involved in moscow for months but also in q c g which is the quadrata of cornish group of china pakistan united states and i promise i'm sure the op interest that they have their ways i think they're faking the very serious of the foreign minister level that the issue of terrorism in afghanistan need to be finished and then there is a topic of afghan army. so it's spread across the country with taliban still making capturing villages capturing military bases desta afghan military have much staying in power left and i can't answer that question you can kill me but i can answer why is it still on a defensive after seventeen years of so much investment and being trained by it the world's best soldiers. you see in one hand that. you describe the situation does this almost a reality of the being spread around the country we are you know if i think in each and every corner of afghanistan but the second part of this i think i can they're going to give some more explanation on the other side of it you know the all news or belt train that. they can train and then send to some was some pork but ours is not like

indian counterparts this growing closeness between india and the united states puts additional pressure on pakistan pakistan has some friends china and a few others but no one is as important pakistan as nice they can as the united states and india so i see a correlation of forces putting pressure on pakistan it's going to be a real challenge to the new government and the best way for the pick really government vehicle this pressure is to help push the taliban to these peace talks that has had me very interesting indeed to speak to that in washington d.c. thanks very much for joining us thank you. the armed group al-shabaab has claimed responsibility for a car bombing and somalia that targeted a local government headquarters in the capital mogadishu there are reports children and neighboring school were killed in the blast walls police say three security personnel are among the dead. to do with. as you can see the explosion caused a lot of destruction there are mosques and islamic schools next to the district compound. the attacker tried to enter the compound with an explosive laden car and when the security tried to stop it the

pakistan's point of view to cooperate fully with the united states. the u.s. pakistani relationship is far more significant to pakistan then the relationship with china or with russiaan's interest i believe, to have a fruitful productive relationship with the united states. that means a complete and to pakistani support for islamist terrorist movements. arthel: what would you say is the current state of the islamic state? >> islamic state remains a real threat. and it remains a threat in afghanistan where it is very active. also isis is extremely active. al qaeda is very active in afghanistan as well. we face a threat from a whole host of islamic terrorist organizations and by no means, isis being eradicated. it is been significantly weakened in its base of syria and lost about 98 percent of us territory in syria and iraq. but the reality is that isis continues to spread its tentacles across many parts of the world. especially north of east africa for example, inside afghanistan, some middle east. it also continues to pose a major threat to europe as well where isis operates a large number of cells across many european, stretching from great britain to germany, fra

united states and. its. neighbor which is china there is no way that india. nor look at the concerns that all pakistan or iran or russia may have. furthering all started the dice with the united states so i think india would need to play a very very balanced sort of tightrope walk at this point of time high level meetings between the u.s. and india already twice canceled this year the u.s. has said that more important things came up to that upset india. i think we may have we may have lost him on jake of the financing to get his points of view on the india relationship. now pregnant women are amongst thousands of rango refugees struggling to survive in bangladesh aid agencies are warning of a growing health crisis and more calling on the calling for more binge wives to help. reports. during the hottest hour of the day in the world's largest refugee settlement these row hinge it. additional midwives are searching for a woman who needs their help raji a big woman and sob are two of the one hundred thirty community health care workers who have been recruited by the united nations population fund or un f.

pakistan. this is a country that's heavily in debted to china, which invested heavily in pakistan to the tune of $62 billion. and so the united statesthat any further assistance from the united states to pakistan depends upon pakistan siding with the united states in the war in afghanistan and against islamist terrorist organizations. >> connell: what would the consequence for the united states be if there was a complete economic collapse in pakistan? mike pompeo, the secretary of state is going back there again this week but he has been quoted earlier in the summer back in july saying the imf should not bail out pakistan again. the international monetary fund which bailed them out a number of times in the past. so should we just let them go and let them fail, see what happens? or does the u.s. have an interest because of the geography here in keeping pakistan afloat? >> i think the united states has a keen interest in ensuring that pakistan remains a long-term partner for the united states but the united states cannot, though, i think, be party to endless bail-outs of pakistan through the imf. and if indeed the imf was to loan mone

out or disengage in pakistan it's clear that both russia and china will be able to fill that void if they decide to do so and what's really concerning is the fact that the united states set up a post world war two order that has brought peace and prosperity to the greatest number of people perhaps in in history and now we're beginning to unwind and i think the consequences are unpredictable and dangerous tell me more about the congo i know you said they're unpredictable but tell me about the known consequences of. the i mean south asia has been historically very complicated with rivalries between india and china and as well as pakistan and india and of course you throw afghanistan into the mix now it's true that the pakistan military and i have probably not been the best of actors in stamping out terrorism and creating safe spaces in. their northern regions however with the us out of the mix i think what you could see is just an unrestrained and unconstrained other actors like the chinese and the russians and remember it wasn't that long ago that the russians were quite engaged in afghanistan and i think to the detriment. of everybody you know it was just maybe one o

grants that are attempting to reach the united states, but as recent cases have indicated from countries outside the western hemisphere including china, india, pakistan and jordan. cocaine is one of the most highly trafficked drugs especially in the transit zone. eastern area that includes the atlantic ocean, the caribbean sea, the gulf of mexico and eastern pacific ocean. i know that firsthand from the time i spent prosecuting international drug organizations in puerto rico. the coast guard interdifficulties thousands of pounds of cocaine each year. only 8.2% tft total cocaine flow through the transit zone was interdicted in 2017. unfortunately, we do not have the resources to turn back all of the threats in the maritime environment. the devastating effects of the 2017 hurricane season diminished operational capabilities and resources available to combat threats in u.s. territories putting further strain on our officers. many of the hurricane-affected areas are not back to pre-hurricane conditions. when the threat reaches our coastal waters, it is too easy to slip in the country and too late to intercept that threat. h.r. 5869 requires the security