province and the mayor of kandahar city were both expatriots. the mayor is an accountant from virginia, an african american -- and they were family friends of the karzais with his approval put in that basically he ran both the city and the province and was very influential in police appointments in every kind of appointment and business dealing. >> ms. johnson, tell us more about how he operated. you have examples of what he did to exert his control over the area, over people. >> let me put it this way. to understand the politics, the security, the economics, the basic situation in kandahar and kandahar city, you have to know three things. you need to know the relationships between the different powerful families, clans and tribes. ahmed karzai was a very prominent tribe in the south. the second thing you need to know is the relationship, the elicit business relationships. he was a entrepreneur, he was involved in cement and trucking. he had land reaches all the way up. two years ago a very knowledgeable person told me that if land had any water

this is the place, headquarters in kandahar city. just moments ago word of the shooting came through as the police chief was wrapping up his interview with us and he rushed out to take charge. general abdul raziq told us that security was improving in the city when his two cell phones lit up at once. karzai's death leaves a large power vacuum behind. he's a skilled mediator of tribal disputes but over the years there were persistent reports not just of corruption but also ties to the drug trade. last year in an interview with cbs news, he dismissed those allegations. >> i never profited from any drugs. i never been part of any drug activity and this is all politics. >> reporter: who are your enemies? >> my enemies are the enemies of afghanistan. >> reporter: if the question is just which enemy killed him, the gunman is being described as a commander of a security checkpoint outside kandahar and a close personal friend of karzai. >> reporter: it's a pattern of failure all too familiar in the city. today's killing is the only differenc

hour the taliban has claimed responsibility for the for killing rather the mayor of afghanistan's kandahar city in a suicide bomb attack it's the latest in a string of assassinations targeting top afghan officials two weeks ago president hamid karzai is half brother who ran the entire kandahar province was gunned down when a car's eyes top aides was also killed by the taliban who are stepping up their assaults as nato combat troops begin to withdraw from afghanistan. britain has officially recognized libya's rebels as the country's legitimate government and expelled all colonel gadhafi as diplomats it comes as libya warned a u.n. envoy there will be no peace talks until nato stops airstrikes and insisted that moammar gadhafi is leadership is non-negotiable the u.n. representative also held talks with the rebels in benghazi but there was little progress towards a cease fire and that's made of two thousand people have died in the four month cycle. egypt's official news agency says former president hosni mubarak is weak and refusing solid food hospital officials say he's suffering depression and w

this hour the taliban has claimed responsibility for the killing of the mayor of afghanistan's kandahar city in a suicide bomb attack it's the latest in a string of assassinations targeting top afghan officials two weeks ago president hamid karzai is half brother who ran the entire kandahar province he was also gunned down and one of cars ice top aides was also killed by the taliban who are stepping up their assaults as nato combat troops begin to withdraw from afghanistan . egypt's official news agency says former president hosni mubarak is weak and refusing solid food hospital officials say he's suffering depression and weight loss caused by not eating enough barack is supposed to stand trial in a week accused of ordering the killing of protesters and corruption over eight hundred forty people died during the popular uprising which forced about from office back in february. but britain has officially recognized libya's rebels as the legitimate government and expelled all colonel gadhafi as diplomats it's also unfreezing one hundred fifty million dollars worth of libyan oil assets to help f

mandy clark in kandahar, afghanistan's most dangerous city. she comes under attack while wearing a berka. >> reporter: another stone was just thrown at me-- ow! >> just today the city's mayor was assassinated in a brazen attack. cell phone safety: to all those minutes add up to health problems for kids? dr. jon lapook reports. and it's a place where wounded warriors learn to hope again. david martin on the closing of walter reed. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> schieffer: good evening, scott's off tonight. i'm bob schieffer. the fallout from washington's inability to find a solution to the budget crisis and raise the debt limit has, apparently, begun. on wall street, the stock market was down for the third day in a row. the dow fell more than 198 point today. for the week, it's down nearly 400 points, and it has lost close to $105 billion in value. some of the bond rating services are now saying that even if congress does reach an agreement on a budget plan, it may be too late to avoid lowering

of the volatile afghan city of kandahar has been assassinated after a suicide bomber detonated explosives hidden inside his turban it's the latest in a series of killings targeting the country's top officials just earlier this month the president comes eyes half brother and his senior aide was gunned down in separate attacks former afghan m.p. daalder sultanzoy says nato is possibly withdrawing troops prematurely the schedule of transfer of security as well as well as to the afghan forces and these these incidents are making one thing very vividly visible and that is how does this transition take hold and whether the afghan security forces and the afghan sponsible units would be ready to take over i think there's no guarantee that this trend of nato transfer will continue smoothly i i can see. reversals a time in in the future and certain provinces are so volatile and so critical that they may have to delays some of the transfers we should not operate on schedule as we should operate on realities on the ground here and those in washington and in europe should be secondary to the civilian

we'll check out some other world news for you now the mayor of the volatile afghan city of kandahar has been assassinated after a suicide bomber detonated explosives hidden inside his turban it's the latest in a series of killings targeting the country's top officials earlier this month president karzai is half brother and a senior aide were gunned down in separate attacks by the violence comes as nato combat troops begin to withdraw from afghanistan. the white house is threatening the president obama could veto the republican debt limit at all speaker john boehner wants to cut public spending and raise the limit. now has less than one week to raise the country's multi-trillion dollar debt ceiling if it wants to avoid a potentially devastating default obama plains republicans for stalling and refusing to accept a balanced approach. human rights groups say syrian security forces have killed eight people in a damascus suburb the president's responded by throwing stones and closing roads with piles of burning tires several people were wounded in the. cut off in the area over fifteen hundre

afghanistan, another deadly taliban strike against local government t mayor of the southern city of kandaharted today by a suicide bomber who hid explosives in his tur begin. he was killed in a city hall. >>> earlier this month, the half brother of hamid karzai was gunned down by a long time bodygua bodyguard. also several top officials in kandahar have been killed by olympics. >>> salt lake city police say jared peterson died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, his body was found off interstate between salt lake and park city, police say they responded to a 911 call in which peter said he was going to commit suicide. peterson took part in the olympics in 2006. his signature jump was called the hurricane. >>> the man accused of killing dozens in two attacks in norway last friday was an admirer of someone you first heard about right here on cnn. how a so-called reformed terrorist plays into these attacks next. [ melody ] the bar is raised for everybody in an ap class, from the teachers to the students. i had a student the other day that said... "miss stacy, this class is changing the way that

a suicide bombing has killed the mayor of kandahar, afghanistan's second largest city. the mayor who, by the way, was a dual afghan-u.s. citizen was killed when an assassin detonated explosives hidden in his turban as the mayor met with tribal elders. >>> we have been reporting this week on the famine affecting millions in the horn of africa. today, a plane carrying the first airlift of urgently needed nutritional supplements landed in somalia. the shipment will be distributed to medical facilities to help starving children. >>> when we come back, the troubled life and far too early death of an olympian we got to know in vancouver. speedy as he was, he couldn't outrun his demons. >>> and later, closing the doors of an american institution after more than 100 years. >>> the games will be ready. the taxis will be ready. and all of the people of london will be ready to welcome the world's finest athletes to the greatest games that have ever been held in the greatest city on earth. >> that is london mayor boris johnson, talking about the fact that exactly one year from toni

news, a suicide bomber, with explosives disguised in his turban has killed the mayor of the city of kandahar. he was meeting leaders at his tribal office when he was killed. the taliban said they carried out the attack. in somalia, an operation to airlift supplies into the capital mogadishu is underway, the first of 10 missions being carried out by the world food program in response to the severe drought which is ravaging the horn of africa. our correspondent reports. >> the carter, 10 tons of food for a severely nourished children in somalia -- the cargo. the therapeutic paste is a lifesaver. it is a race against time. >> within the next few days, i believe some of this will be going to mogadishu, where it will be distributed at feeding centers too malnourished children there. >> the world food program says the first airlift will feed 350,000 children over the next month, but given the scale in somalia, this is just a drop in the ocean -- will feed 3500. aid agencies say that with so many children in a precarious situation, there is a danger disease could break out. in somalia, almost half

the blast that rocked the mosque including a top cleric a day earlier two explosions shook the city of kandahar during a funeral ceremony for ahmed wali karzai the leaders brother was shot twice by his family friend and longtime head of security on tuesday. egypt's ousted president hosni mubarak has reportedly told interrogators that he didn't order the crackdown on protesters during febreze uprising that's after the country's ruling military council announced it will fire hundreds of police officers implicated in the killing of almost one thousand demonstrators meanwhile protests carry on for the seventh day running into office where the epicenter of the original uprising else did the former president. well that brings up there for the moment i'll be back with some of our main news stories in about in just over ten minutes from now but in the meantime as hacking attacks go global many are looking for new ways to make computer systems safe latino talks to security software mogul conspiracy who shares his views on this issue in the interview is up next here on r.t. . thank you very much for bein

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well i mean i'm the mayor of the city of kandahar has been assassinated after a suicide bomber detonated explosives hidden in his turban it's the latest in a series of killings targeting the country's top officials earlier this month president karzai the half brother and his senior aide were gunned down in separate attacks to talk more on this we're going to be joined by a former afghan. i thank you for joining us today are the attacks come as nato troops begin withdrawing from afghanistan is the timing of the attack significant do you think. naturally it. while it's normal to see the type of trend in the summer but the. transfer of security is just to the afghan forces and these these incidents are making one thing very vividly. visible and that is how does this transition take hold and whether the afghan security forces and the afghan responsible units would be ready to take over this this is a very very different war and i don't think we can define a definitive line both of which one can find success but nevertheless the timing is very very important as you say the timing is very impo

last has ripped through a mosque in the afghan city of kandahar during a service for the president's half brother who was assassinated earlier this week at least four people were killed among them a top cleric and the provincial council reports claim it was a suicide bomber the information has not been officially confirmed. israeli warplanes have bombed its three smuggling tunnels along with another reportedly used by terrorists in northern and southern gaza the attack came in response to two rockets fired from gaza into southern israel which caused minor damage to our house palestinian medical officials claimed five civilians suffered slight injuries while the two are missing israeli military officials say rocket fire from gaza has been increased recently. right up to date on all the news here on r.t. except your business news so i want to start by dimitris here just to get. those on the fallguy. lucullus international sanctions as it takes place in prose on july ninth and since. this living collections by russian designers is the most beautiful gorgeous city of central russia. this

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