hamid karzai had nothing to do -- >> yeah, right. but when we support hamid karzai, that's what we get. >> can we let other people have -- >> sorry. >> it's a lively evening. [laughter] look at it that way. >> most other questions here seem to ignore our history in the region. for decades we supported dictatorships for their resources. we could go back to saudi arabia, supporting iraq, selling them weapons of mass destruction which were used against iran, and now we're saying, by the way, they used gas against their own people and against iran, but we sold them that gas in the past. so our history with the region is pretty bad. our decisions regarding the region are very bad. we supported the wrong people for the longest time, and i'm assuming that is one of the reasons there are conspiracies there where people think, oh, for the last 30, 40 years they've been doing harm to us, why should we expect something good from west, specifically u.s. or europe, and europe being countries like france have their own history in the region also.

hamid karzai is not eligible. >> president karzai has not yet said he backs his brother. he has not said who he will support in the election. >> more details have emerged about a gun battle in central kabul between the taliban and afghan forces that lasted several hours on friday. 10 employees of the international organization for migration who hid inside a fortified room during the firefight spoke out. they praised the afghan police who came to the rescue. six people died in the battle which started with the suicide bombing. >> this was a preplanned attack targeted at us. first of all, full investigations have not yet been done. there may be a different conclusion afterwards, but they forcede way themselves in, the way they knew where to go once they were inside certainly provides every indication that they were coming for us. >> bangladesh's garment industry is under pressure from both europe and the united states to improve safety conditions and workers rights. a senior u.s. delegation is in the capital for talks. these issues will be discussed by eu leaders meeting in

they've begun registering for a president who will replace hamid karzai and guide the country after u.s. forces withdraw. nhk reports from kabul. >> reporter: afghanistan's constitution bans any president from serving a third term. the incumbent karzai is in his second term. so voters would have to pick a new leader in the vote on april 5th, 2014. >> translator: i expect the next president to make a greater effort than karzai has in all aspects of afghanistan, especially the economy and national security. >> reporter: afghans are concerned the security situation will only worsen in the run up to the election. in the previous poll four years ago, taliban insurgents mounted a campaign of terrorist attacks to disrupt the vote. the winner of next year's election will have a lot on their plate. among them is how to ensure domestic security after u.s. led international combat forces withdraw from afghanistan by the end of 2014. questions are already being raised about the security capabilities of the afghan military. and at international conferences on afghanistan, donors continuously press t

. >> meanwhile, the leader of neighboring afghanistan, president hamid karzai, has congratulated nawaz sharif. for more on this, let's speak to our correspondent in washington, dc. he is a pakistan analyst and works for the middle east institute. good to have you with us. as far as afghanistan is concerned, the hope is that sharif will be able to play a role in resolving border issues and security concerns between the two countries. what do you think his policy is going to be? >> nawaz sharif said he would like to pursue a policy of noninterference in afghanistan. that would be a departure from pakistan's approach towards that country overt years. i think in reality, what it will mean is he will try to work more with president hamid karzai and whoever will be in power after him. he will also have to engage his own military in terms of pursuing and developing a coherent national strategy towards afghanistan. sharif is somebody who has had problematic relationships with the army before when he was in power twice earlier. in order to address the challenges in afghanistan, he will also hav

afghan president hamid karzai will be meeting with indian prime minister moment fencing -- indian prime minister manmohan singh. border clashes between afghanistan and pakistan may also be on the agenda. afghan government forces are battling hundreds of taliban fighters at a police checkpoint in the south of the country. between 500 and 1000 holiday and fighters estimated to be involved in the battle in helmand -- 500 and 1000 taliban fighters estimated to be involved in the battle in helmand province. the military launched an offensive against the armed group boko haram on saturday. soldiers have been deployed to crush the fighters who control much of that area. been killedve since boko haram began its uprising in 2009 did the group wants islamic law establish the 2009.nigeria -- in the group wants islamic law established across nigeria. --here in my dewberry hasuguri, the situation been fairly calm overnight. the 24-hour curfew has been relaxed. the fighting between the military and boko haram is happening outside of the city. the military say they have managed to retake control of fi

request of the afghan government sounds a little odd then that on the same day afghan president hamid karzai said that the u.s. has requested to keep bases in the country beyond two thousand and fourteen same quote we are giving the nine bases they want from afghanistan yes nine huge military bases scattered across the country will remain in for u.s. operation following the two thousand and fourteen withdrawal and there's very little information as to how many troops remaining that will translate to indeed it seems that the longer this war draws out the more afghanistan is looking like just another american colony in fact my next guest has made the argument that occupying armies quickly transform themselves into colonial forces through expand on that notion as eric margolis will correspond in his report on the ground in fourteen different armed conflicts in kashmir nicaragua is also an award winning columnist and author to talk about the u.s. has continued role in afghanistan as well as other armed conflicts around the world thank you so much pleasure so should we be shocked at all that the

if we sell hamid karzai one more time, we are sick of this guy, with all due respect. on any given day, you do not know if he is with us or against us or likes us or loads us. us.oathes they do not have khaled hosseini fatigue. what do you make of that the economy? >> i think the government of afghanistan and its well- publicized shortcomings, including the president, i do not think are reflective of the people of afghanistan foley. alternately, books are not about politics, although the struggle and the wars in afghanistan have a significant impact on the lives of my characters. my books are about ordinary people, like you, me, people on the street, people who really have an expectation of reasonable happiness in life, what they're like to have a certain security and predictability, who want to belong to something bigger than them, who want to love and affection in their lives, who want a good future for their children. that is not an afghans seemed. that is a human theme, and i think my readers see themselves in these characters and see a part of themselves in the li

hamid karzai says the two size have reached a deal to ensure the security in afghanistan -- two sides have reached a deal to ensure the security of afghanistan. >> all conditions should guarantee the security of the country and build up our economic infrastructure. >> jennifer glass joins us live from the bagram air base. unsure quite a bit of that equipment equipment will be moved out. tell us about some of the challenges they are facing there. >> this is part of the logistics operation to move all of this equipment out. the vehicles you see behind me have already had all their weapons systems and all of the netting that is armor on them removed. that is done here at bagram airbase. they are weighed and measured. they figure out how to get them out of the country. these are just some of the 28,000 vehicles that u.s. forces have to move out of the country in the next year and a half. .0,000 shipment containers $30 billion of equipment that will leave here by land, sea, rail, air over the next year and a half. it is a huge logistical operation. not only do they have to get all this equ

the president of afghanistan hamid karzai has asked the time to bond to stop destroying the country and hold defend the prosperity of the nation against what he calls foreign plots the call comes days after clashes on the border with pakistan left one are going to got dead and two pakistani soldiers injured at the same time hundreds of afghans protested near where they fighting to place against both pakistan and the united states. st petersburg is experiencing every nice songs as an international cultural capital by breathing new life into their we're now and marine schizo which has now got a modern high tech twin the spectacular opening of the new venue silence critics of the modernist building and kicked off a series of the events of his very own tongue let's say was there for. standing just outside the marines here to day to just live a canal here in st petersburg the theater was an open door for the public after ten years of waiting to get a seat in that there's a wonderful auditorium as well as see a piece of the theater now of course with all the critics say luring about we wanted

rogue afghan soldier in the west according to news reports this comes just hours after president hamid karzai asked the taliban to stop destroying the country and help defend it against what he calls foreign plots the taliban attack a targeted and the election of a pakistani liberal political party with two blasts going off within minutes of each other with us and certainly a promise to target three secular political parties ahead of the general elections in a week's time. people have been killed in the ongoing insurgent attacks in the run up to that may eleventh poll the vote is expected to mark the first ever democratic transition of power in pakistan. in hungary hundreds of far right protesters rallied on budapest martyrs square one day before the world jewish congress opens in the country judges came under fire for authorizing what is widely seen as a semitic protest for the victims of zionism and the country with the largest jewish community in europe is organized by the jobbik party who run a campaign called hungry four hundred guerin's in two thousand and nine. reports say two people h

request of the afghan government sounds a little odd then that on the same day afghan president hamid karzai said that the u.s. has requested to keep bases in the country beyond two thousand and fourteen same quote we are giving the nine bases they want from afghanistan yes nine huge military bases scattered across the country will remain in for u.s. operation following the two thousand and fourteen withdrawal and there's very little information as to how many troops remaining that will translate to indeed it seems that the longer this war draws out the more afghanistan is looking like just another american colony in fact my next guest has made the argument that occupying armies quickly transform themselves into colonial forces three expand on that notion is a marvelous correspondents report on the ground from fourteen different conflicts and.

scandal in afghanistan new evidence suggests m i six has been sending ghost money to president hamid karzai all the details are on our website. today. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. trying to rule the day. six people how good a injured in a drive by shooting near a mcdonald's in the kind of foreigner city of paula the incident came just as america's national rifle association wrapped up a specially glitzy convention to mount the defeat of a new gun control law and a ray of celebrities a right wing politicians and news makers all appeared at the annual event which organizers say shows just how powerful the firearms little bit remains working i was at the convention texas. the national debate over gun control maybe among the most divisive issues in the united states but it's also proving to be a p.r. success for america's largest and strongest kind of rights organization approximately seventy thousand people turned out for the national rifle association's annual meeting taking place here in houston texas those in attendance are not allowed to fly an

it comes just hours after president hamid karzai also the taliban to stop destroying the country and help define the prosperity of the nation against what he calls for the plots following border clashes with pakistan this week hundreds of afghan protest afghans protested near where they are fighting took place against. the united states. in tripoli government supporters have clashed with demonstrating militia members who were demanding khadafi arrow officials be ousted from the parliament last week armed men lay siege to the country's foreign and justice ministries calling for the old regime members violence and instability are once again threatening the country two years after and nato led intervention and the overthrew are of moloch adelphi. of authorities have been forced to evacuate nearly three hundred residents from near the you know in town over again and after a train carrying chemicals do railed and blast and flames the inferno led to a series of explosions although no injuries have been reported firefighters say the nature of the blaze means they'll have to wait for the fla

a rogue afghan soldier in the country's western province this comes just hours after president hamid karzai asked the taliban to stop destroying the country and help to defend it against what he calls for and plots. three people have been killed and dozens injured after two blasts went off within minutes of each other near an election office of a pakistani liberal political party in karachi the taliban claimed responsibility for that attack militants earlier promised to target three secular political parties ahead of the general elections in a week's time more than seventy people have been killed in the ongoing insurgent attacks in the run up to that may eleventh poll the vote is expected to mark the first ever democratic transition of power in pakistan. in hungary hundreds of the far right protesters rallied on budapest's martyrs square a day before the world jewish congress opens in the country judges came under fire for authorizing what is widely seen as an anti-semitic protest for the victims of zionism in a country with the largest jewish community in europe it was organized by the dro

nato soldiers have died in a roadside bomb the target is just hours after president hamid karzai was the taliban to stop destroying the country and help defend the prosperity of the nation against what he calls for new plots following the border clashes with pakistan this week hundreds of i'm going to protest and near the police near the place where the fighting took place against both pakistan and the united states. rahul say two people have been killed and fourteen injured following a series of explosions under massive chemical fire in northern belgium authorities were forced to evacuate nearly three hundred residents near the town of ghent of her train carrying chemicals do wailed and bust into flames firefighters say the nature of the blaze means they'll have to wait for the flames to die down naturally . in hungary hundreds of far right protesters rallied on budapest martyrs square one day before the world jewish congress opens in the country john just came under fire for also rising water is widely seen as an anti semitic brush as for the victims of zionism and a country with t

the president of afghanistan hamid karzai has asked the taliban to stop destroying the country and how it defined the prosperity of the nation against what he calls foreign plots the cold comes days after clashes on the border with pakistan left one afghan guards dead and two pakistani soldiers injured at the same time hundreds of afghans were tested near where the fighting took place again spouse pakistan on the united states. the years facing another year of recession and job losses the employment rate across the curacao is expected to rise over twelve percent this year picking up twenty seven percent and have been indebted agrees and in that search for what many outsource from big cities into the countryside. one to hear their stories. the young man and the sea theodorus is in his forty's but while he used to make his living at a newspaper in greece's second city thessalonica he's now returned to his roots on the northern greek coast this is theodorus his fresh fish shop he took it over when his uncle retired two years ago and now clear doris is making a go of it himself far away fr

afghan soldier in the country's western helmand province this comes just hours after president hamid karzai asked to the taliban to stop destroying the country and help defend it against what he calls foreign plots. three people have been killed and dozens injured after two blasts went off within minutes of each other near an election office of a pakistani liberal political party in karachi and the taliban have claimed responsibility for the attack militants earlier promised to target three secular political parties ahead of the general elections it'll be time more than seventy people have been killed in the ongoing insurgent attacks in the run up to that all the vote is expected to mark the first ever democratic transition of power to start . in hungary and hundreds of far right protesters rallied on budapest's martyrs square a day before the world jewish congress opens the country judges that came under fire for authorizing what is widely seen as an anti-semitic protest for the victims of zionism in a country with the largest jewish community in europe it was organized by a party who ran

taxpayer dollars to hamid karzai so he can distribute it to whomever he wants.he alleged arrangements make accountability impossible, promote corruption at the top levels of the afghan government, as well as break trusts with the american taxpayer. did you have a chance to raise this issue with the president on the golf course today? >> you know, as i mentioned, wolf, we all agreed we weren't going to talk about what was talked about from the standpoint of policy and that kind of thing. i am awaiting an answer, and i want a written response. obviously, there are multiple agencies involved in dealing with karzai, and when you have the cia, which apparently alleg bags of cash, we have no accountability. we were talking a little bit off air, especially with this leader, especially with the corruption in afghanistan. and when you think about what us going into other countries, hopefully not with boots on the ground, but ate infects how we deal with countries like syria evener places when they know we have been dealing -- let me put it this way, allegedly, although i

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. >> in the middle of it, hamid karzai, the man we backed for president. noticed in your book, the man who the british put in place, their karzai, if you will, was so reviled within the country as a kind of foreign puppet that for decades and decades and for centuries in 2001 you would hear afghans say, make sure, you are not a western puppet who has no support domestically. >> in a sense, the main reason for writing this book is that president karzai, amazingly, is the chief of the same tribe. in other words, the west has put the same guy on twice. and he's being brought to justice. brought down by the tribe and today they make up the taliban. so, in many ways what we have is a replay of existing tribal rivalries. slightly different flags. >> karzai seems attentive to this issue. he denounces the west every third week, precisely because he's trying to make sure people don't think he's -- >> he is a more cultured man than people make out. he read this book when it was published in india within a week and i got called to kabul and i spent 90 minutes with hi

. >>> afghanistan's president hamid karzai said he received assurances from the cia that it will continueo deliver cash to his office. although the agency has been delivering bags full of money to karzai the past ten years the practice sparked outrage after a "new york times" report last week. karzai says the money is used to pay salaries, help war wounded and provide scholarships. >>> the taliban is claiming responsibility for a road side bombing that killed five u.s. service members in southern afghanistan. the attack occurred on saturday in the kandahar province. two nato troops were also killed on saturday when an afghan soldier turned his weapon on them. a third soldier died after an insurgent attack in northern afghanistan. >>> a recreational soccer league referee in utah has died after being punched in the face by a teenager player. ricardo patillo was refereeing a game when he cited a player for an infraction. police say that decision prompted the 17-year-old player to punch him. the teenager is in juvenile custody. >>> an enthusiastic crowd greeted bombing survivor at the game be

the obama administration is still providing bags of cash, millions and millions of dollars to hamid karzaiillions of dollars -- >> corker's mad about that? >> very mad. >> the golf thing makes sense. he plays golf at least twice a week. why doesn't he have republicans playing golf with him. thank you, wolf blitzer. look forward to that on "the situation room." kevin, donna, susan, thank you. >>> we all know those hollywood types like to pat themselves on the back with award show after award show. but one for movie ads? yeah, the golden trailer awards. that's our pop lead next. so...how'd it go? well, dad, i spent my childhood living with monks learning the art of dealmaking. you've mastered monkey-style kung fu? no. priceline is different now. you don't even have to bid. master hahn taught you all that? oh, and he says to say (translated from cantonese) "you still owe him five bucks." your accent needs a little work. i don'without goingcisions to angie's list first. you'll find reviews on home repair to healthcare written by people just like you. with angie's list, i know who to call, and

this evening, we welcomed the distinguished interim leader of a liberated afghanistan, chairman hamid karzai. ( cheers and applause ) >> priest: the victory in afghanistan came so quickly, and the ball kept rolling in secret. and, by and large, it's continued in secret. >> narrator: greystone was under way well beyond the borders of afghanistan. in more than a dozen countries, operatives were fighting a global secret war. >> delong: george tenet calls me one morning and said, "we've got our target." i said, "okay, we're good, i'm going down to the uav room." >> narrator: the unmanned aerial vehicle room was in tampa, florida. a drone was flying over yemen. the target was in an suv. >> i got a vehicle moving out. >> are the vehicles moving right now? >> delong: i'm sitting back like this, looking at the wall and talking to george tenet. and he goes, "you going to make the call?" and i said, "i'll make the call." he says, "this suv over here is the one that has ali in it." i said, "okay, fine. you know, shoot 'em." >> you are clear to engage it. >> delong: they lined it up and shot it. >> scor

that republican senator bob corker of tennessee is saying he's waiting for an explanation on the hamid karzai claiming cash payments from the cia and that these cash payments are continuing and he's been confirming this and claiming it in afghanistan and the senator was hoping for an explanation from the president and he says he's sent two letters and haven't received an explanation. >> i'm not aware of the letters and i'll have to take the question of the specific story itself involves the cia and i have to refer you to them. with regards to letters i'll let you know if there's a response. >> jay. >> yes. >> you've used this formulation about the president's support for unfettered investigative reporting a number of times here. to what extent is the former constitutional law professor in the oval office torn between that philosophy and the case for, you know, going after leaks? >> i think the appropriate way to skribt that the president believes there needs to be a balance because there is an interest in making sure that classified information that is sensitive is not leaked and because of t

american personnel have died over the last week alone as the violence rages on, afghan president hamid karzaing him with large stashes of secret cash. a week ago, the "new york times" revealed that for more than a decade, karzai's office had been receiving secret bags of "ghost money" totaling millions of dollars. on saturday, karzai said the money had helped solve problems, adding "because of all these rumors in the media, please do not cut all this money because we really need it. we want to continue this sort of assistance." and the cia station chief in kabul promised that they are not going to cut this money. mike barnicle? >> mick, this is -- the knowledge of the money being given to karzai by the cia, it's been thought for some time. before it was in the "times," you hear it anecdotely. i'm wondering what you're hearing in the pentagonsome there any interdepartmental anger, strife, whatever, the people at the pentagon and the cia over the distribution of money? >> absolutely. on my many trips to afghanistan, senior military officials and some senior political or diplomatic officials hav

. >> any update -- [inaudible] hamid karzai claiming from the cia on this cash payment are continuing and he's been confirming this and claiming it in afghanistan and senator corker was hoping for an explanation for the president and his two letters without any explanation. >> i'm not aware of the letters will have to take the question. with regard to the letters -- if there's a response. >> you'd use this formulation the press and ends support for unfettered investigation number of times. to what extent is the former constitutional law professor in the oval office torn between that philosophy in that case for going after leaks. >> i think the appropriate way to describe it is there needs to be a balance because there is an interest in making sure classified information that is sensitive is not leaked because of the consequences to national security and individuals. but there's also an interest in the president's view and ensuring the press can pursue investigative journalism and be unfettered in that pursuit. to the earlier point that chuck was making, even after he became president

anybody who doesn't know, when it supported northern ireland's by hamid karzai technology, but the thinghat happened was in 1990 we got hijacked if you don't know the kandahar hijacking. >> the taliban carried out the hijacking. how much or as they had nothing to do -- >> that's what we get. >> sorry, it's a lively evening at least we can look at it that way. >> the other questions here seem to ignore our history in the region for decades was supported readerships are the resources supporting iraq commenced on the weapons of mass distraction used against iran and by the way they used them against iran, but we sold them that gas in the past. sorry history with the region is pretty bad. decisions regarding the region are bad. support its own people the longest time and i send this one of the reasons that are conspiracies, where people think for the last 30, 40 years they've been doing harm for us. why should we expect something good from the u.s. or europe under being countries like france have their own history. my question is that that type of behavior, it's almost like a visa parent com

do you have any update, i know that -- [inaudible] he's been waiting for an explanation on the hamid karzai claiming cash payments from the c.i.a. and these cash payments have been continuing and he's been claiming it in afghanistan and senator corker was hoping to for an explanation from the president and he said it's now been two letters and he hasn't gotten any explanation for it. >> i'm not aware of the letters. i'll have to take the question. the specific story itself involves the c.i.a. and i'd have to refer you to them. with regard to the letters, i'll let you know if there's a response. >> you've used this formulation about the president wanting unfettered investigative reporting a number of times here. to what the former constitutional law professor in the oval office torn between that philosophy and the case for going after leaks? >> i think the appropriate way to describe it is that the president believes there needs to be a balance. ecause there is an interest in making sure that classified information that is sensitive is not leaked and because of the consequences to national s

republican senator bob corker of tennessee is saying he's been waiting for an explanation on the hamid karzai claiming cash payments from the cia and that these cash payments are continuing, and he's been confirming this and claiming it in afghanistan, and senator corker was hoping for an explanation from the president. and he said it's now been two letters, and he hasn't gotten an explanation. >> i'm not aware of the letters. i'll have to take the question. the specific story itself involves the cia, and i'd have to refer you to them. >> still -- >> with with regard to the letters, i'll let you know if there's a response. >> jay? >> yeah. >> jay, you've used this formulation about the president's support for unfettered investigative reporting a number of times here. to what extent is he, is the former constitutional law professor in the oval office torn between that philosophy and the case for, you know, going after leaks? >> i think the appropriate way to describe it is that the president believes there needs to be a balance. because there is an interest in making sure that classified infor

hamid karzai had nothing to do with it. >> right, right. that's what we get. >> it's a lively evening at least. we can look at it that way. >> hi. questions here seem to ignore our history in the region. for decade we supported dictatorships for various resources. saudi arabia, supporting iraq, selling them weapons which were used against iran, and now we're saying, by the way, they used gas against their own people, and against iran, but we sold them that gas in the past. so, our history with the region is pretty bad. our decisions regarding the region are very bad. we supported the wrong people for the longest time, and i'm assuming that is one of the reasons there are conspiracies where people are saying, oh, for the last 30 honor years, they've been doing harm to us. why would shoo we expect something good from west, pacifically u.s., or europe? and european countries like france have their own history in the region. so my question is, with that type of behavior, it's almost like a abusive parent coming back to the child and say, please

i mentioned corruption, and i'll specifically name i think hamid karzai's government has been a hugeimpediment to things we tried achieve. there will be a new president in afghanistan in the next couple years, and hopefully it won't be one of his brothers. but if we don't feel we have a local partner, we should hold back in our aid efforts, and one thing that we can do is create more incentives, like this u. afternoon union system used in turkey. two years ago, secretary clinton can use used the term economic statecraft. any of you heard that? this is journalist thought. we don't right about these things. she declared in now 2011 in a speech that economic statecraft created jobs at home and abroad, and in terms of the middle east she called for the sophisticated effort to integrate the regions economies and proposed the creation of an incentive fund for a post arab spring countries, of $500 million, and just for comparison sake, that's -- we give 3 billion a year in aid to israel. so it was 500 million for all of to the post aye arab spring region. she proposed it to congress last ye