kurdistan the central asian country and former soviet republic. in the space of just five years this state has gone through two revolutions the country is divided into two parts both by the mountains and by the unresolved conflict between the developed north and i could cultural south. kurdistan overcome its political and ethnic standoff could there be a repetition of spontaneous riots involving a mass loss of life. and . tucked away in the mountains one hundred fifty kilometers from the capital bishkek is the village of act chose as best only six hundred villagers are left here now. but when kurdistan was part of the soviet union people from all over the republic were eager to come here. with their with their knees or mine turn on his knee or was taken from them in the open pit heavy duty little as trucks are brought in from there as you can see the roads are still here in soviet times they produce three hundred tons a day and their time all arcturus religious work here but even that was not enough so they brought workers from other places you wh

budget in kurdistan. told production accounts for forty percent of the country's industry but kurdistan is still largely allen korean country nearly half its population is employed and i for culture and history at best accounts for sixteen percent of the country's g.d.p. in the first six years of independence the gross domestic products dropped by half the country's external debt is around four billion dollars money sent by migrants working abroad is one of the main sources of revenue. like the comptroller cory this tiny enterprise lives of foreign investment but of a different kind in the past tourists were only too willing to buy locally produced carpets scarves and felt caps the items made by the small factory are quite costly because they are handmade so. we press fell three times by found to make it causing us to. be used dyed felts make phadke it. is hundred days because we want to make sure that it is this wearing tan. before the april revolution the craftsmen had pinned their hopes on an influx of

this is the site of kurdistan most successful industrial. giant trucks bring tons of fuel from an open pit several hundred meters deep. this giant can carry one hundred seventy tons. we now have. medium sized dump trucks. you know you can see some of the big. thousands of tons of rock will go through treatment process to several kilograms of enriched or. go to the most important place in the factory the smelting furnace. will be extracted from the. agents are added to it. and then it goes into this where the temperature is one thousand five hundred degrees celsius. the gold is melted into a half to three hours. every two days. today will produce four bars weighing about one thousand five hundred ounces all together. belongs to a canadian firm for that reason the production western standards every single piece of equipment and even the workers clothes have been imported from canada. the staff enjoys high safety standards and is well paid many others would like to be employed here the enterprise is one of the largest sources of taxes for the c

and the k d p the kurdistan democratic party. at this point i would like to take issue with one or two of the premises both in the introduction and maybe implicitly in what brendan are saying as if there is a kind of a new more city or a big historical clash between the care dish people and the arab people i think this is a myth we have had that oppressive regimes like saddam's regime attacking the care dish people but there hasn't been this historic people against people who tensions or or quarters or fights historically in iraq in fact very people a very few people seem to know that there are about ten million kurdish people in baghdad the capital this is more than more than care than any kurdish area that is that is to. say i think i think you it is not some no no it is not nonsense to me because the kurdish people live where they care to pull advice and the cards i know i know you would like you would like to divide there are key people like you are attempting just now but if you let me finish a lot of kurdish people out enti

the home plate inside of the kurdistan region is not yet suitable and ready for its statehood there is a separation there is hope there is one and work towards it. all the political pragmatists the leaders know that. declaring a state right now he's not the ultimate. solution to the case that's why they're clinching for baghdad that's why they're. the most active negotiators and settling issues that are. infesting baghdad in terms of political process and formation and security so the kurds for now are considering themselves part of iraq but look let's let's beat after the withdrawal of the of the u.s. forces going in if i can go to you i mean there's a nice saying the appetite comes with eating and once the americans do leave to what degree i mean the keeping something on the ground most likely a respected white people white house says of the pentagon says but i mean there's a historic moment right here and we all know that iraq is in political deadlock right now the kurds are kingmakers and if this goes on for much longer the kurds will say you know go ahead guys i mean you figured o

and the k d p the kurdistan democratic party. at this point i would like to take issue with one or two of the premises is both an interruption and maybe politically in what brendan are saying as if there is a kind of i knew more city or a big historical clash between the kurdish people and our people i think this is a myth we've had the oppressive regimes like saddam's regime attacking the care dish people but there hasn't been this historic people against people tensions or quarters or fights historically in iraq in fact the very people a very few people seem to know that there are about ten million kurdish people impacted at the capital this is more than more cares than cares in any kurdish about is that is true. i say i think i think you know and some of the no no it is not nonsense and me because the kurdish people where the character should be a total advice because i know i know you would like you would like to divide the iraqi people like you're attempting just now but if you let me finish a lot of care dish people are ent

the kurdistan regional government is a very secure region it's the best organized part of iraq and it's very important to understand that the kurdish leadership is not planning a period for independence even if it gets excellent opportunities and that's because kurds know historically that if they seek independence that would invite the negative intervention of the neighboring powers in particular turkey and iran by contrast at this moment the kurds have the ability to reshape iraq they more or less designed its constitution in conjunction with its partners so they have every opportunity to make their influence felt indeed with the departure of the americans they will be the only part of iraq that is reliably pro-american so i would expect them to use their leverage to ensure that there will be american troops patrolling the disputed territories they'll be working hard to ensure that their recent successful detente with the government of turkey continues and they continue to attract inward investment if the kurds were to take the risk of going for independence that might damage all of t

it is the worst attack by kurdish militants since the separatist kurdistan workers party ended a six-month cease- fire in february. in southern afghanistan, at least four people have been killed in an attack on a memorial service for the brother of president karzai. a suicide bomber struck the red mosque in kandahar. the dead included one of afghanistan's leading clerics. the president's brother was assassinated at his home on tuesday. the taliban claimed responsibility for that killing. the commander of nato forces in afghanistan, and general david petraeus, has been holding security talks in pakistan as divisions deepen between washington and islamabad. the u.s. is holding hundreds of millions of dollars in security assistance. pakistan has called for an end to u.s. drone raids that have been taking an increasing civilian toll. >> u.s. drones' fly it around the clock in pakistan, targeting fighters in the mountainous region bordering afghanistan. civilians are often killed in the attacks. pakistan has condemned the ground strikes as a violation of its sovereignty, although some analysts

militia group in kurdistan pay jack which is really really very badly and iran has just taken over three of their bases so it was to be expected but whether it's going to in any way impede the run in nuclear program i don't believe that that is the case because knowledge is something you can't kill at this is something that the enemies of iran will have to buy a trial a has not come up with a single speck of evidence that iran has deviated from its peaceful nuclear activities it is a nuclear energy program given the shia appetites of the east and the west for energy resources of iran wants iran's energy resources have finished we have to look to the future are we going to be dependent for our fuel rods on the west will be east of the going to chance it or not and we've decided not to do so. well european leaders breathe a sigh of relief as greece has provided with a bailout of one hundred nine billion to euros well that's the spike the threat of athens credit rating plunging into the dreaded default category and critics say of this second cash handout isn't nearly enough to get the euro