abdullah says he asked for new voter id cards and a comprehensive voter list more than a year ago. the election commission said it didn't have the time or money for that. abdullah abdullah and the commission hope the election observers and the afghan people will keep next year's election honest. >> earlier this year a 16-year-old girl was gang-raped as she walked home. after the weather we are in kenya's capital where women's rights campaigners demand her attackers be punished. >> in indonesia the government is concerned that scenes like this will scare off investors. but workers say it's time to increase the minimum wage. >>> hello again. the top stories on al jazeera: the international chemical weapons watchdog is confident syria has destroyed all of its declared production equipment. that's the first major step in a u.n. security council resolution to eliminate all of syria's chemical weapons by june of next year. >> soldiers in the democratic republic of congo have retaken the last town held by rebels. people in bunagana celebrated with troops after flushing out the m23 fighters, following an 18-month rebellion. >> in the last few minutes the results of an unofficia

abdullah asked for voter id cards and a comprehensive voter list more than a year ago. the election commission said it didn't have the time or money. abdullah abdullah and commission hopes the election observers and the afghan people will keep next year's election honest. >>> u.s. president barack obama says he'll take full responsibility for fixing problems associated with the government health care website. the affordable care act is supposed to be one of the key elements of the president's legacy, aiming to provide health insurance to millions who don't have it. the website crashed when it opened this month. people have since struggled to use it. >> israeli forces shot dead a palestine man in the occupied wang. it happened in kabatia thursday morning. the 22-year-old was shot in the chest after a raid on the local vegetable market. >> to an israeli city where tension it dividing some communities. there's a rivalry between the ultimate re orthotox population and moderate residents. fraud allegations of mayoral elections are making the situation worse. >> they are ultra orthodox, living devout and private lines to strict rules. here it has become a

abdullah, abdullah served from 2001 to 2004. and ash rarah gani. and again abdul rahim wardak.he prime minister zalmai rassou rassol. jane is in the commission in kabul. i know you have a guest with you, jane, but tell us briefly what is happening today. >> today here in the independent elecelectorial commission we hae seen several candidates come in with their large entourage. there are high-profile candidates likely to come in. the government has said in the last few days over 20 officals in the government have resigned. that is what they have to do constitutionally to run. there are a lot of people running in this race. here at the elec electoral commn this is inside of a heavily fortified compound. when the voters go to the polls they won't be able to enjoy so mansomuch security. thank you so much for joining us. no problem. >> can i start by asking you about security. you have over 8000 polling stations is it possible to protect all of them it'. >> it's a national election. everyone will be working hard. as for security the police are responsible for the election. we have

abdullah abdullah he was worried the election could become the repeat of the 2009 poll when he came in second, and withdrew because of accusations of vote rigging. al jazeera found similar fake voter cards, but only weeks before the vote. now there's more than five months before the poll. >> the election is not worried, because it's the nation which is worried. they have to be worried if this is happening in this way. they have to be worried. >> abdullahays he asked for new voter id cards and comprehensive voter list more than a year ago. the election commission said it didn't have the time or money for that. it's hoped observers and afghan people will keep next year's election honest. >> the u.s. national security agency is denying reports that the spy agency tapped into google and yahoo data centres. a report in the "the washington post" cited documents leaked from edward snowden. the latest comes as a delegation from the yurp een -- european parliament visits washingtoning to -- washington to investigate claims on spying. >> the damage for the united states is so high, something has to be done on that. i hope it will be successful. we need messages for the people that without any purpose it can't happen on citizens. >> earlier this year a 16-year-old girl was gank raped as she walked home. in a few minutes we go to kenya's capital where women's rights campaigners demand her attackers be punished. >> and in india - scenes like this

abdullah abdullah. he worried this could repeat the 2009 whole when he came in second and with drew because of accusation of vote rigging. aljazeera found similar fake voting cards at the time weeks before the vote. now there's five months until the poll. >> the election commission is not worried. it's the nation which is worried. they have to be worried if this is happening in this way. >> abdullah asked for new voter i.d. cards and a com presencive voters' list over a year ago. the election committee said it didn't have time or money for that. aljazeera, kabul. >> one of the men accused of genocide and crimes against humidity in cambodia has apologized for what happened, saying he accepts moral responsibility. two of the leaders are accused of orchestrating got deaths of of 2 million people. we have followed the trial in phnom penh. >> this is the last opportunity for the two defendants to address the court. the 87-year-old also known at number two indicates how high up he was, was the first one to speak. he defended his actions, saying everything he did was out of love for the country and that he would never hurt his people. the second accused is 82 years old, a former head of state. he says that he wasn't aware of the full extent of the horrors and didn't order any of the crimes he's been accused of. if survivors are hoping for some form of contrition or remorse, they did not

contender in terms would appear to be abdullah abdullah. covers both bases, and was the runner-up to karzai in 2009. top two candidates in terms of polling that i have seen done by the so-called moby group, the top independent afghan media group right now. host: james says, we have to stay to make it safe china to exploit their natural resources. i would say, god bless the chinese if they want to help develop the afghan economy. nobody else does. it's a risky proposition for obvious reasons. --re's a lot of cop corruption in the country. there are not a lot of american companies looking to invest at the moment, even though afghanistan's mineral resources are estimated well over $3 trillion. it will take people a while to be confident enough to have companies going. if the chinese are the first to go in, i say that's fine. a caller is joining us on the independent line. you are an expert on afghanistan, i would assume, on how we got into this war in the first place? guest: i try to follow the history. put together the department of justice i

abdullah to come to his ranch in crawford texas. and this was a very significant invitation but crown prince abdullah was very reluctant to come because the intifada was in full force yasser arafat was being held captive by the israelis at his compound in ramallah so you crown prince abdullah was very reluctant to come he finally decided to come and brought with him a videotape to show the president the violence that was being perpetrated by the israelis on the palestinian civilians i was actually at that meeting in crawford and was very close to the situation and so if you look at it from that context the saudi unhappiness with the american position on israel has been going on for for quite a number of years while our ambassador in jordan as you just sat the relationship has never been particularly easy but i think there was always a signal code if affix to a code that was broken just a couple of days ago when saudi arabia is very publicly refused the security council see if they see that in.

abdullah to counter his ranch in crawford texas. and this was a very significant invitation but crown prince abdullah was very reluctant to come because the intifada was in full force yasser arafat was being held captive by the israelis at his compound in ramallah so you crap prince abdullah was very reluctant to come he finally decided to come and brought with him a videotape to show the president the violence that was being perpetrated by the israelis on the palestinian civilians i was actually at that meeting in crawford and was very close to the situation and so if you look at it from that context the saudi unhappiness with the american position on israel has been going on for quite a number of years while our ambassador jordan as he just sat the relationship has never been particularly easy but i think there was always a signal code if affix to a code that was broken just a couple of days ago when saudi arabia very publicly refused the security council see if they see that it's been logging for for almost three years and on top of that one of the country's most powerful politicians intelligence chief prince bandar bin sultan. allows himself to criticize american policies in public why do you think all of the sudden he decided to break this code of silence that saudi

abdullah was very reluctant to come because the intifada was in full force yasser arafat was being held captive by the israelis at his compound in ramallah so you crap prince abdullah was very reluctant to come he finally decided to come and brought with him a videotape to show the president the violence that was being perpetrated by the israelis on the palestinian civilians i was actually at that meeting in crawford and was very close to the situation and so if you look at it from that context the saudi unhappiness with the american position on israel has been going on for quite a number of years while ambassador jordan as you just sad the relationship has never been particularly easy but i think there was always a signal code of ethics to a code that was broken just a couple of days ago when saudi arabia very publicly refused the security council see if they see that it's been logging for for almost three years and on top of that one of the country's most powerful politicians intelligence chief prince bandar bin sultan. allows himself to criticize american policies in public why do you think all of the sudden he decided to break this code of silence that saudi and american officials maintain for a couple of decades already well i would say the last three or four years have not been good for the saudis in terms of the relationship with the united states and what they've expected from this administration they thought after president obama's speech in cairo that he would be a friend of the muslims and would really take initiative with regard to the israeli palestinian question i think also a little over a year ago his speech on syria in which he said there was a red line that syria. could not cross with chemical weapons made them have high expectations that the president would deliver on that and he hasn't in fact he backtracked and greatly disappointed the saudis by agreeing to the weapons inspections in syria instead of arming the rebels and pursuing a regime change which had been the stated policy of the americans before that so the saudis started to believe i think that they couldn't trust the americans they couldn't trust president obama to keep his word on what he was was pursuing and it's interesting that the hear you say that because you mentioned syria just now and prince bandar of course is believed to be the main architect of the saudi efforts in syria as well as the kingdom's broader vision for the middle east i know that at the time when you were the ambassador he was serving as the saudi ambassador to washington and you obviously math many times what kind of impression did he make and he's somebody who would talk before thinking in other words when he sat dad there will be a major shift in his country's relations with the united states does he actually mean it well i have great respect for prince bandar i worked very closely with him when we were both serving as ambassador he was extremely helpful to the united states in the invasion of iraq in helping saudi policy harmonize with the united states i do think when he speaks he means it is not the kind of person who speaks loosely but i also think that he has a degree of emotion attached to some of this and it may be that some of that emotion is also now coming out it these are very emotional topics for the saudis and in many ways relate to their very existence if iran is going to be allowed some sort of grand bargain by this administration in washington then this is a huge problem for the saudis and i think prince bandar is speaking out from a saudi national interest standpoint you just mentioned iran and i think it's become a sort of a political cliche bowl. and washington and then west and the west in general that you know iran is the end game here and that it's it is all ultimately there ron but how iranian issue really is threatens the saudi security the saudi interests well a nuclear armed iran even though they don't point those weapons at saudi arabia will have a lot more political influence in the region particularly with enormous influence in iraq the saudis are seeing their world become smaller their sphere of influence becomes smaller and this is a huge problem for them it's interesting that you say that i feel like we're entering this us is rarely a debate because it's there this is sort of argument that you hear from israelis even despite the fact that neither the israeli nor saudi you know are american intelligence have been able to confirm that iran has indeed started producing are even has an intention of producing nuclear weapons but i wonder if you if you believe that the very public disappointment that prince bandar expressed with the obama administration is ultimately g.t. the party differences between the democrats and the republicans or do they reflect a broader risk bits of in these two countries where first bandar and certainly king abdullah were very vocal even when president bush was in office that they did not appreciate the president's policy with respect to the israelis and the palestinians they wanted a much more aggressive position by the americans they wanted the americans to bring the israelis to the negotiating table and exercise influence on them and so even back in those days there was a tremendous amount of tension over the palestinian issue i do think that they have more differences with this administration in terms of syria in terms of iran and even in terms of egypt i think that's a topic we should also introduce here they were infuriated by president obama's. abandonment of president mubarak in egypt and further infuriated by the reduction in military aid to egypt that has just been announced recently so essentially what you are saying is that this is ultimately a sign that the saudis and prince bandar are really trying to redefine dive role in the relationship with the united states and i think it's long

abdullah, he sent to cairo where he met with the british governor general, who will come back up any minute. abdullah basely what with the british do if he had jobs he arabs went into revolt against the ottoman empire? kitchener just blew him off because the war hadn't started. the british had good relations with the ottomans and so he just sent him packing on his way. when world war i started, kitchener who is now the minister of war for the british comedy remembered his conversation with abdullah and the sent a message to hussein, his father basically saying, what will it take for you to join our side? and what proceeded to have it was a long negotiating -- negotiation over about a year between the man to replace kitchener, mcmahon as governor jindal in egypt, and king hussein, to try to get the arabs in arabia to revolt and culminated in this correspondence back and forth which is called the mcmahon hussein correspondence. ibut it culminated in october 1915 with an agreement where the british basically recognized independence for virtually the entire arab world. with the exception of that they wanted, they had discovered in basra in present-day iraq, so they want to basically lease a portion of what is today iraq. and an area north of lebanon now, along the coast which they had said is not primarily arab, it's very mixed, there's a huge christian population there. so they excluded that from the agreement, but virtually everything else was going to be an independent arab natio