top of the russian government possibly not but nevertheless there was connivance by large numbers of members or ally legations. connivance by large numbers of members of russia nor for riches who are acting as officials the games and that for the i.o.c. and for the international paralympic committee has become an acceptable now the key criteria preventing the reinstatement of the russian olympic and paralympic committee is that most co has not accepted the findings of the mclaren report where the key witness what ten calls was himself part of the game however russia has made substantial progress in anti-doping measures is that right do you think that post violations should have a cloud over the future yes well there are two criteria are all for reinstatement

darcy's one and the other one is that of course that the russian anti doping also or if he has to be approved by the world anti-doping agency the water the moment the system not actually occurred so there are those two criteria which have to be fulfilled so that from the moment russian sport will be in the clear do you miss the good body would take any possibility geopolitics how many play in the russian doping scandal. no i don't believe our suit all. are i think that for many viewpoints the international olympic committee and to a certain extent the international paralympic committee have bent over backwards to accommodate russia it's not in their interests of the i.o.c. or the i.p.c. not to have a leading sports nation like russia not competing in the most important of.

jurisdiction namely the winter olympics and the winter paralympics people in the rest of the world would be enthusiastic about having russia competing just as they're enthusiastic about for instance russia hosting the fifa world cup later this year so i'm good buddies boss news correspondent for the sunday times thank you we appreciate your time. now in other news this law mixtape says it carried out an attack on a military academy in the afghan capital of kabul killing eleven servicemen and injuring sixteen local journalists belong to worry over ports on the ground there are five suicide attackers two of them killed by afghan national security forces and another two of them did really did explosives and one of them was detained two said jacket a rocket propelled grenade in four forty seven's were seized the. almost

when to about four hours residents in that area afforded hearing loud explosions there was the use of having small weapons so the fact that these militant groups can really strike worlds in target these key military institutions as well as very secure security areas in kabul remains a serious source of concern for people living here in kabul today is that. did anyone for the afghan national security forces remember they were killed not in the front line somewhere in some remote district or in the province where this is every day fighting i think that alone tells you that cities including kabul is becoming another. front in the afghan government just continues to struggle to prevent these militants from carrying out these attacks the country has seen

a wave of deadly terror attacks recently with three of them in the past ten days alone. following the recent string of violence both president and the commander of the u.s. and nato forces in afghanistan john nicholson said washington would spare no effort to defeat the insurgents and bring peace to the region the taliban responded threatening more attacks in retaliation for what it called a policy of aggression the us has considerably stepped up its act campaign in the country over the past year in two thousand and seventeen washington dropped more

than four thousand bombs on afghanistan between august and december last year the u.s. carried out as many as strikes as it did in the previous two years combined. to discuss this further let's bring in security and political analyst now mushtaq rare hey mr brahimi welcome to the program it's good to see you now what is this string of deadly terror attacks in afghanistan since symptomatic of and how's the situation likely to develop do you think. well of course the terror attacks always terrorize the society and the general public and the kabul city itself has very been terrorized after the two attacks or two today three attacks within a week or so and all of them have been very deadly. attacks which have been undertaken against a very sophisticated very sensitive places so the situation is that people are

concerned about the security and that's why yesterday we had joint press conference by all of the three institutions security institution that is the national director of security intelligence agency and then we had the army and the ministry of interior. people are asking questions from the government and there's a lot of pressure on the government asking question that why have they not been able to really crack down and contain these terror attacks that have taken place in kabul it was in august last year that donald trump announced his new strategy in afghanistan and that basically came down to just dropping bombs and more military action in afghanistan do you think that that strategy is flown in any way. one can see a military offensive is always needed because you have to keep the militant groups from the main cities and from from taking over the country and different provinces

in different parts of the country but considering it as the sole response to the current situation or the only way to resolve the one conflict will be a wrong understanding because at the end of the day any conflict needs a political settlement and dialogue and that is where the afghan government has tried to complement the american strategy which is mainly focused on fighting the militants or using the military might. considering that the only military might yes that can really put pressure on the taliban which has helped over the course of last twelve months where they have been under significant military pressure in the southern parts of the country but looking at it as a sole strategy for solution will be a wrong understanding. now on the campaign trail you might remember trump was calling for u.s. troops to be withdrawn from numerous foreign countries where washington was involved in conflicts however the moment he got elected he seems to have made a u. turn at least when it comes to afghanistan could you tell me briefly we're very

short on time what would you attribute this to what you know during the campaign trail a trial if i have got your question correctly is that when he was on campaign trail trial he was he was not very much familiar what with the military strategy and foreign policy of the government of the united states when he joined office you recognize that the u.s. government has invested in afghanistan for four or a decade. a lot of money has gone into afghanistan many to make sure that america do not get america doesn't get targeted from the afghan soil the shores from the afghan soil just like it happened in two thousand and one in the nine eleven attacks so he realized that he ality but the point is that they have to take it as a comprehensive strategy where they need to put pressure on those countries which are supporting militancy in afghanistan they need to really use the military might

in order to push back the coming forward the opposition militant groups and also build a consensus with the regional countries that is china and russia are the two main players in the region there has to be a consensus among pakistan china russia and america when it comes to the afghan conflict and they have to join together in order to respond back to the given situation otherwise if there is no consensus it will be difficult to find a suitable solution that can help the sustainable peace building and security of afghanistan security and political analyst thank you. well back after this short break. i played for many clubs over the years so i know the game and so i got. the ball

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peterson is called a one man army and is taking the internet by storm. across talking f.b.i. gate i'm joined by my guest mark sloboda he's an international affairs and security analyst we also have a he's a political analyst as well as a leading expert at the center for actual politics and we have dimitri bobbitt she is a political analyst with sputnik international red cross the girls in effect and you always can jump in. me go to you first hear. a we're going to see a new member new debate. like who lost turkey because if you remember when the communists came to power in china that was lost china and it ruined a lot of careers because people didn't get it right ok well we who's losing turkey who's gaining turkey go ahead well let me remind you that in one thousand nine hundred eighty there was

a big debate who was russia and the it was at the times when suppose that russia was so democratic mr yeltsin was still in power in these all those guys two boys and those who called to report called it s. called us all out of a few billion dollars right there that's about all the all the yeltsin's guys the younger forms but what's going on now between turkey and the united states is unbelievable i mean trying to remove a relatively loyal regime in syria which you know mr us with was oriented towards the european union more than towards russia the united states had made to almost a much more important country turkey where they might lose to lose it aligned some dob to go ahead the united states took the place is a very stark choice the us has the kurds in syria as a is the only force the only viable force and they're in bed with the kurds that

that would support the partition of the factual partition of syria and that supports the u.s. and and if so the u.s. can support the curate's and then it gets the. we see that happening now who are the united states going to stop supporting the curate's turkey would be happy about that but then the united states would be left with almost no credible serious support force see and stay to it no reason to justify their continued presence is a kind of choice is ally with the curate's and they have to a key is is an editor say a power considering that turkey has the second largest army in. late that of a very serious question sure you know. one of the things is to do one he can't afford to lose in syria he's put too much into it oh yeah he's politically security invested i don't believe that peace in syria is

possible. the question isn't while but charlock saw it continues in syria but well oregon continues in ankara. early got moscow hash tag what is that you've been in the military what is the possibility of some kind of confrontation you know because just as i just said and you just said you know one is not going to back down this means a lot to him and his legitimacy at home and the ongoing problem they've had with the united states is it isn't so important to the united states because if you look at the the defense community intelligence community even in the u.s. they're divided about what's going to in fact you're starting to see splits not only among the administration but in the foreign policy blob between the neo cons and the liberal imperialists they're divided on this issue and victor is exactly right you either get a kurdish protectorate carved out of syria to continue to destabilize syria and weak in iraq and thus by weakening one of their allies or you get to make continue

your relationship with turkey as a member of nato and then a u.s. turkish alliance which allows u.s. military bases in turkey that their flights are necessary for controlling the region also gives the united states access to the black sea which is russia's underbelly of course so there's big geopolitical questions here but obviously this is a self created blowback we've been saying on the show all along that if the u.s. tried to partition east syria with the kurds it would face blowback politically both from turkey ad from iraq likewise erdogan has created this situation where he calls kurdish terrorists there's no evidence that any. kurds have been involved in terrorism on his territory but he created this by illegally arming training and cellaring sectarian militias you know the united states. were arming him and supporting the kurds are there is one thing in a bottle of this situation finally with the truth about the united states financing

terrorists out of the mold know i'll do the mouth of mr edgar and so he's the guy. that's why and see it's not exactly sure what to do with no shortage of people are going in punishing terrorists. but he basically admitted something that all the other need to remember us have no but they have been hiding it yet so ever they're gonna put in these. where he drove himself by his decision to change the regime in syria he is now i'm sorry he's no spewing the truth let me tell you where to go if i want if i go if i put in. the existence the possibility of a kurdish state when turkish border is an existential threat to a president of literature and that's where his name is the end of the gun or anything else we do right now do exactly what they're going to is doing these are the curate's yes he made mistakes i agree wholeheartedly with mark as far as that

he got the start he was one of those that supported the syrian civil war he created the situation where the syrian kurds who were who have now more power and more autonomy and more willingness to act against. interests then i always explain to everyone he has to choose now i mean if he continues down this path and wants to drive all the way all the way to the iraqi border here i mean is he going to have to choose nato or not need to know. the level of negotiations agrees or disagrees and he he's not willing at this point to take it out of need to there isn't even that mechanism for that. but at the same time to ricky and the gun is not going to do anything that will endanger the national security and seventy of that if you look at what is bluffing here mark everyone's blood everyone's everyone is bluffing at this point including the syrian government and russia the kurds in africa have

now officially called publicly for the syrian government to help come in and protect them against the turkish invasion this isn't going to be met because they aren't fully they didn't fully agree to demands that russian the syrian government sent for them which included completely dismantling the kurdish militias and either moving east to the us controlled territory or joining the syrian army plus relinquishing control of oil fields in eastern syria which if you deem if there kurds before this incursion started a little over a week ago if they'd just taken the deal to pick up the syrian flag that would of no no that is that was the that was the minimalist demand they accepted that there was a maximalist demand from russia and the syrian government and there was no negotiation a compromise position should have been official the kurds or alfre offered that at the time they are offering that now that's not and has a habit of choosing the wrong side well you know it's one one one chooses the wrong

side one place and that's what the kids are doing now let's hold the kids will have a voice at the congress all syrian minority that is going to be held in sochi you know in the coming days but actually if you look at the pattern it repeats itself in syria you know the foreign invaders i'm sorry they've been trying to remove the syrian government created more and more programs you know that the states intervened in syria in order to replace a person who was not actually and they west and mr ross up and they've got that terrible problem with the islamic state you know which was much more dangerous then ten loss of state them together right. you wanted to put it so old people in power in syria. could just stage right next to the border it seems like it's the worst possible outcomes if you look at it you know i mean how does this change mean the rest of syria we have of reconciliation going on the syrian army is

an essentially one against these terrorist groups it's just the border area between syria proper and turkey this isn't a new conflict a very different and it can be confined and now it will have to stop near its borders every single power. agent that has a significant kurdish population to iran iraq syria is opposed to an independent kurdish state so it's not just to every single citizen how does it marcos' billion to the huge minority of kurds inside of turkey and what's going on in syria i mean do we see more do you foresee a lot more blowback now well that's obviously the concern and the garden regime has forbidden kurds to protest against this euphemistically named operation and believe all of breath as these invading syria and bombing cities. you know it to me you know let's frame this properly who has all along been you know turkey the war

against syria couldn't exist without the turkish border for that disneyland it provided for jihad as to the moms training centers that the u.s. and saudi arabia set up to funnel salaries and there is turkey is still supplying al qaeda with weapons for offensive they are literally as reported in the western mainstream media doing joint patrols with al qaeda and attacks on afrin as they call someone else terrorists it's just it's orwellian and this could lead to turkish confrontation with the u.s. their proxies aren't having a good time in africa and they're already seeing that already thinking about the fact that he. has lost in syria. and now it's going to potentially suffer another loss against a nato ally it's really quite amazing well are think again the only good all to come here is that we're here in the troops i think what the german media is saying about our dog and that mark has just called it that that is the.