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government attack an afghan government delegation visiting the site where sixteen civilians were killed by a rampaging u.s. soldier leaving one dead and three injured the weekend massacre has led to widespread fury with anti american rallies all across the country. here on out sea our very own sophie should not say speak to afghanistan's finance minister on the cost of war for the country and the cost for the people. thank you. mr afghanistan's finest minister it's great to have you with us healer to be with you so it's been a decade since afghanistan has become the front stage for the war on terror by 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 say i did billion to one hundred billion three hundred billion it's still going. to divert station i thought it was beyond economics it gave us toothless thought and public public often national and diverse states on the street institutions putting those go together. it is not easy ten years ago after the taliban when we come back and 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 on a number of fronts we believe me enormous progress but we have still a long way to go or towards the nation there and rely on its own institutions to.

progress so the four and eight accounts about ninety percent ninety five percent of afghan g.d.p. well no that's two thousand and fourteen is to deadline for post there was draw 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 international forces to be in afghanistan fighting for us. even in our along the india meter from the very outset we have to believe the prime responsibility of taking over security should be. a disadvantage of afghans and you think there will be ready by two thousand and three we are already if you if you go into afghanistan if. any of the operations in different parts of the countries are carried out by our own forces and our forces again. because they are too sensitive because they

are part of the afghan nation. their. rule will be much more effectively and much more positive than the role of an international force or what is the economics of this there is no doubt this will have some impact on our economy but there is no nation in the world there is an indifferent rely on foreign aid. so when we are talking about transition we are not thinking only about securitization but also economic transition even if in the short term there is a downturn to the economy and the longer term there will be. again with with with proper after institutions and with peace i think absolutely an economy that will be more sustainable than it's today but exactly how bad will the downturn be because you know there are people who believe that afghan economy is war time and stone are drunk and as far as they're concerned right after two thousand and fourteen it's

had its if not towards an economic disaster but definitely a very sharp economic crisis but will not be the fortunate thing is that we have three years true true about this in to prepare ourselves for. right in front of us we had just a few months ago we had the bonn conference in which we got a commitment and a pledge from the international community for its long term financial commitment to afghanistan what economic and security. in couple of months we will have a chicago event the nato summit as one of the g. eight summit and 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 a conference on afghanistan focusing on economics and development in tokyo and that's where we have to secure. a longer term commitment financial commitments are

never going to american law it will come down over climb but it will not work of sharply come down in twenty four to you 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 report the economy or is it really a question of comping money from one pocket another well this is a nice word for a need that not everything the strains are not convinced ended country. it is it goes into the country or it doesn't even go into the country it's more acute of a problem in your country it was thirteen years and there it is again the focus of our recent discussions two years ago we have a kabul conference that was the prime focus therefore we need to see more spend through afghan institutions if we need to see more aligned through to afghan priorities that we would like you more spend in afghanistan if this spending should

generate opportunities within the country then big dollars going into companies that spend a portion of it in afghanistan and a big portion of it have back to their country and of course the opium economy which is always a huge topic for afghanistan and correct me if i'm wrong from what i understand it pounds to about thirty five to fifty percent of afghans g.d.p. right mind i not not not really how much is not really you see. the there is what it generates is accurate for example it generates income for farmers a generates income for the middlemen the businesspeople who connect the international market with the afghan production and a generator in it has a huge market in the u.k. and countries. in europe and russia everywhere else its.

value or some hundred billion dollars. but what what gets to the producers the farmers is not more than five hundred to eight hundred million dollars that is figured into the means in afghanistan so it hundred million dollars as part of sixteen billion dollars worth of g.d.p. just last 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 some of them are afghan some of them are non afghans money does not streams of understand that money goes into regional countries to regional hub and destinations so the actual spread of the remains in afghanistan is quite small talk about here is my question as this financial aid money declines to you think you're going to see more and more of your people rely on opium condom there is certainly a possibility but the thing is that if you look into the harness on it is closely

correlated with insecurity places that are secure that are within our hands you know see the production of walking that is only in where we don't have control of us saw for the if we foreclose they get on helping afghanistan to secure our country and if we have. proper pressures. outside elements that come in creates insecurity in afghanistan we believe that with security and stability the the opium issue will be dealt with in a more sustainable and a more manner but again if as long as there is security as long as there are out of reach there will be the opium of the production of opium and some of that money goes again to the trafficker some of this even goes to the insurgents its finances insurgents so it's in the interest interests of insurgents as well to allow production as well as

a good environment for the production of oil and can. you know over sixty percent of afghanistan's population is under the age of twenty five it's their respective labor market for these people otherwise they're really easy subjects for terrorist recruiters this is the biggest challenge and that's why we see this we need to focus on north the stain of the. employment generation and all that. exists exists in focusing on i would be culture that exists in focusing on infrastructure trade and transit. in the. they use the afghans are in for education so again opportunities for education for higher education this can provide again the talented labor for production within afghanistan in some could even be exported now in two thousand and two hundred cars i who is now the president of afghanistan said if the international community is

really serious i'm saying afghanistan secure it must help begin reconstruction of infrastructure projects when we speak about this projects no one is interested has it changed. first of all we must acknowledge that the big pieces of infrastructure have up and the range of which connects our major cities is worth right now are some eight billion dollars worth of infrastructure it has been built it's not nice and small amount of investment that has happened it's to. go to cities did it pretty right no major cities have electricity in the next couple of years there will be for that expanded the first prime of understand how the railway which would be if started up on. for the first time again in afghanistan we have the development of telecom. industry with private investment of some two billion

dollars it is good by the environment it's increased. that and with men by by others in the mineral resources and in the chinese coming investing from five billion plus. dollars in one mine in a copper mine in the indian and canadians coming in and listing anywhere between ten to fifteen billion dollars in the next three to five years in another mineral deposit in iron ore and of course other. investors as well the tricking enter for the first time and i want to militarize also that exist ten years ago twenty years ago twenty five years ago but today they are that much more interested in this in our oil and gas those are the sort of things i think this without the support of the international community in without the achievements of the. government in the past ten years would not have happened so those things have happened in addition to that of course there are particularly what we call it the transformation ticket is

to focus on some other informational foundational investment this will put us on a path to self-reliance and self-sufficiency and that is again infrastructure that will sort of analytical perspective wharfs food security as well as the commercial and our transport sector which is good for expanding our own. trade with others as well as transit through afghanistan kill of critically which is good for in industrial sector as well as for commercial. railway connection which again would facilitate he beckoned by the men for a one minute for through the weather for condit and great for the third thumb of the heat for both of you will have in the next second afghan furnace mr mr. will wish all her best. for the development of your country thank you very much thank you very much for the thoughts and.

the close up she has used to do we on the screen. where the floor my floors are me and can be tested to the limit. thing. not only archie goes to the europe school where blacksmithing was developed from a craft into an industry. where rough wrong turn it into words of beauty. and where the village called the newspaper hi jim it. will come to this very last grecian russia close up. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so for lengthly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear sees some other part of it and realize everything

you thought you knew you don't know i'm sorry welcome to the big picture. the headlines on r.t. the un forges ahead in its efforts to mediate peace in syria with russia backing the push for a diplomatic solution to the syrian opposition admits to being from abroad while some countries continue their calls for military intervention. gunman attack an afghan government delegation visiting the site where sixteen civilians were killed by a rampaging u.s. soldier leaving one dead and three injured at the weekend massacre has led to widespread fury with anti american rallies all across the country. and the e.u. approves the second bailout to greece which will see the country stave off

bankruptcy for the meantime while the eurozone crisis rages on the nonstop flow of regulations from brussels continues forcing many firms out of business. partner straight into your world of sports unit good to have you in the studio here and russian football a popular stunning run has not gone unnoticed in england it certainly has not he's been scoring goals for fun for a full on rory of late and i tell you what aston villa it is said we want the big man and we want them in the summer more in the coming up in just a sec. great to have your company at sports time these are some of the stories we're covering this hour. quarterfinal quest it's champagnes league time again with european heavyweights byron munich and inter both needing to overcome first leg deficits to

make the last eight. alps setting the all russian not be a patro but sees off u.s. open champion some stores are following one application calling church going well. and hitting the heights find out he'd finish top of the pile when eastern europe schools until subpoenaed snowboarding event touched on in sin. let's take this hour with football where it's last chance saloon for a couple of big guns in the champions league tonight byron munich inter most overcome the last sixteen first leg losses to make the quarterfinals twenty ten winners enter there in france take on more say the syria giants lost one nil last time arts up the sun's zero not exactly a picture of health for the fast approaching clash key defender christian chief who is through suspension while nikon could be on the sidelines with

a knee injury the nerves jury are whoever boosted by their first win intend games at the weekend interviewing keevil to know a result but reportedly movements are claudio ranieri to team. munich i'm not sure you pine kids also must play catch up tonight the abundance league a side lost the way to sway syphon basel three weeks ago good news for the germans is that influential midfielder schweinsteiger could start for the first time since early. after recovering from ligament damage. muslim full blown we have to believe in ourselves and use our strength and time which would have shown often this season like we did not such a great trust announced and with the support of our friends we can beat that is impossible on. ok let's stay with football where the first emerged the side door b. of twenty twelve gets going in a few hours an immense liverpool hosting everton for the two hundred seventeen time

in their history for the hosts heading to the game after losing three in a row in the league a run which leads kenny dalglish's charge a sitting seventh ever to be two spots below their cross-town rivals but haven't been beaten in over two months victory for the toughies mean little leapfrogged liverpool. fourth. forward. if you continue to send them forward to make them a stable. condition. as you seem to think because it comes from the middle when i gave. now another english premier league side see if they will bid for a russian forward public pogrebnyak during the summer transfer window aston villa the team courting the in-form four man who grabbed me and has lived up west london since joining the club in january scoring five goals in four games the best did you

for a player in the club's history however his current contract expires at the end of the season meaning there's a chance to grab the big striker something villa today said we would try to do. ok let's talk tennis and reassure up of us pursuit of the first title this season is picking up some pace the russian comfortably into the fourth round at indian wells at the expense of simona halep the second seed who is one of three players still in the draw to have previously won the tournament taking the opening set six three to march was the first ever meeting between her and the rimini and simply had no answer to this year's astri in open finalist in the second us or up of a race to a five love lead then won four straight games in a topsy turvy set before the twenty four year old shrub of a secure victory in a six three six four scoreline italia the birth of inching up next. truck of us composite now the patrol of the meanwhile holiday to remember the

twenty nine year old taking care of us open champion some stills are in another epic encounter between her six one six seven seven six it ended this time around a jew hold the record for the longest ever women's match of last year's u.s. open monday's in culture was equally as grueling with tie breaks deciding the second and third set the decisive ongoing patrol was way in a match which lasted two hours and forty six minutes and press a victory for the thirtieth seed who no meets fellow russian reoccurring. and in the men's game world number one novak djokovic is through to the fourth round in california joker claiming a straight sets victory over kevin anderson of south africa six two six three how it finished in favor of the top seeded serb our next top spaniard. prince is along to pass the ball on the n.b.a. where minnesota finally reason the snapping a nine game losing streak folding

a noro away when phoenix was the host the who right scored their opponents in the first quarter thirty four twenty eight. but in the second the timberwolves storm guy told the seven point advantage of time kevin love getting a game high thirty for the visitors including a three pointer early in the fourth quarter to make it ninety eight ninety two in favor of minnesota but this is not the thing to hold their nerve to eventually take it one hundred twenty seven two hundred twenty four three result however means neither side are currently yet in the post season just north eastern europe because snowboarding competition was held over the weekend just side versus second city some petersburg apart from bringing together the private young winter sports talents it was only the second time such a high caliber event has been held in russia. when something for us.

petersburg region is not famed for its skiing snowboarding slopes but tucked away in new russia's northern capital is this new building even in the making and it's here the second annual quicksilver neustar snowboarding event was held part of a season long competition called the tickets right off and which riders from all over the world compete in various locations worldwide couple g. to see or or take it's a ride it is an international association and they have certain criteria for the level of competition if you want your event to have four star status you need to have these great theory in place then ounce of prize money and level of infrastructure etc so far everything is quality i've been to four and five star events so i would even bencher to say that it looks like a five star it is the highest rating an event carries the move points and hence the bigger traction for competitors this has to be the snowboarding event for russians this winter season as it's only the second time of the all star events of the

tickets right to is being held in russia and that means there's a whole lot more stake which is attracted a whole bunch of international and local snowboarders seeking glory the events of great star status means riders were vying for the fifteen thousand dollars first prize last year's winner finn felix mobarak was back to defend his title and only had warm words to 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 welcoming us european riders does come here to our competition we were and it is every time last year was 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. this will insure the gathering pace but it wasn't just the

snowboarders truly the thousands of spectators. russian truck giants come as masters race team selling of them most of them she knew something beats in which lines at the call rally it was also time for some death defying stunts but first i'm going to kill it she time exclaims medalist i don't think russia could be a huge player and make sure i'm sports so that. there's too many russian i think most of the states for the x. games but they would be off this map is very common and pretty crappy competitors and crowds meant it was a good day for the sport with the organizers say he's got big plans for the future we started about four years ago to organize a contest and now we have a biggest event in mozambique so i think it's a good progress. for the next year we have a plan to move with the city because if we can get the ball to the beaches here we also can get cold feet to one hundred in the city winter doesn't last forever

meaning this events the last big one in russia this season but bigger and better is to come in the school avalanching in popularity in russia can be all things michael jenkins r.t. st petersburg region. finally heavyweight boxing world champions flood senior. corps were out in kiev on monday for the premiere of a new film about their lives the documentary simply entitled which celebrates the brothers on their rise from a mature status in ukraine to the current dominance of the heavyweight division it features interviews with those who know them best including family and friends the telly admitted at the premiere that's an issue of the scots sions about a possible fight with britain david haye taking place while vladimir confirm the attention of his next challenger as well. i will make sure that i'm ready for the next event june or july is going to be against it thomson and accordingly i will do

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