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. >> kabul, afghanistan afghan president hamid karzai is currently refusing to sign a treaty that would leave a small nato force in the country. if nothing changes, all foreign soldiers will leave by the end of this year. in secret, karzai has been negotiating with the taliban, in order to avoid a full-blown civil war. since 2005, the taliban has clawed back territory. they now dominate large parts of the country. >> but approximately only one hour's drive from here, right over behind the mountain there, is logar. and in logar there's still a war going on. >> i wanted to see what the war looked like from the other side - in the charkh district of logar province - a region which has seen violent clashes in recent years. through trusted sources, we contacted the taliban there. i hoped it would offer a rare glimpse inside the insurgency. we were told we would get a phone call in a few days. >> "i'm on my way to see what the taliban are up against. i'm going to visit a training center for the afghan national army" >> while the afghan national army is around 200,000 strong, it's reported to

. >> kabul, afghanistan afghan president hamid karzai is currently refusing to sign a treaty that would leave a small nato force in the country. if nothing changes, all foreign soldiers will leave by the end of this year. in secret, karzai has been negotiating with the taliban, in order to avoid a full-blown civil war. since 2005, the taliban has clawed back territory. they now dominate large parts of the country. >> but approximately only one hour's drive from here, right over behind the mountain there, is logar. and in logar there's still a war going on. >> i wanted to see what the war looked like from the other side - in the charkh district of logar province - a region which has seen violent clashes in recent years. through trusted sources, we contacted the taliban there. i hoped it would offer a rare glimpse inside the insurgency. we were told we would get a phone call in a few days. >> "i'm on my way to see what the taliban are up against. i'm going to visit a training center for the afghan national army" >> while the afghan national army is around 200,000 strong, it's reported to

she joins us from kabul. we continue our conversation with michael o'hanlon from the brookings institution. we go to larry joining us on the republican line. with all dueanlon, respect, personal outrage does not trump physics nor does it knowledge and the evidence that they tore down building seven on 9/11. host: this is a different topic and we move on to jesse in michigan. caller: >> good morning. good morning. i have heard of different in afghanistan -- in afghanistan, i want to ask -- what is -- what is so special about afghanistan, all these wars going on. thank you, jesse, we will get a response. why afghanistan? guest: there have been a lot of conflicts in afghanistan and in the 19th century, we talked about the great game with the british and russian empires colliding in afghanistan, and standing up for their own country and pushing out these foreign powers. but in terms of the modern era it does begin with the soviet invasion. ae soviets tried to install true communist government, in the late 1970's,

charity in kabul. >>> one year from the building collapse, victims wait for compensation. we ask why. >>> and a trial in munich for bribery charges which he denies. >>> hello everyone. let's start in ukraine where a tense standoff continues in several cities in the east of the country. the ukrainian government says it now has gained control in the east in the city at mariupol, a port from pro russian separatists holding the hull the last several weeks. in cities like slovyansk and donetsk, russian protestors occupy government buildings after two weeks. the question remain, how much control does russia, in other words moscow, have over the pro-russian separatists in the cities like this in the east? president barack obama has accused russia for failing to respect the terms of last week's geneva agreement that seemed to offer a chance of defusing tension. >> we have seen them not a bide by the spirit or letter of the agreement in geneva. instead we continue to see militias and armed men taking over buildings, harassing folks who are disagreeing with them. >> this after warni

. >> kabul, afghanistan afghan president hamid karzai is currently refusing to sign a treaty that would leave a small nato force in the country. if nothing changes, all foreign soldiers will leave by the end of this year. in secret, karzai has been negotiating with the taliban, in order to avoid a full-blown civil war. since 2005, the taliban has clawed back territory. they now dominate large parts of the country. >> but approximately only one hour's drive from here, right over behind the mountain there, is logar. and in logar there's still a war going on. >> i wanted to see what the war looked like from the other side - in the charkh district of logar province - a region which has seen violent clashes in recent years. through trusted sources, we contacted the taliban there. i hoped it would offer a rare glimpse inside the insurgency. we were told we would get a phone call in a few days. >> "i'm on my way to see what the taliban are up against. i'm going to visit a training center for the afghan national army" >> while the afghan national army is around 200,000 strong, it's reported to

he did talk about the one attack on people to talk about love our province but here in kabul. the city of seven million people where people have been tense they have been on edge for the past week leading up to this historic vote so far things have gone amazingly smoothly here. evidently there is a large turnout. i am voting precincts throughout this country people lined up in some places for blocks. a lot of folks realize what is at stake and it could be the first peaceful democratic transfer of power in afghanistan and people despite taliban threat say they are going to go out they are going to have their voices heard. if you look outside it may look a little more like a police state that democracy but to date no one is complaining about all the authorities of all the police and all the army soldiers there on the streets because they are the ones keeping taliban insurgents out of the ski area since the ford plant. things have gone very well. they turn out this is exactly what the government wanted village on the selection comes as the remaining nato troops are preparing to w

you should come back with us to nangahar. >> oo you were in kabul. >> guest: i was in kabul at the time and i had never been to the pakistan border. i had certainly never flown in a u.s. military helicopter, and what i didn't -- >> host: usually normal civilian helicopters to get around new york. >> guest: that's how i got here. so, i -- what didn't realize is they would keep me on the base. they wouldn't let me go off the base. about they brought all kinds of people in. and what i realized was, first of all this this is not a good way to do field work so i did not have that arrangement again in my subsequent three trips there. but what became very clear was how intimate the relationship was between the americans and sharzai, and that's been very interesting for him as a governor because on the one hand the benefits are very obvious. basically -- first of all, affords him an independent source of influence and income outside of his relationship with president karzai. the other thing it does, of course, is give him a leg up from a coercive perspective from all the other actors. so his --

>> pretty much. >> heading back to kabul with the suspect their work is done for night. the suspected taliban members will be handed offer to afghanistan'afghanistan's judge. their fate is now in the hands of the state. but that is a huge challenge for these men. many of the taliban members they capture on raids are later released. allegations of taliban fighters bribing their way out of jail are common. at other times a political favor sets them free. >> it's frustrating. you arrest a guy two months ago in a compound in a target area where you put a lot of effort to arrest him with a lot of convicting evidence on him and two months later you see him again in another compound then it's frustrating. what are you doing here? >> he is determined to keep fighting, regardless of the risks he faces in the field and the challenges his men face as they fight this war increasingly by themselves. they are the country's most elite fighters and they know if they can't do the job, no one can. >> al jazeera's jane ferguson reporting for us from afghanistan. we are can back with the gr

so the mandate that we will have is a very different mandate. >> reporter: we drive north of kabul to rally for a candidate who believes the best people to run afghanistan are the men who fought its worse. he's an islamist scholar, one of the most notorious warlords. in the past decade he's been useful to the west. in this election he's even talking about women's rights. >> how is the campaign going? >> reporter: he only moves with his private army. he fought against the taliban in this area. he's still at the top of their hit list. look at the crowds that have gathered here at this rally, the man who symbolizes one of the bloodiest eras in afghanistan history. having guns is in longer enough. his rally brings out the men they call mujahideen, they fought against soviet troops. this isn't a gathering of soldiers. they're devotees. the mujahideen aren't playing a big enough role in government he tells them. it's not enough to just be the army and police. he says men like him are misunderstood. >> we guided our nation in a very bad situation in the days of the war when we were able to r

just back from kabul. nice to see the crown as well the postman pat today we can join the conversation on facebook and twitter are passionate and two for debates. forty eight hours to go a lot of uncertainty so it's always a heavy lift organizing an election in afghanistan a few days ahead of the presidential vote thousands of ballot boxes were transported to polling stations across afghanistan the mormon by the way is on offer. i wanted to deliver without a hitch. and i do think oh four got it from after thirteen years in power president karzai will leave office since he cannot run for a third term the candidates will to succeed in the front runners if the election goes smoothly it would be afghanistan's first democratic transition anniston in the coming days could see the very first time a new leader take power through nonviolent means to be the very first time that a sitting here it would willingly hand over power to the new leader. the main concern is the growing unrest in recent months the taliban wer

these men, walking through the gate of kabul's upscale supposedly safe serena hotel. they were searched, but not thoroughly. they had pistols hidden in their shoes, undetected. they walked to the hotel restaurant and started shooting. >> the first thing i hear is just a bunch of popping. i hear gunshots. >> reporter: kim motley, an american lawyer, had just checked in. she represents afghan rape victims and works to free foreigners from afghan jails. she knows how dangerous it can be here. did you think you were going to die that night? >> i thought it was a possibility. it was the closest i've ever come to thinking i was going to die. >> reporter: by the time police arrived, six people were injured, nine were dead, including abu zar's brother and sister, ages 5 and 6, his mother who had pleaded for her children's lives, and his father, respected afghan journalist sardar ahmed. this is one of the most dangerous countries for journalists, it's unclear if sardar and his family were targeted because of his work or caught up in an attack on a hotel full of foreigners. sar

heavy security surrounded the polling station we visited in kabul. it was packed with voters like ismat mohib. >> it is our duty to vote. >> reporter: your duty to vote. >> it won't stop us if we get threats or if we get suicide bombs. >> reporter: it still won't stop you? >> it still won't stop us. it won't stop any of us. >> reporter: the taliban threatened to do everything they could to disrupt the elections, but they were a virtual no-show. regardless of who comes out on top of these elections, if there's a big voter turnout, as is hoped, it will be seen as a victory against the taliban, and a message that democracy can work. of the eight candidates, only three stand a real chance of becoming successor to afghan president hamid karzai. abdullah abdullah, the most familiar face to most, runner-up to karzai in the last elections. zalmai rassoul, the former foreign minister, who is still a close ally of karzai's. and ashraf ghani, a former finance minister who came out of nowhere, whose driven voters like alab safi to the polls like never before. wh

for the provincial elections there are six pages, 400 candidates in kabul. each voting must choose one candidate. president hamid karzai was one of the first to vote, bringing to an end his 12 years of rule since the taliban was forced out of power in 2001. >> translation: i cast my vote as a citizen of the country, i'm glad and proud i have voted. i'm certain that the event and our people's participation would take afghanistan towards stability and better lives. >> there are eight candidates. zalmai rassoul is another, and ashraf ghani ahmadzai. kabul was locked down as part of a nation-wide security operation mobilizing 400 security personal. that helped to bring the number of attacks to afghanistan. ballot counting started since polls closed. there are aless of fraud being made. that will test the independence of the election commission. >> complaints could be handled, because we don't know how the election and complants commission will act during the past experience. it remains to act whether it is sin sorely or in favour -- sincerely or in favour of a c

and the latest we're hearing from kabul is that six police officers have been killed. of us in context, security of primary concern because we have that crucial presidential election taking place in afghanistan on saturday. >>> time now to catch up with the business. aaron is with us now. a massive walkout at lufthansa. >> quite possibly the biggest walkout in lufthansa's history. thanks, lucy. yes, luff stan is a and subsidiary german wings not a good day, three days possibly because a three-day pilot strike kicks off right now. nearly 4,000 flights will be canceled. this, of course, needless to say is a headache germany's biggest airline could do without. it will hit them right where it hurts, right in the pocket. lufthansa stands to lose tens of millions of euros, possibly daily. the cockpit action represents most of lufthansa's near 5,500 pilots. all this is because lufthansa scrapped a retirement deal and the pilots say they don't believe the payoff is good enough. our correspondent steve evans has the latest. >> basically lufthansa signaled disruption, more than

let's get the latest from our correspondent, who is live in kabul. bring us up to date.hat more do you know? >> well, this morning an afghan security guard was supposed to secure the hospital. he opened fire on the hospital and killed three foreigners and injured two. now it is the second similar attack on foreigners in three weeks. earlier, three weeks ago, an afghan policeman opened fire on two journalists, killing one, injuring another. these attacks affected the work of foreigners, that aid was coming and delivering by the foreigners. afghan police is telling us that the guy who - the policeman who opened fire on the foreigners in the hospital is under arrest, and he has injured himself. >> live in kabul, thank you. >> pakistani fighter jets carried out air strikes in the north-west, bombing fighter bases. close to the afghan border. the military says it inflicted casualties. live to kamal hyder, joining us from islamabad. what can you tell us about the incident in pakistan today? >> we are told that the air strikes took place early in the morning and they were in re

it happened at the cure clinic in kabul. "today in the bay" peggy bunker is here with more. >> a second time this month that an afghan turned on a foreign civilian and this latest incident is especially sad. his visiting friends a father/son doctor team also shot in cold blood. the three americans were killed in the afghani capital by a rogue security officer at that children's hospital. it is a charitable children's hospital run by an american group that is based in pennsylvania. the doctor that was killed has been treating afghani children for seven years at the cure hospital, as it's called, making his death especially senseless. a rogue cop or security officer and located in a very secure area right near the american university of afghanistan. he allegedly just walked in and shot the four americans, killing the three doctors. the fourth american that was shot was the son's wife. she was wounded, she had to undergo surgery and within the past hour we heard from the afghan health minister who gave us an update on her condi

the gunman was a security guard at the cure hospital in kabul. the guard shot the four americans, then shot himself in the chin before he was taken into custody. he targeted an american doctor and three hospital visitors. the doctor, a father, and his son were all killed. both the women had surgery at the same hospital and both are stable. the taliban is not claiming responsibility. the cure hospital is run by a faith-based charity out of pennsylvania and treats 37,000 patients per year. >> and turning now to the president's four-nation asia trip, president obama is wrapping up a state dinner at japan's imperial palace, where he exchanged toasts with the emperor of japan. take a listen. >> it's been nearly 50 years since my mother first brought me to japan, but i have never forgotten the kindness that the japanese people showed me as a 6-year-old boy far away from home. it's also very humbling. i stand here as the 44th president of the united states. your majesty is the 125th emperor of japan. >> quite a contrast there. during his first full day

she joins us from kabul. we continue our conversation with michael o'hanlon from the brookings institution. we go to larry joining us on the republican line. with all dueanlon, respect, personal outrage does not trump physics nor does it knowledge and the evidence that they tore down building seven on 9/11. host: this is a different topic and we move on to jesse in michigan. caller: >> good morning. good morning. i have heard of different in afghanistan -- in afghanistan, i want to ask -- what is -- what is so special about afghanistan, all these wars going on. thank you, jesse, we will get a response. why afghanistan? guest: there have been a lot of conflicts in afghanistan and in the 19th century, we talked about the great game with the british and russian empires colliding in afghanistan, and standing up for their own country and pushing out these foreign powers. but in terms of the modern era it does begin with the soviet invasion. ae soviets tried to install true communist government, in the late 1970's,

witnesses in kabul, from hospital officials. this happened just around 10:00 this morning kabul time. a well-known physician. he's been identified by colleagues as a man from chicago and we'll get more details about him. >> jerry umanos. >> jerry umanos was receiving guests, three other americans. they arrived. they were dropped off in their vehicles and they were inside what is effectively the pound of this hospital, a well-known hospital treating mostly children and women with problems during pregnancies, prenatal care, after-delivery care and after they were dropped off dr. umanos was greeting them and then a security guard an afghan security guard assigned by the ministry of interior ministry, turned his gun and shot him. we're getting information about who they were. it appears that the three of them were maybe members of the same family? two of those guests, those later arrivals were killed along with the -- with dr. jerry and the third, a woman was injured. after the shooting the afghan security guard who had just somewha

a terrible situation in kabul. we'll bring you the latest coming up. >> so tragic there, thanks so much, peggy. >>> a san jose state student is in the hospital recovering from burns suffered from an overnight apartment fire. this happened a block away from campus on east williams street. christie smith joins us live with more detail on what could have sparked the flames. good morning. >> good morning to you, scott. one of those things you learn early on and that is to be careful with those matches. a report that firefighters are getting that one of the room mates may have lit a candle and then got a distracted and set that match on to racoua couch. this is what we're talking about near san jose state, that is the unit on the third floor and cell phone video this morning to show you of flames pouring from that apartment here on east williams. this started around 11:30 last night. a cell phone that may have played a key role in helping one person get out. he ran out and called his roommate who was still inside to war

and in the east, with occasional forays into kabul. now there are concerns that the taliban can move anywhere it wants in the city and you don't see foreigners going around as today used to, and some of my friends, afghan friends, are getting armored cars for the first time and they themselves are feeling concerned, which goes -- i think says more than even the concern that foreigners are showing here. >> well, we're keeping our thoughts with you and hoping you stay safe out there. thank you, richard engel. we're going to continue checking in with you leading up to saturday's election. >>> up next on "rf daily," another big car manufacturer is announcing a huge recall today, even as general motors' ceo returns to capitol hill for yet more grilling from lawmakers. >> this, to me, is not a matter of acceptability. this is criminal deception. ♪ [ engine turns over ] [ male announcer ] the 2014 nissan altima. with 270 horses... ♪ ...blind spot warning... ♪ ...and advanced drive assist. ♪ nothing beats an altima. except another altima. ♪ ni

afghans voted for a new president will talk to our correspondent in kabul the reports one of the chip searching for the missing malaysian airline is like a detective a single from. will conservatives of trauma the program for the european parliamentary elections the pd. their ballots sunday in a presidential election that should ring a bell first democratic transfer of power in the nation's history voters call to the polls to find nationwide threats of attacks by the taliban reports of violence were relatively few. eight candidates were on the ballot having to take over from outgoing can present on the coastline. he has been in office since the us led invasion in two thousand war counting is under way and election workers and easy given the high turnout was country to analysts' predictions. some polling centers stayed open longer because so many people was stood in line. millions of afghans define to threats of attacks. eager to do their part in choosing the next president. women and men voted separately. everyone turning out to express their longing for a democrat sic and secure afgh

, i'm told by my friends in kabul that the number of people in line to get voters i.d. has increased more than 3 million and new people, meaning new people who have come of age or didn't register before have registered. i think the number of participants will likely be much higher than the previous election. >> there is a lot of enthusiasm despite theup tick in violence that we have talked about in the country. what do the afghans think this election is going to do for them? >> they believe this is going to be a new chapter. i think president karzai has achieved a lot during his term, afghanistan is fundamentally a different and a better place than it was. most afghans have benefited a lot from the change, although there are some who have suffered, particularly in the south and the east because of the security problem. afghans live longer than they did before the west went in. millions, over 10 millions afghans go school, 900,000 did under the taliban and the income per capita was only $180, now it's close to $700. still a poor country, but a much better country than it

for more on election now would undergo the correspondence on caleb in kabul. sean was the situation on the ground in a way you walk. well it's extremely tense it has been for the past several days we had a new twenty cents leading up to this the taliban basically is trying to wage war on the democratic process here in afghanistan telling the government telling people what within this nation that by going to the polls on april's that they run the rest of us running into a strain on top of my taliban insurgents and so far the past week that really capture their work there were two attacks early in the week and then after three days of relative calm was a vicious attack yesterday on a very crowded street light in from the ministry of the interior me a of an insurgent. we dressed in a police uniform detonated a blast killing at least six officers are wounding five others the goal by the insurgents is to try to spread a wave of intimidation and fear across this country. keeping people from going to the polls. now we know that it's a very important presidential elec

in kabul, the lines were very long. lots of men and women voting.n some places, actually ran out of ballots, there were so many people who wanted to vote. where i spent most of e day, about 70 miles south of kabul, there were very few voters. quite a bit of sort of small-scale taliban violence. and people worried about the insurgents potentially punishing voters after casting their ballots. so i think it really varied across the country pretty wildly. >> what about the leading candidates. >> reporter: a former world bank official, johns hopkins professor, phd from columbia university, who ran in 2009. and i think at around 3% of the vote. did very, very poorly. but this time has managed to really galvanize a huge number of afghan voters. in part by choosing a controversial vice president, a warlord named dostin, very, very popular with certain ethnic groups, but has a sort of sketchy history. the other candidate who is doing very well is dr. abdullah abdullah, came in second to karzai. and abdullah is the most prominent tajc candidate at this point.

-funded charity hospital in kabul.ople giving up their time and now their lives to help people on the ground. the president told the american people that this was the right war and afghanistan was where we needed to be and security a stronger, more stable future. in what shape are we exitting from that war? >> our goal was to go in after september 11th and kill al qaeda. he succeeded by 2001 doing that and pushed them out of the country. but instead of doing a hot pursuit into the afghanistan to kill to remaining ones we stuck around. we were there ten years and didn't succeed in nation building. president obama came in and said this is the just war and good war and we have to win this war. he surged with a time withdraw safety and the bad guys said we will wait until you leave. are we trying kill al qaeda? they moved on. they are in libya and yemen. are we trying to kill the taliban? that is way too many. and we will stick around and nation build? that will take 30 years. i say pack up, come home, 2000 americans died,

we will talk to our correspondent in kabul. china reports that one of the ships searching for the missing malaysian airliner may have detected a signal. and chance alone -- and chancellor angela merkel talks to the leading candidates. theirhan voters cast ballots sunday in a presidential election that should bring about the first democratic transfer of power in the nations history. voters flocked to the polls defying nationwide threats of attacks by the taliban and. reports of violence were relatively few. eight candidates were on the ballot, hoping to take over from outgoing president hamid karzai. he has been in 2001. >> vote counting is underway and election workers are busy. that was contrary to analyst protections. some polling centers stayed open longer because so many people were still in line. millions of afghans to find the threats of terrorist attacks. eager to do their part in choosing the next president. and men voted separately, everyone turning out expressed their longing for a democratic and secure afghanistan. i

at 9:46 this morning, kabul time, dr.anos, went out of his office, inside the hospital grounds to receive five other american medical workers. they were visiting medical workers. he received them at the gate. they were walking in this parking lot area, heading back towards the hotel. they had just arrived and that's when the guard on the gate turned his weapon on the visiting delegation, killing dr. umanos and two other members of this medical team that had come to help. the hospital is well known. it's a children's hospital, primarily. it's run by a christian faith based charity called cure. serves as you said about 35,000 patients a year. mostly children but also mothers doing prenatal care and mothers with complicated pregnancies. >> this is so heartbreaking. when we think that the united states has helped the afghans train these security forces and this is again an instance of a uniformed police officer, security guard, having made this terrible attack, i want to read you the statement from the white house, the nation

now let's go live to bernard smith who is in kabul. turn out seems to have been high. there has been a turn of bad weather, but has the voting gone smoothly. >> to answer that question, yes. in fact, security told us that the number of attacks that there have been today are less than the daily o average. security personnel have been stationed around the country to make sure that votes go smoothly. it will stay open another two hours if people are still queuing. that is showing a very high turn out. people want to vote fo vote fore first democratically voted in president in this country's 5,000 year history. the capitol has been effectively sealed off from the rest of the country security forces imposing some of the strictist control of movement this country has ever seen. >> we have the right to vote. we have always had to endure these attacks from the taliban. for how long does this have to go on? we have to elect our next government and president. >> yes, we are afraid of taliban. they will get theimany cannot vn areas they will get their fingers cut off if they do.

kabul is almost locked down by security forces. despite all of that there seems an enthusiasm to vote. there has been long lines at polling stations. people getting drenched. taking a turn to vote. the first time in 5,000 years there'll be a democratic transfer of power. many afghans want to be part of that, despite the taliban's threat to target those taking part in the election. joined by a mayor monitoring the vote. haroon, indications are that there has been a good turn out. how important is that? >> it is important for us. it will help to improve the legitimacy of the election. we face challenges and deadlock. this is a good indication that participation will remove doubt that existed in 2014. also, there's the pressure on the independent election commission, because the voter turn out will make sure that all the fraudulent votes will be discounted and everything xble will be down. >> also, the government is under pressure. this time the government will not be prim tifs to favour a candidate. all is good for us. now the challe

kabul was a city of less than 2,000, is now over 5 million. it has undergone change. the tribal dynamics exist, but they are different to so years ago. the afghan people are making choices on their own. what will be important on this seat are the afghan people who go out and vote. that voting in and of itself, regardless of who they choose will send a signal to the taliban. that the rest of the afghan people, 80 plus% of the people that -- 80 plus per cent of the people will go forward. the afghan security force has done a good job. there has been some isolated attacks, reported too much in the press. the afghan security forces are taking high casualties, but they compatriots. >> we have to hit a break. u.s. forces are ready to step down. is the military ready to step up. someone back from afghanistan. her account of what is happening on the ground next. >> scared as hell... >> as american troops prepare to leave afghanistan get a first hand look at what life is really like under the taliban. >> we're going to be taken to a place, where they're going to make plans for

umanos, a pediatrician and father of three, volunteered in kabul for years. back home in chicago friends and family remembered. >> i know jerry would also really like everybody to know about his love for the afghan people, and our love for the afghan people. >> he was such a great person. such a warm spirit. you couldn't ask for a better person. >> reporter: today's tragedy is the latest case of afghan security forces killing unarmed americans. earlier this month, a policeman open fired on two associated press journalists, killing one of them. the u.s. military has long been targeted by so-called insider attacks. but u.s. forces are now leaving afghanistan. we watched them hoist away equipment last fall, so militants increasingly hit non-military western targeting including a kabul hotel last month, killing nine. civilians including medical workers and journalists still travel the streets and don't fire back. now a decade of work to improve the standard of living in afghanistan is at risk as no foreigner, even those trying to help, can feel safe. after the i

we have more from kabul. >> kabul is cold, damp and effectively locked down. that doesn't seem to have stopped voters. the capital has been sealed off from the rest of the country as security forces impose some of the strictest imposed movements. nationwide 12 million people are entitled to vote. >> we have the right to walk. we had to endure the attacks from the taliban. for how long does this have to go on. we have to come out and elect the next government and president. >>. >> translation: yes, we are afraid of the taliban. people vote. they will get their fingers and hairs cut off if we do. >> president hamid karzai was one of the first to vote. the election bringing to an end the 13 years of rule which began when the taliban was ousted in 2001. i cast my vote as a citizen of this country. i'm glad and proud. i'm certain the event and participation will lead to better lives. >> abdullah abdullah is a front runner, zalmai rassoul and ashraf ghani ahmadzai are the other two. one will have to win 50% of the vote to avoid a run off. the taliban told civilians

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gauging the latest developments in kabul for us. we did hear from the independent election commission earlier the official tally is killed forty three wounded in taliban attacks in the past twenty four hours for afghan security forces seven soldiers killed nine policemen and i have to say for afghanistan this is a relatively bloodless day we won't know for the exact count for quite some time several weeks perhaps but officials do estimate record turnout seven million afghans cast their ballots out of some twelve million eligible voters that is of course nearly sixty percent much higher than what we saw in the last election one of the biggest problems violence that emerged from today's election has been the shortage of ballots across the country this is likely a sign of either high voter turnout but ballot stuffing could also explain it and this is of course a huge concern here because if a large number of afghans feel they've been deprived of the right to vote they could reject the results of this election as illegitimate but on the

this happened at a kabul hospital funded by an american charity. >> the national remains committee to serve the people of afghanistan. please join us in praying for the families of the victims and those affected by the shooting, as well as the peace in afghanistan. >> reporter: it's understood the attacker was a policeman, employed by the hospital as a security guard. but he opened fire on the very people he was supposed to be protecting. three american doctors were killed, officials say, and an american was wounded. >> investigate to find out. >> reporter: this is part of a warring new trend in afghanistan, that's targeting foreign civilians working in the country. in january w, a taliban suicide bomber and gunman attacked a restaurant in kabul, in a diplomat area, and in march there was an attack on a luxury hotel. it comes as the u.s. military coalition prepares to withdraw most of its troops by the end of the year. so far, there has been no claim of responsibility for this attack. the gunman is being treated in hospital after being wounded. the american nurse is also being treated

kabul. somehow pretend i'm sure the anti war and in bangkok. you do. still struggling with. he told its citizens to whom and to proceed. pizza. she will come so don't open til tuesday the world it's now all been one week since the fatal ferry accident south korean authorities are continuing their search for the missing passengers and crew. four hundred seventy six people were on board the seawall one hundred fifty six seven confirmed dead one hundred and forty six are still unaccounted for. rescue teams have continued their search around the clock. they said divers completed their search of the star board side which is closer to the ocean surface the entry of the ship's dining hall on tuesday but could not find anyone brt me to go through the larger canvas. or are they now believe many of the students were at the time of the accident investigators are still trying to find out why the ship sank and he believes it may have lost balance after making some deterrence they have arrested and are questioning seven crew members including the captain. they're also looking into how the

is in kabul. the mood here in afghanistan is one of tremendous excitement mixed with trepidation the election is an incredibly important milestone in a country that has seen its share of coups violent overthrow governments and it is the very first time that power will be handed over by a democratic votes now homie karzai who's been in power since the fall of the taliban is barred from running again and his departure along with out of international forces at the end of the year means that the stakes are extraordinarily high people here are very well aware of that now here in the capital there are long lines at the polling centers but across the country security is a big concern the taliban have waged a violent campaign to disrupt the elections to try to scare people away from the polling afghan military and police troops are out in full force across the country the roads to kabul here are blocked there are checkpoints everywhere but the question is of course what will happen in the provinces now th

but that has not deterred of voters that a tremendous excitement on the ground here especially in kabul online polling centers. security is incredibly tight and people here say they are ready for a change cousin tommy karzai has been in power since the fall of the top bunk is barred from running again his departure along with that of international forces at the end of the year it means that the stakes are extraordinarily high now the tub on how to waste as you mentioned a violent campaign to disrupt the elections try to steer people away from polling that has anything to deter voters from the things that are concerned about the provinces with a group a stronger that we have heard reports of taleban fighters threatening people not to vote and already of blasts in afghanistan spillover province wounded at least four workers now the other big issue here is a person voting fraud. now it's very difficult to imagine that the selection will be any less marked by controversy and prop and previous month according to analysts we spoke into care will probably take several weeks to get the final re

>> reporter: scott, especially in kabul, there have been huge changes in the last six months. a lot of the attacks have been coming from within the ranks of afghan security forces, many who have been trained by u.s. troops and the who whole atmosphere has become so much more intense in light of the attacks and had an impact on westerners and americans working in the capital. >> pelley: thanks very much. late today, secretary of state john kerry accused russia of violating last week's deal to end the crisis in ukraine by arming and training pro-russian militias that have taken over government buildings in eastern ukraine. kerry accused russian president vladimir putin of concocting a fantasy that ukraine itself is trying to destabilize the region. here is what the secretary had to say. >> russian leaders are making increasingly outrageous claims to justify their actions-- that the c.i.a. invented the internet in order to control the world, or that the forces occupying buildings armed to the teeth, wearing brand new matching uniforms and moving in disciplined military formation

it looks cctv in kabul afghanistan hungarians the buzzing of a parliamentary elections set to return five minutes to evict all about and to top for another four years and entrenched the fire eyed joe mccarthy as a force in the country's politics. robot is popular with many bars is for stabilizing finances and cutting the electricity and gas bills opinion poll showed his heated spa. he is on course for a landslide victory. voting has been taking place at about ten thousand polling stations and the result is expected. i'm officially at least sometime this evening. we cannot tell you about the elections to the about tight places. india is preparing to more chimera from the six week national election on monday with about eight hundred million eligible but to send more than five hundred constituencies. nationwide the massive election will be held over nine days in a pool and tidy before ballots are counted all made the sixteen candidates in the political spot fires are ready when gandhi from the congress party. promoting from the tap jazz and a posse and i didn't pitch walk from the from

citizen wounded in an attack outside of a hospital in kabul.er a security guard opened fire. officials tell cnn the security guard turned the gun on himself, but apparently survived and is now being questioned. the hospital is a charity facility run by the pennsylvania-based cure international. >> doctors at a charity facility. we'll bring you more information as we get it on that awful story. >>> president obama is in japan this morning. he's just minutes away from a very formal state dinner with the emperor. but first, the president is talking tough again about russia's involvement in ukraine. the president promising new sanctions, new pressure if moscow doesn't make changes. our white house correspondent michelle kosinski live in tokyo. >> you know the situation in ukraine is not a huge security concern for this part of the world. but inevitably, it's come up again. some of these countries like japan and south korea have come out and said that they oppose what russia is doing in ukraine. it was just last week that russia did sit down with uk