than hamid karzai. both candidates reframe from premature judgments and criticisms not supported with clear evidence. they don't seem to advice? >> first, i know both men and either would be a better partner than hamid karzai. they both are intelligent, stable, good head on their shoulders, and better partner than the erratic hamid karzai. the problem in afghanistan is it doesn't have an impartial or transparent election system. the independent election commission so-called is not independent. all the members of appointed by hamid karzai. he points the members of the electoral complaint commission, the body meant to make judgments about complaints and the subsidiary officials that carry out elections come under his control. in 2009 he was a candidate, and the it was people that carried out the elections that instituted the fraud. the hope was that the election officials would carry out an impartial election was hamid karzai was not on the ballot. and they would be - want to be on the good side of who ha

president hamid karzai is complaining, whining that he was left out of the process. does that speak volumes about the lack of trust between the obama administration and president karzai. >> it does. karzai is living with the same lame-duck status that any lives with. he is obviously not holding a lot of sway with the obama administration. they are looking towards who the successor will be to sign the bilateral agreement to keep u.s. forces going forward, both presidential candidates will sign regardless of who wins. hamid karzai is - he's thrown away a lot of trust for the obama administration. they looked to him constantly time and time again to be their man in kabul. it's not a lot of surprise that they would have kept the afghan deposit out of the process. >>> from where you sit, the hamid karzai obama administration relationship over and good riddance. >> over and can you keep quiet for the next couple of years. unfortunately, a lot of people don't realise this, hamid karzai is having a presidential palace that is larger than the current presidential palace built

begins after polls close in afghanistans runoff election to decide who will succeed president hamid karzai. and group c kicks off at the world cup. with the 3-0 win of colombia over greece. chancellor angela merkel and french president francois hollande say they are extremely worried about the ongoing violence in ukraine. the two european leaders expressed their concern over a phone call with vladmir putin. the ministry confirmed pro russians rebs shut down a military transport plane killing 49. president petro poroshenko condemned the downing of the play as a terrorist act and promised to deliver what he called an adequate response. >> the burntout haul of the plane, charred debris was scattered for hundreds of meters. rebel troops scoured the wreckage for ammunition and anything of use. the dead were comrades of these ukrainian soldiers, all belonging to a paratrooper company. the aircraft's nine-man crew also perished. there were no survivors. witnesses said the crew attempted to dump fuel in a last ditch attempt to reach the runway before engine transport plane was carrying weapons, eq

voters are picking a successor to president hamid karzai, who has been in power since the u.s.-led invasion in 2001. the run-off hits a former anti-taliban fighter against a world bank economist. the winner will inherit a country with a struggling economy or ongoing threat. we follow the event in kabul. polls opened for a few hours now. what is the latest on security? it's not great. in two provinces there's fighting going on. in kunar province a number of districts see fighting. there was rocket fire at two other provinces and near provinces as well. we understand a number of people were injured in the attack. in kabul, before the polls opened, we hear or understand there is rocket attacks as well. outside a polling station in the capital, what is described as a mine went off. a few hours later at this polling station one of the candidates went to go vote. what has been interesting about the level of security in afghanistan, the is size of it. there's around 160,000 soldiers and other security forces over the country trying to protect voters as they go to the polls. there are

military in a country, hamid karzai resisted that, hasn't he?the two to be elected both said they will sign a deal. >> americans are reluctant as well to stay there, and to stay in any place, even in syria with no intervention now, becoming that beau and international community. having that said, they are training many police and military inside afghanistan. however, taliban can infiltrate them as well. this leads us back to the later question about the political solution in afghanistan, whether they are able and capable to do that in afghanistan, this is a major question. and the international community, of course, needs to support this issue. >> okay. thank you. thank you very much. going to be interesting following the events over the coming months. thanks very much. >>> in the past hour, we have been getting reports that 40 indian construction workers have been kidnapped in iraq. the indian foreign ministry has confirmed the workers were taken from the city of mosul. we can talk to andrew north now in delhi and can give us more information.

ould history repeat it self never says the outgoing afghan president hamid karzai.icking to our chief international correspondent. >> every morning president karzai walks to the office with bodyguards and armored vehicles. he lives and works in this for tech and palace. -- protected palace. he rarely leaves the fortress. men in his security cabinet have worked alongside nato a decade. more than for combat troops are pulling out. there is concern al qaeda linked groups could make a comeback. bag asking ifgroups are what happened in iraq could happen in dan. ask yes, we do need international support. we don't have the means to sustain ourselves. that is welcome. for that the are grateful. of the country. >> this government refused to take up the offer of a strategic pact with the united date which would have meant a long-term military presence in the country. the two men vying to be the next president have said he will sign a deal. that could help afghanistan avoid some of the worst of what is happening in iraq. for years many doubted there would be a peaceful transit

what is something that hamid karzai refused to do.do you see the signature coming without preconditions. >> i don't know. i would say whatever is on the table and has been presented to hamid karzai we'll sign into it. the bigst sticking point has been how do you try u.s. soldier for crimes committed in afghanistan. afghans will want them to be tried. that will not happen. u.s. military personnel will be subject to u.s. law and punishment and nothing else. night rates are another issue, that will be a secret provision that will never be discussed with the public. it will be the first thing, whoever gets elected signs. that being said, our role in afghanistan will be fundamentally different. >> how so? >> there'll only be 9800 soldiers. that's not a lot. consolidated to three u four, large air bases. and connectibility will be limited. 9800 people will not be ready to fight the taliban at a moment's notice. >> we'll wait to see if the security agreement is signed. >> fellow with the truman international center joining us. >>> the second

their presence will not bring further stability to afghanistan. >> hamid karzai there, of course.ring you some breaking news from iraq, where 40 indian construction workers have been kidnapped in iraq. we're not sure where that is. but that is being reported by reuters according to the indian government. 40 indian construction workers kidnapped in iraq. there are many people who work in that region and people will be worried to hear that news. we'll update you as soon as we can. >>> the world cup is the only bit of light entertainment, light relief we can bring you at the moment, it seems. social media, of course, is dominated by discussion of it. amanda barrie is here to tell us what people think. >> last night, again, another big night on social media. and the main match that captured people's attention was brazil versus mexico. and that attracted the most tweets. it was this moment, a header by silva that generated more than a quarter of a million tweets in one minute. and the man of the match himself, he took to twitter to post this picture and use t the #vamosmexico, thanking

he went on to work as finance minister and chief advisor to hamid karzai. and has pledged to sign a bilateral agreement with the united states. we go live to kabul. a few hours to go before the polls close. there has been sporadic violence across the country and in the capital. what is the situation like now? >> that's right. in fact, before polls open, there's a rocket attack here in kabul. shortly afterwards there were rocket attacks on polling stations in provinces like gazny. we have been seeing about ongoing fighting in the provinces of patika and koona. this is concerning to the authorities who hope that this would be a peaceful vote. there are around 160,000 security personnel deployed across the country to ensure that it is. although we have seen violence, elsewhere it's been relatively secure. in saying that we are hearing allegations of voter fraud at the polling stations. some allegations of supporters of ashraf ghani have been committing fraud and supporters of abdullah abdullah committing fraud as well. this run-off, which is historic, it is ho

>> hamid karzai functioned under different circumstances. i will be assuming the presidency when massive u.s. presence in afghanistan would be a thing of the past and i would make every effort to enter into and consolidate a partnership that is both with the u.s. government, u.s. congress, the u.s. public, and the u.s. economic and culture actors. partners work with each other to design a process, understand, change of circumstances, adjust to each other's requirements, and build and enter upon friendships that are going to be enduring. >> now, some analysts believe that the taliban aren't even the biggest threat to afghanistan because the country now faces a deadline because it hasn't taken action when it comes to money-laundering. afghanistan is being threatened by being black listed by the international country. one of the very few countries that would be black list said that way that could hurt any kind of foreign investment. is the economy, is the issues of corruption and the government is that a bigger problem moving forward than the t

case in point that have is some of the erratic behavior we've seen from had hamid karzai. >> wasn't he also making the point that sometimes it is the united states, because it isn't anybody else? >> exactly. i think he was talking about a new kind of american leadership. i think it would be great and the president administration would love to see some of these other countries that were mentioned stepping up whether it's india, brazil , or some of these other countries to take a role on the world stage. but they're not interested in doing that. we need to pull those countries together, and one being mutual and shared responsibility without the u.s. playing a leading role. we saw that with ukraine and russia. the u.s. had to push the e.u. and others to take actions, sanctions,, and economic actions that have pushed the russian economy on its heel. >> we'll take a short break and when we come back we'll talk about whether this statement of american principles is more of the times when you talk to rank and file americans rather than foreign policy intellectuals. this is inside story. our >

the fact that hamid karzai would call for these people to be returned to afghanistan and released shows you how disconnected he is from the average afghan. the decision to release these prisoners that are from -- what our country in jeopardy. if you'll be jihadist -- it overd the jihadists all the world. they do not have delivered the skies. led led the military that -- took young women into soccer stadiums and killed them for sport. the idea that this administration -- this would be a gesture of goodwill, it should offend everybody who believes the taliban is not the answer to the problems of the world. i can only imagine how young women in afghanistan feel today. we have just left out of jail the people who organized the hell in which they live. this whole concept of releasing these prisoners would empower a moderate elements of the taliban offends me to my core. will let senator coburn talk about this. he is a medical doctor. i will let you talk to him. does the administration espouse this theory? backfire responded. are we talking about the same group of people? the theory is that i

president hamid karzai wants the united nations to intervene. >>> one person died in an explosion in kabul. police say it was a suicide attack targetting an afghan high peace council official. he survived. the council was established by president hamid karzai to engage with the taliban. >>> chinese police shot dead 13 people reportedly trying to attack a police station. the group drove a car packed with explosives into the police station. the region saw a security crackdown after 31 were killed in an attack on a market. >>> ukraine's army started a 7-day ceasefire on the orders of the president. petro porashenko said forces should stop military action against separatists. fighters told al jazeera they don't trust his promise of amnesty or safe passage. we have this update from donetsk in eastern ukraine. >> a unilateral ceasefire declared by the army - the separatists have not signed up to it - there's less than 24 hours old and there's evidence that there has been flare-ups. what we here from sources in kiev is that there's squirpishes near kramatorsk airport and a stronghold near s

last week, suicide bombers set off he is replacing afghan president, hamid karzai. it takes place saturday and the taliban are vowing to disrupt the vote. back to you. >> thank you. >>> members of the house were briefed on the deal that freed bowe bergdahl. the white house defended the release but many members are not convinced. tomorrow, secretary of defense, chuck hagel will testify before the armed services committee. susan mcginnis is in washington. good morning. >> reporter: anne-marie green, good morning. it was clear that anger among lawmakers keeps growing on who was kept in the dark about the prisoner exchange and who did know. the house armed services committee will investigate the circumstances that led the white house to release five high level taliban fighters from guantanamo. >> i hope we don't have a year from now a hearing on people that were killed because of the five that were released. >> reporter: at a tense 90-minute briefing they saw the proof of life video from bergdahl last year. the white house shows the video shows his declining health. off

they go head-to-head in an effort to succeed hamid karzai.en allen has been following all the preparations for this critical vote. >> donkeys under armed guard. proceed in elections the mountainous northeast of the country. election materials are being delivered by any means possible. happy to haves been hired for this important job, but with rough tracks, the only way people can exercise their right in this historic runoff. working for one day. ready to solve these problems and have good plans. like a sceneook from medieval times, but many hope these will put the country on a firm footing for generations to come. about a quarter of all provinces in afghanistan rely on donkeys to get ballot materials into the right places. they have hired 300 donkeys and are moving under heavily armed escort. as much touns, here protect against ambush as to protect against election fraud. after three decades of war, this is considered one of the safer parts of afghanistan, though it has not been immune from recent taliban attacks. in the capital, security is

whoever takes over from current president hamid karzai faces the daunting task of stabilising a countrybattered by years of war and a resurgent taliban. but even as the volatility and uncertainty continues, afghans haven't given up hope for a better future. and that includes the country's women, some of whom are risking their lives to set up businesses in the face of adversity. >> the lakes in the band-e amir national park in the bamyan province are breathtakingly blue. here in the hindu kush mountains in central afghanistan, there's no trace of the country's ongoing war. it's an extraordinarily scenic, tranquil spot. but where are the tourists? only a handful of intrepid travelers have found their way here to "afghanistan's grand canyon" so far. najiba alavi runs a hotel overlooking one of the lakes. she shows us round, pointing out that each room has a double bed, a stove, and hot water. she's been running the hotel for five years. but it's empty. not a single guest this year so far. >> we had a few guests last year. but no one comes anymore. afghanistan is seen as too unsafe. >> in f

hamid karzai, the outgoing president, refused to sign a bilateral security agreement with the u.s. both of the candidates abdullah abdullah said that they will sign the agreement so it's not only international observers who want a clean and decisive victory, people in afghanistan. most afghans want it signed. we have the participation of a serious problem. in saying that both candidates urged supporters to be calm and wait for final results to come out, which won't be out until july 22nd. >> thank you very much. that report from kabul. >>> pakistan's government is appealing against a court order lifting a travel ban on a former president. he's facing several charges, including treason, relating to the imposition of an emergency rule. he relates the allegation saying they are politically motivated. pakistan's government invited experts and high-level scholars to a meeting in islamabad to discuss polio. there has been a surge in cases, 82 so far. some people in tribal areas are reluctant to be vaccinated. religious leaders are expected to issue a statement in support. >>> the israeli

. >> translation: i want president hamid karzai to know we don't just want food, we want a house to live in. as citizens we deserve this. don't feed us for a few days and forget us. >> reporter: given the scale of the disaster which affected four villagers, it's unlikely that will happen soon. >> floods and landslides are common in afghanistan. 2014 will be remembered as being particularly bad. over the past several months, thousands of people have been displaced and hundreds lost their lives, raising questions about the government's ability to take care of those at risk. >>> still to come on the programme - we are hoping to hear from egypt's new president abdul fatah al-sisi. also ahead... ..rapes and torture in a syrian president in front of her son, and abandoned by her family. >>> plus, how argentina's female footballers are tackling misconceptions to prove they are on the ball. >>> hello again. a reminder of the headlines in al jazeera. the swearing in ceremony for the egyptian president abdul fatah al-sisi has been held in cairo, he is expected to speak at a reception shortly. >>>

they will vote for the president to replace hamid karzai. >>> a celebration for the queen that datesack and 1,000 soldiers participated. red arrow flames flew over buckingham palace and queen elizabeth's birthday where she turned 88 years old. i'm morgan radford. for news, updates all throughout the day you can always go to our website at www.aljazeera.com. or follow us on twitter @ajam. have a great day. . >> you could be forgiven for thinking it's 2004 again. maps of iraq, escalating warfare and fleeing civilians. now the grand ayatollah is calling up for armies to protect it's shrines. iraq at its brink is the inside story.

in afghanistan in the second round of the country's election to pick a new president to replace hamid karzai who had served two consecutive terms in office. after the first round in march, the front rounder emerged as the two main contenders. while the runoff is held under heavy security and two weeks after abdullah survived a bomb attack. >> security was tight at polling stations across afghanistan. the taliban had called on afghans to boycott elections. but there was less line than initially feeder. about half of the voters came. >> you'll never get another opportunity like this. if we don't vote now, it'll hurt our country. >> free election. i wouldn't want to miss it. >> karzai tried to reconcile afghan after the fall of the taliban 13 years ago. the country has a functioning military, police, and security forces but corruption is worse than ever. the two men aiming to succeed are promising their fellow afghan stability, rule of law and much-needed economic growth. abdullah abdullah was the first modern minister. he's considered the frontrunner after finishing 45% of the vote in the firs

the council was set up by president hamid karzai to engage with the taliban. >> in china's jin jang province, 13 have been shot dead. the group drove a car, packed with explosives into a police station in cash gar. three were injured. the region has seen a crackdown after 31 were killed in an attack on a market. a china analyst told us the situation is deteriorating. >> things are getting from bad to worse as the local uyghurs, separatists, are resorting to increasing more wild acts of terrorism. so the president toured the province, and reaffirmed china's strong hand. to deal with the acts of terrorism which are not only confined to the area, but spreading to beijing as well. it is a very worrying situation for china. and jin jang is a large province, bringing tremendous invest. in trying to raise the standard of living, health care, education and so on. the local residents feel marginalized. >> pope francis is visiting cal afya, a stronghold. the head of a catholic church will pray for the 3-year-old boy who was shot dead, caught in the middle of a drug wore. tim friend reports from calabr

president hamid karzai learning about this after it was complete. >> translator: if the united states of america moved these five people without an agreement with qatar, this act will be considering violating all international noermts. >> reporter: white house officials defending the move saying the main concern was freeing a prisoner of war. >> this has been an ongoing effort that our government has been involved in at every level. >> reporter: there are questions about the stat sis of bergdahl -- status of bergdahl before he was captured. there are reports that he desserted his unit. back to you. >>> it's a cooler day around the bay area. i think it's a pattern that will hold for at least a couple of days. let's go outside and take a look at the partly to mostly cloudy skies. low clouds hugging the coastline. i think they will continue to hug the coastline for the entire day. giving you a look at the satellite view as we get away from the coast we're dealing with high clouds. partly to mostly sunny for our inland communities. it stretches into the east bay. san francisco covered a t

he blames outgoing president hamid karzai. >> there's no doubt that the leadership of afghanistan and the president of afghanistan were not impartial in the process. from the moment candidates entered the presidential race. >> the former foreign minister was a clear winner in the first round with 45% of the vote. his opponent got 31.6%. this time, the former finance minister and karzai adviser is in the lead in a suspiciously high turnout. he also spoke of fraud after the polls closed, but he said he was confident of victory. the election commission is the boring abdullah's demand that it stopped counting the votes. >> this is an independent election commission decision. >> observers fear a fierce struggle for power and warned of new violence. abdullah abdulla's powerbase is with the ethnic tragic majority. a bloody conflict between the groups would mark a bloody setback for afghanistan. >> officials say the explorer stuck inside germany's deepest cave could be brought to the surface sooner than later. >> rescuers are inching their way out with the researcher on a stretcher. the last

among those voting was current press hamid karzai. he led afghanistan since the u.s. invasion. agreed invasion. >>> torrential rainfall caused widespread flooding and evacuations in brazil, argentina. authorities had to open two dams above the world famous falls because two rivers rose to historic levels. the falls are carrying 46,000 cubic meters per second 33 times the usual flow rate. the rising water washed away a cement viewing platform. a state of emergency exists in 130 cities including the world cup host in brazil. >>> bay area researchers made an interesting discovery. still to come, how gathering together to watch the big game could cut down on crime. >> and plenty of crazy things happen at bachelor parties. but stumbling across an ancient fossil may be a first. where this giant mastedon turned up. ,, any flavor of ice cream... your favorite style of cake. endless possibilities. baskin robbins father's day cake. pick one up today. today marks the 200th anniversary of >>> today is flag day, a day to honor the nation's star- spangled banner. it is in fact the 200th anni

. >> i want president hamid karzai to know that we don't just want food from the government, but a house to live in. as citizens we deserve this. don't feed us for a few days and forget us. give us homes. >> given the scale of the disaster, badly affecting four villages, it's unlikely that will happen soon. floods and landslides are common in afghanistan. 2014 will be remembered as being particularly bad. over the past several months thousands of people have been displaced and hundreds have lost their lives in natural disasters. raising questions about the government's ability to take care of those most at risk. >> at least 33 have been killed in an attack in the democratic republic of congo. it happened on friday in the mineral-rich region of south kidal. the victims, mostly women, were stabbed, shot and burnt. it's believed the attack was part of a dispute about cattle. we have more from goma. >> reporter: what we are hearing is that most of those killed are women praying. the attackers surrounded and started indiscriminately. some of the people were killed in their homes. the cause of

in 2009 he challenged president hamid karzai as an independent candidate after he resigned as his foreign minister three years earlier. he same second and has been an outspoken critic of his former boss. >> this time around his bid for afghanistan's top job is better than expected. >> as far as the campaign is concerned. apart from the suicide attack on the convoy. it is going well. it's unbelievably more than everybody's anticipation. throughout the country, in the momentum that the campaign has picked up. as far as campaign is concerned we are not complaining. >> his win is far from certain, seen as an ethnic logic, it's not known if the largest ethnic group will back him in the run-off. >>> police in south korea are continuing their hunt for fugitive billionaire believed to be the owner of the ferry that sank in april, killing more than 300 people. police suspect he may be hiding in a church compound and are searching the area for a second day. they have been after him for weeks. a reward of half a million has been offered for information on his whereabouts. harry fawcett has more from

president hamid karzai asked for the u.n. to mediate. the u.n. is saying it's an afghan-led process, it is watching and wants to see transparency. it's a serious setback in a run-off election, which would mean that the first peaceful transition of power in afghanistan's modern history. this has thrown a rench in the works over the weekend we were supposed to see results. they have been delayed. we are not sure what this will mean. and the president was supposed to be inaugurated in august. >>> coming up, why these children in lebanon are facing an uncertain future. >>> plus, the dutch invasion - thousands of fans reach sao paulo to cheer their team at the world cup. the performance review. that corporate trial by fire when every slacker gets his due. and yet, there's someone around the office who hasn't had a performance review in a while. someone whose poor performance is slowing down the entire organization. i'm looking at you phone company dsl. check your speed. see how fast your internet can be. switch now and add voice and tv for $34.90. com

. >> i want president hamid karzai to know that we don't just want food from the government. we want a house to live in. as citizens we deserve this. don't just feed us for a few days and forget us, give us homes. >> given the scale of the disaster, which badly affected four villages, it's unlikely that will happen soon. >> floods and landslides are common this time of year in afghanistan. 2014 will be remembered as being particularly bad. over the past several months thousands of people have been displaced and hundreds lost their lives in natural disasters, raising questions about the government's ability to take care of those at risk. >>> coming up on the newshour - sandbacks are the last defence for many in bangladesh, where rising rivers are washing away people's lives. >> i'm kim vinnell in donetsk - a day after the president took office, violence in the area continues unobaited. >> and i'm in brazil where a strike by metro workers could mean chaos for football fans trying to watch world cup matches here. >>> human rights groups and opposition activists say syrian women

afghanistan's next president will succeed hamid karzai and provide over the withdrawal of troops at the end of the year. >>> new this morning, happy birthday to the queen. today the uk is celebrating queen elizabeth's 88th birthday. ♪ this morning brit celebrated the royal with a parade followed by a flyover above buckingham palace. although queen elizabeth's birthday is in april it has long been the ptradition to celebrat in a saturday in june due to more favorable weather. >>> we have very favorable weather this weekend and for the fathers out there. >> that's right. a few changes for father's day but right now, boy, it's nice and sunny out there. it has been all morning long. live from east bay hills, we've got plenty of 60s in our east bay valley. so we'll enjoy this all day long. and some subtle changes for the second half of your weekend. have your full forecast in just a few minutes. >>> also next, celebrating dads, what president obama is encouraging dads to do this father's day weekend. heat shields are compromised. we what's that alarm?ures. fuel cell two is down. i'm going to

in afghanistan, of course, president obama hamid karzai was very critical of the administration's decision to make that prisoner swap without informing his government in advance. previously, however, interestingly enough, karzi had been in favor of negotiations with the taliban but he wanted toes n negotiations, certainly not qatar to be the intermediatiary. >> it is disturbing these individuals would have the ability to re-enter fight and they are big, high-level people possibly responsible for the deaths of thousands. >> that's u.s. senator john mccain who has some concerns about the release of the detainees. >> sound byte referencing the fact that as far as mccain is concerned, those detainees still represent a very serious threat to u.s. security and he wants to know as much information as he can get about exactly how their movements will be limited as we are told that they will be by the qatari government and what steps and what measures the u.s. will be able to take or enforce to make sure that those five--level leaders of the taliban do not pose a threat to the u.s. >> randall, as y

friendly than their predecessor hamid karzai who refused to sign an agreement with the u.s. about the future of troops in the country and has been hounded by accusations of corruption took on karzai in the two thousand and nine elections but dropped out claiming widespread voter fraud both candidates are moderates and forecasters do not anticipate the same high turnout that the primaries enjoyed the taliban have declared their intention to disrupt any elections and the harvest season may keep many rural voters at home a low turnout also makes voter fraud more effective which could mean delays in assuming office if the results come into question. and on to brazil where day two of the fee for world cup is underway now the ones in spain are now going head to head with spain heavily favored to win while a dutch win would not erase the disappointment of failing to claim their first world cup four years ago setting back spain's campaign for a second cup would be a nice feather in their cap to say the least are teams graham phillips is in brazil and he brings us more on one of tomo

. >> outgoing president hamid karzai said he wanted the united nations to intervene in the vote-countingprocess. >>> one person has died in an explosion in the afghan capitol. police say it was a suicide attack targeting a peace council official. >> chinese police have shot dead 13 people who reportedly tried to attack a police station. the news agency said the group drove a car into a cash guard polic police department. this was a crackdown after 31 people were attacked in a in a marke market. >>> thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes, we're joined live, how good a job are the vigilanties doing protecting those people? >> it would seem pretty effective. they're estimated to be anything between 20,000 and 50,000. and it's known as the civilian joint protection force. and it's not informal, it's organized on a formal basis. there have 52 camps in all in the surrounding areas, and boko haram has now engaged in some of the fiercest attacks in their whole history. we expec spoke to one person who saw 48 people who were shot dead, including his son, before his very eyes. th

. >> for his part the afghan president hamid karzai felt blindside by the deal which six-culp ventedhe effort to restart the discussions between the tall began government and the afghan government. >> our next guest was a prisoner of taliban. kidnapped in 2008 when he was a reporter for "the new york times" newspaper. he and his translator escaped from a compound in northern pakistan. david is now an investigative reporter for reuters and has won two pulitzer prizes. the store what it was like for you has been oft toll. can you give us a thought maybe what it was like for this guy? >> it's hard for me to say. just time-wise, i was held for one tenth of the time, seven months versus five years, that bowe bergdahl was held. i was lucky because i had this afghan journalist that helped me escape and he speaks english. bowe bergdahl was alone with guards who spoke pashtun, the local language, for five years no english speakers for five years. >> when you were there they didn't seem to know how the united states worked very well. for instance, they weren't aware that the united states does

. >> hamid karzai offered dope condolences and promisedities government would provide long-term aid. heavily rain comes to areas like this in afghanistan. rarely do we see disasters of this scale. it will likely take years. the flood coming weeks after a landslide was triggered. burying a village. more than 300 were killed and thousands of others remain displaced. it comes at a tense time. in less than a week voters will choose a new president. the taliban warning it will destruct the election with violence. >>> the civil war in syria caused over 100,000 deaths creating 2.5 million rev disease. now women are talking out about being raped. >> reporter: it's been two years, but this woman can't forget watching government soldiers rape and kill four of her daughterers. as she calls out the unanimous of her children, the women here remember their own pap. miriam can't cope without taking said ties. these women were locked up in detention centers, tortured and raped. yes, they bring you to the commanders office and get drunk. they invite each other to take terms. there are me women like m

hamid karzai is constitutionally prevented from another term.(f) daily lives of american soldiers who served at one of the most deadly outposts in afghanistan. filmed there from 2007 to 2008. and as roxana saberi reports, what life can be like after the battle. >> david, brendan o'byrne described the adrenalin of combat. and how he felt coming home from afghanistan. >> okay. >> fighting the taliban was just the start of a long conflict for brendan o'byrne. >> for a while there i started really thinking that god hates me. because i did sense, you know, send -- >> brendan spent 14 months in afghanistan. he descented base camp named for the company's medic. seen here before he was killed in action. brendan was 25 in 2008 and lucky. after five years in the valley 50 soldiers died. >> there was one time i thought in my entire time in afghanistan, what are we doing here? there are young boys on the side of that hill trying to kill me and i'm a young boy trying to kill them. what are we doing here? that's a dangerous thought inside combat. you start to

. >> i want president hamid karzai to note we don't want food. we want a house to live in. as citizens we deserve this. don't just feed us, give us homes. gist the scale of the -- given the scale of the disaster, it's unlikely that it will happen any time soon. >> that was al jazeera correspondent reporting. >>> floods and landslides are common in afghanistan. this year has been bad. hundreds have been killed and thousands displaced. >> two american warships rescued 200 people off the waters of the mediterranean after their boat began to sink. navy officials got a call from the military and that's when they located the sinking boat and rescued the migrants. thousands were rescued while mailing the journey to europe. sony is a the first world cup sponsor calling for an investigation into corruption charges in qatar. they hosted the cup in 2022. there are reports that a former official paid $5 million to win support if na bidding process. there are allegations that the government invested in the countries of executive who had the power to choose the host nation. the qatari go

that was supplemented by the president, hamid karzai, who endorsed the idea that he be released. we presented evidence from a gentleman who, as director of the center for peace studies in afghanistan, who was familiar, and concurred that he was a moderate person presenting no danger and wanted in afghanistan to assist in the peace pros so the idea that we were returning a terrorist is absurd. >> mr goldsmith, have you spoken with your client. >> i have not. >> are you satisfied with the conditions of his release. >> well, the government has, to this day, not told us what the conditions are. the government did not inform us that he was being released. so i don't know specifically what those conditions are. i know that they are found be better than the conditions under which he's been held in guantanamo bay. >> we understand that he's under a one-year travel ban, is that correct. >> i read that in the media. that's all i have in the way of knowledge. >> they are expected to be under close supervision of the qatari authorities, now we hear that the afghan authority is calling it an

that was supplemented by the president himself, president hamid karzai. >> goeld smith's the afghan government asked for khairullah khairkhwa's release in 2011. he repeated that his client posed no threat. >> the rehabilitation from washington is mixed. is number of law-makers are criticising the transfer of taliban prisoners. randall pinkston has more. >> news of brg's -- bowe bergdahl's release was marred in controversy with the release of five taliban prisoners. john mccain, a former p.o.w., thinks that the detainees pose a threat to u.s. security. >> it is disturbing that these individuals would have the ability to re-enter the fight. they are big, high-level people, possibility responsible for the deaths of thousands. mike rogers worries that the administration may be setting a dangerous press department. >> we are --% dent. >> -- precedent. we have set a price, we have a notion now if i get one, i can get five taliban released. >> reporter: rogers and others accused the obama administration of blacking the law, failing to notify congress 30 days in vaeps. >> the reason congress is involv