afghanistan do you think that was the right thing to do you see if. you would you know things look very different but of course. the collaboration that pakistan has had in the last ten years pakistan has bit of a heavy price for that but it is also a fact that pakistan inhibits a region inhabits a region and will continue to have inhabited the street and this region has some serious problems the region has some serious problems but into terrorism and pakistan has always maintained that it is important to have collaborative joint efforts to be able to rid the streets and rather than follow sort of unitary approaches. in how we want to rid the streets and you mentioned. the price of your involvement in afghanistan has been pretty high many thousand of your citizens lost their lives millions people have been very placed there estimates that it cost your country around seventy billion u.s.

dollars but we often hear criticism about pakistan's or all. involvement in afghanistan from the american side do you think the united states treats you fairly. i would like to answer that question by seeing that what is crucial to is solid robust partnership is that each able to live or operate within the bounds of what is. believed to be you know what has been agreed as far as treating fairly is concerned i think pakistan has in this particular case not been treated fairly by anybody for that matter because pakistan continues to lose lives pakistan continues to lose in terms of economic costs in terms of the social cost i think sometimes that is not emphasized on enough so we continue to lose in many many ways but some times the rule that is that is put on pakistan is rule. which is understandable which defies logic so to speak because

if the first country to benefit from is stable one stands pakistan and the first country to lose from in you know unstable understand is also pakistan so pakistan stick a very high and that is what is commonly believed that yes pakistan sticks are very high but pakistan sticks are very high in having stability and the one is to not instability in that one stand so we have maintained and we stated very clearly that it is really for the one people to determine what course of action they want to take in any way possible whether they want to have strategic alliance with a country a country b. it's a sovereign country we must respect them as that but pakistan's rule in any way can only be there to support of i think seeing that pakistan is cause of the problem and is creating trouble is an imaginary solution it is an imaginary blame it is an imaginary looking for an answer but the real solutions to real problems have to be

faced you know on the ground now as we all know that the united states has been taking on a lead role in this military operation why do you think with all its military power and the resources that are invested into this campaign a white anything. results are not that impressive as a few there could be i think i'm not the right person to answer that question it should be somebody from the us administration i want to question to be right i don't think it is important with the us is succeeding or is winning in the understand or not what is important is whether of one stan is winning one not because the goal of the u.s. and pakistan and the region and all the forty eight countries which operate in the one the sun is to make of understand when if i may come back to the issue of american criticism for just one question president obama said in a number of occasions that one of the reasons why the united states is using drones to file for your territory and to hit targets on your territory is because the

pakistani authorities are logically. are not in control of that own land and my question is. why pakistan tolerating the use of military technology that are hitting targets on pakistani land that ultimately oftentimes lead to the. loss of life among the pakistani citizens this is one of the major problems that keeps us from achieving our successes in our view. not only completely illegal and under full and have north resolution to be used within the two means of international law but even more importantly there are counterproductive to your objective of getting this rich region rid of militancy and terrorism and extremism because if one stroke leads to getting a new target number one or target number three to be you're creating five more

targets and more targets in the militancy that it breeds in the in the for doing that it gives to the militants to attract more people to join the ranks we are today in pakistan suffering from the consequences. what you know many other powers of the world decided to do in that region to rid itself of the challenge that appeared in one thousand nine hundred eighty nine which was the soviet invasion of one star not in trying to deal with we have created certain groups which are to be. a challenge to everybody so again do we want to repeat the same mistakes again clearly pakistan doesn't think so and pakistan has categorically said that it is illegal under full counterproductive other any than ears in your view reasonable values that pakistan could take in case of drone attacks beyond forcing it's

concern or a distraction my question to you is it just an issue of some countries allowing. greater freedom and greater perth far off foreign policy tools than others that would be a very unfair world and i hope that's not a world that we are moving towards and therefore the questions of illegality and under full. is extremely important one and there is absolutely currently no compromise in pakistan about that if you look at as i said i think this is partially one of the major reasons which is responsible for where we are today and pakistan as a country which considers itself to be a sovereign country to consider to be an independent country has therefore decided to reassess the whole terms of engagement because for to us it is very clear that this is not part of the terms of engagement if that clarity is required elsewhere i guess the parliament will be in its right to be able to define it but please mr

approach that we're taking the approach that we're taking is not that difficult confrontation the prudes they've been taking is that for doing the partnership which is which is based on mutual respect and based on mutual interest just last week. and her report was leaked to the media that pakistani security forces and maintaining contacts with. terrorism and extremist organizations that are operating in afghanistan as far as i understand there was. an allegation that they're supporting them financially. is this true first of all this is not a new to report we were told by need to at least that this is a. single person not in the report but is thing in the country and a single person and pretty much. all the bottle because this is not a new accusation or allegation which has been made in pakistan the specific context

of the mention were with the taliban of outer intelligence agencies i think every intelligence agency in the world particularly the ones which of world. some indian style is with one group or the other and all of them at some level and these guys are now pretty much out in the open because people are openly talking about talking to these so i think just creating you know this is something which is not even worth a comment quite frankly the united states is expected to withdraw its troops from afghanistan in a matter of a few years is pakistan looking forward to. that event but you see again they came here with some goals and objectives we would hope that most of those goals and objectives are met or at least partially met and we would hope when they leave in the understand afghanistan is a better place than when they first came but the long term presence of foreign troops in the region is always always counterproductive. yes but we would also

be very very mindful of what is the situation on the ground when they leave because instability more instability is clearly something that this region cannot cannot afford i'd like to switch gears a little bit and ask you about iran you know the west. piling its pressure on that country which is your neighbor and longtime partner. how pakistan of us born in the case of military strike against iran we would strongly. countries to desist from any option which is military. because this region has already seen too much and we do not want any further destabilization. we feel very strongly that these things can be you know can be settled on the negotiation table that there should be flexibility shown and that dialogue should be considered to be the only via forward and it would have disastrous let me go to pakistan feels it

would have disastrous results for the region what about syria do support the military intervention against assad's regime we support no military intervention against in the region because we feel that the independent sovereign the told in integrity of the country are important aspects and there in trying to in many many places now what we need to ensure the international community is is that violence from any side is not given lunch is not allowed to. move forward thank you very much for a time minister thank you. piers

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the arab league is set to decide its future africa on a serious violence escalates and the u.s. gathers a coalition of the willing against a mass hundreds of people have reportedly been killed across syria over the past week. the spirit of revolution returns to egypt on the first anniversary of mubarak's ousting with thousands of protests. calling for an immediate step down by the ruling military council but the generals are clinging on to power which they refused to give up until at least. people of greens have marched on the streets in anger over a new set of cuts as the government struggles to keep the country's economy afloat parliament is now due to beta draft bill. by the e.u. and the i.m.f.

. and russian civil society take center stage in politics as a group public figure steps up to monitor the upcoming presidential vote with backing from all of the candidates the goal of the so-called voters league is to ensure a fair transparent election. for the top stories and sports is next with paul. hello welcome to the school's headlines here on alex he is good to have you company here's what's coming up. making a racket russia going in there in that davis cup tie with austria old roger federer switzerland the whitewash by the usa. perfectly poised tiger woods is four shots behind leader charlie wade going into the final round of the pebble beach national in california. and mission impossible underdogs

down the prepared to face overwhelming favorites ivory coast in the final of the twenty twelve africa cup of nations. but we begin with tennis and team russia still alive in that davis cup tie with austria they say after a dramatic doubles win on saturday made it two one going into the final day of action. and mikhail youzhny defeat would mean russia facing a playoff to keep that place in the world great however they came through a five set epic against alex on the pile on the living. down in the final set the russians someone play from somewhere to complete a remarkable comeback seven six six seven seven five three six six four the final school. well all means that russia need to win both their singles on sunday alex bottom of judea faces. looking face for us when representing russia and it could all come down to the fifth and final run when a girl commits in takes on andras fight them out. meanwhile the usa have put death

place in the quarterfinals with a comprehensive three nil win over roger federer switzerland mardi gras in monte fish winning a double to rub against federer i'm standing in four sets four six six three six three six three the funniest. feels pretty good doing those i certainly know what it feels like to lose. and it's not a great feeling and. you know playing with these guys guys about doubles player of all time right here and understanding my part. meanwhile in the final piece she was open powers that will be between her in favor of marion bartoli and maria sharapova is contra kubba. check opponent plowers a couple over in straight sets seven six six love followed up her win over sharapova with a straight sets victory over belgium's in a no whitmire. in ice hockey russia have been beaten by home favor sweden in the

swedish round of games in the euro hockey toe lyme side ran out comfortable four one win is in stockholm although the defeat wasn't enough to not rush for top spot in the overall standings meanwhile in the other game finland hundred outlets rushing the bottom side the czech republic winning seven zero. in football preparations are taking place ahead of this year's africa cup of nations final ivory coast will be the overwhelming favorites when they take on zambia and the decisive clash in gabaa on late on sunday the ivorians booked up place in the final with a one nil victory over mali in the seventies on wednesday the pre-tournament favorite haven't reached the showpiece final since back in two thousand and six before with salomon kalou says the elephants team spirit could be the secret to their success. we're working on the. team spirit and working together and you can see with every game we played even destroyed came down to defeat in you know and. to

defend so i think that the spirit does well we're looking for we want to win together and that the motto was go. most important piece to go home with it to feel that's what we. well zambia reached the final after a surprise one nil win over garner in the same means they'll be huge underdogs ahead of the game despite that victory the captain chris could all go is convinced his side can cause an upset. their favorite at the moment no papers and everything but i think i want to be fulfilled to feel what i want to be when this is the moment that we can shine all the guys to get out of the team if we can shine. as we did for nobody expected it but we believe in ourselves that we're going to do it and i think this is our moment now in the english premier league manchester united have late frog rivals manchester city at the summit following a dramatic two one victory over liverpool at old trafford all the pretty much told it was about luis suarez impact following the year with winds and then banter

racially abusing the frenchman a little striker refused to shake every hand before the game on the page a quick five second half break from wayne rooney was enough for the victory although suarez did pull one back from the visit as he went devils are now a point above city in the table with roberto mancini's side of aston villa later on sunday elsewhere tottenham kept up their hopes of the title with a five nil hammering of newcastle also moved into the top four with a come from behind win at sunderland sunderland bottom side wigan picked up a much needed win a bolton chelsea and now fifteen points off the top of the table after eternal to think that everton. you know were in no performance today. we are sure of anything positive. difficult day for us a lot of. little negatives to take from this game. and the little things to to improve bearing in mind a free cup and champions league. now the next generation of russia's ice hockey

stars have been showcasing their talents in an all star battle the n.h.l. showcase once again proving that the best reside in the west as the side has won its second challenge cup title in a row and come back fashion dani and was that. these men are all about twenty years old but they will regain the skills to show off the young hopefuls who present a youth hockey league they make chill at tellme factory producing players for your strongest league the kid chill pulling in all-star game tradition once a year at the peak of them a chill eastern conference face the best from the west in a so-called challenge cup with every move showing this is far from just an exhibit game of skill from the very beginning to the joys of back to arena in one russia's main us hockey centers. it was the east who took the lead through on.

play goal three minutes from the first intermission the opening of the second period saw the eastern team extend their early onset of turning the shootout effort into goal with confidence to make it two nil nevertheless the pick of the west proved to have wanted to to produce a stunning comeback inspired by their skipper off and continued by maxime creature. two two by the second in their mission. and they come back turned into triumph lubin of scored his second on the night to give his side to three to lead the eastern star swore giving their best to cool eyes but it was the western netminder at a month's media who stole the show in then and producing to him a zing saves and them to net their advantage setting the final score for two. everybody was cheering for the east but the crowd support did not help their team

we didn't have time to build any sort of chemistry with some of my teammates before the challenge cup but we still pulled out an emotional comeback win so the league of the young has shoka. east its biggest airlines with the western conference team lifting the twenty twelve challenge cup although it's save bet these m.h.l. stars still have some bigger challenges and trophies ahead of them. better than your own party among you douglas central russia. now engulfed the words as perfectly poised going into the final round of the pebble beach national he's four shots behind leader charlie way words hit five birdies in six holes to make a late surge of the leader board the former world number one carded a five under sixty seven to win the first round on eleven under. south korea's charlie way as the outright leader on fifteen under after

a bogey free sixty nine american kenji is in second place three shots for the. now and they switched you out of beat have to. have claimed the world cup title after clinching victory at the final stage of the season in calgary in the two man vent russia's defending champion alexander zuckoff came fifth to take third place of rule. in biathlon timothy up in his claim silver in the men's ten kilometer sprint race at the stage of the world cup in finland the russian was perfect on both shooting ranges and lost only eight tenths of a second to martin forte you eventually won the race the frenchman topped the podium despite one makes benjamin vega of switzerland finished third. and finally cycling frenchman has won the six and final stage of the twenty twelve tour of qatar meanwhile tom boonen of belgium sealed overall victory on the last stage putin came home fifteenth this was enough to secure top spot i ruled for the

belgian persons mark cavendish suffered some bad luck as he went down during the finishing sprint has left him in sixth place a role but it was demobbed who celebrated victory in qatar as final stage he has printed a russian chinese of the mark already sure of australia at the finish frenchman however it is yet to get used to a place on the podium admitting this still to come. well i'm very happy to have reached another level of great circumstances though this time i got the result i still have a lot to learn the whole week has been a very enjoyable despite the strong wind in my teammates a teaching me a lot that's important. it's all the sport for now i'll have more for you in a couple of hours time to join me at. well. science technology innovation all the latest developments from

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the latest news on the week's top stories here in r t the arab league is set to decide the future of a town for its own serious violence escalates the u.s. gathers a coalition of the willing against damascus. the spirit of revolution returns to gauge it on the first anniversary of the bar sounding the sounds of metastasis calling for an immediate step down by the ruling military council. and the people of greece have marched on the streets in anger over a new set of cuts as the government struggles to keep the country's economy afloat by security and other bailout. and russian a civil society takes center stage in politics as a group of public figure steps up to monitor the upcoming presidential elections with the backing from all of the candidates.

it is not out of the russian capital you're watching. they would take a look at the top stories of the week as well as the latest news now the arab league will hold. the series of meetings on sunday to decide what further action to take on the crisis in syria the body will consider resuming its observer mission and the syrian opposition expects official recognition from some of the arab states meanwhile violence escalates across syria with dozens reported killed over the past twenty four hours an army general was assassinated in damascus on saturday following deadly twin bombings of the security service headquarters in the city of aleppo government forces are reportedly bombarding homes in several other areas although the regime denies that.