so she was picked as a soft target in a battle between the karachi security forces and militants in karachiry. >> it is horrifying. what are the likely ramifications of this shooting? you mentioned that it sounds like they know who did this. but will deborah likely remain in pakistan or could she be moved back to the united states with her family? >> that's a good question, rosemary. and that's something that her family will have to evaluate and decide if it's safe to continue living here. now, looking at karachi, it's a mega city. it's the financial center of the country, a very diverse city with over 20 million people. and so, you know, it's a city that welcomes many people to come and live and do their business. however, it is rare to have an american caucasian woman living there for a long period of time. she's lived here for almost 20 years. she's become a teacher. she has a family here. so she has many local ties. however, with the way that al qaeda is under attack here in pakistan, there's an operation in north wizeristan being conducted by the army now, trying to root out militants

farouk khan, and zora, in karachi, and federal minister, the list is never ending. but this particular issue i think i don't wish to cast aspersions i don't wish to point fingers. i don't wish to name names. but the linkages and the pattern and the trend is extremely worrying as to whoever wishes to speak up on issues which are of concern to the state and of the citizens will be silenced. she wished to unsilence belochistan. she was brave and courageous. >> she was talking about human rights in belochistan. the nearly 3,000 people who have gone missing since 2005. allegedly abducted by the pakistani government and the isi are you saying her death was linked to that? >> i'm not saying that. i'm absolutely not saying that. who am i without any evidence, without any access to forensics or anything at all say that. all i'm saying is that -- there seems to be a pattern -- >> this handy to be before -- >> may i just conclude the thought. it is that there is a trend. there is a pattern that whoever courageously and bravely dares to speak out on these issues will be silence

gone to visit her because she was an icon for a lot of young people in pakistan, particularly in karachiech entrepreneur earlier in life and only 40 when killed, but there is a growing techy culture in karachi and that was the focus of our story. we'll have that story pretty soon in the "newshour". i had gone to her to talk a little bit about that whole scene and what life was like in karachi for someone very connected to the world and yet hemmed in by all the political turmoil that pakistan is roiled in right now. >> ifill: she talked to you about being cavalier about fear. did she recognize the risk? >> i think she was well aware acutely aware of the risk because this is one of the world's most violent cities. there are a number of targeted killings, particularly of people considered liberal and people who dare to venture into no-go areas, and baluchistan is one of the areas. a lot of people have armed escorts but she traveled freely. she said when the time comes, the time comes. >> ifill: one of her friends is quoted saying she was silenced. do we know who did the silencing? are there

she set up the second floor in karachi in 2007 and frequently hosts human rights events. >> i think itsritical in any city but especially a city that sees so much conflict, to have some unity spaces where people with get together around shared interests. >> but her fight to improve the lives of others may have cost her her own. this is now a crime scene. she had just left the building when she was shot at close range by two gunmen on a motorbike. her mother was also injured in the attack and is in critical condition in the hospital. >> she was leaving her event. two gunmen came up on a motorcycle and shot her. the daughter was killed and her mother was injured. the car is at the police station and an investigation is underway. >> mahmood had been holding talks on human rights where pakistan security forces have been fighting separatists most recently since 2005. since then almost 3,000 activists have disappeared according to rights groups. some blame pakistan's intelligence agency for the disappearances an allegation that it denies. friends say her work extended beyond a single cause. >

this route from karachi to mumbai had been plotted out by gps. this is the route, and this is where we are right here. with a video camera, headley traced the routes forthe attack, the taj mahal hotel about eight blocks east. two blocks closer was the leopold café, a favorite for western tourists. just around the sea wall was the oberoi hotel. and then, a quick taxi ride away, locals would be targeted at the busiest rail station in mumbai. headley soon left for pakistan with the intelligence he'd gathered. he returned on july 1, 2008. airport security cameras captured this picture of him upon his arrival in mumbai for his last reconnaissance. major iqbal and sajid mir had given him final instructions. now he returned to the taj to scout the attack's main target. he came here to the lobby, using the camera on his mobile phone to film. these images have never been seen before. he writes in his memoir that an employee told him to put down the camera. video-taking was not allowed. there was one more target to pinpoint: chabad house, a synagogue and h

although karachi is a violent city at the best of times. there is a problem with extortionists and target killings, which often are most motivated by criminality and trying to extort money from the victims. so there are sort -- there will be many different options, or many different scenarios that the authority will be looking at. >> what you are telling me now is they are going to have to investigate whether anyone tried to make contact with her or her family whether extorlings means and was this in retaliation for that based on what you are saying with the criminal enterprise in karachi. jonathan, fascinating story. we have got to stay on top of it? >> thank you. >> all right. now to yemen, al qaeda captures a major airport sea port and oil terminal in the south. and today in washington, defense secretary ash carter warning the chaos in yemen creates a threat to the united states. yes aqap provides opportunity in the environment created by the turmoil branch of al qaeda attack us and our homeland and therefore of serious concern to us. co

. >> reporter: karachi is pakistan's largest city. this girl fled there eight years ago. she was forced to leave her home town when she was 13. she said she had been kidnapped on her way home from school and raped by her attackers. >> translator: the attackers used many weapons to threaten to kill me. i was taken to a strange place and raped. it was like the end of the world. >> reporter: she says traditional gathering of landlords and leaders sentenced her to death for having sex without being married. in the pakistani countryside, custom dictates that women cannot have sex outside of marriage or marry men who are not chosen by their families. women who break these taboos are killed by their relatives for tarnishing their family's reputations. their bodies are often buried in wasteland. the practice is known as honor killing. >> translator: unclean women are buried here. they are not considered to have existed in this world. >> reporter: about 900 such killings were recognized last year. kaino's freedom is restricted. police escort her wherever she goes. she had to prote

the ship arrived in karachi with pakistani and foreign nationals on board. >>> pakistan's parliament is debating whether to join a campaign against the houthis. foreign minister zaharie ahmed shah is debating on whether to join the campaign. >> reporter: for a third day running pakistan's parliament is debating whether to send help to saudi arabia. the main focus is on the crisis in yemen, the pakistanis asked for their hep, and convincing iran to go to the table and use their influence over the houthi militia in yemen. pakistan's parliamentarians stay. they will send help. but it should be caution as to get into the quagmire. there was a flurry of activity. the egyptian military treat was in pakistan to meet with the leadership and pakistan said it was expecting a crucial message from the turks. >>> there has been a series of air strikes across yemen over the last 24 hours, the latest targetting areas in the southern city of aden. plus parts of the cities elsewhere >>> a former advisor to the last three yemeni prime ministers joins me to talk about this. >>> we mentioned the need fo

that ship arrived in karachi with pakistani and foreign nationals on board. >> there's no government or people to guide us. we have been requested to move to the nearest port as evacuation is going on. all the people are moving to the port. i think most of them reach the port. a few are there. >> we were a bit away from the action. the threat was with al qaeda, it's time for the guys to get out. it was a possibility of an attack. we travelled by road 100km away. and it was local tribes that got us down there safely. they knew the checkpoints to get us through, we met them on the way down >>> we have pakistan's parliament debating whether to join the campaign against the houthis, the iranian foreign minister zarif is expect there shortly. kamal hyder has more of this from islamabad. >> for a third day run, the pakistani parliament is debating whether to send help. it's expected a decision of parliament would last another day or two. expected in islamabad was iranians heading a 22 member delegation. the pakistanis arrived to turks for their help trying to convince iran to come to the n

the ship arrived in karachi with pakistani and foreign nationals on board. >> there's no people to really guide us or government. we were requested to move to the port and evacuation is going on from aiden and another port. i think post will reach the port. a few are there. >> as far as the action was concerned, we are away from the action. it's time for the guys to go it was a possibility of an attack. we travelled from road about 100km. it was the local tribes that got us there safely. they knew the check points to get us through and take the proper troops >>> pakistan's parliament is due to resume a debate on whether to join a military campaign against the houthis. the iranian foreign minister is expected in pakistan. yemen is likely to top the agenda. let's bring in kamal hyder from islamabad. a big decision from pakistan. the debate going into a third day. >> indeed. it is a big decision and for the last few days all the focus is on the crisis in yemen. yesterday the pakistani prime minister speaking on the floor of parliament said that iran should evaluate its policy to see if it wa

executives and local government officials celebrated the start of a new factory in the largest city of karachi. yamaha pulled out of the country seven years ago. pakistan's population is forecast to top 200 million in five years. and the use of motorcycles is expected to grow. the executives say they hope to make as many as 400,000 units annually in five years. they already have footholds in pakistan, but chinese brand motorcycles account for more than half the market share. yamaha's comeback is expected to fuel competition between japanese and chinese makers. >>> a survey of artists who draw japanese anime or animated cartoons suggest they are underpaid and overworked. an industry association says animators work an average of 11 hours a day. their annual income is less than $10,000. that's extremely low compared to other industries. the pore workor working conditions are blamed on competition from cheap later in other countries. many japanese artists sign contracts for just a few dollars apiece. >> translator: working conditions surrounding young artists are getting worse, and this industry c

it happened in karachi on thursday afternoon. we have more. >> blood stained seats a bullet hole shattered glass remnants of a an ambush that left an american woman in critical condition. >> according to police in pakistan a vice principal at a dental and medical college was shot as she drove home from work the apparent victim of planned attack. authorities said the gunman left a leaflet in her car saying they specifically targeted her because she was an american and promised more ambush attacks against other americans. what remains unclear however is exactly who is responsible. pakistani investigators say the government implied they were connected to isil but also indicated it was revenge for a police operation in karachi that killed five suspected al-qaeda members. >> our consulate general there is in close contact with pakistani authorities and working to obtain more information. the local police authorities in pakistan are handling the investigation. >> she is the second american in pakistan to be targeted. a medical doctor w

. >> but now we have to go karachi to bring all the jackets back. >> when are you guys coming back?when are you leaving? >> yeah. we'll be back by friday. >> rai told me i was going to be shown around, i was going to be introduced to girls. i'm not going to be introduced to anyone. everything i was told to get me to pakistan is not going to happen at all. definitely don't like knowing that i'm going to be stuck in a hotel for five days. so i'm thinking to myself this is a damn homeless shelter. >> voila. >> you guys are leaving me here? >> you're going to be fine. you'll love it. >> no, no, you're taking me to a nice hotel. >> just one little thing. stay in your room. okay? >> they tell me "stay in your room. this place is not safe at all for americans." daniel pearl is really big in the newspapers at the time. all i know is i'm not scared of anything. i'm going to go out and do what i want. so i'm jogging through the streets of pakistan, and i see three cute girls. they got the scarves on, but i can still see their faces. i'm how you ladies doing? my name is erik. i'm from hollywoo

a pakistani naval ship arrived in karachi. 182 were on board, including citizens of pakistan great britain and other areas. they were airlifted from the ship. >> we were away from the action. the threat was - the management said it was time for the guys to come out. it was a threat a possibility of an attack >>> another pakistani navy ship is due to arrive in djibouti. let's bring in the executive director of the san francisco chapter of the council on american relations which created the website stuckinyemen.com. good to have you with us. other countries that have lesser capabilities than the u.s. have been actively evacuating citizens from yemen. is the u.s. not doing enough? >> thank you for having me. that's the concern and point exactly. we are working with partners at the agc and law caucus to urge the government of our country to do something to evacuate citizens. much smaller countries have been able to evacuate their citizens and advocated for safe evacuation routes. >> the u.s. has a big base across the sea from yemen. and it was able to evacuate from the military in march, and b

would take bold and effective action but immediately libya and their agents hijack a pan am plane in karachi, purchased three hostages in beirut and killed them and ultimately -- it was tit-for-tat. we didn't deter anybody. it was bold but ineffective so that was reagan's theory. and it was successful in pushing the iraqis out of kuwait but looks more complicated than that and i want to read you, bush 41 stopped before a lot of people thought he should stop. i want to read you the title of some books that tell you very in reaction to this crisis, one by james baker. he called it a triumph for american diplomacy and military might. u.s. news and world report called it a triumph without victory. michael gordon and bernard trainor called it an incomplete success. it was called strategically inconclusive and you get a little farther out, an american historian said publicly it was a botched work and brown university professor said it was the nothing war that resolve nothing and settled nothing. everybody can look at a single situation and make a different conclusion about how successful it was. b

zimbabwe have agreed to take part in a 5-match one-day series next month to be played in lahore and karachi. foreign teams refused to tour pakistan since the team bus was attacked by gunmen in lahore in 2009. pakistan has been forced to play scheduled home fixtures in the united arab emirates, but the security situation improved since the military operation against the taliban >>> controversial england cricketer kevin pieterson is making a set to start his international career. he refused a place in the he refused a place in the indian premier league team. he was sacked after criticizing management and team-mates in an audio biography. surrey believes if he played well, pietersen can earn a recall. >>> ibrahimo vich is about to find out his punishment for an outburst after a match last month. a disciplinary commission has been meeting to discuss the incident after a team's defeat in bordo the swedish international criticised the french league and france as a nation. he publicly apologised the next day but could be given up to a 5-match ban >>> it's an eagerly awaited third round of formula

phone interseptember where he was managing the attack from a safe house in the pakistani city of karachi and managing the attackers by phone as they did their work in in mumbai testimony from the politics and the difficult kind of relationship between the two countries this man has been unable to be brought to justice. >> and what a tragedy. i can tell you just the mere thought when we were in that hotel just a short time after it that these terrorists went door-to-door just yanking people and sticking guns to the head of people and killing them. release this commander and -- it appears from what you say is that pakistani military and intelligence service is way too cozy with a terrorist organization. and so it's deeply disturbing to everybody as we watch this tonight. jonathan, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. and as we just told you, we did travel to mumbai with secretary clinton in 2009 and today secretary hillary clinton is also the talk of the town. new reports that secretary clinton is less than 48 hours away from announcing her bid, again, from being the first female presid

we have people who were born in karachi so they are able to understand the nuances of a lot of thesechat rooms. it is ongoing battle it's not easy. some of the things we haven't seen before. a lot of the radicalization is coming ba b. just on the internet. you see these films that are done. very sophisticated. they are very well done. recruitment films. so many of them will show you pictures of the world trade center. so proud of that and so focused on new york. >> it's a recruitment tool. >> absolutely. >> that they still use. >> they have been more sophisticated and i think the administration has warned us about these lone wolf attacks. it's not like it used to be where you had to be trained over there in the mountains of afghanistan. you can be radicalized behind a computer. that's what is changing and that's what is so scary. >> exactly. that's what you saw in the case yesterday. they were getting information from the internet. they were using inspire magazine which has been out there since 2010. it's a clear how to book terrorist actions used by the boston information out there.

immediately they had their agents hijack a pan am plane in karachi. he purchased three hostages in beirut and killed them and ultimately it is a for tat. he didn't deter anybody. it was bold, but it was in effect they've been on and on. and then the persian gulf war which was successful in pushing the iraqis out of kuwait but much more complicated than that. i just want to read you because bush 41 stopped before a lot of people should've stopped. so i want to just redo the titles of some books that tell you the varying reactions to this crisis. one by james baker. he called it a triumph for american diplomacy and military might. the u.s. news & world report called it a triumph without victory. michael gordon and bernard traynor from their book called it an incomplete success. burzynski caught a strategically inconclusive and then you get a little bit further out. theodore draper, american historian said politically it was a botched war and brown university professor steven brevard senate resolves nothing is settled nothing. so everybody can look at th

zimbabwe have agreed to take part in a 5-match one-day series next month to be played in lahore and karachi. foreign teams refuse to tour pakistan since the team bus was attacked by gunmen in lahore in 2009. pakistan has been forced to play scheduled home fixtures if the united arab emirates but the security situation improved since the military operation against the taliban >>> controversial england contributor kevin pitter son is making a set to start his international career. he refused a place in the premier league team. he was sacked after criticizing management and team-mates in an audio biography. surrey believes if he played well peter son can earn a recall. >>> top golfers are teeing up in the masters, the first major of the new season in the united states. the special interest in sebastien auger, georgia, for two reasons. firstly rory mcilroy is aiming to complete a career grand slam of four major championships. five golfers history won all four. one of those is tiger woods, and there's interest in his comeback from injury. woods has not played for two months and dropped out of th

in pakistan, a leading human rights activist has been shot dead in karachi. sabeen mahmud was the director of the second floor, a progressive community space. she was shot while leaving the venue after hosting a talk on the disappearances of activists in balochistan, where the pakistani army has been waging a decade-long campaign. the event was initially set to take place in lahore, but was cancelled and relocated following threats from pakistan's intelligence services. and in the united states, the for-profit corinthian colleges system has shut down all of its remaining 28 campuses, interrupting the educations of 16,000 current students in what's believed to be the largest higher education shutdown in u.s. history. earlier this month, the u.s. department of education unveiled a $30 million fine against the company for misrepresenting job placement rates. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now! democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. one hundred years ago this week, over 1,000 female peace activists gathered from aroun

but immediately libya had the agents hijack the pan am plane in karachi. he purchased three hostages in beirut and killed within. and ultimately a bomb -- bombed pan am over lockerbie. it was tit-for-tat but it was bold but ineffective, and on and on and on. so that was reagan's three. and then the persian gulf war which you know was successful in pushing the iraqis out of kuwait, but much more complicated than that. i just want to read you because bush 41 stop before a lot of people thought he should've stopped. just 100 hours into the ground were. i want to read you the titles of some books to tell you that a renewed actions to this crisis. won by james baker come he called it a triumph for american diplomacy and military might. u.s. news and world report called it a triumph without victory. michael gordon and bernard trainor in their book called it an incomplete success. brzezinski called it strategically inconclusive and then you get a little farther out, theodore draper, an american history who said politically it was a botched war. and then brown uni

it happen in karachi, the country's largest city.ewspaper there says 55-year-old debra lobo was shot by four gunmen as she was leaving a medical school where she is a professor. lobo was critically injured and taken to a nearby hospital. no word yet on her condition. >>> this morning, isis militants are on the offensive in iraq. force fighting is reported on the outskirts of ramadi west of baghdad. the extremists may be close to taking control of cities and iraq's oil refinery in baiji is coming under attack. holly williams is in istanbul turkey monitoring the latest fighting. holly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, isis has overrun several villages close to ramadi according to iraqi officials, reportedly blowing up a police station during the attack. isis militants have been battling against iraqi forces for months now around ramadi and the extremists already control large parts of this t surrounding province of anbar, the area where the center for the al qaeda insurgency after the u.s. invasion of iraq in 2003. further nort

most recently there was an attack in the city of karachi. claim to be people aligned with the islamic state. a new threat to the region. and ashraf ghani claims that he sees the external threat to afghanistan posing the bigger threat to the region. >> nathan hodge, thauchg for joining us from kabul. let's talk more about the new threat as nathan puts to to afghanistan. i want to bring in lieutenant colonel tony schaeffer. a former army intelligence officer, senior military fellow at the london center for policy research and lieutenant colonel james reese, a cnn global affairs analyst and former delta force commander. so colonel reese, to you, first how much of a threat when we hear nathan say it's a new threat to afghanistan, to what degree? >> good morning fred. it's a threat that we're going to have to watch closely. i think one of the things that isis is going to have to watch themselves is them getting sideways with the taliban inside afghanistan. which could be a major faux pas for them. again isis is getting whacked pretty good in iraq

they get everything in through karachi in southern pakistan. they're dependent on the pakistanis, for instance. all of this, if you could keep your mouth shut, try to blend in be the fly on the wall that's ideal but that's not possible all the time. so yes, we were challenged a lot but if you had a driver, that could tell a good tale about who we really were, he would say, well, this person here, you must let him through. he is a relative of john major he represents the queen of england, you must let him pass. that worked. ask john burns from the "new york times." that is of the drivers he had. those people are fully employed all the time. [laughing] so there are challenges every day, similar to that. but, going back to 1990 when i met kani, he didn't care about american or not. today that is an issue. we are a target. and how do you deal with that? what magazine, publication is willing to send you out on that him right now? who is willing to go? >> thank you for your incredible photographs but, one question. as we read recently, the taliban is