secretary of state and hamid karzai. the announcements made are important, this is about style and substance, showing that they can support president karzai and bring their troops home. past promises have been broken so i asked the president about what the differences would be. >> the differences are that we can shed the capacity of the army. -- we can show the capacity of the army. the ability and good of our soldiers. >> any pullout depends on demand coming into land. with four stars on his hat, david petraeus is a new commander. he has the daunting task of getting the force is ready. the news has come that another soldier has turned his guns on his trainers. this raises fear that the taliban may be infiltrating. bringing british troops home depends on stopping the taliban. this was the scene for u.k. forces last summer, this year the fighting is just as hard. the casualties are also graves. -- are also just as grave. >> the afghan president, hamid karzai, says that he would like the forces to charge up security by it t

he has melt with hamid karzai several times -- met with hamid karzai several times. he wants the local neighborhoods to defend themselves. karzai said he didn't like the idea unless the government can have some control over that. they worked out some way to do that. that means you're going to have a lot more special operations forces, more americans going out into the villages, being more vulnerable and having more casualties, to try to reach out to the elders and the villagers to defend themselves against the taliban. afghanistan is so vast. you can't really have a central government over all these areas and know what is going on. that's part of the plan, to have the different tribes -- this is very complicated, very different from iraq when it was the sunnis and so on -- this isn't "west side story." you've got a whole lot of afghan tribes. >> is there a time table in year -- we're a year away from july 11, 2011. >> from when we're leaving? i think there is so much skepticism will -- about that. you have heard it from president obama in the last weeks. "we're not c

hamid karzai says he is certain afgan troops will be ready by 2014. here's a look at what was achieved since the last conference, and all that still needs to be done. >> the conference lasted one day, but there were four issues to coever in that short time. the first was security. afghanistan's security forces need to be trained better and faster. 1000 police are trained to speed up the process. but that is not nearly enough. they described the program as a crash course at best. the international mission has proven to be unpopular, leading to the issue of troop withdrawal. the number of foreign soldiers is to be gradually reduced, starting in 2011. the goal is to have afghanistan take over its own security by 2014. but the overall strategy must be dependent on the field. just how to handle the taliban was a debated topic at the conference. moderate taliban members are offered a way back to mainstream society. delegates in kabul have agreed to provide 600 million euros, but they warn the line between moderates and extremists is often blurred, and terro

hamid karzai will be asking for greater control of his budget in return for taking on more responsibility. hillary clinton has been talking to you the bbc. -- talking to the bbc. >> kabul prepares with a historic conference. never has a city hosted so many foreign leaders. its development match the promises. , this country would be paradise. the situation is barely improving. the report says the counterinsurgency strategy is in trouble. attacks are up 51% in june compared to last year. attacks against international organizations are increasing. the number of civilians killed is rising. this sunday, there was another attack against a market. the conference will call for continued aid for afghanistan to support its government as it takes charge. this should pave the way for foreign troops to withdraw. the u.k. has pledged more a but it has made clear it wants its soldiers out sooner rather than later. hillary clinton insisted this was a fight worth waging. she told for patience. >> there are significant indicators of progress free they are not fast enough -- there are significant indicators

afghan president hamid karzai has expressed outrage at the massive leak of classified were documents. the u.s. has called in the fbi to help investigate. a french woman has admitted secretly killing her eight newborn babies over a period of 18 years. she said her husband knew nothing about the pregnancies or the killing. britain's prime minister, david cameron, has echoed hamid karzai's call for greater action against terrorists in pakistan. his comments came during his trip to india and he defended them, saying more needs to be done to crack down on the insurgents. pakistan's officials say they are dealing with the threat. our world officials editor says those in pakistan still face suicide bombings. >> pakistan does not have just one group of taliban to deal with. it's got to separate ones -- a home grown version and an afghan version, both operating on the territory. the army has clamped down hard on the pakistan the telegram, -- the pakistani taliban. the crackdown is succeeding although peshawar is still dangerous. i used to wander around here on my own without any problem. now m

top stories this hour naughty afghan president hamid karzai says he's determined his country will take responsibility for its own security by twenty eight fourteen representatives from seventeen nations and organizations have been meeting in kabul to discuss how to bring about stability and the transfer of power. aids activist to universal treatment and more funding at an international conference in vienna. could undermine recent progress in research some scientists also gathering in the austrian capital a challenging conventional views on the causes and effects of the disease. and police in southern russia are looking for a. sense of terrified don't keep saying over the sea the whole thing is a p.r. stunt now facing animal cruelty charges and if convicted could be jailed for up to two years. as our top stories more from me and less than fifteen minutes from now in the meantime it's sports updates with dmitri. you know they're welcome to the sport of it here not it things for joining us this hour let's take a quick look at the headlines. staying across the ocean for seventeen years he

to discuss how to bring about stability and security over to the local forces afghan president hamid karzai said he's determined the country will be ready for the transfer of power in four years. aids activists demand universal treatment of an international conference in vienna on the u.n. spending cuts could undermine recent progress some scientists also meeting in the austrian capital but challenging conventional views on the causes of the disease as well as the link between aids and hiv. children woman claims she's one hundred thirty which would make her the oldest person alive but she's struggling to prove it. she was born in one thousand nine hundred and she. needed to help confirm her ripe old age. with more developments more news in less than half an hour from now in fact i should say fifteen minutes from now let me tell you about the sports sports news next with. hello there and thanks for watching the sport here on r.t. and this is what is coming up spot on cheers gar go second in the russian premier league after one knew where in the basement side career. while league leaders any

hasn't always had an easy relationship with the u.s., but clinton went out of her way to show hamid karzai respect. even as she embraced the afghan government's effort to step up and take control of the country, clinton reminded delegates that there's still much work to be done. >> we have no intention of abandoning our long term mission of achieving the kind of afghanistan that president karzai set forth in his speech. >> reporter: afghan president hamid karzai said his government was ready to take more control of the war against insurgents and also the billions of dollars of foreign aid flowing in to afghanistan. but with greater control comes greater responsibility. afghanistan is one of the most corrupt countries in the world and delegates from more than 60 different countries are demanding the afghan government cleans up its act. the secretary of state was delivering a delicately balanced message. on one hand promising the u.s. has a long term commitment to the afghan cause. on the other, reminding everyone that president obama would like to see u.s. troop numbers here start to fall i

hamid karzai says they determined the dead included women and children. nato spokesman says initial reports didn't coirm any civilian casualties. >> concord police are stepping up patrols around the park where three pipe bombs were found. most recent was found friday and detonated by a bomb squad at new hall community park. it was found by a jogger along a trail on turtle creek road. 25 police officers spent the weekend arching for more explosives using specia trained dogs. people are being warned not to pick up objects that don't belong to them. >>> east bay commuters face another day of delays because more than a 150 a.c transit drivers called in sick as the labor dispute continues. district insists all 110 lines are operating as normally as possible. dispute started last week when a.c.'s management imposed new contract on drivers. they hope chang in work rules and employees pay more for health care help close a $56 million budt difficulty. two side will meet in court on friday. >> still ahead, a major announcement that wi mean a huge change at the top

in the middle of this scrum, president hamid karzai and hillary clinton. one of the announcements, this is as much about style and substance. showing the world that support president karzai and have a plan to bring the troops home. i asked him what makes this time a different. >> the difference is this time the conference is in kabul. the maturity we have achieved and the abilities to convince the rest of the world. >> any pullout depends on the man coming into land. with four stars across his hat, general petraeus is the new commander. with the new challenge, getting these forces ready. news that another afghan soldier turned his gun on his trainers. to americans died, raising fears that the taliban maybe infill trading. bringing british troops home depends on stopping the taliban. this was the scene for forces last summer. this year, the fighting is just as hard, the casualties are also great. the time line may prove to be unrealistic. two french international footballers have been put under formal criminal investigation under accusations that they paid f

hamid karzai says they determined the dead included women and children. nato spokesman says initial reports didn't confirm any civilian casualties. >> concord police are stepping up patrols around the park where three pipe bombs were found. most recent was found friday and detonated by a bomb squad at new hall community park. it was found by a jogger along a trail on turtle creek road. 25 police officers spent the weekend searching for more explosives using special trained dogs. people are being warned not to pick up objects that don't belong to them. >>> east bay commuters face another day of delays because more than a 150 a.c. transit drivers called in sick as the labor dispute continues. district insists all 110 lines are operating as normally as possible. dispute started last week when a.c.'s management imposed new contract on drivers. they hope changes in work rules and employees pay more for health care help close a $56 million budget difficulty. two side will meet in court on friday. >> still ahead, a major announcement that will mean a huge change

at the meeting afghan president hamid karzai reiterated his plan to have his country's forces take charge by 2014. >>> in response to a "washington post" report critical of u.s. intelligence agencies, a top spy chief said, quote, the reporting does not reflect the intelligence community we know. the article concluded america's intelligence network is bloated and inefficient. >>> former senator george mcgovern has just shortened his bucket list. for his 88th birthday, mcgovern went skydiving. he said his jump was dedicated to raising awareness of starving people around the world. >>> and a rare primate feared extinct for more than 60 years has been spotted in sri lanka. researchers were able to photograph the horton plains slender loris, a wide-eyed animal threaten by deforestation >>> and now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 10,154 after gaining 56 points yesterday. the s&p added 6. the nasdaq went up 19. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo the nikkei lost 107 points, but in hong kong the hang seng went up 173. >>> hopefu

afghan president, hamid karzai, has viewed the that his hope t security forces will be able to take control of security in the country in five years. but he never used the date 2014. that is now the date that he hopes that his police, his army, can take control of all 34 provinces across the country. that is a very ambitious goal. afghans here widely think of the police as corrupt. and the army here is not ready or large enough to really take control of security. but nonetheless, the u.s. is definitely hoping that the afghans can hit that date. u.s. troops, obviously, would begin to be coming home and take a more training role when that day hits. >> nick, there has been discussion about who is to blame for the fragile security situation in that country. >> reporter: yeah. the afghan government has long wanted the u.s. and international community to admit that some of its decisions here, some of its -- the way that it's spent some of its money, has not been very effective, in terms of reducing the violence here. and hillary clinton has something interesting about that to say. let's take a li

. >> reporter: the conference is a big test for hamid karzai to prove he is taking more control. clinton told us she is wary of karzai's efforts to reconcile with the taliban. >> there are a lot of members of the taliban who will not renounce al qaeda. they have a very close working relationship with al qaeda. they will not agree to give up violence and integrate into the society. >> reporter: all of this after clinton spent two days in neighboring pakistan urging its government to go after the taliban and al qaeda. she also expressed frustration at widespread resentment by pakistanis against america even as she brought $500 million in new aid. >> the idea to, say, an unemployed autoworker or a laid off secretary somewhere in the united states that the aid we provide to a country may not be appreciated raises the question in their minds, why are you sending money to a country that doesn't want it? >> reporter: and tonight's blast only underscores how hard it's going to be for tomorrow's summit conference here to prove that the war strategy is working. brian? >> andrea mitchell in

from what i've heard, general petraeus is having the same sort of tough time trying to convince hamid karzai to build a noncorrupt government as everybody else has had. part of the reason why the taliban has the kind of sway to do that sort of disgraceful, disgusting thing is that the afghan government hasn't provided a system of co-- coherent system of justice. to get justice in afghanistan through the government's courts takes months, and you have to pay a lot of bribes. the taliban will issue these disgraceful edicts within a half an hour. the other fact about about this case that's really important is that the judge made the decision but the husband cut off her nose and ears. so we're dealing with a society here that is very, very, very different from ours and very resistant to change. and now you're beginning to hear from the petraeus group-- david killcullen, a counter-insurgency expert who you've had on the show-- is now using a different word. they're using "stabilization operations," for what we're doing in afghanistan. that's a military term of art which means that you're in a fail

. >> the afghan president hamid karzai is used to hosting summits designed to help his country achieve a more prosperous and secure future. tomorrow, tuesday, he'll be asking for greater control of his multibillion-dollar aid budget and in return is promising to take on more responsibility for security. the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton has been talking to the bbc ahead of the summit. >> afghanistan leadership is in the spotlight as kabul prepares for the historic international conference. never has this city hosted so many foreign policy leaders. but if developments on the ground match the promises made at each of the conferences for afghanistan, this country would be paradise by now. the situation however is barely improving. a report by the afghanistan and geosecurity office is sobering. it says nato's counterinsurgency vatty is in trouble. attacks in june are up 5 1 pairs compared to last year. attacks against international organizations are increasing and the number of civilians killed is also rising. just this sunday, there was another attack against a market. but a con

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say the passenger bus was traveling on a busy highway on route to the capital kabul president hamid karzai condemned the attack calling those responsible the enemies of muslims. the parliament of the spanish region of catalonia has voted to ban bullfighting in alarm our decision the vote comes after one hundred eighty thousand people signed a petition saying it's an outdated and brutal form of entertainment the sports supporters argue it's one of the oldest traditions in the country and should be preserved. which is the first to in mainland spain comes into effect in january. north korea's repeated calls for the u.s. to drop what it says is washington's vassall policy towards pyongyang it comes as the u.s. and south korea conduct a fourth day of military exercises off the career been insular war games and just discouraging the north from any attack on the south a recent international inquiry into the sinking of a south korean warship in march concluded john young was responsible an accusation it did not raise. i want comes to mind when you hear siberia will probably not sunny days crowded

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officials say the passenger bus was traveling on a busy highway on route to the capital kabul present hamid karzai condemned the attack calling those responsible the enemies of muslims. the parliament of the spanish region of catalonia has voted to ban bullfighting and i learned mark decision the vote comes after one hundred eighty thousand people signed a petition saying it's an outdated and brutal form of entertainment the sport supporters argue it's one of the oldest traditions in the country. and should be present in the original band which is the first in mainland spain comes into effect in january. but also in a world update this hour a judge in arizona has restricted key sections of a controversial immigration law hours before it's due to come into force in the state the ruling blocks the parts which insist immigration papers a carrot at all times and allows police to question people over their status it comes after the u.s. government filed a motion saying the law usurps federal authority critics are demanding the laws are attracted claiming it will lead to racial profiling. well russia mi

a message to democracy keep off the grass your enemies out see young dead and afghan president hamid karzai says he's ready to fight the taliban was last held from nato forces at an international conference in kabul so many variations agree that power in the country will be handed back to afghans by twenty fourteen president karzai also secured more international funding for his government argues military analyst again however says the deadline to hand over power may be too far away from any afghans. the international conference that took place this time in kabul has been yet another smashing success for president karzai charming offensive the. international community mr karzai has proved that his skills to bamboozle and to hypnotize the international participants and observers of the occupation in afghanistan he's totally unprecedented however this conference has also smashed to pieces the high expectations of afghan people i wouldn't be surprised if after this conference the general mood across the whole afghan population will intensify anti-american feelings and might in the mid-term pro

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capital this is the team here in moscow twenty four hours a day top stories now afghan president hamid karzai says he's determined his country will take responsibility for its own security by twenty four team representatives from seventeen nations and organizations have been meeting in kabul to discuss how to bring about stability and the transfer of power. aids activist to more universal treatment and more funding at an international conference in vienna and the un once cuts could undermine the recent progress in percentage some scientists also gathering in the austrian capital of challenging conventional views on the causes and effects of the disease. and a georgia woman claims she's one hundred thirty which would make the oldest person alive but she's struggling to prove it possible saying she was born in one thousand nine hundred but she's lost her birth certificate needed to help the phone. and. will be back with more of those stories and other developments in less than half an hour from now in the meantime here on our t.v. russia's northern seas are rich in life from sea lions to. one n

and fourteen whose idea was that originally well i think originally it was actually president hamid karzai idea there was a conference last week a one day conference in kabul called a call the conference and he said that he would be willing to take over security in two thousand and fourteen different from what president obama announced back in december about the twenty eleven deadline and so it wasn't just a counterinsurgency expert today dr kilcullen saying this but certainly a lot of people not only listening to the hearing but a lot of people on the members of the hearing of the committee rather are shocked we have us the thing is you know we've heard the obama administration we've heard general david petraeus all saying that this is just the beginning of the withdrawal process it's not all out all the troops pick up and leave but to say that even the withdraw. all can't police can't begin until two thousand and fourteen is that's quite the change you know and did it did the lawmakers do they argue about this did we hear it across party lines some of their ideas differ well we heard a l

mistrust are leading this war effort now where the afghan people do not trust the government of hamid karzai the man that we put in power that they don't trust the police forces that americans are. trying to train because they steal they abuse their power and a lot of times they defect to the taliban and that american tax dollars are funding warlords honestly i haven't yet been able to find too much that shocks me in all these pages but that doesn't mean that those who don't follow the wars as closely as i do won't so does this really put national security at risk because the white house wants to claim or could this hopefully hopefully force some honest discourse on this war will get us all of those details tomorrow now still to come on tonight's show homeless vets it's a growing issue we've got a report on the problem and why some homeless vets are saying that the government isn't doing enough to help them and the word deficit is a hot topic this campaign season but does this white house and or the chronographs have the will or the courage to actually do something about it we'll look into t

clinton met with afghan president, hamid karzai, on her arrival today.he came from pakistan where she had just completed two days of talks of leaders there. at the conference, which begins tomorrow, the afghans are expected to outline plans to strengthen their security. >>> a pair of suicide bombings have killed at least 48 people in baghdad. iraqi authorities say the bombs were aimed at an an anti-al qaeda group. the first -- >> reporter: what the police hope to find in a child pornography bust -- neck. >>> a fire that swept through a san jose elementary school earlier this month is now causing some to question if enough is being done to protect scoops in the district. we'll explain. Ñ >>> these are vicious, violent, sadistic, demeaning photographs. >> police arrest more than a dozen people accused of being involved in child pornography, buying, trading or selling child pornography. police say they are not done yet. robert handa is live in san jose with more on the sweep. >> reporter: the san jose police department is the lead agency in this search for

hamid karzai told leaders in kabul this morning, his government should be capable of taking over security in the country by 2014. but violence continues. rocket fire diverted a plane carrying the u.n. secretary-general. >>> toyota may be facing another safety investigation. this time involving possible steering problems. the company has been subpoenaed by a congressional grand jury. >>> it's being called a game-changer in the fight against hiv/aids. researchers say a vaginal nell spiked with an antiviral medication, can reduce a woman's chance of infection by more than 50%. but it could be used before the jell is widely available. >>> finally, wanted. the bouquet bandit. police in new york are looking for this man, who walked into a bank with flowers and walked out with cash. the bouquet demanded all of the bank's 100s and 50s. he was nice enough to leave the flowers behind. police believe the same suspect tried the same thing a week earlier, with a potted plant. >> nice robber. that's a tough sell. >> exactly. >> juju, thanks. >>> time for the weather. let's say good morning to sam champ

president hamid karzai told the group that he's determined that his soldiers and police will be responsible for all military and law enforcement operations by 2014 which is also the end of the term of his office. as for mrs. clinton, she reiterated her commitment to afghan women meeting separately with them. >> we want to continue to support afghanistan, the afghan people and particularly women rand women's interests and rights. >> mrs. clinton says she will not let karzai, the u.s., nato or anyone else make deals with the taliban that will cut women out of having a legal role in their society. >>> and coming up at 6:00, cleaning up your home. it could prove dangerous. the new study on cleaning products and your health. >>> and the schoolyard issue that prompted a fifth grader to write a letter to the president. how the commander in chief responded. >>> good evening. i'm meteorologist jeff ranieri. big cooling again today. temperatures well below average. 70s are going to be coming back. we'll let you know how long this cooldown with some spring air will be lasting coming up. i'm done withl

a month later, a copycat meeting june 2nd to 4th where president hamid karzai summoned about 1,800 elderso kabul called the peace jurga. he was asking the elders their consensus on the process of how to stabilize and rebuild -- or how to stabilize the country. so it's been only very recently that the elders have been involved. the other things the elders are saying is "we want education." they also -- there is also differences. some elders from, like, rizgan process and rizguristan want to be armed. other provinces are not asking for arms. there is mostly the message from kabul and the u.s. government we are want going to rearm the locals. >> charlie: general petraeus seems to be changing that. >> about 10,000 militia will be armed. the best example is nuristan where general mcchrystal had a lot of meetings with the elders and his team. they had been trying to empower them. there was a lot of forward operating bases there that were a lot of fire. they were pulled recently. but part of the process was to empower the elders. two days ago -- the irony was general mcchrystal met with the nuri

. >> sreenivasan: afghan president hamid karzai complained today that u.s. and nato forces are not attacking taliban sanctuaries. he said, the "sources of funding and training of terrorism lie outside afghanistan"-- an apparent reference to pakistan. this week's huge leak of u.s. military documents depicted pakistan's spy agency collaborating with the taliban. karzai said the leaks have also jeopardized afghan informants. >> whether those individuals acted legitimately or illegitimately in providing information to the nato forces-- they are lives. and those lives will be in danger now. therefore, we consider that extremely irresponsible and an act that one cannot overlook. >> sreenivasan: in washington, defense secretary robert gates also criticized wikileaks for releasing 91,000 classified documents. he warned of severe consequences for u.s. troops and u.s. allies. >> it's amazing how much trust matters in relationships whether with governments or individuals around the world. it seems to me as a result of this massive breach of security we have considerabl