." >> 17 dead, dozens injured in kabul. the taliban target the indian embassy with a massive car bomb. david cameron is set to be britain's next prime minister. he tells the conservative party he is ready to take power. the justice officers as the biggest threat to power-sharing is international sanctions. -- a justice officer says the biggest threat to power-sharing is international sanctions. coming later for you, fighting his grandfather, the grandson of joseph stalin takes action against a russian newspaper. and the nobel prize for literature is won. the letter to you. the taliban are claiming they were behind a massive car bomb that exploded in the afghan capital of kabul. the blast between the interior ministry and another ministry injured dozens and killed some. they say the embassy was the target. from kabul, we have this. it was morning rush-hour, but it came to a deadly stop. a car bomb packed full of explosives ripped through. the victims were local afghans on their way to work. the shopkeeper says there was an e

india says its embassy in kabul was the target, the latest in a recent upsurge. the taliban claimed reonsibility. the typhoons destructive power in japan. commuters stranded, power cuts and flights canceled. what a difference a year makes. zimbabwe's main hospital goes from shut down to this. we are live in harare. the secret is out -- nearly. nobel committee about to announce the winner of this year's literature prize. we will report it as it happens. it is 7:00 a.m. in washington, midday in london and 3:30 p.m. in the afghan capital where another suicide bomber wreaked havoc. 12 people are dead and dozens injured. the explosions took place between the interior ministry and the indian embassy. the taliban claimed responsibility, confirming the embassy was of the target. eight years on from the intervention, at this will add it to the pressure of the international mission in afghanistan. >> it was morning rush-hour but it came to a deadly stop. it a car bomb packed full of explosions -- a car bomb packed full of explosives ripped through the neighborhood. this sh

fr kabul, we have this. it was morning rush-hourbut it came to a deadly stop. a car bomb packed fullf explosives ripped through. the victims were local afghans onheir way to work. the shopkeeper says there was an enormous blast. >> all i saw were dead bodies aninjured people l around me. >> the scene it is becoming latively common in kabul. one area has been hit four times by a bomb aacks recently, and insuents seem to be sending a clear message, "we can get anywhere in this country the ast hit a busy shopping spretreet. security has been increase some offials were killed. these types of atcks are designeto destabilize the government, and despi ireased security,he insurgts are still getting through. bbc news, kabul. >> i eide has denied accusations tha he h been involved in fraud. he has been sence until now, and his dety, pter galbraith, says investigations were blked into the fraud. the arab-israeli conflict will not be resolved ithe coming years. there will be fresh talks with avigdoriberman saying people have learned to live with the situations. the french

americans could walk around kabul and... i walk around kabul and have no problem.ere's not hostility, you don't see rage in people's eyes. there's a feeling that you didn't do anything, what's your point of being here? in the south and among the pashtun population, that's... and i guess you could call the hard line air glass the south and east, yes, there's a real sense of anger because that's a war zone. many people there have been caught up actively in theç conflict. in kabul there's just a sense of "i don't know what you're doing here, i don't know why you're still here after eight years. you didn't do any of the things you promised. you're a liar more than anç occupier." >> rose: are they prepared to accept the taliban returning to power? >> no, no. absolutely not. nobody wants the taliban. 6% of the people want the taliban to return to power, which is basically nobody. they don't, however, see the taliban as an immediate threat. and this is the big difference between iraq and afghanistan. the surge happened in iraq. and when i say "iraq" i really mean iraq.

nick schifrin, abc news, kabul. >>> next, we turn to health care. the nonpartisan congressional budget office said today the key version of the health care reform bill now before the senate finance committee will cost $829 billion and will cut the federal deficit $81 billion over ten years, meeting president obama's pledge to reduce spending. under the bill, 29 million more americans would have health insurance. >>> the government said today more than 400 schools have been closed for a day or more since the school year began, because of the h1n1 flu. for students and parents alike, the advice is the same. if you feel sick, stay home. but for millions of workers, staying home means losing pay. maybe the loss of their job, for they do not have paid sick days. here's steve osunsami. >> reporter: brian and suzi milbee say they are praying the swine flu stays away this winter, and their three children stay healthy. >> if the kids get sick, i can't take off from work. >> reporter: he's a butcher, she works for the military, and they're heading into the wi

back now to that sued car bombing today in kabul. cbs news correspondent mandy clark was close enough to feel the explosion, and she joins us now. mandy, good evening. it's good to see you doing well. you can describe what happened? >> reporter: certainly. i was entering the ministry of interior when all of a sudden i saw a blinding white flash. there was a deafening boom, and a shockwave so powerful it nearly knocked me off my feet. then all i could hear was the breaking of glass because the force of the explosion was so strong. >> i understand police came to your assistance. how did they help you? >> reporter: well, immediately, three police officers rushed up to me. they ushered me into a building and brought me into a room and told me to stay down. now their concern was foreigners might have been the target of the attack, and as a foreigner their immediate reaction was to take care of me and protect mese as a guest in their country and i was quite touched by that. >> when you finally did leave the building where you had taken she

today we've got the story covered from kabul to washington. let's begin with nbc's foreign correspondent jim miklaszewski, who is in afghanistan tonight. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, lester. u.s. military officials tell nbc news the attack on that remote combat outpost began shartly after dawn, raged on for more than six hours, and the base itself came dangerously close to being overrun. the surprise attack came in the most rugged, mountainous region of eastern afghanistan. about 80 enemy fighters bomba bombarded the u.s. tpost with rocket propelled grenades and heavy machine gun fire from the surrounding mountains and a nearby mosque. the fighting so intense, apache attack helicopters retreated under hostile fire. this hostile region with its soaring mountains and warlords has seen the frcest fighting of the war. in this weekend's battle, eight american soldiers were killed, but the u.s. military claims 50 enemy dead. >> i'm telling you there was some bravery up there, and they fought a hard fight and fought it very well. >> repor

nbc's adrian mong join us live from kabul, afghanistan. aided dree yen what is the move there what is the description of what went down over the weekend? >> reporter: hi, david. well, the attack has been described as being well coordinated, this was the words of the u.s. military. the military told local leaders about their decision to withdraw from the outposts. both of the small combat outposts are located in a very, very remote region in nuristan province which straddles the afghanistan/pakistan border, one was in a mountain, the american soldiers were able to defend successfully right away. the other outpost, however, was at the bottom of a valley surrounded by very, very deep -- steep, rather, mountains. the fighters launched rpgs and heavy gunfire at the ought potp some 50 enemy fighters, possibly some senior leaders possibly killed. the gun battle raged more than six hours with the americans using apache helicopters, heavy machine gun fire as well as air attacks, air strikes. the area is sealed off and a combination of forces are en

now, the un's ad entity in kabul, the un assistance msion in afghanistan, haalso become embroiled the election diute. yesterday,he u.n. dismissed the top u.s. officiaat the mission, former ambaador peter galbrah, after a falling out with his boss. u.n. special rresentative kai eide, over how to deal with e widespread chaes. in a letter to u.n. seetary general baki moon monday, lbraith charged that eide ha shown partialityo the karzai govement, refusing to take steps torevent the fraud, and trying to conceal it aftwards. he sd eide: t ban fired galbaith from th kabul post, and sued a statement affiriming his "full support" for eide. he said hemade this decision in the best interest of the mission." last night, eide defendehis handling of e election controrsy. >> warner: and peter galbrth joins us now. he served in a number of diplomatic pos, including as u.s. ambassador to croatia i the clton administration. from the unid nations, we have edwin moulet, and welcome to you both, thank you both for being with us. mr. galbraith, beginni with you, thesere very serious charges, t's start wit

. >> reporter: the bomb went off in the center of kabul nearly flattening the build ogs the street whiches both the indian embassy and the interior ministry. >> i believe that the suicide bomb was directed against the embassy because the suicide bomber came up to the outside perimeter wall of the embassy, in a carloaded with explosives, obviously with the aim of targeting the embassy. >> reporter: the blast took place just after 8:30 in the morning when most people were arriving for work, shattering glass andxd jolting buildings nely a mile away. the taliban have claimed responsibility, saying that the suicide bomber was a young man named halid who came from an area west of kabul. reports say that the man was driving a police car or an suv following two united nations vehicles, both of which were badly damaged in the blast. it's not the first time that insurgents have tried to attack the indian embassy here. a similar blast took place last year in the summer in july, killing about 60 people. afghanistan is one of the top two recipients of aid from india. it's worth about $1.2 billion. ro

with more on the battle, here's nick schifrin in kabul. >> reporter: nuristan province has some of thet hospitalible terrain on the planet. it is difficult and dangerous. it's the insurgents' backyard. it was 2:00 a.m. when hundreds of fighters left a nearby mosque in a local village. they attacked two separate u.s. bases using rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles. u.s. troops were badly outnumbered. it was a coordinated and bold assault. the troops called for backup, more troops as well as helicopters and fighter jets. abc's karen russo landed in nuristan in the middle of the night with a medevac team who rescued injured soldiers. >> it was low in a valley. as a result, when the helicopters fly in they sort of have to corkscrew down. very dangerous maneuver in daylight, never mind in darkness. >> reporter: u.s. troops in eastern afghanistan have been fighting on remote bases that ardifficult to defend. the new u.s. policy calls for some of those bases to be closed and the troops moved to more populated areas. >> we must focus our resources and prioritize in those areas where t

the suicide car bomber set off his explosives at the height of the rush hour, turning part of kabul streetto chaos. the taliban claims responsibility. the blast killed at least 17 people and injured 80 more. it happened right in front of the embassy of india. there were a lot of workers cleaning the canals, this man said, most of them have been killed. this is the latest in a string of attacks that have shattered the relative calm in afghanistan's capital. taliban fighters beauvergne to ramp up the violence ahead of the elections and they haven't stopped. this morning's blast comes as the white house weighs a request by the top general in afghanistan to send 40,000 troops to fight the taliban and keep them from giving safe haven to al-qaeda. >> they commander in chief is city studying the question and talking an a shift in strategy. as the president considers his opposition he is faced with opposition from his members of sending more troops even if it is not full 40,000. >> military power is not the answer alone to our problems. >> reporter: if he doesn't send more troops he will receive s

the explosion was near the indian embassy in kabul. officials say the bomb had been planted in a stolen afghan army vehicle. the blast leveled buildings on that street, leaving at least 76 people injured. this is the second major attack in kabul in less than a month as the war in afghanistan stretches into its ninth year. >>> another series of earthquakes in the south pacific prompted some tsunami warnings that were quickly canceled today. still, that sent residents on the islands of samoa and vanuatu scrambling for higher ground. there were four quakes, all between 7 and 7.8 in magnitude on the richter scale. there were no immediate reports of any major damage or injuries. >> back on the home front now. we had a spectacular weather day out there. bob, we warmed up a bit, didn't we? >> we did indeed. hi, jim. still having it outside, as a matter of fact. still some time to get out outside and enjoy beautiful blue skins, high, thin clouds. once again another dry day. look at the monthly rainfall in within chencheste winchester. early th

jim miklaszewski in kabul. thank you.ow, here's lester. >>> the attacks come as president obama debates whether to send more troops to afghanistan. good morning, david. the president recently sat down with general mcchrystal, the top commander in afghanistan, to talk about the way forward. there's some daylight between his vision and the white house plan. this attack, the deaths of eight americans, do you think it will offer more clarity or perhaps complicate this question of where the u.s. goes? >> in some ways it does complicate it. the debate is going on about whether the current strategy is the one to follow. is it worth endangering more american lives? is it the right strategy? it's the strategy the president committed to in march but he's being asked to double down on it and general mcchrystal has been outspoken in pushing his policy. escalation. more troops. doubling down on the strategy. the president appears to be pulling back a bit from that and there's a debate about it among the national security team. this is

live in kabul with the latest. connor? >> violence has hit record levels here in afghanistan in part because of attacks like this. u.s. military officials are calling this brazen. a complex, well-coordinated attack. more than 250 taliban insurgents attacked two u.s. military outposts in the eastern province of nurastan. the milttants were not able to infiltrate these outposts but after a long, bloody battle eight u.s. soldiers and two afghan soldiers were killed in this battle. it is one of the deadliest single days in afghanistan since u.s. forces landed here eight years ago. now, part of the reason has become -- these types of attacks started to happen is the u.s. military fanned out across afghanistan really taking the fight to the taliban, but it also gives the taliban the opportunity to attack u.s. soldiers and u.s. forces throughout the country. general mccrystal placed a real emphasis on protecting u.s. afghan civilians but also puts u.s. soldiers in harm's way. it's one of the things they're working on, trying to r

we're live in kabul.art of the chris sichl over president obama's nobel peace prize win. we'll look at the reaction coming in from around the world. new numbers are showing just how deadly the swine flu can be in children but parents are nervous about that new vaccine. we'll talk to one of the nation's leading doctors about its safety. good morning, everyone. i'm dan. alex is off this morning. our stop story at this hour. more violence in afghanistan as president obama considers whether to send more troops to that

troops, we have fox team coverage in washington and kabul.st up, to molly henneberg live in our d.c. bureau tonight, hi. >> reporter: the white house held two of five meetings of the president's national security team, to determine a new strategy in afghanistan. two more sessions are scheduled, for the coming weeks. the commander-in-chief and his advisors are wrangling with these questions among others. how powerful and dangerous is the resurgent taliban and how should the u.s. and its allies counter the reemerging threat and perhaps, most critically, should the u.s. send in more troops? vice president biden, the former chairman of the senate armed services committee, who opposed the surge of the troops into iraq, is reportedly arguing against more troops, along with chief of staff rahm emanuel and they favor targeting taliban strongholds with military raids and surgical strikes by unmanned aerial drones. but, general mcchrystal has made it clear that he does the not think that will work and has been sounding the alarm recently to the preside

how is it viewed from kabul? >> good afternoon, andrea. well, the u.s. military here described the attack which took place early saturday morning as well coordinated and directed at two small combat outposts on the border between afghanistan and pakistan. it's not clear how many enemy fighters or as the u.s. military confirmed, taliban fighters were involved, but one of the bases was almost overrun. the u.s. soldiers were able to rappel them from a base high up in the mountens and the base in trouble was deep in the valley surrounded by very high mountains and rough terrain and the fighters, which u.s. military say, the u.s. military says there were about 80, but having some reports ranging from 1880 to 300 were using heavy machine gun fire and rocket-propelled grenades to launch at the outpost. the u.s. military, aside from those eight american soldiers that were confirmed dead the u.s. military says about 50 of the fighters were killed, possibly senior taliban leaders. now, this combat outpost was due to be shut down as part of this new strategy under

there has been a large explosion in the center of afghanistan's capital kabul. police at the site of the interior ministry say they believe it's the work of a suicide bomber. at least a dozen people are dead this morning. the afghan capital has been hit several times in recent months by suicide bombers as well as roadside bombs. today president obama will be consulting with his war council about the next possible steps for the united states in afghanistan as well as pakistan. we'll keep you posted. >>> an alert for anyone with children. baltimore county police appealing for yourself. >> a admitted child abuser in jail but fear there are more victims out there. abc2 news sherrie johnson has details. >> reporter: officers arrested william davis tuesday and that's when police say they began to find a long past of crimes. baltimore county police were tipped off by a cable repairman who spotted child porn on davis's laptop while working at his home on chalcot square where he recently moved. he admitted to regularly watching child pornography. he told police he abused

nbc's adrian monk joins us live from kabul. what is the very latest on the taliban's part in this and this ambush that took place when you hear the description is just horrifying. >> yes, the u.s. military officials have confirmed that it was a well coordinated attack on two small combat outposts in nuristan province. the attacks happened early saturday morning. while the u.s. forces were able to repel one of the attacks on the bases the other base located deep in the valley surrounded by rough terrain the firefight lasted more than six hours. it's still not clear how many enemy fighters there were. some reports say up to 300. the u.s. military official said yesterday about 80. they have now identified them as taliban and said that they launched rocket-propelled grenades and use heavy gunfire and the safety of the mountains to attack this small outpost. u.s. military officials say the outpost became close to being run over despite a strong counterattack by u.s. troops by helicopters and air attacks. u.s. officials have confirme

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jim in kabul, afghanistan, with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. u.s. military officials say they have proof the taliban was behind the deadly attack that killed the eight americans. in fact, they say they have new intelligence that shows among the 50 or so taliban dead during that six-hour battle, it included some of the high ranking taliban leadership for the region. by all accounts this was a fire fight, heavy gun fire rained down on the remote area 10 miles short of the pakistan border. the fire and the fight was so intense some of the enemy fighters breached the wire and the u.s. military had to retreat inside the base itself and set up a new inner parameter. and after six hours apatchy attack helicopters, and heavy fighting from the americans, the enemy was beaten. the u.s. military already informed the area tribal elders they were getting ready to shut down the combat out best and withdrawal the forces from the region as of tomorrow. so those in the area knew that this was going to happen. and u.s. military officials are convinced the taliban org

the 24th soldier will die in that attack. >>> dozens hospitalized in kabul. victims of a suicide car bombing outside the indian embassy. the taliban issued a statement claiming responsibility. the afghan taliban is claiming outside the country saying that the bomber held explosives through the embassy gates. it's the second bombing since july of last year. afghanistan's government blamed pakistani intelligence for that attack. >> who do you think the president should listen to in the war in afghanistan and the way forward. call us toll free at 1-877-tell hhln. e-mail us or text views and your comment to hlntv. standard text rates apply. >>> a dalton, illinois, police officer has handed in his resignation after an altercation with a 15-year-old special ed student. the boy was slammed against lockers and pinned him to the floor because he wasn't following dress code. the teen broke his nose. the officer went to the hospital with a scratch to his eye. the officer was removed from the school, stripped of police powers, and placed on administrative leave. as we me

it shows a suicide bomber involved in an attack on the culture ministry in kabul. the bomber shoots the guard before storming into the building, gunning down others and then setting off his explosives. the taliban must have filmed the attack from one of those buildings. they have become more sophisticated not only in their media propaganda campaign but in their military operations. u.s. commanders admit that, and afghan security officials believe al qaeda has been behind the taliban's growing strength. the government says they often arrest foreign fighters crossing from pakistan. it's from there, according to afghans, that al qaeda and the taliban operate and bin laden continues to inspire many. the u.s. may be making some hehanistan, but the makeup of the enemy and the nature of the battle fight have been changed. it's no longer a fight against one organization, but a broader war against an ideology that is much greater than its original source of inspiration -- osama bin laden. >> zeina khodr in afghanistan for al jazeera english. >>> across the border, pakistan'

abc's nick schifrin joins us live from kabul with new information about who may be to blame. good morning, nick. >> reporter: good morning, lisa. yeah, afghan officialing believe these fighters came from pakistan. this base was only a few miles from the border and fighters can cross easily. the terrain is difficult for the u.s. to manage blue it's the insurgents' backyard. hundreds of fighters left a mosque in a nearby village a few miles from the pakistani border. they attacked two different u.s. bases in a bold and coordinated assault with massive firepower including assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades. outnumbered and in danger of being overrun u.s. troops called for backup, more troops and helicopters and fighter jets. abc's karen russo landed with medics who rescued soldiers. >> we flew in the cover of darkness and circled above to avoid fire before quickly corkscrewing to the landing zone below. we landed in a valley at the bottom of steep mountains making us vulnerable to attack even more so because medevac helicopters do not have any weapons. once on the grou

we've had one lengthy meeting already last week with general mcchrystal on the screen from kabul. we will have more. this week we'll have two more meetings. all of these things are being discussed as they should be against the back drop of this unfortunate tragedy that we all regret. but it serves to underscore the importance of the moment to make sure that the strategic issues and the strategic decisions that the president will make are fully aired and vetted and that the options that the president has are also put on the table. it would be, i think, unfortunate if we let the discussion just be about troop strength. there is a minimum level that you have to have that there's unfortunately no ceiling to it. >> schieffer: let me just put up on the screen here what exactly the general said last week in london. when he was asked is scaling back the force as vice president biden wants to do was a good idea. here's what he said. the short answer is no. a strategy that does not leave afghanistan in a stable position is probably a short- sighted strategy. that's pretty tough bottom line

the speech his opponents are calling december pick kabul. despicable. >>> nine minutes after the hour. thanks for waking up with us on hln. president obama flies to denmark today to throw his support behind chicago's bid for the 2016 olympics. the first time, though, any sitting president has gone in person. correspondent richard lui is joining us now. what's the chances he will be successful in this? >> good morning. we talk about chicago here. it has a few great selling points that will be brought up. first, it is low risk. the ioc knows there is a secure source of the in marketing income in the united states, lake michigan provides a very picturesque setting. and, of course, you have star power. have you the president, first lady, and even oprah, as you know, will make her case for why which i economy should get the games. on the flip side, chicago by lesser known. many ioc members have never been to chicago. the u.s. could also bring a greater risk of terror threats, too. so some pros and cons for. >> did you what about the other cities

the chairman of the foreign relations committee is in kabul. he says it would be irresponsible to dmit mocommit troops to the country without knowing who will be running the government. >>> a war hero died in an ambush in afghanistan earlier this month along with seven other soldiers. we talked to friends and family of the 21-year-old about the kind of man he was. >> reporter: relatives and friends walk through and honor to pay their respects to a soldier. >> anybody that goes over there is a hero. >> the dad of a childhood friend put back on the uniform he thought he never word to talk about specialist stephan mace. >> he had a tough challenge ahead of him. there's no question, if he said it once, he said it a thousand times. that he wanted to go back. he wanted to be with his friends. he wanted to be with his brothers. he did exactly what he was trained to do. i don't think he'd change it even know. >> reporter: his former football coach said everyone wanted stephan on their team. >> he wasn't the biggest kid i ever coached, the fastest, the

>> mandy clark in kabul. thank you. >>> tonight the "cbs evening news" with indicatity couric begins an in-depth series "afghanistan, the road ahead." and katie is with us live in the studio this morning. good morning. >> hi harry. >> this series now so important. what are you trying to understand take here? >> i think it's clear as you you well know that afghanistan is at a cross roads and u.s. policy is as well. the president is meeting with his advisers to figure out the road ahead. and that's what we're going to be looking at. but we want to give the american public a real understanding. it's been eight years. what kind of progress has been made? what are the challenges we face some people are really confused in terms of the relationship between the taliban and al qaeda, what is the role pakistan has, how can we support a government that many in the country see as very corrupt and not protecting their interests. so it's really afghanistan from a to z while the president contemplates his strategy and u.s.

but the there was another similar instance southwest of kabul, where there was a small arms incident and rbd fire. no one was injured there. shepard: we're learning about one of the deadliest recent days and the war. >> it was a bad saturday, this past saturday, in a province far northwest near the pakistan border. when a u.s. military force was overrun, outnumbered by taliban fighters firing from the hillsides. they killed eight american soldiers and two afghan soldiers who were there. we're now learning that some insurgents, the enemy, were also killed in that attack carried since then, forces have been chasing those responsible for the attack in the hills around that area, and they killed 40 more of the insurgents. shepard: david petraeus commented on the war in afghanistan today. what did he say? >> he said security is deteriorating, very similar from what general mcchrystal is saying. petraeus said today in the d.c. area that everyone agrees more afghan fighters, more soldiers need to be trained to take on that fight, they are in place to do it, the sooner we can surrender some

educational level, it's more diverse and it's always been tribal and they weren't used from control from kabul saddam hussein from iraq. it has opportunities for us and if we can drive them out of there and we've got to work pakistan because it's really the theater. that is why when he made his troop increase in march i thought he got it. now it's disturbing with this vacillation, this appeasement they are talking about he didn't learn from the past. remember, it was him who said it was a necessary war. so he has bought it hook, line and sinker. >> julie: okay, thank you very much. >> gregg: it's been a year since congress passed that $700 billion bailout bill, the tarp. americans were warned if congress did not act we would pay the consequences. so one year later, how did it work out for us? where did all the tarp money go? a man attacked by a bear and lived to tell about it. the mother bear was on top of him and he got away by hooking her with a golf club. >> gregg: a guy in florida thinks he hears some racoons. he opens the door and family of black bears is there. the mother is on top of hi

jim miklaszewski is in kabul for us this morning. mick, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, meredith. u.s. military officials tell nbc news there's proof now that the taliban was behind this deadly attack. in fact, they say they've got new intelligence that shows more than one regional taliban commander was killed in the fight. the deadly battle came in afghanistan's most hostile mountainous terrain. only 20 miles from the pakistan border. some 80 enemy fighters launched the vicious attack with rocket propelled grenades and heavy machine guns, firing from surrounding mountains and a mosque, fighting so intense, medevac helicopters couldn't land to rescue the wounded for several hours. u.s. forces fought back hard. pounding the mountain sides with attack helicopters and heavy artillery. in the end, eight americans were killed. but u.s. military officials claim as many as 50 enemy dead. >> i'm telling you, it was some bravery up there and they fought a hard fight and fought it very well. >> reporter: on a trip to the region

fox'seppl from kabul on today's deadly attack. >> reporter: u.s.y officials are calling this attack well organized and complex. more than 250 taliban insurgents attacked two u.s. military outposts in a remote part of eastern afghanistan. in the province where this attack happened is extremely rugged and difficult terrain to fight in. according to u.s. officials, after a long bloody fight, american troops were able to repell the attack, but it came at a high cost. eight u.s. and two afghan soldiers were killed. >> we're under the second day of the operations. reinforcement has been provided. quick reaction with the proper surveillance underground and normal framework operations are being conducted as we speak in the villages. >> reporter: the top commander in afghanistan, general stanley mcchrystal, has placed an much sis on protecting -- an emphasis on protecting afghan civilians and has asked for more troops in hopes of stabilizing the country. with the taliban gaining strength, general mcchrystal says there could be many more days like this one b

in kabul, conor powell, fox news. >> geraldo: i think that the president should heed mcchrystaled admonition follow their own president and agree. >> president obama put general mcchrystal in place as his hand picked person to lead that effort essentially saying i trust this guy. you either do or you don't. you have to listen to your military commanders on the ground who as i say have mud on their boots and blood on their shirts. here is what we need to clear the objective. we did have success in afghanistan until about 2004 and we started taking the resources away and putting them in iraq and then afghanistan has gone to the toilet. we have to decide, are we going to win there or get the heck out of there. woo if we are going to win you have to do what the general on the ground is telling us is necessary to get t done. he wants to hurry healthcare and stadium luciana and cash for clunkers but when our guys are getting shot in afghanistan, he wants to take time and think about it. >> geraldo: this is a fox news alert. as if we needed evidence that pakistan and afghanistan are trout with peri

s in kabul and bagrhram than there are in colleges. get off the concept like and and start looking at results. shepard: your final point is support. laid that out for us. >> the bottom line is this -- we are there to create a working, functioning government in afghanistan. karzai has deliberately use that against us. talking to afghan politicians, they will say, give us a constitution that allows elected officials to dictate budgets, and we will have results. right now, it is all appointees, all controlled by karzai. it should be about the constitution, the method. shepard: two quick questions -- do you have any idea why it is that for six years, we neglected this war and left our young men and women over there, frankly, neglected? >> we won this war in three weeks. we use air power and with the hell out of the taliban and won this war, and then we said we should go peacekeeping. we were not paying attention. we thought we were doing a stabilization thing. now, we are at war. secondly, we are not focused on doing what we used to do, wh

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. >> gregg: connor powell reporting live in kabul, thanks very much. julie. >> julie: digging as fast as they can in indonesia and rescuers hoping to pull as many survivors as possible, from the rubble left behind an earthquake and landslide and the quake striking the city, northwest of jakarta and had a magnitude of 7.6, hundreds, perhaps thousands of people believed to be buried under mud and debris with entire villages wiped away. a -- our sister network, sky news, has the report. >> reporter: the devastated set of pa dang knows time is running out. for many all they can do is watch and wait. the cleanup operation has begun, and this pile of wreckage and rubble was once a hotel. i received a text at about 3:00, yesterday. there are 8 people trapped inside. they said, please don't make the machinery go any further, it will squeeze us. >> reporter: elsewhere, the search for senior advisors continued. overwhelmed rescue workers have a huge job ahead of them. it is now three days since the 7.6 magnitude earthquake, hit indonesia. >> just a couple hours

if you take the haconi network, generally responsible for the bombing of the interior ministry in kabul, i think they're hard-core fanatics. if you look back to taliban control, when it had more in the earlier days. i particularly worry about women in afghanistan. acid in the face of children, girl children who go to school. women who can't work when they're widowed. huddled on the streets, begging. women beaten and shot in stadiums. you know, with all of its violence. i mean, that's one element of the taliban. i think we need to look for those warlords that we can work with. those who want to work for stability, for good solid governments. i don't think we can make the country into a jeffersonian democracy. but i do think you've got to stabilize this country. you leave this country and the taliban are increasing all of the time. they're taking over more. it will have a dramatic impact on pakistan one day. i really believe that. now, should we stay there 10 12 years? i don't think so. i don't think american people are up for that or want that. but i think -- i don't now how you put some

officials say 12 people died in kabul. the taliban claimed responsibility saying a man blew up an suv outside an indian embassy. indian officials say they targeted the embassy. the blast damaged its checkpoint, shattered windows and tomed restaurant walls. >> translator: there was an explosion. we were just sitting inside having tea when the explosion broke our windows. it was in the neighborhood of the interior ministry. thanks to god's grace no one in the store was injured. it was just our windows and goods that broke. thank god no one was hurt in our store. >> translator: if they would have wanted to fix it, they would have fixed it in the last seven years. what they've done in these last serve years, it's gone from bad to worse. it hasn't gotten better. >> the man that you just heard was referring to the u.s.-led war against the taliban there which had its eighth anniversary yesterday. >>> fbi has broken up an international theft ring. at least 50 have been arrested. they're accused of collecting personal info by getti

offered some of the more pointed challenges to mcchrystal who attended the session by video link from kabul. >> a short good answer is no, you have to navigate from where you are, not from where you wish you were. a strategy that does leave afghanistan in a stable po pa paefpaef casey, what do you make of this public rift between vice president biden and general mcchrystal? >> well, first of all, i think it is vastly overdramatized. if you read the stories about general mcchrystal's presentation he talked about debate and deliberation and despite what we are hearing in washington to move in the next couple of days or the next two weeks, i think the president is doing the right thing. he is doing what general mcchrystal recommended in terms of taking time to review this and doing what the american people would expect him to do as president. there will be debates within the administration and debates in congress. that is a good thing. it shouldn't be indefinite in terms of a time frame but the best thing we should do, we cannot make the same mistakes that the government made in iraq and one o

. >> what do you think of the government in kabul? i mean, that election's a little bit murky, to put it lightly. lots of talks of what we used to call in this country in our big cities, irregularities, meaning cheating. do you think there was enough cheating by karzai to steal that election? >> i'm not sure whether he stole it or what, but you and i have been through enough elections to know when you have 100% of a vote and a significant vote going to one candidate and all other candidates get zero, something's askew there. >> what about losing a georgia boy or georgia young woman gets killed down there? are they getting killed for the government that may be crooked? >> well, there's no question. what there's an awful lot of corruption in the karzai government. that's one of the ultimate issues that's going to have to be resolved. we're going to have to rid that government of corruption, and that's not going to be easy. we're not even going to be able to do that until we establish peace and have some success in that realm. here's wha

offered some of the more pointed challenges to mcchrystal who attendedhe session by video link from kabul. biden has argued against increasing troops in afghanistan. he favors stepping up predator drone strikes on al qaeda leaders and increasing training for afghan forces. now, thursday at london's institute for strategic studies, general mcchrystal was asked directly whether he thought limiting, a limited countertrorism effort in afghanistan would work. here's what he said. >> the short answer is no. you have to navigate from where you are, not from where you wish you were. a strategy that does not leave afghanistan in a stable position is probably a short-sighted strategy. >> senator casey, what do you make of this very public rift between vice president biden and general mcchrystal? >> well, first of all, i think it's vastly overdramatized. if you read the stories about general mcchrystal's presentation, he talked about debate and deliberation. and despite what we're hearing in washington, to move in the next couple of days or the next two weeks, i think the president's doing the right

we're live on the ground in the kabul. patti ann: whose fault is it that chicago is not the olympic city for 2016? some people are blaming president bush. bill: we are about a week removed from that urgent call for more troops in afghanistan. the attacks targeted remote u.s. bases near the afghanistan/pakistan border. these are outposts where the u.s. military will set up camp in the middle of enemy territory. there at the center of u.s. strategy there. how was the taliban able to pull off this raid? >> well, it was a massive show of force. more than 250 taliban fighters attacked these two u.s. military outposts -- outposts. this is a part of eastern afghanistan. the u.s. military called this a well organized plan. the battle lasted through most of the weekend. u.s. forces were able to repel the attack, but it came at a very high cost. it was one of the deadliest and bloodiest days in american fighting history here in afghanistan. bill: such a tragedy. back here at home, the debate really focuses on the leaked report that

un carro bomba causÓ una explosión en el centro de kabul, afganistÁn.a ocurriÓ frente a la embajada de la india y el ministerio del interior. representantes del gobierno interino de honduras y del depuesto presidente manuel zelaya iniciaron negociaciones en tegucigalpa con la mediaciÓn de la oea. fue la primera vez que se sentaron a dialogar, mayra navarro nos dice cÓmo fue ese encuentro y que se consiguiÓ en ese primer dÍa. >> las esperanzas con que comenzÓ el diÁlogo se desvanecieron sÓlo horas despuÉs. en una acalorada reuniÓn roberto micheletti increpÓ a los enviados de la oea sobre su posiciÓn en la crisis hondureÑo. >> los discursos que han hecho son totalmente diferentes a eso... a lo que se comprometieron al venir aquÍ. son diferentes porque son que hay que volver a poner a zelaya, y si la decisiÓn de la comisiÓn dice que no, ¿porque ustedes van a imponer eso? >> el lenguaje diplomÁtico fue hecho a un lado en muchas de las respuestas. >> no nos toca juzgar los actos del presidente zelaya. definitivamente no tenemos jurisdicciÓn, no tenemos compe