they started moving around and i spent a lot of time in baluchistan, an area that we both know well, it's unbelievable things going on in there is a great control by pakistan and pakistan's intelligence to prevent reporters go in there and what is going on. so for the reason i wrote this post, it really sums up the war. it tells the whole tale paled if you want to know the war in afghanistan coming to get the whole thing from beginning to end. the tears to same themes. one is we were fighting the wrong war. the second ending its pakistan has not only controlled as, but it's also controlled the message. they've controlled the journalists and they've threatened and intimidated their own journalist said that the reporting is not coming out about what is happening on packet than in the level of threat to journalists and actually ran into problems myself, which is in the book. in my hotel room in 2006 i was warned, you are not supposed to come here. you are not to talk to the television. that was qatar wearing in the taliban leadership were hanging out in my reorganizing, running the insu

this book baluchistan in the crossroads is a result of that. i'm hoping it's something people will pay attention to more and more. human rights organizations and other organizations are talking about a bit more openly but in pakistan is very much a taboo subject. as a consequence i am black worsted from the country for writing this book so i think that speaks volumes of the attitude of the government towards the people in this province. i think i will leave it there and if you guys have questions for me or carlotta we will happily take them. [applause] >> there is a microphone coming behind you. >> it's just a boom mic. go for it. [inaudible] what's the difference between the two? i the same people and are the object is the same? >> i think they're the same but we call them the afghan taliban because they have afghan leadership. the pakistani taliban which is a more umbrella group of all the groups along the border are mostly pakistani so people are born and raised in the pakistan side of the joran line. the pakistani taliban are pashtun so the

increasing the nuclear arsenal thanks to a lot of the money and yet killing people in both just- baluchistan in the extras of judicial killing compared to any genocide in a lot of countries. it is really comparable. and then what they are doing in afghanistan, i shall, you know, tens of thousands of people dying. the whole country filled with ied is for fertilizer from factories -- it is out of control and it's extraordinary, i agree with you why is america doing this? their argument is if we didn't engage and try to persuade, it would be even worse. mainly the idea is that more radical people and even possibly bin laden we can't hold nuclear weapons. i don't buy that. i think that is lazy thinking and sloppy and it's time that diplomats -- and i've actually from britain and they are just as guilty and it's a much smarter way of dealing with this and using that leverage that we have had the financial assistance program to get a better result. >> [inaudible] >> he said from what i've been told the consequences are so horrendous as anybody could imagine -- they shouldn't be making a policy [in

[applause]and iran an area calld baluchistan. this is an hour.[applause] zvi good evening everyone and thank you for coming. we are going to look at a beautiful picture but it's part of the place that i know well and i have reported from as well. make a sign if you can't hear me. i am going to tell you about "the wrong enemy" which is my book. america in afghanistan 2001 to 2014. it's the story of the war. i avert ported there for over 10 years from afghanistan and also in pakistan. i wanted to write a book for two real reasons. the title tells part of it. it's a quote from richard holbrooke who is america's special envoy to afghanistan and pakistan as you know before he died in the last few years. he once said to the british foreign secretary in fact maybe we are fighting the wrong enemy in the wrong country and it was when they were grappling with the problem of the taliban and afghanistan. the obama administration was trying to work out what to do. the insurgency has gotten so difficult in afghanistan that they had to do -- orders surge of tro

this book baluchistan in the crossroads is a result of that. i'm hoping it's something people will pay attention to more and more. human rights organizations and other organizations are talking about a bit more openly but in pakistan is very much a taboo subject. as a consequence i am black worsted from the country for writing this book so i think that speaks volumes of the attitude of the government towards the people in this province. i think i will leave it there and if you guys have questions for me or carlotta we will happily take them. [applause] >> there is a microphone coming behind you. >> it's just a boom mic. go for it. [inaudible] what's the difference between the two? i the same people and are the object is the same? >> i think they're the same but we call them the afghan taliban because they have afghan leadership. the pakistani taliban which is a more umbrella group of all the groups along the border are mostly pakistani so people are born and raised in the pakistan side of the joran line. the pakistani taliban are pashtun so the