i would like to end on the note that afghanistan is moving forward and the people of afghanistan are committed to owning their future. i just had to make it short because i was told that i have only four minutes. thank you very much. [ applause ] >>> thank you very much. now we're going to -- i'm going to introduce the distinguished panel. it's a pleasure to be here. i'm romina bandura and i'm joined by ambassador tony wayne. he's coordinating director for development and economic affairs for the u.s. embassy in kabul, afghanistan. also mr. earl ghast, he's the mission director in afghanistan for usaid, ambassador richard olson, former u.s. ambassador to pakistan and special representative of afghanistan and pakistan and mr. jeffrey greeko, president and ceo of the afghan american chamber of commerce. so i'm going to begin asking two questions about the past and so one of the main issues is what's different in afghanistan since september 11th? the second question -- i'm an economist, i like data so the second question to the panelists would be what are some key achievements, some key

that is a sad story in afghanistan. then the even greater problem is that everything in afghanistan is being dissolved by politics and i hear that you guys. here is the issue with afghanistan. you have -- let's suppose someone needs an appendectomy. they need a surgeon. but the very first thing that happens is they will go to the pharmacy in afghanistan, the american indus embassy, italian embassy and order us to get a surgery surgeon to get the surgery. nobody has that the financial problems in afghanistan. finally, i don't want to take much of your time but that is we have to go back for those of us who been around for a bit longer that what candidate bill clinton said in 1989 was that its economy and that's the whole issue in afghanistan. that's it. >> okay. are there any final comments? >> i would agree with your premise and i don't want to be just the economy. i think when you say the economy that he thanks the government economy but when he said it to me and you say to me i wanted to be a private-sector market led

i would like to end of another afghanistan is moving forward and the people of afghanistan are committed to owning their future. to make it short because i was told that i have only four minutes. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you very much. now we are going to introduce the distinguished panel. it is a pleasure to be here. i'm a senior fellow at csis. i am joined by ambassador wayne, the former deputy investment in coordinating directive for department and economic affairs for the us embassy and in afghanistan. and then we have ambassador richard olson, former us ambassador to pakistan and special representative for afghanistan and pakistan and mr. jeffrey greco, president and ceo of the african-american chamber of commerce. i'm going to begin asking two questions about the past. and so, one of the main issues is, what is different in afghanistan since september 11? the second question, i am an economist, i like data. the second question would be, so what are some key achievements, some key data points that you could talk about since september 11? that have been a success and

and afghanistan. we have not of the basic foundational instruments for economic relations, but we have them with pakistan, india and all of the other stans, we have all of those agreements in place and they have been for years. fixed.eds to be listening to be a priority of both governments to set up these foundations because no u.s. multinational -- they might have regional offices in delhi -- will come in and invest or let any of their personnel in if they don't have investment protection and basic trade production. none of that exists right now. lastly is capital. i think capital from the afghan-american chambers protective is a key issue. there is only 2% of afghan businesses using private banks to fund their investments and to invest. all of it is coming out of their pocket or other investors from the uae and other places. what we want to see is the afghan central bank loosen its overly conservative lending rules on capital and finance for the business sector. a lot of those rules were put in plac

strategy in afghanistan. the political and economic structure in that country and the influence of regional partners like pakistan, china and india. this is 90 mince. >> okay. we're going to get started. i'm dan rundy, hold the chair at cis. we're here to talk about nonmilitary components of u.s. strategy in afghanistan. i think the first thing you have to say is i certainly welcome, i think many people welcome the fact president trump and the trump administration has come forward with a new strategy for afghanistan without time lines and doubling down on a commitment to a great cause. the fact there are 3 million girls in school, a whole lot at stake in afghanistan, not just our security but moral component as well. there's a lot of progress that doesn't get a lot of coverage. for us to risk letting that go would be high. it's been a privilege to work with my friend ambassador wayne, who is the former coordinator. we've done a number of things with ambassador wayne. so we've got a very good to cover the issu

afghanistan. i welcome, many people look him the fact thapresident trump and the trump administration has come forth with a new rategy for afghanistan without timelines and redoubling got on the commitment. four afghanistan without timelines and with a commitment to a great cause. i think that there are -- there is a moral component to this as well. there is a lot of progress. i think that does not get a lot of covage on this. i think the fact that are 2 strategy which means thathe determination of the presence and the number otroops will pend on the -- in afghanistan here why we welcome this and is aggressively pursuing reforms, antirruption measures, peace and conciliation efforts. we believe in the fact that military is not the only solution for the afghan problem. good governance, reforms, correction and education, regional corporations are vital steps toward achieving a lasting stility. the government of afghanistan is committed to reformsnd basin internal challens could we just signed our cm

i think we need to think about leaving afghanistan. not hightailing out immediately, but we need to give up on the idea that we are going to build this nation into a stable country. vince: was it winnable in december 2001 or 2002? duane: i think where we got off of,k, i think our best hope from the nationbuilding standpoint and all that,, was really the first couple years. unfortunately i think the u.s. screwed up when we made iraq. at that point, and i can speak to this because i was at a job in dealing with afghanistan at headquarters, and all the focus of the government basically really went to iraq. and we went into a hole in afghanistan. in terms of resources and all that. we were still trying to do stuff, but if we had not invaded iraq and we had focused on afghanistan, especially after the success of 2001, that would've been the best opportunity to stabilize the place and be gone, or mostly gone. and unfortunately the opportunity has come and gone and i do not think we will get it back. vince: we will open it up to questions. if

the government of afghanistan the lions the united states with the government of afghanistan to measuring achievements against the federal bench mark the president of the two countries will meet regularly to discern that the benchmarks are met to the time lines those areas including economy is security and peace reconciliation so of thein business climate the financial sector are under way also with the infrastructure and then with that agenda of with determination with government services. so with the reconciliation with that multilateral mechanisms it is an important platform in this direction calling for our reach of reconciliation we believe the of proper support of the international community in these areas. i would like to end of the note that afghanistan is moving forward. [inaudible] [laughter] [applause] >> so i will introduce the uh the distinguished panel i enjoy and by a the ambassador former deputy vansittart in coordinating director and also the former mission director of afghanistan for usaid and ambassador richard olsen with special representative for afghanistan and pakis

we had six or seven afghanistan witnesses who came from afghanistan at great risk to themselves and tod against haji bagcho. >> he continued to deny he had anything to do with any wrongdoing. >> and after a three-week trial we had a hung jury. they couldn't come a verdict. so we had to send the witnesses back. we had to reconstitute the case and we re-tried haji bagcho again in the spring of 2012 and the jury came back pretty quickly with a guilty verdict. >> he was found guilty of all the charges and he was sentenced to three life sentences in the united states. >> i think he was shocked when the actually happened. >> he appealed one, so he's down to two life sentences right now. the other ones are pretty rock solid. >> the prosecution of bagcho really paved the way for future operation against foreign kingpins and especially as they relate to terrorism, not only in afghanistan, but throughout the world. >> the arrest of haji bagcho did not stop other criminal organizations from coming in and filling the void. >> but it sent a message no one was safe. if we could get haji bagcho, we c

in afghanistan afghanistan an absolute mess blood and fortune there. we won an illusion. mr chairman i believe we're in a stalemate. twenty seventeen is going to be another tough year for the valiant effort in security forces yes pretty much every year since the two thousand and one intervention led by the united states has been tough in afghanistan since then they've become the world's top source of opium and there's also been a rise in terrorist groups from the taliban al qaeda to the islamic state and it's not just afghanistan that's been affected there's been a spillover into neighboring countries first there is iran iran is worried about extremist influences coming in from afghanistan back in june iranian special forces hunted down the leaders of a local sunni terrorist group who they said had links to american forces in afghanistan he received financial assistance from arab countries and had a lot of meetings with american forces in afghanistan to inflict damage on the rom china is also worried about terrorism spilling over the border some member

some troops in afghanistan. one to. block are the one choose to have to behave based on their interests to cooperate and work with afghan government. nine members of the british private security firm g four s. have been suspended for assaulting and mocking detainees at an immigration center near london the move came after a b.b.c. investigative programme uncovered first officers using drugs and abusing those being held but g four s. is the world's largest security company operating in six continents and earning contracts wening into billions of pounds the company outsources many of its operations including five private prisons to immigration centers and also provide housing for asylum seekers and before us has been in the spotlight media the media spotlight before its troubled past includes breaching prison contracts and and torture. thoughts of on duty prison staff using drugs into most case was the death of a man called. an inquest ruled he was unlawfully killed by g four s. guards while restraining him on a flight ba

mission in afghanistan. as i noted at the outset, if confirmed i would welcome a candid ongoing dialogue with you about the challenges and opportunities we face. thank you very much again for the opportunity to appear before you and i look forward to your questions. >> thank you very much. mr. siperell. >> mr. chairman and members of the committee. thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to be president trump's nominee to be the ambassador to bahrain. if confirmed i look forward to working closely with the congress and this committee to advance our nation's interests in bahrain. i'm proud to be here with my wife and two children and our son benjamin is in school today and ours is a true foreign policy all three born in a foreign country. mr. chairman, the united states and bahrain share a long standing partnership based on common interests and regional security and the friendship of our two peoples. since the 1940s, bahrain has hosted the united states navy currently home to thousands attach

to the people of afghanistan who have always carried. their main burden on their shoulder and also the sacrifices they have made. and also the the patience that they have shown. and also they have all of them supported the constitution afghanistan's taliban and other terrorist groups. during the five things they've used our our people as their human shields. the main job of our security forces is to take there are people. i have. instructed all our security forces that during their their security operations they have to prioritize the protecting the lives of the civilians. the international forces for training our security forces. to evaluate the situation and their priority should be to protect our people. the four year long. strategic. which were true which has been devised by our government. and the international community has. one. has also agreed with that to protect our people and the second forces that we are making that our children our brothers and sisters and mothers live. peacefully that. our security forces will be will be pr

country faces but i know that together we have to to see lin's on the death of a nation to make afghanistan stable and secure for all of its people for our own security thank you once again is the best. just to make his opening remarks thank you. for hosting stoltenberg and myself here today we're grateful to you and keep executive a doula and i would say to mr president that this delegation stand united in our desire to advance peace in afghanistan and remove the impulses and manifestations of terrorism that threaten the innocent we are here today to support afghanistan because instability in south asia as secretary general and the president have already stated and the extremism that it cultivates endangers all nations as well as the people of afghanistan in recognition of these vital interests and thanks to the national unity government i would just say that the support of the international community has now rallied under the nato flag and we are here today as evidence of a new strategy that has given us a new opportunity and secretary general stoughton bird strategic and unflappable lead

soldiers in afghanistan today. what is going on today is the logical continuation of a policy that has been going on for a long time under previous administrations too but evidently it's a failed policy taliban is increasing its territorial control in afghanistan clearly there needs to be a discussion with the taliban if that conflict is ever to come to an end because the current balance of forces suggest there's going to be endless conflict in afghanistan which is a horror show and nobody predicted that would happen after the allied intervention in afghanistan after nine eleven there was lots of kind of idealist rhetoric about bringing democracy to afghanistan which i think looking back and again i was part of this was incredibly incredibly naive that you could just go into a country and transform its institutions transform a deeply fractured and divided country into care here and democratic unity that was just stupid in the extreme and yet that was the rhetoric we happily uttered using nine eleven and saw the lig

it's a boarder crossing between pakistan and afghanistan. very chaotic. 15 to 20,000 people cross over on a daily basis. no security, no one's being checked. every fiber in my being said this is not probably the best thing to do but it was the only way we're going to get bagcho. we flew from kabul, landed at the base, from there up to the gate. and it's a single road that weaves inhad to the mountains and right up to the crossing. so we would describe it as a fatal funnel. >> you had hthe mountains and te pass and there's one way in and one way out. so if you're coming in and your enemies on the other side, all the rounds are coming through that fatal funnel. the area was one of the most daichgero dangerous places on the face thoof earth. >> it's about the worst case scenario you could imagine. we just had hto hope pakistan ws going to follow through with their end of the bargain. we describe this area as the "x". >> that is the designated meeting spot and you want to get off the "x" quickly because if somebody 36s set up a sniper, they're g

the united states largest military base in afghanistan is. explosions the taliban claims responsibility saying it was in retaliation for the fence of leaflets distributed by the u.s. army. also ahead. syrian government forces with russian support retake or to find an area held by islamic state in the city of. paving the way for its liberation it follows the lifting of the terror group's three year long siege there earlier this week. the russian president say's munting pressure on young well known soul of the north korean crisis. let's not be driven by emotion and push north korea into a corner. one pm in new york six and me being in london on just after eight pm here in moscow you're with r t international alone welcome we begin with breaking news from afghanistan where a suicide bomber has blown himself up in front of. his main military site in the country now the attack reportedly comes after a leaflet thought to be offensive to muslims was distributed in the area well for more on this i'm joined by our count hi there samir what are we lear

after nine eleven there was lots of kind of idealist rhetoric about bringing democracy to afghanistan which i think looking back and again i was part of this was incredibly naive incredibly naive that you could just go into a country and transform its institutions transform a deeply fractured and divided country into care here and democratic unity that was just stupid in the extreme and yet that was the rhetoric we happily outed after using nine eleven and saw the light and found it independent diplomat this consultant see just lead. to better consult was it depended on funding very often more often than not. i think you've mentioned that you tried getting money from richard branson before realising something startling yeah we tried to get money from richard branson foundation before realising that virgin organization was holding a kite flying a kite surfing festival in the occupied territory of the western sahara where we have advised the people trying to allow ourselves to terminations for the western sahara at the front of the program which is illegally occupied by morocco and you

we already have troops on the ground in afghanistan. d i just returned from afghanistan. this is my fourth visit. i was there over the weekend of labor day.e i came to the conclusion that we belong in afghanistan. as muh i don't believe this is about rebuilding afghanistan as much as it is about protecting americans. twenty-one terrorist organizations that work in afghanistan out to kill citizens of the united states, attack us and we have a government in afghanistan is allowing us to be engaged in battle to defeat those terrorist organizations.ould the idea that we would walk away, i heard my colleagues talk about how long we've been there. does anybody talk about how long terrorism is going to be with us? the idea that we should set a parameter for our timeframe, knowing that were engaged in a great battle with terrorist organizations who want us dead seems to be the wrong way to look at this issue. i don't know what the right timeframe is and i'm saddenedat that were still there, but it's not a matter of time, it's a matter of accomplishment of the mission of ending te

that was centered inat was afghanistan. and it was used for that purpose and our military took action against afghanistan as a result of the attack against our country, that was authorized byu congress. it's hard to understand how you mi this authorization, the use of military force today, as congressionally authorized against isis in the middle east, and africa, or anywhere in the world. and that's the interpretation that has been given to the action of congress in 2001. i think that interpretation cannot be defended. congress has a responsibility to act.il we have a responsibility to specifically authorize the new threats that we have against our country, what military force is appropriate. that's our responsibilities. this is a different threat than we saw 16 years ago. it's our responsibility to get congressional authorization for the use of military force. some say can that be done? if they can't be done there we don't agree on the authorization of force but let me just remind my colleagues that the senate foreign rela

. >>> then, afghanistan. donald trump has expanded america's involvement in what is now its longest war. i ask afghanistan's president if the fighting will ever end and about his somewhat surprising friendship with president trump. >> you are one of the few world leaders i think who has generally been happy with the trump administration. >> i am. >>> all that and much more on "gps" today. first, here's my take. president trump's speech to the united nations was well delivered but it was a strange mishmash of topics and tones. there was one overriding three people, the embrace of nationalism. in striking that chord, donald trump did something unusual, perhaps unique for an american president. he encouraged, even embraced the rise of a post-american world. first, the mishmash. early in his speech, trump asserted -- >> in america we do not seek to impose our way of life on anyone. >> but then a few minutes alert trump proceeded to castigate north korea, iran, venezuela, and cuba for their un-democratic political

our talibans have almost 40% to 45% territory of afghanistan with them. has no control on that territory. why would they need safe havens in pakistan, when they have their own territory, where they can move freely, without any hindrance, without any problem 7 so this is basically — you know, this is scapegoating pakistan for whatever has happened in afghanistan over the last 1.5 decades. at the peak, there were more than 100,000 american soldiers who were there, of the combined isaf forces. they have not achieved anything. they have lost territory. they have not really achieved what they wanted to achieve in afghanistan. now, scapegoating pakistan is easy. but the fact remains that they are fighting a battle which is not about to finish in the near future. they are talking of a surge by 4,000, or 5,000, or 6,000, whatever. that will not make any difference. we propose that there should be a political approach and a political solution to this problem, not merely a military solution. the military solution has already failed. the military approach over the l

in iraq, iran, afghanistan. let's have a debate about allt these different wars but it's not just say the president can do what he wants. because realizing the people in this body who are for perpetual war they don't even think we should have any role in it.wantu they told me quietly the president can do what everyone under article two of the constitution that's absolutely e false. it was absolutely against everything that our founding fathers, read the federalist papers. there is extensive debate over the warmaking power an powers ay explicitly from washington to adams to jefferson to madison said we give this power to congress because we fear the perpetual war that we have seen in europe of brother fighting brother and brother fighting cousins within the royal disputes that went on endlessly in your han your hand so they sa founding document to try to make it more difficult.tt .. 9/11 virtually unanimously we came together within three days. pearl harbor within 24 hours. so what i would say to my colleagues is

they have not really achieved what they wanted to achieve in afghanistan.oating pakistan is easy. but the fact remains that they are fighting a battle which is not about to finish in the near future. they are talking of a surge by 4,000, or 5,000, or 6,000, whatever. that will not make any difference. we propose that there should be a political approach and a political solution to this problem, not merely a military solution. the military solution has already failed. the military approach over the last... so, when president trump talks about, first of all, the amount, the billions and billions of dollars that the united states is paying pakistan... that is absolutely wrong... and he also says no partnership can survive a country's harbouring militants and terrorists who target us service members and officials. he isjust wrong, is he? yeah, he is absolutely wrong, absolutely wrong. i told you, they are scapegoating pakistan for their failures, number one. number two, talking of this billions, let's sit down with the americans and sort this out. you know, for

we went to afghanistan for a reason and stayed for a reason. this is where the 9/11 attacks were planned when the taliban ofed the boko -- the bulk the country. we went into ensure that shank sanctuary was removed and cannot be reestablished. our objectives were to get to afghan security forces being able to secure the country to a aod enough fashion to ensure sanctuary like that could not be reestablished and help afghan institutions get to a point where they can cover afghanistan in an afghan way to a good enough standard as well and that will take time. this is a very challenging country and the distinguishing feature here is that we cannot get to the leaders of the insurgent groups and that is why i told congress as a central command commander and in my confirmation hearing to be the afghan -- commander to afghanistan that we would not be able to flip afghanistan the way we flipped iraq during the surge . we could not guarantee how long it would take, but we felt if we changed the strategy in the way we did and the surgeon that mattered wer

we do not accept any indian role in afghanistan. that is absolutely correct.— we are searching for the possible with the americans. there are state m e nts with the americans. there are statements from both sides which we re statements from both sides which were into and accused the tree, at the fact remains that the solution can't be found to this problem without pakistan. but you have already told me that the americans are losing and will lose the war in afghanistan. you know, what i am saying is that the military solution oi’ saying is that the military solution or military approach did not work. so let's push for the political approach and what has happened in the past 15 years or 14 years is that now the afghan taliban has more control than they did 14 or 15 years back. so let's try the political option. you have this... you are having this argument almost with america. at the same time we are hearing really quite bellicose language between pakistan and india. pakistan official has said, if ever a national security is threatened by advancing foreign force

i think in afghanistan i think the best description of the last 16 years in afghanistan is we have had 16 one-year strategies in afghanistan. we need to have a real strategy in afghanistan that shows what victory looks like on how we keep ourselves safe and deny terrorists safe havens. and an aumf should reflect that. reporter: as far as daca is concerned, any potential legislation in the next six months, did the president make it clear he's looking for any type of wall funding to be added to this? how did the democrat leadership react to that? speaker ryan: i'm not going to get into our meeting yesterday. it was a proper conversation. we as republicans, i feel safe saying the administration agrees is, remember daca is a symptom of a problem. we don't have control of our borders. while we deal with this issue, which the president gave congress time to deal with, i think it's only reasonable that we deal with the root cause of the problem, open borders, uncontrolled borders. we need to control our borders while we deal with this problem so that we don't have the same problem 10 years fr

we already have troops on the ground in afghanistan. i just returned from afghanistan. this is my fourth visit there. i was there over the weekend of labor day. came to the conclusion that we belong in afghanistan. i don't believe this is about rebuilding afghanistan as much as it is about protecting americans. 21 terrorist organizations at work in afghanistan out to kill citizens of the united states, attack us, and we have a government of afghanistan that is allowing us the opportunity to be engaged in a battle to defeat those terrorist organizations. the idea that we would walk away -- in fact, i heard my colleagues earlier talk about how long we'd been there. does anybody talk about how long terrorism is going to be with us? so the idea that we should set a parameter for our time frame knowing that we're engaged in a great battle for the future of our nation with terrorist organizations who want us dead seems to be the wrong way to look at this issue. i don't know what the right time frame is and i'm saddened that we're still there. but it's not a matter of time. it

we don't see military rule in afghanistan. that would be detrimental to peace in afghanistan.ghanistan, stepping up action against the taliban, good work? we do not believe war will give a solution to theissues believe war will give a solution to the issues in afghanistan. it has to bea the issues in afghanistan. it has to be a settlement between themselves. war is not a solution to afghanistan. but it might be a tool to get their that is how the americans explaining it. -- there. that solution has not worked in the last 50 years. the americans said afghanistan can play an important role in bringing afghanistan to the table. we can assess that situation but i do not think pakistan alone has influenced. we can only assist. we cannot do anything more than that. before banksy, there was basquiat, a graffiti artist who became a sensation in the art world. jean—michel basquiat died of a suspected drugs overdose in new york at the age of 27 in 1988. but earlier this year, one of his paintings sold for $110 million. and now, the first large—scale exhibition of his work is going on sh

afghanistan perhaps.ldn't talk about where we were at or anything we were about to do. coming back from a skirmish, i get a message something is wrong. call home. >> i had kya and michelle. bless her heart. she was on the phone trying to find a way to get ahold of mark to let him know i had delivered our daughter. but i didn't hear from him until we were alreaddischarged and at home several days later. >> amy went in for a normal appointment and there were some complications evidently and the ob specialist said you're having this baby today and it was over a month early. >> yeah. she said i had two hours to get my affairs in order, and i was not to leave, that i had to stay on the hospital grounds. so i called -- >> she called these wives, and they came. from what i understand, every one of you were in the delivery room. >> but it's what you do. you do what you have to do to keep your house in order, to keep your kids doing what they are supposed to be doing and while they are doing what they do, you do w

that's how i feel. >> this one. >> this is us in afghanistan. we were in some harsh -- >> probably as extreme combat. environment as you can fathom. it tested you in every way physically, mentally, emotionally. >> we are it. when you need the army, we are the vanguard, the spearhead. >> 15 years. >> since vietnam. >> we're talking about people as a unit we have been deployed doing some pretty crazy crap for awhile. >> you get into it, that's what you do. that's your game. >> i have been in the military now 30 years. that missi the pinnacle of my career. absolutely the finest thing a team could do. >> mark wasn't on the team anymore at that time. i thought i was good to go. i was six months pregnant. and we got a call while we were in a baby store shopping for baby things. i and said guess what, you're back on the team. i was like, oh. >> we both realized i was probably not going to be there for the birth of our child. on the drive back from nashville, we realize d we bettr pick a name. amy knew we were going to go, but she didn't know where. i d

can we talk afghanistan? >> i think we'll go from -- you've been getting briefings, were at a briefing yesterday, did you say? >> that's correct. >> so you know a lot of stuff you can't talk about, i realize that, but, let me ask you broadly, do you think that there's a, a level, we've also been hearing a lot of rhetoric on both sides as we all know. a lot of rhetoric coming from the white house. is there a point at which rhetoric hurts our cause in trying to contain that threat? >> there is rhetoric on both sides and in this case i, i don't think that is the determining factor at all. i think north korea has been bent on obtaining nuclear capabilities for a very long time, and i don't see that it was the president or any of his words which spurred that action. i mean that, this has been an ongoing process for them long before we had an administration change. so when the president is talking about north korea and the leader in north korea, i think that honestly, he is speaking truth to the situation. when he

commander in afghanistan later apologized for the leaflets. the u.n. meanwhile says twenty eight civilians have been killed and sixteen injured in u.s. airstrikes on afghanistan's hair out and logar province is in just one week afghan villages have since returned to what's left of their homes. ok. when the afghan and u.s. forces started the battle against everything was destroyed people are living in the ruins. the more we fled when the fighting started and came back when it was all over to find our homes reduced to rubble. according to the un's assistance mission over sixteen hundred civilians were killed and nearly three thousand six hundred injured in afghanistan during the first part of this year the report also shows that the number of civilian casualties due to strikes has increased by forty three percent this year compared with two hundred sixteen the figures were released after trying to land's end of expanding the us presence in afghanistan previously he'd been critical about the afghan military campaign. we will also expand authority for amer

jennifer glass al jazeera at the kandahar airfield afghanistan. we have the sports news still ahead on the news of the cleveland indians the second longest on the. baseball history it will have the details and sport. time for school elizabeth thank you very much the international and the committee has three if it reiterated that there's no plan b. for next year's pyong chang winter olympics in south korea this off north korea fired another missile over japan on friday at the games a g. to take place in february one hundred kilometers from the north korean border the i.o.c. is new head of ethics ban ki moon is backing the olympics the former u.n. secretary general who's also from south korea is confident the games will go ahead without a hitch. sports has a universal language and it can reach to any place even during a time of cold war even so there is heightened attention on the korean peninsula i'm sure that this chunk been told in big games will be a great success with a great sense of stability. whenever there was always a sports event. exchang

afghanistan can 110w perform at the top.nked tea m now boast the ninth world ranked team in t20 cricket and were recently granted test that is. the future of afg ha n recently granted test that is. the future of afghan tennis may know no boundaries. to tennis, where the new women's world number one, garbine murguruza will play injapan this week in what will be her first match since moving to the top of the rankings following the us 0pen. the wimbledon champion and her spanish compatriot rafael nadal are the first players from the same country to hold the top spots simultaneously since 2003. it isa it is a great achievement and a dream come true since i was a little girl. i can't wait to play in this new moment and hopefully keep it long. the nhl‘s newest franchise the las vegas knights make their debut when the new season gets under way in early october. the knights will be the only professional sporting franchise in the city with both players and fans excited about the expansion team and what it will mean we have been dying

and complete disaster let's get with it get out of afghanistan president trump since he has no clue of foreign policy on the ground situation in afghanistan not easily interested in what harm he's going to cause to his own troops as as well . to civilians in afghanistan he has decided to send in at least four thousand more troops and also increase in the air attacks which is causing civilian casualties which is going to isolate america from the overage of going on needs only the taliban have been opposed to us to president from now the average of the un is going to hate america for what it is doing to the common people and most of the attacks which have recently been crowded out because of the very men and children that have been targeted and not even the men and not a single taliban has been hurt in those so it is what intelligence work battling were strategy and heartless conduct of. war. and the round of strikes will hit france tomorrow as unions continue to show their rage at emanuel micron's new labor reforms the latest poll shows sixty percent of those close to worried about t

so afghanistan is very tribal.d out that any tribes were turning in other tribal members and we're giving them $5000 for an al-qaeda operative or a taliban operative. that's a years salary in afghanistan. so we had tribal people turning in other tribal people, not al-qaeda. when i got down there we had a lot of old farmers, a lot of strange, just people that shouldn't have been there. we had some bad people but we had a lot of that off of the bounty. it was george h. w. bush, sorry, george w. bush actually freed a lot of them and then obama freed a few more. george w. freed more once he went through them, but they're still, there still a couple to this day that i question whether they should be free. now, on the other hand, when we made the swap with bergdahl, sergeant bergdahl and five taliban fighters, those five guys were bad dudes. we should never have released those guys for bergdahl that's like releasing five taliban generals for one of our soldiers. so we've done a lot of wrong, a lot of right. it's really j

so you want to talk about afghanistan. what are the greatest challenges facing the new policy in afghanistan? senator ernst: well, i think, one, to start, you have to have people that have faith in it. and believe in it, and we saw that expressed from the president gony a few days ago after he met with the president at united nations. ms. easton: we had his wife on stage the other day. senator ernst: wonderful. ms. easton: she was fantastic. senator ernst: lovely. when they are meeting and when the president is reassuring the afghan people that we will support you, we will combat terrorism in your country, president trump ghani is coming back and saying, you know, the difference in the administration is night and day. so, one, we have to show them that we are willing to combat terrorism. we're taking the gloves off and terrorists, look out. we are working with the rules of engagement with our forces on the ground in afghanistan where maybe they felt they had their hands tied a little bit previously. now our commanders on t

you were critical of nation building in afghanistan. the administration has stated we're not conducting nation building. how do we reconcile the military-- insurgency counterterrorism without nation building. where do we draw the line in supporting the afghan government. >> we shouldn't be engaged in nation building, but the people in that region or country that may have an interest in afghan for the long run, the people in their back yard, maybe providing those types of supports within afghanistan. i know that's been part of the state department conversation with other leaders in that region. so we can send our military and we can go after the terrorists about you in collaboration we need to work with other countries that are willing to support those efforts. it is all part of the package. unfortunately, the united states has put a lot of money into afghanistan trying to do nation building, with very little to show from it. there's a lot of corruption that still exists in afghanistan. a lot of dollars have disappeared. and we have to b

airstrikes in afghanistan's herat provinces afghan villages have since returned to what's left of the heart. when the afghan and u.s. for. started the battle against everything was destroyed people are living in the ruins. the more we fled when the fighting started and came back when it was so over to find our homes reduced to rubble. according to the un's assistance mission over sixteen hundred civilians were killed and nearly three thousand six hundred injured in afghanistan just during the first part of this year the report also shows the number of civilian casualties due to the strikes has actually increased by forty three percent this year compared with twenty sixteen the figures were released off the troubles announcement of expanding the us military presence in afghanistan previously he had been rather critical about the afghan military campaign we will also expand authority for american armed forces to target the terrorist and criminal networks afghanistan is a total and complete disaster let's get with it get out of afghanistan president since he has no blue or foreign policy

expand authority for american armed forces to target the terrorist and criminal networks afghanistan is a total and complete disaster let's get with it get out of afghanistan president since he has no blue or foreign policy of the ground situation in afghanistan not easily interested in what harm he's going to cause as well as to civilians in afghanistan he has decided to send in at least four thousand more troops an increase in the backs which is causing civilian casualties which is going to isolate america from the average afghan he's only been opposed to usa and to president trump now the average afghan is going to hate america for what it is doing to the common people and most of the attacks which have recently been carried out it does leave the very men and children that have been targeted and not even the men and not a single taliban has been hurt in those so it is what intelligence we're battling strategy and heartless conduct of a few. has torn through florida coast to coast knocking out power to millions with winds as strong as two hundred ten kilometers per hour now at leas