whose chief concern is not afghanistan but india and and what they did not want in afghanistan was any kind of a secular government that would build a relationship with delhi and so they funded the most they made sure all of our money was handed to the most extremist most religiously intolerant that's right that's right so you had them exactly so for years and years and years we were building these we were building the base for these incredibly intolerant incredibly extremist groups we were all ming them and then we were also continuing to fund the fighting itself. in so what we have here is we have a situation where the fighting continues the basis for the fighting is underway by . these these extremist groups that are trying to dominate one another both sides of the conflict. are dominated by these by these ideologues or these warlords or drug lords and what you have who are suffering underneath it all or the afghan people and so the pieces of it needs to be. to stop the fighting stop the suffering if you have any chance of ever getting to this point where we can start talking about

afghanistan is a failed policy. mr. speaker, that is why congressman john garamendi and i have introduced h.r. 1666 asking for a debate on afghanistan and a new aumf. you can vote against the bill, but the discussion is still needed. we're joined by at least 13 of our colleagues in support and i hope more members of both parties will join us. all we're asking for is a debate. mr. speaker, the week before the fourth of july i handed a letter to speaker ryan asking for a debate which i ask unanimous consent to submit hat letter now for the record. i said that if he doesn't read my letter, at least read the comments from the 31st commandant of the united states marine corps. my friend and unofficial advisor, general chuck crew lack and i quote him, this is what i wanted paul ryan to read and hope he did. no one has ever conquered afghanistan and many have tried. we will join the list of nations that have tried and failed. how prophetic is that, mr. speaker, that we will continue to go down this road and see this country sp

losing in afghanistan. i think so and it really reflects the fact that we don't have a strategy even though we've been there going on to our sixteenth year and it's been strictly military we've we've pulled troops back we increase them then we pull them back now we're going to increase them again and when we had them up two hundred thousand it didn't make any difference anyway at one time we we had we had the taliban defeated in afghanistan this really now and now the decision by the trump administration is do all do we send in more troops and what will be the outcome what will be the result will clearly that's not going to be the answer and unfortunately the trumpet ministration doesn't have geo strategic thinkers looking at this with a very critical eye and it's my view that. we need to bring in. the countries surrounding afghanistan that have a vested interest in afghanistan's future to sit down at a table and work this thing out once and for all now i'm talking about members of the c.e.o. for example ev

extends he phenomenon beyond afghanistan defense to other forms of aid. salaries but ust we are funding schools based upon the number of students. so if you invent or inflate the number of students you will be paying more money. on the soldiers and police, we boots, for or extra food, for everything else for kpeuexist.t don't >> is there any way to tell who the money? >> it is difficult because of the security situation. community oversight can't get out any more so it is very difficult. or s into the afghans designing systems for the afghans to implement. that could it be conceivably help fix this or who is responsible for the well, the misspending is obviously the of aing. they are stealing the money. we are holding accountable is the u.s. government for not issueering there to be an when we raised it three or four years ago but also not reforms to some ensure that there is a soldier of that pay end statement. >> the pentagon is implementing biometrics in afghanistan using fingerprints, photos and blood type. set up to 95% of afghanistan 80% of and 70%

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they were deeply grateful that they and afghanistan were not forgotten. >> team afghanistan. >> reporters will complete for a medal aga the afghanistan ambassador says the afghan people will be watching. >> seeing them and seeing the talent that they represent gives us the hope that afghanistan has the potential to become a stable and prosperous country. >> reporter: it's still unclear why the girls' visas were initially refused. the state department says they can't even discuss it because of privacy concerns. by the way, afghanistan is not one of the six nations included in the president's travel ban, but five of those nations are represented here. they are syria, iran, libya, yemen, and sudan. >> maybe the winners of the robot olympics will get a scholarship to m.i.t. that school is doing some remarkable things with robots like making a mek niced cheetah. >> reporter: m.i.t. will be hosting some of the brightest minds in technology today at the first ever tech crunch conference. the very latest in artificial intelligence and ric pound, four legged robot. meet cheetah 3. powered by a co

we have not abandoned afghanistan.extraordinarily important player in the stability of that part of the wider region in that part of the world. you can go to districts like musa gala in helmand province, many british troops died trying to keep those districts. they are now occupied by the taliban. how much does that upset you? of course, in the narrow context of the families of those who lost their loved ones in fighting those tactical battles, it upsets me hugely. but in the wider context of the wider operational and strategic effort to try and stabilise afghanistan, to become a significant player in that part of the world, it is understandable. the loss of life of any individual leaves a shattered family and extraordinarily regrettable. but in the bigger picture, i'm afraid casualties have to be accepted. afghanistan is very important in that part of the world, musa qala tactically is important, as is sangin, but if we lose control of those places, in the wider picture, it matters a lot but it does not necessarily ma

has confirmed that one of its strikes killed an unknown number of quote friendly afghan forces afghanistan. has details. the governor of helmand province. has been confirming this incident to the local media i have been speaking to helm on counterterrorism and a police commander in the district of gracious good self in there confirming that at least twenty five members of the police force including two commanders are among those killed that the policemen wore not wearing their uniforms something that police often do in helmand that is to deceive the taleban when did try to liam bush's but we're also hearing the look asian that was provided to the nato piloted by the afghan forces was identified as a taliban position this is an area that's a front line and yesterday on broad three humvees armored humvees that they had captured from the afghan security forces filled them with explosives and did try tried to detonate them trying to break the security belt getting into the great district and one did did dad brought a krug bomb killing at least nineteen afghan national army soldiers so the stri

this is the war that many will remember from afghanistan.elmand fighting an insurgency. but what we didn't see were the secret raids that often took place at night involving british special forces such as the sas. there are now allegations that in some of these raids, innocent civilians were killed. the bbc has interviewed one man, who's asked not to be identified, who claims unarmed members of his family were victims of one of those raids. translation: we were held blind—folded in a room overnight. early in the morning, the soldiers came back and said i should not go out until they had left. when their helicopters had gone, we came out and found they had shot my father, two brothers and a cousin. the bbc‘s been told the raid did involve special forces and is now being investigated. others who served in afghanistan have questions about the conduct of the sas too. chris green was a reservist in helmand when he had to deal with the aftermath of another special forces raid in which locals allege civilians were killed in cold blood, one of a num

troops in afghanistan alongside five thousand other nato forces so the situation in afghanistan is escalating the number of airstrikes are rising and people are at risk including afghan security forces as well as u.s. and coalition troops. that's our correspondent kelly morgan bring his legs there from new york. now in other news another palestinian has been killed in fresh clashes with israeli police this is according to the palestinian ministry of health and it brings the number of palestinians killed just today to three protests erupted after israeli authorities installed security cameras and metal detectors at the revered acts of mosque that followed a deadly shooting there last week. i. i. i. i. i i. i. i i. i was. the palestinian spiritual leader had warned the israeli government of the potential for an explosive situation on middle east correspondent paula slayer has the latest on what's happening right now in jerusalem. it comes as a week of protests over the israeli increased security measures around are taking place if you remember last friday there were two israeli security officer

we destroy their command-and-control in afghanistan for many of the leaders escaped afghanistan, some were killed some are spending the rest of their lives in a caribbean retirement in guantÁnamo bay. others were able to go to different locations and set up affiliates for the organizations and we hear about these affiliates today, some people want to assist with the shabbat and other with the establishment of al qaeda in iraq and so forth. so, after we finish 9/11 and the investigation of 9/11 and invasion of iraq, al qaeda mutated. al qaeda is no one organization. it became a message in a message became a very potent message. by the time osama bin laden was killed he had affiliates in places like yemen, places like somalia, in places like you know, north africa mainly algeria all the way down to molly. they have affiliates that support narrative al qaeda in places like indonesia and even organizations the pledge allegiance to al qaeda and the caucasus, in the balkans and so forth. so, the organization was spreading, but it wasn't spreading as a terrorist organization way it was sprea

afghanistan is actually bleeding for the last few days.e have seen intense fighting almost in 24 provinces out of the 34 provinces that exist in afghanistan. in the western province of .trategic district at least 70 people including military, civilians, doctors and wounded patients were killed. when they were caught in the fighting they couldn't leave this remote district. comes ahead of unexpected deployment of several thousand u.s. troops and we saw last week mand, almost 10 strikes a day. much the fighting season. unfortunately afghanistan is losing soldiers as well as its people in very big numbers. in the long run that will not be sustainable. there will be issues with recruiting people from villages because people will simply see the afghan national security forces as one of the riskiest jobs in this country. >> thank you. a developing story that we are following from switzerland. at least five people have been hurt in an attack by an unidentified man. two of the victims have been seriously injured. those are the only details police

i should never have gone to afghanistan. scholarship that many people in the whole world dreamed to have. and what i did, i threw everything away and i went to afghanistan. this is the definition of a nitwit. >> williams: and when you left afghanistan for the second time, did you still consider yourself a member of al qaeda? >> slahi: absolutely not. i cut all my ties with the organization. to me, i joined for the sake of participating in jihad in afghanistan. jihad in afghanistan turned into a quagmire. i did not want to be part of a civil war. and i went back. thank god i resumed my studies. i finished college. and i worked to help my family. >> williams: slahi denies he ever had anything to do with terrorism, but he doesn't deny that some of his friends were still members of al qaeda. he also had a cousin who was a spiritual advisor to osama bin laden. >> slahi: that was really the trouble. that where the trouble began. >> williams: one day in 1999, he got a phone call from that cousin, a man known as abu hafs. >> william

air force confirm that the situation in afghanistan is escalating as of now according to the numbers that we have from the u.s. air force since the beginning of twenty seventeen there been one thousand six hundred thirty four different instances of munitions expended from u.s. forces in afghanistan keep in mind that in two thousand and fifteen the total was only two hundred ninety eight and in two thousand and sixteen it was only five hundred forty five now this number of munitions being released this number of airstrikes actually brings the situation in afghanistan to the level that it was at in two thousand and twelve when u.s. forces were all across the country getting into skirmishes with taliban forces two thousand u.s. troops have actually died in afghanistan and a number of them have died from friendly fire incidents like the one that just recently took place there was the famous incident where pat tillman the celebrity football player who had volunteered to fight in afghanistan was killed by friendly fire at this point there are eight thousand five hundred u.s. troops in afgh

it was also to try to build a better future for the people of afghanistan, like we now have. they have a democracy, a fragile democracy, a democracy nonetheless. six or 7 million people voted in the last election and girls are able to be educated in school and there has been an increase in quality of life in large parts of afghanistan. back, our objectives were noble, to reduce the terror threat and to try and build a better afghanistan for its own people. that campaign has been far longer than anybody originally forestall. i can see that. , it's a battle against insurgency that can only be one in the end by local forces that can command the support of the local population. so i hope over the next few years, we will interview -- continue to improve the resilience of those forces. that's why we are uplifting the trading of afghan -- training of afghan forces to improve their air force, counterterrorism effort and future officer training. >> for many of us as we are watching the story unfolds in afghanistan, seeing an uptick in support to the taliban, in some ways it looks like

afghanistan was killed by friendly fire at this point there are eight thousand five hundred u.s. troops in afghanistan alongside five thousand other nato forces that are in the country as the escalation of air strikes continues more air strikes are being carried out more munitions are being fired the risk for afghan security forces as well as for u.s. troops in the country is rising to pull out like this should not make such a mistake which will have a huge a you know negative but if i question with i'm. going to be their ship or moaned afghani people definitely these kind of attacks all these kind of months ago actually play to the hands of thought about it doesn't think that position makes many people actually join them and it also it will make their dick rutan process much much easier definitely the. definitively our will to prostitution. will wreak these kind of frustration and definitely missed that only the president will be in a very very difficult situation seeing his people his soldiers. by his friends that american so it is it is only position. has released a new report

there has been an increase in the quality of life in large parts of afghanistan. objectivesk, our were konwnown to reduce the terr threat and build a better afghanistan for its own people. that effort has taken far longer than anyone has originally foretold. i can see that. it is a battle against insurgency w that can only beon can onlysurgency that be won by the local population. in the next few years, we can continue to improve the resilience of those forces. that is why we're uplifting our commitment, having it done previously last year, to strengthen the training of afghan forces, improve the air force, improve their counterterrorism efforts, and future officer training. ,eather: i think for many of us watching the story unfold in afghanistan, seeing the uptake of russian support to the taliban, additional regional control.king it seems like we have lost ground. secretary mattis and general nicholson has called for additional courses. will there be increased forces or a limited footprint? surge, but it doesn't feel like we want to make that commitment again. s

it was also to try to build a better future for the people of afghanistan, like we now have. they have a democracy, a fragile democracy, a democracy nonetheless. six or 7 million people voted in the last election and girls are able to be educated in school and there has been an increase in quality of life in large parts of afghanistan. back, our objectives were noble, to reduce the terror threat and to try and build a better afghanistan for its own people. that campaign has been far longer than anybody originally forestall. i can see that. , it's a battle against insurgency that can only be one in the end by local forces that can command the support of the local population. so i hope over the next few years, we will interview -- continue to improve the resilience of those forces. that's why we are uplifting the trading of afghan -- training of afghan forces to improve their air force, counterterrorism effort and future officer training. >> for many of us as we are watching the story unfolds in afghanistan, seeing an uptick in support to the taliban, in some ways it looks like

agents then took him to bagram airbase near kabul, afghanistan.wo weeks there, he was put on a military transport plane for the long trip to cuba. at what point did it hit you in the stomach-- "i'm really in a jam here"? >> slahi: it doesn't, actually. you would be surprised. we-- if there is no hope, there is no life. >> williams: in guantanamo, mohamedou slahi's special interrogation plan was personally approved by secretary of defense donald rumsfeld. the treatment he received has since been outlawed. in a moment, slahi d what happened to him. i no longer live with the uncertainties of hep c. wondering, what if? i let go of all those feelings. because i am cured with harvoni. harvoni is a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. it's been prescribed to more than a quarter million people. and is proven to cure up to 99% of patients who have had no prior treatment with 12 weeks. certain patients can be cured with just 8 weeks of harvoni. <

after the events of 9/11/2001, she returned to afghanistan with a mission to find ways to economically empower the women of her native country. she is the founder of kandahar treasure, an enterprise employing over 450 women who embroider garments and housewares for the domestic and international market. rangina: i came here as a nonprofit worker, and the bureaucracies, the politics, the lack of a real vision forward really disappointed me. and so i thought that the alternative to this mess was business, because business offered sustainability and business gives an opportunity for people to rebuild their own lives with their own hands. i saw my country in the past 30 years of war, we are constantly waiting to be spoonfed by the world. so my answer to this dissatisfaction was start a business that i can own, but with a sustainable model, i know that in the future we can stand on our own two feet and not depend on the world to provide for us. i prefer business over charity because doing business gives me integrity. kandahar treasure respects that women in kandahar live in a very strict, t

just to be clear, afghanistan is a state party to the rome statute, as signed and ratified, and afghanistan some time now before my office. including allegations against us personnel? and we are looking at allegations of all parties who form part of all the warring factions that are in afghanistan. but can i tell you what professor kevin heller from london university's school of oriental and african studies says "the reason this hasn't been opened about us personnel as a formal investigation is that fatou bensouda cannot antagonise the united states. " is there any truth in that? i just want to be clear. my mandate requires me to be impartial and independent and all of the situations that i am looking at, i have to demonstrate — and i do demonstrate — that i'm acting with utmost impartiality and independence. i'm following the evidence and following the law and what my mandate requires me to do. in the case of afghanistan, as i mentioned to you last year, i took out an activities report, which is something that i take out every year, to update people on situations that are under preliminary

we invaded afghanistan. we continue to operate the longest war in america's history and we've taken that forceization of use of and use that as an underlying legal reason for conducting wars in large sections of the world. certainly in the middle east, now it is being used in syria and somalia and other parts of africa. cleard to have the very policy going forward as to what we are going to do about afghanistan. it has been the graveyard of empires. it is a very conflict area. we need to have a clear understanding of what our goal is there. last i heard is our military thinks we may need to be there for generations. we need a new authorization of ae of force we need congressional debate as to what our plan is in afghanistan. we are trying to force that debate about the future of afghanistan. host: are we any closer to sing that debate on the floor -- seeing that debate on the floor? guest: yes. we are closer than we were before. we are not home yet. we need the speaker. this is a critical issue for america.

we are not just in the middle east, and we continue in afghanistan where we are committed to increasing troop numbers again after the uplift we announced last summer, and building the capacity, and strengthening the afghan air force, and training the next generation of afghan officers. we are in africa, too, training somalians to fight al shabaab, assisting sudan in the humanen crisis. in total, this afternoon, we have more than 10,000 british servicemen and women deployed or in bases that are involved in some 25 operations around the globe. so britain has delivered. britain is delivering and we will continue to do so. but my third point is that we will do so in partnership. we are stronger, of course, when we work together. the fact is today that our nations are facing a wave of multiple concurrent diverse global threats from euz lislam extremis extremism, and from russia, more aggressive as we have seen in ukraine and syria, and iran sponsoring terror, and from the spread of misinformation and cyber attacks. these are challenges that depb m -- demand an international response. so when

his son robert died in action when he stepped on a landmine in afghanistan in 2010. wars. president trump appointed him the secretary of homeland security injanuary, where he was responsible for borders, immigration and cyber security. he‘s said in the past that a border wall between the us and mexico is essential because of threats entering the united states. earlier i spoke to scott lucas, professor of american studies at the university of birmingham. he described the white house in the past week as "chaotic". the watchword you‘ll get from trump and loyalists will be, oh, it‘s stability now, everything is sorted out. but the fact is that the immediate cause of this is that the new appointment, a communications director named anthony scaramucci with no communications experience made it his first priority to get rid of arrival, reince priebus, the chief of staff and the president has accepted that. instead of chastising scaramucci over the foul mouth comments he made, the insults at priebus, trump has decided not only to dismiss priebus but did so very, very quickly,

his son robert died in action when he stepped on a landmine in afghanistan in 2010.ficer to lose a child in the afghan and iraq wars. president trump appointed him the secretary of homeland security injanuary, where he was responsible for borders, immigration & cyber security. he's said in the past that a border wall between the us and mexico is essential because of threats entering the united states. let's get more on this story. joining us via skype is the republican businessman and donor shaun mccutcheon. thank you forjoining us this evening here. what do you make of the appointment ofjohn f kelly, is the appointment ofjohn f kelly, is the loss of head? i think it is a good move, given the failure of obama care which reince priebus was tied to. you remember lee had a big celebration when it passed the house, and he was going back to the republican leadership at the rnc. he had done a greatjob getting trump elected but wasn't delivering on... in the chief of staffjob. i welcome the move, i think it is a good move. do you think mr kelly can do what head has failed t

afghanistan has one of the lowest sta nda rds fact.. but they can contact doctor waheed arian,. an afghan who qualified as a doctor in britain and he can give them detailed medical advice using social media, from his home in chester, he takes messages day and night. he calls it kelly medicine. they don't have to -- the cutting edge technologies, the expertise, the evidence —based medicine. they need and expertise, any advice that is more world—class here. that is very useful for them. i will take the arrow and replace it along... now, waheed arian and his tea m along... now, waheed arian and his team are developing new ways of showing doctors there what to do. team are developing new ways of showing doctors there what to dom went very well. we discussed a medical case, we solve the problem, it was a live medical case in a hospital, using augmented reality, wheeler ‘s and manage their problem. —— we discussed it and managed their problem. as a boy in the 1980s, he had to escape from the russians who had to escape from the russians who h

world powers jostle in afghanistan's new "great game".most important players there is the united states. but there's a difference in opinion among the administration there about how to proceed. politico puts it justin rowlatt has been looking into this. the afghan army calls in air support to defend troops from a taliban attack. a fighter plane swoops into action. protecting the troops on the ground... do you have a visual on the building to the north? night shot. by taking out enemy targets. air support is crucial to modern warfare, as this american their training exercise shows. it's something the afghan military hasn't been capable of until very recently. this major is one of afghanistan's first fully trained fighter pilots. the country's first top gun. if you missed the target by two metres, you call it missed target. the afghan air forces getting thousands of new attack helicopters as well. america and its nato allies plan two treble the number of aircraft over the next five years. support makes all the difference in the world becaus

whether on afghanistan or iraq or syria. even the underlying bill calls for a strategy report on afghanistan and other conflicts. but congress avoiding taking any responsibility for continuing to send our service men and women into harm's way is absolutely shameful. mr. speaker, it is cowardice. every day military families say good-bye to their loved ones as they go into battle, placing themselves in harm's way to keep our country safe. and congress does nothing. all we do is kick the can down the road and call for another report and then another report. mr. speaker, if we don't even act when the president actually does send us an aumf, the way president obama did on iraq and syria and the war against isis, we did nothing. we didn't like it but we did nothing. the republican leadership complained that they didn't like it. but then they never even tried to act on it. or to write their own aumf. they'd rather just stand on the sidelines, complain and criticize, or do nothing. absolutely nothing. except stop other members from

. >> the competition is coming to a close, but for six girls from afghanistan, it's an experience that will last a lifetime. coming up, meet the robotics team who is winning over fans, was there talent, passion and perseveran perseverance. >> along carver road and prince william county where there are plans to erect 100 foot tall powerlines along this road. coming up why this african-am >>> it's about that time, we should have something popping up on the radar right about now, huh, doug. >> yeah, i worked in orlando for a while. it was amazing, highs in the 90s. that's dc also in the month of july, that's exactly what we have out there and that's exactly what we'll have the next two days. pretty good number tomorrow. and then we're just talking about heat and humidity. i mean, you really see what's happening. look around our region, the showers and storms that are around here, we have a lot back around the parts of the county, back towards little ridge in the city. we saw a really big storm right over parts of north east, portions of prince georges kouny, but now some rain falling now,

war in afghanistan in a bid to exploit afghanistan's mineral wealth. trumpimes" reports discussed the vast deposits of metals and rivers metals with ishan president and reportedly considering sending an envoy to afghanistan to meet with mining officials. a 2010 u.s. estimate found afghanistan has mineral deposits worth nearly $1 trillion. in france, human rights groups warn police are abusing migrants in the northern city of calais, as they return to the site of a former camp known as "the jungle" in the hopes of crossing into the united kingdom. benedict jeannerod, the director of human rights watch france, says police have routinely confiscated sleeping bags and clothing from migrants, while pepper spraying them and confiscating food and water. police forces use peppers are a the migrants who are sleeping or disrupt food distribution. this is the use of force which is unjustified. it is disproportionate and constitutes a violation of human rights and the protections these people have a right to. amy: last november, french police dismantled the calais

he died in afghanistan. i don't know why he is dead in a flag-draped coffin. god bless our men and women in uniform and god bless america. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman's letter will appear in the record. the air recognizes gentlewoman from ohio, ms. kaptur, for five minutes. ms. kaptur: thank you. mr. speaker, last week the trump administration released its nafta renegotiating objectives which laid out its plan for how to fix that bad trade deal for america's workers, but it lacks specifics. yes, america needs a better deal, better jobs, better wages for a better future for our people and the people of our continent. as renegotiations begin in august, let us remember the devil is in the details. the president's rhetoric alone is not enough. action is what creates jobs. nearly 30 years ago, nafta was sold as the epitome of a modern trade agreement. its supporters promised u.s. job growth. they guaranteed trade balances and even surpluses. they said there would be increased economic trade flexibility for north american

personnel on the ground in afghanistan, as opposed to u.s. military personnel. >> i know that we feel it's important to get input from all perspectives, and all of the right people were part of that process throughout, and any conversation. look, we've used contractors extensively over the last 16 years. currently, there are tens of thousands of contractors that are bravely serving alongside a lot of the u.s. military and coalition forces, and we're finalizing the review fully of the afghanistan policy, and it only makes sense to consult those leaders in the field as well. and that's simply just part of the review process. >> when you say the right people, does that include eric prince? >> i meant from our inside, internally, all of the right people would be part of that process. >> can you confirm if eric prince was part of the conversations about the contract. >> i can't. i can not at this time. but i'll check and let you know. >> on the president's statement, because you can talk about that, i would assume, since you read it to us. what tr

we are approaching the 17th year of the conflict in afghanistan.tember 11th attacks. a senate committee was told the united states is not winning the war. the trump administration is reviewing its policy on afghanistan. in comments last week president trump said quote, i want to find out why we've been there for 17 years. joining us now to talk about the challenges, michelle, served as secretary of defense. she a cofounder for the center of new american security. good morning. >> good morning. >> why are we still in afghanistan? >> i think first of all the taliban has proven a very resilie resilient and we've been really plagued by corruption and we too have made mistakes. between 2003 and 2009 all of the attention and the resources focused -- switched to focus on iraq and we sort of kept afghanistan as a back burner. >> so when we invaded iraq we put the seeds and perhaps losing afghanistan. ? and whobama announced that surg would last a short while, but less than two years so the taliban had the signal we can wait this out. >> is anybody winning

soledad: in afghanistan. sgt. rodriguez: in afghanistan, 2009 to 2010.oledad: kelly served as a medic, treating casualties from one of the bloodiest attacks on u.s. troops in afghanistan, an experience that left deep emotional scars. sgt. rodriguez: it's not just engaging in combat. it's seeing it. and when you have soldiers come in and they're literally holding their jaw because they just got hit in the face with a rocket, or an nco came in and he's holding his arm. soledad: after returning home, kelly suspected that she might have post-traumatic stress disorder. but she practically had to beg for a diagnosis. sgt. rodriguez: it came down to screaming. find out if it is pts, great. if it's not, great. one way or the other, i need something besides 'you have anxiety and you're depressed.' well, you know, so does half of america. dr. mclean: yeah, we're really living in the dark ages of post-traumatic stress diagnosis. soledad: dr. sam mclean is a doctor of emergency medicine and anesthesiology at the university of north carolina at chapel hill. he's one

in my view never done it in afghanistan. and never committed resources to it and never developed we develop a strait ji until 2009 and been will for eight years. made by politicians and great quote from the j3 one of the operations officers under -- general petraeus in iraq i don't know and this is not iraq i don't know if we have the wrong form of government for the wrong people in it. describing our problem in iraq you think about both of those very complex problems -- and neither of them neither the military or responsibility really. and again, what we -- label as counterinsurgency is modern war amongst the people. and i got a whole lot of frequent flyer models out of it. involved in a project with a nato partnership for peace. where we have developed an exportable counterinsurgency curriculum to partner for peace nations there's a list of 35 nations that want to get it. and i've been told i will will get first call on the -- being on teaching team to go to all of these places so i look at list of 35 nations none are fran

. >> in 1980 the soviet union move under to afghanistan.was nicaragua, it was in the caribbean. there was a feeling that the united states and i felt it, the united states could lose the cold war. >> there was a model of behavior during the cold war, and the way i often described it, it was the red side of the map and blue side of the map, separated by the iron curtain. the rest of the world we competed for. >> that fundamental clash between communism and capitalism, between dictatorship and freedom divided the world. but it is a revolution starting to stir. >> there has been an unexpected development abroad. polish workers in the baltic area are standing firm in their strike against the government. >> the demands of striking polish workers concluded free press, release of political prisoners and right to strike. they assumed the risk of striking illegally. >> along comes solidarity, but not a union run by communists, it is a union run by polish patriots, so it is a tremendous threat to the ussr because of possible contagion, it would wipe

military to officially had to afghanistan this time to fight the groups we created so afghanistan is officially known as the longest war history in u.s. .

this major is one of afghanistan's first fully trained fighter pilots.arget by two metres,... the afghan air force is getting dozens of new attack helicopters as well. america and its nato allies plan two treble the number of aircraft over the next five years. it will make all the difference in the world because it provides an asymmetric advantage over the enemy. in military terms of that means it is something you have that means it is something you have that they do not have. the afghan military, to have an air force when the insurgents do not, provide enormous advantage for them. developing new capabilities like air power is one of the key argument the us military is making for increasing troop numbers. president trump is considering sending up to a000 more troops here, nato allies will add a few thousand more ring in the total number of foreign troops in afghanistan number of foreign troops in afg ha nista n close to number of foreign troops in afghanistan close to 20,000. but in 2010, there were around 130,000 foreign troops and they could not defeat