killing sixteen civilians including nine children and three women who have been in this village in the punjab why district of khandahar in this area is considered to be the birthplace of the taliban where this is a after the shootings the men gathered the bodies and then set them on fire before returning to his base and turning himself in that man is now in custody according to u.s. officials he's a staff sergeant based at the joint base lewis mccord in washington state he's married with two children and has already had already served three tours in iraq and had been in afghanistan since december now as you can imagine this incident has been a major setback in u.s. afghan relations already on extremely shaky ground after last month's incident in which u.s. soldiers burned several copies of the qur'an which muslims consider to be the holiest of books and also the direct word of god of the incident over the weekend has raised questions about the psychological impact on u.s. troops the u.s. justice system and the war in afghanistan itself we want to look a little deeper into this story and to he

one rural community in punjab is making the most of the economic boom. >> india is cashing in on its rich farmland. a bounty that is fuelling the roll revolution. two decdecades ago, this man was heavily in debt. as the economy has boomed, so does demand for his oranges. this has gotten him $300,000 a year. the money has transformed his life to his family lives in a large home and he sends his children to boarding school. they have developed a taste for the urban luxury's that you would not find in the countryside. >> i bought my wife a microwave, a washing machine, a gas oven, everything to make her life easier. >> increasingly, rural india is where the money is. it has surged ahead. rising food prices may have hit the pockets of those in the city but it has filled the wallets of people here. most indian villages are still really under developed, there are no proper roads, clean drinking water, or even enough electricity. what the government has done is pumped in enough money in to rule welfare programs, which with rising farm income, has left everyone here with a bit of cash to spa

in punjab, a state they were hoping to regain, once again, it looks like they're slipping. they are losing ground to the main opposition party, which has been in power for the last five years. if this trend continues, it is going to be a bad few days for the congress party. these elections are seen very much as having a national impact. >> what to do the results for the congress party-led the central government, what does it mean for them ahead of the vote in two years' time? >> basically, the next general area general elections early 2014. for the last nine months, the congress party has been under pressure because of a number of corruption scandals, because of a slowing-down of the economy, inflation has been a massive issue in these elections. some of the smaller parties have been piling on pressure on the congress government because a number of key decisions and programs have been put on hold. if these trends continue and congress does as poorly as expected, we can expect the pressure to continue, some people suggesting that maybe there will be forced to go to early ele

and congress is losing the state of punjab in the north and also losing in goa. poor results all round. it will likely have a bad effect on the government at the federal level. >> in afghanistan, the country's top religious council says that women should not mix with men in school, work, or other aspects of the life. it also says they should not travel without a male relative. the council statement was welcomed by afghan president karzai, but human rights campaigners say it is a worrisome attempt to placate the taliban. . now this >> news on afghanistan's channel one. women newscasters have been in the headlines lately after the government told them to wear head scarves and avoid. heavy avoid -- and avoid heavy makeup. now the council says women and men should not work together. >> i am proud of my job and the fact that i work outside my home. >> but afghanistan's top religious council, which is government-funded, does not want women roaming freely outside. it says that under islam they should be accompanied by a male relative. critics say it is an echo of the ta

india is making the most of economic boom, our correspondent traveled to a rural community in the punjab and sent this report. >> india is cashing in on its rich farmland, a bounty fueling a rural revolution. two decades ago, he was heavily in debt. but as india's economy boomed, so did demand for his oranges. is now fetches him $300,000 a year. the money has transformed his life. his family live in a large, modern home. he sends his children to boarding school and they've developed a taste for the urban luxuries that you wouldn't normally find in the countryside. >> i've bought my wife all the luxuries you have in the city. a microwave, washing machine, gas oven, everything to make her life easier. >> increasingly, rural india is where the money is, insulated from the global meltdown, it surged ahead. rising food prices may have hit pockets of those in the city but it's filled the wallets of people here. most indian villages are really underdeveloped. there are no proper roads, clean drinking water, or even enough electricity. what the government has done, though, is pump in enough mone

sunday morning with the killing of sixteen afghan civilians mostly children and two villages in the punjab we district of khandahar province afghan president hamid karzai said the story told by u.s. . visuals is far different from the accounts given by the villagers themselves an afghan parliamentary investigation team has implicated as many as twenty u.s. troops far different than nato is insistence that it was simply one rogue soldier behind the massacre an order has been given by karzai that the us soldiers leave the villages and stay confined to the military bases the taliban has also canceled its talks with american officials and now there are major concerns that would tell you tory violence will get worse in the days to come about jailbird so joining me now he's a former u.s. marine and current longer for r.t. to lend some perspective here. welcome back i know we had you on the show on monday to get your initial reactions to this but a week into we get some things have changed including the suspects being flown out of afghanistan heading to the u.s. to a mexican maximum security dete

a mile and shot and killed sixteen afghan civilians most of them children and two villages in the punjab we just heard so the khandahar province according to u.s. military officials that bales a father of two children himself acted alone a rogue soldier on a massacre but the story told by. the villagers themselves is much different with something there were several small soldiers involved in the killing and afghan parliamentary investigation team has implicated as many as twenty u.s. troops so in this week what have the implications been and how will this impact the relationship between the u.s. and afghanistan i spoke a short time ago with a former u.s. marine who is also a current argued longer for our farsi they told our so i can tell you that i've been the last few days i've been investigating this are going on the phone with people inside of afghanistan e-mailing except for a. firsthand account they've been telling me that it's very problematic the soldiers that are that were there trying to do the hearts and minds campaign have been hampered they are not allowed to go back outside

morning with the killing of sixteen afghan civilians most of them children and two villages in the punjab we just heard of khandahar province afghan president hamid karzai said the story told by u.s. officials is far different from the accounts given by the villagers themselves an afghan parliamentary investigation team has implicated as many as twenty u.s. troops i was far different than natives insistence that it was just one rogue soldier behind the massacre an order has now been given by karzai that u.s. soldiers leave the villages and stay confined to military bases the taliban has canceled talks with american officials and now there are major concerns that would tell you tory violence will get worse in the days to come i spoke a short time ago with former u.s. marine a former u.s. marine who's also a current r.t. blogger. i can tell you that i've been the last few days i've been investigating this i've been on the phone with people inside of afghanistan emailing except and firsthand account they've been telling me that it's very problematic the soldiers that are that were there tryi

on sunday morning thirty eight year old army staff sergeant left the coalition out outpost in the punjab my district and out of kandahar he moved through a number of homes where he shot and killed sixteen civilians some of the bodies he later piled and burnt in the shooter then allegedly walk out to the post and turn himself in a horrible story that's received condemnation and i'm president hamid karzai who president obama called after releasing a public statement expressing condolences and shock and it follows weeks of protests and violence in afghanistan after the inadvertent burning of korans also and photos of marines urinating on taliban corpses that came out at the start of this year and the afghan parliament is demanding a soldier be put on public trial so could this actually be a turning point or how the public already realized that the war effort was due to ready to discuss it is retired lieutenant colonel anthony shaffer senior fellow for the center for advanced defense studies and back to america also author of the book operation dark heart and i'm also joined by david x. free