mattis: they're going to fall back on kandahar.he pacific and mediterranean fleets together. i was a one start marine -- and move against konta harr. kandahar. -- they said osama bin laden was in one of two valleys. they were very sure of this. i had a very quick computer study done and i knew which mountains on the pakistan border if you put troops on them could see each other and block the two valleys. i was going to move my troops up the two valleys but i changed from navy command-and-control to army command-and-control and i had not spent the time getting to know my boss and we missed to the opportunity. the person who made the mistake was me. to geted we were there the same guy we all had the same intel. they told me to pull back. we did not pull back. david: ultimately you leave afghanistan and come back to the u.s. again but then you are asked to go into another war in iraq. ultimatelythere and the fights between the sunnis and shiites turn out to be more than anyone expected. when you look at the political happened in iraq,

they're going to fall back to kandahar, their spiritual home, and dig in.et the marines from the mediterranean fleet and pacific fleet together," this three-star admiral asked me -- i was a one star marine -- "and move against kandahar?" i said, yeah, i can do that. so, we got the troops in. and then the intelligence agency said osama bin laden was in one of two valleys. they were very sure of this. they had him pinpointed. so, i had a real quick computer study done, and i knew what mountains on the pakistan border, if you put troops on them, could see each other and block the two valleys. and then i was going to move my troops up the two valleys, but i changed from navy command-and-control to army command-and-control, and i had not spent the time getting to know my boss 900 miles away, and we missed the opportunity. the person who made the mistake was me. i just assumed, because we were there to go after this guy, that everybody was attuned to the intel. you shouldn't make assumptions like that when your organization is shifting and adapting. david: they t

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die and so you decide- to flee the country- through a smuggler into turkey and nowow a year- in kandahar. your grades leaving the country. or was it the best decision you made. it's very complicated for me at the same time i'm able to advocate for women's rights and my for my friends and my lawyer which is great and but i'm i'm not happy i cannott enjoy freedom as much as i want. because all of all the teams- but my mind is in iran and- my heart is with my friends and my lawyer right because i mean the sentences- maybe after you've fled have become harsher and harsher there's this. a group of women those three women who decide on women's day last year to hand out flowers in the subway in tehran bear head dudes they were arrested and now they have very long sentences. is it maybe a consequences of what you did. i the were my friends my close friend of ours who was advovocating for me during that time i was out of state. was one of themm wasas going to o sp hohours- but that all changes- would remain are getting braver even though didn't they see that but there they had done to me or are t

some kandahar one of the lead largest and most crowded informal settlements has several containment zones the new testing camps there have already started making a difference. fasting during the past week testing has increased many positive cases are getting detected earlier the testing wasn't so regular now it's daily some $200.00 people are tested at each camp you're dealing anybody testing positive immediately taken to makeshift quarantined centers. crucial for those their home isolation is not an option. the delhi government has projected that the number of cases in the capital resides up to half a 1000000 by the end of july. to handle such a case load some specious venues in the city are also being converted into public care facilities. this ashram is being prepared to become one of the boys largest for the care centers essentially an isolation facility it has a capacity of 10000 beds most of which are pressured on the general good health care system it isn't new to the is one that we were not fully equipped to deal with when it began and it became a pandemic and we have to supplemen

a police station in southern afghanistan a suicide bomber blew up a car outside the building in kandahar province 3 policemen were killed and 14 others including civilians were injured while the united nations security council is holding a virtual meeting in the next hour to discuss the situation in libya the world body has come under fire in the past for failing to enforce an arms embargo and in recent weeks dozens of returning home owners in tripoli have been killed or maimed by landmines left behind by forces loyal to ward who for hafta turkish troops are now helping their libyan allies to clear them really trainer reports the bombed out homes in scorched military machinery near homes on the outskirts of tripoli show how devastating the 14 month battle for the capital was. having failed to claim their prize war lords relief will have to his forces have been forced to retreat from western libya towards their strongholds in the oil rich east before leaving they planted land mines and booby traps returning home owners have fallen victim to them. genie officials say at least $27.00 civili

the military i talked to a woman officer she was actually canadian asked her she said she was in kandahar and i said what was the most you know what was the worst part of being there she said going to the port a potties and and making trying to get raped by the armory well obviously rape is a sexual assault of all forms is a massive problem military always has been it's particularly bad at the military academies a recent book by a law professor currently at west point a whistleblower federally protected whistleblower talks about how west point for example in the other economies have misled the public about the stats on sexual assault you know they've said it's the same as other colleges that's been true demonstrably false this you know and we also tokenized women you know will say you know we'll take the talk to afghan women you know because that's the culture and they only understand then they'll go back to the base and have to look over their shoulder and be told or paternalistically but accurately that they need of a buddy everywhere they go in the dark on the base because they might g

a police station in southern afghanistan a suicide bomber blew up a car outside the building in kandahar province 3 placement were killed and 14 others including civilians were injured. human rights watch says the bodies of at least 180 men have been found in mass graves in bikini was discovered near the northern town and. the government is investigating claims its forces carried out the killings government troops have been battling a surge in attacks by on groups in the region the violence has forced more than 700000 people from their homes since the beginning of 2019 dozens of returning home owners in tripoli in libya have been killed or maimed by landmines left behind by forces loyal to the warlord who leave or have to after he failed to capture the city took his troops are now helping the libyan allies to clear the mines planted in houses around the capital malik traina as this report the bombed out homes and scorched military machinery near homes on the outskirts of tripoli show how devastating the 14th month battle for the capital was. having failed to claim their prize warlords le

a police station in southern afghanistan a suicide bomber blew up a car outside the building in kandahar province 3 policemen were killed and 14 others including civilians were injured. now a lebanese businessman who's accused of financing hezbollah has returned home after 3 years in a u.s. jail custom tragedian had been sentenced to 5 years in prison but was released due to poor health and the risks of contracting coded 19 in prison in a honda is in beirut with this update. the court saying that he was released on compassionate grounds that he was facing health risks the risk of contracting corona virus while in prison he is a man who was accused by the united states of being a global terrorist since 2007 for allegedly funding hezbollah hezbollah of course being a lebanese a group that has an armed wing it has a political party and it controls political power along with its allies in cabinet and government so his release is quite significant but we have to make it very very clear that. denies any links with the group and the group hezbollah has not made any comment about the man but a f

a police station in southern afghanistan a suicide bomber blew up a car outside the building in kandahar province 3 policemen were killed and 14 others including civilians were injured. days of heavy rain have swollen rivers and triggered mudslides across china and japan dozens of people have been killed in the flooding and millions of people have been told to leave their homes france really has. some of the heaviest rain in decades has batted who been a province in china on the outskirts of hong kong city rescue workers dig through landslide debris in central south west and east in china rescue teams have evacuated people trapped by rising floodwaters in cities towns and villages you need to see because the water is so deep we have asked the brigade to help transfer residents by rubber boats dams and river banks are being reinforced further to the east heavy rain has continued to pound japan causing flooding and landslides it's up rooted trees and downed electricity pylons making some roads impassable water levels in many areas remain high. even though it may have stopped raining there