afghanistan was one. is that still the case and what is the prognosis for women in the future if that is brought to bear? thank you. ms. ponticelli: thank you. afghan women were very active in the drafting of the constitution. that was one of the big challenging points they had to work out. they did feel -- at least my thinkection is -- i they're pretty proud of our constitution and they don't see a conflict between the particular clause and the equal rights for all citizens. so, they are working things out. the judicial process is one of their big challenges, the rule of law issue. so, they want to make their existing constitution work. we have amendments to our own constitution. so who knows? they may amend it sometime. to one big goal right now is try to make that first female appointment to the supreme court. women are pretty much relegated to the family court right now and there is a lot of work that needs to be done on the rule of law and judicial systems. thank you. [applause] >> thank you very muc

presence in afghanistan.but the relative departure of the americans is not getting them to rethink their program. they're implacably opposed to the government. but i think -- although there have been times when it appeared as though neither the civilian government, nor the army really, frankly, had the will to resist them over the long term. i think, in fact, they do, and ultimately i think they will succeed. it won't be pretty, and it's going to be a long struggle, but i think ultimately they're going to be able to do that, and part of that will be their martialing the majority of pakistan think opinion which is not extremist to that end. and i think we've seen instances, you know, back in 2009, other times since then where the pakistani populace has been energized politically this support of the government -- in support of the government in order to control the extremists. with regard to india, a lot of things -- people think this whole idea of kashmir is sort of a thing of the past. i can tell you, in paki

she talks about 12 long years in afghanistan all stop -- afghanistan. many americans who did the international community in this country was a failure if not a mistake. a majority of americans not come to believe most of the goals of the international community, especially in regards to helping the women of afghanistan, were not achieved. she talks about the constant barrage of negative media coverage of afghanistan. she said it has focused on the progress of the war but not the afghan people and has reinforced the negative perceptions. for those of us, she says, especially the women of afghanistan who are on the ground fighting for justice and equality as mothers, sisters, wives, teachers, politicians, and more portly as citizens -- more importantly as citizens, there is a different reality that stands in contrast to what has been accomplished. she said it is true afghan is not a paradise for women and we face a very uncertain future with the upcoming withdrawal of international troops. but this is a part that struck me -- she says, that if the world c

by the people and the women in afghanistan. i remember my last visit to afghanistan. who wass a young woman a doctor and a deputy minister of health. the day i was leaving and i was with a delegation that had come from spain. i have been out there 2:00 are than the delegation. she came up to me and took me by my hand and looked at me in the face and said promise me you will not forget us. me, promise me you will not forget me, you won't forget us. i promised her that day. we as a country have made that promise. she met with our counsel in dallas, she said my plea to you would be please don't give up. please continue to support us. heartfelt and we have to live up to our commitment. second, we have to make sure that women remain part of the deal. whatever security assistance package, whatever negotiations new the tele-ban, whatever road, whatever new plan and i hope we come up with some plans, that might carry forward the hopes and aspirations for more jobs and economic opportunity through the mining and construction sector in particular. we've got to make sure that wo

afghanistan going?it sounds like you think we should stay there longer that the government is very unpopular and it's very corrupt like the vietnamese government was. how do you see us making this work and what's the point of our staying? nixon kept it going for another 25,000 deaths. >> i suspect to agree with this i think he did so needlessly. a lot of people died and americans needlessly. i suspect domestic politics may have played a role in all of that. you may be right. why should we be doing this at all? the concern that i have is that violent islamist extremists as we all know is not going away. it's had a greater afterlife than i would have predicted. the frontlines are in iraq and syria and a few other lesser friends scattered around the region. over the long term i don't think isis is going to succeed. it's going to take a long time to roll them back in syria and we have spent a lot of time talking about that. iraq is only marginally better but i don't think we have a future in that region bec

all stop -- afghanistan. many americans who did the international community in this country was a failure if not a mistake. not comey of americans to believe most of the goals of the international community, especially in regards to helping the women of afghanistan, were not achieved. she talks about the constant barrage of negative media coverage of afghanistan. she said it has focused on the progress of the war but not the afghan people and has reinforced the negative perceptions. for those of us, she says, especially the women of afghanistan who are on the ground fighting for justice and equality as mothers, sisters, wives, teachers, politicians, and more portly as citizens -- more importantly as citizens, there is a different reality that stands in contrast to what has been accomplished. she said it is true afghan is and wearadise for women face a very uncertain future with the upcoming withdrawal of international troops. but this is a part that struck me -- she says, that if the world could only see thro

afghanistan was one. is that still the case and what is the prognosis for women in the future if that is brought to bear? thank you. ms. ponticelli: thank you. afghan women were very active in the drafting of the constitution. that was one of the big challenging points they had to work out. they did feel -- at least my thinkection is -- i they're pretty proud of our constitution and they don't see a conflict between the particular clause and the equal rights for all citizens. so, they are working things out. the judicial process is one of their big challenges, the rule of law issue. so, they want to make their existing constitution work. we have amendments to our own constitution. so who knows? they may amend it sometime. to one big goal right now is try to make that first female appointment to the supreme court. women are pretty much relegated to the family court right now and there is a lot of work that needs to be done on the rule of law and judicial systems. thank you. [applause] >> thank you very muc

when we pull out of afghanistan, things will get better but in afghanistan, as the americans pull out, the violence levels have increased. afghans news just fork cussing on the afghan government in libya the administration said we're not going to send troops into libya after we destroy their government because that will stu stir it up. so if we don't put our troops into libya there won't be an insurgencies, and of course we see libyans also each other's throats, massive violence, chaos so it's an unfortunate theory that there my be certain cases where, yes, the people don't like americans and that may incite violation -- violence but this should be-i think most of he enemies are not driven by the american presence and that you're better off in some cases using americans because our allies knock do what we would like them to do. >> host: let's talk about afghanistan. some of hoe most fascinating parts of your book deal with afghanistan. that is a war, an operation, with which you have been intimately familiar. been advisor on that. give us your assessment about both the trajectory of t

mission in afghanistan that placed emphasis on training and equipping the afghanistan forces and handed over all of the country just a few years ago. there are 10,000 or so americans there helping to train the afghan security forces. but on the ground it is afghan trfighting and battling the taliban. one of the key problems of battling in the northern part of the country is the best military options and units are in the eastern and southern part of afghanistan. you have a lot of local militias that are loyal to the government that are not prepared or trained and equipped in the northern part of afghanistan. so it will be a major undertaking to get afghan troop that are the elite of the security forces back up into the north to battle the taliban. what this ultimately means is the battle for the city is not going to end in the next 48-72 hours. this is going to be a long protracted battle for the city. ultimately the afghans probably have the equipment and training to battle the taliban out of the area with the ground and air support. this isn't going to go away and it is happening quick

and afghanistan refugee crisis is the world's most protracted and going on since 1979 when the sovietion started four decades of civil war. let's speak more about this with the u.n. special representative for afghanistan nicholas is live from the united nations and thanks for taking the time to speak to us and as we were saying there during the past through decades we have seen the soviet invasion of afghanistan and subsequent wars in the country that forced millions of afghans to flee for years now and what is behind this latest exodus? >> reporter: i think clearly the suddenen up surge reflects the level of dispondency and particularly young about the future and as you correctly pointed out afghans have both fresh memories of a hard and resent past but also an opaque future. there is a degree of uncertainty as to what the future holds. today i was briefing the security council, trying to argue to the states and international community to retain their levels of support for afghanistan as it faces a very difficult moment in its history, arguing that investment now in afghanistan would

. ♪ in afghanistan taliban fighters are firing missiles at the main airport of the northern city of kunduzre security forces are stationed, the city was seized by taliban fighters in the early morning rain on monday and first stephanie decker has details. >> there are no government troops left here and taliban fighters in control of large parts of kunduz city and here they are raising their flag in the city square and this battle is not over, the afghan government announced a major operation to recapture kunduz. >> translator: in the first place we should take care of the civilian casualties and the enemy has heavy damage including air strikes and operations, i don't want to go into detail of the operations. >> reporter: special forces have been brought in and the u.s. military confirmed an air strike on the outskirts of the city on tuesday morning. it is proving difficult for some reenforcements to reach kunduz because the taliban set up boobie traps along the way and they broke from the prison releasing hundreds of inmates including taliban fighters and commanders issued a statement tell

film documents the september 1963 trip of afghanistan's king and queen. frommed zahir shah rain 1933 until 1973, when a coup abolish the monarchy. returning to afghanistan after many years in exile, zahir shah was given the symbolic constitutional title father of the nation. as seen on the right in this photo, when hamid karzai was sworn in as afghan president in december of 2004. the former king died in 2007 at the age of 92. library,m the kennedy a film following the royal couple from washington, d.c. too many stops in the u.s., including former president eisenhower's farm, disneyland, and new york city. ♪ >> kabul, their majesty's king mohammed zahir and queen humaira prepared to leave for the united states of america. our mountain kingdom bids his majesty farewell. he will be our first king to visit the united states. west, towards the setting sun. the trip will take them halfway around the world. their destination is washington, the capital city of the united states. their majesties are accompanied by the united states chief of , land first in langle

many musicians fled afghanistan. they stopped playing music. >> life was even harder for girls like freshta. they couldn't go to school, play sports. they couldn't even go outside unless completely hidden beneath clothes from head to toe. freshta's mother saw music as a way to accomplish that. >> and so since 2001, people have been struggling to find the best way to bring it back. >> the documentary "dr. sarmast's music school" tells the story of bringing music back to afghanistan, and not just traditional music, but all kinds of music. >> bach, beethoven, mozart. it doesn't belong to europe. it doesn't belong to america. they belong to all the world. and i want afghan kids to have access to the musical heritage of the world. >> and that's how the afghan youth orchestra was born. kids who never heard music before, or who had to listen to it in secret, are now learning to be musicians. and they're learning to be world travelers, as well. their music program has been so successful that some of the afghani musicians wer

and in afghanistan. there has been a lot of fighting in the area around kunduz, but not into the si. and i talked to someone in the pentagon that said they went there sunday night and everything was fine. monday night they go to bed. they wake up today and now it's under taliban control. it took a lot of people by surprise, and is the first time. that alone. >> where things are headed. >> what you said about the afghan forces. is it a foregone conclusion. after the decision, the administration is wrestling with. i was surprised when talking to people in washington who normally. to this delaying the inevitable. this is a certain amount of exhaustion and frustration with a situation that never seems to improve. there was a lot of hope that president ghani and his government would be an improvement over karzai. the government does not come close to living up to his name the president does not have the political base. people are frustrated. major initiative. it can bring the taliban to the peace talks. he do

it's to the disaster of the war effort in afghanistan. the major was a logistics person in kabul in charge of receiving the ammo when it arrived on the tarmac in kabul it was to zero, no clue whatsoever. the subject was failure. the epigraph for the thesis was taken from the german writer named dietrich in his book the logic of failure. failure doesn't strike. it develops gradually according to its own logic. when we watch individuals attempt to solve problems we will people see the complicated scene situations seem to elicit habits of thought in the motion. not in any great battle with the doom to the cost. i would be happy to answer any questions. [applause] >> in "the new york times" story, the book and the movie what was the best order to read or watch the book. of the movie is on a different tangent and it's not attempting to explain or discuss this stuff we have two years and they can go every day. i am also very aware that's a very tough. anybody that's been in the business knows that isn't going to feel great right hope this is do

and i'm not talking about sending back in the 101st airborne to afghanistan or to iraq. i am simply saying that we need to make the commitment to a sustained presence, a sustained commitment to helping the afghan government and security forces to stabilize the situation, and it is going to take years. we can walk away from it, and we will get what we got in iraq. >> and basically to what happened before the u.s. got involved in huge number, because it is looking gloomy right now. ambassador crocker always good to get your perspective, and thank you very much. >> thank you, wolf. >> up next, more on the breaking news, and russia launch iing ai strikes for the first time in inside of syria, and if they aret no targeting isis, then who are they targeting? i will be speaking with the chairman of the armed services committee max thornberry when we come back. woman: my mom and i have the same hands. same eyes. same laugh. and since she's had moderate alzheimer's disease, i've discovered we have the same fighting spirit, too. that's why i asked her doctor about new once-a-day n

. >> translator: as we aided the establishment of democracy in iraq and afghanistan, we are prepared bring about democracy in syria as well as yemen. >> reporter: the real business here takes place away from the speeches and the general assembly chamber. this is the formal lunch with the secretary general of the united nations sitting between the russian and the u.s. leader. president putin and president obama later held a further meeting to discuss the situation in syria and in ukraine after 4 1/2 years of what are in sear yakker it's hard to be optimistic, but this is the first serious diplomatic push for 18 months since the collapse of peace talks in geneva. everyone knows a fresh effort to end the conflict will face immense hurdles. james bays, al jazeera, at the united nations. >> let's get the view from moscow now with peter sharp. you have the words there, peter, i am sure james bays the first real diplomatic push. from the russian perspective what happened to the common ground and the talk of a real possible did deal so syria. >> reporter: that's what political analysts are l

the challenge for the people of konduz is for afghanistan.flict where there were other shortcomings. it has to be steady. you admit there have been shortcomings. >> certainly the fact that the tally been took konduz. it did not happen in the conventional way of breaking through the front lines and fighting. the taliban advance comes as the united states is considering what should be the military presence in afghanistan going forward. what are you saying in new york? has been that together we have achieved a lot. now, most of the on theibilities are shoulders of institutions. we are still in need sometimes. pressure from the tally been taught use taliban how to survive until 2014. then they used maximum force in order to bring the government to down. that was their hope, their strategy. they are gaining ground. this is 7000 afghan troops could not beat back 1000 holiday inn. now you have american airstrikes and foreign fighters to try to beat them back in one place alone. you still need significant military support from the international commu

and dramatic problem to address in afghanistan. for what its worth, yesterday, abdullah rolled out a new strategy and drug action plan. it was a pretty good plan. their strategy was comprehensive in that it addresses all of the elements of the problem, not just one or two. its pragmatic in that it lays out realistic objectives and possibilities and third, it is clear? its objectives are measurable and the metrics will make sense. >>, in my obvious, is how the afghan government and international community should address this problem. but we shouldn't have the expectation we are going to solve this by this time next year. that's not going to happen. it didn't happen in south america with cocaine. it's not going to happen in this case either. >> sorry to bust in. i was there in 2005/2006. once again, after that, and each time we went there, somebody was saying that unless you pay the farmers something they are going to keep on going it. >> hasn't happened? you haven't addressed that problem. >> has to be part of a successful anti-drug

before we invaded iraq and afghanistan after 9/11. it would be impossible for president obama to get that because vladimir putin has veto. >> so does china, for that matter. >> yes. so if they want to follow the u.n. treaty, we're at a stalemate. if they want to say, the heck with the treaty, this is too terrible a situation to allow vladimir putin to have a free hand and they want to go in there, then they risk what john was just talking about, a war with russia over syria. >> this doesn't apply to isis? >> no. this does not apply to isis because it's not a valid country, it's not a member state. it's not been recognized by the u.s. it would arguably fit within the terrorist organization, the deflection of which is in the authorization to use military force which is still valid law and which authorizes president obama to go after isis. >> can you imagine the three-star general knocking on the door of the american embassy in baghdad today and handing this -- beginning this translated discussion about how the russians are about to star

an attack in afghanistan. the united states military hits a tabld target in northern afghanistan after militants there took control of an entire city. why the taliban takeover is so terribly troubling. >>> plus, it's a club so exclusive you need $1.7 billion just to get in the door. it's the forbes 400 list. it ranks the country's richest men and women. we'll look at who made the cut, who didn't and did you believe donald trump's "i'm so rich, i'm worth $10 billion" claim? did you? forbes says it's not that huge at all. now what forbes says is true while trump fires away as only the birther billionaire of queens can. let's get to it. >> now, "shepard smith reporting" live from the fox news deck. >> good morning. american bombs fell again on the taliban in afghanistan long after president obama declared an end to our nation's longest war. the pentagon confirms a warplane carried out an air strike against taliban forces near the afghanistan city of kunduz. population about that of cincinnati. the taliban torched

russia's 10 year battle in afghanistan ended in an ignomin. >> us support.n is russia's vietnam, with a legacy of disillusionment and betrayal. >> in his apartment. he picks through souvenirs and reminders of his deployment in afghanistan. >> we are the forgotten, we are still forgotten, we fulfil international duty, we did for the mother land what it, as usual ordered us to do. many guys, most of the guys are unhappy because of this war. they drink or are disabled, and the state does not pay attention to any of them. >> there are if you monuments to the war in afghanistan. one in moscow. those that lost loved ones don't need reminders. that man's cousin was shot down in a helicopter. >> he died a slow death, and the boys na got out of the helicopter, they were tortured. his death was a sorrow, that's why i'm against the deployment. in is going to be a second afghanistan. >> critics of the president say vladimir putin misjudged the mood of many as he ups military support for the syrian army. >> the soviet union was a totalitarian state. and our president is

afghanistan war is still on. and in one major city in the north of that country, the taliban at least right now is back in charge. and yes, throughout history, sometimes you think wars are over when they really are not. but with 10,000 american troops still stationed in afghanistan, if this war really is back onto the point where the taliban is going to be taking and holding significant territory, how much do we expect american troops to be participating in this fight? if this fight is going the way it looks today, does that mean that american troops don't get to leave? and how does this affect everything else that we're tied up in with and without our allies around the world as this remarkable pile-up of world leaders copies this week in new york city. joining us nbc news national security producer courtney kube. thanks for staying late to be with us tonight. >> thanks for having me, rachel. >> we've heard there were two u.s. air strikes in support of some sort of taliban effort in kunduz. do you have any sense

air strike hits a taliban target outside kunduz as afghanistan sends in special forces to take back theity. ♪ hello from al jazeera's headquarters in doha, i'm jane dutton and barack obama and vladimir putin meet to discuss the war in syria but deep differences remain. typhoon lands in eastern china. and rotten roots and look at brazil's growing corruption problem. ♪ u.s. military planes have hit taliban fighters on the outskirts of afghanistan's northern city of kunduz, and a nato spokesperson said the strike was to eliminate a threat to coalition troops and afghan forces. taliban fighters seized the city after an early morning raid on monday, afghan special forces are still advancing towards the city despite having been ambushed by the taliban, local hospitals have received 16 dead bodies and treated 172 injured and afghan soldiers are set to have retaken the city's main jail and the police headquarters. let's get an update from the story from bagland in afghanistan south of the city of kunduz and what is happening in the city of kunduz right now? >> the latest update we are getting i

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tried to check afghanistan advances. the area has been a battle ground since the invasion in 2001. >> it's a long time taliban strong hold, and an opium reach trafficking hub where hundreds of troops lost their lives before most foreign forces left. that tug of war forced tens of thousands out of their homes. taliban efforts to take control of the region intensified after the withdrawal of u.s.-led coalition forces. about 10,000 american troops remain, mostly to train and advise. afghan forces stood their ground, but continue to struggle with disorganization, low moral and widespread drug dependence. despite an afghan offensive. the fighting season saw the taliban make gains, both in the north and in helmand. in july the group pushed afghan forces out. and last week a bloody victory in the musa calla district that straddles lucrative routes. that window was short lived, with the backing of u.s. air power and forces taking it back. it was hoped for a weakening of the taliban. after a group announced a high-ranking leader

how was he in afghanistan?ldier.hl was actually a that's why it was such a shock to find out he was gotten. he always wanted to learn weapon systems. red the ranger handbook. he was an inthrow vert. he always kept to himself when it wasn't work related. maybe only a handful of people who he got kind of close to. he never talked to me or really a lot of the guys he you knew about husband family and his background. just really liked to be left alone. >> okay, now, you guys were in southeastern afghanistan. very preemptive, tough territory there. so, usually, when you are are in a combat situation like that. that platoon bands together. did you notice anything strange about bergdahl before he took off? >> yes. actually we were on a mission and got stranded on a mountain and he said to me when we were just sitting around talking, i could see myself getting lost in these mountains and i think this country is beautiful. kind of reminds me of idaho. and at the time, you know, it didn't seem that weird. we had been stu

military effort inside afghanistan.re's already been discussion in the past several days about whether the u.s. military should be drawing down, basically to an embassy security forces at the end of 2016 because of the ongoing threats from the taliban. whether or not it's advisable to do that sort of drawdown. of course the political climate here in washington is such that it might be a tough sell for the obama administration to stay that the u.s. needs to keep combat troops inside afghanistan. >> ros many thanks rosiland jordan in washington. in around 20 minutes from now, we're expecting to hear from u.s. president barack obama as we bring you coverage of the u.n. general assembly, barack obama expected to address an international conference on terrorism that is taking place alongside the again -- general assembly in new york. this is the president of [ inaudible ] speaking right now. >>> now air strikes with hit the city of mosul for the first time since it was taken over by isil. air strikes have been avoided to pre

is the taliban winning in afghanistan? >> they are certainly having much more success in the north than we would expect. the taliban are drawn primarily from the pas pashhtoon group. the taliban usually doesn't do well in the north and yet we have seen them be able to push and that's odisturbing trend. >> the taliban admitting they withheld news of the debt of their leader mullah omar, because they were expecting coalition forces to leave in 2013, and is that an indication giving any kind of date certain for american withdrawal, because american troops did end up staying there, is it a mistake to give those dates certain because the taliban is paying attention. >> well, i think all kinds of people are paying attention. the taliban is paying attention but it also gives a drop-dead date for the afghan government to get its act together and understand that that is the date that it is taking control. so i think giving these hard dates is two faced. it certainly does give knowledge to your enemy that they can plan around. but o

. 9800 american forces are still in afghanistan today. half of them, scheduled to leave by the end of this year and all would be withdrawn by the end of 2016. >> but the afghan forces are facing a fairly strong foe that we couldn't even defeat ourselves so the notion we should leave them to prove their own manhood with no american help i've never found very compelling. >> late tonight officials here tell us there has now been a second u.s. air strike near the airport there in afghanistan. but well before this latest taliban attack, u.s. military officials had feared that the afghan military would not be prepared for this fight. and predict that the pentagon will have to ask the president to keep more american forces in afghanistan well past his deadline for withdrawal. >> jim miklaszewski, thank you. >>> and now to violence and another troubling strike closer to home. this in chicago. at least 14 people shot in 15 hours, including a family hit by a hail of bullets while walking home from an outing. a woman and her pregnant daughter were k

forces to be retained in afghanistan during 2016 and beyond. again, your advice in this respect would also be appreciated. and, lastly, we cannot forget that al qaeda, especially its affiliates in yemen and adherence in syria remain a transregional threat to the united states and other interests around the world. your insights with respect to what would be done to keep the pressure on al qaeda, both the senior leadership and organizational structure would be deeply appreciated. once again, thank you for your service, your accomplished service, and thank you for joining us today. >> general petraeus, welcome back. >> thank you, mr. chairman. it's good to be back. >> mr. chairman, senator reid, members of the committee, thank you for this opportunity to discuss the situation in the middle east. as you noted, mr. chairman, this is the first time i have testified in open session before congress since resigning as director of the cia nearly three years ago. as such, i think it is appropriate to begin my remarks this morning with an apology, one that

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but afghanistan you have been laden there. you had the al qaeda there. you had the taliban harboring them. that position, that you didn't support that initial action sets you apart from almost every other republican in the country. so, i you want you to explain your position tonight. afghanistan does not have a central government. it has 300 tribal leaders. the only successes which we have, which were limited were through our association with the northern alliance of tribal leaders and that helped for a while. that sort of dissolved now. and what have we really accomplished? every nation that has gone into afghanistan to quote tame it has failed. that doesn't mean we . >>: i think we have through history, governor. i can't think of any government throughout the united states attacking the homeland that we did not remove that government. i mean almost every time we did. but, anyway, let's update this position to isis. now we have another threat open threat we want to kill as many americans as we can. if we get the chance we are going to do it. how would y

and richelle, with the combat in afghanistan, the u.s. has very limited authority to carry out airstrikes. let me explain this. only in three circumstances. to protect u.s. troops on the ground, and that's when it did today. and go after remnants of al qaeda, not taliban, or to protect afghan troops if they're in danger of being overrun. the u.s. didn't carry out any airstrikes because in an urban area, there was too much danger of civilian casualties. rish norichelle. >> after more than 100,000 nato troops left the country, they have been struggling with cuts in international aid and resurgence of taliban. >> reporter: it was afghanistan's first democratic power. top find afghanistan still so heavily dependent on foreign aid to stand on its own. it would be a difficult year ahead. >> if you want to have the rule of law, those involved in corruption should be removed so that we can have a transparent system. and all of those, they should be removed. >> reporter: one of the biggest challenges would be security. nato's combat mission in afg

it is a major highway to the north of afghanistan. it is a relatively rich province, agriculture, it does well. why did the government forces collapse? we don't know the reason. we felt their leaders were not good leaders. we know in the past when the taliban take a town as quickly as this, we are talking in the old days of taliban, they are able to do it because people in the town are sympathetic to them. that is the deeper problem for the government as it moves militarily to retake the town. >> moving to retake the town with the help of the u.s. air strike. how involved is the u.s. with the afghan army to try to reverse this advance? >> reporter: you know, realistically. it is hands off since we stepped back from going in and helping afghan forces and lead them on the ground and we passed over to let the afghan forces take the lead. helping with the heavy lift capacity and helping to rush large members of troops and equipment. the air strikes will be in assistance, but only up to a point. this is a town. there are civilians who live

. >>> in afghanistan u.s. military advisers are on the ground near a strategic city that fell to the taliban. afghan forces are fighting to retake the city of kunduz. some nato coalition forces are there as well. overnight they conducted another air strike on the taliban aimed at the kunduz airport. we are with afghan fighters on the ground. >> the latest update from kunduz city, from civilians and taliban are searching house to house and forcing afghan civilian boys to join them on the fight against the government. they're announcing in the last speaker to the people of kunduz, to the residents of kunduz to continue the life and they're asking people to open their shops. they're promising people they're going to stay for long. as far as we know, there is no operation going on in kunduz city. everyone is waiting. waiting for the right decision and waiting for the right time. now here i'm joined with the captain. he will explain to us why they're sfuk in this location for two days and cannot go forward. sir, wh

right now they weren't positioned in numbers in this part of afghanistan, northern afghanistan, so you can't really say that they haven't managed anything because their forces were really focused on the south. now, if they can do that and if they really need american support to dislodge the taliban, then i think we are in serious trouble because it does say that the nsf does not have the kind of capacity that they require to keep afghanistan intact. getting american support for every operation like this is not going to be sustainable in the long run. >> you talked about taliban strategy. what is it that the taliban are after there? they tried to make a point with kunduz, or is it all about the prison break yesterday? >> no. i actually think the prison break was a collateral benefit that they got out of it. at the he wanted -- end of the day, this is about an end game where everyone is talking about the taliban not being able to retake territory or rule afghanistan again. the conventional wisdom has been there's a stalemate between the nsf and taliban. i think this is a very clear signa

afghanistan. now, in addition to desertion, he's facing a rare charge that carries a much harsher punishment. >> kelly wright is here to break down the latest for us. good morning to you, kelly. >> that harsher charge is based on a charge that was used a lot in world war ii. but prosecutors say army desserters bergdahl is facing charges from when he walked off base while in afghanistan. he joined the army, he trained for seven months and then was stationed in afghanistan in february 2009. then on june 30th of that year, bergdahl disappears from his post in afghanistan, leaving his body armor and weapons. the taliban claims five days later they have captured bergdahl. before he disappeared, bergdahl e-mailed his parents telling them he ran over a girl with his armored truck. in 2010, an investigation concluded that bergdahl walked away from his unit but stopped short of accusing of of desertion. >> my initial understanding, based upon the reportings that i got, that he had walked off intentionally.

. >>> northeastern afghanistan. german prosecutors open a an investigation into former ceo of volkswagen, martin wirt corn. winterkorn. and is there life on the red planet? >>> tackling islamic state of iraq and the levant and ending the war in syria have dominated the first day of the united nations general assembly in new york. world leaders have taken turns to offer their solutions but there are clear divisions in approach between russia and the u.s. in the past half hour russian president vladimir putin has sat down for dinner with u.s. president barack obama and u.n. secretary-general, ban ki-moon. a new approach for targeting i.s.i.l, cannot include syrian president bashar al-assad. >> we think it is an enormous mistake to refuse to cooperate with the syrian government and its armed forces fighting terrorism face to face. no one but bashar al-assad's armed forces are truly fighting islamic state of iraq and the levant and other terrorist organizations in syria. >> but while military power is necessary it is no

i don't know what to do. >> reporter: turmoil is deepening in afghanistan. as well as the taliban, the country now faces the new threat of islamic state militants. fumio sagaya, nhk world, kabul. >> that wraps up our bulletin. i'm patchari raksawong in bangkok. >>> here is the weekend weather forecast. >>> that's all we have this hour on "newsline." thank you for watching, and have a good day. xnóx host: hello and welcome to "global 3000." when you pick up your mobile phone to tweet, check your emails or even make the odd phone call, do you ever wonder what makes our phones so smart? the raw materials needed are often mined under slave like conditions. today we head to eastern congo to learn more. and here's what else is coming up. not for sale. how farmers in paraguay are fighting to keep their land. cold milk in a hot place. how to keep a cow happy in the desert. and, safe streets. meet the outreach workers trying to reduce violence in baltimore.