afghanistan. now that the u.s. is getting ready to leave, what kind of country will be left. >> president obama is hoping that a new aid package will help pull afghanistan out of its war economy after relying heavily on military and international aid efforts for 12 years. monday the u.s. agency for international development, usaid, promised $300 million for rebuilding afghanistan. the new usa package will include $125 million in food and farming, the foundation of the country's economy, $77 million for trade and taxes with plans to expand trade to the international markets and improve tax collection. and $100 million for education helping to fund ten afghan universities and partner with three u.s. schools. monday's announcement comes as the u.s. continues to pressure hamid karzai to sign the u.s. half began bilateral security agreement called the bsa. the pack would solidify conditions for involvement in the country after troops leave including police training and counter terrorism work. the pack got the approval of the loya jirga last year, but president karzai has still not signed it. >> afghanistan will never si

new york. "inside story" is next. ♪ >>> the u.s. is trying to shore up afghanistanefore the bulk of military forces leave, but it's not ♪ >>> hello, i'm ray suarez. when the united states invaded afghanistan in 2001, the country was being run by a loose-knit confederation of religious sell lots, who possessed very few attributes of an actual state the taliban was little more than an suv driving around the country carrying a trunk mufullf money. now the taxpayers of the united states have spent mightily to build a better afghanistan. now that the u.s. is getting ready to leave, what kind of country do the afghans have to look forward to? >> reporter: president obama and his administration are hoping a new aid package will help pull afghanistan out of its war economy after the country relied heavily on international aid for 12 years. monday the usaid promised nearly $300 million for rebuilding afghanistan. the new package will include $125 million in food and farming, $77 million for trade and taxes with plans to expand trade to the international markets and improve t

syria is now becoming the new afghanistan, the new training ground, the new magnet for jihadis, we may be dealing for the next 10 or 15 years with so the problems have mushroomed. the question is are we marshalling our resources and the best way to deal with that new phenomenon, and how are we dealing with that so-called pivot to asia. from my point of view, i would reorient the defense department to -- not massive invasions -- but being able to stand up the capacity in some of the other countries, so in mali, they can take the fight to the terrorists in their own ranks and have a smarter, faster, cheaper defense in the diminished budgetary days. >> senator, you're both saying what should feel refreshing which is this important role for the government to play in keeping us safe. we should be protecting our vital infrastructure more. senator, you're saying foreign policy and our domestic security should be our number-one priority, and yet -- >> do less in other areas. >> and yet, not to forget the $232 million that you, sir, voted to cut from the fbi's budget, but also more broadly, tha

afghanistan. has essentially created a new taliban movement far more powerful you know no comparison really with the taliban that existed before going to have occurred before the u.s. intervention in afghanistan a matter of fact as the taliban and afghan president reportedly remain in secret talks about reaching a peace deal washington's future in the country after twenty fourteen remains in limbo president hamid karzai still refuses to sign a long term bilateral agreement with washington and last week that the afghan leader cited poet percy shelley when describing the painfully streamed relations with america i believe the best way to summarize this is to put it in the words of shelley the great british port i met murder on the way the whole twelve years was one of constant pleading with america please treat our civilians respectfully and treat their lives as the lives of people. the u.s. has reportedly spent more than ninety billion dollars on reconstruction and relief in afghanistan adjusted for inflation that's more than any european country received after the second world war however journalist

syria is the new afghanistan. the director of national intelligence the other day said there's 7,000 foreign fighters, head of homeland security said syria is a national security concern for the united states. so the national security arguments, they have to be invoked. that's what president obama has to come to terms with in terms of making an argument for why syria matters not only for stability in the middle east, but now for global security. >> it's the worst refugee crisis anywhere in the world. >> on the other hand there's a lot of anger from the west, from moderates not happy that the west did not intervene, but the isis and al nusra front can represent it >>. >> if the moderate syrian opposition was armed to take out assad's air force, showing that after three years standing on the side lines, we are intervening on behalf of the syrian people, we want to the support their right to self determination, yes, you'll get the groups condemning the united states for being an imperial power, but you rally support

afghanistan. has essentially created a new taliban movement. far more powerful of them no comparison reading this know that existed before nine eleven before the u s intervention in afghanistan matter of fact as the taliban and afghan president reportedly remain in secret talks about reaching a peace deal washington's future in the country after twenty fourteen remains in limbo president karzai still refuses to sign a long term bilateral agreement with washington last week that the afghan leader sated with percy shelley. when describing the police strained relations with america. i believe that this week's summarize this is depicted in the words of chile. the great british court. i made murder on the way. the whole twelve years was one of constant pleading with the manuka the street of civilians respectfully and keep their lives as the lives of people the us has reportedly spent more than nineteen billion dollars on reconstruction and relief in afghanistan adjusted for inflation that's more than any european country or soon after the second worl

the taliban as both sides are working out the relationship that the taliban will have in the new afghanistan absolutely. that's quite possible. of course, it is speculation. not knowing precisely what president karzai was thinking. >> do you think the push for -- i'm trying to get at the rub and the tension, and the relationship, do you think that the push for a sign status forces agreement with the president and that government was a mistake by the obama administration given how karzai has rejected it? >> i think it is important to have a signed status of forces agreement. i think moving forward the administration if i were advising them, i would say focus on afghanistan beyond april after the presidential elections. plan as if you had a signed agreement, which i think our military forces are quite capable of doing. and allow some opportunity to climb down from the branch he has put himself on by emphasizing all of the positive things he has done. >> good talking to you. she is a lecture erat stanford university, joining us from san francisco. two geneva switzerland where the government and

in other words, syria today is the new afghanistan. the director of national intelligence just the other day sent 7,000 foreign fighters, the head of homeland security has said syria is a national security concern for the united states, so the national security argument have to be invoked. i that i that's what obama has to come to terms win terms of making an argument for why syria matters not only for stability in the middle east but now increasingly for global security. >> it's because the worst refugee crisis in the world. there's anger toward the west from mod receipts who are not happy the west didn't intervene and the more extremist groups could represent it as the u.s. and western nations coming in as crusader nations attacking muslims. >> they certainly with him do that. if obama were to shift policy and intervene in a significant way, to arm the moderate syrian opposition, take out assad's air force, show that after three years of standing on the sidelines we are intervening on behalf of the interests of the syrian people, we

so although he's now a new optional sport in afghanistan that the judge of the national teams to state the face of tough challenges like suitable grounds equipments anastasia the coach to train them but they face of all these problems that lead up to the state defender for defeat in afghanistan. loose all of us or who will implement a similar promise of summer was no. the muslim reason isn't a good visit with him and let me move in will listen yet done but for most of the contest. let me know. in light of the social welfare of the installers along the fence. enjoy the little slip into a day using as much as the so called hidden that will have to say to us or the woodford in the kitchen the bubble afghanistan. a new. mike and me. i'm quite sure. it's all probably older than my eyelids. it meant. right now you knew me was yeoh lead the eye. that's when i was visiting defence and security analyst on impact when used extensively on the england set that this outfit united liberation front of assembly fall on the group's influence in boundary base and its links with the hype that the in isla

could see is a crisis of confidence among those afghans who have been trying to believe in the new afghanistanng to help build a new nation, trying to move back home if they had gone in exile or just trying to stayed put, live in the city, send their kids to school. believe in the new way of life and new government. and all of a sudden, they are going to have doubts. if this -- if this movement -- if the taliban score some spectacular victories if nato withdraws altogether. if the presidential race goes bad lurks we have tonight attentive to those things, if that begins that could lead to a general unraveling of the general support for the government, military, army, that's how i think things could get worse. not by the taliban radically growing in size, i don't think they have the support to grow quickly in size. >> a brief question, the correspondent is an afghan, he was allowed in by the taliban, he had been kidnapped once by them. what do you make of the fact that they allowed him to do what he did? >> i think that in many ways because this attack was relatively small scale and localized a

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syria is the new afghanistan. if you are not persuaded by the human rights, the moral and human catastrophe that syria has become, massive state sanctioned war crimes against humanity, if that is not enough to persuade you then there are very strong and compelling national security arguments that should persuade you. don't take my word for it. listen to what james clapper is saying to listen to what the secretary of homeland security is saying. syria is becoming a crisis for the world. >> definitely implicated in terms of the impact, the spillover on the regional friends and allies of the u.s. it has also been determined by president obama early on that helping the transition toward democracy is in the u.s. national interest. it is not just the right thing to do. so that also is there, but then when people say, hey, it does not reach u.s. shores in any way, is that correct jack when we talk about the region and friends and allies, that is in direct. and we talk about democracy, that is debatable. but is it true th

now some good news from afghanistan. yes, good news.there has been a dramatic decrease in the number of police officers killed or injured on duty. but despite this drop the job remains one of the most dangerous in the country. bernard smith reports from the capitol of kabul. >> for much of the past six years this has been the life, lying face down in a bare room. former police officer was paralyzed by slap. >> you've endured so much pain and tragedy the past six years my wife, god bless her, she turns me over and cares after me. after god, she's the only one who cares. i can't even use the bathroom. >> he said he wanted to serve his country. but there is only so much his country can do for him. he was flown to india for surgery, however, doctors there could not help him. last year almost 80 officers were killed every week from april to november fighting season. another 3,000 were injured according to the government. >> he used to tell us terrible stories from the front line. he used to tell me about the dangers of the job. i told him no

in the meantime, from jersey to kabul, we are following news from afghanistan. we have new remarks today from the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff on the new diminishing role that the president has outlined for troops in afghanistan. comments from general martin dempsey remain in an exclusive interview with nbc news pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski. take a listen. >> we have reached a point where we have to plan for other options, to include a complete withdrawal by the end of 2014, but it is not an indication that we are not continued to be committed to a mission beyond' 14, because we very much believe the afghans need our help. >> all right. jim joins me this hour from kabul, afghanistan. thank you for taking time to be on the show. >> reporter: you bet, ronan. >> jim, what is the general saying here? >> reporter: well, it almost sounds like on one hand they underhanded and it really is. only one day after president obama ordered the military to come up with plans to withdraw all american forces out of afghanistan by the end of 2014, today general

broke about the death of actor philip seymour hoffman the dangers of heroin is back in the news in afghanistan the heroin business is booming now lawmakers in washington are trying to figure out how to stop the flow of heroin into the u.s. more on this front on the war on drugs coming up. and we're only two days away now from the start of the winter the sochi winter olympics at.

economically afghanistan is an important stopping the new silk road economic belt proposed by president xi. she said china is willing to offer continued assistance for afghanistan's reconstruction encourage chinese compani to invest in afghanistan. the current bilateral trade stands around two hundred million us dollars which is ten times the amount in two thousand over the past two years china has successfully invested in some major projects in afghanistan including in coal mining in crude oil exploration. what the cctv. now let's get some more in the scale of this opening ceremony music and dance like the fireworks the twenty fourteen winter olympics cake top in the box or resort city of thirty with plenty of fanfare and bravado the opening ceremony of the most expensive olympics was an opportunity to dispel the anger sierra and suspicion that has marred the bill got to the gates and if after the sunset outside the fence elam peak stadium west and tv star and an actual ecole de shouted to a crowd is still taking their seats while come to the center of the universe the official ceremon

and the new president of afghanistan, they have these elections have to sign on to that right away. we want to avoid is what the president did with iraq we have seen what has unraveled with iraq. at this time the president then, we get them to sign the bilateral security agreement with the new president of afghanistan and then the president has to listen to general dunford his commander with sufficient troops there to ensured security of that country. why does it matter? because you obviously it matters in terms of it not being a launching pad for al qaeda again but also we can't have a failed state next to pakistan with all the nuclear weapons that they have. all that hinge on the fact nau new president coming in sees the write obligorren the wall. maybe better deal with the taliban. i will give you the last 30 seconds. >> i will say. this i think that the new president needs to understand that we're committed. we want them to sign the bilateral security agreement. i think the president was trying to threaten karzai to try to get that agreement signed sooner. what we can't do is ha

jane ferguson, al jazeera, kabul, afghanistan. >> new information in the case of kenneth bae, the american missionary being held in north korea are being transferred from a hospital to a labor camp. conditions are concerning because bae has been held for over a year after being sentenced to 15 years of hard labor. he is accused of trying to overturn the state. >> the reservoir tanks are down to next to nothing. they have been serving everyone for a month. now they need help. >> reporter: now the town hopes they can truck in water from other counties to help replenish their own water supply. >>> in west virginia residents are worried that their water still isn't safe. they've filed a petition with the state supreme court against the department of health. hundreds of people are now expected to march to the american water company headquarters. they're angry about a chemical spill that cut 300,000 people off from their water. we're at the protest in charleston, west virginia, joining us now. we see its snowing, but what else is going on there? >> reporter: well, the marchers have just wrapped

may turn out to mean leaving afghanistan in the same circumstance it was when it was invaded. new york. and for more on the america's involvement in afghanistan and reports of it funded human rights abuses in controlled territory to stay with r t for abby martin and breaking the sets. this is the longest war in u.s. history still going strong ninety percent of world's heroin is coming out of that country we're still funding billions of dollars in there i mean at the same time bombing the hell out of it i guess afghanistan actually becomes a little bit more complicated because the u.s. is still occupying have a sense of the u.s. is still running a lot of these a lot of the infrastructure there so we're seeing widespread cases of human rights abuse widespread abuses i mean irrefutable evidence of torture happening in prisons in afghanistan. american military bases in britain might come under greater scrutiny after a series of allegations that washington has been using them for drone strikes and spying there are violations including on the in the german chancellor is phone data the e

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news summary. >>> turning to afghanistan, there's word tonight the obama administration will announce a new $300 million aid package to that country tomorrow. the money will go to farmers, promote international trade and improve opportunities for university students. the gains once foreign troops leave. peace talks between assad regime and rebels that seek to overthrow it tomorrow. hundreds had been stranded with little food and scares medical supplies evacuated from the besieged city of homs. for a second straight day aid workers came under fire. >>> married owners of a bangladesh factory where 112 factory workers died in 2012 have surrendered to authorities. the two who were charged with homicide in december were denied bail in jail. if convicted they could be sentenced to life in prison. bangladesh is the second leading exporter behind china. >>> in europe today swiss voters narrowly approved quotas on immigration from european union. 2 million of the 8 million residents foreign born, many of them muslims. one campaign in support of the quotas that predict aed a woman under a veil, with 1 mil

. >>> white house officials reportedly adopting a new strategy in afghanistan. one that does not include president karzai. military officials are drawing up plans to allow president obama to delay a decision on troop levels until after karzai leaves office. he refused to sign a treaty to keep troops beyond this year. the threat of nato forces and allies continues. a convey leaving the main prison was hit by a suicide bomber. two american contractors were among those killed in that attack. >>> new video abducting the most wanted terrorists. he's accused in the bombings of embassies. he was close to osama bin laden when the leader was alive. according to the post, what we're seeing in the surveillance video is him stopping his car in front of his family's home at 6:30 a.m. suddenly he's cornered by a white van and another car. several operatives jump out and 60 seconds time, it takes off with the suspected terrorist in tow. the operation was coordinated with the cia, fbi and the army's delta force in october of last year. he's awaiting trial in new york. >>> stude

may turn out to mean leaving afghanistan in the same circumstance it was when it was invaded marina porter niamh our. new york frank ledwidge a former british army officer who served in afghanistan thinks this is a sign that the u.s. decade long war achieved little. all this is testament to the total strategic illiteracy of the whole campaign from the start we've had a military campaign really quite some big brutality over the last twelve years completely on the kid and i'm connected to any political process now the taliban they're very very conversant with the need to link up to bash and to moderate all it takes with military action and they play this game an extremely well you know what's happened is we're right at the end of it come pay the balance of power is already tipping the back of the taliban particularly in the south where of course most of the combat has taken place we say the time of the ready to move into vacated by the british and american forces extortions being applied political pressure making deals with the local drug cartels dumbfounds is already too big not russia opening its arms to

new york. out of afghanistan, orders from the president get ready to bring all american troops home by the end year. uncertainty in ukraine after the president's fall there. how to build a new government. school children massacred. the lethal group behind the murders of students in nigeria. plus. >> i don't have to make a decision until next friday. >> waiting for arizona's governor to decide, will she sign or veto a bill that many say discriminates. d

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. >> civilians are also bearing the brunt of the suffering and conflict in afghanistan. a new u.s. report says nearly 3,000 civilians were killed in 2013. that's an increase of 14% compared to the year before. the taliban are stepped up their attacks across the country. all international combat troops are scheduled to pull out of afghanistan by the end of this year. the u.n. says a security vacuum has arisen in some regions, the afghan army has been unable to fill. >> a german politician has accused russia of using a policy of disinformation in seeking to drive a wedge between the u.s. and europe. after a telephone conversation volving the diplomat was leaked. the state department spokesperson says that the phone call reflected a moment of frustration and did not reflect the attitude towards the eu. she has apologized for her comments which included using a curse word in relation to the efforts to resolve the crisis in ukraine. up in flames. violent protests have spread across the balkan state of bosnia with government buildings set alight overnight. the people haven't seen scenes

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we'll examine the proposed deal and the possible consequences right after the news summary. afghanistanreleased 65 accused taliban militants today over heated american objections. the inmates were freed at parwan prison, formerly run by the u.s. military. u.s. and nato officials warned the men are dangerous. some are suspected of planting bombs that have killed afghan and foreign troops. afghan president hamid karzai rejected the criticism during a trip to turkey >> if the afghan judicial authorities decide to release a prisoner, it is of no concern to the u.s. and should be of no concern to the u.s. and i hope that the united states will stop harassing afghanistan's procedures and judicial authority and i hope >> woodruff: the prisoner release also comes as karzai is trying to pursue peace talks with the taliban. a u.n. mediator met with u.s. and russian envoys today, hoping to jumpstart the syrian peace talks. lakhdar brahimi conceded the talks have made little headway. but he said the u.s. and russia pledged renewed efforts to help move things along. >> they have kindly reaffirmed th

may turn out to mean leaving afghanistan in the same circumstance it was when it was invaded. new york. now frank a former british army officer has served in afghanistan thinks this as a perfect sign that america's decade long war ichiban nothing all this is testament to the total strategic illiteracy of the whole campaign from the start we've had a military campaign really quite some of its brutality over the last twelve years completely only good and i'm connected to any political process now the taliban very very conversant with the need to link to mash to memory politics with military action and they play this game extremely well now what's happened is we're right at the end of the campaign the balance of power is already tipping the back of the taliban particularly in the south where of course most of the combat has taken place we're seeing the taliban already moving to the vacated by the british and american forces extortions being applied political pressure making deals with the local drug cartel the. balance is already tipping not now for more on america's involvement in a