin ladden going to slim about brazenly ignored the diplomatic request from washington d.c. with their middle finger a behind their back see if they could and should have saved the day by activating their formidable human intelligence network in afghanistan to conduct a clone dan stein body snatching mission and to bring osama bin laden to justice they just blew it looking back at the operation enduring freedom the question is not what went wrong with this mission the question is what's preventing that w.

bush administration to look at all other options and for starters to make sure that pakistan real be treated as a reliable ally not after but before the nine eleven struck the united states. that was out his military and i said going to khrushchev with his assessment from afghanistan well news in brief now the saturday night bus has crashed into a cliff and uneasy is java and it's killed four people and injured a dozen others three dutch to restore among the dead and investigations into underway but early reports suggest poor road conditions and overcrowding on the bus with significant fact is it comes just a month after a similar crash on the island killed nineteen. thousands of students of march through italy's capital protesting against education cuts they threw paint and flares of banks and tried to block railway lines but were eventually dispersed by police demonstrators say the event marks

a new wave of what's been called ha thought of which last year saw several thousand people clash with police italy recently signed off forty five billion euros of cuts to tackle is. coming up to twenty hundreds of coming up rather a twenty hundred g.m.t. a brand new show on this channel guests robert foster delves into the depths of the debt stricken global economy is a quick preview of what to expect in his recession rap. deal levels pricing as the u.s. crash seems imminent smash the debt ceiling of fourteen trillion despite protests and clashes in the i.m.f. and structurally unjust programs in greece that's what an economy inside our language from the greek economy of meaning household management. management theories abound but in practice does anyone actually know what the hell's even happening. more of that in a couple of hours time now the time to discover more of russia in our series.

and looking at that map today we're traveling to the pens a region about six hundred kilometers southeast of moscow grand the states there are inspired from the russians greatest writers including nicole letterman tough but as they go garage never explains some of the places which rose writers passions the most in the past place an uncertain future these days. a tale of two states not a family a modest country see that in summer it's times survived on farming and small scale manufacturing it happened to be the childhood home one of russia's most legendary figures mikhail element of a child prodigy a fiery tempered soldier womanizer and finally a great romantic poet a novelist he died in a jewel at the age of twenty seven while little of his work was composed here

letterman is buried in the family more psyllium. now two hundred people look after the estate as in the nineteenth century but a family has become the main employer for jason villages. the direct descendants of the serbs who worked here dress up as their ancestors for their job . some get to play the heiress across for the benefit of tourists while visitor numbers are growing there is no need for this state to turn a profit. while the latter months of family maybe as good a state as one the poet himself was living. there ground houses in the area which are just as important architecturally but which are not getting the same care and funding one of russia's grand palaces well not anymore in its heyday in the nineteenth century crack you know was a self-sufficient cultural center for the benefit of one man the diamond prince alexander correction in. soviet times it served as a warehouse and

a home for the mentions sufferers before falling into disrepair the need of the government nor any private investors will put in the millions of dollars needed to rebuild it. now whether to stay on the one hand you can turn all of these estates into museums and the lifestyle they supported has gone on the other if the situation continues as it is they will simply disappear and that is a fact. yet the villages of crack ima have decided to fight there never trouble going from house to house to collect donations and relying entirely on volunteers they have vowed to restore the state building by building starting with a cemetery chapel but. we're not professional restorers we've got little money for materials we only do what we can but we don't want to be thought of as savages who do not understand where we live we want to warn our our ancestors. they face a daunting task the day don't for build it no one else will. you go

faulty then the region. coming your way on this show all to you in a few minutes thousands driven from their homes palestinians fight for their rights in one of the first israeli settlements on the west bank it's explored in our latest exile report for you before but i'll recap our top stories i'm kevin and thanks for being with us tonight.

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don't you see the saturday night coming to from moscow these are all top stories of war dragging on for a decade we were said invasion of afghanistan passes the ten year mark yet a taliban defeat seems no were inside the human cost rising faster than ever with this year set to become the deadliest war for u.s. troops. and we want to the u.k. enough is enough say protesters calling for a speedy troop withdrawal as they gather in london to protest the. activists of the rally a break joined by musicians actors and politicians. and i did call for a sense of and spreads fast across the u.s. with protests against inequality and unemployment taking place in dozens of cities the occupy wall street movement is criticized for blocking organization says it's far from chaotic and busy in full no me whole.