more from our correspondent who joins us from the afghan capital kabul. if you could, just explain to us who this tribal leader was and why was he targeted? >> reporter: he is injured in the attacks, so he is still alive. he is from a very influential tribe, one of the biggest and most influential in afghanistan. he was gathering with a group of people and then when a suicide bomber managed to go in and detonate his charge. he was disguised as a guest in the house of that tribal leader. he is very influential but he also has a fighting force, a tribal militia, if you will, to fight the islamic state in iraq and the levant. he is also group of a wider-- port of a wider group >>> just talk us through what's going on in jalalabad in general. what is the geopolitical issues there? >> reporter: they have a big security problem. the situation there is very volatile. jalalabad is the provincial capital where islamic state in iraq and the levant is gaining ground. it is not very far from pakistan, so that is where i.s.i.l. is located. it is a very, very volatile

joining us live from the afghan capital kabul. what is happening there? >> reporter: what we are hearing from the police at the scene that last night over night the attackers and afghan security forces were quiet. the fighting started again over an hour ago and the special forces could manage to enter that building where the attackers took position and the fighting is still going on. what we know from police also that at least two people were injured in these attacks yesterday evening, one civilian and one security guard >>> are we any clearer to understanding why the indian consulate was the target? >> reporter: it's not first time that indian diplomat were attacked in pakistan. there has always been remarks over the presence of indian consulate in afghanistan. in the previous attahatthaathat here, 58 people were killed. that was in 2008. in 20009, an attack in kabul, in 2013 another one, and 2014 similar in another province. in the previous attack every time, even the taliban claimed responsibility for that attack, but afghan intelligence blame the pakis

we have the latest in the afghan capital, kabul. >> he is a very prominent tribal leader and belongs to a very powerful and influential tribe in eastern afghanistan near the border with pakistan. what's interesting about building tribal leader is that he along with other tribal leaders in the area have called for national uprising against isil. he has a number of fighters, tribal militias, fighting isil in eastern afghanistan. his son also is a member of the provincial council in that area. it's interesting that eastern afghanistan and mainly the province and its capital city of jalalabad is volatile. the government is fighting the taliban and the government fighting isil. you have isil fighting the tab ball, so the security situation is very very volatile. >>ed founder of afghanistan research for policy studies joins us. why is isil making gains in jalalabad? >> isil has been active in jalalabad for the past several months. they first tied to establish their base and consolidated their bases during the summer and fall of last year and now they are entering the operational phase. the

our correspondent joins us from the afghan capital kabul. tell us more about why he might have been the target of this attack. >> reporter: because he is a member of one of the most influential and biggest tribes in afghanistan. he is also fighting i.s.i.l. he has a tribal force, a militia if you will, fighting the islamic state in iraq and the levant in eastern afghanistan. him as well as other tribal leaders have called for national uprising against the islamic state fighters which are gaining ground in eastern afghanistan. it has a strong presence for i.s.i.l. and not far from pakistan. that could be one of the reasons why he is targeted. also another reason that his son is a member of the provincial council which is based in jalalabad. that could be another reason. as i said, he is a very influential tribal leader >>> what clues are emerging about who was behind this attack? >> reporter: until now there hasn't been any claim of responsibility yet. the taliban through its spokesperson said they denied carrying out the attack. what happene

reports are coming of an explosion near the afghan capital kabul. the airport, in particular. the blasts are apparently from a taliban suicide bomber. we are just getting information about and we will keep you up-to-date on it. security forces have been fighting gunmen. the fighters are tried to storm the consulate and then they took over the compound. police reports say one civilian has been wounded so far in this gun battle. a gun fight is ongoing at an indian air force base. it is reported that at least one gunman is still holed up inside the case. seven indian soldiers and six fighters have died in the assault which started on saturday. a magnitude 6.8 earthquake in india has killed at least nine people. the quake struck just north -- near mooen. three people died and dozens more were injured in neighbouring bangladesh. we get the latest from our correspondent. >> reporter: reports are still coming in, but the earthquake struck about 30 kilometers west of the capital. it happened in the middle of the night. people say they were jolted right out of their beds. people runnin

including a 12-year-old boy have been killed in a suicide car bomb attack on a restaurant in the afghan capital kabul15 people were injured. the taliban said they carried out the bombing. the announcement comes after a referendum that approves constitutional changes that allowed him to run for three further terms. he could stay in power until 2034. a blaze broke out in a luxury hotel. shortly before a new year's eve fireworks display. the investigation is expected to focus on the materials used. to cloud the outside of the 63 stories of the downtown hotel. the office of the turkish president has responded to criticism about comments he made citing hitler's germany as an effective exemption -- example of a presidential system. a state official said it was unacceptable to say this was positive. but rather as an example that presidential systems could be misused. he said there was no let up against the pkk. two police officers and a soldier and 12 pkk fighters were killed. in the past 48 hours. an operation currently underway. >> in 2015 the number of terrorists who were neutralized during operations in

this are completed >>> over a dozen people have been injured in a truck bomb attack in the afghan capital kabul. nine children were among those hurt. a check point near the airport was the target. the attack came hours after a taliban suicide bomber blew himself up close to the airport. yemeni government forces have announced a curfew in the so southern city of aden. it comes as the troops celebrated after regaining full control of the port. the army backed by the saudi-led coalition recaptured the area. a plane has been shot down near benghazi. there are reports about what brought it down. it was targeted by fighters from the benghazi council armed group. thousands of syrian refugees are facing harsh winter conditions in lebanon's beqaa valley. snow has begun falling in the region and temperatures have mrumentd. many are at risk in the winter season and are of need of special help. >> translation: we stayed up all night removing snow off the tent. we cleaned snow from the roof so it won't cave in. what shall we do? god help us from this >>> the u.n. special group for human rights has resigned.

joining us live from the afghan capital kabul. >>> now, turkey says an isil member is behind a suicidetack in istanbul that targeted an area popular with tourists. 10 people were killed all of them foreigners. turkey's deputy prime minister says the suicide bomber is believed to have crossed the border from syria. many while, turkish police have carried out a series of early morning raids. officer detained 59 suspects, suspected isil fighters in the provinces o there. sue has more from istanbul. >> reporter: moments after the explosion at the foot object lusk an eerie silence and then the medics arrive. on the ground the bodies of german tourist that his came to marvel. that was before a man wearing a suicide vest approached. one eyewitness said it shook the ground another thought it was thunder ore a clear day. >> translator: it was a suicide bomb, yes. i went there and saw it and came back to the hotel. it was chaos, earn was running around. police didn't see this coming. they were upset, but at the same time, they were trying to evacuate the area because they said a second bomb coul

we have the latest from the afghan capital, kabul. >> the target of the attack was a tribal leader. he had been holding a gathering to celebrate the release of his son from taliban captivity. the suicide bomber walked in as a visitor, then detonated his charge, killing and wounding many people. ambulances rushed to the scene. >> so far, we've received 13 people in today's attack and 14 others wounded. three among those injured are critical, but the doctors areette treating them. >> he survived the attack, but his son did not. the local leader is from a prominent tribe in eastern afghanistan. he has a force fighting islamic state of iraq and the levant. he and other tribal leaders called for what they called a national uprising against isil. jalalabad is the provincial capital of the province in northeast afghanistan, bordering pakistan. isil has made gains there. last week, its followers carried out an attack near the pakistani consulate in which seven members of the security forces were killed. the security situation is volatile. isil is fighting the taliban and both groups are fig

the latest from the afghan capital kabul. >> reporter: a very prominent tribal leader belonging to a very power. and influential tribe in eastern afghanistan near the border with pakistan and what is interesting about him is that he along with other tribal leaders in the area have called for national uprising against i.s.i.l. he has a number of fighters tribal militias, if you will, fighting i.s.i.l. in eastern afghanistan. his son also is a member of the provincial council in that area. what's interesting that eastern afghanistan and the capital city of jalalabad is very volatile. you have the government fighting the taliban on the one hand and the government fighting i.s.i.l. on the other hand. you have i.s.i.l. fighting the taliban in that area. so the security situation is very, very volatile >>> in yemen medical supplies have reached thies for the first time in five months. the aid group doctors without borders managed to get the much needed shipment into the besieged city. yemen's second largest city has seen some of the worst fighting. meanwhile, saudi-led forces have carried

. >>> the taliban says it is behind a deadly explosion in the afghan capital of kabul. flames could be seen this morning in the residential area of the city. a suicide bomber targeted a restaurant that belonged to foreigners. that blast killed one person, wounded 11 others. the taliban has stepped up attacks in afghanistan over the past year after foreign combat forces withdrew from the country. >>> in brussels, investigators have released all six people taken into custody yesterday for suspected extremist attacks. police questioned them about a plot that reportedly was going to target police. soldiers, famous locations in belgium's capital. two other people including the suspected leader are still in custody. the threat forced brussels city officials to call off new year's eve celebrations. >>> we have new information on the new york man arrested for trying to support isis. a rochester bar owner described the suspect as an aggressive panhandler who caused more trouble than good. the fbi says 25-year-old emanuel lushman planned to attack the bar when it was filled with

. >>> explosion has been reported near the airport in the afghan capital of kabul. there are no immediate details on casualties or damage from the blast which occurred in an area close to where a suicide bomber killed one person and wounded 33 during an attack last week. >>> we have breaking news, oregon, state and federal authorities preparing to establish law enforcement command post today to coordinate a response to the tense standoff there as gunmen and defenders of the constitution occupy refuge. the land belongs to local residents, and that the managers are trying to push out the nearby ranchers. ther posted the video on facebook. >> we got good numbers, but there is a lot to do and we will eventually get tired if we do not have help. >> the father and son ranchers are expected to turn themselves in to authorities this morning. their prison sentences have become a flash point for long held anti government sentiment that sent the armed militia members to occupy the refuge. >>> police have their second homicide case of 2016 on their hands. a body was discovered

. >>> the taliban says it is behind a deadly explosion in the afghan capital of kabul. flames could be seen this

afghan city of jalalabad. there was a sooudz attack which left at least four people dead. more from the capital kabul. >> reporter: a statement from the afghan ministry of interior here in kabul said that around 8.50 local time a number of attackers detonated a suicide attack against the police vehicle outside the pakistani consulate in the eastern city of jalalab jalalabad. at least two policemen were killed in the attack. it also went on saying that a number of attackers entered the guest mouse and that the-- house and that the afghan forces in the area cordoned off the area and there is still ongoing fighting. other official sources in jalalabad, in the city of jalalabad, are telling us that at least four people have been killed so far and the fighting is ongoing, heavy clashes going on. jalalabad is a city and the wider province has the presence of islamic state fighters of islamic state in iraq and the levant and so far no-one has claimed responsibility >>> u.s. navy commanders want the return of two vessels and their crews seized by the eye rain navy. -- iranian navy. the spokesman for iran's a

/afghan operation that is going on right now about 400 miles southwest of the capital of kabul and that'sps are locked in a fierce battle against the taliban. let's get right to jim sciutto who's tracking the story. the u.s. has sent in a quick reaction force. what are you learning? >> clearly it's still hot on the ground and has been for several hours. so hot when they attempted to extract the soldier killed in action and two others wounded on the scene, that medevac helicopter initially reports were was hit by mortar fire. as it turns out, as it was landing, its rotor hit a wall, too damaged to take off. another medevac helicopter that came to rescue the wounded was in effect warned away because of fire on the ground. if you're sending in a qrf now, you know there's still a firefight under way. >> what role are u.s. forces playing during this operation and during this raid? >> they say this is part of this very large umbrella that we talk a lot in afghanistan and iraq of advise and assist mission. now, this can encompass any number of things and the definition has been stretched by this

afghan capital, killing at least four people. the incident happened near the russian embassy in kabul.he interior minister says 24 people have been injured in that attack. so far, no one has claimed responsibility. >>> defense ministers from seven members of the coalition against isil are meeting in paris, france and the u.s. jointly hosting the meeting for the country's contributing most to the fight. let's cross over to jacky rowland joining us from paris to talk us through more of that meeting that is going on in paris. what is the order are play going to be? >> we haven't been given many details about the agenda for the talks, except that the seven defense ministers from the seven countries are interested in looking at ways of sell rating and intensifying the fight against isil. that was the way in which they distributed it, so it's a meeting that brings together some countries which are actively involved in carrying out airstrikes, including the united kingdom and france. countries that are contributing logistically, such as germany, which is providing reconnaissance flights and a

world,news around the seven afghan employees of a private television come anywhere killed in a suicide attack in the capital of kabulthey struck a bus carrying 30 employees of the popular television station as they were on their way home in the early evening. it is not clear which group staged the assault. cut the number of asylum cases they accept. capped att would be 37,000 44 years. he called it an emergency solution. the dates relieved by the u.s. and government agencies show 2015 was the hottest year on record by the widest ever margin. the global average was nearly 15 than it wasius more in 2014. scientists say the rise is a combination of the el niÑo weather event and an increase in greenhouse gas emissions. for those of you who feel there is not enough drama in the u.s. presidential campaign, there was good news today. sarah palin is on the campaign trail supporting donald trump. the day after she endorsed the republican front-runner, the former vice presidential nominee fired up crowds with a stump speech. with days before the first votes are cast in iowa, every candidate is looking for an edge. jon sopel h

kabul there were two attacks. we saw a number of attacks in the afghan capital. six american grooms were killed outside the bagram air base, and around the country the taliban have attacks. >> afghanistan is known as the graveyard of empires. what needs to be done for the enormous investment of people and money that the united states has done in trying to stablilize the country, that that doesn't get lost? >> there's a great concern about letting afghanistan slip backward. afghans watch what happened in iraq with concern after u.s. forces left there. and the state basically crumbled. united states invested more than a trillion in afghanistan, and afghanistan lost 2400 lives with thousands more injured in afghanistan. i don't think they want to see those investments go to waste. i don't know what they are going to go. they are supposed to go down to 5,500 u.s. troop numbers by the end of the year. the fighting seen has not officially started. it usually goes from the spring, march, april, may and october. we'll wait and see how fierce the fighting season is before

capital. attempt from last july... back then taliban representatives met face-to-face with the afghan government. but that process came to a halt when kabul announced the taliban's leader had been dead for more than 2 years. the taliban has *not been invited to either of this month's meetings. the taliban has intensified violence in the past year, following the drawdown of international combat troops in 2014. 3 a grisly discovery was made in iraq ... kurdish forces say they found what appears to be a mass grave. skulls... bone fragments... and pieces of clothing were found at the site where a group of yazidi men were thought be killed around august of 20-14. that was right after isis took over the nearby town of sinjar. kurdish forces recaptured sinjar at the end of 20-14 with the support of the us-led air coalition. 3 winter weather is making a difficult journey even tougher for refugees heading to europe. hundreds of migrants and refugees arrived at a temporary camp in in serbia last night. they were battling low temperatures crossed into serbia from macedonia. most of those traveling have left syria in hopes of reaching germany. more t

kabul. the police said that it is only a matter of time before the attacks hit the afghan capital and a threatnot just here in afghanistan. clear,tagon analysis is it says that isis is openly fighting the taliban and to create a safe haven in the mountains in the east of the country. potentially, a second stronghold from which to launch attacks across the world. how serious a threat is i.s. in afghanistan? to answer that, you would need to leave kabul. and i.s. commander has agreed to talk to an afghan colleague. he meets a ragtag bunch of fighters. this man struggles to assemble his ak-47. but they talk the talk. fight to the bitter end, he says. these are disaffected former taliban who now want to fight a global jihad under the black flag of i.s.. the commander says they plan more attacks. moment, we invest in three provinces, but we only fight in one. and the others, we are waiting for orders from our leader. then, we will fight. i.s. is reckoned to have hundreds, not thousands of fighters, but a huge force, and as to bring mayhem and misery. the afghan army has struck back against i.s.. it

kabul airport. there were no injuries as police spotted the vehicle as it approached the checkpoint. blast follows a series of attacks in the afghan capital in last days, at a restaurant popular with foreigners which left two people dead. >>> a three day siege at an indian consulate has now ended. gunmen tried to storm the building in the city of mazir al sharif, coincided with an attack on an indian air force base near the pakistani border. >>> a powerful earthquake in northeastern india and bangladesh has killed 11 people and left hundreds injured. rescue workers are finding it difficult to reach remote areas where people may still be trapped. six people were killed in impal, the capital of manipat state, five people died in bangladesh. the 6.4 earthquake was felt as far away as nepal and myanmar. fez jamil has the story. >> it happened in the middle of the night, people were jolted out of their beds, people were screaming crying, one person we spoke to this morning said a heavy bell at a temple nearby started ringing because of the sheer amount of shaking going on. there hasn't been a report of a lot of damage however the rural parts o

. >> you say the afghan government is doing a better job. maybe in kabul, the capital, they're in control there. if you go outside the capital, there are whole areas in helmand province and elsewhere they're not even visible. >> it's hard to rule, it's hard to get to certain areas. the helmand province is what we're seeing falling apart. getting the government right is very important but being able to have that government project its power outward. you have a lot of afghan soldiers that are fighting bravely. we hear about some on the afghan national police that aren't. but let's get that together. if this falls apart and crumbles, we'll see a redo of syria, iraq and everywhere else. >> the u.s. has been in afghanistan since october of 2001, a month after 9/11. it's been years and years and years. the longest war in u.s. history. a lot of analysts say the u.s. can spend another 15 years there. it really is not going to make any difference because these people will go on fighting each other forever. >> i agree with analysts that say it's not going to make any difference.

kabul airport. there were no injuries as police spotted the vehicle as it approached the checkpoint, causing the attack for detonate the explosives early. the blast follows a serious of attacks in the afghan capital in recent days including a suicide-bombing of a restaurant popular with foreigners, which left two people dead. >>> gunmen have attacked an indian con sue late in northern afghanistan. this tried to storm the building in the city but were stopped by security and overtook a neighboring house. this coincided with an attack on an indian air force base near the pakistani border. efforts to regain control has ended the third day with the indian territory. >> afghan special forces target armed fighters near the indian consulate. the government tried to enter the compound but failed. afghan army commanders said that they're hiding in a house on a nearby street and one civilian has been wounded. >> our special forces and commandos have been deployed in the area and i assure our countrymen that they'll eliminate all insurgents. >> india has long supported afghanistan in its struggles to become a stable democracy. both countries signed a strategic partnership agreement in 2011. since then india

afghan army is a lot weaker than the u.s. nato told everybody they were going to be and having a very tough time holding territory, the capital kabulre. pakistan doing better, but afghanistan suffering as a result, jake. >> nick paton walsh, thanks so much. >>> joining me now former defense secretary robert gates. he's served eight u.s. presidents including most recently as secretary of defense for both presidents barack obama and george w. bush. secretary gates is currently president of the boy scouts of america. secretary gates is out with a new book "a passion for leadership: lessons on change and reform from fifty years of public service." mr. secretary, thanks for joining us. >> thanks for inviting me. >> i want to get your thoughts on this breaking news. obviously this attack in pakistan very troubling. and the taliban in both pakistan and afghanistan seems to be regaining control and power in both pakistan and in major portions of afghanistan. now, army general john campbell says the u.s. should keep the current force level 9,800 u.s. troops there, and delay that reduction -- there's a reduction schedule to 5,500 scheduled f