will ever actually leave afghanistan. to crimes like the upcoming election in afghanistan i'm joined by john glaser in washington he's a contributing editor at antiwar dot com and a columnist for the washington times community section also in washington we have michael kugel and he is an associate at the woodrow wilson international center for scholars and in philadelphia we crossed england in he is a political commentator and a writer or gentlemen cross-talk rosen a fact that means you can jump in anytime you want john the reason if i go to you first and watching with the reason i want to do this program is number one always make the american people and western publics remember what we did in afghanistan that's always a top priority for me and number two looking at the headlines democratic transition this is the first democratic transition in afghanistan and i'll give my opinion about that later but don't you think that the that's the wrong focus here is that actually nothing very good has happened in afghanistan the las

will ever actually leave afghanistan. to cross like the upcoming election in afghanistan i'm joined by john glaser in washington he's a contributing editor at antiwar dot com and a columnist for the washington times community section also in washington we have michael kugel and he is an associate at the woodrow wilson international center for scholars and in philadelphia we crossed england in he is a political commentator and a writer or gentlemen cross-talk rules and a fact that means you can jump in anytime you want john the reason if i go to you first in washington the reason i want to do this program is number one always make the american people and western publics remember what we did in afghanistan that's always a top priority for me and number two looking at the headlines democratic transition this is the first democratic transition in afghanistan and i'll give my opinion about that later but don't you think that the that's the wrong focus here is that actually nothing very good has happened in afghanistan the last

the corollary is you cannot win in afghanistan if you lose in afghanistan.they are linked in that way. this is too often left out of our discussion entirely. one of the reasons to care about afghanistan is because of pakistan. >> and because of pakistan's nuclear weapons. >> yes. >> another question from the audience. he said, why blame our leaders when it is the media that constantly reports on corruption, failure programs, etc.? i would say we both their responsibility. without any question. the media is culpable. there is some good reporting on afghanistan. not nearly enough. there is some terrible reporting on afghanistan. what i would point out here to you is that the journalists writing about this stuff are getting calls from government officials who, by the way, love to leak things when they are the ones doing the leaking. they are very active in going after leakers when they do not like weeks because they -- leaks because they counteract the message. apparently the media does not seem to raise much of an objection about that. there is a lot lacking i

military action in afghanistan. so over the following decade we have seen as a huge drop in support about whether we should have gone there in the first place. i'm going to argue somewhat controversially that i feel the u.s. has said it's going to stop combat operations by is december of 2014i am not clear what that means. it hasn't been announced what it's going to look like if the option hangs over the future u.s. role but i'm going to argue that several major factors should give one pause in exit in afghanistan. first is you wouldn't know by political statement that the first is al qaeda's global leadership today is still located in this region in the afghanistan pakistan region. it has been weakened by the strikes which we have seen with the human rights reports that is a controversial step. but in my view a civil war where a successful taliban led insurgency would almost certainly allow al qaeda back into afghanistan and pakistan. i was just there last month along the border and i will say up front there is sti

the corollary is you cannot win in afghanistan if you lose in afghanistan. they are linked in that way. this is too often left out of our discussion entirely. one of the reasons to care about afghanistan is because of pakistan. >> and because of pakistan's nuclear weapons. >> yes. >> another question from the audience. he said, why blame our leaders when it is the media that constantly reports on corruption, failure programs, etc.? i would say we both their responsibility. without any question. the media is culpable. there is some good reporting on afghanistan. not nearly enough. there is some terrible reporting on afghanistan. what i would point out here to you is that the journalists writing about this stuff are getting calls from government officials who, by the way, love to leak things when they are the ones doing the leaking. they are very active in going after leakers when they do not like weeks because they -- leaks because they counteract the message. apparently the media does not seem to raise much of an objection about that. there is a lot lacking

want troops to remain in afghanistan? >> well, there is a strong feeling here that if we don't have a presence there that it's a question whether the afghan security forces will be able to maintain the kind of posture that's going to enable them to survive beyond our leaving. we are concerned about the possibility here that they may not have the cohesion, and that we can make a great deal of difference in terms of particularly our training with them, monitoring them, mentoring them rather. so this is important. there's one other element here, too. that if we're not there physically, the question is, will our funds be there? because really their ability to have any security force is going to be contingent upon the funds that we and others have promised. we're talking about something in excessive of $4 billion. >> that's a lot of money. >> yes. omar, mr. ambassador, when president karzai called this loya jirga, he could, i suppose, go directly to the afghan parliament. why going to the loya jirga, and why on this issue of j

we have been in afghanistan. we have made an enormous effort in afghanistan. have made and in norma's amount of progress. getting afterce our enemies. this is taking it to al qaeda and allies. they are doing that increasingly. in they will not be ready 2014 to take over that responsibility without american assistance, because they were not designed for that role, anymore than iraqi security forces were designed to be ready to take over responsibility. >> domestic political deadlines? was a negotiated deadline with the iraqis that originated with us. in the case of afghanistan, it also originated with us, but has become an international deadline the afghans hold us to. but they are arbitrary deadlines, and were tied to the situation on the ground. iraq, recognizing how painful it topic it is. just because something is painful does not mean we should talk about whether it is important. talking about the path to zero, the model is iraq. iraq worked out pretty well. there is no reason we should not do that in afghanistan. iraq is a catastrophe, which has gone unre

dealing with contracts in afghanistan. i would say, first and foremost not just to the afghan people, can we look the american people in the eye and say we have reached a point in afghanistan where the american homeland is safe, for now, and in the foreseeable future? , as i have evidence spoken to operators on the ground from the region last month, suggests no, not at all. there are foreign fighters continuing to come into camps in the region. there is still active plotting. the leader of this organization is still headquartered in this area. this organization is not bad by any means. >> or decimated. >> or decimated. it is not on the verge of strategic defeat, as some would argue. >> i will come back to you. >> on the contrary, if you look at any portrayal of where all qaeda is today globally, it has a much larger footprint and a much more advanced organization than it did in 2001. also than it did in 2009. it is absolutely unjustifiable to talk about this organization as having been decimated. i want to follow-up on the

afghanistan, pakistan region. it has been weakened by drone strikes which we have seen this week with the human rights watch report and other reports that controversial step, it has been weekend. but in my view, a civil war or a successful taliban led insurgency would almost certainly allow al qaeda back into afghanistan and pakistan, more than it is today. i was just there last month along the border and will say up front there is still a presence of terrorists, including al qaeda fighters along the afghanistan-pakistan border. virtually everyone i spoke to that's involved in targeting them, people that i've worked with in the past have said they will be there, after 2014. they may be there in larger numbers. so point number one is the global leadership is still there, and there are a number of sunni jihadists groups in this region that are not going away. some of them including the to ricci taliban pakistan put in issue the in times square to another fighting in afghanistan conducted a major terrorist attack in

how did you end up in afghanistan? especially under these terrible circumstances that that country has been going through? >> it was introduced by icener and topps' ceo to engage and exciting young afghan is with league. >> how do you see this working from a business standpoint? you really only have 96 players right now. how much of a market do you expect to find in afghanistan for these trading cards? >> well, when you look at the passion for the sport and the youngsters, there is enormous a lot of potential. soccer players all over the world real aspirational characters for children who collect topps products and can provide positive role modelses for those children and, perhaps, influence some of the choices they make in their life, whether that's not doing drugs or studying more at school. we are hoping that by taking and raising the awareness, we might be able to help in some of those very worthwhile areas. >> is this almost a pro bono thing for topps? because the cards are $0.35. that's cheap by american standard

on afghanistan. but what i would point out here to you, edward joseph, is that the journalists that are writing a lot of this stuff are getting calls from government officials who, by the way, love to leak things when they're the ones doing the leaking but are very active in going after leakers when they don't like the leaks, because they counteract the message of the administration. and we apparently like going after journalists for leaks these days too and, apparently, the media doesn't seem to raise much of an objection about that either. so there's a lot lacking in the media, i take full responsibility for that. i would say to you, though, i did a piece, you know, not this season, last season about the return of al-qaeda in afghanistan, and the significance of what they were doing and how, you know, for example after bin laden was killed the announcement that came for his replacement came out of kunar which was then the de facto headquarters of al-qaeda if in afghanistan. i mean, the evidence is

as we turn now to afghanistan.t week marks the 12th anniversary of the beginning of what has become the longest war in u.s. history. week, defense secretary chuck hagel said the united states is seeking to sign an accord with the afghan government to keep u.s. troops in the country for the indefinite future. the united states plans to pull out the bulk of its 57,000 troops in afghanistan by the end of 2014, but the pentagon wants to retain a smaller force of around 10,000 forces after 2014. addition, the united states wants to maintain the right to run unilateral counterterrorism operations in afghanistan after 2014. to discuss the situation in afghanistan, we are joined by the activist and former afghan member of parliament, malalai joya. in 2010, "time" magazine named her one of the most 100 most influential people in the world. she is author of the book, "a woman among warlords: the extraordinary story of an afghan who dared to raise her voice." she will be joining us in a moment. first, let's go to the film "en

the hacking for the program newsnight. >> afghanistan has come a long way. the afghans argue with americans about a bilateral security agreement. continues to be an ally one day and an opponent the next. >> no doubt that the country has come a long way. why do the americans and president obama call you when unreliable partner? because when they want us to go along, we don't go along. when they want us to keep silent when civilians are killed, we cannot. >> was your relationship with president bush better than obama? the strategy. is >> those beginning years, there was not much difference of opinion between us. in 2005, when we saw the first incidents of civilian casualties. saw it was not conducted where it should have been. rather than that, the u.s. and nato forces were conducting operations. you explain the experience? it was one that caused a lot of suffering. i am not happy to say that there is partial security. what we wanted was absolute security. >> are you talking about yourself? >> we have a whole system engaged in directions to bring stability to

the hacking for the program newsnight. >> afghanistan has come a long way. the afghans argue with americans about a bilateral security agreement. continues to be an ally one day and an opponent the next. >> no doubt that the country has come a long way. why do the americans and president obama call you when unreliable partner? because when they want us to go along, we don't go along. when they want us to keep silent when civilians are killed, we cannot. >> was your relationship with president bush better than obama? the strategy. is >> those beginning years, there was not much difference of opinion between us. in 2005, when we saw the first incidents of civilian casualties. saw it was not conducted whe it should have been. rather than that, the u.s. and nato forces were conducting operations. you explain the experience? it was one that caused a lot of suffering. i am not happy to say that there is partial security. what we wanted was absolute security. >> are you talking about yourself? >> we have a whole system engaged in directions to bring stability to af

they came from the heartland of afghanistan.ow they are prince plea low -- principally located in pakistan. if america is going to continue the war against terrorism, it needs a lily pad. if needs some type of military forward station that is plopped in the middle of the enemy's heartland. you can launch rates from the sea as we saw somalia, but if you will strike at the enemy's heartland and knock him off balance and keep him from restarting his training camps and prevent his structure from coming back, as a minimum the united states needs to maintain the ability to do drone strikes, to do targeted raids and to do strategic intelligence gathering both human intelligence and electronic intelligence and you can't do that from the ocean 1100 miles away. if we were to pull everybody outcome pleatly and no american presence there. the way it is in iraq, what do you think would happen to the government of hamid karzai or the government that is going to follow him immediately. >> two things. number one, his source of finance will dry

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frankly, i'm not sure that afghanistan was the better choice between iraq and afghanistan to have a basee strategic place for the u.s. troops to be. it would have been a better place to have troops and, you know, frankly than we wouldn't have to negotiate with the afghans. we could just say we've got a base in iraq. since those negotiations failed, we have an obama administration that really viewed both iraq and afghanistan as a political tool. president obama just sent all troops home and he's not really thinking about the global war on terrorism. that is going to bacome back to haunt us later. we've seen in north africa what happens when the u.s. looks the other way. so we absolutely need to make sure that the sacrifices we've made in afghanistan mean that we get a base there. >> rick, thanks. you're so right about what happened in iraq. we appreciate your comments. thank you. >>> well, brigadier general pete dawkins is a decorated soldier, a heisman trophy win, rhodes schooler and graduate of the united states military academy. now he has a room that's dedicated to him at the histos c

>> we have a whole system engaged in directions to bring stability to afghanistan. with the afghan government, we can point the taliban to a government job. people,afghan appointing them to elections. like all afghans, they are looking for a place to be like all of afghans. lost, they just want to be part of government? they will not affect the taliban anymore. grabs? is up for >> they must come and talk to us. people to amend the constitution. the bilateral agreement defines the u.s. and afghanistan's relationship. is that something that worries you? of course they can live. the agreement has to suit afghanistan's interest and purpose. , we willsn't suit us go separate ways. that is very clear. >> some people say that your legacy has been tainted. is that the legacy you want to leave behind? >> it is ineffective. we have just begun. but the hundreds of millions of dollars of corruption, everybody knows that. contracts, the blind contracts. to buyhrown around afghan officials. policies and designs that they will not agree to. >> there is not a single living -- are y

military in afghanistan that they want to return and if we move from united states they will defend afghanistan from an attack. of al-qaeda from pakistan and the u.s. since it has absolutely no policy for this area is conflict in once the troops in there they don't want to make this deal in which in fact the us who think we shouldn't be in afghanistan at all so this think it's going to go. so after the withdrawal in effect isn't caused by saying that he well he won't be in office then but the country won't be capable of keeping its own country secure. oh course that's the case look after we have been in afghanistan for no good reason for eleven years this was bush and the neo cons who felt they had chosen racial fact callahans nine hundred forty three without qaeda after nine eleven occur so it's been a farce and we've left the country in no better shape there's no policy for the future of afghanistan or any development policy on the chinese there's a total different approach the current president sees him painting has put forth in numerous. princes in asia a silk road of development from china

afghanistan right now there's a withdrawal scheduled twenty four thousand by the u.s. but who can be sure that afghanistan won't play into the daily deadly violence happening post-war iraq right now. well nobody can be sure of that there's plenty of deadly violence going on now there are double the number of u.s. troops in afghanistan now than there were when george bush was in power and the civilian death toll has actually been higher in two thousand and twelve than any other year of the us occupation so this is already the direction things are going the us has said and supported the taleban by creating such disasters around the country. killings of people in large groups the continual bombing of wedding parties the night raids the use of white phosphorus this has created justifiably a population which is very much against the occupation and in some senses has been one to support the taleban which many people never supported before this all started so you have three forces you have the talabani you have the warlords that have been supported in the past by russia and t

also danger in afghanistan. >> let's get to afghanistan. >> and then iran.the withdrawal of the united states from that part of the world has been significantly diminished our capacity. >> all right. in afghanistan, you have a corrupt leader karzai. would you aseed -- accede that. >> corrupt in the eye of the beholder. no, in afghanistan nearly everybody has got. >> in your eye karzai corrupt? >> in my eye karzai was a guy who was there when we needed him. >> all right. but is he corrupt. i understand you have go to deal with bad guys all the time. >> i don't want to pass judgment and say he is corrupt. >> you are not going to come after me if say that will you. >> no. i will give you as pavment. >> now, it looks to me and correct me if i am wrong, that once the united states pulls most of our people out and we may pull them all out like we did in iraq because karzai is not cooperating on a the love different fronts, taliban with al qaeda's help is going to come in and make that country a press. >> issue of the economists two or three weeks agnew feyes failu

are not getting their death benefits is truly gut-wrenching. 12 years of war in afghanistan, far fromf furloughs and fighting in washington, these troops have the most dangerous job in government. collins was on patrol when he was killed. he was only 19 years old. >> it is hard knowing i won't get the phone call, and he is like i love you mom. >> reporter: in milwaukee, as mother, shannon grieves her loss, she and other families of service members killed since october first will not get their death benefits, $136,000 usually paid within hours of the death, to cover funeral costs or the return of their loved one's flag-draped coffins. >> while that may not be urgent for some, it is urgent for me. the sacrifices that our kids are making at the age they're making them, i can't understand how this will be a benefit that is with held, i don't understand it. >> reporter: in kandahar province, sergeant patrick hawkins from pennsylvania, on his fourth deployment to afghanistan, a decorated army ranger killed while trying to help a wounded ranger. jennifer marino, also 25, a nurse from san die

near pakistan's border with afghanistan. unfortunately, drones can mistakenly kill pakistani civilians as happened in pakistan's area. drone strikes are highly unpopular, even hateful to pakistan's public. questions and sharply criticized the u.s. on their legality. the prime minister emphasized the horror. >> i also brought up the issue of drones in our meeting. emphasizing the need for an end to such strikes. >> despite its rough spots, the u.s. needs pakistan and 15 months, u.s. combat troops will exit afghanistan and the shortest route out is through pakistan to a sea port for troop transfer and pakistan needs the u.s. notably u.s. aid, $1.6 billion in aid, which by the way, was released contemporaneously with his visit. in u.s. aid dispursements, pakistan is the fourth largest recipient. preceded only by afghanistan, israel, and iraq. >> question, is pakistan prime minister determined to turn over a new leaf when it comes to the drone attacks? taylor. >> the answer is no, john. what is happening here is very complicated

leaving the drug disaster behind as nato troops prepare to bid farewell to afghanistan we look at how the drug industry in the country during the day with afghan made heroin spreading far across the globe. or now to the israeli prime minister being in america a mission according to him to persuade obama not to trust iran on a meeting with the president netanyahu urged him not to lift the crippling sanctions against the country at least prematurely is visited by the thaw in relations between washington and tehran as the leaders of both nations made their first steps to long awaited talks and a possible nuclear disarmament settlement were an important i reports. he will be the last speaker wrapping up the united nations general assembly debate but israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu will likely not offer the same harmonious tone heard last week from iraq's president scheduled to address the world body this afternoon who is expected to argue that israel and the world at large should continue to be on guard against tehran's nuclear program even insisting that the international sanct

we target afghanistan because that was where the energy. led by one man but. with. thousands of followers and many of those being were hardened. veterans who were in afghanistan against russia and incidents such as the attack against two u.s. embassies in africa. that was that was the place from which. the attack against the united states and emanated. must be again i believe the appropriate target of our attack but there was no relationship between iraq and the attack against the united states on nine eleven turned out to be no weapons of mass destruction no justification for our hour of diverting attention from afghanistan where the real war was being waged to iraq where it war under false pretenses was about start center the cia maintains that you were briefed in two thousand and two about waterboarding and other enhanced interrogation techniques used by the bush administration on terrorism suspects. why didn't you speak up at the time about this issue. and i'm smiling because i was asked that exact question within the hour . our conversation. i'm holding up a no

will ever actually leave afghanistan. with the world's largest borrower just days now from defaulting on its debt international lenders begin to panic about the consequences of america's failing to reopen its frozen government. i. heard there in the south of moscow that leads to violent riots with hundreds arrested after angry mobs chanting anti migrant slogans storm a shopping center and clash with police. to syria's key opposition group bails on russia u.s. brokered peace talks we look at how the lengthy conflict devastated once prosperous cities and forced people to take up arms. for good morning from moscow it's telling them you know monday morning when i was kevin zero in this is our top story that in just three days the u.s. will be forced to make a decision that will affect the entire global economy if lawmakers don't find a way to reopen the frozen government and then agree to raise the national debt ceiling america will default on its debts and if that happens the shock could be felt well beyond its own borders a

troops in afghanistan. before he left president karzai said he would defer the issue to the council of elders. the issue of jurisdiction is one such issue that is beyond the authority of the afghan government. and it's only and entirely up to the afghan people to decide upon through two americ mechanisms os the traditional laws of afghanistan and the second is the constitutional mechanism which is the afghan pivment. parliament. >> the question of jurisdictions is it an appropriate one for them to submit. and we have high fen confidencet the people of afghanistan will see the benefits that exist in this agreement. we need to say if the issue of jurisdiction cannot be resolved, then unfortunately there ca cant be a security bilateral agreement. >>> the afghan government says foreign troops have not respected their sovereignty in the last decade. and there is the issue of the role of the troops in afghanistan after 2014. kabul want thethe biggest sticks the immunity of the u.s. troops. afghanistan wants them

to afghanistan we go where the u.s. and its allies are packing their bags they're ready to leave next year they will be leaving behind a deadly legacy since the start of the war on terror twelve years ago and the drug industry has thrived. internal use made narcotics have been steadily appearing all over the world and have killed at least a million people. this report. as the u.s. is packing to leave afghanistan it's leaving behind a war that's just beginning a war that kills without weapons silently with harrowing its production has increased forty times in the. nato started its war on terror in two thousand and one before that the taliban as brutal as they war heading forced the ban on poppy growing they declared it was against their religion so hereon production was very low when the u.s. and allied forces invaded the country they allowed afghans to grow poppies they saw it as a way to win locals hearts and minds it's hard to find a more cynical way to win hearts and minds the u.s. and allied forces have maintained t

turkmenistan, afghanistan, the karachi-to show up -- peshawa highway to kabul, to bring afghanistan intohe regional economic hub. we believe we can work for regional economic cooperation that would reinforce regional trade, energy, and communication corridors. corridors include participating in may get energy projects. turkmenistan, afghanistan, pakistan, india, and central asia, south asia will create a project that would undoubtedly help strengthen efforts for peace and stability, and advance our dominant objectives of progress and prosperity. our other important neighbor is india. with which we share a common history, as well as common destiny. our past and our future are intertwined. pakistan is happy to see the people of india live in peace and security. the people of pakistan want to resolve all standing issues with india through dialogue and negotiations. we are confident there are areas where we can make progress. we also wish to put ourselves on the path for normalizing trade relations with india. my meeting with the prime minister last night in new york reflected this desire. i

what a disaster afghanistan has become do you regret supporting not intervention now i think afghanistan was like our our we were attacked thousands of americans as well as many people from other countries were killed. that is the kind of provocation that to justifies a military response my concern with iraq is that it constituted a diversion away from achieving the goal of completing the military mission in afghanistan or in my judgment has substantially extended the duration of our involvement in afghanistan and it was predicated largely on the allegation that there were weapons of mass destruction in iraq that were taken over being utilized on very short notice. i was very suspicious as to whether those weapons existed or not and i believe the failure to find any such weapons. then became my suspicion yeah but if you said yourself that saudi arabia was potentially complicit in the attacks why target afghanistan i mean is the fine one man. well. we targeted afghanistan because that was where the entity. who led by one man but with. thousands of followers and many of those being more ha

the people of afghanistan are confused.y don't know what type of afghanistan they are heading towards. >> if it goes ahead as planned april's election will mark the first democratic transfer of power in history. >>> i want to tell you about some breaking news coming right now. the leading opposition figure from the bangladesh national party has been found guilty and been sentenced to death out of the 23 charges that he was accused of he has been found gilguilty of nine of them. that is all of the information that we have right now. more on this story to come in the next few hours as and when we get it. to recap it there. the o p significance figure from the bangladesh party has been found guilty of the bangladesh war of independence in 1983. >>> south korea is celebrating 65 years since the foundation of it's armed forces. to mark the event it's staging one of the biggest ever military parades. h11,000 soldiers are cities participating in air and ground demonstrations. it's a show of force for north korea as the neighbour c

and allied forces have been doing little to stop opium production in afghanistan is killing more and more people and not just in of gunston but far beyond its borders of ghana's that produces around ninety percent of the world's opium supply the bulk of the eight hundred and twenty tons of heroin that comes out of afghanistan every year ends up on the streets of russia. and europe the drug money feeds organized crime all over the globe kossovo drug dealers for example have become a predominant crime group in europe that is because seventy percent of heroin that goes to europe goes through the cost of all channeled in the meantime opium production is growing in afghanistan last year they expanded poppy cultivation by almost twenty percent compared to the prior year and also what kind of a nation building was there when it's clear food these afghan children it was anything but that in moscow i'm going to check them it's estimated forty thousand tons of opiates are stockpiled in afghanistan something that according to drug watchdog says go into wason in the coming years. ten colonel ter

is chaos in afghanistan, who will take advantage of that?there has been a change in toistani thinking participate in the talks. is not say everything 100% perfect, but if you look out on this world, how are you going to change your society? having a secure and prosperous afghanistan is a big part of that. >> is the white house more convinced that pakistan will groups thatpporting will destabilize afghanistan in order to use them as a possible counter against india? the pakistanis have a long history of maintaining ties with a lot of groups that the u.s. is opposed to. if youm trying to say is look at the questions of counterterrorism and try to bring some economic developments into the area, they have to be thinking about trying to create a 21st century society. president obama took the occasion to say to the prime minister, what a great democratic step forward. peace was handed over for the first time in history. >> thank you very much. look at other news around the world. test results have concluded that a child removed from the care of a