for this. is the equivalent fire power of the world's nuclear arsenal today. top stories on our t.v. this week as syria marks one year since its bloody conflict began the violence shows no sign of abating and in the media war also raging somehow been exposed to that are used to influence public opinion. found guilty of the metro bombing the move is strongly condemned by the e.u. which says the pair were never given a fair trial fifteen people were killed and hundreds injured in the attack which happened last april. was that israel is actively making the case for striking iran

without american support the warnings are growing and that such an attack would drive a serious wedge in its ties with washington. and more violence more excuses the u.s. is making pro fuz apologies for the latest deaths of civilians in afghanistan following a shooting spree by an american soldier but experts warn washington will have to brace itself for a backlash. afghanistan's finance minister has told r.t. that it's hard to assess just how much damage and devastation the war has brought to his country and its people that interview is coming up now. it. mr afghanistan's finest

minister it's great to have you with us sir glad to be with you so it's been a decade since afghanistan has become the front stage for the war on terror right united states how much does it cost the nation on the war has cost the nation a lot it's not i don't think i'm going to put a dollar figure on this and if you see a hundred billion two hundred billion three hundred billion it's still here in. the devotion of what was beyond the economics. give us to use the product probably confirmation and diversity it's the state institutions putting those together. it is not easy ten years ago after columbine when we come back and i think it's a strict 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 part of separation a number of fronts we believe me enormous progress but we're still a long way to go towards the nation there and rely on its own institutions to survive in progress so that four and eight accounts about ninety percent ninety five percent of the afghan g.d.p. we all know that two thousand and fourteen is to deadline for post there was draw international forces plus the reduction of aid money how well of going east and sustain its economy after two thousand and fourteen we did after and did not want international forces to be in afghanistan fighting for us. even in our longer. from the very outset we have to believe the prime responsibility of taking over security should be. a disadvantage of afghans and you think they 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 afghan

forces and our forces begin. sensitive because they are part of the afghan mission. there. a rule will be much more effectively and much more positive than the role of an international force which is economic thought that there is no doubt. it will have some impact on our economy but there is no nation in the world they're thinking differently rely on foreign aid i thought when we were talking about transition we're 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 time and stone are drunk and as far as they're concerned right after two thousand and fourteen it's had it if not towards an economic disaster definitely a very sharp you know crisis that will not be the fortunate thing is that you have three years think about this interim who prepared for. right in front of us we have just a few moments ago we had the bond conference in which we got the commitment and 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 the chicago event the near talk summit was one of the g. eight summit and i wish there would be a specific commitment to. our security force and for a longer term financial commitment and right after that in july we will have a conference on afghanistan focusing on economics and develop in tokyo and that's

where we can secure. a longer term commitment financial commitment significant commitment although it will come down over crowding but it will not go to sharply come down in twenty forty eight as for foreign aid they say that there's a huge difference between money spent on afghanistan and the money spent in afghanistan told us foreign institutions that operate in your country really help report the economy or is it really a question of pumping money from one pocket another well this is the need for an ear that not everything that strains our nick and phyllis ended country. it is it was into the country or even going to the country it worked out of a problem in your country it is certainly there it is again the focus of our recent discussions two years ago we had the kabul conference that was the prime focus and

therefore we need to see more spend through afghan institutions if we need to see more aligned through to afghan play other things that we would like you more spend in afghanistan if this pending 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 had back to their country and of course the opium economy which is always. it's topic for afghanistan correct me if i'm wrong from what i understand it mounts to about thirty five to fifty percent of afghans g.d.p. right my god i'm not not not really how much is not really you see. there is what it generates is accurate for example it generates income for farmers and it generates 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 in again value or some one hundred billion dollars. but what what gifts to the producers of farmers is no more than five hundred to eight hundred million dollars that's a figure that he means in afghanistan so it hundred million dollars as part of fifteen billion dollars worth of g.d.p. just 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 some of them are happy and some of them are not afghans there's money there's not streams of understand that money goes into regional countries to regional have invested nations and so the up for failure of the remains in afghanistan is quite smart given here is my question as this financial aid money

declines to do you think you're going to see more and more of your people rely on help in qana me there is certainly a possibility but the thing is that if you look into afghanistan it is closely correlated with insecurity places that are secure that are within our hands you don't see the production of opium that is only in india where we do not have control of our saw so that if we foreclose again on helping afghanistan to sion to secure our country and if we have input precious. outside elements that come in creating security in afghanistan we believe that with security and stability the the opium issue will be dealt with in a more sustainable and a more real manner but again if as long as the insecurity 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 capital some of this even goes to the insurgents it finances insurgents so it's in the interests of interests of insurgents as well to allow production as well as a good environment for the production of oil paintings and. 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 a terrorist recruiter this is the biggest challenge and that's why we say. we need to focus on more sustainable. employment generation in all that. exist and focusing on over because of that exist and focusing on infrastructure trade and transit there exists in the. there. they use the africans that footage occasion so again opportunities for education for higher education this can provide again he talented labor for production within

afghanistan in some could even be exported now in two thousand and two cars there who is now the president of afghanistan said if the international community is really serious i'm saying afghanistan secure it must help thinking reconstruction of infrastructure projects when we speak about this projects no one is interested has it changed. first of all we must acknowledge the big pieces of infrastructure that have happened. the range of. our major cities is worth right now our billion dollars worth of infrastructure that has been built not these small amount of investment that has happened the institution of cities did it critically right no major cities have electricity in the next couple of years there will be for that expanded the first time afghanistan has the railway which will be

expanded upon. for the first time again afghanistan we have the development of telecom. industry with private investment of some billion dollars it is treated by the environment it's increased. it and by by others in the mineral resources and in the chinese coming investing some five billion plus. dollars in one mine in the copper mine in the indians in canadian is coming in and visiting 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 kicking interest for the first plant and i would remember it as also that exist ten years ago twenty of the world twenty five years ago but we did hear much more interested in this you know all in gas little thought of things i think there is a without the support of the international community and without the achievements of the. present 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 transformational foundational investment that will put us on a path to self-reliance and self-sufficiency and that is again infrastructure of the it will focus on a what have you called a sector of warthe in the food security as well as the commercial and our transport sector which is good for expanding the war on. trade with others as well as transit through afghanistan killer chris if you would just go through again industrial sector as well as for commercial. railway connection which again wolf othella it it. better environment for our mineral resources as well as for transit and great for those are sort of some of the key focus is that we will have in the next decade afghan finance minister mr sat here while we wish best and shooting

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video on demand keys my old girls. are a chance feeds now with the palm of your. question on the call she told com. tell stories on our key this week syria marks one year since its bloody conflict began of the violence shows no sign of abating and in the media war is also raging back that's happening suppose that are used to influence public opinion. deloris executes two men town killed here commenced metropole ming the move is strongly condemned by the e.u. which says the pair were never given a fair trial fifteen people were killed and hundreds injured in the attack which happened last april. plus israel is actively making a case for striking iran without american support but warnings are growing that such an attack for drive a serious wedge in its ties with washington. more violence more excuses the

u.s. is making for a few suppose injuries for the latest deaths of civilians in afghanistan following a shooting spree an american soldier but experts warn washington will have to brace itself for a backlash. next up that's andrew farmer with the latest sports. hello there you are watching the sport here on our table and here is a taste of what is coming up being continued a chase the champions league football and take on cabana in the russian premier league. clash down under jenson button i shine sebastian vettel to win the season opening grand prix in melbourne. and giant john is no stuns world number one novak djokovic to set up a final with roger federer at indian wells start there with the russian premier

league where rubin are in action against ghana and could go third in the table this afternoon with a victory or they would he's currently goal this is a man with half an hour played rubin hoping to end a full game reading this straight well documented last year on the same number of points as the routine and high school settings and catch hell are today and at the other end of the table spot analogy a cooler in the drop zone play courteous if you get off early at home held out for a point against but remember also play these tight at the foot of the table folder and down that say offer to wonder think the krasnodar on saturday present our school first with a penalty early in the second half you very obviously end finding the net there however minutes later boulder were back level shorter people off with the equalizer after an hour from cross and are very very. easy to see bounce back day alexander morton of each in the way now for twenty minutes to hold up four points above the

danger zone. house where yesterday terribly roast of one nail it will live in nk a grabbing his eighth hour of the campaign right after the restart this is eric's there's been some great off the birds bright. now in england bolton manager own call says the next twenty four hours will be absolutely crucial for midfielder. he is in intensive care after suffering a suspected heart attack during saturday's f.a. cup tie with tottenham the twenty three year old received extensive treatment on the pitch before being taken to hospital where he is in a critical condition he fell near the center circle with no players around him just before half time with the game tied at one one the referee called off the match after consulting both teams but was born in the democratic republic of congo but had represented in at under twenty one level many players have shown their support via twitter so that match was suspended there was one of the quarter final on saturday everton coming from behind to grab a one one draw with sunderland and in the premier league swanzy followed their win

over manchester city last week for their premier away win a full in the welsh side are now eighth in the table while wigan remain bottom after drawing one one with west broad. jenson button as one formula one's opening grand prix in melbourne mclaren driver finishing just ahead of reigning world champion sebastian vettel for his third triumph down under in four years of latin was a couple of seconds quicker than rattles red bull while his teammate lewis hamilton took the last podium sport after starting the race in pole position red bulls mark webber was off while financial alonso was next in his ferrari and russia vitale petrol failed to finish after problems with his new catherine car. to ice hockey playoffs by a torpedo nizhny novgorod have taken a two one series lead against an army in the last eight torpedo grabbing a dramatic four three time win and their latest thing pang tear and watching it with constantine picked up off. did our produced

a quick story it's in their first home age of the serious and threw everything at their firm's myrick well bill fired from the blue line and your complaint is for the cell phone marking the bone to send it home one more thing after just two minutes of play the muscovites took total control and should have doubled their lead but their bad i was netminder a little a call was brilliant between the pipes while denying was gold santa had to deny just one shot in the opening the meeting mark out of got surpassed even at one each at the end of the second ball play go but the host responded in a minute and a half the blue and white stop score i mean halo neeson would you know i mean florence spurling his sound goal in as many matches in the playoffs and they do one after forty minutes or bellows marking four hundred level matters again six minutes into the third dynamics' chord with look like they win or five minutes before the

final buzzer but they need me no great side came from behind again to make it all square and nothing separated the teams of to three periods and into overtime where they're better clothes out the window on a foul play on the seventy seventh minute for three the final score i think is what it was the hard work the whole game we. have and to play we played the whole game and. we have a good feeling in the us where cargo flight school. for them we lost again despite playing well enough to wins that easy and i think will like some luck would play better about to be the one again in overtime over there beto came from behind three times to win this second straight game lowered sign and take a two one lead in the best of seven series well genomics suffered their first home defeat in the playoffs this season and same artsy. in saturday's other gang

mataram beat scar to want to pull the game back in their best of seven series scott scored at eleven goals to atlanta one in the first two games and simply discouraged but that scoring straight i came to an end you sat side moscow fiedel field deulofeu open for when we play through the first page but that was it and in the third af-am managed to send a game to overtime thanks to the gulf impact exactly so and then the big three with a long range jacket from ghana east africa and travesties one. that switched attorneys where there has been a major upset at indian wells eleven say johnnie's not beating world number one novak djokovic to reach the final of the b.m. paper perry open is there is a giant six foot nine inches in the times djokovic struggled to cope with this volley gang in american morning a try first set on a tie break joke of a should begin this night in the three previous meetings did respond by taking the next step with the six three and it looked like he just might bring the decider

back to back to the strike as the first is now winning the typewriter because twenty eight still the mccabe will now face forty federer in the final to be rafael nadal in straight sets while in recent years it's been a down he's held the upper hand in these contests but this time around it was the swiss he dominated federer taking the first set six games to three in just forty two minutes. again here string of when he's in the sack and then found himself serving for the match at five two up however the down wasn't finished brokeback but although he won the next two games he couldn't hold off federer's. on the space stand than an ace for the match. in rugby wales have won the six nations with a perfect record after beating france sixteen points tonight in victory avenging anything for the french in the semifinals of the world cup and also handing them best grand slam in eight years england finished second after beating all in their

thirty points tonight and scotland take the wooden spoon after their defeat to italy for wales that their six nations success proves a point. yes also. in people is concerned whether we'll be able to tackle it in the world cup i think the proof we definitely know it after the. well should you have been involved was called to go at the moment i think the solution to all the players coaches stuff everything just seems to go right at the moment and. there's easily the most enjoyable camping out there both so far and with that the physical just reward will be hard to put in over the last six months and finally this weekend represents a chance for things is to grab a place and russia is a limping tain at the moscow cyber event attracts competitors from all over the world i mean clues a few nights in the cab for the london games this summer with nor is michael kind of janky. in one of his plays french comic playwright. summed up fencing as the art of giving without receiving is certainly a noble notion and with one hundred fifty men and one hundred fifty women

participating in the thirty seventh annual muster save it and sing too and it's no wonder they have been continues to grow in popularity in the luminary rounds where hell throughout saturday in order to determine this year's individual champions italians and the french have always had a penchant for the states but there were a plethora of other nations represented as well. and so. it's back thanks i think. it's this is the last chance for answers to all of us for the upcoming summer that. means final rushes be a delete grammars to defend a twenty eleven title but took its time to overcome the chinese opponents after which he was pleased with the end of it said a lot more needed to be done prior to the one picks and lead on one train and i was pleased with the confluence i put in today but a lot still has to be done in preparation for the olympics especially

psychologically as that's the most difficult aspect in the men's final rushes nicholai kobayashi managed to beat france's julianne payne lived in a hospital about the wind brought the cup back into russian hands once again after fences from hungary and south korea claimed victory on friday ten times was eleven respectively. today's victory doesn't mean i'm in some super form right now it's still a few months left until the olympic games so any such form could vanish by then so for me this event is simply just another phase you know preparations on sunday russia's fencing team moves to get a chance to prove themselves against the waves best and hopefully do enough to ensure qualification for the sport's premier event analyst michael jenkins latinos . that is all we got time for for the moment said the weather is nuts.