hamid karzai promised to announce next month the first part of the country where afghan forces will take over from nato. activists from the basque country in spain have launched a new political party they say will seek independence. the opposed violence. that are the successor to a party banned for links to a violent separatist party. there was a permanent cease-fire last month. the spanish government insists it must disarm. the volcano is erupting in russia. it has been dormant since 1929, but began erupting again two years ago. it is showing ash up to 3 miles into the air. aircraft are told to give it a wide berth. lawyers representing julian assange have told the court in london he will not get a fair trial in sweden, where he is accused of sexual offenses. the wikileaks founder has not yet been charged in sweden. loyalists argue that extraditing him on suspicion would be wrong. there is a risk he would face extradition to the u.s. >> it is not the swedish courts that alarm julian assange, but the fear that extradition will deliver him to an american prison cell. he came today to figh

minister, in which she is told by him that the provincial governor, as well as the afghan president hamid karzais saying that there were no civilian casualties and he trusted their sources. she counseled him in his telephone conversations not to rule out the possibility of civilian casualties because the information they were receiving was so contradictory. she did give a very good performance. i think she did persuade the committee that she had advised that defense minister, the then defense minister, not to exclude that information, and on monday, in fact, he corrected his position. and of course, he took the political consequences. he resigned in hiding angela merkel has emerged very strongly from disappearance. i think she has not been harmed by the incident at all. >> thank you for the insights. the events unfolding tonight in tahrir square are creating yet more global ripples, including in the world of commerce. here is that story. >> thank you. the events in egypt could affect markets. we spoke to our correspondent on wall street. i asked how traders in new york were reacting to this poss

fearful of the events in egypt the afghan president hamid karzai is trying to safeguard himself against a potential u.s. backed coup and that's the view of our military analyst colonel. when the whole international attention has been foreclosed on the unraveling situation in egypt suddenly got as i popped up on the headlines with his new and to american rhetoric this deprive the united states any opportunity to swap or to dismiss him with a more pliable pseudo democratic leader he decided to regain the initiative and momentum and to capitalize on and to american sentiments in afghanistan thanks to american occupation now he is in charge. clinton used to call narco state due to direct trafficking has acquired total financial independence from the united states or international community it's to president obama whether he has the guts to learn the less sum from cairo to arrange that preventive palace in kabul before the situation in afghanistan we'll come. out of american control. time now to update you on some world news in brief for you this hour the four hundred protesters have been de

full of the events in egypt the afghan president hamid karzai is trying to safeguard himself against a potential u.s. backed coup well that's the view of all of these military analysts colonel is going to question. when the whole international attention has been forced on the unraveling situation in egypt suddenly designed popped up on the headlines with his new anti-american rhetoric this time to deprive the united states any opportunity to swap or to dismiss him with a more pliable pseudo democratic leader he decided to regain the initiative and momentum and to capitalize on and to american sentiments in afghanistan thanks to american occupation now he using charge. clinton used to call narco state drug trafficking karzai has. total financial independence from the united states or international community it's up to president obama whether he has got strong learned the lesson from cairo arrange that program to tell a school in kabul before the situation in afghanistan we'll come. out of american control. tell him not to update you on some other news in brief this hour in a world tha

full of the events in egypt they are going president hamid karzai is trying to save god himself against a potential u.s. back to crew as the view of military only it's kind of getting shot. when the whole international attention has been foreclosed on the unraveling situation in egypt suddenly got a lot of popped up on the headlines with his new and american wrestler it deprive the united states any opportunity to swap or to dismiss him with a more pliable pseudo democratic leader he decided to regain the initiative and and momentum. to capitalize on and to american sentiments in afghanistan thanks to american occupation now he is in charge. clinton used to call narco state due to direct trafficking karzai has acquired total financial independence from the united states or international community it's up to president obama whether he has the guts to learn the less some from cairo to arrange that preventive palace coup in kabul before the situation in afghanistan real completely out of american control. let's take a brief look at some other headlines from around the world a political unr

and children died during a nato operation last week it's a charge the alliance denies president hamid karzai has ordered an inquiry into the election incident in the hunan province that's where the alliance used to type helicopters in a three day offensive against the taliban but a nato spokesman says its own findings have shown that no civilians were killed. u.s. authorities have arrested a college student from saudi arabia for his involvement in a bomb plot that may have targeted the house of former president george w. bush and nuclear plans khalid al dust sorry he was studying chemical engineering at a university in texas came to the f.b.i.'s attention after purchasing bomb making materials he expressed his desire for violent jihad in blog postings and described how you obtained fake u.s. documents and rented cars to hide the bombs and if convicted he faces up to life in prison. and the polls have opened in iowa and it's the first election since receiving a huge loan package from the e.u. and i.m.f. observers say the ruling you feel full party is expected to suffer huge losses after domin

including women and children died during a nato operation last week the child realize denies president hamid karzai has ordered an inquiry into the alleged incident including our problems with the alliance used to attack helicopters in a three day offensive against the taliban but a nato spokesman says its findings have shown that absolutely no civilians working . for the student from the saudi arabia has been arrested in the united states on suspicion of plotting to bomb the house of former u.s. president george w. bush. sorry who was studying chemical engineering at a university and sexes came to the f.b.i.'s attention off of buying bomb making materials on posting and see american messages online authorities say they found the diary entries planning attacks on several sites around the u.s. if convicted aldawsari could receive a life sentence. from the polls have opened in our first election since receiving a she was a loan package from the e.u. and i.m.f. observers say the ruling a fiend for the party is expected to suffer huge losses are submitting the country's politics for almost eighty years

children died during a nato operation last week it's a challenge for you alliance denies president hamid karzai has ordered running quietly for the alleged incident in the coup not province that's where the alliance used to type helicopters in a three day offensive against the taliban but a nato spokesman says that its own findings have shown that no civilians were killed. so finding a more survivors four days after the devastating earthquake hit new zealand's city of christchurch the hopes and all fading disaster has so far claimed one hundred thirteen lives and it's been more than twenty four hours since anyone alive was found amid the rubble over two hundred people understood as missing and it's thought up to one hundred twenty are inside one building residents have been urged to stay out of the way of rescuers point going shaky instructions. the polls have opened in ireland in its first election since receiving a huge loan package from the e.u. and i.m.f. observers say the ruling if enough for party is expected to stop a shoes losses after dominating the country's politics for almost eighty

women and children died during a nato operation last week charged that's tonight's president hamid karzai will inquire into the alleged incident including our province where the alliance used attack helicopters in a three day offensive against the taliban but a nato spokesman says its findings have shown that no civilians were killed. hopes of finding more survivors four days after the devastating earthquake earthquake hit new zealand city of christchurch are fading the disaster has so far claimed one hundred thirteen lives it has been more than twenty four hours since anyone alive has been planned amid the rubble over two hundred people are listed as missing and its top one hundred twenty inside one collapsed building residents are being urged to stay out of the way of rescues and avoid going into the center of town. while now in polls have opened its first elections since receiving a huge loan package from the e.u. and i.m.f. observers say the rufina fall party is expected to suffer huge losses after the in eighteen the country's politics for almost eighty years the party has been blame

saleh had sparred publicly with president hamid karzai over karzai's efforts to make peace with the talibani've invited myself to saleh's home in the panjshir valley, 60 miles north of kabul, to hear about his defection. >> i was not in power politics to go and flatter and be rosy. i was a straight forward. there were a lot of moments i thought my job was over. >> smith: to help me understand where he was coming from, saleh insisted on taking me and his bodyguards on a hike. he said he needed to show me something. he led the way. that's me on all fours. >> i am sorry. but it's good for you. >> smith: saleh was taking me to a ridge top upon which sits a shrine to afghanistan's national hero, ahmed shah massoud. it was from here that massoud's northern alliance forces successfully held back the russians in the '80s and the taliban in the '90s. but a decade ago, two days before 9/11, massoud was assassinated by two al qaeda suicide bombers posing as journalists. saleh says massoud would roll over in his grave if he knew karzai was preparing to offer a peace deal with the enemy. >> what did we

there is almost no relationship between hamid karzai and the u.s. ambassador carl eikenberry. that's filtered down to every effort and it drastically affects the u.s. relationship. to me the problem in afghanistan is not military. yes, i mean, on the battlefield we face all kinds of obstacles that are incredibly difficult. yes there's been progress in the south. there's no doubt from speaking to commanders and soldiers and afghans that we have progressing in the south but whether that means anything at all to me it doesn't mean anything at all ultimately because the problem in afghanistan is political and nothing has been done to address the political crisis that afghanistan is in right now. the ethnic divisions have never been worse since the change of government. the country in my mind is headed on a path to civil war and we have undermined president karzai we have destroyed his relationship with the u.s., and we tried to rehabilitate him then we repeatedly destroyed again and again. and it just seems to me it's almost criminal to send your soldiers into harm's way to carry

minister, in which she is told by him that the provincial governor, as well as the afghan president hamid karzais saying that there were no civilian casualties and he trusted their sources. she counseled him in his telephone conversations not to rule out the possibility of civilian casualties because the information they were receiving was so contradictory. she did give a very good performance. i think she did persuade the committee that she had advised that defense minister, the then defense minister, not to exclude that information, and on monday, in fact, he corrected his position. and of course, he took the political consequences. he resigned in hiding angela merkel has emerged very strongly from disappearance. i think she has not been harmed by the incident at all. >> thank you for the insights. the events unfolding tonight in tahrir square are creating yet more global ripples, including in the world of commerce. here is that story. >> thank you. the events in egypt could affect markets. we spoke to our correspondent on wall street. i asked how traders in new york were reacting to this poss

time we've tried to choose a leader for a foreign country-- whether it was vietnam or the shah or hamid karzai-- we've ended up with buyers' remorse. so point number one, memo to self, let's not try to pick egypt's next leader. let egyptians do that. second point i would make is this: it's very hard to move autocrats with dictatorial powers in a certain direction. but i think what's happened in the arab world this january, the jasmine revolution in tunisia and egypt suggests that we're moving towards a springtime of arab democracy. that's what the president has said we want to see happen. democracy by definition is going to be a lot more complicated to work with than autocrats. we're going to have to listen to voices in egypt in the future if there's a more representative government than we've listened to in the past. for the last 30 years, all we had to do was convince hosni mubarak and we got what we wanted. if egypt is moving towards a more open society, a more responsive society to the egyptian people, then other voices are going to enter into the picture and we're going to have to listen

the idea that hamid karzai's brother is involved in the opium trade. there are a lot of players. when money comes in from the west, a large part of it ends up in the pocket of the government. this only makes the afghan farmers more cynical, more of a belief that this is just for show. host: davidn houston, welcome. caller: yes, i was wanting to ask mr. draper how much of what occurred in 1967-1968, th roughout the vietnam era, is occuring in afghanistan, including the surrounding countries. afghanistan is but a route -into turkey. it used to come out of vietnam, cambodia, laos, and burma. i had the opportunity to work in south vietnam in 67 and 68 and has been quite a bit of time in regard operations in the northern half of cambodia, laos, burma, and north vietnam. i am very much aware of the cia, air america, deals made with some of the lords. guest: alex, it's -- it is interesting that you spent time in vietnam during that time and got a sense of it on the ground. what happened in afghanistan is a function of their other agrarian markets shutting down. they had grown cotton, po

the idea that hamid karzai's brother is involved in the opium trade. there are a lot of players. when money comes in from the west, a large part of it ends up in the pocket of the government. this only makes the afghan farmers more cynical, more of a belief that this is just for show. host: david in houston, welcome. caller: yes, i was wanting to ask mr. draper how much of what occurred in 1967-1968, th roughout the vietnam era, is occuring in afghanistan, including the surrounding countries. afghanistan is but a route -into turkey. it used to come out of vietnam, cambodia, laos, and burma. i had the opportunity to work in south vietnam in 67 and 68 and has been quite a bit of time in regard operations in the northern half of cambodia, laos, burma, and north vietnam. i am very much aware of the cia, air america, deals made with some of the lords. guest: alex, it's -- it is interesting that you spent time in vietnam during that time and got a sense of it on the ground. what happened in afghanistan is a function of their other

out of the white house and the state department, then everyone if you don't believe me, go ask hamid karzai. we know what happens when that happens. we need to give him an opportunity to present his case to the american people. i think the congress of the united states should invite limb to come speak to a joint session for the united states congress. i think the american media needs to give president zardari every possible chance to explain where his vision this day is. if shuja's right, we'll be exposed. let's hope he can come up with better talking points. more than that, though, it's also an opportunity for him to fight for what pakistan needs. we talked a little about the lugar legislation and about textiles. i can tell you, if you think it was hard to get kerry lugar through the last congress, the tea party's going to teach you a lesson about american congress and how it works that you won't forget. do you think it's hard to get textile legislation through the last american congress? >> delegations now have a lot of supporters all over the united states of america and the republican p

out of the white house and the state department, then everyone if you don't believe me, go ask hamid karzai. we know what happens when that happens. we need to give him an opportunity to present his case to the american people. i think the congress of the united states should invite limb to come speak to a joint session for the united states congress. i think the american media needs to give president zardari every possible chance to explain where his vision this day is. if shuja's right, we'll be exposed. let's hope he can come up with better talking points. more than that, though, it's also an opportunity for him to fight for what pakistan needs. we talked a little about the lugar legislation and about textiles. i can tell you, if you think it was hard to get kerry lugar through the last congress, the tea party's going to teach you a lesson about american congress and how it works that you won't forget. do you think it's hard to get textile legislation through the last american congress? >> delegations now have a lot of supporters all over the united states of america and the republican p