. ♪ ((break 2)) it's called a "loya jirga."d regional leaders in afghanistan will discuss the country's future relationship with the united states. security is always a concern, especially with o many paton walsh tells us, with kk - conditions improving, nato is ready to pass more control back to afghans. afghans. --reporter pkg-as follows -- slowly nato's transferring the security of afghanistan ver to afghans.the next regions to be handed overrwill soon be announced by president hamid karzai.it may, nato and afghan officials have told cnn,, innlude two of what have been - historicallyy- the moot violent parts of the country's south.first, in helland, there's the district of nad e ali: where many british troops have diee over the years.but plso - in kandahaa - the argandab valley - recently a hotbed of insurgent violence where many americans have died. now a afghan official in argandab tells us security is a lot better, but that's there in force.if they leave, hh tells s, things might get worse and fast.but the logic of thiss-

karzai is apparently hoping to get the support of the loya jirga to put pressure on the united statesand here in thailand the u.n. secretary-general has seen firsthand the devastation caused by the nation's worst floods in decades. ban ki-moon sat down with thai prime minister yingluck shinawatra in bangkok on wednesday to discuss the crisis. he pledged all necessary assistance to help thailand recover. >> this crisis will be overcome soon. as i said and i repeated, the united nations stands ready to work with the thai government. >> meanwhile, in some parts of bangkok nhk observed floodwaters have receded. officials say their efforts to drain the water are working. >> the level of the flood in bangkok should not be higher than this time, and the area should not be spread out. we may say that this is under control right now. >> floodwaters from the north are being diverted to the east and west of bangkok. even though the center of the capital now appears safe, the situation in those areas remains severe. >>> and that will wrap up our bulletin. i'm patchari raksawong in bangkok. >>> ti

i don't like it it's it's it's seems to me that most a loya jirga is comprised of. his chief competitor if you would if you can call it that every country that has a single bill principle and who is not there i don't believe many of the pain shares are there any of the other treasury x. and so i i don't know what to make of it and i find his demeanor. to be a little bit unreasonable even though i have to agree that you have been have been on record as saying i don't think the night raids are a smart move right now he has demands but he also has desires for troops to stay for another ten years past twenty four. for more funding to help train our campuses can you think of any reason why after twenty four we would still need troops to be there for ten years. no i can't i can't think of any good reason why we would other than the national reputation international prestige and loss of fish. but that that would be a hard reason to sacrifice a son or daughter in a in a full on hope if you will and so no i don't i don't see exactly a good reason for saying that. i will i wa

. >>> another important meeting kick off in afghanistan on wednesday where a traditional loya jirga of community leaders gathered to discuss pressing issues facing the war-torn country. at the top of the agenda was the planned withdrawal of international troops by 2014. afghan president, hamid karzai, indicated that american forces would only be permitted to stay longer under certain conditions. >> the united states and afghanistan have been negotiating the continued presence of american forces to counter militant groups but the two sides have reached an impasse about nighttime operations by the u.s. military, which the afghan side opposes. karzai is apparently hoping to get the support of the loya jerger to put pressure on the united states. >>> here in thailand, the u.n. secretary general has seen firsthand the devastation caused by the nation's worst floods in decades. ban ki-moon sat down with thai prime minister yingluck shinawatra to discuss the crisis. he pledged all necessary assistance to help thailand recover. >> this crisis will be over, over. overcome as soon as i say again

in afghanistan, the traditional national assembly, the loya jirga, today endorsed the government entertaining into talktalks that could keep thouss of u.s. troops in the year after 2014. afghan forces are taking command in some areas but are finding self-reliance has a steep learning curve. mandy clark in kabul has more. >> reporter: in a remote valley near the pakistani border, an afghan commander worries about his mission and his men. "our ammunition won't last till the end of the month," he says. "if we don't get more soon, this post could fall to the hands of the enemy." but help is not on the way. the commander who asked for his name to be withheld says the border police are being stranded at their posts because u.s. and nato forces are refusing to fly them out. no flights mean no resupply, either. "we don't have any helicopters, he says. "we're running out of food." the border police rely heavily on american aircraft to move their food, fuel, ammunition, and even men around the battle space but now nato is increasing pressure on the afgains to do more themselves. brig deeing general tom

we want to play i think pacifically afghanistan this week president hamid karzai has called the loya jirga together made up of two thousand afghan leaders to discuss the future of relations with the u.s. as well as to go sheesh and with the taliban karzai is trying to get the u.s. to keep troops and military trainers in the country for ten years past the twenty fourteen deadline as well as getting help financing the afghan security forces of course all this in exchange for full respect of afghan sovereignty and an end to night raids and house searches by foreign troops but ten years in america's war effort in afghanistan is still failing but what could ten years more really achieve i'll talk to somebody who's been there and knows what the u.s. and coalition troops are doing wrong joining me to discuss this is kim lynch founder of free range international can't thank so much for being on tonight a long time no talk we're happy to have you back on the program. all right so let's first start with what's going on in afghanistan right now with this or that i mean karzai has decided to call it's

hash out why sopa and protect ip are considered so dangerous and then we'll take a look at the loya jirga that henry karzai has called together in afghanistan as well as what the future of military commitment by the u.s. might be in this country to malaysia's going to join us to explain where he feels the military has gone completely wrong we have all that i am morphy tonight getting a dose of happy hour but first take a look at the mainstream media has decided to make its. wealth another day of election coverage and candidate scandals and today the mainstream media was all over the latest story coming out about newt gingrich. clear some really reports that new congress was paid more than one point five million dollars in consulting fees by mortgage giant freddie mac. he's being dogged by reports that he earns one point six million consulting for mortgage giant freddie mac. when asked about this at the debate he said he was hired as a historian but it turns out he himself was a p.t. advisor to freddie mac. which was bailed out by taxpayers his consulting firm was paid a lot bigger three h

albeit, it didn't achieve any results here with their attempted attacks against the loya jirga and i'm sure there's a lot of pointing the finger is why to exceed, but frankly it was the afghan security forces that denied them the opportunity. >> albright, general. i'm looking at a room with no hands raised. so with that, i will actually turn it over to you and any closing remarks that she'd like to make emissary. >> well, thank you, jane. and thanks to all the teams they are. we appreciate you tuning in and hearing about how our troopers are doing here in afghanistan with this important mission that we are undertaking. and as i mentioned, we still have a lot of work to do. we've made great progress at their afghan security force partners over the last several in some very, very hard fighting and we have hard fighting yet ahead, but increasingly afghan security forces are leading that effort. i know you'll keep us in your prayers over the thanksgiving holiday. and particularly our families as they continue to serve selflessly at home and support us while we serve here. on behalf of all

to continue albeit it didn't achieve any results here with their attempt at attacks against the loya jirga and i'm sure there's a lot of pointing of fingers going on as to why they didn't succeed. but frankly it was the afghan security forces that deny them the opportunity. >> good morning, general. i am lucky now at a room with no hands raised. so with that, i will turn it over to you and any closing remarks that she played in the commissary. >> well, thank you, jane. and thanks to other teams fare. we appreciate you tuning in and hearing our troopers are doing here in afghanistan with this important mission that we are undertaking. as i mentioned, we have a lot of work to do. we have made great progress with their afghan security force partners over the last several months in some very, very hard fighting and we have hard fighting yet above and then they do not ask her. i know that she will keep us in your prayers are with this thanksgiving holiday and think we are families as they continued to serve helplessly at home and support us while we serve here. on behalf of all of the courageou