ashraf ghani i have known -- i have known ashraf ghani for well over 40 years.ost: you finish high school where? mr. khalilzad: i finished high school in ceres, california, in 1967. then i went back to afghanistan to get my bachelor. cculareate. it -- ba -- yourur next agree? next degree? from thelzad: university of beirut. i got a masters also from the american university in beirut in 1974. host: and then what? mr. khalilzad: a phd from the university of chicago in 1979. host: this man has tremendous connections. you won't recognize him. this is just a clip. it is the only one we could find what you look like and sounded like. it goes back to 1980. he is deceased now. >> there are some parts of the world where a law -- america, andentral there are some parts of the world where we have similar common interests as in the persian gulf. of many allies have been recognized, there is sharing the risks as well as the burdens. it is really reasonable. host: who was he? albertlilzad: that is will stood. he is a great general. he was a professor at the university of chic

they were the first executions approved by afghan president ashraf ghani since he took office two years. following last month's suicide bombing in kabul that killed 64 people, ghani vowed to "show no mercy" toward taliban terrorists. the taliban said it would avenge today's hangings. it controls more territory in afghanistan than at any time since it was driven from power by u.s.-led forces in 2001. afghan officials say speeding to avoid taliban checkpoints may have led to today's fatal collision of two buses and a fuel truck in a province where the taliban is active. all three vehicles burst into flames and officials say more than 70 people died, many of them children. the u.s. military academy at west point is investigating if a photograph of black female cadets violates restrictions on political activity by military personnel. the pre-graduation photo taken 10 days ago shows 16 uniformed cadets with their clenched fists raised, which some interpret as expressingupport for the black lives matter movement. but a west point grad who is a friend of the group says the gestures were intend

by all accounts, ashraf ghani, who had a popular beginning, has eroded. we hear there is a lack of confidence now, which has grown. so in answering this, i wonder if we could address what it is he could have done differently and indeed, what can he now do to assure the survival of this government another three and half years? omar? samad: having spent almost a year and a half in that unity government, i am unfortunately not at liberty to say much. but to give you some perspective, i can say that i think this was meant to be -- i do not want to go into the why it has value -- everyone has their own theories in how this came about. we leave that to history to judge. but once it came about, it was meant to follow a certain recipe and a certain set of guidelines, and it has not. for those of us who have been inside the system, we know, by now, why and what are the motivations. some of it is very distressing. some of it has to do with petty politics and power struggles, and some of it have to do with real and substantive issues that have created a sense of a d

at columbia university, so i have ashraf ghani for way over 40 years. mr. lamb: on the dates for a finished high school where. mr. khalilzad: in ceres, 1967.ornia, in and went back to california, i went to school another six months or so and got a high from afghanistan well. mr. lamb: and your next degree. . . khalilzad: from beirut mr. lamb: graduated when. mr. khalilzad: in 1972. . lamb: then what irk mr. khalilzad: got a masters. mr. lamb: and then what. mr. khalilzad: a ph.d. from university of chicago in 1979. mr. lamb: i want to show you video of a man you mentioned in the book, there's tremendous connections with people in the nt.ted states governme you'll recognize him. clip, only one we could find of what he sounded like. >> there are some parts of the different a law has from asia, inlaw, central america and so on and here are some parts of the world where we have clear common interests as in the permission ts are here their interes more direct and massive than our than nd in such cases here are many lives have been coming to be recognized that, s

i have known ashraf ghani for well over 40 years. brian: you finished high school where? mr. khalilzad: i finished high school in ceres, california, in 1967. then i went back to afghanistan to get my bacculareate. brian: your next degree? mr. khalilzad: from the university of beirut. a bachelors. brian: what year did you graduate from there? mr. khalilzad: 1972. i got a masters also from the american university in beirut in 1974. brian: and then what? mr. khalilzad: a phd from the university of chicago in 1979. brian: this man has tremendous connections. you will recognize him. this is just a clip. it is the only one we could find what you look like and sounded like. it goes back to 1980. he is deceased now. [video clip] >> there are some parts of the world where a law -- in asia, in central america, and so on. but there are some parts of the world where we have similar common interests as in the persian gulf. they are more direct landmasses ban our own. in such cases, of many allies have been recognized, there is sharing the risks as well as the burdens. it is really reasona

. >> warner: afghan president ashraf ghani signaled that the taliban leader's death could also open theto renewed peace talks. the drone strike that killed mansour was the first by the u.s. inside baluchistan, in southwestern pakistan. it's long been a taliban stronghold. in london yesterday, pakistan's prime minister nawaz sharif condemned the attack, saying the u.s. gave no advance warning. >> ( translated ): we are protesting strongly. this is a violation of the sovereignty of pakistan. >> warner: but afghanistan's government accuses the pakistanis of harboring a veritable "who's who" of most wanted terrorists: >> ( translated ): the haqqani network is in pakistan, mullah omar and osama bin laden were in pakistan, and now mullah mansour was killed in pakistan's baluchistan. it would be better if pakistan cooperated with afghanistan and did not give shelter to these people who are continuing the war in afghanistan. >> warner: pakistani authorities say a passport found near the drone strike wreckage shows mansour had just returned from iran. officials there denied the claim. meanwhile,

accounts, ashraf ghani, who had a popular beginning, has eroded.ar there is a lack of confidence now, which has grown. so in answering this, i wonder if we could address what it is he could have done differently and what can he now do to assure the survival of this government another three and half years? amb. samad: having spent almost a year and a half in that unity government, i am unfortunately not at liberty to say much. but to give you some perspective, i can say that i think this was meant to be -- i do not want to go into the why it has value -- everyone has their own theories in how this came about. we leave that to history to judge. but once it came about, it was meant to follow a certain recipe and a certain set of guidelines, and it has not. for those of us who have been inside the system, we know, by now, why and what are the motivations. some of it is very distressing. some of it has to do with petty politics and power struggles, and some of it have to do with real and substantive issues that have created a sense of a dis-united gover

i think ashraf ghani went to pakistan first thing because without relations with pakistan, it would be difficult to bring taliban to the negotiating table. when he went to pakistan, he had three demands from them. first, end this undeclared war between afghanistan and pakistan that has been going on 15 years. or some indication should be presented that this undeclared war is over. once of this is done, then afghanistan can establish normal relations with pakistan. over time, maybe we will have a special relationship -- political, economic, security. that did not happen. he had given pakistan until march of that year -- did not happen. two months later, pakistan brought another package. which was not acceptable. as long as this difference of approaches is there between afghanistan and pakistan, it will be difficult to ask pakistan to help bring taliban to the negotiating table. so what is the other option? the other option is the capacity of the government and the armed services to respond to the threats over time to convince the taliban that they are losing, and they will come to the n

i have known ashraf ghani for well over 40 years. brian: you finished high school where? mr.halilzad: i finished high school in ceres, california, in 1967. then i went back to afghanistan to get my bacculareate. brian: your next degree? mr. khalilzad: from the university of beirut. a bachelors. brian: what year did you graduate from there? mr. khalilzad: 1972. i got a masters also from the american university in beirut in 1974. brian: and then what? mr. khalilzad: a phd from the university of chicago in 1979. brian: this man has tremendous connections. you will recognize him. this is just a clip. it is the only one we could find what you look like and sounded like. it goes back to 1980. he is deceased now. [video clip] >> there are some parts of the world where a law -- in asia, in central america, and so on. but there are some parts of the world where we have similar common interests as in the persian gulf. in such cases, many lives have come to recognize that sharing the risk as well as the burdens with us is very reasonable. -- host: who was he? mr. khalilzad: one of our g