office in kandahar. have you discussed how to improve the situation there? >> it has been a standing issue on our agenda for many years. we are actively engaged in afghanistan. we have an office there. we have an ambassador. in afghanistan, what we need now is to have more domestic engagement with different political powers. i think we're better situated to do this. we are doing our best. >> you are optimistic. i want to talk about the arab spring. it happened so quickly in the past year. are you surprised? are you encouraged? >> i am encouraged. i am encouraging. i do not think it is a spring. it will be four seasons for the democratic transformation. what started in tunisia and went on the last few months is a good example for the rest. what you have here is the transformation in a very civilian way. elections were done in time. agreements from different groups of society has come in a very harmonious way. in other countries, it will take longer and it will be four seasons. >> professor, i wish we had more time to talk. unfortunately, that's all for now. t

this was a scene that we shot in kandahar province where americans were entering new taliban territory for the first time. u.s. casualties reached an all-time high over the summer. a nato conference in lisbon set 2014 as the date the u.s. will hand security back over to afghanistan. but tonight we're hearing that may not be the end of it. in an interview for "60 minutes", we sat down with the new commanding general for afghanistan, marine corps general john allen, and we asked him about the plan. >> well, the plan is to win. the plan is to be successful. and so while some folks might hear that we're departing in 2014 as a result of the lisbon conference and the process of transition, we're actually going to be here for a long time. >> pelley: you're talking about u.s. forces being here after 2014? >> yes, there will be. >> pelley: how many? >> we don't know. that's to be determined and, of course, we're doing the analysis and first we'd have to have an agreement with the afghans ultimately to have u.s. forces here. >> pelley: are we talking about fighting force? >> we're talking about

half an hour for a medic crew to pick him up by helicopter and deliver them to the trauma ward at kandahar airfield one of the country's busiest their injuries are bad but not extreme i mean we will most likely stay on base until they've recovered more severe cases such as if you teams are flown to germany for treatment right you guys with. this facility was built to save critically injured american troops fresh from the front lines but doctors here also treat afghan civilians caught in the crossfire with nowhere else to go for help nine year old wiley was shot in the head by a stray bullet earlier this year when u.s. marines got into a firefight with the taliban his village in helmand province the bullet shattered part of his skull and would have killed him if not for emergency surgery in six months dr min park says he's treated more than a fair share of afghan bystanders mostly gunshot blast victims in this follow up operation he and his team are reconstructing the boy's forehead with a titanium mesh that will restore his appearance so i started what i was going on i was surprised by the

believe the blast was remotely detonated in the tribal elder was the target militant activity in kandahar as increased since nato handed over security to local forces all rights in just a few minutes we lift the lid on the ancient chinese culture of wisdom first though the business with korea. how unwelcome to business good to have you with me our top story this hour russia and china are close to a gas deal that's been on the cards for many months with both sides going over the price now to discuss the issue i'm joined by examining the roles of chief economist for russia and the c.i.s. at h.s.b.c. bank thank you alexander for coming to the program so what's been the stumbling block well you see it's indeed a prize disputes that the best more of my knowledge of the distance was about one hundred. talls bill also it could be me those of fries that's rational obviously wanted to high prices cheney is obviously wanted low prices for russia but the key benchmark of course is on gas prices that we show russia supplies its gas to europe china wants cheaper gas or so it's a quite a commercial bus

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tribal elder in southern afghanistan where the police were escorting him about home from nearby kandahar city when the truck hit the explosive device investigators believe the blast was remotely detonated and the tribal elder was the target militant activity in kandahar has increased since nato had over control to local security forces. all right in just a few minutes here on our t.v. we lift the lid on chinese wisdom and first they will look at the business with a korean. welcome to our business of it as our thanks for watching russia and china are close to a gas deal as there are cards for many months were both sides hanging over the price of talking to the chinese media prime minister putin explained how a solution to the impasse has been found it was in russian and chinese companies will find in me should benefit your solution we will have the needs of children or children or is a word of opportunities and reserves a very big unable to meet the demands of our children needs friends. temba countries agreed on a new deal to the supply of almost seventy billion cubic meters of gas over

killed six police officers under a tribal elder in southern afghanistan all traveling with a truck in kandahar province when it was hit and landed on an explosive device investigators believe the blast was remotely detonated the tribal elder was the target militant activity in kandahar has increased since nato handed over security so local forces. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton says she is planning to leave politics next year for more quote private life she says there should be a state department after barack obama's first saying she believes he will be elected for a second one clinton has been in the political spotlight since one thousand nine hundred three when she became america's first lady before being elected as a senator from new york in two thousand you know so she has no desire to stay in the public eye. but i told her on her own r.t.o. we've got all the highlights about the euro two thousand and twelve championship so that will be in the sports bulletin for the. person. i'm sorry that's right time to delve into the world of business in russia and china are close to a deal it

believe the blast was remotely detonated in the tribal elder was the target militant activity in kandahar is increased since nato handed over security to local forces all right so you know just a few minutes we lift the lid on the ancient chinese culture of wisdom first though the business with korea. and welcome to business good to have you with me our top story this hour russia and china are close to a gas deal that's been on the cards for many nonce with both sides having over the price now to discuss the issue i'm joined examine the roles of chief economist for russia and the c.i.s. at h.s.b.c. bank thank you alexander for coming to the program so what's been the stumbling block well you see it since you do a prize districts that are the best or of what all it should be is to also about one hundred. tolls go on fossil could be commuters or price threshold obviously pointed to higher prices just curious obviously but that's more prices but for russia the key benchmark of course is our best prices that we show russia supplies that scarce to europe china wants are cheaper besser so it's

in afghanistan, in the southern city of kandahar.mbers, apparently setting off an explosion just outside a checkpoint where u.n. and other -- for u.n. and other international aid offices. conor powell is live with the latest. >> reporter: kandahar city is an area of afghanistan that u.s. commanders like to hold up as an example of improving security, but for afghans in kandahar city today, all they saw was yet another attack. it began about 6:00 a.m. as the sun was beginning to rise, a car full of explosives rammed into a security checkpoint, then other insurgents ran into this neighborhood where the u.n. and a budge of other ngos and aid groups were based. we believe five people were killed. the numbers have been shifting a bit right now but we've been told recently that five people were killed and three of them were workers for the united nations. now, this attack comes on the heels of another attack here in kabul where a handful of americans were killed a. canadian and 17 people in total were killed. now, these attacks really do c

we saw that again today in kandahar although they weren't very successful. unfortunately they did kill some u.n. employees who were attendants in front of thena building. but they have come very closen. on several occasions to something that could be a very near disaster. and i'm sure they hope it would be a game-changinge disaster. >> suarez: secretary of state clinton just left pakistanul after asking the pakistani government to get tougher on the haqqani network. o what do these attacks say about the success or failure of the secretary of state's efforts? >> well, a lot of people see the attack on saturday when 13s? people, mostly americans, were killed plus four afghans. a lot of people see that as a message to the americans in a response to hillary clinton's visit to pakistan and particularly to the pressureme she's trying to put on them about the ha cha cany network and the bases they have insidehe of pakistan. >> suarez: what does it say about the pakistani t government's response? are they trying to keep the haqqanis on a leash? >> i don't think it i

rammed them in kandahar with a truck filled with explosives. it happened in an area that housed united nations officers. two gunmen seized control of a building and began shooting at security officers. it lasted two hours and taliban is claiming responsibility sport attack. >>> in libya it ends at midnight tonight. it happened soon after muammar gaddafi's death but maintain air controls. they view it as a success with no casualties but michele bachmann says the u.s. never should have been involved. >> it was secretorty robert gates that said it was a precursor for the involvement in other nation's affairs and i believe it was the wrong decision for president barack obama to take. >> over the weekend, libyans demolished his home which was once the teeth of his power. >>> united millions is expected to -- expected to reach the billion dollar mark. just a few years ago we passed the 6 billion mark. we are expected to reach 9. 3 billion by 2050. >>> they are expected to start flying again by the afternoon. they grounded the entire fleet on saturday

why do we need to be trying to bring peace to helmand and kandahar?w we're on the president obama plan, and we'll stay with that. and from my perspective, the reason we're there is to make sure that we can achieve the principal goal which is ensure that afghanistan can never become a safe haven for a terrorist organization like al qaeda. that border region between the two countries is the epicenter of terrorism. in pakistan, you have a country that is very challenged from an economic standpoint, who has a growing internal terrorist challenge of its own, and it's a nuclear-armed country. and so the worst case for me is to see pakistan deteriorate, and somehow get to a point where it's being run by insurgents who are in the possession of nuclear weapons and nuclear weapons technology, which would mean that that part of the world would continue to deteriorate and become much more dangerous. so i think the focus is the right focus, and i think we're certainly moving forces at a measured rate and in a way where we think the afghans will be able to provide

a suicide bomber has carried out an attack near in the united nations building in kandahar in southern afghanistan. five people were killed, including a policeman. the taliban says it carried out the attack. the greek prime minister says greece will be holding a referendum on the bailout deal of greek at the european summit last week he has given no details for the referendum, but he promised to seek a vote of confidence in the parliament. after weeks of posting anti- capitalist protest on is doorsteps, the dean of st. paul's cathedral has resigned. the protesters were inspired by occupy wall street. the clergy has been divided on how to handle it. our religious affairs correspondent has more details. >> yesterday, only hours from his resignation, the deans body language betrayed the enormous pressure he was under. visibly uncomfortable, as the past protesters -- >> i find it quite difficult that you assume that i do not hold the same views as you simply because i do not use the same methods of expressing my views as you. >> today, the news that shocked the whole church. a statement fr

three civilians and a policeman died in kandahar. and offices of the u.n.'s refugee agency were damaged. >> a check of the weather with lawrence. >> good morning. if you're headed out the door, spooky looking fog out to the coastline. it is very thick. out at the beaches and dense fog showing up right now and a few hundred feet thick and still you have mostly clear conditions as you make your way inside the bay and the interior valleys by the afternoon, going to be a gorgeous halloween. lots of sunshine. and really some very nice temperatures running a little bit above the average for this time of the year. and moving well into the 70s. in many spot, well inland. and it looks like though high pressure is going to start to build back in after this low passes to the north. once that ridge builds in, we're going to see more of an offshore flow. warmer weather for tomorrow and then we will have to worry about the possibility of fire danger around the bay area. but for this halloween, we are talking about that fog trying to break away from the coastline. and we m

. >> translator: i haven't watched a concert for a long time because there's fighting in kandahar, andhe taliban are there. so i came to kabul to watch this concert. >> it was a groundbreaking event in the deeply conservative muslim country where not so long ago music was banned under the rule of the taliban. and that wraps up the bulletin. >>> in other news, a group of mill stants assaulted three mining firms on a southern philippine island monday. japanese workers at a plant near one of the sites have all been confirmed safe. according to the japanese embassy in manilla, about 50 armed rebels raided and occupied a nickel mining company for several hours. in a neighboring compound, 65 japanese employees were constructing a smelting plant for subsidiary of sumitome metal mining. they set fire to cranes and other construction equipment. also says they took several personal computers and when they left the site and denounced a locally owned mining firm for disrupting the environment. armed insurgents also attacked two other mine's about three kilometers away, but there were no reported i

went on a patrol with a platoon led by a young american lieutenant in the fields and villages of kandahar province. greg durso from lynbrook, new york, is in two amongst into his tour. as a lieutenant in the 287th infantry, he leads his own platoon, 40 americans and 30 afghan soldiers. what has been your worst day? >> i think any leader can say that his worst day is when-- is when you lose euro men. you're given this gift of these american sons, and their families entrust their lives to you. but this is war. i mean, there are some things you just cannot avoid, and losing people feels like losing your own children. >> pelley: durso's lost two men, both to homemade land mines. they find dozens of them every week. if it seems we've been in afghanistan a long time, watch these boots. you don't cover much ground when you worry over every step. s it might take hours to cross 100 yards. the new lieutenant has learned, leave the path, go the hard way. >> better wet than dead. >.>> pelley: the home made mines dont spark underwater. >> if you can walk through water the whole time, you'll do it. >>

this happened near a neighborhood that houses united nations and international aid groups in kandahar. afghan officials say the attacker bombed the security checkpoint, killing four people. the explosion comes after another taliban attack saturday on a nato convoy in kabul. the bombing killed 17 people, including 13 american troops. >>> rescue crews will resume their search today after a grain elevator explosion in kansas. three people were killed and two others were critically injured in the explosion which could be seen as far away as missouri. officials in atchison have not allowed crews into the structure for fear of more explosives. they released a statement saying stored grain like this can generate toxic gases that can explode under certain conditions. >>> republican presidential hopeful herman cain will be in washington today to discuss his 9-9-9 plan at the american economic institute and the press club. cain is denying allegations he was accused of sexual harassment twice while heading the restaurant association. politico is reporting at least two employees at the restaurant

offices in kandahar killing six people.one of the buildings sparking a gun battle with afghan forces. hunter powell is streaming live from kabul with the latest. >> reporter: the u.s. military in recent weeks have been touting the improved security in afghanistan. but today's attack shows how fragile that security improvements are. the taliban launched a fairly spectacular attack on a military check point. and several insurgents were running around launching a four-hour gun battle in kandahar city. six people were killed including members of the united nations staff who works there doing food program. this is the second major attack on the international community. over the weekend a u.s. military convoy was targeted and 17 people were killed including 12 americans. kabul has been transitioned to the afghans and kandahar city will soon be transitioned to the afghans. these attacks raise concerns about how prepared the afghan security forces are to handle security. there is real questions about whether the afghans will be abl

build ing in kandahar. five were killed one a policeman. police say two others opened fire on the security forces. the australian airline qantas says all international flights will be back to normal by the end of tuesday. it follows a weekend of disruption which brought misery to up to 70,000 people as they were stranded around the world as a result ofville action. >> we have the business. on the day jean-claude trichet takes a bow with a few words of his opinion and how everyone has coped. >> he's been defending his position as the president of the european central bank and the way the e.c.b. handled or is handling the sovereign debt crisis. after eight years he is stepping down and today there will be focus on the legacy that he leaves behind. it is a rather interesting story because the first half of his reign he was the euro zone saw some credible growth. inflation was moderate, which is the central bank or role of a central bank to keep inflation under control. also during the first half the financial system was stable. no doubt that w

been measurable improvement to security, particularly in former taliban stronghold, helmand and kandahar provinces. when admiral mullen last gave testimony, the corruption in the government -- there are serious concerns about pakistan's role in encouraging attacks. do you have a sense that pakistanis are just trying to wait us out until 2014? if so, what should we do about it? >> when i was last there, i met with the government and military leadership. it is not utopia, by a long ways. pakistan is not america. but we must remember they do have nuclear weapons. it is a very touchy situation of a there. -- over there. and i think we need to help pakistan. afghans need to help pakistan. the border is not secure. it is a very tough spot. as we have been able to improve things in the south, the forces now are moving up to the northeast, where they can concentrate more on that area. i have concerns about the president pulling the surge forces out early. i think we're going to be able to keep them in the fight through most of this year, which will be helpful. but next year, the other 20,000, he

we've been in afghanistan so long and we found part of the answer behind a mud wall on a hillside in kandaharamerica is trying to accomplish in afghanistan is represented in these four tents. this is a school set up by american soldiers under the command of captain zach johnson from woodbridge, virginia. >> kids being educated, that's what's going to be the future of this country. >> reporter: johnson is with the 287th infantry from the 3rd brigade combat team out of fort drum, new york. the brigade is fighting through the birthplace of the taliban. >> roger that, that's a en. ll coming back. i'm sure there's even kids around here today that are here at school that have been physically intimidated by the taliban themselves and they're still coming. >> pelley: what does that tell you? >> it tells me the taliban doesn't have the power they think they do and they're getting desperate if they're poking on little kids and the kids are seeing they're not a threat anymore and they're still coming because they want to be taught. >> pelley: it might take a company of soldiers to assure a village that

we've been in afghanistan so long and we found part of the answer behind a mud wall on a hillside in kandaharamerica is trying to accomplish in afghanistan is represented in these four tents. this is a school set up by american soldiers under the command of captain zach johnson from woodbridge, virginia. >> kids being educated, that's what's going to be the future of this country. >> reporter: johnson is with the 287th infantry from the 3rd brigade combat team out of fort drum, new york. the brigade is fighting through the birthplace of the taliban. >> roger that, that's a good copy. >> pelley: and that has been costly. since the brigade took over here in april, 28 of its soldiers have been killed, 300 wounded. all of that for the opportunity to move into the villages to build roads, markets, and johnson's school. how do you measure success? >> people don't want to stand up for themselves because there's a lot of shooting going on and that's where we come in. we hope the make sure security is good. >> reporter: but fear of the taliban is strong. we were in the school a few days ago and found

flights over iran in was a sheriff in the north perhaps watch former soviet central asian republics in kandahar in the southeast perhaps watch pakistan the united states has not had any intention i do not believe to leave in the short term there are many who feel that they have to surround iran perhaps soft containment of china nato and its allies i don't think are ready to leave this very volatile region united states does not want pakistan to try and make up to understand the satellite it's a very complicated very dangerous area and i do think that u.s. forces will be there for a very long time. now the business news is about five minutes away here on what's he now libyan forces have valid to launch what they call a final attack on colonel gadhafi his hometown of several strategic areas of the stronghold have already been taken over by the fighters of libya's national transitional council assisted by nato airstrikes hundreds of people are still fleeing the area to escape the heavy fighting civilians like food and water and hospitals are running out of vital medical supplies fucka a spokespers

building in kandahar in southern afghanistan. four people were killed in the attack, one of them a policeman. police say two other armed attackers opened fire at the security forces. the aid agency says at least three people have been killed and more than 50 wounded in a kenyan air raid in somalia on sunday. the attack aimed at militants of the al-shabab movement, happened at a camp for displaced people. kenya said 10 militants were killed. sally is here to catch up on the main headlines of the business world. and the japanese yen is being shifted around. >> it is indeed. the japanese government taking steps again, the second time in less than three months, to try and weaken the yen because it's just remaining resilient and strong certainly versus the u.s. dollar and euro. it makes it very hard for the likes of nintendo, sony, can on, toshiba, panasonic. there are so many big exporters who are really seeing their profits being hit significantly because of the strength of the yen. some of them today have come out with results and