he was at the signing ceremony between president obama and president hamid karzai. in and president karzai speaking in pashtun and unfortunately, we don't have a translation of what he is saying. we will hear from president obama and he'll be speaking in english and we'll watch this momentarily. john king is watching this. the problem with president karzai, john, and i covered him for a long time and he has a tendency to say one thing to the visitors and stuff that the u.s. wants to hear, but when he's speaking to his own folks back in afghanistan it's oftentimes very, very different and occasionally very bitterly anti-american. >> not only to his own people at home, but local politics he has to play and sometimes the united states understands that after the horrific killing and i understand some of that language, and wolf, i don't know if senator reed is still with us, he appeared with mahmoud ahmadinejad and said things that most u.s. officials have found quite troubling. he's the president and now the lkted president and you go back to the bush administration, the

i asked the afghan president, hamid karzai, about that and much more in my exclusive interview with hime in chicago. president karzai, welcome back to the united states. >> thank you very much. happy to be with you. >> let's talk about your meeting you just had moments ago. you met with the president of the united states and the president of pakistan. how did that go? >> both meetings went very well. >> did you have a three-way meeting, the three of you? >> no. we didn't have a three-way meeting. we had a three-way photograph taken. >> just a photo opportunity? >> just a photo opportunity. >> why not a meeting? why not have a three-way meeting and discuss the most important issues affecting afghanistan, pakistan and the united states? >> well, it wasn't for us to decide on the three-way meeting. the united states was the host. and perhaps they saw it fit for some other time. >> has pakistan agreed to resume shipments, trucks, bringing supplies to nato, u.s. troops in afghanistan? >> i believe they're negotiating with the united states on that question. >> they've been negotiating a long

and we know while there he is scheduled to meet with the afghan president, hamid karzai and the two ledder leaders ared to sign a extstrategic agreemen between the two countries. this would create an alliance between the two countries essentially saying about this the years going forward when the u.s. combat troops are out of afghanistan, there would still be training and cooperation between the two countries. that has been morimportant to t united states to have a footprint in afghanistan going forward and as the country marks one year since the death of osama bin laden, there are still big questions about the security situation in afghanistan. you were talking about occasional problems with the taliban. and this is separate from the bin laden anniversary, but will have been questions for a decade now about corruption in the afghan government. to get the afghan government up to the point where it has the confidence of its people. so that it makes it heartit har taliban to come back. >> i'm going to bring in this fareed zakari. we have heard reports of president obama and president karzai

hamid karzai thank president obama because of the support.ssue will foreign- policy? >> foreign policy will be a huge issue. kind of a perfect storm with the death of osama bin laden during the present administration and the recent elections -- i believe greece is showing a huge foreign policy moment. that said, and it romney has not particularly taken the president to test on foreign policy. his campaign has been largely focused on economic issues but i expect that to accelerate very shortly. >> do we think president obama is intentionally trying to make foreign-policy issue because he does not want to talk about the economy? >> i am not sure if that is the reason but i think his campaign would be incredibly smart to emphasize his foreign-policy strengths for a first term president was some criticized early on as being in experience i think that is a great area for him to emphasize going into the general. he has had a number of successes that no one certainly can't argue with. >> it will be interesting to see -- and no war in afghanistan tak

he motored to the presidential palace where hamid karzai where they're expected to sign this strategic operation agreement. all of this unfolding very, very rapidly. all of it unfolding in the middle of the night in fareed zakari is watching it. amazing that they have to do it in the middle of the night and it speaking volumes to me about what's going on in afghanistan. >> wolf, you started with that point and i think it is actually in some ways the most important point. this is america's longest war. this agreement in fact ensures that this will be america's longest military engagement by far. and so it he will teltells you entered in to a no man's zone, an unending conflict that we frankly don't know if it is going to end. because if the goal is a stable afghanistan with none of these war in-facts going after one another, that might take a very long time. and what i think the obama administration is trying to do is to set some kind of framework in which there will be american assistance and help, but we don't have to be fighting a war as it were. but think about it, even under the go

obviously the big issue is going to be between president obama and afghan president, hamid karzai andistan. >> absolutely. we're learning that president obama and afghan president karzai are just wrapping up their sideline discussion that took place here at nato. we're waiting to hear exactly what came out of that meeting. some of the topics we expected them to discuss, the upcoming elections in 2014 in afghanistan. ways to make sure those elections are free from corruption. and also, reconciliation with the taliban. the over-arching theme here is how to withdraw troops, american forces and its nato allies, by the end of 2014, something that the president and karzai will be discussing, as well as other leaders here. nato, one of the big questions is how to fund it. thomas, according to senior administration officials, it will cost about $4 billion every year, over the next ten years to fund the afghan security forces. the united states is prepared to shoulder about two-thirds of that burden. and they had secured some monetary commitments if you will prior to this summit. not all of th

president obama made a surprise visit to afghan and will hold a news conference with hamid karzai. we'll have the details. >> reporter: this is a day when really the agenda took an unexpected term with president obama's surprise trip to afghanistan. it is his fourth trip to that country, his third as president. we are told that president and hamid karzai have signed a strategic partnership agreement after most troops withdraw in 2014. currently there are more than 130,000 coalition troops, 90,000 of which are american. polls have shown decreasing support for the war in afghanistan. the poll in march said 72% of americans oppose this war. kelly, then there's this thing about a reelection. president obama is launch his reelection this weekend. >> the president is already going after mitt romney. romney is sing -- speaking out about it. >> reporter: the romney campaign is speaking out after obama's campaign said romney would not have made the same call on osama bin laden. earlier romney was with rudy giuliani. later mitt romney spoke to reporters and tried to take the higher ground on

after arriving at bagwam air base he met with afghan counterparts, hamid karzai. the two leaders say they signed a partnership agreement. the agreement lays out how the united states will be involved in afghanistan after u.s. troops leave the country in 2014. >> i've come to afghanistan to mark a short moment for our two nations. to do so on afghan soil. i'm here to affirm the bonds between our countries, to thank american and afghans who have sacrificed so much over these last ten years and to look forward to a future of peace and security and greater prosperity for our nations. >> we can expect to hear more about in his president's address coming up shortly. he addressed u.s. forces at the air babes and waded in the crowd for hand shakes, thanked them for all the sacrifices they have made. he said he could not be more proud to be their chief. ed, we're getting dribbles from the white house what the president will say tonight. >> we got a preview from the president himself as soon as me landed in afghanistan, basically he made some quick remarks we're saying that

. >> ahead of the speech, he and afghan president hamid karzai signed a strategic partnership agreement. the deal cements u.s. commitment to afghanistan after 2014. that's when american combat troops are scheduled to leave the country. the agreement allows u.s. forces to train afghan soldiers and engage in sweep operations against al qaeda. >> others will ask, why don't we leave immediately? that answer is also clear -- we must give afghanistan the opportunity to stabilize. otherwise our gains could be lost. al qaeda could establish itself once more. as commander in chief, i refuse to let that happen. >> this is obama's first visit to afghanistan since december, 2010, and third sce he took office. he's currently campaigning for re-election in november. >>> aung san suu kyi and her colleagues are getting ready to take their seats in myanmar's parliament. the opposition leader agreed to end a boycott, a week-long one, and swear an oath to the constitution. nhk has more. >> reporter: aung san suu kyi met the visiting ban ki moon at her home on tuesday. >> we have always believed in flexibi

president took a helicopter to kabul and signed a strategic partnership agreement with president hamid karzai. it could mark the beginning of the end of the war there. listen. >> neither americans nor the afghan people asked for this war, yet for a decade we've stood together to drive al qaeda from its camps to battle an insurgency and to give the people of afghanistan the possibility to live in peace and in dignity. the wages of war have been great for both our nations but today with the signing of this strategic partnership agreement we look forward to a future of peace. >> our nick payton-walsh is live in kabul. there were attacks in kabul two weeks ago that really rocked the capital. >> reporter: absolutely, this is a place where presidential security detail didn't feel enormously comfortable bringing him in daylight. u.s. and afghan officials doing their best to quash rumors about seven or eight hours ago that he was already in kabul. as you saw the president there addressing a hangar, many of those troops will perhaps be on their way home, bagram being a hub or many troops returning bac

>> i think they can trust hamid karzai wants to have a good relationship with the united states. he has wanted that from the start. he was one of the most pro-american politicians in afghanistan at the conference which he was in effect anointed. karzai is treading a careful line. he knows that pakistan, his next door neighbor, is powerful, controls many of the militant groups who attack him, so he can't be anti-pakistani. he needs the americans as a ballast against them and has good relations with the indians. he is playing a tri-cornered game. it's not personal preferences but the strategic national interests of afghanistan as he correctly sees them require a very close relationship with the united states so i think we can trust in those permanent national interests of afghanistan. we don't have to worry very much about mr. karzai but to be fair to him, he has on this core issue of having a relationship with the united states, he has been very firm. now, there have been occasions where there have been clashes because a sergeant issue with the koran burning but those issues never

concluded that corruption undermines the effectiveness and legitimacy of the government of president hamid karzai>> reporter: the karzai government is the most corrupt afghanistan has ever had? >> exactly. >> reporter: one of the biggest problems is finding a secure way to pay salaries, including those of the afghan security forces who will take over when american troops withdraw in 2014. government officials have been skimming up to 30% off employee salaries according to businessman zahir khoja. so a system was set up to bypass officials by using cell phones to pay monthly wages. so if your salary was $100, you were receiving maybe $70 before. not to mention it was taking upwards of 20 days to get to you. >> reporter: under the new system, a cell phone message is sent to employees telling them they've been paid. khoja said a text message with a numbered code allows money to be collecting with complete security. the system should retrieve up to $60 million a year that had been lost to corruption. huge as they that may sound, however, it barely dent it is problem that has to be solved to help ensu

this after president obama touched down to meet with hamid karzai. connor powell, what's the latest for the country's stability. >> good morning, heather. just two hours after air force one left afghanistan the taliban launched an attack in kabul on a security compound where the u.n. and other american organizations sore and people a lot of international workers in kabul. 7 people were killed including 6 afghan civilians and one guard who was working to protect the compound. today's attack was in response to the long-term security agreement that the united states signed last night with afghanistan. president obama arrived under the cover of darkness met with president hamid karzai signed a long-term agreement which is a commitment to a long-term commitment. this agreement that was signed last night doesn't layout any specific details but it says the united states will financially and militarily support afghanistan for the next ten or so years after the combat ends in 2014. there will be money supporting the afghan government. there will be u.s. troop

that's a worry for afghan president hamid karzai. >> translator: i want the international community to keep its promise and support afghanistan until 2024. >> reporter: the 2014 deadline for achieving stability in afghanistan looms large. whether or not the handover goes smoothly will depend on the readiness of afghan forces to take charge of their own security and right now, that looks far from certain. hideki yui, nhk world, kabul. >>> that wraps up our bulletin. >>> members of a government advisory panel reviewing japan's nuclear fuel recycling policy are being criticized for having a cozy relationship with the nuclear industry. they held a number of closed door meetings with industry representatives. and they also shared copies of a draft report before making it public. the six members of the panel from the japan atomic energy commission compiled a report last week on nuclear fuel recycling. they started holding open study meetings in january. panel members also held more than 20 closed door sessions between december and april with organizations involved in nuclear fuel recycling.

he met with president hamid karzai to detail the roadmap ahead between the two countries, fox 5 will thomas in the newsroom now. >> the secret trip in the cover of darkness was about keeping the president safe it. is one year to the day navy seals killed bin laden. president obama traveled to the war zone in afghanistan to lay out an exit strategy. air force one landed tuesday night just outside the afghan capital, a 13 hour flight. he then boarded a waiting chopper and traveled 40 minute to kabul, the afghan presidential palace, to sign an agreement with afghan president hamid karzai. it sets conditions for a u.s. presence there after a 2014ed it line for the withdrawal of most -- 20 14 deadline for the withdrawal of most combat forces. the president spoke with some of the troops at the airfield. it was a bit of a pep rally. he reminded them this day one year ago when bin laden was brought to justice and while troop reduction has begun some wonder why we don't leave now. the president says we can't do it yet and made his case in a primetime speech. >> we must give afghanistan the op

he signed a long-term agreement with president hamid karzai spelling out the withdrawal of u.s. troops in 2014. a couple of hours after he left, a bombing in kabul killed seven people. >>> five men are behind bars accused of plotting to blow up a bridge near cleveland, ohio. they planted explosive devices that were inoperable and control bid an undercover fbi agent before the arrest. authorities say the suspects are part of a self-described anarchist group with no ties to international terrorism. >>> occupy protesters in several cities across the u.s. joined worldwide may day protests yesterday. at least four were arrested in california after clashes with the police. >> they fired tear gas as the protesters in oakland tried to shut down businesses there. hundreds rallied in dozens of other cities as well. we have a report. >> reporter: flash grenieri wades, gas and drum beats marking may day in oak lands, california. some protesters arrested and draged across the pavement. others chanting we are not afraid. >> we are not afraid! >> reporter: on the east coast from the air, thous

>> the afghan president hamid karzai in my interview in chicago at the end of the nato summit. ter asked congressman dana rohrabacher to respond to president karzai's charge that he had been disrespectful of the afghan people. >> well, if i thought that i was being inadvertently disrespectful to the afghan people, i would apologize, but i obviously have a deep felt respect for the people of afghanistan and their courage and their principled behavior. they are tough people who are actually a model of courage in this world. so i respect them. it's karzai i don't respect. so i don't think i owe an apoloapo apology to the people of afghanistan. of course karzai is a corrupt and incompetent leader and i certainly owe no apology for trying to get the afghanistan to trying to do investigative work. >> as you can see, no love loss between karzai and rohrabacher. >> ahead, we have shocking details of a taliban alleged attack. >> and thousands of forces training near syria right now for a potential full fledged war. cnn is there for exclusive access to their mission. stay with us. technol

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after signing the strategic partnership agreement with hamid karzai.e anniversary of the death of osama bin laden. we are monitoring the situation in afghanistan very closely for you. >>> now, getting some more information coming into me now that we are getting word that the taliban is claiming responsibility for these attacks. that's according to the reuters news agency. those explosions heard in afghanistan are now being claimed by the taliban according to reuters. we continue to work to get you more details and we'll bring them to you as soon as we get them. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton has landed in beijing to talk to the chinese government. they're questioning the whereabouts of a chinese activist who escaped house arrest and may be at the u.s. embassy in beijing. the united nations today accused both sides of violating a cease-fire agreement in syria. the chief u.n. peacekeeper said the syrian regime continues to deploy heavy weapons in cities. this video purportedly shows tanks today. opposition activists said at least 43 people were k

he announced he's handing off security to hamid karzai and the specific road map for troops to come home from the more than decade long war. >> last year, we removed 10,000 u.s. troops from afghanistan. another 23,000 will leave by the end of summer. after that, reductions will continue at a steady pace with more and more of our troops coming home. as our coalition agreed, by the end of 2014 the afghans will be fully responsible for the security of their country. >> the trip fell on the one-year anniversary of the day that the president ordered navy s.e.a.l.s to take out osama bin laden. >> over the last three years, the tide has turned. we broke the taliban's momentum. we built strong afghan security forces. we devastated al qaeda's leadership, taking out over 20 of the top 30 leaders. one year ago, from the base here in afghanistan, our troops launched the operation that killed osama bin laden. the goal that i set to defeat al qaeda and deny it a chance to rebuild is now within our reach. >> so does all of this add up? does the president's optimism about the future square with what's h

violence in afghanistan this president says he's got the country's security well under control hamid karzai is give an interview to us at which you can see in full just after seven thirty g.m.t. pm tonight. constantly in a strong did a good effort to do well with pakistan and with our other neighbors but at the same time with this it's the complicated relationship between the united states and islam about as world we call it after back for a reason is they do have an impact and afghanistan is affected by it both ways. from the from approx thirty perspective and from an american perspective but we have issues we don't see older nations with pakistan from an american perspective. we don't see or dilutions with iran from an american perspective we don't see the relations with russia with china from an american perspective afghanistan has been able in spite of all our needs if i could put it in short. in spite of all our dependence on the united states and nato we have developed independent foreign policy. let's talk more about this with lindsey german to stop the war coalition she joins us liv

what do you say about hamid karzai living up to his deal? has one of the toughest jobs in the world and we worked very closely and very hard with him in recent months to get this strategic partnership agreement concluded and it was 20 months of negotiation and there were agreements before we signed this partnership agreement on night raids and detentions all of which was tough, and i think we worked very well with him in getting those agreements and the president clearly had a good day yesterday with president karzai signing the strategic partnership agreement. he's our partner and he's the elected president of afghanistan. we have a stake in his success and he has a stake in our success. >> one final question on a totally unrelated matter. a lot of media reports coming out of israel right now that they're mobilizing and activa activating reserve units to go to the egyptian border with israel and the syrian border with israel and a lot of what's going on. what can you tell us what's going on with israel and egypt and israel and syria on the o

moments ago, the president signed a patch with president hamid karzai outlining the partnership with the country to set conditions for our presence in afghanistan after 2014. let me bring in my co-hosts now, andrea tantaros, bob beckel, eric bolling and greg gutfeld. on this anniversary, andrea, of usama bin laden meeting his maker after president obama made a decision that the seals went in and finished the deal, where were you when you first heard the news? >> andrea: i was in new york city. what a place to be when you hear the news. so many people in my neighborhood that i didn't know were telling stories when you heard the news, or walked out to get a coffee, my gosh, i had a friend that died in the towers. the sense of excitement, relief, piece for the victims, a moment that you look around in a city that you are storming past each other all day long, angrily. everyone felt united. it was a really good feeling. >> dana: good moment. bob, do you remember where you were? can you say? >> bob: i was on a date. we were watching a movie. it was not on the tv movie. so after that -- >>

the president says afghanistan's president hamid karzai is onboard. >> both oof us recognize that we still have a lot of work to do and there will be great challenges ahead. the loss of life continues in afghanistan. there will be hard days ahead, but we're confident that we're on the right track and what this summit reflects is the world is behind this strategy that we've laid out. >> the big hurdle now to cross is the cost. the country doesn't have all the cash it needs. nato secretary general is optimistic that other countries will pitch in to help meet the roughly $4 billion price tag. the obama campaign headquarters, just outside the nato summit in chicago. look at this. protesters on one side, police on the other, pushing back and forth. this was on sunday. several officers were injured. today, the superintendent of police defends his officers' actions. >> this is the same thing that's been happening all week and, in fact, has been happening in downtown chicago for quite some time. we have an unscheduled, unpermitted protest and we're doing exactly as we said. we're facilitatin

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so i found out that there were a bunch of dignitaries staying at my hotel, one was hamid karzai, theis very controversial and single! >> jimmy: that would be the greatest couple ever. >> i would have the birka and he would never ruin my lipstick like you tried to. i was very excited to be anywhere near the president. i mean it's got to be exciting just to be around him. >> jimmy: it was, for sure. >> so, anyway, i would go and do my shows and come home at night and go through the metal detector and i thought it was funny, the irony. although i thought it was a bad choice to have it on the same day as cher's birthday? didn't work for me. >> jimmy: mine were upset by it too. >> they [ bleep ] all day on my twitter. so still thought it was an opportunity for fun. so i did my show, went back to the hotel where cars za was staying and i brought a picture. because i found out, you know, you're not supposed to make jokes of the secret service, because they're very serious. did you make jokes? >> i did. and they didn't laugh. >> well, they're not there to laugh. i was going to a show and all

gregg: ham eu hamid karzai gives his thanks at the nato summit.brows when he said this. >> mr. president i'm bringing to you and to the people of the united states the gratitude of the afghan people for the support that your taxpayers' money has provided for cancer over the past decade, and for the difference that it has made to the well-being of the afghan people. gregg: your taxpayers' money may not be the most tactful way to put it with this budget in washington. joining us now, general jack keane, a four-star general and vice chief of staff in the army. fox news military analyst. general, it's always good to talk to you. it struck me as inappropriate that he made no mention of the sacrifices of the american soldiers, more than 3,000 precious american lives lost, and yet he's talking about taxpayers and takes pairs' money. how did you take this? >> well the same way all of our viewers would take it. somewhat inappropriate to be sure. karzai can't keep his foot out of his mouth and it's been like this for years. the truth is the administration c

that trip included an agreement with president hamid karzai outlining the strategic partnership between the two countries that will take place after 2014. >> last year, we removed 10,000 u.s. troops from afghanistan. another 23,000 will leave by the end of the summer. after that, reductions will continue at a steady pace with more and more of our troops coming home. and as our coalition agreed, by the end of 2014, the afghans will be fully responsible for the security of their country. >> lots of people thought that speech, though, was pretty low on specifics. an editorial in the "new york times" this morning wrote this. "the white house set it up as a big moment, but the president squandered the chance to fully explain his exit strategy from a war americans are desperate to see brought to an end." seth jones is a senior political scientist for rand corporation also a former senior adviser for u.s. special operations command in afghanistan. a new book called "hunting in the shadows." it's nice to have you with us. thanks for being here. president paints a fairly rosy picture in that spe

surely after landing he and hamid karzai signed an agreement on the u.s. role on afghanistan after the drawdown of american troops in 2014. he then rallied the troops on an airfield on the first anniversary of the daring mission that killed osama bin laden. >> that could have only happened because each and everyone of you in your own way or doing your job. >> the nation is on heightened alert. the latest concern involved explosives that could be surgically implanted in the stomach area making detection difficult. >> the surgery would open the domenik cavity and implant explosive devices in and amongst the internal organs. >> security is beefed up transitions and airports. patrol officers will be out in greater numbers. there are no specific threats. >> we have to be alert. >> we have not seen al qaeda be driven by dates. >> the counter-terrorism chief warned al qaeda and -- in yemen is still a threat as it looks for an opportunity to strike in america. >> you can see the president's address to the nation from afghanistan at 730 p.m. >> five men are in jail