president karzai has long believed pakistan has been blocking their attempts at peace. afghanistan wants more including the former table leader. and david cameron wants stability as the british troops come home although president karzai announced a sour note saying they were leaving because perhaps they realized they had been fighting in the wrong place and that the province was more peaceful before the invasion and pakistan increasingly believe the table are a threat to their stability until recently they saw the table as clients who would serve their interests. fighting in the border region has cost thousands of pakistani lives and the girl shot while going to school brought many together. britain's goal is convincing the two there's nothing fear between better relations. >> we've been try for 10 years to contain this threat and we've seen recently in africa is it's not containible and the alternative is a policy of engagement. we are now beginning to move towards engaging this threat. that's what these talks are about. >> alongside the military task of putting pressu

that left ten civilians dead last week president karzai has issued a decree banning afghan security forces from requesting international air strikes during operations in residential areas for quite some time now nato and afghan security forces have teamed up to conduct counterterrorism operations that relied heavily on these airstrikes but it appears those days are over in his decree president karzai said quote our india s. in their own country calls foreigners to assist them and bombard a four or five al qaeda or taliban members it is very regrettable to hear this you are representing afghan pride how do you call for an airstrike from foreigners on your people president karzai went on to say that these airstrikes show a lack of respect for his country's sovereignty by the u.s. and national and nato forces so how will this change the face of war in afghanistan is that the end of collateral damage in the country well earlier today i was joined by jake deliberate oh he's a former marine and current political researcher at the university of birmingham the afghans rely heavily on air su

forces going in out of people's houses that and comment karzai president karzai needs to take care of his own situation. you know last week president karzai banned afghan forces from calling in nato air strikes in residential areas do you think couples trying to show that it's ready and willing to take over now that foreign troops are preparing to pull out. well i think he's in it yes i think definitely definitely president karzai is trying to make a statement in fact they haven't come to an agreement yet they you know they're they're still a little i'm sure power play going on between the u.s. and the president as to who's going to stay who's going to be in charge you know what kind of numbers they want and how they're going to work but absolutely you know an afghan leader wants to show that he he is there for the people and can get the people on board in order to support him which karzai decisions are sometimes seen as being dictated by u.s. interests with critics claiming that he has little power of his own what do you read into his latest move in that context and you know i yeah r

forces going in that people's houses that are and comment karzai president karzai needs to take care of his own situation but seeds definitely president karzai is trying to make a statement and that respect they haven't come to an agreement yet they you know there is there's still a little i'm sure power play going on between the u.s. and the president as to who's going to stay who's going to be in charge you know what kind of numbers they want and how they're going to work but absolutely you know an afghan leader is going to have to show that he has a little bit more support throughout the nation and then just his region and within the south there well after a short break it's artie's sports with kate partridge stay with us. download the official application to your cell phone choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorites from alzheimer's if you're away from your television well it just doesn't work so now with your mobile device you can watch on t.v. anytime anywhere. and i welcome to the r.t.s. boat show with me take paul george coming up this half an hour of sporti

forces going in and out of people's houses later and comment karzai president karzai needs to take care of his own situation it's definitely president karzai is trying to make a statement and our fact they haven't come to an agreement yet they you know there is there's still a little i'm sure power play going on between the u.s. and the president as to who's going to stay who's going to be in charge you know what kind of numbers they want and how they're going to work but absolutely you know afghan leader is going to have to show that he has a little bit more support throughout the nation and just his region and within the south there are going to be on seewald up there we go starting with south korea with a newly elected female president. called the country's north a neighbor to drop its nuclear program and she believes the move would lead to a shed development between both states the communist north carried out it's the nuclear test earlier this month in retaliation to western imposed sanctions. the daughter of the nation's assassinated autocratic founder was sworn in today at a cerem

forces going in and out of people's houses that are and comment karzai president karzai needs to take care of his own situation that sees definitely president karzai is trying to make a statement and fact they haven't come to an agreement yet they you know there is there's still a little i'm sure power play going on between the u.s. and the president as to who's going to stay who's going to be in charge you know what kind of numbers they want and how they're going to work but more support throughout the nation and then just his region within the south there. or it is time to get some action here on out to be the glamorous partridges next with sports . there's an old urban legend that says that the u.s. army stopped using circular targets for rifle practice because the soldiers would be hesitant to shoot people on the battlefield the logic is that if you practice shooting something that looks like an enemy soldier you'll be desensitized about killing real enemy soldiers so again the logic is to practice shooting at what you want to kill so you won't hesitate and speaking of not hesitat

troops are about to leave afghanistan after president karzai has just ordered them out of the war got province we report on why later this hour. it's ten minutes past the hour moscow time the rivalry between the u.s. and china has gone digital and it's threatening to turn into a full scale cyber war a recent scandal involving a chinese military unit allegedly engaged in cyber theft from american companies has put washington on the defensive but it might not be long before washington makes its move into this new era cyber arms race as art is more important reports. in january it is my pleasure to welcome president hu to the white house washington and beijing were the a list couple of geopolitics the positive constructive cooperative u.s. china relationship is good for the united states in february america's feelings are fleeting china unleashing its full spy power let's return to the alleged link between china's military and a prolific hacking group most cyber attacks are being carried out by teams inside the chinese military china is officially out of control because don't look now bu

karzai wants all u.s.orces to leave wardak province within two weeks and stop all military operations there immediately. this area the gateway to the capital of kabul, it has been a prime target for the taliban, it's where where a lot of trains going on as well. why are these allegations only surfacing now? what's all behind this? retired major general bob scales is a fox news military analyst, and as we said, no evidence of this at all, but the karzai government saying our troops are harassing, annoying, torturing and murdering innocent people. what's this all about? >> well, a little bit of history here, jenna. the alp program is a program that we've often used in the past. we used it in vietnam, it was called the strategic village -- jenna: al -- i'm sorry, general scales, if i could stop you because you're going to make an important point, i'm sure, but alp stands for what? >> that's the afghan local police, alp. that's these small militias that are loyal to village chiefs, and the u.s. military, the s

forces going in out of people's houses there and comment karzai president karzai needs to take care of his own seeds definitely president karzai is trying to make a statement in that respect fact they haven't come to an agreement yet you know there is there's still a little i'm sure power play going on between the u.s. and the president as to who's going to stay who's going to be in charge you know what kind of numbers they want and how they're going to work but absolutely you know afghan leader is going to have to show that he has a little bit more support throughout the nation and then just his region and within the south there. stay with us for our latest special report in just a few minutes. there is an old urban legend that says that the u.s. army stopped using circular targets for rifle practice because the soldiers would be hesitant to shoot people on the battlefield the logic is that if you practice shooting something that looks like an enemy soldier you'll be desensitized about killing real enemy soldiers so again the logic is to practice shooting at what you want to kill so y

forces going in and out of people's houses that are and comment karzai president karzai needs to take care has and the seeds definitely president karzai is trying to make a statement and our fact they haven't come to an agreement yet they you know there is there's still a little i'm sure power play going on between the u.s. and the president as to who's going to stay who's going to be in charge you know what kind of numbers they want and how they're going to work but absolutely you know afghan leader is going to have to show that he has a little bit more support throughout the nation and just his region and within the south where you have today stay with us next the latest special report in just a few minutes. well. science technology innovation all the developments from around russia we've got the future covered. those i would live. in eternal silence. invisible. every day is a struggle. for our children sleep soundly at night. we are palestinian women working in israel. we've done more for our kids than our husbands. we are phantoms in this life. oh that. was a. good speech. i wish

and president karzai addressed that at the white house at their press conference and president karzai's visit, saying he would favor immunity that is the first factor. >> favor. >> immunity, whatever. and we had this all over the world. where every united states troops are serving in a foreign country, we understake an arrangement with that country whereby those forces are able to do their jobs and have immunity with respect to the domestic judicial processes. that is the first point. the second point is the mission. and the mission as we are considering it today would have three aspects to it. the first would be counter terrorism, that the united states would have a force in the region in afghanistan that would have the ability to go after al qaeda and associated transnational groups that might threaten the united states, with our very effective high end counterterror efforts, point one. point two, including drones and the like. >> well, all the assets the united states has and counterterrorism and counterterrorism efforts to go after those groups. counterterrorism being number one. nu

forces going in and out of people's houses that are and comment karzai president karzai needs to take care of his own. it's definitely president karzai is trying to make a statement and fact they haven't come to an agreement yet you know there is there's still a little i'm sure power play going on between the u.s. and the president as to who's going to stay who's going to be in charge you know what kind of numbers they want and how they're going to work but absolutely you know afghan leader is going to have to show that he has a little bit more support throughout the nation than just his region and within the south there. and a straight to bulgaria not a kick up the all if you will where thousands turned out across the country to show their anger at rising utility costs on corruption in the energy sector ten thousand were in the capital waving national flags and shouting and government slogans and this is just a week after countrywide protests forced the conservative party to resign. roll castro was told the national assembly he will stand down as cuban president when his current term

forces going in and out of people's houses that have an incumbent karzai president karzai needs to take care has and that sees definitely president karzai is trying to make a statement and fact they haven't come to an agreement yet you know there is they're still little i'm sure power play going on between the u.s. and the president as to who's going to stay who's going to be in charge you know what kind of numbers they want and how they're going to work but absolutely you know an afghan leader is going to have to show that he has a little bit more support throughout the nation and then just his region and within the south where syrian rebels got a new batch of heavy weaponry from outside sponsors across the jordan border to fight president assad this according to arab and rebel officials is comes as renewed efforts to promote peace talks in the syrian conflict appear to have stalled main opposition groups syria's national coalition's announced it's pulling out of the upcoming international talks aimed at helping and bloodshed group will skip scheduled meetings in russia and the u.s. ov

afghanistan's president happened -- had hamid karzai, said he will ban -- after a joint operation killed 10 in the northeast. karzai says international support must now stop. >> i will issue a decree tomorrow that no afghan security forces under any circumstances can ask for foreign planes to carry out operations on our homes and villages. >> thousands of protestors have gathered in tunisia's capital in support of the country's ruling ennahda party, rejecting a proposal for the government's technical specialists to take over. >> they show support for tunisia's ennahda party. thousands converging on the focal point of the 2011 revolution. they are taking aim at secular parties, blaming them for the rising tension and growing divide between conservatives and secularists. >> i'm here to show my support for legitimacy in islam. we are opposed to injustice, dictatorship and violence. >> they've come from different regions of tunisia to show their support, with black flags on the avenue denouncing what is described as plots to discredit islam. >> we are targeted by remnants of the former regim

president karzai has occasionally in the past taken the u.s.itary to task and, in part, to show the afghan people that he is in charge, but this province is a taliban stronghold, one of the hottest combat areas in afghanistan, so if karzai is playing politics here, it's an extremely dangerous game. now, president obama has already announced that 34,000 american troops, half the total american -- from afghanistan by the end of this year, but if u.s. forces are prevent from executing their mission, you may start to hear calls from washington to bring home all american forces sooner than planned. lester. >> thank you. >>> up next here tonight, the pope and his last sunday appearance. but we can still help you see your big picture. with the fidelity guided portfolio summary, you choose which accounts to track and use fidelity's analytics to spot trends, gain insights, and figure out what you want to do next. all in one place. i'm meredith stoddard and i helped create the fidelity guided portfolio summary. it's one more innovative reason serious inv

afghanistan's president hamid karzai has ordered to u.s. special forces out of a crucial province that americans will link to the torture and murder of local villagers in areas seen as vital for defending the capital kabul the move comes as nato prepares to hand responsibility for security to local forces by twenty fourteen and politics professor patricia dinero says afghanistan will struggle on its. the wardak province is you know the family is strong the places where the ball is how i think they're kind of tired as well as most afghans so having u.s. forces going in and out of people's houses that are and comment cards that president karzai needs to take care of his own situation but seeds definitely president karzai is trying to make a statement and our fact they haven't come to an agreement yet they you know they're they're still a little i'm sure power play going on between the u.s. and the president as to who's going to stay who's going to be in charge you know what kind of numbers they want and how they're going to work but absolutel

and he was also a pub -- a triable hammed karzai. he had triable links to the karzai.fter 2000 he had repudiated the taliban and seeking to find a way to join the afghan government and the karzis, essentially. and so he contacted hammed karzai's brother and he wanted to engineer a deal to see if there was a way to join the government. the meeting scheduled to take place on the border between afghanistan and pakistan. the pakistanis caught wind of this and they were none too pleased with the idea of taliban joining the karzai government and so they told the americans that he is in such and such place. and i believe they arrested him. handed him over to the americans and the americans have sent him to guantanamo. he's in guantanamo today. and he's a particularly interesting case because a lot of of the sort of talks about talks or negotiations sort of negotiations that are taking place are about prisoner releases from guantanamo. he's one of the five taliban prisoners that the taliban are seeking to release. so these are two examples. but, you know, you can go across the

forces going in and out of people's houses that are and comment cards that president karzai needs to take care of his own situation but seeds definitely president karzai is trying to make a statement in fact they haven't come to an agreement yet you know there is there's still a little i'm sure power play going on between the u.s. and the president as to who's going to stay who's going to be in charge you know what kind of numbers they want and how they're going to work but absolutely you know afghan leader is going to have to show that he has a little bit more support throughout the nation and just his region and within the south there iran has announced it's found thousands of tons worth and you were in the reserves that says it will use them to expand its nuclear infrastructure and build more power reactors at home find out what we think you want. to do about it. and internet freedom north korea style become trip plans to make mobile internet its main tourist attraction giving foreigners full online access all that online. german chancellor merkel's calls to stay in turkey by call

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forces going in and out of people's houses it is an uncommon cards that president karzai needs to take care of his own situation but seeds definitely president karzai is trying to make a statement and our fact they haven't come to an agreement yet they you know there is there's still a little i'm sure power play going on between the u.s. and the president as to who's going to stay who's going to be in charge you know what kind of numbers they want and how they're going to work but absolutely you know afghan leader is going to have to show that he has a little bit more support throughout the nation and just his region and within the south there well let's get some sporting action here on our. next in just a minute. download the official publication so choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorite. if you're away from your television and pull it just doesn't matter so how would your mobile device if you could watch your t any time anyway. hello welcome to the r.t.s. boat show with me. coming up this half an hour of sporting action from russia and around the world these are

the afghan president hamid karzai has ordered u.s. special forces to leave the key battleground province of wind back troops there are accused of torture and of the murdering of civilians and just as can bull is preparing to regain control of security politics professor patricia de janeiro believes karzai also needs to regain the support of the people in the water.

president hamid karzai has ordered u.s. special forces out of the country's wardak province within two weeks this edition was made after allegations of murder and torture of civilians the move coming as nato is reading to handle responsibility for security to local forces by twenty fourteen patricia de janeiro and a professor of politics at new york university says even though it seems like afghanistan is willing to go it alone the path is unlikely to be smooth. the wardak province is you know the family is strong the place isn't volatile and i think they're kind of tired as well as most afghans having u.s. forces going in that people's houses that are and comment cards like president karzai needs to take care of his own constituents that cedes definitely president karzai is trying to make a statement and fact they haven't come to an agreement yet they you know there is there's still a little i'm sure power play going on between the u.s. and the president as to who's going to stay who's going to be in charge you know what k

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. >> president karzai has given the special forces two weeks to le leave. nato pilots conducted the raid to support an afghan ground operation. karzai last week ordered the afghan military to stop asking nato for air support. >>> japanese prime minister abe is back home after several weeks in washington. he delivered a message to barack obama. >> abe has vowed to get the economy growing again during his second shot at power. the prime minister taught americans that he was back and so was japan. he and president barack obama issued a statement that signals abe might be leaning toward joining the asians on the transpacific partnership. they say japanese officials will rice and other products before joining the talks. abe underscored japan's commitment to ensuring the asia pacific region. he said he may decrease defense spending. he said he is even considering allowing japan to exercise its right to depends an ally under attack. the official position of the japanese government is that collective self-defense is against the constitution. abe explained japan's p

karzai's government. and it's been accepted by your government. i would like to know how much progress your government has made in terms of arranging these face-to-face talks. and president karzai's government would like your government to release the man who was the number two on the list. your government has refused to do so. i would like you to square that with your assertion -- >> when was the last time you heard about this particular release? i would recheck that with your administration if i were here. -- if i were you. >> the afghan defense minister presented that last week. >> he has left a happy man and i'm sure -- >> are you denying? >> we don't discuss lists in public forums, but it is not -- we have the number one, you said something about a substitution. we, as i said very clearly have come to this whole process -- we have been asked to come to this whole process quite late as your forces draw down with an announced timetable and we have been asked to a date. -- we have been asked to come late. we will assist as they ask for whichever

general joseph dunford reacting to hamid karzai's decision to ban on security forces from speaking -- seeking nato air support following the death of the 10 people last week. we are amicable with more. nato andw commander of american forces here, general heredunford says he understands hegen. joseph dunford says understands the new policy. he is meeting this afternoon with his afghan counterparts to work out the modalities of victory on the ground. under afghanistan is afghan security force's lead. we have a lot of joint operations going on. this is after an air strike on wednesday left 10 afghan civilians dead. president karzai said it was called in by his arm afghan security forces, his own intelligence forces, and that this is intended to stop those kinds of things from happening. ineral dunford says this is line with what general allen, his predecessor, implemented over one year ago. the general says protecting civilians is what it is all about and he is working with his afghan counterparts to implement this new presidential decree as tens of thousands of nato forces will be leavi

karzai ordered special forces to leave the pro dense and killing. >> hamid karzai made these allegations among afghan linked to u.s. special forces in the providence. the afghan claims some of that misconduct includes the beheading of a stew p dent. it is a key location for insurgency efforts. certain armed individuals linked causing insect and instability. in a statement gaven stan national security council claims u.s. special forces stationed in that providence are quote engaging and harassing annoying torturing and even murdering innocent people. the afghans further state that misconduct is causing local public resentment and hatred. in addition it goes on to saying bombing intelligence officials which is nearby providence as well. claims u.s. special forces are discussing the providence. they want the u.s. to handle individuals allegedly involved in the actions for misconduct and stating for the u.s. special forces get out of that area in the next two weeks. u.s. forces are basically saying, quote, we take all allegations of misconduct seriously and go to great lengths to investigate

it follows allegations from karzai's government that afghans working we let u.s.roops are responsible for the kidnapping, torture and killing of villagers in twest of kabul. in the wardak province. the ban raises new questions, though, about the u.s.-led mission in afghanistan where the on coalition has been relying heavily on special forces as american troops are withdrawing from the fight. >>> president obama has ordered of course 34,000 u.s. forces out of afghanistan by this time next year, the combat mission is scheduled to end by 2014. >>> as some americans leave the fight, the u.s. is increasingly dependent on unmanned aircraft to target terrorism. gibbs made it clear, keep mum on the program. >> when i went through the process of becoming press secretary, they told you're not to acknowledge the drone program, don't discuss that it exists. what's crazy about that proposition, you're being asked a question based on reporting on a program that exists. what the president has seen, our denial our existence of the program when it's obviously happening, under mimi

now, in the past, president karzai has taken the u.s. military to task, in part, to show the afghan people that he's in charge. but wardak province is a taliban stronghold, one of the hottest combat areas in afghanistan. so if karzai's playing politics here, it's an extremely dangerous game, lester. >> could this derail the planned 2014 withdrawal of the majority of troops, the schedule the administration is currently sticking with? >> well, people are already wondering that. president obama has already announced 34,000 troops. that's half the total american force will withdraw from afghanistan by the end of this year. but if u.s. forces are prevented from executing their missions, you may start to hear calls from here in washington to pull out all american forces sooner than planned. >> jim miklaszewski tonight, thanks. >>> john kerry made his debut on the world stage today as secretary of state. he will visit nine countries in europe and the middle east with syria and iran topping his agenda. nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent,

hamid karzai ordering all u.s. special forces troops out of the key afghan province and only giving them two weeks to leave. more on that after the break. after as john kerry starts his first overseas trip today president obama's former envoy george mitchell is here. i will ask him about reports that kerry is determined to get israelis and palestinians to reach a peace agreement. [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. your soups are so awesomely delicious my husband and i can't stop eating 'em! what's...that... on your head? can curlers! tomato basil, potato with bacon... we've got a lot of empty cans. [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. >>> we are following developing news in afghanistan right now. a spokesman for president hamid karzai said the u.s. special forces have two weeks to leave the wardak province. karzai says he is ordering the u.s. troops out because of allegations of quote, harassing, annoying, torturing and murdering innocent people there. the force that kwoerdinates in afghanistan sa

host: and you're able to criticize karzai? guest: i am able to criticize karzai, write with taliban is doing. for example, a leader, i can write what they're doing. this is the reality of afghanistan that we are able to criticize karzai without being, for example, without being assaulted by him. host: john, are you from afghanistan? caller: no, but i am understanding how the world works. i have a lot of afghan friends. the reality is, what i have seen in afghanistan is based on tribe. freedom of press is short. i want ask your guest, how many of press that it killed in afghanistan when they criticize one of the leaders in that country? guest: this is a good question. how many journalists get killed when they criticize the leaders? the president or vice presidents are anybody in afghanistan, consequently resulted killing from 2001 up till now, we lost 39 journalists across the country. not because of criticizing, but because of the kind of exclusions they were reporting from and the second explosion happened for these kinds of