adviser atmar: absolutely. the way we look at it is -- challenge number one, peace between the state of afghanistan and the state of pakistan. our people are good friends and have always a mutually the problem has been the relationship between the two states. so that's element number one. element number two is intra-afghan peace with taliban. as i said, we need to work on it. the third element is the foreign fighters. we cannot make peace with them. they are not afghans. they do not pursue an afghan objective. their objectives are beyond afghanistan. we will have to have some kind of counterterrorism. with the afghans, the taliban are no longer a monolithic organization. they do not have the same level of -- or strength of leadership as they used to. they are brought together by foreign influence. there are leaders now among the taliban that question the continuation of the conflict. they're certainly in contact with our peace council and the government. they are asking for a process whereby they and their fami

these join in thanking mohamed ottmar. -- mohammad atmar. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please remain in your seats until the official party departs. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> coming up today live coverage of the marsh for our allies rally calling for legislation to address guns and school safety. scheduled to begin at noon eastern on c-span. >> this sunday on 1968 america in turmoil, the presidential election of 1968 begin with eight presidential candidates. by the end the sitting president doug, robert kennedy was the assassin, television coverage was dominated by violent clashes between chicago police and protesters of the democratic national convention, and richard nixon won a decisive victory for joining us on the program former presidential candidate pat buchanan who served under presidents nixon and reagan, and also the author of the greatest comeback, how richard nixon rose from defeat to create the new majority, and barbara perry, director presidential studies and codirect

please join me in welcoming afghan national security adviser atmar. [applause] adviser atmar: hello there. excellency hadley. ladies and gentlemen, good morning. talk such a privilege to to such a distinguished audience. invited bynor to be the famous institute with its remarkable achievements worldwide, but particularly in afghanistan. let me first take this usip fority to thank not just inviting me and my delegation, but for the excellent work it has undertaken in afghanistan and elsewhere. colleagues, i am here to represent the president of inhanistan and our people thanking you all. anday our respect appreciation to be sacrifices of your brave men and women in uniform. diplomats, aid workers, researchers, and politicians and policymakers. afghanistan will continue to appreciate your service. indebtedan will remain forever for what you have achieved through our joint partnership. some of you have personally served in afghanistan or together with us on afghanistan. grateful to each one of you for your dedicated service. that if youe compare my count