green on blue is the afghan green on isaf forces, green is afghan on afghan. and within the last 72 hours there have been a number of afghans, an a.l.p. unit as i recall, at least five a.l.p. guardians were killed by fellow a.l.p. patrolman. . we worked closely with the interior of ministry and interior of defense to begin the rebuilding of both cases in the ansf to deal with this threat and also to build joint capabilities that would permit us together to deal with this. because this wasn't just a threat oriented at the u.s. forces but it was a threat certainly oriented at the afghans as well. and the result of that were bilateral measures both out of the counterintelligence and intelligence level. improvement in vetting and ill provement of information and intelligence sharing. understanding, improved culture understanding. afghans actually started to conduct cultural training of their own about us and why we're different just as we enhanced our own culture understanding of islam, ramadan, the interrent nature of the afghan people at the tribal and ethnic le

can the afghans do that now? is the remaining job of clearing parts of the east a bridge too far for them or is it really within their capacity? if it is not within their capacity can live with that? can we live within afghanistan where there is constant insurgent sanctuaries. do they fight? that is a gut instinct and gut feel for what you saw. and the second part is in terms of the broader campaign plan, for those areas that we did not get too, can they do it themselves? >> let me hit the second one first. the east is going to be a challenge for a long time for afghanistan. sometimes this comes as a surprise when i say this that on the first of january they are still when the fighting in 2015. endedct the mission has and resolute support is under way as an advisory mission, they still are gone to be fighting. afghanistan will join a long and distinguished list of countries that will be struggling in a post-conflict environment where it will have an insurgency in some parts of that country for an extended period

afghans fight very well, frankly. effectiveness of individual units is really your question, i think. i have seldom seen occasions where the first man in the stack of an afghan unit going into a building where the chances are pretty good at the first man is going to have a pretty tough time, you do not see afghans shrink from that. as is the case with any american unit. by effectiveness is defined the commander. there is an old saying, no unit can be better than the inherent weaknesses of its commander. often by extension, its - we recognize this. we have been in good s,rtnership with the minister both of whom will have gone to the president, both of whom conduct extensive leadership screen. of commanders have been removed who were either incompetent or who have been there forever or they are corrupt. there toof being improve the capacity of the afghan forces, to lead by ,xample, to lead from the front and also lead competently. from atill suffering dearth of education. many of these commanders who were very capable j

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so afghan soldiers, afghan police are fighters.enge is whether what leadership ultimately will be able to defend and that is a major objective of where we are today. >> thank you. let's go, please are here in the front row. if you wait for a microphone, and identify yourself, please, and try to limit yourself to just one question. >> one question and six parts spent i sent a bad example. right here in the front row, please. >> thank you. a lot of us, some of us here were with secretary hagel on the last trip to afghanistan when karsay made his remarks about collusion between nato forces and the taliban. do you believe that president karzai's assertion sovereignty and these comments could threaten the synergy that you and others lay out? would you say the american people would have concerns about what kind of partner the u.s. has with president karzai? thank you. >> is a complex answer, friendly. i've known president karzai very well presented time. let me take a minute to talk about my own relationship because it's in the context i

the frustration came from the afghans because they relied on that training on a daily basis. so the person that was with them training them may not be there now for days or weeks at a time. so we kind of changed that around and said we need to take our armed personnel and put them out there and spend time with these folks day in and day out, not only built trust between us and the afghans but it gave them the ability to prg on a daily basis. so the other frustration was the coalition effort. there was a lot of people with great intentions willing to help shared by many different countries. the frustration was many different countries, there's many different ways of doing things. so we would be out there telling the afghans, this is how you conduct police operations, this is how we do police training, this is how you hold your weapon and engage the enemy, and then several weeks later another force would come in and not that it was necessarily wrong, but it was different. so from the afghan perspective, incredibly frustrating to understand where they are going and what they nee

it was a man wearing an afghan security uniform opening fire on coalition forces and afghan forces. neither nato nor the ministry of internal where -- mystery of the interior will confirm numbers. they can confirm the incident has taken place but are not confirming members. one official did confirmed in a several -- they know several nato and afghan forces have been killed and injured. this is the second insider attack in just over a week. on march 8, afghans are wearing security forces uniforms opened fire killing a u.s. contractor. this has been a problem to the past year as the nato forces tried to train afghan forces. it has been effected. we have seen the numbers go down. this is the most devastating in months. >> another insider attack. this particular one conducted the afghan government asked all of u.s. special forces to leave the province. >> two weeks ago, president karzai gave yesterday as the deadline for all u.s. special forces to leave the province. u.s. special forces tend not to be forthcoming in their actions. we understand from some sources that were not necessaril

many, many afghans. it's not very strong. we're placing all of our hopes in the afghan army which we are training at kind of breakneck speed 300,000 afghans, police, army, soldiers, everything. and our hope is that they'll hold this thing together. you know, democracy and all that, we've kind of tossed that out the window. so it really comes down to the afghan army. will they fight, can they fight k they sustain themselves. and for how long are we going to be willing to underwrite them. and you know, to the tune of, you know, billions of dollars a year. how long are we going to be willing to do that because they condition sustain themselves. so we're kind of back to where we were. >> well then i mean was there an alternative in terms of retaliation for giving safe haven to al qaeda, was there an alternative to our response to that? >> i don't think so. but i think for me if you, when was the critical error or the critical misjudgement was iraq. and that took away, the war in iraq in 2003, that took away

it will increasingly be difficult for them to achieve afghans fighting afghans, much harder for them to mobilize support on that basis. and the fact of the matter is, in my 10-year association with this campaign, the country has changed significantly. in terms of technology, you now see 40% of afghans using mobile telephones. up to six million internet users, 45% of eaflings -- afghans now live in urban areas. the transport network is really quite joined up quite sophisticated, highway one is very nearly completed. women's issues are very different now. you see some 2.5 million girls in primary or secondary education. health care is much improved for women. they're able to talk to each other on mobile telephones. and if you look at the economy, it's growing at 9% in g.d.p. terms and i think for all those reasons the insurgency is having to think differently about how it might come back if it ever came back in political patriot terms and i think the feel in pakistan is different too. the sense i get is that they recognize that they've got a shared problem. some of the things that the

afghan officials say the handover is an affirmation of afghan sovereignty. this removes the hurdle to resume talks on the security agreement. it will spell out the role and rights of american forces to remain in afghanistan after 2014 when the new commission in. it is also seen as critical if u.s. troops are to stay beyond the point. an individual is recovering after being wounded in a car bomb attack. the colonel is reportedly in stable condition after having his leg amputated. amateur video shows what activists say is assad's car after the attack. al jazeera cannot independently verify its authenticity. the former commander was heavily involved with opposition fighters in syria. he has crossed into turkey for treatment. syria national coalition president stepped down, he will attend the arab league summit in doha. to the leadadmitted on sunday. it is not clear if he is attending on his own accord or representing the fmc because they have not accepted his resignation yet. our colleague joins us live from the meeting. his us how you think presence will be re

against afghan, afghan against coalition forces. mike taibbi, nbc news, kabul. >>> we'll stay in afghanistan. prior to a meeting with defense secretary chuck hagel, afghanistan president hamid karzai suggested the u.s. was in cahoots with the taliban. defense secretary chuck hagel on his first visit to afghanistan rejected the harsh accusations prior to their meeting in kabul. karzai said that the sworn enemies were actually working together to make afghans fearful of more violence if foreign troops withdraw which is supposed to start next year. the taliban quickly denied those claims. >>> annual war games between the u.s. and south korea have triggered a fresh round of threats from the north. in response to the start of 11 days of military maneuvers, north korea saying it will launch a nuclear attack on the u.s. effectively scrapping the 1953 armistice that ended the korean war. so far pyongyang has reportedly cut off a red cross hotline with the south. the allies say the drills and joint exercises are defensive in nature, and they

afghan forces are already in charge of security for more than 85% of the afghan people. this shift to an afghan security lead is exemplified by the statistic that in 2012, afghan forces for the first time suffered more casualties in coalition forces. these forces are stepping up. coalition forces are shifting to a support role. deploying security forces teams to advise and assist units throughout the end of 2014. the mission ends. casualties are down. during the one-month stretch from mid-january to mid february of this year, forces suffered no fatalities. it seems the bad news out of afghanistan is splashed across the headlines while good news barely makes a ripple. a report found only one of 23 afghan brigades is rated independent very yet when senator reid and i visited afghanistan in january a

afghan, that h to come from the afghan side. >> the big question now is how big of a u.s. force will stay behind past 2014. >> our recommendations were 13,600 u.s. forces. >> a fox news poll: 46% want to pull out troops while 48% want some troops to stay behind. getting nearly $10 billion of u.s. taxpayers this year alone, they found 66% of americans oppose more american aid. only 32% support more. which is why the white house is decidedly noncommittal. >> is subject to negotiation. the president will work on that. >> work with the president's karzai who is not great for more than 2000 americans have lost their lives in afghanistan. meanwhile officials say the secretary heard yesterday's bombing but was in a safe location. lori. lori: ed hen, thank you. joining me now, former operative and head of the tracking unit. welcome to you. why would he suggest something as ridiculous as the u.s. colluding with the taliban? >> i think he is in a tough place. he has no power in afghanistan. when we leave, he will have an awful lot of problems with his allies, the rthern alliance. he

two afghan secretary of defense. shortly after that, another bombing in eastern province killing eight children while karzai turned all this around on america. while the charg recharging the s killing afghan citizens in the service of america. >> america is safe but the taliban are not their enemy and they are not fighting the taliban. in the name of the taliban they are abusing our people. >> hagel canceled a conference with karzai and made it clear in private talks the allegations were ridiculous, they can only push so hard. >> the fact is any prospect for peace or political settlement, that has to be led by the afgh afghan, that has to come from the afghan side. >> the big question now is how big of a u.s. force will stay behind past 2014. >> our recommendations were 13,600 u.s. forces. >> a fox news poll: 46% want to pull out troops while 48% want some troops to stay behind. getting nearly $10 billion of u.s. taxpayers this year alone, they found 66% of americans oppose more american aid. only 32% support more. w

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>> the perception of the afghans is anywhere the americans obtain afghan prisoners there's been abusee are lots of people on the ground in afghanistan that have said that other than killing people innocent people, that our prison network the way it's abused prisoners putting people in prison with new due process has turned the population to the taliban against the united states. it's a little unclear in terms of detail. certainly the bulk of the prison network is turned over to afghan control. that is good news. there seems to be some retention of plus nurse probably foreign prisoners under u.s. control, as well as a deal, a sort of informal deal between the american-afghan government and military that certain prisoners that the americans consider particularly dangerous won't be reds even if there's to way to convict them in a court. that had been the dispute between the government ironically is that the afghans were insisting on due process the americans didn't want that. it seems there is an informal deal in government at least with some of these that concern the americans. >> "the

a gunman wearing an afghan security forces uniform opening fire on a group of nato and afghan service members. ten other u.s. service members wounded in that attack. our nic payton walsh following the story for us from beirut. nic, just in the last little while we've heard the green berets were perhaps involved in the attack. tell us about that. >> reporter: we are getting more details around this attack. green berets involved, not clear if they are amongst the dead or injured. this is at a joint base which they were using along it seems with other u.s. type of troop and afghan soldiers and perhaps police as well. we understand from afghan officials that this one shooter, not clear if he actually was afghan security forces or not, he left on the back on the back of a truck and used a heavy machine gun to make this particular attack as you say left ten americans injured and two dead. this at a joint patrol base in the area known as wardak which is sort of southwest of the capital kabul, a vital area. most important of the timing here. this is on a day in which president karzai asked to

for not adequately supporting afghan forces and two weeks after that he says the real source of afghanbility isn't the taliban, it's the united states. >> part of the insecurities coming to us from the structures that nato and america created in afghanistan. the private security firms. the contractors that they promoted at the cost of afghan people. and the way they behaved with the afghan people and anger that has cause afghan people and that resulted in insecurity. >> comments like that led to growing frustration inside this country. he wrote this week i'm sick and tired of karzai's baloney, his family's corruption, the corruption of the afghan political and political and economic elite, the waste the thievery have proven to be far better an exploiting their fellows. we put together this segment to get you in here to explain further your comments make me think that you believe that's it. united states ought to just say, you know what, wash our hands. walk away. >> first off, i'm glad you're doing this because the media, congress, white house, secretary hagel, they paid almost no atte

if we needed to build new ones, we certainly did, but we always made sure the afghans understood they had the ultimate responsibility of maintaining this once we leave. finally, girls in school. as i mentioned, literacy rate was 20 percent. that was country-wide. in southwest afghanistan that literacy rate was women was 8 percent. so you have to work very hard to get an 8 percent literacy rate for women, which means you actually have to stop and implement policies to make sure that women actually couldn't partake in any learning, any health systems, anything that would contribute to their growth. so girls in school, big focus area. we wanted to reverse the effects of the state of women and girls in afghanistan. so once the security foot hold was gained in southwest afghanistan by the marines in 2010 and 2011 and they continued to conduct operations as i'm speaking, we began to build capacity at every level to ensure the afghans are ultimately able to take the helm of their own destiny and they have the capacity to run this system. we instituted assessments for growth in schools, we cr

it is an affirmation of afghan sovereignty, afghans say. security agreement will spell out the role of american forces that stay in afghanistan after 2014 when the nato mission ends. it is also seen as critical of if u.s. troops are to stay beyond that point. jennifer glass, al jazeera. isthe chinese leader continuing his foreign tour with a visit to africa. sunday and signed agreements on trade, culture, and development. his trip will also see him visit south africa and the republic of congo. killed in have been violence in the central city of me and mark. a curfew has failed to stem the unrest in the country this year. fighting between muslims and buddhists has spread to different villages. at least 100 people have been displaced. the u.n. costs top envoy to burma said the government must punish those behind the attacks. ofsifting through the ashes violence that had been concentrated on the west coast, now spread to the heartland of myanmar. perpetrated this violence, it is important that they be caught and punished. >> this is the first

forces and with afghan officials. but he never got to the scheduled joint press conference with afghan president hamid karzai. it was cancelled. the afghan said the americans pulled the plug. the pentagon said there were security concerns. further muddying hagel's visit, karzai accused the united states and the taliban of holding daily talks and having a mutual interest in destabilizing afghanistan. as an example, he cited yesterday's suicide bombings that killed 19 people. he said they're trying to frighten us into thinking that if the foreigners are not in afghanistan we would be facing these sort of incidents. the defense secretary and karzai eventually met behind closed doors. hagel told karzai there are no talks. >> i told the president it was not true. that the united states was unilaterally works with the taliban in trying to negotiate anything. >> reporter: it has been a trip with little good to be said about u.s. afghan relations as both nations try to unwind america's role here. yesterday the final handover

and afghan forces are already in charge of security for more than 85% of the afghan people. this shift to an afghan security lead is exemplified by the statistic that in 2012 afghan forces for the first time suffered more casualties than coalition forces, as afghan security forces are stepping up, coalition forces are shifting to a support role. deploying security force assistance teams to advise and assist afghan units throughout the end of 2014, when the mission ends. casualties are down. and during a one-month stretch from mid january to mid february of this year, forces suffered no fatalities. but it seems the bad news out of afghanistan is splashed across the headlines while good news barely makes a ripple. the press gave wide coverage in december to the defense department report that found only one of 23 afghan brigades was rated as independent. yet when senator reid and i visited afghanistan in january and talked to our regional commanders, we learned that afghan forces in the volatile and critical east region have been successfully conducting over 85% of the operatio

and afghans. he might have been humiliated by fact he thought he could deliver and it turned out he can't get back the sovereignty he promised his people. so that may be an explanation. it should be the lot irrationality of somewhat irrationm leader. >> bret: this comes as two more american seasonals were killed by someone dressed in afghanistan military uniform. thoughts? >> obviously, american soldiers continue to make a huge sacrifice. the people made a huge sacrifice financially, as well as in blood. karzai looks to me like a guy who is flailing around. i think part of this has to do with the fact that the u.s. wants to be sure that as we pull away, that the taliban is not there as a threat to establishment of afghan government. he now somehow in his mind perceives it as independent association between the taliban and the united states that is a threat to him. that excluded him. therefore he sees the u.s. as colluding with the taliban. so all i can conclude from this is this is an insecure lea

forces and with afghan officials. but he never got to the scheduled joint press conference with afghan president hamid karzai. it was canceled. the afghan said the americans pulled the plug. the pentagon said there were security concerns. further muddying hagel's visit, hamid accused the united states and hagel from holding talks. as an example, he cited saturday's suicide bombings that killed 19 people. he said they're trying to frighten us into thinking that if the foreigners are not in afghanistan, we would be facing these sort of incidents. the defense secretary and karzai eventually met behind closed doors. hagel told karzai there are no talks. >> i told the president that it was not true that the united states was unilaterally working with the taliban in trying to negotiate anything. >> reporter: it has been a trip with little good to be said about u.s./afghan relations as both nations try to unwind america's role here. on saturday the final handover of prisoners was canceled in an argument over karzai's desire

the bizarre accusations from afghan president hamid karzai that the u.s. and the taliban, he says, are working together. there's a cancelled news conference between the president and defense secretary chuck hagel in kabul, authorities claiming security concerns, but it all comes on the heels of shocking comments by the afghan leader. karzai who has a history of controversial remarks now claims the u.s. working with the taliban in his view to prove that international forces will still be needed to keep the peace in afghanistan. it's an allegation that u.s. officials this morning are fiercely denying. good morning on this sunday morning. welcome to america's news headquarters. i'm eric shawn. >> i'm jamie colby. it will be a great morning here. great to see you. >> you, too, jamie. >> president karzai claims yesterday's deadly homicide bombing, well, that is prove u.s. forces are working with terrorists to convince civilians that violence will increase when troops leave. that's scheduled to happen next year, of course, and peter doocy is following this live

and whether the afghan forces will be ready this spring to assume the lead in protecting the afghan people. [no audio] >> last month, fresno announced plans for withdrawing -- president obama announced plans of withdrawing troops from afghanistan. as important as the size of the cuts in u.s. troop levels over the coming year is, the pace of those reductions is also important. the president has previously stated cuts in u.s. forces would continue at a steady pace after the recovery of the u.s. surge force at the end of last summer. it is now being reported the bulk of their of -- the withdrawal is likely to occur next winter after the 20 13 fighting season. we need to understand with the pace of u.s. troop withdrawal will look like and how it fits with the overall transition strategy. looking ahead, challenges in afghanistan remain. fundamental to the country stability will be a demonstrated commitment by the united states and international community to an enduring relationship with afghanistan. i am encouraged by reports that nato defense ministers recently reconsidered plans to cut afghan

and afghan forces working side by side. what's the relationship like? >> reporter: scott, things seem a lot more relaxed than they did a few months ago. we joined them on a joint mission, there is a lot of interaction between the american and afghan forces and they did have guardian angels, these are u.s. military personnel whose specific job it is to keep an eye over u.s. forces as they conduct their business. they're armed and keeping watch over the u.s. forces as they engage with afghan forces. >> pelley: charlie, the new u.s. defense secretary chuck hagel was just in afghanistan over these last few days and it was a rough trip for him. >> yes, scott. aside from a couple bombings-- one not far from where he was here in kabul-- there were political crises involved as well. at one point hamid karzai suggested that the united states and the taliban were colluded to destabilize afghanistan and one key element we're expecting a joint press conference between those two men, that never happened and it sort of underlines the tensions involved between the u.s

we want that country to be run by the us for the afghans with an afghan army and police force to provide security in that stability . but it may not take the form that either david cameron speaking there are many others wanted or even expected the taliban hinting it may form a political party and even contest the upcoming presidential elections and by a like ounce it does have a solid chance at the ballot this map shows you the regions that are either poised for a taliban comeback or have areas that are already heavily under their control according to data from the carnegie endowment let's get more on the taliban chances now at the ballot box with former afghan m.p. and political analyst daoud sultanzoy thank you very much for joining us here on our t.v. so you know how fragmented the political landscape of afghanistan is what do you make of the taliban's chances in the voting booth. it's a very interesting situation it's not afghanistan is not the afghanistan of the one thousand nine hundred ninety one nine hundred ninety s. and a lot has changed but at the same time we lost some opport

and afghan special forces and opened fire.s a furious exchange of gun fire after that in which the gunmen himself was killed but not before two u.s. service members and three afghan special forces soldiers were themselves killed. many others wounded. some grievously, we were told. this is the third violent incident in the last three days. at this time when as everybody has been pointing out, the afghans are getting ready to assume control of security for their entire country. that is the year before the entire troop withdrawal. but those troops, those coalition troops including the u.s.-led troops will assume a more defensive and consulting posture after the afghans take control in a few weeks. so very, very bad timing. and karzai's comments are hard to explain, as you heard from jay carney. and as was said here by the general and some others. a categorical denial that they're working in concert. the general said we've said too much blood in the past 12 years to think that violence and instability can be to our advantage at al

i can tell you the commandos do a good job, afghan forces do good and afghan army and afghan police give. it's not going to work. >> shep: robert, thanks as always. now to the olympic blade runner, oscar pistorius, he is fighting to get his pass portal back. his lawyers said he should be allowed to leave south africa. i don't know if you have been keeping up but headlines he may be suicidal. new maps redefining who lives in a good zone and could force thousands of homeowners to pay big buck foz are flood insurance insurance those homeowners will most likely never need. that is coming up on the top of the news live tonight from rome on studio "b." what's next? he's going to apply testosterone to his underarm. axiron, the only underarm treatment for low t, can restore testosterone levels back to normal in most men. axiron is not for use in women or anyone younger than 18. axiron can transfer to others through direct contact. women, especially those who are or who may become pregnant, and children should avoid contact where axiron is applied as unexpected signs of puberty in children or cha

the afghan campaign is on track. it is obviously a combination of progress and violence but i would say when it comes down to the ansf, the afghan national security forces, they are proving themselves capable. obviously; when we were looking at the drawdown numbers, there was a certain amount of forecasting that the afghan forces would be capable. let me give you some statistics to take this beyond simply my evaluation. since the first of january we have lost four of our troops killed in action. in the same period, the afghan security forces had 198 killed. there can no longer be any doubt, it's not opinion, the after begans are doing the bulk of the fighting and they are doing it with our support. as a result, i need to go back and rook at statistics to see how we are evaluating forces that are proving themselves in combat when we're saying only one is capable of independent operations with our advisors. i think we may have to look at how we're measuring them since they're measuring themselves against the enemy and

and afghan troops. assured them while there was still a war on, the transition is going forward to afghan control as it should but he was supposed to at the end have a joint press conference with president karzai. that fell apart following the critical remarks that karzai made about the u.s. and the taliban working in concert, together, in a way marginalizing karzai's administration, that they were negotiating on a daily basis and they were encouraging the attacks to ensure coalition forces will remain here beyond the 2014 end date for combat operations in afghanistan. so it's very difficult, karzai still making statements that are seen to be belligerent and aggressive toward the united states. the main benefactor and protector for almost 12 years at this point. and the u.s. still saying we're going to stick to the schedule. we were told that again this morning in a briefing, that control for security in this country will transfer to the afghans completely within a few weeks, by spring was the exact wor

president karzai wants that passover to the afghan authorities. comment that karzai made on sunday said that he believed the u.s. and taliban have been having secret talks behind his back. the u.s. and the taliban refuse that this is true. the deadline has now come where as president karzai said that the forces to leave the province after claimed they should -- have been abusing and torturing people in that province. chuck hagel was something very much to persuade them that there is little they can say. security is a major issue. the taliban has handed over footage to al jazeera on this very deadline showing just how much they can move around with impunity to launch their suicide attacks and how much detailed preparation goes into the attacks. >> the target, at a local governor's office and a nato area. the preparation is meticulous. this shows the tools that the television are using to orchestrate their -- talbian are using to orchestrate their campaign. >> it'll have a checkpoint. >> the suicide attack killed five people and injured 80. it was f

as they try to build and then we teach the afghans to help themselves. and i think that's where we're going to see our success down the road. thank you. (applause). >> thank you, barry, now it's lieutenant commander serrano and captain napalitano >> good morning, everyone, i'm pleased to be here today to tell you about an exercise we conducted this past summer in hawaii as part of rim of pacific exercise which involved 22 participating nations and this offered us a venue to be able to conduct a humanitarian and disaster relief exercise with all the different partners that we had together and collaborating with this exercise, this offered a perfect opportunity for us to introduce the military capabilities and interaction in exchange with our civil military partners as well. the exercise was located on oh oahu we had used that island as a fictitious island of chianti where we wanted to do a humanitarian response but it also provided us an avenue for the state-wide partners, the civil hawaiian partners, to be able to exercise their exercise as well. this ex

>> the afghan president considers talks with the taliban, laying groundwork on a visit. hello, you are watching al- jazeera live. also on the program, calling on canyons to unite after a narrow win in presidential polls. question from prosecutors for making fun of president morsi. celebrating easter, polk france's leads an open air mass. we will be there, live. be afghanistan president, hamid karzai, has been meeting as a part of ongoing peace talks with the taliban. the group is expected to open an office in the capital, which could be used as a base for future negotiations. next year is a big year for hamid karzai. international troops are due to leave afghanistan by the end of 2014. it will also be the end of his presidency. hamid karzai has already served the maximum two terms. the question now is whether the afghan army is ready to secure the country under new leadership. he has been laying the groundwork by opening a dialogue with the taliban and noticeably more critical of his close ally, the united states. travel to talk to representatives of the taliban is quite

the afghan government has undermined itself by succumbing to its own conspiracy theory. i think the afghan government will have to, whether they meet the leadership or not, just opening the office creates a new chapter in which the taliban have to behave differently. reduced to a degree where the government has lost its traction, and even the smallest achievement by this government will mean a lot. this government does not seem to be capable even of smaller achievements. sorry to say that. >> the leader of the world catholics, pope francis has called for peace in syria. 250,000 people turned out we have more from vatican city. latin]aking >> it is from the same balcony where people first saw him that he gave his easter speech. christ is our peace, and through him, we have peace for the whole world, peace for the middle east and between the israelis and palestinians, who touggle to find the road agreement. this has lasted all too long. every act of violence may end, and above all, in syria, for its people, torn by conflict, and for the many refugees. >> the pope also talk

operations conducted unilaterally by afghan forces. fewer afghan civilians fell victim to insurgent violence in 2012 and over a four-week period earlier this year, no u.s. or coalition troops were killed in action. afghan forces certainly require our support in logistics and transportation and intelligence and other areas but they are clearly capable of carrying the fight to the taliban and are doing so effectively. now that is precisely the mission that i have been recommending that we pursue for years now, enlarging, training and equiping afghan security forces capable of defending their own country. that goal is becoming a reality. in a society that they are defending is better off than what we began and here are some signs of that progress. under taliban rule, roughly 800,000 afghan children were in school and girls were widely denied an education. now, more than eight million students attend afghan schools and more than 40% of them are female. in 2001 afghanistan had 20,000 teachers, all male. today there are 200,000 teachers incl

afghans with an afghan army and police schools to provide that security and that stability. it may not however take the form that either cameron or many others would have wanted or hoped the taliban in ticket may form a political party in contest the upcoming presidential vote by all accounts it does have a solid chance at the ballot this map shows you the regions that either pose for a taliban comeback or have areas already under taliban control seventeen of them in all according to data from the carnegie endowment now earlier i spoke with a former afghan m.p. and political analyst daoud sultanzoy who says that the taliban a must involve if it wants to secure its chances in the country's future. they have to come in spell out their agenda and their their ideology so far has been the old system they want a model out of afghanistan not republic of afghanistan and so far they have not changed that tone and unless they change that the people of afghanistan will not be supporting a taleban that want to reverse things back to to the stone age and we cannot afford that afghanistan

living in peace and stability with the snake we want that country to be run by the afghans fully afghanswith an afghan army and police fools to provide security in that stability but it may not take the form of a david cameron speaking there are many others wanted or even expected the taliban hinting that it may form a political party and contest the upcoming presidential vote and by all accounts it does have a solid chance at the ballot box this map shows you the regions that are either poised for a taliban comeback or have areas already under their control seventeen of them in all according to data from the carnegie endowment earlier i spoke to a former afghan m.p. and political analyst daoud sultanzoy who told me the taliban must evolve to secure its chances at the polls. they have to come in spell out their agenda and their their ideology so far has been the old system they want m.r. out of afghanistan not republic of afghanistan and so far they have not changed that tone and unless they change that the people of afghanistan will not be supporting it fall upon that want to reverse th

troops and three afghan policemen. it's not known if the gunman was an officer or someone dressed as one. this shooting follows a string of insider attacks against coalition and insider forces. karzai claims the u.s. is negotiating the taliban that something hagel flatly denied. >> the fact is any prospect for peace or political settlements that has to be led by the afghans. >> reporter: i did call the defense department a few minutes ago. they tell me the person who deals with any sort of happenings in afghanistan is not in office at this time. but i'll try to get back in touch with them regarding both of the attacks that happened today. live in washington kyla campbell ktvu channel 2 news. >>> time is 5:13. the mexican navy says it freed 104 central immigrants that appeared to be kidnapped by an organized crime group on their way to the u.s.. according to the navy 91 men and 13 women were rescued in the border city of nu avow laredo. >>> california agricultural industry is facing a labor charges. as workers get older

three afghan policemen were also killed in that gun battle. also afghan officials say u.s. troops have and killed two afghan civilians as the truck was approaching an american convoy just outside of kabul. >>> north korea meanwhile has nullified the 1953 armistice which ended fighting in the korean war, that's according to the country's main newspaper. the communist government is upset by last week's united nations vote to impose more sanctions because of north korea's nuclear activities. this comes as south korea and u.s. troops hold their annual military drills which northbound regularly claims are preparations for an invasion. >>> thousands of people who earn the minimum wage in san jose just got a raise. they are making $10 an hour. it's because voters approved the $2 an hour pay hike in november. chuck reed is concerned some businesses won't be able to handle the hike. the mayor is concerned about people who are likely to lose their jobs. >> as the minimum wage goes up, small businesses in particular will make accommodations, some of them will absorb the cost, some wil

an afghan official opened fire this morning, killing two u.s. soldiers in eastern afghanistan. the taliban is claiming responsibility for the attack. although hagel's trip was intended to underscore a responsible transition of forces, his trip highlighted chaos and deep uncertainty as he arrived in, on saturday in kabul, two suicide bombs rocked the country, killing 19. the taliban claimed responsibility for ate tack in a nationally televised speech the next day, afghan president hamid karzai accused the u.s. and the taliban of conspiring together to destabilize the country. saying yesterday's bombings in the name of the taliban were aimed at serving the foreigners and supporting the presence of the foreigners in afghanistan and keeping them in afghanistan by intimidating us. needless to say the turmoil in the region is not the only national security issue on president obama's plate. on friday, the white house went through with its decision to try osama bin laden's son-in-law, abu gaith, on american soil, rather than in a military tribunal in guantanamo. reuniting the debate ov

troops and several afghans died in the attack. it happened shortly after chuck hagel made his first visit to the country as u.s. secretary of defense. while he was there two suicide bombings killed at least 19 people. afghanistan's president hamid karzai also accused the u.s. of working with the taliban to plot the attacks so the afghan people will want american troops to stay and provide security. today the white house categorically denied the charge. >> the last thing we would do is support any kind of violence particularly involving innocent civilians. >> reporter: the white house says it's still planning to bring combat troops home by 2014 and is counting on trained afghan forces to secure the country. karzai has already ordered u.s. special operations forces to leave some areas. that deadline came and went yesterday with u.s. troops still in place. [ indiscernible ] absent partners to discuss the plan. >> reporter: this political tension is building as coalition and afghan leaders work to negotiate a long-term presence for u.