goes for about a week every year in america we throw away ninety six billion pounds. on a bag of washing our t. these are the top stories the syrian opposition wants for military forces to step in and admits weapons are coming from abroad u.n. security council foreign ministers met to try to break the deadlock amid reports of escalating violence. the u.s. rushes to apologize for what to cause an isolated incident after an american soldier should step down sixty now gets most of them children but president obama says there is no rush for american troops to leave due to the murders. and greece

hold his breath for rescue cash as the see results financier's give the next bailout a green light to lead to be helping matters like illegal immigration take a toll on the indebted nation. next we assess the cost of war with the country's finance minister in our special interview. it. mr afghanistan's finest minister it's great to have you with us glad to be with you so it's been a decade since of grandstand has become the front stage for the war on terror let the united states how much does it cost the nation the war has cost the nation a lot it's not i don't think you can put

a dollar figure on this and if you three hundred billion two hundred billion three hundred billion is still here. the difference for beyond economic. diversity is the public record from the. streets of the state institutions putting girls together. is not easy ten years ago all after the taliban when we come back nothing existed it's not just the. infrastructure but what the government did not exist the system did not exist but with the support of the international community with their participation a number of fronts we believe there to be enormous progress but we're still a long way to go towards any nation and rely on its own institutions to survive to make progress so that four and eight pounds about ninety percent ninety five percent of the afghan g.d.p. will know that two thousand and fourteen is the deadline for poster was through all

of the international forces plus the reduction of aid money how will against and sustain its economy after two thousand and fourteen we do after all do not want the international forces to be in afghanistan fighting for us. even in our longer. from the video we have the believe the prime responsibility of taking over security should be. there's a possibility of afghans and you think they will be ready by two thousand and four we are already if you if you go into afghanistan and. many of the operations in different parts of their countries are carried out by afghan forces and our forces. because they are culturally sensitive because they are part of the afghan mission. there is a rule will be much more effectively and much more positive than the rule of an international force that was economic thought that there is no doubt if it will

have some impact on our economy but there is no nation in the world there can indifferently rely on thought in it. so when we are talking about transition we are not thinking only about security transition but also economic transition even if in the short term there is a downturn in the economy in the longer term and there will be. again with with proper afghan institutions to reprise. i think absolutely an economy that would be more sustainable didn't it but exactly how bad will the downturn be because you know there are people who believe that afghan economy is war time it's donor drunkeness far as they are concerned right after two thousand and fourteen it's had it if not towards an economic disaster or definitely a very sharp economic crisis it will not be the fortunate thing is that you have

three years true to think about this and to prepare ourselves for right in front of we had just a few months ago we had the bond conference in which we've got the commitment in a pledge from the international community for its long term financial commitment to afghanistan both economic and security in a couple of months we will have a chicago event and it will summit as one of the g. eight summit and of which there will be a specific commitment to. our security forces for a longer term financial commitment and right after that in july we will have come from afghanistan focusing on economics in developing the kill kill and that's where we prosecute. a longer term commitment for a national commitment significant commitment law it will come down over time but it will not sharply come down in twenty four people as for foreign aid they say that there's a huge difference between money spent on afghanistan and the money spent in afghanistan

dollars for institutions that operate in your country really help reboot the economy or is it really a question of pumping money from one pocket to another well this is the need for only. a nod to everything there are not countries spend in their country. it is good into their country or even going to the country is more acute of a problem in your country it is certainly. focus of our recent discussions three years ago we had the kabul conference that was the prime focus and therefore we need to see more spent through afghan institutions that we need to see more aligned through afghan priorities that we would like consume or spend in afghanistan this should generate opportunities within the country then big dollars going into companies that spend a portion of it in afghanistan in

a big portion of it have back to their country and of course the opium economy which is always a huge stocktake for afghanistan and correct me if i'm wrong from what i understand it mounts to about thirty five to fifty percent of afghans right now not not not not really how much it's not really you see. the there is what it generates is accurate for example it generates income for foreigners a generally income for the middlemen the business people who connect the international market with the afghan production and it generates again it has a huge market in the countries. in europe in russia in everywhere else it's value at some one hundred billion dollars. but what what gets to the produce of the farmers is no more than five hundred to eight hundred million dollars then failure of the three means in afghanistan so it

one hundred million dollars as part of sixteen billion dollars worth of g.d.p. this past year or could be seventeen years is a small percentage. is not a big percentage there is about two point five billion dollars that goes to the middle men some of them are afghan some of them are not afghans and money does not seem to afghanistan that money goes into regional countries to return to have them distributions so the actual figure that remains in afghanistan is quite small but here is my question as to financial aid money to clients do you think you're going to see more and more of your people rely on out in qana me there is certainly a possibility but the thing is that if you look into afghanistan it is cluley correlated with insecurity in places that are secure that are within our hands you don't see the production of opium that is only in where we do not have control of

thought so that if we foreclose again on helping afghanistan secure our country and if we housed in put pressure. on our third elements that come in create insecurity in afghanistan we believe it will stick to it and stability. will be dealt with in a more sustainable in a more real manner but again if as long as the insecurity as long as there are areas out of reach there will be the opium of the production of the opium and some of that money goes again to the traffickers some of this even to through the insurgence finances and surgeons so it's in the interest of interest of insurgents as well to allow production as well as the environment for the production of food and can. you know over sixty percent of afghans to start the action is under the age of twenty five it's their respective labor market for these people that always

there really is a subject for terrorist recruiters this is the biggest challenge and that's why we see. we need to focus on more sustainable. employment generation in all that. exist and focusing on our because of that exist and focusing on infrastructure trade and granted there exist in the member a little thing with. in the case. and they use the afghans that can put it so again opportunities for education for higher education this can provide again the talented labor for production within afghanistan in the form could even be exported now in two thousand two hundred cars i who is now the president of afghanistan said if the international community is really serious in saying afghanistan secure it must help begin reconstruction of infrastructure projects when we speak about this projects and no one is interesting has it changed.

first of all we must acknowledge the. big infrastructure that have happened. of afghanistan which clinics are made of genes is worth a billion dollars worth of infrastructure that has been built it's not nice small amount of investment that has happened in. the cities nearly no major cities have electricity in the next couple of years there will be for the. the first time of understand how the but which would be expanded upon. for the first time again in afghanistan we have the development of telecom. industry with private investment of some billion dollars. by the environment the increase. it and wissmann by others in the mineral resources and in the chinese coming investing some five billion plus. dollars in one mine and

a copper mine in the indians in print media is coming in and this thing anywhere between ten to fifteen billion dollars in the next three to five years in another mineral deposits in iron ore and of course other. investors as well taking interest for the first time and i would remember it as water that exist twenty years ago twenty of the world twenty five years ago but today they're much more interested in this you know we're all in gas a lot of lot of things i think there's a without the support of the international community and without the achievements of the. present are those government in the past twenty years or not have happened to do things that happen in addition to that of course there are particularly what we call it the transformation ticket is to focus on some other transformational foundational investment that will porter's on a path to sell three lines and self-sufficiency and that is again infrastructure of

the it will focus on a word in the culture sector of warthe in food security as well as a commercial on our transport sector which is good for expanding the war on. prayed with others as well as transit through afghanistan chris if you would just do it for you again industrial sector as well as for commercial. railway connection which again will facilitate the better environment for our minerals forces as well as for transit and create for those sort of some of the key focus is that we will have in the next decade afghan finest mr mr. we wish you all the best in achieving your goals for that outline of your country thank you very much thank you very much for the support and. thank you.

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stories here in our team sports next with. hello welcome to the sports headlines here's what we've got coming up as you. and angie become the fourth top i pads to draw all the russian from the league match over the weekend following a stalemate in back is stuck. on the up a league snowboarders gather just outside st petersburg for the biggest event of its kind in eastern europe. and the klitschko brothers in cinema the heavyweight boxing world champions attend the premiere of a film for all about their lives in the ukrainian capital. but let's start with the russian premier league where three matches were played on monday in the top

a group whose healing failed to make it two wins from two in charge of angie following a goal is true or home just brought out moscow both sides created good chances but struggled to convert the sold out deny my statement in what has spots x. nigerian strike a manual any case threatened on g.'s goal a couple of times the hard sides defense the two sittings men also had decent opportunities themselves the best of which to mustache in the second half but he plays tee shots over the broad nil nil the final school and means after the weekend's action it's as you were in the top aides with spacek and fourth eight points behind me does any. well bottom side told us victory in almost eight months the man from siberia edging dizzy goal goal one male tennis biassed install flossing. who shots cross with tom's first own goal in ny not just however thomas still deep in relegation trouble three points behind. well now

could have stretched that gap but lost homes he wants and car b. to be condition opened for the visitors with a powerful. effort on the twenty for us a minute second half substitute nikita mr off stunned. i was on the protocol for with half an hour to gripes with daylight between the two sides nineteen point one back nine minutes from serbian midfielder yohan call it finishing off a corner from close range it was too little too late for an l.g. to remain second bottom with on call pulling themselves away from the drop zone. now in the champions league two thousand and ten when is into milan looking to overturn a one nil deficit from the first leg of their last sixteen tie with ma say the french club arrived in italy with the advantage thanks to a solitary goals from on the right the seri are giants will be without suspended defender christian cave well center back and around nakia midfielder ricardo alvarez injured however into have received a timely push by between fi

a very tenuous friday it was their first win in ten games in all competitions a move clearly ranieri to ten days which go to days on stankovic is prepared for a tough encounter. it won't be an easy match we know marsay have more points away the not only group stage so we have to keep a strong heart and a cool head against them and we have to be patient and controlled much to be able to score at any moment. well elsewhere prime unique manager your case are hoping to overcome a one old deficit against have seen falls all balancing stalker scored the only goal of the game for the swiss side in the first leg influential will feel that bastian schweinsteiger could start for the first time since early february after recovering from the ligament damage. just slipped on we have to believe in ourselves and use our strengths that time which we have shown often this season

like would it not such a date i trust announcing it with the support of our friends we can beat the advance on loans. now in tennis russia's maria sharapova has come to be booked her place in the fourth round of the indian wells open after a straight sets win over some and a hell of a romania six three six four the number two seed who is one of three players still in the draw to a previously won the tournament to be earning sets six three this was the first ever career meeting between the pair and the romanian had no answer to the australian open trials and the second i sure up of a raced into a rival lovely how up then won four straight games in a topsy turvy set before the twenty four year old russian secured the six three six four when you know places italy for a brother in the next round. meanwhile there was a big victory for sure up of his compatriot not here to throw she beat u.s. open champion sam stosur in another epic encounter six one six seven seven six was

the final school hold the record for the longest ever women's match since the tiebreaker was introduced that was snowshoes win in the u.s. open last year but this match was equally as gruelling with tie breaks and sliding the second and third sets the decisive one occurring patrollers way in a match which lasted two hours and forty six minutes an impressive victory for the thirty eighth seed who is now up against her fellow russian maria kirilenko the next round of. the wall in the men's game world number one novak djokovic is through to the fourth round after claiming a straight sets victory over kevin anderson of south africa six two six three how to finish and play all the top seeds next up to him is probably on the heart of space. now eastern europe because snowboarding competition was held over the weekend just outside russia's northern city of st petersburg apart from bringing

together the brightest young snowboarding talents it was only the second time such a high caliber event has been held in russia michael kravchenko braved the slopes to bring us the story. the st petersburg region is not famed for its skiing snowboarding slopes but tucked away near russia's northern capital is a snowballing ego in the making and it's here the second annual quicksilver neustar snowboarding event was held part of a season long competition called the ticket to ride and which riders from all over the world compete in various locations worldwide. or order tickets or ride it is an international association and they have certain great syria for the level of competition if you want your event to have more star status you need to have these great theory in place the amount of prize money level of infrastructure etc so far everything is quality i have been through four and five story bands so i would even venture to say that it looks like a five star it are. the highest rating in about harry's family courts and

configured traction for competitors this has to be the snowboarding event for russians this winter season as it's only the second time a star event of the tickets arrived to is being held in russia and that means there's a whole lot more steak which has attracted a whole bunch of international and local snowboarders seeking glory the event's a great star status means riders were vying for the fifteen thousand dollars first prize last year's winner in felix mobarak was back to the paint his title and only had one would say about russia. i think it's it's great that so many people you know get involved in snowboarding in russia so that it develops and get something. yeah i think it's great i think just coming us european riders just come here to attention. and it is every time last year or so this year also really great

unfortunately felix didn't make the final and had to pass his crown to russia's alex a symbol of the russian beat writers in linz norway and austria proving that snowboarding in russia is well. and truly gathering pace but it wasn't just the snowboarders thrilling thousands of spectators. russian shop giants masters race team chilling then most and she says she thinks it's in the back of a rally it was also time for some didn't find stance but for right to feel that she time it's games and i don't think russia could be a huge player in an extreme sports of that that. there's so many russian athletes that go to the states for the x. games but i think would be awesome it's very common and to be happy competitors in crowds it was a good day for the schools with the organizers saying he's going big plans for the future we started about four years ago to organize a contest and now we have a biggest event in muslim europa so i think it's

a good progress. because the next year we have a plans to move it to the city because if we can get about ten thousand spectators here we also can get about fifty or one hundred in the sea the winter doesn't last forever meaning this event the last big one in russia this season but bigger and better is to come in the sport avalanche in popularity in russia and below my coaching r.t. st petersburg region. now from the snow to the ice where the second round of the k h l playoffs gets underway on choose day in the western conference semifinals regular season runners oxcart take on a lot of things in the paint as bag well let's see top eight i want to thank you now most sky we have to lose a game in this season's playoffs the eastern conference semi starts on wednesday time to darren caught holds out balls played track to the second game he's on and god bless his mettle out magnitogorsk. unfunny heavyweight boxing world champions batali and going to make klitschko rousing kiev on monday for the premiere of

a new film about their lives and documentary simply inside will klitschko celebrates the brothers' lives from how much is in ukraine so that current dominance of the heavyweight division i think is interviews with those who know them best including friends and family italy admitted at the premier that initial discussions about a possible fight with david haye have taken place his last fight you'll remember was against another break derek zorra where he successfully defended his w.b.c. heavyweight title and points of want to come from the identity of his next challenge. i will make sure that i'm really from the next event june or july is going to be against it alston and accordingly i will do anything possible to win and defend my title. as impressive as possible well that's all the school finale more in just under a couple of hours that. wealthy

british style think it's time. to. market weiner scandal why not what's really happening to the global economy with mike's cars are for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines two cars report. will do the trick science technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future covered.