one is the afghan right and the other is the afghan like and the first. talk to us a little bit about what afghan first hopes to achieve. >> yes, afghan first, at one point they were going to have a lot of people in their forces. so we are trying to buy the uniforms in afghanistan. we have set up companies in afghanistan, they are afghan companies. and we're working with them to ensure they produce quality product. it's half the price than having it made manufactured in the united states and shipped over to afghanistan. >> and you're employing people in the country? >> yes, and they generate revenue for their own country. we have saved about $36 million by doing what we call afghan first. getting it made in afghanistan. we're going into the infrastructure side of the house, doing it in the uniform and the organizational equipment side of the house. we're doing it anywhere we can, generate one employed afghan to generate revenue for the afghan government. >> let me ask you about the rights. building construction is a very big issue. what does that mean as

afghan government.coalition here believes supporting the afghan police is key to bringing down the terrorists. now interestingly enough, we got to see whether all this training paid off for the afghan police when just two days after the tenth anniversary of september 11th the taliban attacked the u.s. embassy and nato compounds. you can see these pictures here. afghan police fought the insurgents for nearly 20 hours before taking them out. with the help of american and international forces. the police were largely praised for how they handled that brazen attack. >>> coming up i'm going to show you how the u.s. military is trying to train the afghan army as well. now many of the recruits are l illiterate so the training is really as basic as you can imagine. i'll update you on what i saw during my recent trip. >>> top of the hour, i'm suzanne malveaux. want to get you up to speed. the september jobs report is in and it is gg good enough to push stock prices up today. but it is not good enough to push the

in that program, our special operations forces live with and trained afghan, local afghans -- and that is important -- that is selected by the village elders. their goal is to defend their own villages against the insurgents. finally, transition of secure the responsibility is moving forward -- security responsibility is moving forward as afghan forces have taken the lead in several areas. afghan leaders continue to show they understand the urgency of preparing for afghan security forces taking the lead on security throughout afghanistan in 2014, a date set by president obama and karzai, a date endorsed by the international coalition. i have long believed that the taliban's worst nightmare is and afghanistan secured by a strong and effective afghan forces that have the support of the afghan people. that nightmare is becoming the taliban's reality. this transition to afghan control does not mean that the united states will abandon afghanistan. the strategic partnership agreements being negotiated between the united states and afghanistan will play an important role in demonstrating to t

anger about the afghan was mounting in the u.k. too which is the second largest number of troops deployed in the country hundreds of british soldiers have been killed since the conflict began and the war activists celebrities and politicians of other protest in london calling for the end of the decade long war is over bennett's been monitoring events there in the capital. this huge protest in the center in the center of london has shown a magical sentiment in the public imagination here in britain is definitely in the forefront people very angry pay their way there in the first place obviously would be at a time of deep cuts the mustard has risen through all this money eighty million ounces are being pumped into a seemingly unwinnable war and the five hundred million as a nation in development the ngos are saying well no is no reaching is the right people is in the ring is it all going to really having much of an effect in the want to let you know thousand troops that are being killed in. a us university brown university with a thi

an area of kabul the afghan capital. right behind me of the reason there three weeks ago was under the twenty hour recedes by the heart any network let's take a closer look at what went wrong with the global war on terror first after al qaeda central redeployed to the pashtun tribal belt along the afghan pakistani border the state department filed a request to pakistan for cooperation against osama bin laden when islam about brazenly ignored the diplomatic request from washington d.c. with a middle finger behind their back the cia could and should have saved the day by activating their formidable human intelligence network in afghanistan to conduct a clone dance time body snatching mission and to bring some of the london to justice but they just blew it looking back at operation enduring freedom the question is not what went wrong we have this mission question is what's preventing the w. bush administration to look at all other options and for starters to make sure that pakistan will be treated as a reliable ally not bad

we didn't know the afghans. the afghans didn't know us. they'd suffered through a traumatic civil war that they were trying to make right with the taliban regime in power. for us, we were trying to find a reckoning for the september 11th attacks. i mean we're on the ground. we're trying to figure things out as we went along. >> stephen: you had never trained with these guys before, have you. >> no, we had never been there before. >> stephen: so you are fighting side-by-side with afghans who you had just met. >> yeah, i mean we had to trust each other quickly. and the most surefire way to gain trust is when you are getting shot at by the enemy. >> stephen: that is a very key trust exercise. okay, so you fought along hamid karzai. >> yes. >> stephen: did you know right from the beginning that he was going to be a leader? could you see that in him? >> i actually, when we first met him, he seemed like a college professor to us. but my fondest memory was we're out on the street, trying to gather guerrillas because hundreds of taliban are coming

closer to victory over the taliban the human cost though keeps on rising both among the soldiers and afghan civilians who demand an end to the endless war and the violence brings down jason mattera reports . another day in afghanistan's southern battle for more casualties despite official claims that the war is being won two thousand and eleven is lining up to be the deadliest yet for u.s. forces fighting to tame the decade long taliban insurgency but thanks to improved medical capabilities casualties who would have perished in previous conflicts are surviving by these two soldiers one patrol in a vehicle when a roadside bomb exploded beneath him it took less than half an hour for a medical crew to pick him up by helicopter and deliver them to the trauma ward at kandahar airfield one of the country's busiest for their injuries are bad but not extreme i mean we will most likely stay on base until they've recovered more severe cases such as if you tease or flown to germany for treatment right you get rid of this facility was built to save critically injured american troops fresh from the fron

model afghan merchants are also glad to have the extra business both inside and outside the wire. without the soldiers my business would be nothing we like having them here but not everyone agrees diddly taliban rocket attacks are on the rise and as the base becomes more and more crowded the threat to those living inside multiplies no matter how high its walls become every rock it's a close call when you're this can just get this much equipment person it's all in one tight spot get close it's going to destroy something or someone easy as it may be to forget at times this is still worse than just a month. for. general john allen one of the military's top brass said u.s. troops will still be in the country even after the twenty fourteen deadline that have been announced by nato and the white house rufus insurgent attacks have been increasing in recent months with several high profile assassinations and shootouts in the heart of the capital kabul as we've been reporting to you and civilian casualties in the country are also on the rise to discuss the outcome so far of the ongoing mil

anger about the afghan war is mounting in the u.k. too which is the second largest number of troops deployed in the country hundreds of british soldiers have been killed since the conflict began antiwar activists celebrities and politicians are gathering in london protesting over a decade of war that is either bennett reports now from the capital. this huge protest in the center in the center of london has been the magic wall sentiment in the public imagination here in britain is definitely in the forefront people very angry pay their way there in the first place obviously would be at a time of deep cuts the posters who has risen through all this money in eighteen billion pounds so far being pumped into a seemingly unwinnable war in an awful lot of hundred million is a major development the ngos are saying well no is no reaching is the right people is not going to sit you know and go really having much of an effect and not want to lose you know thousand troops that are being killed with. us universities around university over the thir

and the other day on afghans to civil. war casualties despite official claims that the war is being won two thousand living is lighting up to be deduced yet for u.s. forces according to t.v. to keep an eye on taliban insurgents for things to improve with a quick trip abilities casualty some would have perished in previous conflicts or survivors but these two soldiers one patrolled the vehicle one route so bomb exploded beneath it took less than half an hour for a medical crew to pick them up by helicopter and deliver them to the trauma ward of cantorian field one of the country's busiest your injuries are not extreme we will most likely still be sent to live recovered more severe cases such as if beauty's or fluids. werman for treatment right yes. this facility was built to save critically injured american troops fresh from the front lines but doctors here also treat afghan civilians caught in the worst crossfire with nowhere else to go for help nine year old wally was shot in the head by a stray bullet earlier this year w

speaking exclusively to the bbc, afghan president, hamid karzai, acknowledged the failure to provide security for his citizens. from kabul, we start tonight'sk with our world affairs editor, jon simson. >> scarcely anyone forecast back in 2001 that this would eventually turn into a serious shooting war or that the americans would be here longer than they were in vietnam. the man who's been afghanistan's president almost the entire time is frank about his major failure here. >> we've done terribly badly in providing security to the afghan people, and this is the greatest shortcoming of our agreement for international partners. what we should do is provide better and more predictable environment of security to the afghan citizens and that the international community and afghan has definitely failed. >> it's not surely going to get better when the foreign troops go in 2014. it will only get worse. >> we don't know. it might get better. if we concentrate on the right items as far as security is concerned. >> but what about the difficulties of pakistan's close links with the taliban? >> d

, to respect afghan sovereignty and territorial integrity and to support afghan reconciliation. this will be a key focus when i go to istanbul next week to meet with regional foreign ministers. for our part, the united states is working with the afghan government to conclude a new strategic partnership, and let me add in response to the chairwoman's questions, in 2011 we had three washington-led rounds of discussions with the state department leading an interagency team including dod, usaid and the nsc. these discussions resulted in a text that is about 90% agreed to including strong commitments on democratic institution building, human rights, anti-corruption and other important long-term reforms. among other things, we envision establishing an afghanistan/united states bilateral commission and associated implementation mechanisms to help our focus remain on what needs to be done during the transition process. ambassador crocker and general allen are still working through some of the security cooperation issues with president karzai. the negotiation is ongoing, but i want to as

to save critically injured american troops fresh from the front lines but doctors here also treat afghan civilians caught in the crossfire with nowhere else to go for help nine year old wiley was shot in the head by a stray bullet earlier this year when u.s. marines got into a firefight with the taliban his village in helmand province the bullet shattered part of his skull and would have killed him if not for emergency surgery in six months dr min park says he's treated more than a fair share of afghan bystanders mostly gunshot blast victims in this follow up operation he and his team are reconstructing the boy's forehead with a titanium mesh that will restore his appearance so i started what i was going on i was surprised by the difference i had this i was very likely very hard studies to show. in the recovery ward well his father at home mother says that while he's sure it was a u.s. marine well it bit his son he's grateful for the first class treatment he has rescinded which i know what's that and i'm just happy that he's ok the shooting wasn't. he's forgiven accident or not the endur

. >> there is a terrible failure in the security of the afghan people. this is a shock to our government and our coalition partners. >> storming sirte,, gaddafi's home town is now the site of fierce fighting as rebel forces launched an assault on the city. winning the nobel peace prize, this year, three women share the honor and are celebrated for the rights they championed. welcome to our viewers on pbs and america. it is a major conflict that has helped to define the last decade. it is been 10 years since the start of the war in afghanistan. president obama paid tribute to the many who sacrificed and said that the world was closer than ever to defeating al qaeda. on the ground, challenges remain. speaking exclusively to the bbc, afghan president hamid karzai it knowledge of the failure to provide citizens -- to provide security for his citizens. >> scarcely anyone forecast back in 2001 that this would turn into a serious shooting war or that the americans would be here longer than they were in vietnam. the man who has been afghanistan's president almos

their efforts in the pakistani afghan. tribal battles otherwise. today we would have celebrated the tenth anniversary of the mission accomplished. stay with us here on r t still to come libya's ex leader lashes out an audio message seemingly from gadhafi tries to rally his loyalists while nato bombs continue pounding the colonel's hometown it's coming your way. but first the banker backlash in the united states is spreading with major rallies held in the capital los angeles and several other cities thousands and joining to express their anger at economic inequalities and high unemployment the uprising started last month when protesters started pitching tents in front of the new york stock exchange under the banner occupy wall street earlier this week heavy handed police were film using batons and pepper spray to disperse demonstrators the aftermath of years of financial strife are causing people's patience to run out and they're angry at the banks for triggering it in the first place one journalist who joined the campaign says the protesters. will

>> i feel terribly badly for the afghan people and this is the greatest shortcoming. >> colonel gaddafi's hometown, sirte, is now the site of fierce fighting, and the largest assault is launched on the city. the nobel peace prize, this year three women share the honor and are celebrated for the rights they champion. >> welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and also around the globe. it's a major conflict which has helped define the last decade and today it's exactly 10 years since the start of the war in afghanistan. to mark the anniversary, president obama paid tribute to the many who have sacrificed and said the world was closer than ever to defeating al qaeda. but on the ground, challenges remain. speaking exclusively to the bbc, afghan president, hamid karzai, acknowledged the failure to provide security for his citizens. from kabul, we start tonight'sk with our world affairs editor, jon simson. >> scarcely anyone forecast back in 2001 that this would eventually turn into a serious shooting war or that the americans would be here longer than they were in vietnam. the man who's been

well anger about the afghan wars mounting in the u.k. which has the second largest number of troops deployed in the country hundreds of british soldiers have been killed since the conflict began and the war activists celebrities and politicians have gathered in london protesting over a decade of war of bennett reports from the capital. this huge protest in the center in the center of london has shown the sentiment in the public imagination here in britain is definitely in the forefront people are very angry hey that we're there in the first place obviously would be at a time of deep cuts people sterling has risen through all this money and eighty million are being pumped into a seemingly unwinnable war in another life hundred million is a major development the ngos are saying well no it's no reaching it's the right people is it going is it all going to be really having much of an effect on the sound some truths that are being killed in. a us university brown university with her g thousand other people i mean you know in this in this case

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more than a flake the correct roadway since then the former soviet base in the plains north of the afghan capital has grown into a small city that's helped over twenty five thousand full toll personnel fleets of military cargo aircraft and enough equals to cause traffic jams that expansion is no way it is by scores of contractors u.s. military engineers are constructing new housing and storage facilities to make room for even more bidding war where. there are plenty of home comforts for soldiers staying on for tough you know long deployments they can shop for everything from flat screen t.v.'s to fine jewelry enjoy a cappuccino to grab some take on the new pizza hut franchise and if they're tired of working out in the gym they're free to go to the salon for a haircut inside which although some officials have tried to limit such amenities calling them a distraction from the war the troops are happy to have them and these are streamlined but you can always leave the latter off then have a case that the right. local afghan merchants are also glad to have the extra business both inside and ou

anger about the afghan wars mounting in the u.k. too which has the second largest number of troops deployed in the country hundreds of british soldiers have been killed since the conflict began and the war activists celebrities and politicians gathered in london protesting over a decade of war is over bennett reports from the capital. this huge protest in the center in the center of london and magic rule sentiment in the public imagination here in britain is nearly full from people very angry very that we're there in the first place obviously the period of time of the cuts people sterling has risen through all this money in n.z. . being pumped into a seemingly unwinnable war hundred million is a major development n.g.o.s are saying is no reaching it's the right people is. going to really have a margin effect on sound crews that are being killed. us universities around you see thousand other people i mean you know in the in this case. the billions insurgence to. talk more about this is a high profile activists lauren booth is journal

, local afghans.hat's important. they're selected by the village elders. their goal is to defend their own villages against the insurgents. finally, transition of security responsibility is moving forward as afghan forces have assumed the security lead in seven areas around afghanistan. afghan leaders continue to show that they understand the urgency of preparing for afghan security forces taking the lead on security throughout afghanistan in 2014, a date set by presidents obama and karzai, a date endorsed by the international coalition. i've long believed that the taliban's worst nightmare is an afghanistan secured by strong and effective afghan forces that have the support of the afghan people. that nightmare is becoming the taliban's reality. in this transition to afghan control does not mean that the united states will abandon afghanistan. the strategic partnership agreement that's being negotiated between the united states and afghanistan will play an important role in demonstrating to the afghan

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enough to save protesters calling for a speedy troop withdrawal they gather in london to mark the afghan force tenth anniversary. and the corporate sentiment spreads fast across the you asked the occupy wall street movement was criticized for lacking organization but prove it's far from chaotic and is in it for the long haul. was artie's close the team to the pub landing once rich with branches dates were prominent russian poets and princes made their homes and meets people from now struggling to preserve what made about bygone splendor. you're watching our live from moscow where it's six pm on nice now with our top story this evening the u.s. led war in afghanistan has now passed the ten year mark it's been widely dubbed the decade of failure with nato troops no closer to victory over the taliban the human cost though keeps on rising both among the soldiers and afghan civilians who are demanding an end to their aimless war and the violence that brings down on them jason lot like reports. and the other day on the stupid stupid stupid but more casualties displayed official claims that the

the afghan war marathon runs into its second decade with an escalating insurgency and spiraling civilian casualties leaving the whole mission struggling for a winning strategy. yakob high wall street movement builds nationwide and despite being dismissed as an artist they're proving to be organized and in for the long haul and. doesn't leading british lenders see their credit score drop back to the u.k. government says go back on us if you get into trouble again. one pm and. good to have you with us here on r t our top story the afghan war is now in its second decade but his original aim is to crush al qaeda and bring the taliban to its knees are no closer to completion i made an escalating nationwide insurgency this year is already shaping up to be the deadliest in the conflict not just for coalition troops but afghan civilians too as chase and not live reports. another day on afghanistan so the battles more casualties displayed official claims that the war is being won two thousand live it is lining up to be deduced yet u.s. forces fighting continued the decade long taliban insurgency

cloudy afghan exit strategy overshadows the mission's tenth anniversary with a deadline expected to be broken. the wrath against wall street gathers momentum spreading beyond new york into other major cities as thousands of americans a vendetta against poverty and corporate greed. five years after the murder of russian journalist anna politkovskaya police say they've reached a turning point but a conviction that skill eludes them. eight am in moscow i matras are good to have you with us here on r t our top story the war in afghanistan will stretch beyond thirteen years according to washington's top military commander what began as a decade in what began a decade ago as a mission to get the perpetrators of nine eleven has now transformed into an open ended campaign with an unclear end date as jason not a lot of reports the growing american bases indicate that the military's in a little hurry to move on. would you asleep forces overread to tell about at least two thousand what bugbear flips a little more than a flight the correct runway since then the former soviet base in the plains nor

the area of kabul the afghan capital. right behind me the reason that three weeks ago was under the twenty hour siege by the high going to network right after nine eleven the united states government made that fateful decision to authorize their military invasion into ever again a state their mission was called operation enduring freedom ten years later it still goes on we've no end in sight let's take a closer look at what went wrong we have the global war on terror first after al qaeda central re deployed to the pashtun tribal belt along the afghan pakistani border the state department filed a request with pakistan for cooperation against osama bin ladden grand slam about brazenly ignored the diplomatic request from washington d.c. with the middle finger behind their back the cia could and should have saved the day by activating their formidable human intelligence network in afghanistan to conduct a clone best time body snatching mission and to bring osama bin laden to justice but they just blew it looking back at opera

their efforts in that pakistani afghan. tribal battle otherwise. today we would have celebrated the tenth anniversary of the mission accomplished. has the analysis of the fury and fallout of the financial crisis online you can keep an eye on our coverage on that at r.t. dot com and here's what else we're covering right now. a new target for a notorious kansas bad taste church the funeral of tech icon steve jobs may be picketed by the westboro congregation that's infamous for demonstrations at the burials of fallen u.s. servicemen explained why. it had taken to crime russia considers a jailing drug users to curb the number of narcotic related felonies our team reports online check it out. the banker backlash in the u.s. is spreading with major rallies being held in washington los angeles and several other cities thousands joined expressing their anger at the economic inequalities and high unemployment demonstrations began last month when protesters started pitching tents in front of the new york stock exchange under the banner occupy wall street ear

colonel frank has about 4,000 soldiers plus 27,000 afghan army troops that he's training. they're clearing the enemy, building a series of fortresses and, behind that in one of the world's least developed countries, they're creating schools, markets, and roads. >> this is the economic platform of the highway one initiative, to bring these bazaars back to life. >> pelley: colonel, you sound more like a mayor than a combat soldier. >> it's a combination. that's the counterinsurgency fight. >> pelley: this is the counterinsurgency strategy that america intends to ride all the way out of afghanistan. and mullah omar's home village, sangsar, we saw it in action and we saw how hard it can be. an enemy fighter opened up with a machine gun. what have you got, colonel? >> small arms fire that appears to be from the south. >> pelley: we heard, i think, the incoming but i didn't hear any outgoing. i didn't hear your men firing back. >> that's exactly right. if we were to engage right now randomly into those fields and injure afghan farmers that were out there, that would have an over

pushing the purpose instead of pulling out quickly america's cloudy afghan exit strategy overshadowing the missions tenth anniversary with the devil i expected to be missed. and from on business desk russia's energy giant gazprom gets a license to explore one of the country's largest undeveloped gas fields all of that in our business because i think it's. one pm in moscow and matras are good to have you with us here on r t our top story the banker backlash in the united states is spreading with major rallies now held in washington los angeles and other several large cities thousands joined expressing their anger at economic inequalities and high unemployment demonstrations started last month when protesters started pitching tents in front of the new york stock exchange under the banner occupy wall street earlier this week heavy handed police were film using batons and pepper spray to disperse the crowds the aftermath of a year is a financial strife are causing people's patience to run out and they say they're angry at the banks for triggering it all in the first place when journalist w