power between president karzai and the taliban. yes, the very big issue is in president karzai. he has been very frustrated by the americans and by the activism of washington. , which has been no less, [inaudible] a special last two months. as i said, it continued division in the american administration -- deciding what to do and what not to do and etc. he finished his term in 2014. >> do you think he'll leave? >> i really can't say. i hope he does. certainly, if i was president karzai, i would be telling you that from now you should be prepared to leave and then when someone you would like to see succeed you. i prepare the ground for that. there will be a fair election or a better selection than we've had before also, to a large extent, this would gratify the national community. and it will encourage the international community to continue to give aid. at the moment, frankly, there is a mood in europe right now, and i think i haven't been to washington yet, but even there -- nobody wants to help afghanistan in real terms beyond 20

>> i have no personal experience with the karzai family in kandahar. when i was the chief of staff at the u.n. mission, i spent a fair amount of time there. and i would be able to say that the karzai's tribe was a prominent tribe but not the only dominant tribe in that part of the country. and during my time there, that would have been 2004 to '6, their clan or their tribe was competing with others for resources and for dominance. but i was not in kandahar at a time when anything like the karzai family ran the city. i didn't experience that. >> and what else is prevalent in kandahar? is there something that grows out in the countryside that -- >> you're probably speaking of opium. and helmand is probably quite a bit more -- >> yes, i understand that. but kandahar, isn't that part of that whole swath of the country where opium is grown? >> across the south if there are not strong institutions and if there are not alternatively livelihood and value chains and access to market, opium will certainly be grown. >> okay. and i know that you have got a list, a

. >> hamid karzai is instantly recognizable. he intentionally with the garb of different afghan ethnic groups as a show of solidarity, but afghanistan is still a divided land, in spite of nato's presence there. when karzai took the presidency in 2002, he was seen as a figure of hope, and he spoke of peace, democracy, and growth. >> we will have a country that should have institutions, institutions that are trusted by people, and at the same time, we must go to fight terrorism until the absolute end and finished. >> the west supported karzai, an aristocratic tribal leader from southern afghanistan. he studied government in india and had lived in the u.s. at a united nations conference in 2001 after the fall of the taliban, karzai became the head of the new transitional government. in the eyes of the taliban, that made him a western stooge and a trader -- tracer -- traitor. schools were reopened and women gain new rights, but afghanistan's poverty continued, with western development money frequently diverted from its intended reci

a spokesperson for president karzai said afghan investigators told him u.s. troops were caught in the air strike without consulting afghan units that surrounded the house and were given no chance to flush out the militants. raids in residential area are a major issue for the alliance and the karzai government because of the danger to civilians. the alliance said they are key to capturing and killing taliban leaders. president karzai spokesperson said the latest air strike was the 5th incident since they signed a security pact but it seems to have gone terribly wrong this time. back to you. >> that was david piper reporting. >>> just ahead, how high low tide mercury climb? gwen has the full forecast up next. >>> healing internal scars from the battlefield. veterans step in front of the camera to cope about pss -- ptsd. when it comes to gardening, we're, well, inexperienced. is this right? right here, like this? ♪ turn that off! plants can smell our fear then miracle-gro expand'n gro made things a lot easier for us. it expands when you water it. and improves yo

as you said president karzai has pledged publicly and privately to the u.s. government that he plans to step down and to facilitate a transfer of power. in terms of the department of defense, in terms of the military role, in terms of the role that nato and isaf will play, in both of the last two elections in 2004 and 2009, the actual security protection that was available in areas where security had been achieved was led by the afghan forces, particularly in 2009. i know it's the judgment of our commanders in the field that that's going to be able to be the case in 2014 as well. so, in terms of the military's role, we'll be supporting the afghan security forces to the degree necessary in 2014 for those elections in order to carry out the security. the biggest challenge, of course, is having a credible and legitimate process that results in a transfer of power that the afghan people, international community see as legitimate, that there is a very active political dialogue in afghanistan already, and our colleagues at the state department and elsewhere are wor

karzai demanding that n.a.t.o. and u.s.kes in the rest deposition areas, a deadly strike that killed 18 people and many women and children attending a wedding. the top commander in the u.s., allen, apologizing for the strike. firefighters trying to get a dangerous wildfire under control in denver. burning near fort collins and already destroyed more than 14,000 acres. and officials are now ordering 1500 people to evaluate as a precaution and the red cross opening up shelters with 500 of the people registered for the night. people in spain reacting to the announcement, their banks are going to have to be bailed out. they are protesting, angry over the euro zone's plan to offer up the equivalent of 125 billion u.s. dollars to rescue spain's banks and say that citizens dealing with unemployment now at 25% should be the ones to benefit from international aid not financial institutions, now we've been reporting to you this weekend on fox report, euro zone finance ministers have agreed to make that loan. the exact amount we don't

. >>> afghan president hamid karzai has called on lawmakers to stamp out corruption. donors asked repeat lead he do more to stop dealings within his government. donors are expected to pledge billions of dollars in aid at a conference next month in tokyo. karzai wants to calm fierce the money will be misspent. >> translator: we will go to the tokyo conference in a few days. god willing, donors will consider to pledge a similar amount of aid. >> karzai address aid joint session of the upper and low er houses of the national assembly. he said corruption reached a peak in afghanistan, and he said it's an ill that the government must cure. >>> karzai hopes that delegates at the international conference will pledge $4 billion a year to development afghanistan in the coming years. nato-led troops are scheduled to withdraw in 2014. >>> united nations officials are criticizing an unseen threat from above. u.s. military personnel launch unmanned drones from their bases in afghanistan to carry out counterterrorism operations in neighboring pakistan. delegates at a u.n. conferenc

. >>> afghan karzai is condemning an air strike carried out by nato on wednesday. he says innocent civilians became victims. karzai is devoting his full attention to the situation, cutting short an official visit to beijing. patchari raksawong at our ba bangkok bureau has the details. >> the afghan president says 18 civilians were killed in the attack. he announced an early departure from an official visit to china to return home and consider the appropriate response. officials in logar province out of kabul say forces targeted homed. they say many civilians including women and children were killed. international forces have acknowledged the air strike, but say they have not confirmed any civilian deaths. karzai denounces the action saying a nato air strike in which civilian lives are lost and property damaged does not have any justification and it is not acceptable. the air strike follows suicide bombings by the taliban in kandahar on tuesday. 22 civilians were killed and about 60 others wounded. the taliban bombings are compromising security and the air strike fu

women, children and old men who gathered there for a wedding party and a spokesman for president karzai said afghan investigators told him u.s. troops called the airstrike without consulting afghan units who surrounded the house and were given no chance to flush out the innocents and nato refuses to comments on the claim but says procedures were under review and the taliban ordered all the schools in the district, to close for three days to morn the dead and, forces in residential areas are an issue for the alliance of the karzai government because of danger to civilians and the alliance says it is key to capturing and killing taliban leaders and hope to resolve the differences by allowing the government to control the operations with afghan troops taking the lead and it seems something went terribly wrong this time. back to you. >> eric: david piper from kabul, thank you as always. ♪ >> jamie: fox is america's election head quarters and it has been a rough start of the month for president obama and his re-election bid and we're only ten days in. look at this. the continued fallout from

. >>> afghan president hamid karzai has asked lawmakers to step out corruption. he's been asked repeatedly to stop more shady dealings within his government. donors are plaining to pledge billions next month in tokyo. karzai wants to calm fears that the money will be misspent. >> translator: we will go to the conference in a few days. god willg donors will continue to pledge a similar amount of aid. >> karzai addressed a session of the upper and lower houses of the national assembly. he says corruption has reached a peek in afternoonghanistan and he said it's an ill they must cure. >> they'll pledge $4 billion a year to develop afghanistan in the coming years. nato-led troops are scheduled to withdraw in 2014. >>> an indonesian air force plane has slammed into a housing complex in the capitol jakarta. all seven soldiers on board and three local residents are dead. >>> an air force spokesperson said the fokker 27 turboprop was on a routine training flight. reports say the housing complex is a military facility near the base. the aircraft crashed into nine houses.

at the end of the day, i mean, i think there's no question that the karzais, like a lot of the elites in afghanistan, are trying to get the most they can out of theste, af em dveel buthk we're encouraging that by not having good controls over our spending and setting deadlines of our departure -- >> but isn't the other half of that argument saying, you know, we'lltfilyanee enagthyp of behavior? let me ask you this question. i completely agree that, obviously, an extension of taliban rule in any part of that country is wholly undesirable, prt.it whawe'r trygto an t wssrei er that the present regime might find it quite acceptable to ve an unwritten agreement where they would stay in power, but there would, in fact, be parts of the country at wld be ruled by the taliando whateverhey nt meare is t is rmeoudo b us, preserve their own control of the country, their own wealth and justook the other way as the taliban rules certain parts of the country and perhaps once again is the host for the alaedaase? anit.sro w >> sure. well, first of all, this regime is going, and thank god for that. you

. >> given hamid karzai's remarks about the latest nato assault, killing a number of civilians. do you think in part this is to reflect away from that? >> for afghans, it's nothing new. they've always alleged, including president karzai, who's been very critical, the safe havens in pakistan, the support and others, they must end. if anything, these comments will be welcomed and this will be seen as something positive by the government. it will not help, because already the president is cutting its trip short from china. he criticized the killings, calling it an unacceptable mistake and has admitted that any time civilians get killed, it only strengthens the taliban. president karzai has asked again that the killing of afghan civilians is not acceptable, and he will not accept any explanation when it comes that. >> thank you very much indeed, the latest from kabul. thank you for watching "bbc world news" with me, david eades. still to come in the program -- aaron was telling us spain successfully sold its bonds at auction. it doesn't mean they're smiling in madrid. we'll be there

i was told not to mention karzai in the title of this hearing. afghanistan is pledged by corruption and is tied for third as the most corrupt country in the world. corruption threatens the u.s. military and reconstruction missions as well as the the dishonestlegitimacy among its o. this has made it virtually impossible for the gao to do its job. they're trying to safeguard the interests of the american taxpayer. there has been a scandal so big that it cannot be hidden by the bureaucracy. that was the kabul bank case. it was looted three series of insider loans that were never meant to be paid back. the bank collapsed and was bailed out to the tune of $825 million according to the imf. one of the central figures was karzai's brother who was given interest-free loans which she'd been used in part to buy a stake in the bank itself. it has been reported that much of the money was used to speculate on real-estate in dubai. there was not even a pretext that they were being used to provide money for the afghan of economy. they were involved in advising

thank you for example there was a basher doest who was the minister of planning during the first karzai administration that really got a guy in and then she became a member of parliament didn't talk about it i mean that it down and a man who was much loved by the afghan population would have been a pita as planning minister he conducted resends us of the local nongovernmental organizations that would result in afghanistan since two thousand and one. opinion a lot of the twenty two hundred nongovernmental organizations including the census doest recommend the removal of one thousand nine hundred of them to president karzai. so there must be of cooperation is a tangible problem in afghanistan and you know that and i think there aren't any control mechanisms for how monies invested inside the country. by their home is what i want them to understand how the money that they give to their governments is used. well money that they expect to be used in the right way without question washington can literally money it arrives and then passes through the government manages the reconstruction work.

commanders the removal of one thousand nine hundred of them to president karzai. so the muffy of cooperation is a tangible problem in afghanistan and you know and i think there aren't any control mechanisms for how monies invested inside the country. by their home is what i want them to understand how the money that they give to their governments is used. why any that they expect to be used in the right way without mission washing can literally money that arrives and then passes through the government manages the reconstruction work. and the work of the local nongovernmental organizations so it is clear that if the majority of the government is made up of the corrupted wool or it's where the money will end up in their pockets on their little about the international community has encouraged the corruption that effect our country today . hard to believe. that after spending you know. hundred billion dollars and afghanistan is still afghanistan is the war and the award for the rights of the children afghanistan is. the second country that the sound put there for the

. >>> president hamid karzai is asking and calling for an end to international air strikes in afghanistan. he says the operations must stop to protect civilians. but nato commanders don't entirely agree. this report from kabul. >> reporter: karzai told the news conference on tuesday that afghan and the united states have agreed to prevent a recurrence of such a tragedy. >> no bombardment of civilian homes for any reason. it is completely banned. absolutely banned. absolutely. >> reporter: the announcement comes in the wake of last week's air strikes by u.s. and other international forces in logar province that killed 18 civilians, mostly women and children. the international forces said the international forces said they believed that militants were hiding there. but the u.s. lieutenant general, second in command in afghanistan, said u.s. forces can carry out air strikes in self-defense, even in residential areas, if they think that they are at risk. u.s. military officials are concerned that militants may try to hide among civilians if air strikes on houses are completely banned. hideki

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hamid karzai made the announcement yesterday. general john allen has apologized and promised an investigation. >> started like this. i speak the language of business. i know how jobs are created. >> but it ended like this. one of the worst economic records in the country. when mitt romney was governor, massachusetts lost 40,000 manufacturing jobs, a rate twice the national average. and fell to 47th in job creation, fourth from the bottom. >> shannon: jobs are a key issue this election psychele and president obama's campaign says that mitt romney's record as governor of massachusetts proves he is not the one equipped to turn things around. the rnc, as you would expect, is firing back at the president's record. joining us to talk about it in a fair and balanced and maybe feisty debate. thank you for coming in today. >> thanks, shannon. >> shannon: topolitifact rates the claims of being 47th in massachusetts in jobs as accurate. so if that is the case, why does mitt romney deserve to be president. >> when he entered office, massachu

leaders of iran mahmoud ahmadinejad and afghanistan hamid karzai first of all. china for him it's just the place to be because it is probably one of the few places in the world where he is not being threatened by sanctions where you can all feel relaxed and smiling we saw on the cameras as he was walking inside the building how chilled and relaxed he was definitely putting on him have a lot to talk about because russia plays a very important role in mediating the conflict between iran and the west moreover the timing of this particular meeting in beijing is very important as well because in the middle of june we're expecting a five plus one group of negotiators to meet in moscow to discuss the iranian issue certainly this happens i mean the time when washington does not rule out military action against tehran and constantly keeps slapping iran with a different sort of economic and trade sanctions both russia and china support to support the civil nuclear program in iran at the same time they would not support any military nuclear program in this country now as f

a spokesman for president karzai said afghan investigators told him u.s. troops had called in the airstrike without consulting afghan units who had surrounded the house and were given no chance to flush out the militants. raids by nato forces in residential areas have become a major issue for the alliance because of the danger to the civilians. the alliance says they are key to capturing and killing taliban leaders, but president karzai said the latest airstrike was the fifth incident since they signed the security pact, but it seems to have gone terribly wrong this time. >>> matthew mcconaughey says i do to his long time girl friend, the unusual way they said their vows up next.  >>> bad news for ladies across country. your chance to scoop up one of america's most eligible bachelors has passed. hollywood hunk matthew mcconaughey finally tied the knot to long time girl friend model camila alves. reports describe the ceremony as intimate with family and friends at the actor's home in austin, texas yesterday. us magazine reports they exchanged persona

when i press the isaf representatives he said well, sir, president karzai had insisted on heavier and more expensive that she wanted f-16s and this and that -- and it was a compromise. i'm wondering how many areas like that where we have given them weapons and tactics that don't fit -- that are not realistic as to their capabilities, to maintain that, after we are gone. general townsend, i'm wondering if you could reflect on that. >> yes, sir. i have actually seen that same towed artillery. i would point out that the u.s. army and marine corps is today have a lot of towed artillery and the afghans have had towed artillery for decades. towed artillery is nothing new and there's nothing out of character for the afghan army of the past where the president. now, did you have mortars as well, they have light mortars and medium caliber mortars, much like we do. so they have, i think direct fire systems that they can have high mobility with what i have seen them attach those come until those -- >> i want to remind you that this is that the u.s. taxpayer's expense. borders don't require all o

where we have right now with night raids and karzai administration? >> quite honestly, the night raids questions has pretty much dropped and the pressure which was highly pressurized a few months ago has dropped significantly since we made this agreement on night raids or special operations with the government of afghanistan. essentially we are turning over night raids an accelerated pace to them. they have now for a thorough strike forces that are doing these raids side-by-side. they are partnered with americans. they are enabled at americans, but they are completely in the lead for four straight forces. they are coalition forces still operating each night. they are partnered also with afghans. it's a discussion that really about who is in the lead in participating. but because of that agreement because of the continuing success of the operations, the pressure on that topic has dropped significantly with the government of afghanistan. >> in terms of our ability to save some forces, being able to redeployed them out of afghanistan, utilizing pakistan

would not support any military nuclear program in this country now as for the meeting with hamid karzai it's also seen as very crucial because russia is now playing a very important role in afghanistan providing one of its military bases in the for the nato troops to deliver its military cargo to afghanistan to help the withdrawal of the u.s. troops from the country by the end of twenty fourteen it's evident to many that the war on terror in afghanistan is not working out as it was planned civilians are being killed by terrorists drug trafficking still there so russia certainly wants to play a very important role in bringing this country to peace both russia and china have agreed to bolster their military ties of the news which would probably be unwelcome in the west and particularly in the united states definitely this latest meeting between the leader. china and russia add a very interesting spin to the international geopolitics. president hamid karzai cut short his visit to beijing to return home after eighteen civilians were killed in a nato airstrike in eastern afghanistan the inst

there are reports, of course, that president karzai's brother who was heavily involved in this bank has been able to purchase property in dubai, for example. has anyone looked in to that charge? >> as john noted, we have not looked at the -- >> who would look in to it? if it was going to be looked in to, who would look in to it? >> sir, i think typically, like, for gao, we're doing any job and we see some things that look like it might be potentially fraud in particular, we would then turn that over to the ig that's responsible for that program to take the next look. because that is more their core specialty. >> has it been turned over to them? >> sir, i could not tell you but i don't know whether any of the other witnesses from the executive branch might be able to give you some more insights on that, but i don't have any information on that, sir. >> do you have any information on that, whether or not so the ig is supposed to investigate? >> typically that's the process that we use. >> okay, typically. and in afghanistan that's what we're doing, if something comes up like this, we ask

so i did my show, went back to the hotel where karzai was staying and i brought a picture.i found out, you know, you're not supposed to make jokes of the secret service, because they're very serious. with their ear piece. did you make jokes around them? >> jimmy: i did. and they didn't think they were funny. >> well, they're not there to laugh. i was going to a show and all the secret service got in and some dignitary from europia. i don't know. and -- and then i go, what's going on tonight, big streisand concert? nobody laughed. but when i went back to my hotel, i took this for you. this is what they don't think is funny when you go through the metal detector. you go through this. here, you hold it up. you're wearing your tired hooker concert t-shirt. so just know that i was in the elevator with -- >> jimmy: who are the guys in the back? >> they are not happy that i took that hilarious photo for you. so they want to be like blurred and stuff. >> jimmy: oh, really? >> matter of security, whatever. they're cool. and then right after, no joke in line at the metal detector was

>> i have no experience with the karzai family in kandahar. would be will to say that the karzai tribe was a prominent tribe, but not the only dominant tribe in a part of the country. during my time there, that would have been 2004-2006, their plan or their truck was competing with others for resources and for dominance. i was not in kandahar and daytime -- in kandahar at a time that the cars the family ran the city. >> is there something that grows up in the countryside? >> you're probably speaking of opium. >> i and stan that. but kandahar is in that part of the country -- >> in the south, if there's not livelihood's and value chains and access to market, opm will certainly be wrong. >> and know that you have got -- opium will certainly be grown. >> and i know that you have got a list of enterprises that we're trying to promote as an alternative to the opium trade. if you could send that to me in writing, that would be deeply appreciative. >> we would be happy to do that. >> you have anything that you would like to add? >> just one thing i w

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a spokesman for president karzai afghan investigators told him u.s. troops had called in the air strike without consulting afghan units that had surrounded the houses. nato hadn't commented on that claim. taliban have ordered all the schools in the district where the strike occurred to close for three days to mourn the dead. raids like this in rrj areas is a major issue for the alliances and karzai government because the danger to civilians. alliance has said they are key to capturing and killing taliban leaders, but president karzai spokesman says the latest air strike was the fifth incident that has caused casualties since they signed the security pact. the two sides hoped they resolve their differences by allowing the government to control such special operations with afghan troops taking the leegd lied but it seems to have gone terribly wrong this time. >> heather: thanks, david. >> gregg: get out your wallet. bank bailout in spain that could total $125 billion what could the financial lifeline mean for your bottom line when markets open on monday

i was told not to mention karzai in the title of this hearing. afghanistan is plagued by corruption and is tied for third as the most corrupt country in the world according to transparency international's annual corruption per se action -- perception index. it threatens their legitimacy among their own people. unfortunately due to records kept by united states agencies and departments including news aide and a lack of access to the afghan government records has made it virtually impossible for the gao to do its job or to help this oversight subcommittee. there has been a scandal so big that it could not be hidden by the bureaucracy. that was the cobble bank case. it held one-third of the entire banking system's assets. it was looted through insider loans that were never meant to be paid back. the bank was bailed out to the tune of $825 million according to the imf. one of the central figures in that bank scandal was a hominid given's brother who was interest free loans which he then used in part to buy a stake in the bank itself. it has been repo

we need to groom a successor to president karzai who is due to office in 2014. 22 and u.s. subsidies for the pakistani military in effect subsidizing the other side and finally we need to launch drowned and her special operations strikes on haqqani and afghan taliban leadership targets within pakistan. they cannot have impunity to operate within afghanistan as they currently have if we expect to be at all successful in the long run in afghanistan. that concludes my testimony, mr. chairman. >> we appreciate your testimony. thank you for your viewpoints. we look forward to your testimony. >> thank you, mr. chairman. ranking member and other members of the committee for inviting me to testify. it's a pleasure to be back in front of the house armed services committee. i also want to talk about an important subject, the afghan national security forces. i'm delighted to be appear with michael o'hanlon of max boot. i'd don't discussed for years i truly admire and thank them for their contribution to the national security. as you know from submission to the record, i've done for as

it was our most successful deployment of a puppet in the region since hamid karzai. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: but very life like. very life like. but an investigation of corruption has been launched thanks to a tip between a state department telephone hotline. although it did take a long time for that hotline to get answered. >> bring. >> oh, bring. >> stephen: now according to pakistani press reports, the corrupt puppetears or corrupte teers behind sim sim hammara were using u.s. money to pay off old debts and awarding lucrative contracts to relatives. and that's not all, folks. the report has this exclusive undercover footage of the corruption in action . (speaking foreign language). >> stephen: we caught elmo red handed. folks, that guy is bad news. not only has he been linked to state-sponsored terrorism, he's also been linked to ape sponsored terrorism. i hope this mess gets cleared up soon. our pakistani puppet program is too important for national security. remember, that is how we found osama bin laden. first we asked the children of abbotta does bad,

. >>> and the predawn strike happened in the eastern part of the country and ahmed wali karzai called it unacceptable. the alliance says they have no records of civilian casualties. >>> the government is denying another massacre against it's people. they say the government is responsible for killing at least 78 people yesterday, many of them women and children. it comes just four days after the president of syria denied responsibility after the massacre where more than 100 people were killed. this morning hillary rodham clinton called the violence simply uncouldn't shunnable. >>> the men were accused of attacking bryan stow at dodgers stadium. a man describes him punching bryan stow. >> he went in a sweeping punch to the left side of his head. >> he as a man matching sanchez's description hit bryan stow. >> i am an off-duty paramedic and my buddy also is an off- duty paramedic, he was punched from the side, we need an ambulance right now. >> prosecutors reportedly plan on calling sanchez's sister and norwood's girlfriend to the stand next. >>> the police review board is criticizing of

best in the business and he i thise speculation as he know that karzai would finsome means to hang onhere by constitutional reform. i don't think will get a transformationaleadeut wheaudaneieta cy the past and problems that has caused this country to try to make some incremental improvements, much more like the length of what we've seen take place in korea over a number of s. so anoa henhae gis g wre that and i clearly believee should be all in, hoping to influence the situation as michael has suggested into a much better job of charitable dat. >>k arase tibum lyin honnt w the afghan interests are truly aligned with ours? into the extent they are not, what we do to influee the regime and become aligned and the speificiti' iesheib took control a square inch. i agree with that. they may see it as being somewhat embarrassed. how do we make sure interests are aligned? >> welshes penicia appeared is going gointo answer at wiwho would he willing to cede any of that country to the taliban. and for all the obvious rasons in turn of the trainable view of civirights and what that woul anidtecut

president karzai called the loss of civilian lives on acceptable and cut short a visit to china. -- not acceptable and cut short a visit to china. in kandahar, two separate attacks killed 23 civilians and injured 50 others. it was close to the airport. most of those killed or injured were drivers supplying forces. nato troops plan to withdraw by the end of 2014. afghan officials said they do not believe the war in afghanistan can be won without safe havens in pakistan being removed. bbc news, kabul. >> everyone agrees that speed is essential in restoring stability in the eurozone. prime minister david cameron took that message to berlin. the german chancellor angela merkel told them -- told him that your needs more unity -- europe needs more unity to deal with the problems. those living under bankruptcy are braced for hard times ahead. >> spain's economy is in recession. many of the banks need a bailout fast. one in four adults is unemployed. the irony is, spain's banking crisis is solvable, albeit with large amounts of money. the problem lies with the real economy. it is shrinking fast

afghan president hamid karzai condemns the attacks, saying in a statement that a number of innocent civilians became victims. but the anti-government taliban militia released a statement saying the attacks targeted international forces, including u.s. troops, and denied any civilian casualties. the united nations said 579 civilians died in battles or terrorist attacks in afghanistan between january and april. it says the number is lower than last year, but is still significant. >>> pakistan is denouncing the united states' continued use of drone air strikes in the country. the complaint follows a u.s. attack in the country that killed al qaeda's second in command. the disagreement over drone strikes is driving a wedge into the already tense relationship between the two countries. we have our report from islamabad bad. >> reporter: the air threat was carried out on sunday. according to the pakistani government, 16 civilians were killed by unmanned aircraft in the country's north region. the pakistani government summoned the u.s. deputy ambassador on tuesday to protest the attack. pakistan clai