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i helped them in a bad situation in helmand province, so i feel very bad. pulled out. since then, 400 interpreters and locally hired staff have moved to britain. leaving most to fend for themselves at home in afghanistan. the situation here is now being highlighted by british politicians, who also believe it is damaging for the uk. if the united kingdom gets a reputation for leaving those people who put their lives at risk to help our soldiers at the mercy of our enemies when our soldiers are no longer there to look after them, it will be very difficult in future conflicts to find people, local people, prepared to do that. in response to all this, officials here at the ministry of defence say that they will review the commons committee report. but they insist that they are providing security advice and support to the interpreters who are still living in afghanistan to ensure that they remain safe. richard galpin, bbc news, at the mod. now with all the rest of the day's sports news, here'sjohn watson at the bbc sport centre. chris froome stands on the brink

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in two thousand and six al-jazeera reporter ahmed say done traveled to helmand province in southern afghanistan to meet one of the leaders of the taliban. one on one of the one. god none of the. i. believe. the trip took several days of moving from one place to another before finally arriving at a location to meet. one of the taliban senior military commanders. he explained why the taliban refused to hand over bin laden. even though it had resulted in the american invasion of afghanistan and had cost the taliban their position of power. in the jet that she does courtesy she doesn't know that our home mission of the hour we're going to call it political there would preclude any. sort of though we hear muslim on you chad the spot and. you know as. well that the. field. with bin laden dead questions are raised about whether al qaeda will be able to orchestrate any major attacks in the future this footage released by al qaeda offers a glimpse into a possible rudimentary non-conventional weapons program. a new book revealed a plot by al qaeda to kill new york by spreading cyanide gas in a subway in

and then they left and as soon as they left the taliban to write back over all of helmand province up the provincial capitol basically and they had really accomplished nothing. now the argument is that we still have to stay because somehow we really had to stay forever because if we ever leave something bad is going to happen. bad things happen all the time. now despite all her best efforts if we leave it will happen because we left and a lesson from iraq for two was we should never have left. that's what although petitions have been saying and so they pretend that afghanistan is a magic portable to boston logan airport when in fact it's no-man's land. provides no special access to the united states whatsoever and in fact the taliban has a tremendous interest in preventing any international -- ever getting them into the mass that they got them into previously leading to this war. they have for years and years sworn that if we negotiate with them but they will swear up front that they will never allow international terrorist groups to be based out of afghanistan ever again. it doesn't

forces reportedly killed dozens of taliban leaders while they were holding a meeting in helmand province last week. according to the u.s., the dead included the deputy taliban shadow governor of helmand. russian journalist arkadad babchenko showed up at a press conference on wednesday, just one day after he was reportedly murdered. he revealed he had worked with ukrainian security services to fake h his own death in an effot to catch those who were trying to kill him. he apologized to his friends and wife who were not informed of the plan. >> i have buried both friends and colleagues many times and i know this horrible feeling of having to bury them. i would like to apologize for what you have on to go through but there was no other way of doing it.. separately, which apologize to hell she is been through. there were no other options. amy: babchenko is a veteran warr correspondndent who has been sharply crititical of russian president vladimir putin's annexation of crimea. president trump has finally weighed in on abc's cancellation of its hit show "roseanne" after its star, roseanne bar

aircraft pilot and has flown combat operations and support of operation enduring freedom in helmand province, afghanistan, and also counter piracy operations in the form of africa. she is married to david van damme, a decorated marine combat veteran and she is currently a major in the u.s. marine corps, but more importantly serves as a white house fellow. she is chief of staff for the director of disaster management at hud. ladies and gentlemen, katie then damme.- katie van [applause] general mcdonald: our third graduate is kate mcdonald, commissioned as a u.s. marine. andis also a combat veteran throughout her career, served in numerous challenging conditions including a year as a marine aide to the secretary of the navy. she served as commanding officer onlyhe marine corps' all-female unit, the fourth recruit training battalion. she recently retired to serve on the veterans committee at the veterans administration. she is the director of talent, acquisition and management at a consulting firm. ladies and gentlemen, here is your lineup, and i will join them. yes, please. [applause] as i wal

it happened in helmand province in the south. the overall u.s. commander, army general john nicholson, says it struck at the taliban's illegal drug revenues. >> this group in helmand in particular are very involved in criminal activity. they seek to continue instability so ty can prit from the drug trade. because of the money they derive from drugs, this has been one of the more well-equipped paid taliban networks, but by killing leaders we will achieve a disruptive affect in helmand. >> woodruff: separately, afghan security forces beat back an attack on the interior ministry in kabul today. the ministry says all 10 attackers died, along with one policeman. a bizarre tale of espionage and faked murder in ukraine today. police reported tuesday that dissident russian journalist arkady babchenko had been shot and killed in kiev. but this morning, he showed up alive and well, and said it was all a sting, to expose a russian plot to assassinate him. >> ( translated ): all these months we were in touch, and we worked on the details. as a result of this

unfortunately, lance corporal rivers was killed in helmand province on april 28, 2010, an ied. but the program continues and has expanded and would having a banquet next thursday night. these programs are incredibly important for morale but also, a lot of these guys don't get letters from home so thank you protruding. mr. wordin, in your test when you mention the project years reduce participants use of prescription drugs and opioids and other at the present used significantly. ande ug mr. dunn brought this us well about i think the process of dealing with these soldiers begins before they get home. the whole thing about ptsd, all that begins before they get home. one of my concerns, we've got 22 veterans per day that commit suicide. i just have to wonder how much of that is related to reactions to drug use and what you trying to do to reduce the dependence on drugs. i think, mr. wordin, could you comment on that, how you think that might help us reduce what i think is ann unbelievable tragey that's occurring every day with a veterans? >> sure. when you look at the report that

drone video showing a mobile rocket launcher destroying a high-level taliban command compound in helmand provincealiban leaders from across afghanistan. >> they tracked 450 -- 50 of them and struck them with rockets killing dozens of the enemy leaders. so where does this leave us at the end of that action? afghan forces in control of farrah and many of the leaders are being pulled out of the rubble. >> rick: when did this big strike take place? >> last week. u.s. marines fired rocket guided artillery in the high-level taliban meeting. it was one of the largest strikes in the past year. >> helmand has been the financial en again of the insurgency. they draw 60% of their revenue from narcotics. by killing leaders we'll have a disruptive effect. it has a significant local significance in terms of the fight in southern afghanistan. >> last month the u.s. military launched the second highest number of air strikes in the past 6 1/2 years, more than 500 air strikes in april alone. more than iraq and syria combined in the same time frame. as the war against isis runs down air strikes in afghanistan are r

unfortunately, lance corporal rivers was killed in helmand province in april 2010. an ied, but the program continues and has expanded. also for the families. a lot of these guys don't get letters or things from home. so thank you for what you're doing. mr. warden. open oids and others and at the present used significantly. i think the process deals before they get home. the whole thing about ptsd, all that begins before they get home. one of my concerns, we've got 22 veterans per day ha commit suicide. what you're trying to do to reduce the dependence on drugs, i think mr. warden, could you comment on that? how that might help us reduce what i think is an unbelievable tragedy that's occurring every day with veterans? >> sure, when b you look at the report that's going to come out, the ris bing factors they lookeded at, worsening of health status and decline in physical ability, those can be directly related to prescription drug yugs. and it's not working. it stars depression. eventually, that's what leads to suicide. >> for doctors. here's a pill, it's going to make

unfortunately, lance corporal rivers was killed in the helmand province on april 28, 2010. and ied. but, the program continues. it has expanded, and we are having a banquet next thursday night. the annual banquet. these programs are incredibly important for morale. but also, for the families. a lot of these guys don't get letters from home but they don't get things. oh, thank you for what you are doing. mr. worden, in your testimony, you mentioned that project hero has reduced participants-the use of prescription drugs and opioids, and other -- significantly. and, mr. done brought this up as well about, i think the process of dealing with the soldiers begins before they get home. and, the whole thing about p std, -- before they get home. one of my concerns, we have got 22 veterans per day that commit suicide. and, i have to wonder, how much of that is related to reactions to drug use? and, what you are trying to do to reduce the dependence on drugs. i think, mr. worden, could you comment on that? you think that might help reduce, what i think is an unbelievable tragedy that is occur

prince harry served two tours in the southern province of helmand.d forces has died down but he's carried on the work he's doing with veterans and people who have been injured. it is important for us to see him doing that. it is notjust british forces here. i am joined by a captain from the danish army. why did you decide to come along and watch the celebrations today? i went because as an ex—member of the queen's guard, i have an interest in the monarchy as an institution and i feel great enjoyment watching the royal wedding from the uk because i have lots of family back in london. my dad is from barbados. that's why i had an interest in this as well. your father is from barbados, your mother is white danish. meghan markle is also from a mixed—race background. do you see it as significant that meghan markle is coming into the royal family with that heritage? actually,i do, it is a nice symbol that the royal family can represent the current population as well, so it keeps the royal family quite relevant for everybody in the british population, so eve

ability to actually strike fear into our enemy and have that element of surprise going into helmand provinceet was going to be -- it was tell graphed by our former president. that was a detriment. pete: we forget about that. the surge in afghanistan. we surged but told the enemy when we were going to leave at the exact same time. >> did i not understand that that was one of the first times i have ever seen that being special operations our job was to have the element of surprise and take out the enemy. not having that element of surprise is kind of like fighting with handcuffs behind your back. pete: i have heard that from a lot of people. talking about striking fear. military can strike fear, you are saying a commander-in-chief also brings that aspect to a battlefield. puts a little swag near your step as well. >> oh, yeah. big time. it gives us that backing hey, when we go out here we have somebody who is going to back us up. if anything does happen and we need to get out, we may have to drop another moob, something like that. >> we have. partnered with general at a time that whtatawho is

as you say, prince harry served two tours of afghanistan in southern helmand province so there is certainlyremony in here, you can see there are some special guest who are already taken a seat. they have been thinking about doing a kind of street party in the sand but the weather here has been a little unpredictable, it orations though are infull unpredictable, it orations though are in full effect, a lot of them have been sent over by soldiers‘s families, including this fruit cake which survived a ten dayjourney all the way from britain to afghanistan. we will have a quick chat to captain lizzy mill water who has been in charge of the celebrations and putting the finishing touches. you have a lot of bunting, what else is in store for the troops? after an afternoon of wart, provided that the weather holds, we will do afternoon tea, watching the royal wedding and then we have got a british theme night in the cafeteria. no champagne? unfortunately not, we are a dry camp. we sure to have a drink when you get back to britain. the 650 troops in afghanistan from britain and i'm sure many will be