. >> the taliban claimed responsibility for the attack and the text message to kabul reporters. the area on a hotel is known to house the reporters of the intelligence agency in afghanistan, which was also attacked. it includes the most important buildings in kabul, including the headquarters of the nato-led headquarters in afghanistan, the afghan defense ministry, and cia's afghan station. >> it took 19 minutes to bring the siege to an end. officials said all five attackers were killed and two afghan guards. the attack happened just a day after the arrival of the u.s. envoy, appointed to help peace efforts between the u.s. government and the taliban. >> unfortunately due to the increase of different operations, perhaps prompted also by the activities of the insurgency, as declared in their campaign, the situation of civilians in the country and conflict-related civilian casualties are indeed not going in the right direction. to the contrary, the situation has worsened. >> the brazen assault by taliban militants has cast doubt on the attempts. they attacked buildings near the pr

from the ground no they don't they're made by states as much as they're made by on two printers and kabul is in fact is the topless with the state now they want the state to protect their property rights but also it to give them the lion's share of the profits any state that's probable enough to do that can actually take away your profits so you have this love hate relationship with the state now the big problem how do you pay for something powerful enough to protect you well the government that comes along is a wonderful lease what you're going to do is give them a loan and they're going to pay the whole thing bought plus interest and then they're going to protect your property of the same time here's the weakness in the argument the liberals nightmare that we still hear today but of everybody discovers there's good leads all the money in the contrary ends up going into government securities you end up with too much debt the productive economy suffers and we all end up in hock to china that was literally david hume's arguments you see nothing much has changed in three hundred years well

the major donor conference has taken place in kabul. pledged16 million was for development in the country. aid organizations are in kabul to decide how the money will be spent. >> on the agenda of that meeting today, democracy, governance, human rights, and banking issues. when that $16 billion was promised to afghanistan a year ago in tokyo, international governments put some conditions on it. they wanted to see improvements in the anti-corrosion measures and increased commitment to human rights and women's rights. that is what will be discussed today. they are saying there is a new monitoring commission. this month, the cabinet passed an anti-money laundering laws that they hope will be passed into law in afghanistan later this year. donor countries i have spoken to say they still have concerns about the country's commitment to human rights and women's rights. both sides agree to russia remains a pervasive issue here. the country is facing tough budget cuts as it tries to meet the terms of a hundred million dollars bailout funds. in c

he had as an argument you've heard before and it goes something like this bog of the foundation of kabul isn't what john locke and his guys were doing the english revolution and then a hundred years later when adam smith and his friends were consolidating and writing about what a wonderful system it is you basically have a bit of a going to duplicity going on which is the markets spring forth from the ground no they don't they're made by states as much as they're made by on to put those in kabul is in fact is the topless with the state now they want the state to protect their property rights but also it to give them the lion's share of the profits any state that's probable enough to do that can actually take away your profits so you have this love hate relationship with the state now the big problem how do you pay for something powerful enough to protect you well the government that comes along is a wonderful lease what you're going to do is give them a lord and they're going to pay the whole thing bought plus interest and then they're going to protect your property of the same time here

if you walked around kabul in the 1970s. you would see girls in skirts. see few women dressed in burkas. taking many visitors around to the booming tourist sites. it was radically, radically different place. one of the things i try to do in my books why it changed so radically. >> host: one of the most popular things i run on our website, foreign policy is a photos of afghanistan. people can't get enough, what are they? pictures of women in pencil skirts and snazzy "mad men" era furniture. >> guest: girl students. gerri: development projects and groovy record, hangout kind of clubs and stuff. and you know, there was a sense of afghanistan on a trajectory, a development trajectory. and actually in that period before it started to go downhill, right, u.s. and soviet union were competing for influence in afghanistan. both of them were building big projects. the dam the united states built in the south and the tunnel that connected afghanistan's north with the capital in kabul. these were incredible, they were moving society forward in very significant ways.

i also know from my work in kabul as a leading activist in civil society.and finally maiwand rahyab, the deputy director for afghanistan, a counterpart international who has been doing work with youth initiative. so we'll get a full picture of the diversity of youth and some other aims and aspirations. but i'll start by turning over to shaharzad. >> thank you for a very generous introduction. good morning, everyone. i'm very honored to be here. i will start speaking about afghanistan 1400 because i think not only because i represent 49 but also i think it tells us something white trash nation in afghan society of what future michael. afghanistan 1400, rachel stole my like of its 1400 refers to the new millennium force. the reason we choose to include 1400 in our name is that generally politics in afghanistan is either focused on past, on an ongoing blame game of who did what, when, why. or -- we want to revisit the future of afghanistan talk about the vision beyond 2014, beyond the western calendars, a vision for a democratic afghanistan. so that's why we c

for more on this, we can be ined by jane ferguson live for us in kabul.n terms of the devices being used, i.u.d.'s seem to be featured high on that casualty list. >> that's right. i.e.d.'s are famous in afghanistan for the weapons of choice for the table. that report you mentioned attributes almost 3/4 of all civilian deaths so far this year to anti-government forces. by that, they mean the table. i.e.d.'s as we know are improvised explosive devices that are often laid in the road and are intended to kill government forces here but are widely inscrim anytime and anybody can drive over the bomb if they're making their way to the market or to and from work or their home. i.e.d.'s in this report include suicide vests and the more complex attacks are where those suicide vests are used in the capital here and those have been on the rise and in those lengthy and often bloody battles, civilians are often killed as a result of that. but it's also worth pointing out today that the table have responded very quickly to this report. they've called it biased and dispu

programming from kabul and oh my goodness now there's so much coming out they have 20 tv stations. it is true it is a motley crew some of them are owned by the war lords so there is a certain element of control that way but at the same time some of these stations are putting out such aggressive investigative news you would be proud of they go to the places where the suicide bombings take place and they broadcast video and that has the effect on public opinion if you just hear someplace was bombed you can manipulate the us been in a different way than if you see people dying. the other aspect is they have aggressively called to the carpet afghan officials that are involved with corruption in to bring up documents but that has stopped the correction but it is important that people in the villages dnc it but on the bare hands i will tell you i stayed with a relative of mine. someone i never met but closely tied to the village. the bs second cousin or second cousin but very close in the afghan terms. [laughter] two days before i saw his wife it was not clear i was close enough to the f

senator john mccain is in kabul this morning expected to meet with service memberses in afghanistan.we are honored to take part in recognition of the men and women serving our country. >> on "cbs this morning." from kabul afghanistan. >> i would like to give a shout out to my little brother. >> my mom and dad. >> sarah. i love you. >> happy fourth of july. >> this morning's "eye-opener" is presented by choice hotels. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome to "cbs this morning" and happy independence day. charlie, gayle and erica are off. >> in egypt things are not looking good. >> egypt is weaking up to a new and uncertain era after yesterday's military-led coup and already this morning an interim president has been sworn in. >> president muhammed morsi was ousted after ignoring millions of protesters and the army's demand for change. clars a ward is watching the dramatic turn of events in cairo and she joins us from above tahrir square. >> reporter: what a difference a day makes. today egypt has a new president and a former president, egypt's first democratically elected morsi is under house arrest. some

so rather than going to some fancy halls of negotiations on international finance, i went to kabul, baghdadand in north africa to think about much more difficult problems. we had to put a new currency, a new monetary system in place in iraq. one of the most difficult things i've ever had to do. it was frustrating in a sense would call on ideas and people were not used to that but it's also really amazingly rewarding. it worked. the theories work and were able to get the financial system up and running with a lot of cooperation from the iraqis and i would say the combination of frustration, if, to me, the frustration of policy in general is that we have gotten off track because it's frustrating, almost tragic that we had a good set of, i say we, i mean america, had a good set of policies in place for nearly a quarter of a century. and we are not there now. it's very, very frustrating to me to see this slow recovery and problems that other countries, to. >> host: you also write about paul on new and "first principles." how did he do? >> guest: he wasn't there too long. he left pretty early. t

. >>> taliban insurgents have attacked a military-related facility in kabul, leaving at least seven people dead. it's the latest in a string of terrorist assaults in the afghan capital. an armed group detonated a car filled with explosives that was left at the gate to the facility and tried to enter the compound early tuesday. the attackers also exchanged gunfire with guards. local police say four nepalese guards and three afghans were killed. they s s s s s s s s s s s s s l the taliban n n n n n n n n n ne aimimimimimimimimimimimimimimim. the group also attacked the presidential palace and an airport last month. they're increasing their offensive ahead of next year's presidential election and the withdrawal of international troops. afghan officials say 300 soldiers and 180 civilians were killed in taliban attacks last month. >>> scientists in india have opened a new chapter in the country's space program. they put their first navigation satellite into orbit. it's part of the plan to create an indian global positioning program. scientists plan to launch a total of seven satellites. togeth

joining us live from kabul lt. colonel oliver north. colonel north great to have you here. for our troops and for your own service, sir. >> jamie, it was a wonderful day. and we got to celebrate that naturalization ceremony with general joe did you know -- dunford bagram air base. it's a wonderful thing to watch 37 americans joining this citizens soldiers, sailors, airmen, guardsmen, marines. american citizens after they have already been defenders of this country. one of those americans who has been over here some time, this is lance core central joe ski we're going to call it because i don't want to mess up his last name, is this the first time he was celebrated. >> yes, sir did is. >> what would you have been doing home. >> probably hanging out with friends and family sir. having a beer or two. sitting by the pool. >> they didn't have fireworks. because over here fireworks normally begin with a siren and people running for bunkers. one of the things that lance corporal ski does is protects very senior people out here to include the commanding general of the international

the taliban has carried out its fifth major attack in as many weeks in kabul.he afghanistan interior ministry says that more than 1000 people have been killed in the past month. >> in the early morning blast resonated around the city. a truck bomb exploded the gate of a logistics company and three of them tried to storm the compound. car bomb inside the compound, bombers entered. fortunately they were killed by forces during the first minutes of the attack. >> it took afghan security forces less than one hour to put an end to the attack. and made would target good on threats. in the capital alone, taliban fighters have attacked the international organization for migration and the supreme court as well as the presidential compound believed to be used by the cia, all in the past weeks. afghan forces have stopped a number of assaults. capturing and diffusing the of anotherts assailant on sunday. they say that his target were children on a nearby cricket field. 20% more were killed at the same time last year. glass, al-jazeera. >> the people are getting ready to ch

jennifer reports from kabul. >> afghanistan once had the strongest airforce in the region, and now, it's a fighter jets are abandoned. the force is mainly made up of russian helicopters and small planes, and their main job is to move cargo and personnel and transport people who have been killed or injured. >> we have been doing a lot of missions lately because it is the fighting season. we are always on standby, ready to go. >> while the response time has improved from three days them several hours now, it is often not fast enough. >> the biggest problem for us is we do not control the timing. we have to wait for an order from the commanders, and sometimes, we lose the casualties because of the delay. >> international advisors will be looking at at least 2017 for ready to deploy on their own. but they want fast jets. they will not get those, but they will get 20 close support planes. >> we will deliver those 20 over probably one year, so the first actually start arriving in december 2014, so you only really get a couple at a time. >> that is because they need time to train pilots, and th

karzai has to stay there in kabul and his successor after next year's election and live with whatever result comes out of it. they have very differentnts of view, president obama and president karzai, for good reasons. >> go ahead, andrea. one of the big tests now is whether karzai will permit the first freely handed over afghan government. it's not clear. he says he will. but we don't see what's going to happen in terms of the candidates and another leader emerging. that's one issue. the other issue is is that karzai has been himself quietly dealing with some elements in the taliban all along. it's just something that no one wants to confirm. >> if there was to be a residual force for either of you, how big would it be and what would its mission be beyond this cut-off of 14? >> well, clearly it would be to secure areas in kabul and to deal with possible al qaeda, you know, outbreaks and anti-terrorism. it would be a couple of thousand similar to what we left behind in baghdad. >> people, finally this issue question of course has been a long-running issue where the president is thinki

troops stationed in kabul, afghanistan celebrated the holiday with song. at bagram airbase, outside of kabul, more than 30 troops took the oath of citizenship. some military bases in the u.s. were forced to cancel or scale back celebrations because of the automatic budget cuts known as the sequester. one place the celebrations didn't stop was boston, where security was tight as large crowds gathered for the first time since the boston marathon bombings in april. crews at the scene of a deadly wildfire in arizona made more progress today containing the blaze. the yarnell fire-- burning northwest of phoenix-- is now 45% contained with nearly 700 firefighters working around the clock. fire information officer suzanne flory described the operation's main focus today. >> we're going to continue doing what we call a mop up, making sure hot spots are out around structures. we're doing this maybe even a little more than we normally do because there are so many structures involved. we want to make sure that those areas are clear so that folks can get back home as s

our other author wassal born in kabul. his father was a prominent military office and leader. after high school he served in the afghan air force. when the political situation changed in the 1980s and russians invaded, he fled to germany and then came to the u.s. where he enjoyed a successful banking career. like tamim, he was shocked by 9/11. he visited afghanistan recently, and buck read about his amazing journey back to afghanistan in his book "lost decency, at an award-winning book, "the untold story of afghanistan." i think today's program's going to be very interesting. you may hear different perspectives. you're going to learn a lot about the history of afghanistan, and if you read these two books which are both wonderful books, you'll get in one, tamim's book, the context and history of afghanistan. if you read atta's book, you'll see a character who comes to life during part of the period of history we're going to talk about today. so we'll start off, please welcome tamim. [applause] >> thank you all for being here, thank you to the commonwealth club. let me check the

american soldiers were killed in afghanistan and a suicide bomber riding a donkey detonated a bomb near kabul. four afghan soldiers were an interpreter were killed. the tensions recently escalated after 17 afghan villagers detained by the american special forces were later found dead. the taliban is claiming responsibility. >>> and a brave new girl is bringing new attention to the issue of child marriage. 11-year-old nada of yemen claims her parents wanted to marry her off to a much older man, and she escaped. speaking in arabic she threatens to kill herself if she is forced to marriage. there is no legal minimum age for girls to marry in yemen. in this impassioned plea she says what about the innocence of childhood? the video has six million views. >>> seven years ago a palestinian boy came to the bay area for a free prosthetic leg. when he needed a new one, the same group that helped him before is ready to help him again. he received his prosthetic leg from a doctor in oakland. he lost 18 family members and his lower leg in a rocket attack in his home in the gaza strip in stwiks. he -- 2006

they blew up a suicide car bomb at the gate to a nato compound in kabul today and they attacked a guard with small armed fire killing four guards and two civilians. four suicide attackers were killed and the taliban claims responsibility. >> the president and mrs. obama have helped their africa trip. reason and former president george w. bush placed a wreath at a memorial honoring the americans killed 15 years ago at an embassy bombing. letten americans died. mr. bush is there for a two-day summit on african women. >> straight ahead, we have the latest on the bart strike as the walkout enters day two and the role that former san francisco mayor brown is willing to play in bringing both sides together. >> we are following the impact on traffic with the bart strike. this is cell phone traveling on the bay bridge right now headed west. it seems like a lot of cars are >> we have breaking news right now. >> we still are waiting to hear from the district of the we have not heard anything from them. there has been a lot of information in the media that is again misinformation. >> this morning,

born outside the united states became naturalized citizens at a ceremony at bagram airfield outside kabul. and at mt. vernon in virginia, more than 100 citizens were sworn in. similar ceremonies taking place around the country. this holiday week. more than 7,800 people will now get to call themselves americans. >>> a lot of folks around the country found themselves dealing with extreme weather on this first day of the holiday weekend. look at this. it seemed more like the middle of winter in santa rosa, new mexico, after a storm dumped more than a foot of hail. they had to call out the snowplows. many homes and businesses were damaged. a along the florida panhandle today, heavy rain and thunderstorms caused flash flooding, and several areas as much as 20 inches of rain has fallen since this morning. and highly dangerous rip currents on beaches in florida and alabama force beaches to close. crystal egger. good evening. >> good evening. we are dealing with a serious flood threat across the southeast. if you have plans to be outdoors or do any traveling over the holiday, you are definitely g

american soldiers were killed in afghanistan and a suicide bomber riding a donkey detonated a bomb near kabul. four afghan soldiers were an interpreter were killed. the tensions recently escalated after 17 afghan villagers detained by the american special forces were later found dead. the taliban is claiming responsibility. >>> and a brave new girl is bringing new attention to the issue of child marriage. 11-year-old nada of yemen claims her parents wanted to marry her off to a much older man, and she escaped. speaking in arabic she threatens to kill herself if she is forced to marriage. there is no legal minimum age for girls to marry in yemen. in this impassioned plea she says what about the innocence of childhood? the video has six million views. >>> seven years ago a palestinian boy came to the bay area for aree free prosthetc leg. when he needed a new one, the same group that helped him before is ready to help him again. he received his prosthetic leg from a doctor in oakland. he lost 18 family members and his lower leg in a rocket attack in his home in the gaza strip in stwiks. he -- 20

american soldiers were killed in afghanistan and a suicide bomber riding a donkey detonated a bomb near kabul. four afghan soldiers were an interpreter were killed. the tensions recently escalated after 17 afghan villagers detained by the american special forces were later found dead. the taliban is claiming responsibility. >>> and a brave new girl is bringing new attention to the issue of child marriage. 11-year-old nada of yemen claims her parents wanted to marry her off to a much older man, and she escaped. speaking in arabic she threatens to kill herself if she is forced to marriage. there is no legal minimum age for girls to marry in yemen. in this impassioned plea she says what about the innocence of childhood? the video has six million views. >>> seven years ago a palestinian boy came to the bay area for a free prosthetic leg. when he needed a new one, the same group that helped him before is ready to help him again. he received his prosthetic leg from a doctor in oakland. he lost 18 family members and his lower leg in a rocket attack in his home in the gaza strip in stwiks. he -- 2006

small village in afghanistan, very impoverished, and when the book opens, they are on their way to kabul with their father, the two of them, and they do not know why, but what happens there ends up separating the boy from his beloved sister, and that act of rupture between these two characters has echoes and ripples throughout the book, and there are some characters who are not even born yet, and there is this trial, and then there are all of these branches that come from it, and i followed all of these voices that may have been affected by this. tavis: it is funny. usually you see a novel, maybe not usually, but oftentimes, more often than not, i read a novel, and the part that you do not want to give away is at the end of the book. in your case -- >> it is right in the beginning. tavis: i am glad you said that. it is unusual. >> it is unusual, and this book is unusual in another way, as well, and the book introduces another major character at the end, and that is another one of the no no's, that you do not announce a major character at the end of the book, unless you are writing a sequ

suicide attackers killed 6 people this morning at an compound the nato supply company in kabul. officials say the attackers set off a truck bomb there that opened fire on security personnel. the taliban claimed responsibility. >>> a strong earthquake shook part of indonesia 6.1 with an epicenter on the western tip of sumatra island. 10 people were hurt, 17 homes damaged. one witness says at least two homes were flattened. today earthquake struck in the same area where a large earthquake triggered the devastating tsunami in 2004 after christmas. so far no tsunami warnings. >>> president obama and former president george w. bush made an appearance today together in africa to pay tribute to the victims of the 1998 embassy bombing in tanzania then shook hands with survivors of the attack. relatives of those that were killed. president and mrs. obama are now flying home. >>> new this morning india turned down an asylum request from former national security contractor edward snowden who is seeking asylum now in more than 20 countries. he is believed to be holed up at an airport in mos

and altie world update time straight to kabul we go where at least ten people have been killed in an assault on a company of the afghan capital that a their job was to supply nato forces it was a car bomb that ripped through the entrance to the compound before five attackers started shooting all of them were killed along with four company employees anderson . and violent clashes with police have broken out again in brazil as protests against transport costs continue across the country rioting erupted in the northern city of menow was where vehicles were smashed and set on fire and truck drivers in sao paulo brazil's largest city while they blocked highways are still fuming over a highway toll prices on the soaring cost of diesel here. who are now the world's biggest gas producers have got to stop letting clients dictate policy and prices this coming from vladimir putin at a moscow energy summit attended by some of the world's largest gas producers a look at the various challenges facing the industry details on this now to katie pill. russian president vladimir putin has just addresse

there was supposed to be a free election but before the result was given he declared himself prison of kabul they stopped counting the vote government has a history of bringing the lections i don't recall a president being. elected all normally elected. so this election is no different and let's talk about these ritual killings and when i first read about them very shocking and disturbing why are they happening who's doing them how long has this practice been going on i think this practice has been going on for a long time and i think that what's happening is that it increased special. when during the election period i think that the culprit is the is the government and the reason why i think it's the government is because nobody is being arrested however we see bodies of people seashore we see buddies in the street being mutilated so we know the crime there but it in my great surprise there is nobody paying for those crimes so if nobody is paying for those crimes or that government should have should be behind it that's what i believe so you're saying that the government actually covering u

people have been shot dead on their way to work at a us military base in a province just south of kabul now the men aged between fifteen and twenty five were forced out of the van that they were traveling in before being executed it is unknown who carried out the attack but local authorities suspect the taliban is to blame. schools across south africa have celebrated the ninety fifth birthday of nelson mandela the country's first democratically elected president has now been in the hospital for almost six weeks fighting along infection although his condition is said to be steadily improving the iconic leaders health has left the nation anxious. well we're all taught not to play with our food but not everyone's taken that advice stay with us we have some stories coming up right ahead of. you want to hear something truly baffling the u.s. supreme court has ruled that generic drug makers cannot be sued for bad reactions to their products only the original branded creators of the drugs can the court's decision was five to four overturning a multimillion dollar award for a woman who was horr

for the kaiser report first though the world update go to kabul where at least ten people have died in an assault on a company in the afghan capital that supplies nato forces a car bomb ripped through the entrance to the compound before five attackers started shooting all of them were killed along with four company employees under civilian. and violent clashes with police have broken out again in brazil as protests against transport costs continue across the country rioting in the northern city of mine now us vehicles were smashed and set on fire and the truck drivers in sao paolo brazil's largest city they started blocking highways angry at highway toll prices and the cost of diesel. first time a financial mischief may soon fall under an amnesty or approves a draft lower intended to give offenders a chance to pay back their ill gotten gains it would cover many types of economic crime it has already split the public and business communities alike auntie's katie pilbeam reports now on the fine print. russia is expected to pass a draw a floor for those convicted of economic crimes which

fighters violence is spiraling in the war torn nation just weeks after a nato security handover to kabul. the scandal around a five month long hunger strike at one time a baby is gaining momentum to meeting democratic senators have urged obama to close the infamous prison facility as soon as possible that has the lack of action from the white house has inspired some to follow the prisoners example among them is the veteran human rights lawyer clive stafford smith who hopes to draw attention to the plight of good male inmates. i was in graham town in the last week and these guys assert. and i think it's incumbent on us on the outside it shows some solidarity with them. to just get more attention. to those prisoners are going through their i mean look i've been on a hunger strike now twenty four hours they've been doing it for five months of course it's not the same i think the point is to get people's attention i mean when we talk about risking people's lives there are people who are dying and i just want this to stop i think it's really important that it stops some of the people who are

the senator arrived overnight in kabul for an unannounced july 4th visit.pected to meet with u.s. troops, of course. mccain's visit comesa alt u.s. prepares to draw down forces in afghanistan. >>> a 22-year-old man facing charges after police say he tried to defraud the one fund boston. that's the group raising cash for victims of the marathon bombings. the man claimed his aunt lost two limbs in the bombing which could have qualified him to receive more than $2 million. prosecutors say aunt had been dead for a decade and the man had faked doctor's letters in his application. >>> a listeria outbreak may have killed one person and sickens four others. fda says the outbreak is linked to a cheese distributed by crate brothers farmstead classics in wisconsin. more information including safety tips at cnn.com/health. >>> now to your holiday weather. it's still very hot and dry in the west. boy, are we getting drenched in the southeast, chad. it is nasty. >> you have a conveyor belt now from the gulf of mexico. it is right over atlanta, right over asheville, nashv

this week british prime minister david cameron visited kabul following a recent policy shift towards of the taliban afghan president hamid karzai said the recent taliban attack on the presidential palace would not prevent of the negotiation process from going ahead washington is preparing for a troop drawdown in two thousand and fourteen amid ongoing instability in the nation that many believe was caused by the us itself spoke to one man who has had personal experience in dealing with the taliban journalist jerry van dyke was kidnapped by the insurgent group and then held captive for forty eight days while reporting in afghanistan in two thousand and eight he believes the militant organization will not compromise originally we went into afghanistan solely to destroy to dismantle to destroy if you will the taliban government and to destroy the. this war has morphed into has evolved into a war against the taliban the taliban as the military will tell you are on the ascendancy they are not losing they're willing to they're willing to continue to go forward been announced proclaiming to

bringing in its peacekeeping force also pushing for elections they want a so-called government in kabul the capital so that they can continue on with their peacekeeping operations i think there's tremendous landmines that could result as a result of this election for the simple fact that there are so many people outside the country as well as internally displaced persons it's going to be very difficult to have a huge turnout and also the lack of resources as well and there's still a lot of conflict going on inside the country so will the vote be credible given everything you've said will a vote be credible at the end of the day. it depends credible by who inside the country will probably lack a great degree of credibility i am certain that the united nations are will put its stamp of approval on the elections perhaps the economic community of west african states but it remains to be seen exactly how much credibility is going to happen the country there is twenty seven candidates contending the first round of the elections twenty seven twenty six men one woman four of the people involved