it turns out that mr ghani is actually an active conservative supporter who has shared platforms with honorable member for richmond. should reflect on the words of lord lansley some years ago that racism was endemic within his party. we have set up a commission of inquiry. i suggest that he might think about doing the same thing. lord kerslake, the former government housing chief, has said that the housing bill "effectively removes the security that people need" and that it is "fundamentally wrong." homelessness is up by a third since he became prime minister, and it is rising again this year. a voter, malcolm, wrote to me this week to say that he and his family will lose their home if the government's housing bill goes through. why can't the prime minister follow the example set by the welsh labour government by placing a legal duty and responsibility on councils to help people during a housing crisis? why can't he do that? david cameron: i will tell the gittleman has done, not in wales where labour is in control but here in england, we have built twice as much council housing in the

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

he went to san jose state, and now he is the [laughing] chief advisor to president ghani. so you are now working with the man who was the president of the college you attended. >> yeah, i didn't -- i never thought that would happen, but it's great. he's a great man. and now we work on a number of project together. >> what are some of those projects? >> mainly irrigation. >> irrigation -- california's going through a drought. i know afghanistan has had some terrible droughts. >> well, that's what brought me back here, learning from the experience of what california is going through. they have done a lot of research, universities out here -- uc davis. we have been visiting the research stations of uc -- the kind of seeds or the saplings or the different technology that are used here, how we can adopt it to the situation in afghanistan, how we can transfer some of the technology back then. then we come to the fresno. here we were talking with the research stations. they are working mainly on pistachios. >> pistachios in fresno. >> yes. and likely, in afghanistan, we have wild

following last month's suicide bombing in kabul that killed 64 people, ghani vowed to "show no mercy"ard 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 intended only as a sign of unity and celebration. the 16 women in the photo represent all but one of the black fe

correspondent: david cameron knows nigeria's president buhari and the afghan .resident ghani some saythey are invited because they are against corruption. some are in doubt over the sacrifice of british lives in afghanistan. the man's for progress tackling corruption will be higher than ever. bbc news. katty: it will be an interesting summit on thursday. we have been tracking the european migrant crisis and of those who tales died trying to reach europe. the bbc investigation has found 1700 men, women come and children have an buried in unmarked graves. 70 are in italy, turkey, and greece. correspondent: the boats full of syrians fleeing war land on the greek island of lesbos. no one on this boat drowned, but one man was crushed on board. another died of a heart attack when he set foot on land. both victims were traveling with other people who were able to confirm their identities. there are hundreds more who have either been lost at sea, or found and not identified. their relatives are scattered across the globe here it they are left with lingering pain that will halt them for the re

go ahead. >> ghani as such an iconic figure for americans its early indians. can you talk briefly about any things, how your perception may have changed in the writing of this book? i know he's a figure but can you talk of it about that? were you surprised by the things you about and six another might affect our memories of him speak was i really was picked investing. you have to write about him carefully obviously. especially for an indian audience. but gandhi was much more of a politician than people give them credit for. of all the people, it seems like this saintly figure that sort of spouts proverbs for some great and is for peace and so one and hates violence. he was a very shrewd politician. to use nonviolence against the british because it worked. he knew that the indians didn't have the weapons to challenge the british army. this was the advantage they have over them. he had great success in the '20s and '30s, but he was also fairly vain man and he was surrounded by admirers telling them what a great are his me was and how infallible he was. even indi

political agreement between ghani and abdullah, and there were certainly things that were included in there that were at the time probably not achievable. but it's important i think to remember that the top priority at the time was to have a democratic transition from president karzai to a successor. and what had happened following the runoff election that summer did not give much confidence that they were going to be able to achieve that transition successfully any time quickly. and as time moved forward throughout the summer, without any resolution of the crisis, there were fears both here and in other places that hamid karzai was going to look to manipulate the political chaos to his advantage and try to somehow remain in power or cobble together some sort of ruling interim-caretaker-type government where his interests would be of paramount concern and they wouldn't move to a dramatically elected successor. so we were able to get there, i think, successfully. just the other point i would make quickly is on the difference between the political and the legal and constitutional questi

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

ashraf ghani,s, 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 what can he now do to assure the survival of this government another three and half years? having spent almost a year and a half in that unity 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 guidelines,n set of and it has not. for those of us who have been inside the system, we know, by and what are the motivations. some of it is very distressing. some of it has to do with eddie -- petty politics and power struggles, and some of it have to do with real and substantive issues that have created a sense united government and not a unity government. be as

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,

began ghani, the any first lady of afghanistan, she sent a message to us, she is hoping to build a women's university with women professors, so that when the traditional fathers don't want their daughters to go to university because of going with men or having men professors, there would be an option for women, and i think that is a good way that americans could support her, and that is to try to help in that way as she builds this women's university. but vowedly most important thing is the security. and our troops help in that. >> minimum na, same question to you. are you hopeful and what should we be doing? >> i acknowledge mrs. bush and i agree because without security, security is the number one thing. without security you cannot move forward. everything starts collapsing around you, and we don't want the international community to leave. as well. we have started something as the international community and we have to continue and make it really -- solidify, make it happen, and show the world that we were there, not with 15 or 20 or 30 areas, and it's happened. you just don't want to l

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

bottom line here is that there is going to be need to be accommodation how much central government, the ghani tribal leaders to have out in the fringes. so it seems to me you can't just have kabul as the state of afghanistan. you have to have the larger country. the tribal leaders really want their own autonomy and at the end of the day, there is going to have to be some accommodation. i think the leaders know this. certainly karzai knew it back in the day i was there and these guys do as well. you know there are negotiations going on. but some people just don't want to talk, evidently this guy was one of them. so i think you just keep chipping away. we need to stay engaged. we can't just walk away from the place. that is something we had done in the past. they need to know we'll stay with them. we'll not fight the war against. we're going to have to fight it to help them and give them assistance intelligencewise and do training and help them as much as we can and tell them basically understand we're not just going to walk away from them. neil: commander, you mentioned the fact ceding, giving

ghani. it has a lot of other issues. what do you see looking out at this next year? are we going to continue to see this sort of endless fussing and squabbling, or can they play better together? >> again, i think people didn't give afghanistan the credit for forming a national unity government. a country that has no precedence at sharing power. we're used to grabbing power. >> it's not a social habit. >> no. for the first time we shared power. it's of course not easy. national unity governments or coalition governments by nature are not easy. it took belgium 11 months, almost a year to form a government after their q coalition. it took germany six months. australia struggled with it for a long time where they -- every six months there was a new prime minister. those -- that's part of a national unity government and that's part of the phase that goes into trust building to build it. and also our population was not accustomed to this sort of rule. the election campaign teams that supported each of those candidates, of course, wanted a different form of government. whil

pakistan, in regards to pakistan and for a while we thought a new government in kabul and mister ghani'sovertures might crack the knot. it didn't and we are seeing that there's so much more that needs to be done and it's not that simple and easy. so these specifications that developed in 2014 and before that and i'm not going to dwell at this stage on how mister karzai handled this transition and what he left behind for the rest of us but this transition obviously has not resulted in what most of usexpect . some of us saw some of the faultlines and tried our best to convey that and express that and try to find some ways to mend them and to correct the course. some of us were a bit too optimistic. some of us heightened expectations at the beginning for unnecessary reasons and they are paying a political price for all that today so all these things are going on at the same time in a very short period of time given the government's lifespan and today we are talking about how fragile is this government? how fragile ispakistan? what will happen next? should we talk about alternatives? should

abdulla and ghani. it has a lot of other issues. what do you see look out at this next year? are we going to continue to see this endless fussing and squabbling or can they play better together. >> for the first time we shared power. >> it's not a social habit. >> it was of course not easy. national unity governments or a coalition government by nature are not easy. it took belgium almost a year. germany, six months. australia struggled with it for a long time. where they every six months, there was a new u prime minister. those, that's part of a national unity government and that's part of the phase that goes into trust building. to build it. and also, our population was not accustomed to this sort of rule. the election campaign teams that supported each of those candidates of course wanted their different form of government. so, while the two leaders may have been able to get along, their teams took time to be able to trust each other and i think that trust will continue to be built. it will take time before it's fully established, but we are in a very different place where

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