she interviewed ahmed wali karzai this past may. and thomas johnson, a research professor at the naval postgraduate school in monterey, california. as an advisor to the canadian military, he participated in meetings with ahmed wali karzai. >> and we thank you both for being with us. thomas johnson, to you first. what more is known about what happened here about who would kill the president karzai's brother? >> well, apparently the person that killed him, mohamed was commander of a militia south of the city but also a very close friend of the karzai family. in fact, his family was responsible for the security at ahmed karzai's father's grave site. what i've been told by my sources is about 11:00 a.m. this morning, mohamed showed up at ahmed wali karzai's estate and asked to speak to karzai. he walked in with a letter in hand and brought out a pistol. karzai came out of his bathroom apparently was shot in the chest and also in the head as you reported. so it's been reported that this person was basically a body guard for the karzai fam

ahmed wali karzai was a controversial figure. he said he added spice to afghan life. the roads to his compound were closed. the president's half brother lived under tight security. only the most trusted could get close. his head a personal protection arose little suspicion when he entered the room without saying a word. he shot him twice. hamid karzai paused as he welcomed president nicolas sarkozy of france. >> this morning my younger brother was martyred in his house. this is the life of the afghan people. we have all suffered the same kind of pain. forgive me for not speaking with a smile today. wali karzai was said to be involved with terror -- he had many other enemies besides. >> i have done nothing. >> he spoke to a bbc documentary crew about attempts on his life. >> there were a major suicide attacks on me and my office. every day there are threats. >> the taliban? >> the taliban. >> despite always protesting his innocence, ahmed wali karzai came close to being charged with corruption but according to a u.s. official, he was too valuable. we needed him. he kep

brother of afghan's president of afghan's president hamid karzai, provincial chief brother, ahmed wali karzai was shot. what do we know about this? this was a man with enemies. >> reporter: what we've learned is that the taliban is taking responsibility for the killing of ahmed wali karzai, a very controversial figure in afghanistan, alleged to have tie to the opium trade, alleged to have been on the payroll of the cia, and he is alleged to have ties to numerous other elicit activities. >> he's actually, i think some people would certainly get the impression anyway that he was a guy who played all sides off against the middle, the cia, the world of drugs, in which he was deeply involved in the taliban themselves, so why did they kill him now, do we know? >> so far they have not, why they would kill him, although they called it one of their greate greatest victories in a decade long war against the u.s. and nato forces in afghanistan. why they would want to kill somebody allegedly involved in the opium trade remains to be seen. however, having played all sides he's certain to have made a numbe

possible terms, the assassination in afghanistan today of president hamid karzai's half brother, ahmed wali karzai, seen as the most powerful man in southern afghanistan was shot in his own home in kandahar by a man he knew and trusted. mandy clark is in kandahar. >> reporter: ahmad wali karzai was rushed to this kandahar hospital but with multiple gunshot wounds there was no chance he would survive. outside in the street lay the body of the man who had gotten through a tight ring of security to gun him down. >> my younger brother was murdered in his house this morning. president hamid karzai announced. ahmed wali karzai was a tribal council leader and considered the most powerful man in southern afghanistan. the attack stunned the city that has been hit by a series of targeted assassinations. this is the place, headquarters in kandahar city. just moments ago word of the shooting came through as the police chief was wrapping up his interview with us and he rushed out to take charge. general abdul raziq told us that security was improving in the city when his two cell phones lit up at once. karzai'

ahmed wali karzai's own body guard shot him.ked to drug dealing, something he denied but one u.s. diplomatic cable that turned up on wikileaks said he was widely known to be corrupt and a big narcotics trafficker. >>> a sealed jail house video of casey anthony considered highly inflammatory shows her reacting to news reports that a child's body had been found near her parents' home. an "orlando sentinel" article says she doubles over and starts to hyperventilate. a judge sealed the video two years ago saying it could ruin anthony's chances at a fair trial. >>> the clapp is getting harder to treat. scientists discovered a gonorrhea superbug in japan resistant to all forms of antibiotics used to treat the std. doctors say the bug is mutating to survive the medicine. they say it's too early to tell if it's become widespread. >>> a best selling presidential historian who appeared on cnn is accused of trying to steal millions of dollars wort of artifacts. this is barry landau showing off historical arti facts. he's now an accused thi

ahmed wali karzai, he was lured and killed in his home by a trusted security guard and confidant named sardar muhammad. out of a meeting and shot in cold blood. he was shot and killed by other security guards. he used the trust to lure him out of a meeting and shoot him in cold blood. he was also shot and killed by other security guards. the taliban have claimed responsibility saying they had been working with the killer for, quote, some time." awk was an infamous power broker in kandahar province, a key province and the spiritual home of the taliban and considered to be a part of the drug trade but u.s. and nato officials say they needed him, a stabilizing figure in an otherwise unstable region. his death leaves behind a power vacuum and is considered a big victory for the taliban, ann? >> thank you so much. >>> another milestone up in space today as two residents of the international space station stepped outside to retrieve a broken ammonia pump so it could be returned to earth for examination. it was the final space walk of the american shuttle era. meantime, the landing plan for t

ahmed wali karzai was the pro vinceal council chief. d gunshot wounds to his head and chest according to hospital officials. a spokesman says a guard killed karzai. the taliban says that guard was working for them. >>> they all agree default is not an option but can president obama and congressional leaders agree on a deal to raise the government's borrowing limit? they're going to meet again today. some republicans are calling for a short-term measure before the august 2nd deadline to allow more time for negotiations. the president says absolutely not. >>> and it looks like another good day to stay inside and in the air conditioning. 23 states have posted warnings or advisories about the dangerous heat, the oppressive heat and humidity being blamed on one death in illinois. cnn's rob marciano is at the extreme weather center in atlanta. it seems barely anyone in the country is going to be able to be escaping this heat today. >> especially the eastern two-thirds of the country. remember, guys, that heat actually is the number one weather

ahmed wali karzai, a powerful political presence in kandahar, was killed this week at home by an associate. president hamid karzai was not at today's service. >>> indian officials say they have no leads in yesterday's deadly bombing in mumbai. three bombs exploded during rush hour killing at least 17 and wounded 131 people. police say there was no warning and no group has claimed responsibility for that. in 2008, terrorists killed 166 people during a siege that lasted several days. >>> u.s. lawmakers have asked the attorney general to investigate rupert murdoch. they want to know if murdoch's company broke any u.s. laws for allegedly bribing police in the phone hacking scandal that forced murdoch to close his largest paper. mean dock pulled the plug on a it is 12 billion business deal. elizabeth palmer has more. >> reporter: it's a sight many people thought they would never see, media titan rupert murdoch in retreat. he abandoned his controversial $12 billion plan to expand into britain's lucrative satellite television business in a surrender to public outrage and political pressure. >> wh

ahmed wali karzai was accused by the u.s. and local afghans of being involved in the drug trade and other illegal activities. president karzai spoke to reporters about two hours after the shooting, saying only that quote, this is the life of the afghan people, this sorrow is in every afghan home. >>> high above earth, a final walk in space. these are live pictures that we are bringing to all of you. two crew members of the international space station, you see it here, venturing out on the last space walk of nasa's space shuttle era. absolutely breathtaking. the two floated over the yucatan peninsula. take a look at these live pictures. their job today is to recover a broken pump and stow it in the cargo bay of shuttle "atlantis" which docked with the space station on sunday. the space walk was scheduled to last about six hours. the "atlantis" mission is the last of the 30-year shuttle program. "atlantis" due to return to earth on july 21st. >>> on the afghan battlefield, it was an act above and beyond the call of duty. army ra

cleric a day earlier two explosions shook the city of kandahar during a funeral ceremony for ahmed wali karzai the leaders brother was shot twice by his family friend and longtime head of security on tuesday. egypt's ousted president hosni mubarak has reportedly told interrogators that he didn't order the crackdown on protesters during febreze uprising that's after the country's ruling military council announced it will fire hundreds of police officers implicated in the killing of almost one thousand demonstrators meanwhile protests carry on for the seventh day running into office where the epicenter of the original uprising else did the former president. well that brings up there for the moment i'll be back with some of our main news stories in about in just over ten minutes from now but in the meantime as hacking attacks go global many are looking for new ways to make computer systems safe latino talks to security software mogul conspiracy who shares his views on this issue in the interview is up next here on r.t. . thank you very much for being with us today so i was just wondering do you p

ahmed wali karzai was often accused of lengths were the taliban in afghanistan illegal drugs trade they have russia's federal drug control service victory even off says a decade of military failures of the coalition forces in the country aren't helping watch his full interview in around ten minutes time but here's a quick preview. for you. this september will see the tenth anniversary of that interference it's longer than world war two the situation in afghanistan hasn't improved it's become even worse and even senior officials like general petraeus for example the military operation in afghanistan says that the number of clashes there increases year after year in fact the number of clashes over the past ten years has increased more than a hundred times so have the assigned tasks been achieved we see that security in afghanistan as only got worse it's said that our drug production cannot be fought because damages the security situation so it's a kind of closed circle. the scandal surrounding rupert murdoch's media empire has gone international after u.s. senators called for their own pr

brother of afghan president hamid karzai has been assassinated at his home in kandahar reports say ahmed wali karzai was shot dead by the chief of security taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack saying they've called their biggest saying they've called their biggest achievement in ten years cars i headed to khandahar province of all a region on the border with pakistan he was often accused of links with the taliban and afghanistan's illegal drug trade independent journalist and author jerry van dyke says the killing leaves washington without anyone to rely on when it comes to securing the region. while the cars it was not just the governor or the shadow governor of kandahar he was the most powerful and the most popular person throughout all of southern afghanistan this shows that right now with the canadian troops pulling out and with the u.s. trying to now focus on eastern afghanistan feeling that they have controlled the south there is now a vacuum who is in power who can the west rely upon no one and i've also heard and others have reported that he was responsible for perhaps starting

cleric a day earlier two explosions shook the city of kandahar during the funeral ceremony for ahmed wali karzai that his brother was shot twice by his family friend and longtime head of security on tuesday. egypt's ousted president hosni mubarak has reportedly told interrogators that he didn't order the crackdown on protesters during february's across and that's after the country's ruling military council announced it will fire hundreds of police officers complicated in the killing of most of them strangers meanwhile protests carry on for the seventh day running in tahrir square the epicenter of the original uprising that ousted the former president. well the pentagon is reportedly preparing to launch a new strategy to defend itself from cyber attacks this comes as a media campaign warns against the threat of hacking by al qaeda in just about an hour or so we're going to speak to the security software mogul. he says it's the so-called hacked that oppose the biggest threat. to the books where guys do for money is a less dangerous than others do just for fun or like protest and it's even more dan

and the half brother of afghan president hamid karzai has been buried in khandahar ahmed wali karzai was murdered in his home on tuesday the taliban has described the assassination as their biggest achievement in ten years shortly after the ceremony two explosions were reported in khandahar and a regional governor narrowly escaped a roadside bombing on his way to the funeral. plenty more stories lined up for you at r.t. dot com here's what's a click away right now. follow the world's most famous some would say notorious whistleblower after a high court in london defers his extradition to sweden plus the. u.s. army under fire is hackers released the e-mail addresses and passwords of almost one hundred thousand soldiers this much more only a click away. coming up we ask the man in charge of the anti-drug effort in russia how the country is tackling the flow of illegal substances from central asia and europe stay with us. the problem of drugs and drug trafficking. anywhere no matter how much we fight it and today we're meeting with. federal drug. to talk about the details of his fight a

ahmed wali karzai was shot dead inside his home in kandahar province according to a senior government official. it appears he was killed by a bodyguard. he has been head of the kandahar provincial council. he was also one of the most powerful men in southern afghanistan. it's alleged that he played a prominent role in the afghanistan drug trade. >>> the united states has formally protested and sharply condemned yesterday's attack on the u.s. embassy in syria. the u.s. said about 300 protesters breached the embassy wall in damascus, chanting anti-american slogans before marine guards regained control. the mob broke windows and spray-painted embassy walls but there were no injuries. the u.s. ambassador's residence was also attacked. secretary of state hillary clinton said president bashar al assad is not serious about reform, and not indispensable. >> from our perspective, he has lost legitimacy, he has failed to deliver on the promises he's made. he has sought and accepted aid from the iranians as to how to repress his own people. >> the french embassy was also attacked. three embassy

i have brother in kandahar is more just a personal loss to a crowd as i clan in afghanistan ahmed wali karzai who was in fact the roller of kandahar or actually the whole of southern afghanistan personified american policy in this country behind a population centric counting insurgency first tried in iraq and then replicated and propagated in afghanistan was in fact a interagency turf battle between the bandwagon the state department c a s b i and d. e a all the u.s. agencies you know afghanistan have been all careening at cross purposes what was a victory for cia promoting carves our brother in southern afghanistan was a total failure and defeat for ever and be a in their uphill battle to fight against corruption and drug trafficking in afghanistan at the end of the day they see a victory personified in karzai brother fortune and his sudden death symbolize the death of american policy illusions you know afghanistan. now if you want the best in life you gotta put the hours in am it's something indians know all too well and they are reaping the benefits by working harder and longer than their

the assassination of the half brother of afghan president hamid karzai the other half brother ahmed wali karzai head of the kandahar province a volatile region on the border with pakistan jerry van dyke who back in two thousand and eight was held by the taliban for forty five days so the killing leaves washington with no one to rely upon when it comes to securing the region. well he karzai it was not just the governor or the shadow governor of kandahar he was the most powerful and the most popular person throughout all of southern afghanistan this shows that right now with the canadian troops pulling out and with the u.s. trying to now focus on eastern afghanistan feeling that they have controlled the south there is now a vacuum who is in power who can the west rely upon you know what the taliban have claimed responsibility for this but it's not clear that the taliban are responsible it could very easily be a power struggle i've also heard and others have reported that he was responsible for perhaps starting to bring the taliban together with the united states to negotiate their force someone w

also take a look at the latest developments in the relations ahmed wali karzai being assassinated the u.s. cutting some aid from pakistan we're going to ask what all of that means for now longest war and a new piece of legislation in congress sounds like it's meant to save your kids from child pornographers but is it really just a mask for a massive move to force i as these to record your data and take away your privacy julian sanchez is going to join us on that what we're going to have all of that and more for you tonight including a dose of happy hour but first let's take a look at what the mainstream media has decided to miss. now if you haven't noticed yet it's summer it's mid july depending on where you live you probably have at least another two months of warm weather to enjoy unless of course you live in california my former home and you get to enjoy perfect weather all year long and yeah i'm a little bit about not no longer getting to enjoy that weather but the point here is that it's summer and what do you know what happens during the summer it gets hot temperatures rise you

i have brother in kandahar is more just a personal loss to a cause like land in afghanistan ahmed wali karzai who was in effect there ruler of kandahar or actually the whole southern afghanistan personified american policy in this country behind a population centric counting insurgency first tried in iraq and then replicated and propagated in afghanistan was in fact a interagency turf battle between the pentagon the state department a as b. and d. e a all the u.s. agencies in afghanistan have been operating at cross purposes what was a victory for cia promoting our brothers in southern afghanistan was the total failure and defeat for f.b.i. and dea a in their of hill battle to fight against corruption and drug trafficking in afghanistan at the end of the day they see a victory personified in karzai brother fortune and his sudden death symbolize the death of american policy illusions in afghanistan. leading athletes are inspired to become top in the sports by one russian golf prodigy has used his talent for a very different tracing his long lost brother and sister are different ports on the te

in kandahar ahmed wali karzai was murdered in his home there on choose the taliban as describe the assassination as their biggest achievement in ten years shortly after the ceremony two explosions were reported in kandahar and the regional governor narrowly escaped a roadside bombing on his way to the funeral. when we can find more on our web site it's dot com including the latest news blogs and expert analysis and here's what's in the moment should you go on a snap shot from the start about this you could soon be able to see a picture of yourself taken from orbit with special spy cameras installed at the international space station plus. catwalk to catfight world of beauty turns ugly with far from model behavior at a russian fashion show. the full story behind the high heels hostilities at r.t. dot com. well i'll be back with a summary of the main news stories for in about ten minutes from now in the meantime we asked the man in charge of the drug effort in russia how the country is tackling the flow of illegal substances from central asia and europe that's our special interview next. the probl

cleric a day earlier two explosions shook the city of kandahar during the funeral ceremony for ahmed wali karzai but the leaders brother was shot twice by a family friend a longtime head of security on tuesday. egypt's ruling military council has announced it will fire hundreds of police officers implicated in the killing of protesters in february the interim government also announced that elections should all for september will be delayed meanwhile protests carry on for the seventh day running into rear square the epicenter of the original uprising that ousted president hosni mubarak. well the victims of three coordinated bombings are being laid to rest in mumbai at least seventeen were killed when blasts struck three locations and downtown one by during the evening rush hour no one's yet claimed responsibility for the attacks though investigators say terror groups are being probed initial reports suggest the most likely culprit is the indian which i have seen and that could mean the attacks were organized from wrong because according to our she should have investigations ever so with the help

that the whole of the brother of the afghan president hamid karzai has been buried in kandahar ahmed wali karzai was murdered in his home there on tuesday the taliban has described the assassination is their biggest achievement in ten years shortly after the ceremony two explosions were reported in kandahar and the regional governor narrowly escaped a roadside bombing on his way to the. well ahmed ali because i was often accused of having links with the illegal but highly lucrative afghan drugs trade and then responsible for the fight against drugs in russia says that a decade of military failures by coalition forces in afghanistan is only contributing to the problem and you can see the full interview in ten minutes from now here on r.t. but here's a brief look. this september will see the tenth anniversary of that interference the longer it ought to but the situation in afghanistan ultrasound improved and even senior officials like general petraeus for exactly what these commanders military operation are going to start with says that the number of armed clashes increases year after year drug pr

ahmed wali karzai was often accused of lengths was the taliban in afghanistan's illegal drugs straight ahead of russia's federal drop control service before even oss as a decade of military failures of the coalition forces in the country are helping watch his full interview in just over an hour here in r t but here's a quick preview. of this september will see the tenth anniversary of that interference it's longer the world war two but the situation in afghanistan hasn't improved and it's become even worse and even senior officials like general petraeus for example going to treat operation in afghanistan who would says the number of clashes there increases year after year in fact the number of clashes over the past ten years has increased more than a hundred times but i would say we have the assigned tasks been achieved but we see that the security in afghanistan has only gotten worse and it's said that our drug production cannot be full because it damages the security situation so it's a kind of closed. the scandal surrounding river murdoch's media empire has gone international after

ahmed wali karzai was murdered in his home there on choose day the taliban is described assassination as their biggest achievement in ten years shortly after the ceremony two explosions were reported in kandahar and a regional governor narrowly escaped a roadside bombing on his way to a funeral. just remind you plenty of other stories lined up for you on our web page as r.t. dot com here's what's online there at the moment should you log on before the world's most famous whistle blower after the high court in london defers his extradition to sweden and also the u.s. army comes under attack as hackers released the e-mail addresses and passwords of almost one hundred thousand soldiers this and plenty more for you just one click away at r.t. dot com. labib out with the some of our main news stories in ten minutes from now in the meantime we also the man in charge of the anti drug effort here in russia other countries tackling the flow of illegal substances from central asia and europe so our special interview next on r.t. . the problem of drugs and drug trafficking go anywhere no matter

the history ok back to afghanistan's civil we saw the murder of present kamikazes half brother ahmed wali karzai and then at a funeral ceremony moral ceremony for him a suicide bomber blows himself up kill six people what's the significance of this for the united states look there are forty three million pashtuns there are eleven to twelve million in afghanistan. in the balance of thirty three million or so in pakistan they hate karzai even though he's a pashtun he is seen as a traitor his family is inextricably intertwined with much of the corruption and narcotics trafficking that is going on in afghanistan remember that under the taliban the narcotics trafficking was ten percent of what it is today so this is more like a mafia hit then it's a little bit and then that's that's a nation of a supported public figure you have a disses this is personal the pashtun want karzai and his family out ok so what does obama does the second letter what does obama want out of pakistan just now threatening to withdraw up to the eight hundred million dollars in military aid what's he trying to get out of them

because i had been buried in kandahar ahmed wali karzai was murdered in his home there on choose day the taliban has described the assassination as their biggest achievement in ten years shortly after the ceremony two explosions were reported in kandahar and the regional governor narrowly escaped a roadside bombing on his way to. moscow wants to make sure that the u.s. missile shield in europe doesn't target russia washington claims there's no need to worry but once any legal guarantees. reports now from romania where parts of the proposed shield will be placed that russian sentiment is what encourages the locals to welcome the rockets with open arms. the voice my of the romanian village of still cannot believe his luck after washington picked this place in romania region to locate a new raider base the locals have been all smiles about hypothetical investment. when we first went to the us we'd build a retard base here we were a little bit scared police who we were informed that having this peace would mean better infrastructure and possibly jobs with rules luke rules proposed to con

the sort of targeted assassinations that we've seen over the past couple months whether that's ahmed wali karzai or the head of the kandahar police chief we also saw the attack on the intercontinental hotel just recently i think all of these sort of bouts of violence shows how fragile the coalition government that we've supported for the past ten years really is and how it's an endless streams of foreign aid dollars to a fragile corrupt incompetent illegitimate regime both minutely will begin to unravel whether we remain in the country indefinitely or there we pull out tomorrow i think unfortunately we've seen the history of the country the ethnic and political fracture of the country it's beyond our wisdom it's beyond our patience and it's beyond our ability to sort of carry out this this humanitarian nation building or communitarian peerless mission i think you know i want to ask you because i think i interviewed you last about this probably more than a year ago and at that time you said this is a classic case of mission creep i think absolutely and since then you've seen more rhetoric about h

the body of ahmed wali karzai was taken to a hospital in kandahar. s been disputed but may have been one of karzai's bodyguards. he was one of the most powerful men in afghanistan, often accused of corruption and drug trafficking, though. >>> a report out this morning describes a cia operation run out of a spy novel. "the new york times" says it happened in pakistan before osama bin laden was killed. the cia set up a fake vaccination program in the town where it thought bin laden was hiding. the idea was to secure a dna sample from bin laden or a family member. no dna was obtained reportedly but the pakistani doctor who ran that program has now been arrested. >>> as the tenth anniversary of 9/11 gets closer, public interest in the world trade center site is now surging. tickets to the site's new memorial were made available monday and the online reservation system nearly crashed because of all the traffic. sean hennessey of wcbs tv has more on that. >> reporter: ever since the 9/11 terror attacks, the world trade center site has stood apart, a seeming

ahmed karzai's deal making would have been a huge help in forging such a settlement. kabul and washington will need a political surge to help replace ahmed wali karzai. now let's get started. . >>> as of this moment, there are exactly 16 days until united states begins to defall on its debt barring a deal in congress. the deal continues to be elusive. politicians can't seem to muster the courage of their convictions to compromise for the sake of the country. to help us put all this in perspective and talk about much more, i am joined by the former president of harvard, the former treasury secretary and former director of the national economic council, larry summers. >> good to be with you. >> you were treasury secretary. walk us through what happens if there is an actual default. >> if there's an actual default, the united states does not pay back money, principle and interest, on its debt. at that point the country is declared to be in default. financial instruments that people hold that have been regarded as safe cease to be regarded as safe. a panic begins on money market funds and many other parts of the financial system, and a cascade th

. >> sreenivasan: in afghanistan, ahmed wali karzai was buried in kandahar, a day after he was gunned down by a close confidant. his half-brother, president hamid karzai, joined thousands of mourners at the service, appealing for an end to the violence. at one point, the president climbed into the grave and broke down in sobs. hours later, a suicide bombing killed five french soldiers in eastern afghanistan. they were guarding a meeting of local leaders. the rupert murdoch media empire news corporation dropped its bid today to take over british sky broadcasting. it was the latest fallout from the firestorm of allegations that murdoch tabloids hacked into phones of celebrities, royals and even murder victims. we have a report from gary gibbon of independent television news. >> reporter: for decades, he's loomed over british politics. feted by politicians, rely denied his wishes. but today, parliament rose up as one, all three main parties united, telling rupert murdoch he could not expand his media ownership here, right now. and he buckled. in a statement on their takeover plans, news

a suicide bomber in afghanistan killed five people today at a memorial service for ahmed wali karzai-- half-brother of the afghan president. the bomber blew himself up at a kandahar mosque where the service was under way. president karzai was not attending. the attack came as a u.n. report said afghan civilian deaths are up 15 percent from a year ago. officials with the u.n. assistance mission in afghanistan blamed 80% of the killings on insurgents. >> this dramatic growth was mainly due to the use of landmine-like pressure plate, improvised explosive devices or i.e.d.s by the anti-government elements. we at unnama documented 1,462 civilian deaths. >> sreenivasan: nato air strikes -- mainly involving helicopters -- were the leading cause of civilian deaths by international forces. the first american combat forces began leaving afghanistan today as part of a gradual pull-out. army national guard units from iowa boarded a military plane at the bagram airbase terminal. they're among some 1,000 troops set to leave afghanistan this month. last month, president obama announced he is withdra