mr. karzai and the relationship with the u.s., and that is how the u.s. and the international community is going to deal with the real issue of terrorism and radicalism in the region and especially what is happening and what exists beyond our borders, the safe havens and the role that pakistan can play. so i think that is going to continue with a new afghan administration. they will continue to expect the u.s. and international community to play a more positive and more robust and more constructive role in trying to bring more stability to the region. and that will require probably a new strategy. >> my question is for both the speakers. you just mentioned the security interest that the united states has -- how much importance do you think the the manner in which these elections go ahead has vis-a-vis the continuation of u.s.-afghan relationship post 2014? do you think the support should -- for the continuation of support? >> i think that we are a democracy, too, and our democratic process means that any administration has to go to the congress to get fun

mr. karzai leaves office? >> you know, i -- the question is whether or not mr. ai will still do what putin did in russia and rule by surrogate, and i think that's a big question. probably better asked at another time, but i -- i think -- to be honest with you i think afghanistan in the future is going to look an awful lot like china in the 1930s before mou showed up, the government controlling the cities and major urban areas, war lords in the northwest >> at each others throats -- >> yes, and making money and doing what war lords do. and then along what is called the duran line that separates the [ inaudible ] from the pakistani and afghan pastoon is going to be a disputed area between the government and the taliban. i don't think the taliban is capable of taking over the country, but i don't think the government is capable of eliminating them. >> i would like you to talk for a minute about the composition of the taliban. as we noted these folks are young. younger actually than the taliban itself, quite young people with a very different mind set. >> that's righ

also has a running mate has been branded as a war like the other links to eat i went in search of mr karzai's former foreign minister who is believed to be his favorite cake appears to be running behind again it will take time to get the official count this is just east of the preliminary results i was what all this means is that if no one candidate has a clear majority. this paves the way for a runoff election likely sometime in may or early june and that means that afghanistan could go to this whole process again. of course the big concern would be with the fighting season underway one but talabani deal it happens and whether security holes. if the debt run up to. i was artsy course on at least half a knot. as western forces prepare to pull out of afghanistan thousands of innocent child victims remain according to the un five hundred and sixty one children were killed in afghanistan's war in twenty thirteen. nearly twelve hundred were wounded when a man is an afghan girl had her arm blown off by a taliban grenade. she recently underwent life changing surgery in the us. our teaser mongol uno

the other links to a violent insurgent group mr karzai's former foreign minister who is believed to be his favorite cake appears to be running behind again it will take time to get the official count this is just east of the preliminary results i was what all this means is that if no one candidate has a clear majority. this paves the way for a runoff election likely sometime in may or early june and that means that afghanistan could go through this whole process again. of course the big concern would be with the fighting season underway. what will that olive unto you if that happens whether security behold. if the debt run up to us. one of the main cause next the deck is pinching security pact with washington which young calming presence cause i have had hanging in there and the us is now winding down its combat mission on the proposed deal could lead to fifteen thousand troops on the ground for decades. cause i was reluctant to sign a deal with the continued killing of afghan civilians by american forces. it is seen as essential for afghanistan's ministry which is unable to cope with

mr karzai's former foreign minister who is believed to be his favorite cake appears to be running behind again. it will take time to get the official count this is just east of the preliminary results i was what all this means is that if no one candidate has a clear majority. this paves the way for a runoff election likely sometime in may or early june and that means that afghanistan could go through this whole process again. of course the big concern would be but the fighting season underway what will that olive ideal if that happens whether security loophole to get that one off test. made telstra sells next leader is to achieve security pat with washington which present cause i never agreed on us is now winding down its combat mission but the proposed deal could lead up to fifteen thousand troops that for another decade. cause i was reluctant to sign the dealer that be continue killing of afghan civilians by american forces that act is seen as essential for the afghan ministry which means i'm able to come with a ton of the afghan military and police were responsible for security on the

mr. karzai.he focusing has been on one person instead of the country overall, society overall, developments, changes, reforms, and so on and so forth. we are listening to the afghan people. this whole campaign and election process has been an occasion of opportunity for the afghan people to express themselves and for the afghan people to come one candidate or another. come out and make demands. come out and challenge them and say what is your plan? these are the problems we're facing. tell us what to do. this is absolutely very healthy. i think the media has played an incredible role in all of this. we are also seeing a generational shift in the sense that more and more young people who have grown up during the past 13 years and are now young men and women looking forward to and at an agetan to vote on one hand. also their participating. this whole sense of participating and dividing your welle and expressing you are what we are seeing over the last few weeks. i think elections are going to take

a running mate who's been branded as a warlord the other linked to a violent insurgent group and mr karzai is former foreign minister who is believed to be his favorite pick appears to be running behind but again it will take time to get the official count this is just based on the preliminary results and of course what all this means is that if no one candidate has a clear majority this paves the way for a runoff election likely sometime in may or early june and that means that afghanistan could go through this whole process again and of course the big concern would be with the fighting season underway what will the taliban do if that happens and whether security will hold if the runoff does take place. one of the main tasks father gonna stan's next leader is clinching a security pact with washington which the ongoing president karzai has left hanging in the air the us is now winding down its cold but mission while the proposed deal could have could leave up to fifteen thousand troops on the ground for another decade because i was reluctant to sign the deal over the continued killing of a

a running mate who's been branded as a warlord the other linked to a violent insurgent group and mr karzai is former foreign minister who is believed to be his favorite pick appears to be running behind but again it will take time to get the official count this is just based on the preliminary results and of course what all this means is that if no one candidate has a clear majority this paves the way for a runoff election likely sometime in may or early june and that means that afghanistan. and of course the big. one of the. security deal with washington which the president. and the u.s. is now winding down its combat mission but under the possible agreement it could mean up to fifteen thousand soldiers on the ground at least for the next decade. to allow its troops to. total legal immunity so. very reluctant to meet those demands but the security pact with the u.s. is seen as crucial because many local forces will be unable to maintain stability without the assistance of american troops. mission to teach me. technology innovation. your friend posts a photo from a vacation you can't. call

mr. karzai. he has made some big mistakes and failed to rein in the corruption, including from his own family, but we contributed as well and we need a fresh start. host: we have this tweet, from the pottery barn theory, we broke it so we have to pay to fix it. and we brokeke it, it in the 1980's for strategic reasons. the soviets broke it, they invaded afghanistan. andoutside world came in messed with afghan politics in a big way. and then we defeated the soviets working with the mujahedin to essentially bleed them out. it turned afghanistan into their vietnam. and then we washed our hands of the whole thing and we did not care. between the superpowers have their confrontation during the cold war, and what followed, the country was ripped apart. the larger extent -- the outside world owes the afghans, even on moral grounds. this was also done on strategic grounds. al qaeda had a sanctuary in this country from which they planned the 9/11 attacks and from which they would continue to operate. and

mr. karzai. he has made some big mistakes and failed to rein in the corruption, including from his own family, but we contributed as well and we need a fresh start. host: we have this tweet, from the pottery barn theory, we broke it so we have to pay to fix it. and we brokeke it, it in the 1980's for strategic reasons. the soviets broke it, they invaded afghanistan. andoutside world came in messed with afghan politics in a big way. and then we defeated the soviets working with the mujahedin to essentially bleed them out. it turned afghanistan into their vietnam. and then we washed our hands of the whole thing and we did not care. between the superpowers have their confrontation during the cold war, and what followed, the country was ripped apart. the larger extent -- the outside world owes the afghans, even on moral grounds. this was also done on strategic grounds. al qaeda had a sanctuary in this country from which they planned the 9/11 attacks and from which they would continue to operate. and

mr. karzai talks more about connudity. the other ones are talking more about maybe progress and change added to couldn't nudity. as -- continuity. as for strategy of doing things differently, i don't see much in any of them and unfortunately it probably will be a continuation of more of the same. and that would be a tragedy because the country needs some kind of constitutional change. and that's what taliban is calling for. but exactly what has not been discussed. introducing some element of community self government and decentralization of power might attract the taliban to negotiate a settlement especially if they can have a voice. >> sreenivasan: i have to cut you off there. sorry for that. thank you so much for your time. >> thank you. >> woodruff: leaders from africa and the european union met today in brussels to confront the crisis in the central african republic. more than 800,000 people have been displaced in the central african republic in the past year, caught in the crossfire between warring muslim and christia

branded as a warlord the other linked to a violent insurgent group and mr karzai is former foreign minister who is believed to be his favorite pick appears to be running behind but again it will take time to get the official count this is just based on the preliminary results and of course what all this means is that if no one candidate has a clear majority this paves the way for a runoff election likely sometime in may or early june and that means that afghanistan could go through this whole process again and of course the big concern would be with the fighting season underway what will the taliban do if that happens and whether security will hold if the runoff does take place that was our correspondent lizzie catherine off. as western forces prepared to pull out of afghanistan thousands of innocent child victims remain according to the u.n. five hundred sixty one children were killed in afghanistan's war in two thousand and thirteen nearly twelve hundred were wounded one of them is an afghan girl who had her arm blown off by a taliban grenade and she recently underwent a life changing sur

mr. karzai and the relationship with the u.s., and and thehow the u.s. international community is going to deal with the real issue of and radicalism in the region and especially what is and what exists beyond our borders, the safe havens and the role that pakistan can play. so i think that is going to new afghanth a administration. they will continue to expect the u.s. and international community more positive and more robust and more constructive to bring more stability to the region. will require probably a strategy. >> my question is for both the speakers. you just mentioned the security statest that the united -- thinkch importance do you the the manner in which these ahead has vis-a-vis the continuation of u.s.-afghan post 2014?p support shoulde should -- support?ontinuation of >> i think that we are a democracy, too, and our thatratic process means any administration has to go to the congress to get funding for its initiatives. and the bottom line is that our very much about the credibility of the governments that we provide assistance and support

mr. karzai may decide to have one of his ministers sign it before transfer of power but regardless the psa in my opinion is seen by most afghans have not all afghans as a cornerstone of future relations with united states and they need to be also another partner in the future. there's the whole donor community those that have pledged to continue to help afghanistan for the next few years. so all of this is good but let me just and. we are going to have a discussion later on but let me end by saying that there are some major hurdles ahead as i mentioned earlier. there are challenges ahead with the process that the expectation in afghanistan is that everyone's vote, the vote cast on saturday should count and everyone's vote should he respected and the afghan will be respected and in order to do so the process whatever mechanisms are in place, have to deal with elections and the next steps in the elections which is counting the votes and handling the votes and transferring the votes from one place to another and eventually tallying the votes and doing the part that has to do with the complain

mr. karzai. he has made some big mistakes and failed to rein in the corruption including from his own family, but we contributed as well and we need a fresh start. host: we have this tweet, from the pottery barn theory, we broke it so we have to pay to fix it. guest: we broke it and we broke it in the 1980's for strategic reasons. the soviets broke it, they invaded afghanistan. the outside world came in and messed with afghan politics in a big way. and then we defeated the soviets working with the mujahedin to essentially bleed them out. it turned afghanistan into their vietnam. and then we washed our hands of the whole thing and we did not care. between the superpowers have their confrontation during the cold war, and what followed, the country was ripped apart. the larger extent -- the outside world owes the afghans, even on moral grounds. this was also done on strategic grounds. al qaeda had a sanctuary in this country from which they planned the 9/11 attacks and from which they would continue

eyebrows one has been branded a warlord the other one was linked to a violent insurgent group and mr karzai a former foreign minister zalmai rassoul who is believed to be his favorite pick appears to be running behind but it is going to be quite some time until we get the official results and i have to say that the choice of candidates has not dampened enthusiasm here people did turn out to vote in record numbers in a country that has seen its share of coups violent overthrow is installed governments this election will certainly mark the first time the power is handed over by a democratic vote so it is a very important milestone now there were over three thousand complaints of fraud officials do say that only half of those will be investigated because of a lack of evidence the biggest problem though was a shortage of ballots across the country now that is likely due to the high turnout but it also could be because of ballot stuffing that's one concern and that is something that still needs to be investigated and of course despite the high turnout there were small parts of the country that b

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president karzai has squandered a good amount of goodwill. >> mr. smith, what do you say to the american public that frankly seems not to care. the latest polls indicating that 82% of americans are now opposed to the war in afghanistan. in 2008 the opposition to the war was at 46%. so what do you say to americans who believe that afghanistan was nothing more than a waste of time, and this election is the same? >> i think this election will provide an answer to that question one way or the other. again, if there is a high turnout, and it demonstrates in face of insecurity and taliban threats that afghans are willing to go out and vote. they are willing to endorse the political system and the constitution they have now. elect a president who has legitimacy and can rebuild relations with the rest of the world. i think that would be a very powerful signal. if on the other hand there's a low turnout, the vote is marred by fraud, security incidents, if the taliban can claim to have effectively defeated the election, then i think there -- will be an argume

karzai stepping down. he's had some green chillies in the past mr agreed with the west the main contenders. putting some light between themselves and karzai but some not too much. we need. so on are present as a foreign based oracle of typing out so that is success. me and that would follow the path that he can do that. in honor and dignity in our country and that transfer of power becomes routine. the transfer of power that sucks to see others notably the menu finished second in the fall of march two thousand and nine election. two of them were predicting a first round knockout. about different scenarios we did not dismiss the senate moves. it is most likely get the adidas one ballot election. he and team it would not be the uncertainty. you see there being just one round. i don't see there being just one round a hand but you know it's very difficult to tell them the polls that are out there i would suggest that both aisha jaime and i dr bill and joe are very close i now when data are accurate polling is not a refined art in afghanistan so it's really difficult to know. on that sets them ap

karzai. [applause] >> thank you. thank you very much. thank you. lee's -- please. thank you for the great owner. speaker, mr. vice president, members of congress, distinguished guests, the great people of the united states of honor to speakmy on behalf of the afghan people in this assembly. i thank you and the people of this great country for your generosity and commitment to our people. you have supported us with your resources, with your leadership in the world community, and with the precious lives of your soldiers. [applause] find more highlights from 35 years of house floor coverage on our facebook page. >> in a few moments, a discussion on proposed changes to the tax system. journalists talk about the book they are working on. today's boston memorial ceremony marking the bombing anniversary. on wednesday, at 8:00, the women of the world summit. a conversation with hillary clinton. here is a portion. produce inclusive prosperity. i am a product of the american middle class and i am great role for everything -- i am grateful for everything i was given as a child. see otherant to children denied that oppo

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