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policies in afghanistan will come to order. afghanistan has been at war since 1979. human suffering has been horrendous. threats to security have followed. as a result, the u.s. has had no choice but to engage in afghanistan. first we helped counter the brutal soviet invasion and then we helped dislodge the taliban and combat al qaeda after the september 11 attacks. afghanistan has been called america's longest war. thousands of americans have lost their lives. we have spent hundreds of billions. this investment aims to achieve a stable afghanistan that doesn't harbor international terrorists. should the government failed to the vacuum surel,the vacuum sure filled. isis and the ayatollah would be among those who would benefit. so today we will ask where should we go from here. we currently have the u.s. troops in afghanistan and this is dramatically down from the high enough 100,000 in 2011. their current focus is training afghan security forces and counterterrorism, and there has been some success. fortunately many allies are still with us, that afghans need the abi
policies in afghanistan will come to order. afghanistan has been at war since 1979. human suffering has been horrendous. threats to security have followed. as a result, the u.s. has had no choice but to engage in afghanistan. first we helped counter the brutal soviet invasion and then we helped dislodge the taliban and combat al qaeda after the september 11 attacks. afghanistan has been called america's longest war. thousands of americans have lost their lives. we have spent hundreds of...
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in afghanistan, there is not that. they aspire to have a strong government but the fact that you can try from the airfield to the compound without enhanced security measures would indicate that the control is not what they would like it to be. we need understand the reality on the ground and it doesn't near that which we are familiar with at home. we talk about the taliban. i would look at and argue that there is no taliban. there are taliban. there is no centralized control of these elements as there was under -- but there's no overlap and to act autonomously thus creating harder circumstance for folks like yourself and any nato coalition force to deal with. we see things like atrocities committed against civilian contractors driving supplies that are documented on the internet. obviously be useful to that to intimidate and to perpetrate the taliban. they said you cannot make peace with your friends. i thought that was insightful. yet, there are taliban elements that express differing degrees of willingness to sit dow
in afghanistan, there is not that. they aspire to have a strong government but the fact that you can try from the airfield to the compound without enhanced security measures would indicate that the control is not what they would like it to be. we need understand the reality on the ground and it doesn't near that which we are familiar with at home. we talk about the taliban. i would look at and argue that there is no taliban. there are taliban. there is no centralized control of these elements...
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you are from afghanistan? caller: know, i am an american. host: you fought in afghanistan? caller: yes. i just wanted to say that i am hearing there is all kinds of corruption there, this thing about you are paying teachers that don't exist and some who takes the money. you're covered to billion dollars and put 100 people in jail, not good enough. the reason why people win in this country and it is the greatest nation is the world -- in the world is because we do better. we do better, we try harder, we look for the truth. please just do better. this is america. we are the greatest nation in the world. we can do better. we can show the entire world that we can do better. host: who are you saying needs to be better? caller: i am saying everybody in the government including that gentleman you have on the show today. somebody called earlier and said, you are laughing at it. he is not laughing at it, he is ghing at it at all i am looking at his face, but he has got to be concerned. be a man, you sure heart, this is america. please do better. . that is all i have to say guest: i
you are from afghanistan? caller: know, i am an american. host: you fought in afghanistan? caller: yes. i just wanted to say that i am hearing there is all kinds of corruption there, this thing about you are paying teachers that don't exist and some who takes the money. you're covered to billion dollars and put 100 people in jail, not good enough. the reason why people win in this country and it is the greatest nation is the world -- in the world is because we do better. we do better, we try...
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i fought in afghanistan. i just wanted to say i am hearing there's all kinds of corruption and paying teachers that don't exist in somebody takes the money and recovers $2 billion put on hundred in jail, not good enough. the reason people live in this country and love this country and it's the greatest nation in the world is because he do better. we try harder and look for the truth. please, just do better. this is america. we are the greatest nation in the world. we can do better and show the entire world that we can do better. >> host: who are you saying needs to do better? >> guest: everybody in the government including the gentleman you have on the show today. somebody called earlier and said he's laughing at it. he's not laughing at it. i'm looking at his face right now, but you've got to be more concerned and try. be a man come and use your heart. this is america. please do better. that's all i have to say. >> guest: i appreciate that and we try to do better. again we can only do so much unless we have
i fought in afghanistan. i just wanted to say i am hearing there's all kinds of corruption and paying teachers that don't exist in somebody takes the money and recovers $2 billion put on hundred in jail, not good enough. the reason people live in this country and love this country and it's the greatest nation in the world is because he do better. we try harder and look for the truth. please, just do better. this is america. we are the greatest nation in the world. we can do better and show the...
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in afghanistan, there is not that. they aspire to have a strong government but the fact that you can try from the airfield to the compound without enhanced security measures would indicate that the control is not what they would like it to be. we need understand the reality on the ground and it doesn't near that which we are familiar with at home. we talk about the taliban. i would look at and argue that there is no taliban. there are taliban. there is no centralized control of these elements as there was under -- but there's no overlap and to act autonomously thus creating harder circumstance for folks like yourself and any nato coalition force to deal with. we see things like atrocities committed against civilian contractors driving supplies that are documented on the internet. obviously be useful to that to intimidate and to perpetrate the taliban. they said you cannot make peace with your friends. i thought that was insightful. yet, there are taliban elements that express differing degrees of willingness to sit dow
in afghanistan, there is not that. they aspire to have a strong government but the fact that you can try from the airfield to the compound without enhanced security measures would indicate that the control is not what they would like it to be. we need understand the reality on the ground and it doesn't near that which we are familiar with at home. we talk about the taliban. i would look at and argue that there is no taliban. there are taliban. there is no centralized control of these elements...
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we've been in afghanistan for 17 years. not be in afghanistan forever. we need to make it clear to the afghans, that they need to secure enough of their own country, so that u.s. troops can come home as soon as possible. i appreciate your being here, but i'm deeply concerned that we are just heading further and further down a path that does not have success at the end. thank you. >> thank you, senator warren. senator perdue? >> thank you, general for your service and your family's service. i share the concern of the senator, but let me ask you a question. so, we've been there a long time, you've been there, a lot of people have died there. it seems to me that the real question is, are we gonna get the security forces of afghanistan hardened, as you call it, enough to stand on their own, to where we can down size our involvement there with some security that they'll be able to withstand the taliban onslaught? would you agree with that? >> i do, senator. >> and so we've given them air power over the last year, we trained their pilots in this country. we've
we've been in afghanistan for 17 years. not be in afghanistan forever. we need to make it clear to the afghans, that they need to secure enough of their own country, so that u.s. troops can come home as soon as possible. i appreciate your being here, but i'm deeply concerned that we are just heading further and further down a path that does not have success at the end. thank you. >> thank you, senator warren. senator perdue? >> thank you, general for your service and your family's...
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involvement in afghanistan. of peace between afghan forces and the taliban, and how much longer american troops would be there. assistant secretary of state allison wells testified to the foreign affairs committee for just over an hour and a half. order. afghanistan has been at war since 1939. the human suffering is her undisputed real threats to national security have followed. no choice but to engage in afghanistan. first, we helped counter the brutal soviet invasion, then we helped dislodge the taliban and combat al qaeda after the september 11 attacks. afghanistan has been called america's longest war. thousands of americans have lost their lives. we have spent hundreds of billions. this investment aims to achieve a stable afghanistan that does not harbor international terrorists. should the afghan government fail, the vacuum would be filled. isis and the ayatollah would be among those who would benefit. today, we will ask where should we go from here. we currently have 14000 u.s. troops in afghanistan, this
involvement in afghanistan. of peace between afghan forces and the taliban, and how much longer american troops would be there. assistant secretary of state allison wells testified to the foreign affairs committee for just over an hour and a half. order. afghanistan has been at war since 1939. the human suffering is her undisputed real threats to national security have followed. no choice but to engage in afghanistan. first, we helped counter the brutal soviet invasion, then we helped dislodge...
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the former president of afghanistan the because i led afghanistan from two thousand and one to two thousand and fourteen he has been involved in politics still you still in active very very active in the political field and he is hailed to for bringing different afghan political groups together and form a government but he has also been criticized for his soft approach towards the taliban and calling them his brothers we also have marco spot so he's the federal german special representative for afghanistan and pakistan he's representing germany in the current peace process he has been a participant of the international peace conference as in the past months and the step also used to be the german ambassador in kabul from two thousand and fourteen to two thousand and sixteen we also have and i'm also very have. it to welcome my colleagues. who is an award winning w journalist and age expert she traveled to afghanistan countless times and reported on political issues and women rights issues for five years she was the heir of the south asia correspondent in delhi india and last but not least w
the former president of afghanistan the because i led afghanistan from two thousand and one to two thousand and fourteen he has been involved in politics still you still in active very very active in the political field and he is hailed to for bringing different afghan political groups together and form a government but he has also been criticized for his soft approach towards the taliban and calling them his brothers we also have marco spot so he's the federal german special representative for...
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the return of violence to afghanistan pakistan sparks sounds and a bit ity to accept afghanistan as a good peace for neighbor for their own interests for the disputes that riyadh the durand line and all of the issues of the united states not paying genuine attention to maintain peace rather on hunting down individuals that they thought were against and these were the fundamental issues that we faced the. afghans we must be very clear when we would be referred to the taliban as afghans as individuals always wanted peace they were part of that country part of our side of the afghan people. the reason that we did not succeed in our peace process so far is fundamentally because the afghan wish in bringing peace to the country was not the only determinant factor but where the other factor foreign factors neighbors international community u.s. object in the region and afghanistan all of those combined hans to deny a space which we hope those of those do is do those negative factors. are going to go away now and if that happens we will certainly sort of have these. mr potts so where did the
the return of violence to afghanistan pakistan sparks sounds and a bit ity to accept afghanistan as a good peace for neighbor for their own interests for the disputes that riyadh the durand line and all of the issues of the united states not paying genuine attention to maintain peace rather on hunting down individuals that they thought were against and these were the fundamental issues that we faced the. afghans we must be very clear when we would be referred to the taliban as afghans as...
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experience in afghanistan. this event happens to share the same title with the report just issued by sigar which will be ruled out today and you will be hearing from john shortly on the report's contents, the findings and the recommendations. now, i have had the honor of knowing this gentleman, john sopko, for many years. he was a vital partner to me in my previous role leading u.s. and nato fs in afghanistan and has been a trusted adviser to many u.s. policymakers and leaders throughout the years. he and his team have maintained close and tireless oversight over our mission in afghanistan and have been a critical part of ensuring we remain accountable for our efforts. and equally as important in making sure we learn from our successes as well as our mistakes. frankly, over the last nearly 17 years of this conflict, there has been much to learn. to the audience for this hour, john will first provide us his own set of remarks laying out the report, then we will come together on the stage for roughly about 30 min
experience in afghanistan. this event happens to share the same title with the report just issued by sigar which will be ruled out today and you will be hearing from john shortly on the report's contents, the findings and the recommendations. now, i have had the honor of knowing this gentleman, john sopko, for many years. he was a vital partner to me in my previous role leading u.s. and nato fs in afghanistan and has been a trusted adviser to many u.s. policymakers and leaders throughout the...
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but that is not a problem just for afghanistan. look at the consumption pa rt afghanistan. countries. countries which are blaming afghanistan for this. the precursor is our coming through their own territories, to our territory, and then we get the blame. yes, we have a responsibility to deal with it. these are the realities around it. let's look forward a little bit. you, in 2014, we re forward a little bit. you, in 2014, were furious. you claimed that what you saw as a victory in the presidential election was robbed, robbed by systematic rigging. now elections are coming around again. a parliamentary elections are supposed to be 0ctober, parliamentary elections are supposed to be october, and a presidential election next year. there is a big drive to register voters in a way that will be deemed free and fair. are you confident that that registration of that will work? this is one of the basic and fundamental recommendations made by all those who have monitored the elections in afghanistan, the voters list, providing the voters lists to the polling centres. that is one of
but that is not a problem just for afghanistan. look at the consumption pa rt afghanistan. countries. countries which are blaming afghanistan for this. the precursor is our coming through their own territories, to our territory, and then we get the blame. yes, we have a responsibility to deal with it. these are the realities around it. let's look forward a little bit. you, in 2014, we re forward a little bit. you, in 2014, were furious. you claimed that what you saw as a victory in the...
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afghanistan at the end of the seventy's as part of the atlas afghanistan project. he got a unique insight into the maps of mineral resources. there was one american geologist me and two hundred fifty soviet russian geologist. so when i left afghanistan in late seventy eight i was actually in de ported by the communists who had taken over the government i left having sent my maps out of the country in a diplomatic pouch came back to the united states and i worked on the mineral resources in afghanistan ever since. west of mazower other remains of a canister finally from the soviet era. the plant is stayed in operation but no longer produces as much as when the russians were there. mouthing about on the roof i don't understand kindles are not that hold only shasta million goes down as it has sought asylum laws passed through our johnny sure and saddam saddam mission that one. could be sure that in asia. in two thousand and seven an experienced oil geologist rediscovered this area. he'd previously worked for unocal but he now worked as head of the norwegian aid projec
afghanistan at the end of the seventy's as part of the atlas afghanistan project. he got a unique insight into the maps of mineral resources. there was one american geologist me and two hundred fifty soviet russian geologist. so when i left afghanistan in late seventy eight i was actually in de ported by the communists who had taken over the government i left having sent my maps out of the country in a diplomatic pouch came back to the united states and i worked on the mineral resources in...
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as a rival back in afghanistan coincided with my own to work with the un. never met the salad that a lot of i saw months in the bazaar then as convoy car passing by but i never you know we didn't labor anything we didn't know each other were looking at the other so. that first year that he was in the area was the time when he's solidified his free lation ship was mullah mohammad omar. natoma and rid of the. sure there is a lot of work to those little. why did you reach for the moon shot up of ice i just did it with the job too but when i'm going to must do more on the interview took on a whole almost sort of. in afghanistan multi millon and unocal how did the cia did the training of local workers who were to be employed on the so-called peace pipeline. we'd like our locally so you had employment opportunities for the afghans in fact one of the things we didn't khandahar as we established a training center we found an old abandoned warehouse that we outfitted then we brought some equipment in your welding equipment. tools that were needed for the training. w
as a rival back in afghanistan coincided with my own to work with the un. never met the salad that a lot of i saw months in the bazaar then as convoy car passing by but i never you know we didn't labor anything we didn't know each other were looking at the other so. that first year that he was in the area was the time when he's solidified his free lation ship was mullah mohammad omar. natoma and rid of the. sure there is a lot of work to those little. why did you reach for the moon shot up of...
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a few days ago, in a conference of afghanistan ulamas, or clerics, they requested the government of afghanistanl as the taliban, to announce ceasefire throughout the last days, the last week of ramadan. and also during the eid period. and the announcement by the president is a response to that call. of course, that very conference you're talking about with the scholars and the academics, was attacked by a suicide bombing. u nfortu nately, yes. that, i suppose, was some sort of signal as far as the militants are concerned, including the taliban, there appears to be absolutely no interest in responding in kind. so, the question is what happens? what happens if the taliban launch a major attack on kabul or another population centre during this supposed unconditional ceasefire? there is no doubt that unfortunately taliban have shown their lack of respect for human lives and the conditions in the country. and also the calls made by the clerics or the people of afghanistan or the international community. at the same time we do have a responsibility as the government of afghanistan to search every ave
a few days ago, in a conference of afghanistan ulamas, or clerics, they requested the government of afghanistanl as the taliban, to announce ceasefire throughout the last days, the last week of ramadan. and also during the eid period. and the announcement by the president is a response to that call. of course, that very conference you're talking about with the scholars and the academics, was attacked by a suicide bombing. u nfortu nately, yes. that, i suppose, was some sort of signal as far as...
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it says afghanistan has become too dangerous. because no proof for this is the explanation they give as area or is increasingly saying precarious security situations in certain countries i regions with you on its look and saw like afghanistan which unfortunately restrict our ability to support our partners in trying. over the previous three and a half years visiting or contributed more than two million euros to support the school project since march over again has had to finance itself private sponsors and small n.g.o.s have donated around two hundred thirty thousand euros that will last until march twenty eighth. teen after that the project's future is unclear. it's a question for the policymakers who promised the afghans so much for the future to give them new opportunities and so forth. today there's a surprise in store for this for texas one that will lift their spirits somewhat. they have come to have tea with one of the former teachers and they're delighted at what they find here. not. has turned the living room of her pare
it says afghanistan has become too dangerous. because no proof for this is the explanation they give as area or is increasingly saying precarious security situations in certain countries i regions with you on its look and saw like afghanistan which unfortunately restrict our ability to support our partners in trying. over the previous three and a half years visiting or contributed more than two million euros to support the school project since march over again has had to finance itself private...
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or not on the government of afghanistan but all stakeholders in the refugee situation have their own responsibilities than they have to perform them. starting from atlanta stand they have to look into different categories of refugees in afghanistan for example those who have established businesses in pakistan and in the good life that they can come easily and in a just level and son's life or they have they should have a smooth transition for their companies in factories into afghanistan all those skilled laborers that we have in pakistan government if you get in packs and they can come to afghanistan and they can have decent lives in afghanistan too or could be exported as a labor skilled laborers to the middle east countries apart from that those afghans living in pakistan who have their family members abroad in wiston countries or in the middle east can have decent lives in afghanistan without any problem similarly that of afghans who are working in afghanistan but their families still live in pakistan afghanistan should promote in and ask them to bring their families back to veni
or not on the government of afghanistan but all stakeholders in the refugee situation have their own responsibilities than they have to perform them. starting from atlanta stand they have to look into different categories of refugees in afghanistan for example those who have established businesses in pakistan and in the good life that they can come easily and in a just level and son's life or they have they should have a smooth transition for their companies in factories into afghanistan all...
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his presence in afghanistan. became a big part of the trip. and they did in there in the early shift between a kind of sign and a match that if you can. there are. a lot of. as you get up to the pedestal part of those see was a victim of static surgery so you know it was sort of blood because you know it suited the low baseline near zero by the time you oh and you weigh those shooter was on thursday. the deer counted out as you know. and just sort of figured it was just as you were understand the saudis have been there many of. them and found. jones to call the for you from a hunger strike in front of another. for the. news that he. did that is. towards the end of the ninety's the pipelines were no longer on the agenda or in talks between the u.s. and the taliban. the u.s. asked thirty times for osama bin laden to be handed over but the taliban gave no clear answer the types when essentially now where the taliban the more we would close and the more they push back the more we push them on al qaeda. expelling a salad then lot and the more they
his presence in afghanistan. became a big part of the trip. and they did in there in the early shift between a kind of sign and a match that if you can. there are. a lot of. as you get up to the pedestal part of those see was a victim of static surgery so you know it was sort of blood because you know it suited the low baseline near zero by the time you oh and you weigh those shooter was on thursday. the deer counted out as you know. and just sort of figured it was just as you were understand...
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in afghanistan, there is not that. they aspire to have a strong government but the fact that you can try from the airfield to the compound without enhanced security measures would indicate that the control is not what they would like it to be. we need understand the reality on the ground and it doesn't near that which we are familiar with at home. we talk about the taliban. i would look at and argue that there is no taliban. there are taliban. there is no centralized control of these elements as there was under -- but there's no overlap and to act autonomously thus creating harder circumstance for folks like yourself and any nato coalition force to deal with. we see things like atrocities committed against civilian contractors driving supplies that are documented on the internet. obviously be useful to that to intimidate and to perpetrate the taliban. they said you cannot make peace with your friends. i thought that was insightful. yet, there are taliban elements that express differing degrees of willingness to sit dow
in afghanistan, there is not that. they aspire to have a strong government but the fact that you can try from the airfield to the compound without enhanced security measures would indicate that the control is not what they would like it to be. we need understand the reality on the ground and it doesn't near that which we are familiar with at home. we talk about the taliban. i would look at and argue that there is no taliban. there are taliban. there is no centralized control of these elements...
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you are from afghanistan? caller: know, i am an american. host: you fought in afghanistan?ller: yes. i just wanted to say that i am hearing there is all kinds of corruption there, this thing about you are paying teachers that don't exist and some who takes the money. you're covered to billion dollars and put 100 people in jail, not good enoug the reason why people win in this country and it is the greatest nation is the world -- in the world is because we do tter. we do better, we try harder, we look for the truth. please just do better. this is america. we are the greatest nation in the world. we can do better. we can show the entire world that we can do better. host: who are you saying needs to be better? caller: i am saying everybody in the government including that gentleman you have on the show today. somebody called earlier and said, you are laughing at it. he is not laughing at it, he is ghing at it at all i am looking at his face, but he has got to be concerned. be a man, you sure heart, this is america. please do better. . that is all i have to say guest: i appreci
you are from afghanistan? caller: know, i am an american. host: you fought in afghanistan?ller: yes. i just wanted to say that i am hearing there is all kinds of corruption there, this thing about you are paying teachers that don't exist and some who takes the money. you're covered to billion dollars and put 100 people in jail, not good enoug the reason why people win in this country and it is the greatest nation is the world -- in the world is because we do tter. we do better, we try harder,...
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nice in afghanistan. get the best discusses former afghan president hamid karzai. by the interactions of peace going all into prison small small institutions i have to say i'm someone asked on conflict al gore said decisions within the country and the important topic of the global media fall. i'm looking at thirty minutes talking . time. long war long goal. you accidentally shot at some of. the traumas. time in the field. how can you get out. with him because it always seems. this week on d w. we make up all but we watch as often found out that if we ought to sever some of percent. want to shape the continents future future. for youngsters has the share their story their dreams and their challenges. since seven percent of the platform for such a. good kind of thing you know i think the evidence clear and prove the other day personally the question is what can they do about it so it's very obvious to me walk with their beauty and don't take a look or elevators i do i do that every time i think about an elevator for a living and this is still weighted by i take it as
nice in afghanistan. get the best discusses former afghan president hamid karzai. by the interactions of peace going all into prison small small institutions i have to say i'm someone asked on conflict al gore said decisions within the country and the important topic of the global media fall. i'm looking at thirty minutes talking . time. long war long goal. you accidentally shot at some of. the traumas. time in the field. how can you get out. with him because it always seems. this week on d w....
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soldiers in afghanistan. it has supported terrorist groups of all stripes, including in kashmir in the proxy war with india since 0. beginning in the 1990's, pakistan reportedly provided training, intelligence, and material support to the afghan taliban. pakistani nuclear scientists even met with senior al qaeda leaders in 1998 to discuss nuclear technology. and after 9/11, osama bin laden and his men fled, guess where, to pakistan where he was eventually killed 10 years later by the americans. pakistan has moved quickly to revive the taliban after its defeat and has facilitated arms purchases for al qaeda. mr. speaker, pakistan's behavior has never changed. just a few weeks ago, the new commander of the coalition forces in afghanistan told congress, my committee, that pakistan is the big youest obstacle to stabilize biggest obstacle to stabilizing afghanistan. and the u.n. ambassador to afghanistan told the u.n. that he problem in afghanistan is pakistan. we have fooled ourselves into thinking pakistan is a
soldiers in afghanistan. it has supported terrorist groups of all stripes, including in kashmir in the proxy war with india since 0. beginning in the 1990's, pakistan reportedly provided training, intelligence, and material support to the afghan taliban. pakistani nuclear scientists even met with senior al qaeda leaders in 1998 to discuss nuclear technology. and after 9/11, osama bin laden and his men fled, guess where, to pakistan where he was eventually killed 10 years later by the americans....
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to get to afghanistan by land they have to drive through pakistan into afghanistan.incredibly long and expensive. the country the size of texas which if you've ever driven across texas, you know it is that. that's how it became a clichÉ. also they have dozens like california and like colorado. >> so these are more things that make the mission incredibly difficult for the americans to be able to have their way. another problem, just to the east, that eastern border of afghanistan is drawn by an agent of the british empire in order to attempt to divide the tribes from themselves in the first place in the 19th century. it has worked to a degree keeping factions apart and goes to show that there's an incredible kinship and much like in the vietnam war the afghan taliban have long had safe haven in pakistan, especially in southern afghanistan. so, you might wonder if the pakistanis are our friends and they promise we would bomb them back to the stone ages, they are our allies and we even help them start the taliban and power in the bill clinton years. yet, the americans h
to get to afghanistan by land they have to drive through pakistan into afghanistan.incredibly long and expensive. the country the size of texas which if you've ever driven across texas, you know it is that. that's how it became a clichÉ. also they have dozens like california and like colorado. >> so these are more things that make the mission incredibly difficult for the americans to be able to have their way. another problem, just to the east, that eastern border of afghanistan is drawn...
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afghanistan many different fronts these days not just with the militants but also against human rights abuses and massive corruption my guest this week here in london. this country's chief executive role the. prime minister why is there so much disunity in what is supposed to be a unity government. welcome to conflict thank you one of the things that western donors didn't expect to be paying for in afghanistan was the frequent mistreatment and torture of prisoners by police and security forces why is this still going on. and might be problems which . i will not deny it but the situation has improved big. at least since we are in the government did national unity government we have taking strong measures. there was there wasn't any about it prior to that there wasn't any any awareness and not we're not designed to deal with those issues but. there might be somewhere but it is not like we have been in a situation. in this country we're which this was part of the government program that yes but you've been promising for years to do something about it and last year the un assistance missio
afghanistan many different fronts these days not just with the militants but also against human rights abuses and massive corruption my guest this week here in london. this country's chief executive role the. prime minister why is there so much disunity in what is supposed to be a unity government. welcome to conflict thank you one of the things that western donors didn't expect to be paying for in afghanistan was the frequent mistreatment and torture of prisoners by police and security forces...
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month says he's on his own path back to afghanistan not an option. let's bring in our chief political correspondent melinda crane here mullin of the german government has decided to send asylum seekers back to afghanistan that even though the country is controlled largely by militants and germany's own representative there describes it as a battleground how does the german government justify this deportation policy. the german foreign office prepared a report on the situation in afghanistan which after some delay was made public at the beginning of this month now according to that report the country is vala teil there are enormous regional differences in the level of security and safety and the country remains plagued by war poverty and corruption but the report does determined that the capital kabul is relatively secure and that there is no active attack by the government on its own people all of that is seen by the government as a basis for saying the situation there is safe enough to resume deportations of people in germany who do not have the rig
month says he's on his own path back to afghanistan not an option. let's bring in our chief political correspondent melinda crane here mullin of the german government has decided to send asylum seekers back to afghanistan that even though the country is controlled largely by militants and germany's own representative there describes it as a battleground how does the german government justify this deportation policy. the german foreign office prepared a report on the situation in afghanistan...
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i'm the hooked on phonics afghanistan guy. i'm not that guy that's going to tell you what is going onment my goal is to tell story and try to entice people that maybe aren't particularly interested in this part of the world, and maybe through my personal story, they will inadvertently become more interest and that interest will continue a the put down my book, hopefully. that's part of the goal, i think. >> one more question. >> request goh ahead. >> you -- we came interest journal journalism around the same time and we wrote stories where we weren't in the story. how have you transitions doing reporting of other people and turning the lens on yourself? how have you managed to do that. >> um, yeah. at first it was very rick because i wasn't sure that anybody would give a dam. but i knew it's something i wanted to do, and i think, i knew i wanted to write this story, and i naturally -- when you're starting out something completely different, you experiment. i am going to try to write it this way, neighbor a third person or mayb
i'm the hooked on phonics afghanistan guy. i'm not that guy that's going to tell you what is going onment my goal is to tell story and try to entice people that maybe aren't particularly interested in this part of the world, and maybe through my personal story, they will inadvertently become more interest and that interest will continue a the put down my book, hopefully. that's part of the goal, i think. >> one more question. >> request goh ahead. >> you -- we came interest...
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on april 30th, when he was killed in action in afghanistan, he was 22. when congress voted to go to war, he was in kindergarten. so it seems to me it's about time that we are having this debate. at least once in a generation congress should probably weigh in on the multiple wars that we are fighting. but this debate also presents a pretty substantial risk. the risk that congress is going to pass a new aumf that seeds even more power to the president laying the legal ground work for another generation or more of presidential war. today john and i are going to make the case that the best way to avoid that danger is to wipe the slate clean, to repeal and not replace the 2001 aumf. recognize that the original authorization has run its course, and sunset it, leaving adequate time, six to nine months to wrap up ongoing combat operations, and for the president to make the case for any new authorization that he thinks is needed. and if he does, he can make that case to congress the way the constitution envisions. our constitutions framers believed that war was s
on april 30th, when he was killed in action in afghanistan, he was 22. when congress voted to go to war, he was in kindergarten. so it seems to me it's about time that we are having this debate. at least once in a generation congress should probably weigh in on the multiple wars that we are fighting. but this debate also presents a pretty substantial risk. the risk that congress is going to pass a new aumf that seeds even more power to the president laying the legal ground work for another...
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security in a number of ways, the war in afghanistan continues to be an abysmal failure, u.s. army general john nicholson said trump's new strategy, new strategy, quote, including increased airstrikes, and a true presence, not a new strategy at all, is improving the situation in afghanistan, sort of like when his predecessor john campbell, said that he, too, had seen a change and improved results, general joseph dunford talked about quote, the inevitability of our success, his predecessor, general john allen, declared we are winning, and david betray us in 2011, we have reversed the momentum of the tele-band, stanley mcchrystal, success is still possible, 2009, the united states is not losing afghanistan, this routine goes back to 2001, the reality is, since the beginning of the obama ministration up to now, the war in afghanistan has claimed the lives of almost 30,000 civilians, injured more than 50,000 civilians, the tele- band currently controls or contests about 45% of afghanistan's districts, more territory today than it any .2 thousand one, despite 16 years of nationbuil
security in a number of ways, the war in afghanistan continues to be an abysmal failure, u.s. army general john nicholson said trump's new strategy, new strategy, quote, including increased airstrikes, and a true presence, not a new strategy at all, is improving the situation in afghanistan, sort of like when his predecessor john campbell, said that he, too, had seen a change and improved results, general joseph dunford talked about quote, the inevitability of our success, his predecessor,...
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top american, and afghanistan announced last week that afg ha n afghanistan announced last week thatd talks with mid—to high—level taliban officials, about peace talks and that was followed by a grand governing of afghanistan religious clergy, and quite seriously and directly called on the taliban to stop fighting, which was followed by last thursday afg ha n which was followed by last thursday afghan government, a week—long cease—fire that would be triggered on the 12th ofjune. the afghan government cease—fire says it will not attack taliban forces, but they will continue to attack it as an foreign militants in the country and the taliban also says it will continue to attack international forces, although the small numbers, they have emphasised they will attack and in fact, it is the first time they are addressing the forces as internal opposition, and in the past, they used to call them the puppet regime, so this is, we see a soft tone and a very practical measure, all they're very small, there may be some developments for all this. just very quickly, i want to ask you, will all th
top american, and afghanistan announced last week that afg ha n afghanistan announced last week thatd talks with mid—to high—level taliban officials, about peace talks and that was followed by a grand governing of afghanistan religious clergy, and quite seriously and directly called on the taliban to stop fighting, which was followed by last thursday afg ha n which was followed by last thursday afghan government, a week—long cease—fire that would be triggered on the 12th ofjune. the...
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the war in afghanistan continues to be an abysmal failure. back in march general john nicholson said trump's new strategy, which includes increased airstrikes and a marginal increase in troop is improving the situation in afghanistan. sort of like what his predecessor said. back in 2013 they talked about the inevitability of our success. general david trias, and 2011, said we had reversed the momentum of the taliban. mckiernan, in 2009, said the united states is not losing in afghanistan. this routine goes all the way back to 2001. the reality is, that since the beginning of the obama administration, the war in afghanistan has claimed the lives of almost 30,000 civilians and injured almost 50,000 civilians. the taliban currently controls about 45% of afghanistan's districts. more today than at any point in 2001. throwing6 years of resources at the problem, afghanistan's government remains more corrupt than 96% of all countries. the number of bombs dropped in afghanistan in early 2018 was the highest it had been since 2013. suicide attacks wit
the war in afghanistan continues to be an abysmal failure. back in march general john nicholson said trump's new strategy, which includes increased airstrikes and a marginal increase in troop is improving the situation in afghanistan. sort of like what his predecessor said. back in 2013 they talked about the inevitability of our success. general david trias, and 2011, said we had reversed the momentum of the taliban. mckiernan, in 2009, said the united states is not losing in afghanistan. this...
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in afghanistan billions of dollars of international aid have been donated to girls' education but where is the money gone when east meets girls desperate to learn and asks why use the system failing them on al-jazeera. where ever you. welcome back our top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump wants the g. seven to become the g eight again he suggested russia rejoin the group of peace bastardised nations he says this he said this rather before arriving in canada for the annual summit where trade friction between the u.s. and its allies is expected to dominate talks for palestinians including a fifteen year old boy have been killed after israeli forces fired live rounds and tear gas at protesters near the gaza border israel says the action was taken after kites carrying explosives were flown near the fence six hundred people were injured . and more evacuations are being ordered me i got to modest volcanic eruption which has now killed at least one hundred nine people though can't material and contaminated water from mt dora still threatening homes five days after it first he w
in afghanistan billions of dollars of international aid have been donated to girls' education but where is the money gone when east meets girls desperate to learn and asks why use the system failing them on al-jazeera. where ever you. welcome back our top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump wants the g. seven to become the g eight again he suggested russia rejoin the group of peace bastardised nations he says this he said this rather before arriving in canada for the annual summit...
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is the peace in afghanistan is a never ending topic for pakistan negotiated peace in afghanistan seems like what the afghans themselves are supporting right. when you talk about us back ister relations you're being extremely diplomatic other pakistani politicians much less they seem like. they seem to think that maybe the relationship between the two countries could be on the verge so if there is a collapse between these two countries in their relationship can there be a consolidated peace process involving all actors i don't know what other people say but i can tell you what i say here is that i have a pretty good understanding of the us also having lived worked for us for thirty years and. the us has a point of view but i think we can do business with the u.s. i think there are many ways to build that relationship the way the key to good financial management in today's environment is have options have different avenues to get to the same objective and u.s. is not the only option it is an important option and we have always said we want closer relations and we want to excuse me grow o
is the peace in afghanistan is a never ending topic for pakistan negotiated peace in afghanistan seems like what the afghans themselves are supporting right. when you talk about us back ister relations you're being extremely diplomatic other pakistani politicians much less they seem like. they seem to think that maybe the relationship between the two countries could be on the verge so if there is a collapse between these two countries in their relationship can there be a consolidated peace...
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she has made many trips to afghanistan and just returned from afghanistan this week.hy, if you can explain what has just taken place. how significant is this cease-fire? >> it is very difficult to imagine a cease-fire with the multiple groups of insurgents in afghanistan today. thetaliban are certainly strongest, but there one group amongst many insurgent groups who have made steady attacks all through the year. it is a very tense time. that a lasting peace in afghanistan would require a way to deal with the destitution, with the unemployment, with the inability of people to feed their families because -- in part because of that kind of desperation of people turned to joining military groups, police groups. because that is the only way sometimes they can get in income. plus, very, very tragically now, 21 out of 34 provinces in afghanistan are drought-stricken. conditions are so harsh, so hard. it has become the least safe place in afghanistan. i just returned from that city in a visit in a refugee camp. you get the sense of exhaustion, desperation, and an inability of
she has made many trips to afghanistan and just returned from afghanistan this week.hy, if you can explain what has just taken place. how significant is this cease-fire? >> it is very difficult to imagine a cease-fire with the multiple groups of insurgents in afghanistan today. thetaliban are certainly strongest, but there one group amongst many insurgent groups who have made steady attacks all through the year. it is a very tense time. that a lasting peace in afghanistan would require a...
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in war torn afghanistan. simply going to school can be a privilege. especially if you're a girl. and. two out of three girls don't attend school this is by billions of dollars in aid spent on education over the last two decades . i'm steve on this episode of what i want to use to reinvestigate why so many of afghanistan's girls are kept outside of the classroom. into the dawn of a new school day across afghanistan and girls from the dash district or neighborhood in west kabul begin making their way to class. pushed a trickle. and soon a steady stream. by six am the outpouring from the gates. there steve from norwich maybe. it's six am seems too early for school. that's because this is the first of three ships here. it's the only way to accommodate the more than fourteen thousand students from the screen. split almost evenly between fools and. over the next week we've been given extremely rare access inside the cia the shahadah school to try to understand what life is like for a girl for him to school in afghanistan. in the car business are hard for girls in their account for a. p
in war torn afghanistan. simply going to school can be a privilege. especially if you're a girl. and. two out of three girls don't attend school this is by billions of dollars in aid spent on education over the last two decades . i'm steve on this episode of what i want to use to reinvestigate why so many of afghanistan's girls are kept outside of the classroom. into the dawn of a new school day across afghanistan and girls from the dash district or neighborhood in west kabul begin making their...