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as twenty other soldiers may have been involved in the killings flatly contradicting washington's version of events. dozens are arrested in new york as the occupy wall street movement marks a six months since it made its stand against corporate greed and injustice in america police moved in to clear zuccotti park after activists have refused to stop preaching tents and leave. 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 right here on r.t. . it. mr zak 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 led by the united states how much it costs a 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 plus hundred billion three hundred billion is still here in. the different solution of what are called beyond economics. diversity is the public project often mission and diversity it's the state institutions putting those together. it is not easy ten years ago after the taliban when we come back nothing existed it's not just me infrastructure but what the government did not exist the system did not exist but with the support of the international community with the participation the number of fronts we believe that we can are most progress but we're still a long way to

a goal towards any nation can rely on its own institutions to survive be able to make progress or sort of foreign aid accounts about ninety percent ninety five percent of afghan g.d.p. well no that's two thousand and fourteen is the deadline for post there was proof of the international forces plus the reduction of aid money how we love to understand sustain its economy after two thousand and fourteen we did after all do not want to be international forces to be in afghanistan fighting for us. even in our longer. from the video outside we have to believe the prime responsibility of keeping all the 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 the countries are carried out by afghan forces and

our forces. because they are close to 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 there but there's an element of this there is no doubt if it will have some impact on already economy but there is no nation in the world there can indifferently rely on foreign aid. so when we are talking about transition we are not thinking only about security to transition but also economic transition even if in the short term there is a downturn in the economy and the longer term there will be. again with with with proper afghan institutions and with peace i think absolutely an economy that would be more sustainable than it is today 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 drunk and as far as they are concerned right after two thousand and fourteen it's had its if not towards an economic disaster definitely a very sharp economic crisis it will not be the fortunate thing is that you have three years to think about this and to prepare ourselves for. right in front of those we had just a few moments ago you had the blank conference in which we've 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 a chicago event and it will summit was 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 developing the tokyo and

that's where we expect to secure. a longer term commitment financial commitment significant commitment although it will come down over time but it will not go out of sharply come down in twenty four 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 another well this is a nice word for only that not everything that spins our country spends in the country. it is it goes into the country or it doesn't even go into that country is more acute of a problem in your country it is thirteen years and there it is again the focus of our recent discussions three years ago we had a kabul conference that was the prime focus and therefore we need to see more spend through afghan institutions that we need to see more aligned through afghan

priorities that we would like to see you more spin in afghanistan with this training 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 has 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 mounts to about thirty five to fifty percent of afghans shipping right now not not not not really how much not really you see. 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 the generous in it has a huge market in the countries. in europe in russia

everywhere else its. value or some one hundred billion dollars. but what gets to the produce of the farmers is no more than five hundred three hundred million dollars if a little means in afghanistan so it 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 to constitute on five billion dollars that goes to the middle men some of them are afghan some of them are none afghans money does not enter afghanistan that money goes into regional countries or regional haven't destinations so the actual figure that remains in afghanistan is quite smart but here is my question as this financial aid money climbs do you think you're going to see more and more of your people rely on outings economy 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 fought us again on helping afghan institutions to secure our country and if we house and put pressure. on outside elements that come in create insecurity in afghanistan we believe that with acute instability the opium issue will be dealt with in a more sustainable in a more real manner but again if as long as they're in 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 finances insurgents so it's in the interests of interests of insurgents as well to

allow production as well as in the environment for the production of would be american. you know or sixty percent of afghans town's population 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 this we need to focus on more sustainable. employment generation and all that in that exist exist and focusing on i would be culture that exist and focusing on infrastructural trade and transit their existing in the middle of the. case. they use the afghans that. so again opportunity for education for higher education this can provide again he talented labor for production within afghanistan in some could be even be exported now in two thousand two hundred

karzai 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 no one is interesting has it changed. first of all we must acknowledge the big infrastructure that have happened the range of critics our major fifteenth is worth right now our billion dollars worth of infrastructure has been built it's not a nice small amount of investment that has happened the institutions the cities the electricity rate no major cities have electricity in the next couple of years there will be for that it's the first time of understand has the really whipping with which would be expounded 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 it's unclear. and with men by by others in the mineral resources and in the chinese coming investing five billion plus. dollars in one mine in a copper mine in the indians and canadians 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 that taking interest for the first time and i were relatives also that exist ten years ago twenty years ago twenty five years ago but to near there they are that much more interested industry in our oil and gas those are the sort of things i think without the support of the international community and without the achievements of the. present government in the past twenty years when that have happened so those 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 porters and a past of self-reliance and self-sufficiency and that is again it's a satchel that will focus on a way to get culture started wharfs in the food security as well as in commercial and our transport sector which is good for expanding our own. trade with others as well as transit through of understand hello chris a deal which is good for industrial sector as well as for commercial. railway connection which again would for a fellow take he better environment for a one minute for say those wonderful problems that are great for the other thirty some of the key focus is there if you will have in the next decade afghan find us mr minister. we wish you all the best in achieving your goals for your country

thank you very much thank you very much for the support and. for. writing. songs sung songs to. keep.

the day's top headlines out of the stories that shape the week here on our team as the u.n. prepares for its humanitarian mission in syria violence in the country intensifies with deadly attacks on the country's second city and capital several blasts and the last two days have claimed the lives of twenty nine people and injured scores more . the hard luck story of a loving father caught. in a tragedy that's how the u.s. media is portraying the american soldier accused of slaughtering sixteen afghan villagers in a nighttime shooting spree an investigation by the afghan parliament claims as many as twenty other soldiers may have been involved in the killings flatly contradicted washington's version of the events. dozens are arrested in new york as the occupy

wall street movement marks six months since it made its stand against corporate greed and injustice in america police moved in to clears a park after activists refused to stop pitching tents and leave the area. or news that are to dot com twenty four seven and a roman is now here with the latest in sports. hello welcome to sport on r.g.p. undermine koester of and these are your headlines. getting headaches and she stumbled through their first feeds on their new coach because hiddink after losing als have informed looking at the one male. plus leaving it late swines for make a child champions al gore's come from behind to snatch implies a overtime win against tracks are in because glory cup playoffs. and jubilant

sounds are just in pots and al shine sebastian so it's a win this season opening grand prix in melbourne. let's start with the russian premier league where it is hitting past a said his first defeat at the helm. after his new side lost at the hands of local might see one nil right here in moscow philippic i said it came close to opening for the home side right before the interval but on g. keep her vladimir got bull health terms of parikh i said it was effort from close range and the ecuador striker should have scored soon after the restored but shot just inches high at below four n.g.k. midway through the second halves of pender i'll be edgy bekoff was stretchered off the field with the suspects its concussion after a clumsy tackle by teammate chris samba while these bush recalled was in the thick of it for a little messy throughout the match and his perseverance finally paid off as he nets of the only goal of the game after seventy three minutes i set

a setting on this one while angie star striker samuel it's all well missed their next game at home to combine after picking out one yellow card so many of them achieve are up to third and remain in seventh. out before events twice former champions are being failed to break into the european qualification places following a one nothing defeat at down to trespass combined. armenia forward marcus said he met in the only goal to mark his debut match for combine in the design minutes of the first half despite closing out there. are now only two points behind dungy while rubin stay six. elsewhere robots and some avoided their sense straight away defeat the side from siberia holding on court so goal is draw in a snowy match last week some snap their sixteen game losing streak by beating bulger one mill of home but they're still deep in relation trouble after surviving a major bankruptcy scare earlier this year and car stay in the safe haven of its

wild spot. grid is offensive move further away from the drop zone following a one mil victory over spurs out tonight she cremains second from bottom of the scored for the summer aside to minutes into the second half of. the quarter final stage and i saw his kids play all sent rice former champions al gore set to cut the deficit in their best of seven series against the regular season winners traktor this side from cousin came from a goal down in the second period thanks to a powerplay effort by just getting scratch golfer regulation and one all but i can force the machine for nicole compliments for the winner in the second minute all over time so it's a once a tractor in that series well earlier on haven't guard also came from a goal down to beat us a little piece of worse three once and edging heads in there tight. well on saturday it's our better nizhny novgorod have taken it see one series lead against the now more in the last eight or better grab the dramatic four three altered sigh

when in their latest encounter in washington for us was constantine puts off of. dinara 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 blueline and he could play at this for himself on marking little 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 butter panto's netminder to dial a call it was brilliant when the pipes while john was goaltender had to deny just one shot in the old without anything much out of gutter pit even at one each at the end of the second while the ball play go but the host responded in a minute and a half the blue eyed stop score and the hail i neeson to deny me in front scoring his seventh goal in as many matches in the playoffs convey to one off to forty minutes that bellows mark informed level matters again six minutes into the third

deny my score what looked like the winner five minutes before the final buzzer but the new meaning of good side came from behind again to make it all square and nothing separated the teams after three periods and into overtime where dirk better close out the winner 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 never have and to play we played with the whole game and. we have a good feeling in the thing we just work harder right school. we lost again despite playing well enough to win i think aleck's some luck we played better but so peter won again in overtime over there beto came from behind three times to win this second straight game in overtime and take it to one lead in the best of seven series well don imus suffered their first home defeat in the playoffs

this season and stand by the board seat. jenson button has won four gold ones a season opening grand prix after a crash strewn race in melbourne the mclaren driver finishing just ahead of rating world champion sebastian pencil for his third triumph down under in four years button started in seconds but over to pole sitter and teammate lewis hamilton at the very first corner box and kept pulling away while behind him drivers kept crashing out remained version from loads his and save his driver michael schumacher were among those suffering while rushes gets out of the trouble so it's hard out there in his new catering car stopped in the middle of the track and this caused a safety course and been deployed with fence all taken full advantage to overtake hamilton in second terrorist in the bin last that did not finish after colliding with fellow brazilian bruno senna and to complete the accident that day williams pastor maldonado crashed out on the final lap but no such problems for button and

his mclaren zene who seemed fully prepared for this season. every win means a lot to you. for us you know as a team i think. it really shows how important the winter is you know we've had a strong winter yesterday's qualifying already showed up. so it's nice to come why would a victory today the new season. in rugby wales have won the six nations with a perfect record after beating france sixteen points tonight the bench in their defeat to the french in the semifinals of the world cup and also handing them their third grand slam in eight years england finished second after beating parlance thirty points tonight and scotland take the wooden spoon after their defeats it's only for wales though their six nation success proves a point. yes also. the people he's concerned whether it be able to tackle it in the

book i think the proof is there for you you know different and. i actually love being involved has called got the moment i think the sort of a shift in all the players coaches stuff everything just seems to go in the moment and. it was easily the most enjoyable counting up involved so far it has been physical just water the how to put in over the last six months now there will be no fairytale contact for swimming great even for the five time of the big champion failing to qualify for the london games ass and perfect performance at the strelley in trials but the twenty nine year old says he's not given up just yet. i wanted to get back in the pool i want to start racing again i want to be competitive again and you know i wanted to go to be one but it's. you know i still want to do all of those things. you know i've i've missed. you know what was huge go. for me to accomplish you know i miss kind of short period of time.

but you know it's still the zire that i had previously it's still there you know i still i still want to swim. and finally this weekend represents a chance for fencers to grab a place in russia is a live big scene the moscow saber events of tracks competitors from all over the world and includes a few names to look out for advil and games this summer with more here's michael kraft. in one of his plays french comic playwright john seasonally have summed up fencing as the art of giving without receiving is certainly a noble notion and with one hundred thirty men and one hundred fourteen women participating in the thirty seventh annual moscow saber fencing tournament it's no wonder the event continues to grow in popularity year by year luminary rounds were hell throughout saturday in order to determine this year's individual champions italians and the french have always had a penchant for the sport but there were a plethora of other nations represented as well. and sometimes.

i. think right this is the last chance for places to qualify for the upcoming summer that. in the women's final russian city of elite can manage the defender twenty levon title but took the time to overcome a chinese opponent after which she was pleased with the way in but said a lot more needed to be done prior to the olympics. and i was pleased with the confluence we put into them but a lot still needs to be done in preparation for the olympics especially psychologically as that is the most difficult aspect in the men's final rushes nicholai kobayashi managed to beat france's julian pillay in a heart for about the win brought the cup back into russian hands once again after fences from hungary and south korea claimed victory in twenty ten and france eleven respectively but today's victory doesn't mean i'm in some super form right now

there'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 in our preparations on sunday russia's fencing team also get a chance to prove themselves against the world's best and hopefully do enough to ensure qualification for the sport's premier event in august michael genco r.t. most and. more sport will be coming your way very soon meanwhile our youtube channel at r.t. sport news is available to you at and it's i so go there and check it out thanks for watching.

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