from june 2010 to june 2013, alex thier served for afghanistan and pakistan affairs. before joining u.s. aa, he served here at u.s. ip is a senior advisor and director for afghanistan and pakistan from -- for 2005 and 2010. from 2002 to 2004, he served as an advisor in kabul and also in the 1990's worked in afghanistan for the you and -- . r the un with that i will turn it over to you, mr. grossman. then we will have some time for question and answers. >> thank you very much. let me say thanks to all the organizers of this event and what an honor it is to be on this panel. having served as a special representative, i know what this is about. if you will allow me to honor the people from the united states of america, from the international forces military, civilian, and are afghan colleagues. we thank you very much. you gavei were saying this keynote address. andrew asked if i would talk about reconciliation, elections, and a very important topic, the politics of the future relationship between afghanistan and pakistan. before i do, i wanted to step back for just a mome

what health benefits he can treat each event on tv and friends of mine and i've seen them afghanistan pakistan or two of the three remaining countries in the world with the disease is still in bed the number of cases is rising in pakistan the taliban kiera against unionization saying it's a cover to us by. vaccinations have been shot dead bombed and taken hostage. polio when s is generally higher in afghanistan. the porous border means tens of thousands cross daily between countries. the challenge for healthcare workers. luke got a sudden but as some of the been demoted from goal. and it's important that we rely on the disabled the bomb the bikes they did the introduction for fiction who the other two new member into the stricken country polio teams also go house to house and intends to target knitting population such as the nomadic kitchens people displaced by the conflict and my work and stuff educating people about the disease and the vaccine to combat false rumors. it was deplorable and boyd said that when the tow company of facts and matters of sisters and brothers to become north sea i s

special representative are afghanistan and pakistan from 2011-2012. lockhart, the director and founder of institute for state effectiveness. clare also set a long engagement with afghanistan. in 2001 she was in and of the u.n. negotiation team for the bonn agreement on afghanistan. she went on to spencer leaders living in afghanistan as an adviser to the u.n. and the afghan government where she worked on numerous initiatives, including the afghanistan development forum, national development framework and the national solidarity program. she is the co-author, fixing failed states can which is published by oxford university press in 2008. our third panelist is david sedney who's had a long and distinguished career serving the u.s. government with most of his assignment since 2002 also focusing on afghanistan. from 2009-2013, david served as the deputy assistant secretary of defense for afghanistan, pakistan and central asia in the office of the assistant secretary of defense for asia and pacific security affairs. prior to this he was deputy assistant sec

was it in afghanistan and pakistan? >> in the pressure that we put in at work over the last few years i would characterize all qaeda in afghanistan as in survival mode. >> the general stated last year that he would've needed 20,000 . troops in afghanistan after 2014. as i understand we are down to 10,000 plus a few thousand nato troops. could you state how many troops we made and for how long? >> i'm comfortable with the range we talked about earlier in terms of the 812,000 with another mission over and above that to conduct counterterrorism that would be the mission. i think what's important when we start to talk about numbers is what we expect the forces to do is evil overtime as the afghan forces have increased their capability. while we will be doing in 2015 largely is assessing and addressing the self sustainability of the forces. they would be in the lead and the fight and the only operations i would envision us conducting in 2015 against the enemy would be operations in the mission. >> your view woul of the 10,000

how would you describe al qaeda in afghanistan and pakistan? >> because of our special operations and the pressure we have put in the network over the last few years, i would characterize al qaeda and afghanistan as in survival mode. >> general allen said he would need 20,000 u.s. troops in afghanistan after 2014. now as i understand it we have 10,000 plus a few nato troops. can you state how many troops we need and for how long? >> i am comfortable with that range we talked about earlier in terms of the nato, 8000 to 12,000. that would be a u.s. mission only. i think what is important when we start to talk about numbers is what we expect those forces to do as the afghan forces have increased their capability. what we will be doing in 2015 largely is addressing the self sustainability of the afghan forces. they will clearly be the lead in the fight and the only operations i would envision us conducting in 2015 is counter terrorism operations. >> your view is it would be 10,000 plus several thousand nato troops? >> i'm confident 8000 to 12,000 na

from june 2010 to june 2013 alex served as assistant to the minister for afghanistan and pakistan affairs overseeing the two largest nations in the world. before joining usaid he served here at usip as a senior rule of law applies in front of for afghanistan and pakistan from 2005-2010 until he convinced me to come take his job. then from 2002-2004, he was legal adviser to afghanistan's constitutional and judicial reform commission in kabul, and then also in the 1990s worked in afghanistan for the u.n. and various ngos from 1983 until 1996. so with that i will turn it over to you, ambassador grossman to each of our speakers will speak about eight to 10 minutes and then we'll have some time for question and answer and discussion afterwards. thank you. >> andrew, thank you very much. let me first of all say thanks to all the organizers at this event and what an honor it is to be on this panel. alex i was kind of to say you he expert year, not me but the other three people really are and it's an honor to be with all of you. let me just say if i could allow me one personal note come and that

water flow between pakistan and afghanistan? pakistan and india? linkingnalysts regional climate projections with political demographic information. through the national academy of sciences the cia is working with leading climatologists. >> folks within the community have spoken more and more frequently about climate change as a risk. the security community thinks of it as a risk. even science more than the political world does. >> the cia may be saying that it does not matter if this is man- made or natural as a threat, it could even be cyclical, which is what some of the biggest critics is thatt what matters we have to respond to it. >> the phrase that you hear again and again from officials is that if we wait for 100% certainty, we are dead. they see clamp -- climate change as a risk, the stabilizing, changing the security environment that they're dealing with. >> climate change risk assessment means preparing for tomorrow, which does not sit well with politicians who are focused on today. >> it may of " -- require a lot of money upfront. wordsh

. >> next, state department special representative for afghanistan and pakistan, james dobbins. he delivered the keynote address on the future of afghanistan and u.s. forces in the region. at a discussion hosted by the u.s. institute of peace for about half an hour. >> good morning. my name is steve hadley, chairman of the board of the u.s. institute of these. i want to thank you all for coming this morning and welcome you all to usip. for those of you who don't know, usip is a congressionally created organization. we have a bipartisan board of directors that is confirmed by the senate. we do nonpartisan work in the area of conflict prevention, mitigation and resolution. as we see every day in the public media, the world is full of sources of conflict, religious differences, ethnic differences. usip believe that these sources of conflict do not need to to send to armed conflict. there are processes that can prevent conflicts from becoming armed conflicts. our job is to identify, teach and train people in these methods and processes. and to apply them on the ground in conflict zon

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there's some very sensitive areas, afghanistan, pakistan, so some nations aren't going to be as forthcoming with this kind of information, so it's going to be a very difficult situation to organize when it comes to gathering information as to where this plane might have gone but also getting in this vast area, this vast, vast territory to actually do a physical search for the aircraft, so now that we have more information, new information that came out on saturday, it's not necessarily meaning that this is going to be easier or quicker, it's going to become much more difficult. >> the sister of a new dealt passenger has mixed feelings about the news that the plane was deliberately diverted. >> it does raise your hopes, because you think the potential is there that my brother is still alive, but then i also find it very scary, as well, because if someone has deliberately taken this plane, then they've taken it for a reason and i think we know that oftentimes that's not good. >> syrian state television reports that government forces backed by hezbollah fighter have recaptured the eastern city

china is not hilly country investing in afghanistan india pakistan and iran are actively seeking my exploration deals offering enormous amounts of money that would also be for power plants and with a roasted them and afghanistan with south and central asia. at the nec excavation of honor that morton minerals. killer just that this cold or three but his modest restated from the first of the sentence reads. it's been described as the most significant archaeological find in afghanistan. the reached a no call for runs the right from the natives so the artifacts will be relocated block but looked a purpose built museum nearby and in the future will be taken to the national museum in trouble and as the morning. these minimal i'm so i'm going to be. both coaches who can put a good boss lady and was going on with bowman and the pundits say. wouldn't that be. in theory the growth of the mining industry should ensure canadians into the crippled african economy but of the many allegations of corruption regarding the awarding of contracts the minister says is improving transparency by closing a number of b

how would you describe al qaeda in afghanistan and pakistan? flex because of our special operations and the pressure we have put in the network over the last few years, i would characterize al qaeda and afghanistan as in survival mode. >> general allen said he would need 20,000 u.s. troops in afghanistan after 2014. haves i understand it we 10,000 plus a few nato troops. can you state how many troops we need and for how long? thatam comfortable with range we talked about earlier in terms of the nato, 8000 to 12,000. that would be a u.s. mission only. i think what is important when we start to talk about numbers is what we expect those forces to do as the afghan forces have increased their capability. be doing largely is addressing the self sustainability of the afghan forces. they will clearly be a meet in the fight and the only operations i would envision us is counterin 2015 operation -- counterterrorism operations. beyour view is it would 10,000 plus several thousand nato troops? to 12,000fident 8000 nato mission plus account of net cash plus

we knew because of the radar detection capability in china, india, afghanistan, pakistan, that there's no way this plane went northbound and we wasted a week of valuable critical pressure time on the northern route trying to find this plane instead of looking to where it went, that's the indian ocean. >> i have to run, we have breaking news, which you may find interesting. before i let you go, i know we have this breaking news, i have one final question. for those who believe the jet may be in pakistan, based on your last answer you say it's not so. >> i don't believe so, the intelligence i've been briefed on had every indication it went southbound into the indian ocean, which is i think where the aircraft is today. probably sank to the bottom. i -- this is an ongoing investigation, none connect all the dots at this time. >> thank you. i thought you may be interested in hearing the breaking news. this is literally just coming in at this moment. we are getting reports that the white house has just announced a new extension for health care sign zwr signups. how about that. it is march 25

one would be to the north toward kazakhstan which would be close to afghanistan, pakistan. i think that would be unlikely because our radar detection systems would have picked that up had it gone that route. i think the intelligence community and homeland security believe that it possibly more likely went the southern route toward australia, indonesia. now two scenarios are here. one is that the plane ran out of fuel and land in the ocean. and that's a bad scenario. the other one is it land in a country like indonesia. where it could be used later on as a cruise missile, as the 9/11 hijackers did. that's something we have to use our imagination in these situations. we don't have all the information before us. we have to look at all these possibilities. whether it be toward kazakhstan which i think our radar detection systems would have picked that up or to the south, toward indonesia. which is a friendly country to the terrorists and used to land there and then used later in a plot to blow up an airplane. >> having said all of that, what do you think is the probability that

nations including afghanistan, pakistan and australia are being asked for any information they can provideeing 777 jet disappeared ten days ago and no new traces have shown up. joining me now to discuss, john hansman from m.i.t. as well as a former fbi assistant director. tom, if i can go to you first, when we last spoke a few moments ago, you were bringing up an important point we haven't heard on the air before. as they check the passengers on board this plane, as well as others involved with maintenance on the plane, et cetera, against u.s. terror database, that would only touch people who travelled to the u.s., is that right? there could be people involved with this plane who would not be on that list? >> yeah, that's possible, jim. the one other category i was trying to add was the idea that somebody could have scaled the fence at the airport and gotten to that aircraft from the ground and posed as a mechanic or some other person. we had an aircraft land three weeks at dulles. it was having trouble with its landing gear. the reason being when the engineers looked up in there, they fou

the next hour, then the next hour, then the next hour, and we fly on up toward afghanistan, pakistano the north here. there is one ping that doesn't work, and that's the ping here, this blue line, because that's where 68 would have been at 8:11 a.m. but it is not there, so for this to work, 370, malaysia air 370 would have had to turn away, break away and end up on that line up here somewhere, somewhere here. can only go so fast. but the breakaway would have had to occur and somebody on radar probably could have seen it. if they didn't or weren't watching or weren't expecting it at all, this is the theory. it is out there. keith ledgerwood is the author of this, go to twitter and look at his stuff. he has animations and plots. when we find out from inmarsat this here didn't happen, with the flight 370, then we'll know this didn't happen, but for now, we don't have that data yet and we have asked. don? >> all right, chad, thank you very much. we're tackling your questions on the mystery of malaysia flight 370. my panel is with me now, including aviation and ocean experts. okay. hash i

the next hour, then the next hour, then the next hour, and we fly on up toward afghanistan, pakistan ping that doesn't work, and that's the ping here, this blue line, because that's where 68 would have been at 8:11 a.m. but it is not there, so for this to work, 370, malaysia air 370 would have had to turn away, break away and end up on that line up here somewhere, somewhere here. can only go so fast. but the breakaway would have had to occur and somebody on radar probably could have seen it. if they didn't or weren't watching or weren't expecting it at all, this is the theory. it is out there. keith ledgerwood is the author of this, go to twitter and look at his stuff. he s has animations and plots. when we find out from inmarsat this here didn't happen, with the flight 370, then we'll know this didn't happen, but for now, we don't have that data yet and we have asked. don? >> all right, chad, thank you very much. we're tackling your questions on the mystery of malaysia flight 370. my panel is with me now, including aviation and ocean experts. okay. hash it out. you believe this is c

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and then when the selector, that means 555-1212, we get that number from afghanistan, pakistan or yemen or fill in the blank of 20-some-other countries where there is ungoverned space in the world. and that number comes in and tell you why it's a terrorist, the judge would say here's the requirements you have to meet in order to even submit the number. submit the number, they can begin collect in real-time and the court must promptly review to make sure it meets the standards of the court. if it doesn't, all of that information must be purged. >> let me try to answer the sensenbrenner issue and deal with it head on right now. in my opinion, the sensenbrenner bill and i understand what he is attempting to do, it's a good start. but it makes our country less safe. why? i talked about the example of a known terrorist calling from a safe house in yemen. under the sensenbrenner bill, in order for us to be able to have the ability to see who that person is calling and get that information, under the sensenbrenner bill, you have to have an ongoing investigation. that's not an ongoing investiga

. >> you mentioned afghanistan, pakistan, a rack.i want to ask you why the relation between terrorism and israel? ofmotto -- one of the goals many jihadist groups is to take israel, jerusalem, how could. the noble, holy place. the tradition has it that it was the place where mohammed ascended to heaven. it is the third holiest place. number one is mecca, number two is medina, and number three is al quds. if you read the mission statement of hezbollah, and other jihadist groups, they want to take that israel -- jerusalem. that is why there is tension between israel and all these groups. >> we have time for a couple more questions. back here. >> i'm having trouble understanding the difference between a freedom fighter and a terrorist. isn't it in the eyes of the beholder? and is in afghanistan a wonderful study in freedom fighters versus terrorist? >> freedom fighters -- we hear this often. freedom fighters and terrorists, are they the same? we call them terrorists and they call themselves freedom fighters. it is a matter of semantics.

afghanistan and pakistan. today's attack on the election commission is really underlying the facts that there these are crucial issues. >> yes, securities is a key issue, but more the taliban sees it as a threat to their legitimacy. the widespread attention, rallies, enthusiasm that the afghan people are showing for the election, so they're doing everything they can to stop the election. i don't think there is any sign that they'll be successful. the number of people who will turn out for the election is quite high, and that's going to be a problem for the taliban because their narrative is if they continue to be the government of afghanistan, the majority who are turning out to vote are going to prove them wrong. >> and join the conversation online @ajamstream. >> now back to the sports news. >> atletico madrid are about to take to the pitch, bidding the top of the spanish league. they need a win to move back to barcelona and edging past espanyol and the catalan derby. we have more. >> reporter: barcelona pla

over the last ten years it's been the usa that has been in iraq, afghanistan and in pakistan. this media could really take some time to -- it's how they cover the types of events often ignoring much of the government's actions. >> join us on consider this... >> president jimmy carter joins antonio mora >> my administartion has a very strong human rights element. >> his perspective on the conflicts facing the world in the state of america. on al jazeera america >> al jazeera america presents extraordinary documentaries. >> i've seen nothing like this before in my entire life. >> the amazon rainforest is going up in smoke. >> hundreds of kilometers square are disappearing in a day here. >> indigenous communities at risk. >> if their forest continues to disappear, then eventually these people will disappear. >> this british firefighter joins a group of brave men. >> the most surprising thing for me is the size of the fires that come through. absolutely brutal. >> toughest place to be a firefighter. tonight at 9 eastern, on al jazeera america. one of the great things about working

and international intervention in afghanistan, and i think, if you deal with pakistan, with india, with iran as you have dealt in the past and hopefully with a new outlook to develop economic and social development in afghanistan, that you can get over this issue. >> charlie: what's going to happen in pakistan? >> what does pakistan need? it need stability, economic development and it needs a freedom from baggage that is inherited from previous governments. so, on stability, the government has to establish its writ. i think they're calle called --n areas where there isn't much government there. >> charlie: you have been talking about the biggest problem the u.s. had in afghanistan is there was a safe refuge. >> and the pakistanis would say there was a safe refuge for pakistani elements in afghanistan and you have to fix that issue by fixing the border between afghanistan and pakistan. this is from british colonial days. by doing that, by fixing this line and having it permanent, then you can leave a huge pressure from the shoulders of the afghany, of the pakistani leaders who worry abou

pakistan beyond the attack on kabul. nine were shot debt at the serene last week. afghanistan blames pakistan's secret police at planning it. >>> earlier a cousin of president bashar al-assad was killed. trying to fight back against advances by government forces. bernard smith reports. >> reporter: in the heart land of a region where syria's president has one of his most loyal followers, killed more than 130 regime and rebel fighters, that's according to the syrian observatory for human rights. last functioning border post from turkey to slip from the control of bashar al-assad's regime. the assad family's ancestral home land. killed was hilal assad, a cousin of the president. rebel attacks are minor in terms of territory but their psychological boost, gaining ground in recent weeks. and in aleppo, antigovernment force he have seized control of the hill west and northwest of aleppo. but government forces are making advances to the east of aleppo. they have now reached the edges of sheik najar in the northeast. cut off a route between aleppo city and the northern country side.

partners support in tunisia, egypt, libya, and lebanon including $5 billion for programs in afghanistan pakistan which is a reduction from prior years and part of our ongoing effort. at the same time we have significantly increased funding for our programs in the asia-pacific region. that is up 8% since fyi 13 which directly supports the president's decision to rebalance the growing political and economic importance. the budget request to continue engaging with the united nations and other key multilateral organizations such as unicef. it also enables us to make urgent international peacekeeping needs including mali, south sudan, darfur, and that prc. and to connect directly to the people of the world the budget requests 1 billion for public diplomacy in citizen exchanges dramatically increasing the breadth and reach of american leaders in the world

. >> afghanistan's relationship with pakistan dominated the debate with three contenders recognisingt pakistan supports the taliban. if there's hope for peace, the government in kabul must find a new way of engaging in islamabad. the president often refers to the taliban as brothers. >> they are our brothers and sisters. those committing suicide attacks and mass killing people, how can a leader call them beggars. >> for more than 13 years afghanistan dominated the foreign policy of the countries that had troops stationed here. it is changing. the next president will need billions in aid and a foreign policy to keep the money flowing. >> china announced it is boosting the defense budget for this year, increasing it by 12.2%. the military spending is second to the united states. the u.s. announced it would be shrinking its military, reducing troop numbers, $496 billion. china's current budget is paling in comparison to the united states. it will increase that to $132 billion, a 10% increase in military spending last year. the budget announcement was made at the ends of the national peo

cole of drone was says the figure is doing quite add up roughly the same amount of strikes in afghanistan. pakistan and. also building casualties from crime strikes in afghanistan where we know there have been some four hundred to nine hundred civilian casualties in pakistan so why the one hundred to two hundred times better drone strikes probably u.s. or there's something seriously wrong with those figures and if you're wondering why this protest group is so small well there's been next to no public debate so now by and large the u.k.'s join activities continue to take place out of the site far away from the eyes of the british public service r.t. reporting from lincoln by let's get a global snapshot in brief here british police have arrested four people suspected of taking part in the syrian conflict they face of terror related charges which could see them jailed for life scotland yard says some british muslims are reporting their own family members to the police for their intentions to travel to syria london recently suggested that at least two hundred fifty britons have returned home from the w

>> with their leadership depleting, al qaeda still retains sanctuaries in remote areas of afghanistan, pakistan, yemen, and somalia. terrorist organizations are also expanding in syria, north africa. the threat continues to evolve. we must maintain our pressure on terrorist organizations to protect the homeland. we are in a time of transition. we face a yet undetermined drawdown in afghanistan and new fiscal realities. it may be more difficult to maintain pressure on al qaeda and their traditional safe havens. i closely monitor how the cuts to the services impact the readiness of u.s. socom. we are assessing the impact of the critical enablers. for example, we are ensuring the codes to the i.s.r. fleet will not erode our ability and capability to find, fix, and finish targets. as we transition in afghanistan and redistribute soft to other theaters, we need to ensure our operation maintenance accounts are resourced to support operations. in accordance with fiscal year 2014 national defense authorization act, the undersecretary of defense for acquisition technology and logistics are strengthening

says polio replains endemic in pakistan, afghanistan, and nigeria. the organization has set a target of 2018 to make the entire world polio free. >>> prosecutors in tokyo have asked a court to impose a fine on the former governor. naoki inose is suspected of violating the public office's election law by failing to report a loan for his election campaign. the prosecutors say inose received half a million dollars from a medical group before an election two years ago. inose initially said it was a personal loan but he later agreed to regard the money as a loan for his campaign. the acknowledgment came after the former head and his son said that the loan was meant for use in the election campaign. inose corrected his campaign finance records on friday. prosecutors have decided not to seek a full trial considering that he has resigned as governor. inose could face a fine of up to $5,000. >>> japanese government officials have designated areas that need to bolster their preparations for possible major earthquakes and tsunami. prime minister shinzo abe made

trilateral process is to support pakistani acceptance of the view that pakistan's strategic interest is best served by stability in afghanistan. clearly observed in those instinct two has been the pakistan's strategic instinct is served by instability in pakistan and that can't be helpful. >> there's a key role to play in developing its own security and that of afghanistan in terms of the taliban so how important is it going to be for pakistan to really take seriously conversations with their own taliban but also to refuse to provide safe havens for the afghan taliban and? >> as you see -- say two separate organizations and of course how the pakistan government chooses to engage with the pakistani and taliban and i think the current approach would probably best be described as a judicious mixture of carrot and stick. it is an issue for them but to the extent that the ttp pakistan taliban -- pakistani taliban are being able to find safe haven on the afghan side of the border i think it must be clear that moves by the pakistani authorities probably coordinated to control the ability of afghan taliban and the economy network to

you mentioned afghanistan, pakistan, iraq. what is the relationship between ourism and israeli?>> one of the goals of many g hottest groups is to take israel, jerusalem. the noble holy place. tradition has it that it was the place where mohammed ascended to heaven. it is the third holiest place. number one is mecca and number three is in israel. if you read the mission statement of hamas, hezbollah, g hottest groups, they want -- groups, they want to take israel. >> we have time for a couple more questions. >> am having trouble understanding the difference between a freedom fighter and a terrorist. isn't it in the eyes of the beholder? isn't afghanistan a wonderful study in freedom fighter's versus terrorism? >> freedom fighters and terrorists, all they -- are they the same? >> it's a matter of semantics. they call themselves martyrs, heroes. worldview, different a different understanding of the world, a different frame of reference. where the discrepancy is between what they refer to themselves comes from. >> yankee for being with us tonight. >> one reason you cited for -- aris

theories we have, which is one of the more bizarre ones is that the plane has been landed in afghanistan or pakistan's tribal areas to be used used later that 9/11 style attack. >> in terms of the co-pilot's voice. have they confirmed it's the co-pilot's -- any doubt it was the co-pilot and not the pilot. >> no, it was definitely the co-pilot. that's been confirmed. >> in terms of the conspiracy theory that you just noted. was that addressed at the press conference today and did they -- i assume that they shot that one down if it's just a conspiracy theory that no one has seemed to be wedded to? >> yeah. that was addressed and they have said that there is no truth in that; that they simply don't know what's going on. >> is the malaysian government, malaysian airlines sort of losing steam in terms of what to do? >> yeah. this has become a much bigger operation than they are capable of. as you say it involves now 25 countries and the search area involves 11 countries. it's become a major international operation. it's way yawntd the asset reach of malaysian airlines and malaysian government. >> all right

cambodia, myanmar, china, kyrgyzstan, uzbekistan, afghanistan, pakistan, india, kazakhstan.erent places. yeah, there are holes in re dar -- in radar up there. maybe there are people who aren't keeping it in such good repair. maybe they don't want to talk about it. but it is somewhat inconceivable that a plane this big would have flown through all of that and not been picked up by somebody else. >> so why is thailand just now releasing this information? >> thailand says that it initially released it through diplomatic channels, suggesting that the malaysians or somebody else had it ahead of time. we're just now learning about it publicly. but nonetheless, i think it still does raise a question, to what degree is everyone fully handing over information. because remember, some of the countries that just went along there have fairly big disagreements with their neighbors. and they're guarding their own national security, especially if some of them may believe privately in their upper echelons, we don't think this thing came our way. we don't think it ever made it up here over th

. >> dismount patrol in afghanistan/pakistan border i see a kid, 15 years old. suicide bomber.mber a big, you know, loud noise, you know, big flash and i remember landing. >> to help with his posttraumatic disorder his doctors suggest he work with a puppy named gabe a candidate for the warrior canine connection. >> it was hard to go back into public without being on edge that it made others uncomfortable. >> in training gabe, it really helped heal you. >> i ended up going with gabe on the metro. >> could you have done that without gabe? >> not a chance. and, you know, it's funny so we went on the metro, we went to a grocery store, by the time i got done with the grocery store i remember sitting there and talking to a couple people that i was with and myself more or less myself like i just did that. >> we're involving the service members in the process of training the dogs and through that process, they're teaching the dog that the world is a safe place to incorporate that same notion that the world truly is a safe place in the civilian world. >> reporter: spencer hasn't seen ga

military as we know uses drones across yemen across pakistan across afghanistan and drops and lasersand evaporates human beings across the world and a so-called war on terror but the u.s. is also working on developing technology whereby actual humans won't even need to control those drones it could be all the robots and algorithms that. control these drones high frequency bots high frequency drones in other words the high frequency trading at a loss is controlled by computers to their program to steal high frequency trading is stealing money from the exchange so there's nobody running these machines they just come in they check out what it was stolen overnight they take that money and they say thank you very much here you've got high frequency drones and robots that are programmed to kill they'd accountable to nobody they're just programmed to kill you and they'll go ahead and kill you know i mean this does you know put put put a case forward for the right to own a gun this is what we're saying here is that in the constitution and this is protected because the forefathers were very a

modi, if he becomes the next prime minister, how will this effect policy, especially with pakistan and achg afghanistan and bangladesh? >> it remains to be seen how modi will be with pakistan. modi to his credit has not been as communal in his speeches over the last let's say year and a half in terms of when he's been campaigning. and recently, a very prominent muslim writer, m.j. akbur just joined the bjp. there may be signs that a bjp power that would come to power in may might be different. we might see bjp 2.0 et cetera. at least in my interviews with people on this issue, there's still a lot of nervousness tharn nervousnessaround this issue. just because india has the world's second largest population, uncertain about what narendra modi and india will be like. in terms of pakistan, i think sadanand might be better at answering that question. but i know living in gujarat, there is this very -- modi has oftentimes conflated the issue of india muslims and pakistan. i wanted to add one thing. when du hag suhag mentioned, even though conditions might be bad, where are people going ogo. leaving your sta

in the long run, it is destabilizing to pakistan. afghanistan needs a kind of regional neutrality where it is not partisan between pakistan and iran and india. when there iscome a government in afghanistan that a strong enough to maintain basic internal order. without that you have a contest for power which draws in foreign support. it is a long term vision but not a short-term practicality. i don't think there is a candidate who is looking to federalism. there is a lot of discussion of that. everybody understands that you have a system which is centralized on paper and in capable of carrying out the centralization with which it is vested. the problem is that decentralization would be to decentralize to the warlords and powerbrokers who are the problem of the government already. there is no political mass ready to take up regional governance nor does tribalism have the same strength that it had 30 years ago before all the trouble. you see that in this election. there is an enormous split among groups. there is a discussion about the parliamentar

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