as you know the position of mr karzai is that it is a very complex problem many people are. finding their burns of meaning for leaving just by. being involved even in the drug. trafficking and attribute the production of drugs and we should think i mean the world community not only russia how to overcome this dependency that those school lose their jobs will not go to the extremism taliban to join their ranks but this is not to protect still avoid the resolution of this very difficult issue after all i think i'm going to maybe under the auspices of the united nations should work how would turn it if a program of development of agriculture by the way in the history of going to. aid was self-sufficient in terms of food production. some time ago and possibly they need such current of international program of support designed very prudently to avoid this dependence on drugs production and trafficking ok on and on and i see on the editor in chief of international affairs magazine thank you for joining us today here in r.t. thank you. little later we'll go live to news conference

mr. karzai blamed unspecified foreign forces for exacerbating the route between presidents and parliament. -- exacerbating the row. "they set us against eachother, " he said. >> the danger was the lack of unity in this country. think about this. there are many governments. a parliament is a crucial part of this. without that in place, we would have had a lot of tension and confusion. today was a day of history, i think. >> however, the special court of president karzai is in existence and the avenger will try to disqualify some mp's. the battle will continue, even though the threat of an immediate crisis has been lifted. the parliamentarians have been declared the winners. both sides have been diplomatically referring to the outcome as the success of the will of law. and the international community is simply relieved this dispute has not ended in a confrontation on the street -- the success of meet -- the rule of law. >> good to have you with us on "bbc world news." stay with us, if you can. bbc world radio announces major cuts. first though, if you are worried about your energy bills, yo

mr. karzai maybe excel rain efforts to push them out of the country." back to the phones.ington, georgia. raymond, on the line for independents, you are on the "washington journal." caller: it is unfortunate we can only call c-span every 30 days and i have to call to talk about reagan. i have to tell you that i extremely enjoy what i'm hearing about reagan. two things about reagan that i remember -- i remember when he got shot. i believe i was 17 at that time. i did not really know anything. i do not remember knowing anything about government. i'm not going to say how i felt about when he got shot, but it let me know something. apparently, he was doing something wrong. the second thing i remember -- i believe it was in my first year and a half in the military. [inaudible] that is the only thing i remember. i remember him not being good at all. host: in "the wall street journal" this morning, "held ndenate bounc "the number two senate democrat, richard durbin of illinois, said in a later appearance on a program that it was possible. republicans could force a vote on the rep

mr. biden made the pledge during a meeting with president hamid karzai in kabul. he said training and aid will continue after u.s. combat forces begin leaving afghanistan in july. >> the united states, if the afghan people want it, are prepared and we are not leaving in 2014. hopefully we will have totally turned over the ability of the... to the afghan security forces to maintain the security of the country. but we will... we are not leaving. if you don't want us to leave. >> reporter: the vice president also said the u.s. has no inte >> holman: the vice president also said the u.s. has no intention of trying to "govern" or "nation-build" in afghanistan. secretary of state hillary clinton moved to shore up ties with yemen today. she made a surprise stop in sanaa, the capital, and met with president ali abdullah saleh. his government has been a key ally in the war on terror. relations with yemen were strained after wikileaks released u.s. diplomatic cables. they showed yemen secretly has allowed u.s. air strikes against al-qaeda targets. china has tested its first

mr. green, raised about the karzai degree and private security contractors in afghanistan. if i understand right, your money partners are very dependent on private security to go out and do their job, is that accurate? >> absolutely. >> from what i've read in the press if the decree as originally written or amended multiple times, that could have had a dramatic impact on -- in other words, there may have been a mass exodus or implementing partners of aid dollars out of the country if they can't have security, private security, right? >> yes, that's correct. there are certain of the firms would not continue to operate in afghanistan without, without oper security -- proper security measures. >> they would just pack up and go. your mission would come, largely, to an end in afghanistan without that necessary security. >> um, it certainly effects some of our programs. some are done through implementing partners who don't use private security contractors, and some are are through government entities that also doesn't use them. it would effect a not insubstantial portion, but not

mr r.t. and chamber another washington d.c. . there with artsy live from moscow coming up later in the program afghanistan's battle daladier as president karzai convenes a new parliament will look at what needs to be done to form a legitimate political power base in the country. and when this native american man moved to a remote russian village because quite a stir among the locals find out what lord when thousands of miles away from the u.s. that's coming up in just a few moments. but first concern is growing among ukrainians over the missing mayor of the capital kiev we had each of the vets known for his eccentricity has failed to appear in public for months but is set to continue to rule the city even the prime minister has demanded to know his whereabouts are these alexy or subsidy investigates the mystery surrounding the disappearance of the city chief. many if agree that over the past six months ukraine's capital has become a better place to live but locals are bewildered as to who should take the credit as the man in charge of the city has gone missing. the mayor i am definitely. in five years as city's top dog and each and maybe a sk

karzai reluctantly swore in the new parliament today. he had tried to delay it pointing to an ongoing fraud investigation in the november vote. the legitimacy of his own election has been questioned. mr. legislatures have threatened to open the government without him. >>> it appears pigeon droppings are to blame for a roof collapse that nearly hit a woman at a vacaville gas station. the metal roof above the pumps collapsed monday at quick way gas on merchant street. the vacaville fire department says the section that gave way was brought down by the weight of bird droppings that checked over the years. chris 45 just filled up her gas tank and gotten back into her car. >> there was just this exploding gas and debris everywhere. first i thought do i stay in the car for shelter? while, i am in a gas station and there could be something else going so i just ran through the clearing. >> the gas station's owner said he was unaware pigeon droppings checked on the roof. he is keeping the station open while waiting for crews to make an inspection. >> it is a virtual ghost town right now as another went storm hits the northeast. how the snow even affected president obama's travel plans. >> , s

karzai reluctantly swore in the new parliament today. he had tried to delay it pointing to an ongoing fraud investigation in the november vote. the legitimacy of his own election has been questioned. mr. legislatures have threatened to open the government without him. >>> it appears pigeon droppings are to blame for a roof collapse that nearly hit a woman at a vacaville gas station. the metal roof above the pumps collapsed monday at quick way gas on merchant street. the vacaville fire department says the section that gave way was brought down by the weight of bird droppings that checked over the years. chris 45 just filled up her gas tank and gotten back into her car. >> there was just this exploding gas and debris everywhere. first i thought do i stay in the car for shelter? while, i am in a gas station and there could be something else going so i just ran through the clearing. >> the gas station's owner said he was unaware pigeon droppings checked on the roof. he is keeping the station open while waiting for crews to make an inspection. >> it is a virtual ghost town right now as another went storm hits the northeast. how the snow even affected president obama's travel plans. >> and

a review of hamid karzai, really understand they're not that difficult to take. then you begin to realize how difficult this is. even mr. cameron would have a problem being the president of afghanistan. what really worries me, it is too easy for the non-military and even the military should know better, could do more and should do more. they should do more but i can do you having spoken to them, it is one hell of a problem to keep one man on the border requires two more people and this ammunition gets up. to most inhospitable terrain. and you have to control your own face the whole time because they are now operating against them as much as they are against us. it is more doable but i suggest we need to be a little more understanding of the difficulties and pressures and there's obviously more to it. >> we are down to the last four minutes so i am going to ask -- i have seen three other people, 5 can keep them to faherty seconds or longer. there are a couple minutes at the end for general richards to answer or cherry pick one. and identify yourself. >> i am walter stadler and my background is farm service. it was a won

that happening with president karzai regularly lashing out at us and at one point saying he would choose the taliban over the united states and the international community. mr. speaker, the american people are tired of being talked down to about this war. tired of being told everything's fine and under control. tired of being urged to stay the course. tired of talk about progress that seems to be little more than an illusion. the president reiterated last night that we will begin to bring our troops home in july, but there's plenty of evidence to suggest we're ramping up this war instead of winding it down. earlier this month, for example, 1,400 additional marine combat forces were deployed with the possibility of additional mini surges during the spring that will push our troop levels in afghanistan to the 100,000 mark. we're also using heavily armored tanks for the first time and there are reports that we're considering expanding the war across the border in an unprecedented way with risky and dangerous special operations ground raids into pakistan. does this sound like a war that's going to -- drawing to a close? then in a trip to afghanistan a few weeks