so, the taliban and hakani are close together.ike the intercontinental hotel, it is often the work of the hakani, skilled in planning and executing these conflicts. they also train suicide bombers. the attorney general in the us state of michigan has launched an investigation into who knew what, about claims of sexual abuse by larry nassar. he's the former doctor for the us gymnastics team, who received up to 175 years injail this week, for molesting girls and women. the attorney general, bill schutte, said no—one at michigan university where nassar was based, would escape investigation. it is abundantly clear that a full and complete investigation of what happened in michigan state university, from the office of the president down is required. this investigation is and will continue to be independent, it will be thorough, it will be transparent, and it will be primed. my department and it will be primed. my department and this investigation will find out who knew what and when, who took action, who failed to take action, what did

first the downsizing the existing aid. 0ne hakani network. first the downsizing the existing aid.ons or reduced support for international loans from the imf or even more operations across the borderfrom even more operations across the border from afghanistan into pakistan. these are the kinds of ways we could ratchet up pressure on pakistan. we were saying earlier with iran you need to push, but you don't want to push too hard, because this is a nuclear power. it's a non—nato ally, an important one. 16,000 us troops in afghanistan, a lot of the weapons and supplies that go through to them goes through those paths, they need pakistan. no, they absolutely do. if you've got anything over 10,000 forces in afghanistan, you've got to figure out a way to move them in and out and if you look at a map you don't have many good options. i republican is blocked. central —— iran is blocked. central asia is difficult because of our relationship with russia. pakistan has been the way, especially for people and what we call especially for people and what we ca ll lethal especially for people and

opponents were the taliban and since then we've had other people coming into the picture there was the hakani network there was a good bit in hekmatyar but then the third group that's come up in the last five years it's i.s.i. says they've been conducting some very dramatic suicide bombings in kabul itself so that kabul itself has become much less safe than it used to be. back to our top story now if you decide to challenge america's experiment in democracy it's going to be your worst day those were the words of the u.s. defense secretary as he unveiled america's new defense strategy which we're now primarily focused on deterring russia and china but we will continue to prosecute the campaign against terrorists that we're engaged in today but great power competition not terrorism is now the primary focus of us now from security. for more details on what james mattis had to say i'm now joined in the studio by a correspondent he goes down of you know what exactly is this great power competition that matters is talking about here well like you first and foremost u.s. offense strategy is a more a

the pakistani government takes decisive action against groups including the afghan taliban and the hakani network we consider them to be destabilizing the region and also targeting u.s. personnel the united states will suspend that kind of security assistance to pakistan well at the same time donald trump's twitter the promus e has provoked a furious response from pakistan's foreign minister he's blustered the us president for claiming a slower bomb has been an unreliable partner in the war on terror with the details similar account. well the foreign minister of pakistan has issued a fierce response to trump accusing pakistan of providing safe havens for terrorists there fighting in afghanistan in not one tweet but three take a listen for yourself you ask what we've done from our bases you carried out fifty seven thousand eight hundred attacks in afghanistan thousands of civilians and soldiers became victims of the war you initiated we stood by you treated your enemy as i wrote we feel guantanamo bay now history teaches us not to blindly trust the us with a story they would not be but we

the pakistani government takes decisive action against groups including the afghan taliban and the hakani network we consider them to be destabilizing the region and also targeting u.s. personnel the united states will suspend that kind of security assistance to pakistan whether it is in the wake of crumbs first tweet of the year which outlines his regret the u.s. paying pakistan billions of dollars in aid to cues washington's regional ally being a safe haven for terrorists in afghanistan which america is trying to defeat twenty diplomacy sparked a furious response so from pakistan's foreign minister so american has more matter and also the wider ramifications well the foreign minister of pakistan has issued a fierce response to trump accusing pakistan of providing safe havens for terrorists there fighting in afghanistan and not one tweet but three you ask what we've done from our bases you carried out fifty seven thousand eight hundred attacks in afghanistan thousands of civilians and soldiers became victims of the war you initiated we stood by you treated your enemy as our own we feel g

the pakistani government takes decisive action against groups including the afghan taliban and the hakani network we consider them to be destabilizing the region and also targeting u.s. personnel the united states will suspend that kind of security assistance to pakistan at the same time donald trump's twitter diplomacy has provoked a furious response from pakistan's foreign minister he has blasted the us president claiming islamabad has been a reliable partner in the war on terror that was trump to say samir a come brought us more on that earlier. well the foreign minister of pakistan has issued a fierce response to trump accusing pakistan of providing safe havens for terrorists there fighting in afghanistan in not one tweet but three take a listen for yourself you ask what we've done from our bases you carried out fifty seven thousand eight hundred attacks in afghanistan thousands of civilians and soldiers became victims of the war you initiated we stood by you treated your enemy as i wrote we feel guantanamo bay now history teaches us not to blindly trust the us we are sorry they were

the hakani reach by car all the food deliveries and waste removal have to be done by helicopter. pat. i trained as a sculptor and that for a few years but we used to go hang gliding on weekends and not was even better. we took the engines from my brother snowmobiles and built a motorized gliders flying was fascinating it was a dream job. sculpture has a long tradition in the region the volga dana boasts entire dynasties of religious carvers that's why the summit crosses tend to be monumental works of art. there's plenty of wood here carving was once a way for farming families to an extra money during the winter months. this man says the forest is his inspiration on day mats and his children are on the lookout for resin he needs it as material in his studio. carpets with a look how beautiful the resident is it's. just when they're injured it closes a wound and forms a new part and so like that with my sculptures to sort of. injured them with the power was still wearing or come across like a thousand feet with. a few allen feels closely connected to his home and the environment the

main proponents were the taliban since then we've had people coming into the picture there was the hakani network there was. then the third group that's come up in the last five years that. they've been conducting some very dramatic suicide bombings in kabul itself so that kabul itself has become much less safe than it used to be. turkey has launched a military incursion into the kurdish controlled region of syria more on that after the break. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us of the world of politics or. i'm sure business i'll see you then. i think that is what the world needs confidence and confidence is based on on commodores i strongly believe that the u.s. and europe have you played a big role in that the united states has been. a partner in creating that rule based system. i'm afraid that. through air force and especially language president trump has been using and i'm not that confident that the contribution of the united states to that rule based system is as relevant as it's been. welcome back turkey's defense minister has announced his co

in the capital kabul the afghan intelligence service blamed the pakistan based taliban affiliated hakani network relations between the two countries are already tense and the u.s. has cut off nine hundred million dollars in aid to pakistan because of alleged support groups afghan security forces are on high alert attacks like this show armed fighters remain capable of causing chaos across afghanistan victoria gates and be there. let's go to a correspondent jennifer glass now she is joining us live from the capital kabul what are you hearing about what's happening jennifer as the still an ongoing situation. it is elizabeth very much an ongoing situation we understand the attackers are on the top floor of that thirty three story building in jalalabad that is home to the ngo save the children special forces arrived on the scene very quickly after it happened just a little over an hour ago now but we know that twelve people so far have been injured and initially we know that there were people trapped inside they were sending text messages to friends and loved ones we're not exactly sure who

into an escrow account so that once pakistan improves its behavior on bringing in members of the hakani network the talabani and other groups to the u.s. to satisfaction it can once again gain access to that money however there is some concern among some analysts here in washington that the pakistanis might decide to retaliate by closing off the border pass from its seaport it in order to get u.s. military equipment inside afghanistan the last time that happened back in two thousand and twelve there was a significant impact on the u.s. military's ability to equip its troops who have been trying to stabilize afghanistan for you some time now. i saw has claimed responsibility for an explosion in the afghan capital kabul it killed at least eleven people and wounded another twenty five the suicide bomb targeted security personnel carrying out an operation against illegal drugs and alcohol sales i saw had previously claimed responsibility for three suicide attacks in kabul in december that killed dozens. eighteen people have been killed and more than two hundred injured in a train crash in s

opponents were the taliban since then we've had other people coming into the picture there was the hakani network there was good bit in her job then the third group that's come up in the last five years is iris isis they've been conducting some very dramatic suicide bombings in kabul itself so that kabul itself has become much less sorry for than it used to be. turkey's defense minister has announced his country has launched a military operation in syria's kurdish controlled african region starting with cross border shelling artie's paula slater has more on how events have unfolded we're hearing from the turkish defense minister that a de facto turkish military operation has begun across its border now this has been corroborated by the syrian kurds the white jeep who say that since those day night some seventy cells have been fired by the turkish military on to their villages now it's one of the only a statement by the turkish president and the one in which he said that the united states had admitted to establishing a terrorist army on the turkish syrian border any chord on the united sta

into an escrow account so that once pakistan improves its behavior on bringing in members of the hakani network the talabani and other groups to the u.s. to satisfaction it can once again gain access to that money however there is some concern among some al was here in washington that the pakistanis might decide to retaliate by closing off the border pass from its seaport it order to get u.s. military equipment inside afghanistan the last time that happened back in two thousand and twelve there was a significant impact on the u.s. military's ability to equip its troops who have been trying to stabilize afghanistan for you some time now and lots more still ahead on al-jazeera a group struggle to cope with the head injury refugee crisis with ten. news of thousands of new arrivals expected this year. and saying against the passage of time efforts to save the ancient cinema. mini spinning sky and spy the taj mahal. are as the sun sets in the city of angels . and over the rains beginning to pep up for some of us and china as we head through the day on friday there's just a few bits and piece

people's eyes there's not much of a difference between these three groups especially between the hakani group and the taliban their corner groups supposed to be a part and parcel of the taliban. one of their main leaders is a deputy to the thought of one leader having said this i think that at this point the afghan people who are very frustrated who are very angry who demand justice in demand accountability. they want to see the government perform its task in his duties i think that they're want an investigation full investigation they want to know what happened why these people were able to reach the hotel and what happened with security especially knowing that the u.s. had put out in a murder just a few days ago that major hotels could be targets right so that leads to the question of how there can be such a serious breach of security when it's clear that those who are fighting the americans and the afghan. and the afghan government see the hotel like this as a very clear and attractive target. well one of the reasons why the afghans are very angry and frustrated demand accountability

into an escrow account so that once pakistan improves it's behavior on bringing in members of the hakani network the talabani and other groups to the u.s. to satisfaction it can once again gain access to that money however there is some concern among some al was here in washington that the pakistanis might decide to retaliate by closing off the border pass from its seaport it in order to get u.s. military equipment inside afghanistan the last time that happened back in two thousand and twelve there was a significant impact on the u.s. military's ability to equip its troops who have been trying to stabilize afghanistan for you some time now the u.s. is imposing new sanctions on iran over its ballistic missile program there were set in motion before the on. when protests in iran but donald trump is warning that there could be more sanctions to come the new measures target five very rainy and entities involved in the development of the missiles many international sanctions on iran have been lifted since the two thousand and fifteen nuclear deal but the latest u.s. action is being taken unil

into an escrow account so that once pakistan improves it's behavior on bringing in members of the hakani network the talabani and other groups to the u.s. to satisfaction it can once again gain access to that money however there is some concern among some analysts here in washington that the pakistanis might decide to retaliate by closing off the border pass from its seaport it in order to get u.s. military equipment inside afghanistan the last time that happened back in two thousand and twelve there was a significant impact on the u.s. military's ability to equip its troops who have been trying to stabilize afghanistan for you some time now and the u.s. says there won't be any military exercises with south korea joining the next month's winter olympics so. being concerned that if the drills go ahead they won't have enough armed forces to provide security for the games president donald trump spoke with his counterpart among j.n. by phone on thursday trump says he hopes good results will come from planned meetings between pyongyang and sold the talks are set for tuesday and a mainly focus

into an escrow account so that once pakistan improves its behavior on bringing in members of the hakani network the talabani and other groups to the u.s. to satisfaction it can once again gain access to that money however there is some concern among some analysts here in washington that the pakistanis might decide to retaliate by closing off the border pass from its seaport it in order to get u.s. military equipment inside afghanistan the last time that happened back in two thousand and twelve there was a significant impact on the u.s. military's ability to equip its troops who have been trying to stabilize afghanistan for you some time now. well on tuesday the u.s. ambassador to the united nations announced the suspension of two hundred fifty five million dollars in security assistance to pakistan but washington is considering what to do with the more than nine hundred million dollars it already approved for pakistan last year as part of its operations in afghanistan four hundred million from that amount has been withheld until pakistan does more to fight the haqqani network an afghan

into an escrow account so that once pakistan improves its behavior on bringing in members of the hakani network the talabani and other groups to the u.s. to satisfaction it can once again gain access to that money however there is some concern among some analysts here in washington that the pakistanis might decide to retaliate by closing off the border pass from its seaport it in order to get u.s. military equipment inside afghanistan the last time that happened back in two thousand and twelve there was a significant impact on the u.s. military's ability to equip its troops who have been trying to stabilize afghanistan for you some time now. i source says it was behind an explosion in afghanistan's capital kabul that killed at least twenty people so assad bomb targeted security personnel carrying out an operation against illegal drug and alcohol sales i saw had previously claimed responsibility for the three suicide attacks in kabul in december that kid doesn't. hot air balloon carrying tourists in southern egypt has crashed state media has confirmed that one american tourist has been k

terms of dealing with groups such as last carry the taliban al qaida other affiliated groups the hakani network because the u.s. has been very very vocal about it although not so much in the according to the media here in the past year in fact back in august there was the hold up of some thirty two billion dollars in military aid because the u.s. was not happy with as long as was efforts to try to deal with these groups and to try to neutralize them and so the reiteration that the money made out ever be dispersed is something worth noting in islam a bad economy coincidence and this is the way that pakistan cut off funds to signing is this going to be enough to a paste on the charm it probably won't be enough so and that's because mr saeed is no longer under house arrest much less serving time in a pot to stand in prison the u.s. does have that ten million dollars reward out for his arrest and capture because the u.s. has accused him of masterminding the two thousand and eight attack in mumbai in which at least two americans were killed and so the u.s. government now has an interest in t

soldiers rescued them the afghan intelligence service blames the pakistan based taliban affiliated hakani network relations between the two countries are already tense and the u.s. has cut nine hundred million dollars in aid to pakistan because of alleged support for armed groups. when i'm out of my form a song it's clear that the enemies of the people of afghanistan are not only the enemies of afghan lives they're also the enemies of development and economy eleven of the dead were foreign staff from one of afghanistan's only international airlines kam air has cancelled flights causing days of delays for passengers one of the focuses of the investigation is likely going to be who were the insiders who helped the taleban carry out this well planned and highly coordinated attack security sources believe the attackers had a cache of weapons inside the hotel well in advance of the attack that help them fight the security forces for so long. funerals have begun this one for on farzana a member of afghanistan's high peace council he was part of the effort to map out a peace process with the tal