years operations inside afghanistan and also. needs pakistan for a political settlement in afghanistan to bring that caliban on the table but we have to understand that the leverage that pakistan has and also the u.s. dependence on on pakistan will diminish just down the road in one or two years we know that they use needed pakistan to cooperate against al qaeda but osama bin laden is killed and many of our senior al qaeda leaders are killed already and their operations are disrupted significantly inside pakistan and also as the military footprint is there managing afghanistan so well be dependent on pakistan so in the near future years can put more pressure on pakistan and i believe that it will. pursue a tougher line with pakistani government and this there pakistani military and i say those are changes called militant policies ok robert engle back to you are going to go back to that article that you wrote pakistan going rogue you wrote a variant of it the u.s. has far more at stake in pakistan afghanistan can you explain that because it's ve

it wants the united states to stop drone attacks in afghanistan, pakistan, yemen, somalia, to close guantanamo bay, to release all al qaeda and taliban prisoners. it seems very unlikely that these demands will be met. mr. weinstein was kidnapped in lahore, pakistan, last august. he was getting ready to leave the country, and he was about to have a going-away party, and there are many people in pakistan that believe this was an inside job, that his driver or one of the security guards tipped them off. >> all right. richard, thank you very much. >>> the u.s. military handled over camp victory in baghdad to the iraqi government this morning. the former palace compound built by saddam hussein became the military headquarters throughout the war in iraq. it is now under the authority of the iraqi government as part of the effort to move troops out by year's end. >>> the senate has blocked obama's plan for a tax cut which would have taxed wealthier americans to pay for the

pakistan protests. still ahead, world leaders band together to discuss the future of afghanistan. why did pakistan decide not to show up? doctor knows best in this afternoon's medical alert. shocking new results that show that medical students may not know much about germs. >> there is a storm system out towards the west. very cold air coming in behind us. in the mid-atlantic right now, just grain. we will time it out with our insta-weather-plus forecast. right now, 56 at the inner harbor. wind is light, out of the east. stay tuned, the forecast is coming up next. >> covering the world this afternoon, more trouble for the crippled fukushima nuclear plant. officials have confirmed that small amounts of radioactive water had leaked into the ocean, but that the leak has now been contained. the fukushima nuclear plant went into a meltdown after being struck by a 9.0 earthquake and tsunami. a british court ruled today that the founder of wikileaks can take his battle against extradition to sweden to the uk's highest court. >> the high court has decided that any issue that arises from my

. >> we're one of the closest control bases to the border of afghanistan and pakistan. ♪ ♪ pay aren'tly as charlie tanks. this is uniquely challenging based on the distance from everyone else. very elusive enemy and the terrain. >> located about four kilometers off the afghanistan-pakistan border. we are tasked with border intradiction. which means that we prevent infiltration in afghanistan. insurgent activity. >> i look forward to talking to family. especially my wife. that is from rocket. sometimes they land around here. >> receive incoming. rocket from up north. normally there will be another one following that. be ready. >> a lot of guys have fun names like rocket city. >> incoming. >> as you can see all of it coming in by air. water, food, ammo, this way. food and water an you bring everything in from here. >> all right! >> you know, we're pretty close. right on the border. convoy have a hard time making it all the way out here. without either getting hit up or stuck. here it comes. >> we have four to five millimeter rockets shot at us by taliban that missed spot. struck the area

pakistan is the absolute key of what happens in afghanistan, that's certainly been the administration'ssition on it. what happens in pakistan? >> i agree with bruce ridel of the agency. they are basically calling the shots. i think that's true. the problem is the pakistan ministry has not only exaggerated ideas of the influence pakistan can have over afghanistan, but that it determines to pursue that goal. >> but it's one thing to have that kind of disagreement. it's another thing to bring it to a head. and i really don't see it coming to a head in any fashion in the next year. it's going to probably be longer than that because the afghanistan situation is going to take longer than that to develop to know what afghanistan can really do by itself. >> could guys in congress cut funding for pakistan? >> i don't think they will cut funding. >> i think cooler heads will prevail and realize there are other interests involved there. china, for example. and it would sort of -- it would sort of be foolish for us to cut off aid. >> coming up >>> we're back with our roundtable discussion. i want t

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has always been to take a civil war in afghanistan exported into pakistan big question is what where where is all this going the pakistanis are becoming more militant which is perfectly understandable right we have a we have a manic move here in washington i guess you can call it a psychosis of destabilization it's like the the year of the dupes may be ending and they've got to export destabilisation to as many countries as they can interesting is that the pakistanis say that they have a surface to air missile system along the border with afghanistan so that if the u.s. tries to come over with helicopters and essentially take possession of the pakistani nuclear deterrent the pakistanis now say that they would be able to fight back against that. a rescue mission is underway for a russian fishing boat trapped in ice off antarctica with thirty two crew on board it could be several days before rescue vessels reach the spotter which is listing and taking on water the ship's crew is said to be safe new zealand is coordinating rescue efforts but dense ice is slowing their progress the u.s.

as global players meet to decide the future of afghanistan and pakistan whose role is key this debility in the region boycotts me in bed it's the latest sign of his love of bad relations with washington taking a turn for the worse following nato the recent deadly air raid on a pakistani port of poti. a moscow downgrades diplomatic ties with catarrh after the russian ambassador to the country's assaulted by airport security proclaimed the instant could be linked to moscow's position on syria. will stay with that story to international pressure mounts on syria artes of abene talks to one of britain's foremost journalists next jonathan steele of the guardian newspaper to get his thoughts on possible solutions for the country's political crisis right now . i'm joined by jonathan steele former chief correspondent of the guardian newspaper and now a commentator on international affairs jonathan thanks for speaking to r.t. europe now the u.k. recently been approached by the king of jordan to spearhead a diplomatic offensive against assad william hague the foreign secretary is now met with oppo

as washington needs to work hard not to completely lose all possibility of trust in afghanistan as a did in pakistan. political will the u.s. military preponderance in afghanistan hasn't achieved any decisive victory nor it has managed to reverse the momentum and to retake the initiative from taliban have been at work and their associates neither you know afghanistan nor across the border in pakistan their western alliance attempt to attain a breakthrough and to reconcile revenge irreconcilables in afghanistan and pakistan hasn't achieved any tangible or long term results and just as was predicted the american replica of your i.q. surge in afghanistan hasn't impressed their military opposition to their ever going to government neither in pakistan nor in afghanistan in the minus another year and one hundred plus billion dollars the united states hasn't won afghanistan but it definitely has lost pakistani cooperation. the new year is always a strong incentive for people to start something new and say goodbye to the old today our very own new york resident laurie harvest asks people in the big apple wh

november second russia china iran and pakistan had a meeting in istanbul which they all agree that they would pressure the united states not to leave troops in afghanistan and i find it very difficult to imagine if this fallout in relations between pakistan and the united states is not somehow tried to that position i think this i think this chessboard is much broader than we then we imagine it to be and that it includes really multiple zones some of them worldwide short of those pakistan being in a nuclear state it's a bit of the be on the side of the u.s. isn't it. well it has been but you know it's always been it's always basically saw the relationship the united states as being in its interests i'm not sure it's ccs relationship with the united states in its interests any more particularly since united states is doing stuff that are definitely not in pakistan's interests and again this attack was not a standard mistake it was like somebody dropped an errant bomb or something they actually fired on to concrete forts the taleban don't have concrete forts the there were two separate attacks that there's too much going on here and we don't know exactly

surge in afghanistan hasn't impressed the military opposition to their going to government neither in pakistan nor in afghanistan in the minus another year and one hundred plus billion dollars the united states hasn't won afghanistan but it definitely has lost pakistani cooperation. while the new year is out weighs a strong incentive for people to start something new and say goodbye to the oh today are to his very own new york resident laurie harkness asks people in the big apple what they will be happy to see the back come the stroke of midnight. two thousand and twelve is now a rival what would you rid the world of in the new year this week let's talk about that i think wall street protesting because it doesn't really help anything at all if you ask me i'm a business student it's my fifth year in college and i just i don't know what the point is i understand what they're fighting for and i agree for but for me i'm like you just taking up space i would probably say that after gambling the world be a better place without those things yeah i think it would probably be lots of benefits. i agree

and pakistan as unstable as ever in order to keep the war in afghanistan running mate or relies more on its other major supply route coming from the north. here it is the northern distribution network you see all these blue lines and here is the route that pakistan shut down now the northern supply network was started when russia agreed to provide his territory and air space for transit of not only thought supplies to nato troops in afghanistan it proved to be a very reliable route more reliable than pakistan now it accounts for half of nato as non-lethal supplies on trucks railroads and by air supplies travel through russian territory from europe and from russia's far east all the way to afghanistan and the reliance on this route is set to expand in the last three years russia's cooperation on of ganesan as being key to nato operations there. i sit down with professor michael lee hans who stressed he was speaking in a personal capacity the u.s. has a very tenuous kind of placement. in afghanistan and it is highly vulnerable it's highly vulnerable. to pakistanis but it's more vulnerab

alliance attempt to attain a breakthrough and to reconcile really the irreconcilables in afghanistan and pakistan hasn't achieved any tangible or long term results and just as was predicted the american replica of iraq is surge in afghanistan hasn't impressed their military opposition to day after going to government neither in pakistan nor in afghanistan in the minus another year and one hundred plus billion dollars the united states hasn't won then it stands but it definitely has lost pakistani cooperation. now the new year is always a strong incentive for people to start something new and say goodbye to the old well today or as he's very you know new york resident laurie harmfulness asks people in the big apple what they'll be happy to see the back off come the stroke of midnight. two thousand and twelve is now a rival what would you rid the world of in the new year this week let's talk about that i think wall street protesting because it doesn't really help anything at all if you ask me i'm a business student it's my fifth year in college and i just i don't know what the point is i understand

said that they would expect the united states to stomach air strikes -- stop air strikes in pakistan, afghanistan and somalia. he was kidnapped near his house in august. >> he has a home in rockville and worked there in pakistan for years. he is in poor health and needed medicine, many for heart medicine, that he hopes that they will give him. >>> job workers have either found work or gave up looking. >> the unemployment rate dropped to the lowest level in over 2 1/2 years, down to $8.6 in november. it is a step in the right direction after being stuck near 9% for most of the year, but one reason for the drop, hundreds of thousands of people gave up looking for work and are no longer said to be unemployed. >> you want to get out there and produce and i have to fight to keep my own head straight. >> he lost his job at a pharmacy company, his third layoff in ten years. >> when i went into the conference roomy thought it could not be happening. >> employers stepped up hiring, but only 120,000 new jobs and that is a drop in the bucket for the americans looking for work and the president knows that th

alliance attempt to attain a breakthrough and to reconcile with that irreconcilables in afghanistan and pakistan hasn't achieved any tangible or long term results and just as was predicted the american replica of iraq is surge in afghanistan hasn't impressed the military opposition to that after going to government neither in pakistan nor in afghanistan in the minus another year and one hundred plus billion dollars the united states hasn't won afghanistan but it definitely has lost pakistani cooperation. all right that is out of the news for now i'll bring you a recap of today's top stories after a short break to stay with us. right to clean and ghost town. squandered morning. what is now. more than sixty square kilometers or the most nations and those who are still surprisingly live and finding are just. getting bad out here. but not saying hardly any birds squirrels you know. you know i don't know what's going on. onscreen monarchy. to. see. if. now four thirty pm on the last day of two thousand and eleven here in moscow you're watching on t.v. the headlines go like this so iran is planning on

route that pakistan shut down now the northern supply network was started when russia agreed to provide its territory and air space for transit of non-lethal supplies to nato troops in afghanistan it proved to be a very reliable route more reliable than pakistan now it accounts for half of nato as non-lethal supplies and trucks railroads and by air supplies travel through russian territory from europe and from russia's far east all the way to afghanistan and the reliance on this route is set to expand in the last three years russia's cooperation on of ganesan as being key to nato operations that. i sit down with professor michael lee hans who stressed he was speaking in a personal capacity the u.s. has a very tenuous kind of placement. afghanistan and it is highly vulnerable it's highly vulnerable to pakistanis but it's more vulnerable to russia i mean if russia were to withdraw its permission for us to use of surveillance we would be in a very difficult position in afghanistan the northern supply now work could now be in danger because of a failure in diplomacy moscow says because washington turned down all of its proposals on the missile defense issue russia might have to res

and its global players make to decide the future of afghanistan pakistan to throw the key is to put it in the region boycott the event of a nato these recent deadly air raid on one of its border posts. ten pm monday night here in moscow kevin a very good to have you company in our top story the russians about this saying who they want to see in parliament. with almost all ballots counted after sunday's parliamentary election for parties have made it into the country's lower house the state duma the ruling united russia party remains by far the largest group but it's been dealt a significant setback with a sharp fall in support. of his in central moscow. united russia taking the majority of the vote the communists coming in second in third place i fear russia with the liberal democrats pulled now the rest of the parties that i haven't named there they failed to get the required percent of the vote in order to take a place in the duma united russia currently around forty nine percent of the vote they don't have and passed the all important fifty percent mark that's a psychological barrie

i've worked afghanistan and pakistan many years and i said we need to have a tribal council. i went to manhattan in the fall of 2005 and the big boss of the whole group, nancy shepherd and carlin coburn in publicity. we met in a little room and i stated my case and they said, this is your first book so you need to listen to a few things here. first of all only 12 percent of nonfiction books make a profit and 2/3 are pre chosen by the publisher. we'd like to put our marketing arm behind us but your having to fight tear riz m to this. since i grew up in africa and worked pakistan for many years you never settle a deal without driving a hard bargain so i said if the hard cover doesn't do well, i'd like the subtitle changed later on for the paper back. julia and our other board relently pounded away month after month. i was in pakistan of december of 2006 and there was a new editor on the book and they said they decided to change the title to one man's mission to promote peace. the hard cover didn't do that well. sold 20,000 copies. while the paper back came out on january 30th o

alliance attempt to attain a breakthrough and to reconcile with that irreconcilables in afghanistan and pakistan hasn't achieved any tangible or long term results and just as was predicted the american raploch at all of iraq is surge in afghanistan hasn't impressed the military opposition to that ever going to government neither in pakistan nor in afghanistan in the minus another year and one hundred plus billion dollars the united states hasn't won afghanistan but it definitely has lost pakistani cooperation. and i just a few minutes here on r t r e a max keiser talks about us going to be bunga bunga parties to stay with us for about how about a week after a reminder of our top stories. wealthy british style. markets why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's cancer for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to kaiser report on our. with r t time for the headlines now iran is planning on carrying out long range missile tests during the naval drills over the next few days as it engages in military posturing with washington the mo

to end air strikes in afghanistan, pakistan, somalia and yemen. all this when weinstein was supposed to return home today. in rockville, surae chinn, 9news now. >> al-qaeda has not shown pictures of him or given proof they actually have the rockville man. he works as a business development consultant for the arlington based firm j. e. austin and associates. >>> a virginia man is expected to enter a plea bargain today on charges he helped produce an internet video for a pakistani terrorist group. 24-year-old jabar akmed has been jailed since the september arrest. a plea hearing is set for today in alexandria. prosecutors say he produced and uploaded a propaganda video to youtube last year on behalf of the militant pakistani group. >>> five people have been treated for exposure to carbon monoxide. emergency crews were called this morning to the 1700 block of s. street southeast. they were able to help two adults and three children, one adult woman was rushed to a nearby hospital listed in serious condition. washington gas was called in to fix a faul

the incident happened november 25th along the afghanistan/pakistan border. four helicopters dropped coalition troops on a mission to clear a nearby village. u.s. commanders had been told pakistan had no border posts in that area, but suddenly the troops came under heavy fire from a ridgetop bunker. u.s. war planes were called in to drop flairs. a signal to the gunners in the bunkers they were firing on u.s. and afghan commanders. when that firing continuing, they concluded they were facing insurgent enemy forces and air strikes were ordered. over two hours, there were three separate firefights with u.s. war planes striking two pakistani border outposts. pentagon investigators conceded the battle was prolonged by mistakes. u.s. forces relied on inaccurate maps and commanders did not tell the pakistanis the precise location of coalition troops saying past missions had been compromised when battle plans had been shared. they call the report overall short on facts. but pakistan did not participate in the investigation. bob orr, cbs news, washington. >>> a strong

pakistan's reportedly considering imposing attacks on u.s. and nato supply is going to afghanistan through its territory you may recall last month after across the board a nato air strike killed twenty four pakistani soldiers or relations between washington and islamabad new low after that incident let's talk about that which advice in senior fellow and director of the center for political will. tree analyses the hudson institute the u.s. things being on the program the pakistani foreign minister says that the country will fight the war on terror on its own terms and conditions is that what this report it really all about you think. well put it into context but we've had several of these friendly fire incidents and. it's difficult for pakistani leaders now that it's at them as a democracy rather than a military government to not respond to popular antagonism pot that are still at the towards the incidents and so what they've done this time as opposed to previous occasions is shut down both supply or doors keeping them close. the bonn conference on as we're covering afghanistan they

afghanistan. it's quite frequent and common in pakistan to see this kind of attack. but not in afghanistan. that's why it's very unusual. again, a coordinated attack in three cities at the same time. really unfortunate to see this kind of sunni-she a type of violence in afghanistan. the attacks have been mostly directed at official tarring hes, military targets but not sectarian tarring hes like the shia community. >> woodruff: we reported that a pakistani sunni militant group claimed responsibility. how do you see this, the significance of this taking place right now? >> good evening, judy. thank you so much for having me. i agree. it's a tragic and troubling event that we're seeing this kind of sectarian attack in afghanistan. now. and it's not a pattern we've seen before, but i think the administration has to keep its eye on the ball despite this event and keep working toward a negotiated settlement to end the conflict in afghanistan. >> woodruff: staying with you, do you think there's reason to believe there will be more attacks like this, sunni on shiite? >> there may well be. that wou

it is a tough neighborhood and i am sure you could tell stories about all afghanistan's neighbors but pakistan obviously is the neighbor that has figured most closely in afghanistan's struggles over the last 20 or 30 years and right now relations between afghanistan and pakistan seem shaky. between pakistan and the united states even shakier. in areas you worked in, trade and economic growth and the access of afghans to social and education services what is pakistan's roll? is it attempting to stabilize afghanistan through constructive change as much as the transit trade agreement? is it blocking that potential in the same way that we see a little bit on the military side? what is your assessment? >> there are some -- if there are some interesting trends that are going on. one of the things that we have seen. and when this was prominent in the negotiations between afghans and pakistan is at the size of the trade agreement, transit trade across pakistan to india. this year, you never want to be optimistic but this year has seen potential breakthroughs in india, pakistan trade which would be obv