for public consumption so the united states people can be fed the line that the taliban and karzai administration are in peace negotiations and the reason they will say that is because we are talking about a deal. not because it is true. >>guest: we are fighting with a different group of people in pakistan. it has nothing to do with these old farts. they have nothing to do with the war in afghanistan. this is just a little puppet group of people to make it look like we kissed and made up and we can go home. >>shepard: it is all a big show? >>guest: yes. >>shepard: a big show withing in to it. >>guest: but it does not erase bergdahl's family concern. the eye on the ball is get bergdahl home. >>shepard: at one point you were in the middle of getting him home at one point, right? >>guest: well, when he was first kidnapped i was contacted by forces in afghanistan. we tracked him from the time he was kidnapped. he hung out with the afghan guards and he was turned over to a group that flipped it to another group based in pakistan, the same people that kidnapped david rose from "new york times" but we w

what happened in 2006, seven, and eight is partly some of the problems with the karzai administration, the noninclusiveness and the presidential palace centric government became more evident, but what really happened was pakistan, and remember president musharraf tries to do a deal with groups in the tribal areas, and it doesn't work, and rather than having the rbis in the tribal areas exclude al qaeda and those folks doing things in afghan, afghanistan it becomes a safe haven and just at the point when president musharraf realizes it is not going to work and send back in the army he has his problem the chief justice, and pakistan descends into 18 months of political crisis, the killing of benazir bhutto at the end of the day mush rush musharraf leads at the end of 2008 and pakistan is focusing internally not on the tribal areas and secretary gates said at one point it became a four-lane highway from the tribal areas of pakistan into afghanistan. so i think it was a combination of some problems that emerged that we probably should have anticipated with the elf lucian of the karzai adm

what happened in 2006, seven, and eight is partly some of the problems with the karzai administration, the noninclusiveness and the presidential palace centric government became more evident, but what really happened was pakistan, and remember president musharraf tries to do a deal with groups in the tribal areas, and it doesn't work, and rather than having the rbis in the tribal areas exclude al qaeda and those folks doing things in afghan, afghanistan it becomes a safe haven and just at the point when president musharraf realizes it is not going to work and send back in the army he has his problem the chief justice, and pakistan descends into 18 months of political crisis, the killing of benazir bhutto at the end of the day mush rush musharraf leads at the end of 2008 and pakistan is focusing internally not on the tribal areas and secretary gates said at one point it became a four-lane highway from the tribal areas of pakistan into afghanistan. so i think it was a combination of some problems that emerged that we probably should have anticipated with the elf lucian of the karzai adm

off as the first democratically elected government since the fall of the taliban, beyond the karzai administration. we will see a 200014 and mention -- we will see add new administration in 2014, and the president will seen a period of time in the last 28 months, the last several years of the emergence of an afghan national security force, which is professional, willing to sacrifice mightily on behalf of the afghan people to achieve a level of security that is that new president and new administration and the ministries and the judiciary the opportunity to truly become a a factor in the lives of the afghan people. they will also see on the first of january that the international community is still with them, that the promises that were made by the heads of state of the isaf coalition in chicago, to continue to support and sustain the ansf, sustain that with the right amount of resources and to support its with some form of international force in afghanistan to provide for the continued professionalize asian and development of the ansf. so the eight afghans will see the international community cont

it'll be on the karzai administration. we'll see a transition in 2014 to a new administration and a new government with a new president, and that president will have seen the period of time in the last 28 months and the last several years of the ee mother -- emergence of the afghan security force which is professional and willing to sacrifice mightily on behalf of the afghan people to give security and the new president and the ministries and the judiciary the opportunity to truly become a part of and a factor in the lives of the afghan people, and they'll also see on the 1st of january, and sorry to go on so long -- it's an important question -- that the international community is still with them, that the promises that were made by the heads of state of the isaf coalition in chicago, to continue to support and sustain the ansf, sustain it with the right amount of resources and to support it with some form of a international force in afghanistan to provide for the continued professionalization and development of the ansf s

karzai. >> while the position of afghan women has improved since the fall of the taliban, there have been recent setbacks under his administration as well women are legally allowed to drive but encouraged not to do so. >> in this special report, we look at one woman who is trying to change that by teaching others how to navigate the roads of the capital kabul. >> it is a big day for 21-year- old fareshta. she's taking her first driving lesson. she will be under the watchful eye of the only female driving instructor in the entire afghan capital. they run through the basics. ignition, hand brake, a clutch. all the while, men look on with disbelief. although women are now allowed to drive by in afghanistan, seeing a woman behind the wheel is still a novelty in kabul. 21-year-old fareshka keeps her eyes focused on the road. the instructor coaches are nervous people with a helping hand. she also tells her to take it easy on the gas pedal. >> women have only been allowed to drive in afghanistan since the end of taliban rule in 2001. but customs change slower than the law. i taught both of my daughters to drive, but after they got marr