a new afghanistan. it's actually in a place that is geographically convenient. if there has to be al qaeda in the world, i can't thing of a better place to put them. syria and iraq are different. you can walk from there to turkey, and from turkey go into the entirety of europe. this is a place where it's easy to come in from europe and back from europe. from europe jihadists. with e.u. passports. native yooup eaches and the children of immigrants moving in and out. >> president obama's nominee for ambassador for iraq, stuart jones hopes it will get groups in iraq to work together, especially the kurds and the iraqi government. let's hope that's the case, a lot to worry about. thank you for joining us. good to have you. >>> most americans see childhood as a suspiciously time when kids grow and learn, sheltered by loving parents and schools. according to a study in the paediatrics journal in the american medical association, a stunning number experience neglect and abuse. between 2004 and 2011 more than 1

new president. hello, i'm fel felicity bar beir amount you're watching al jazeera. afghanistan candidate vows to continue campaigning, after are surviving a double bomb blast. plus: >> i'm nazareen najiri. i'll be asking whether there's political change in the air. >> hello, we begin in ukraine where the new president is about to be sworn in. petro poroshenko is about to take his oath of office in parliament. let's show you the latest picture from the ukrainian capitol kyiv. once poroshenko has been sworn in the leaders of his government will present themselves and the flag of the country will be hoisted. he will begin almost immediately of with the huge task of trying to stabilize eastern ukraine. >>> as we wait for the president elect to arrive, and take office, what are we comchg this- expecting in this ceremony. >> he will be sworn in in front of the rada, the ukrainian parliament. we might hear him make his speech of what his plans will be, coming hours, coming days. and he may make his way over to st. sofia square, where he will be meeting members of the armed forces wher

but first we have breaking news to report from afghanistan. five coalition troops have been killed and investigators are looking into the possibility it's a case of friendly fire. last night a group of taliban fired on a joint patrol in the southeast part of the country as the we western forces were returning to their outpost. they were attacked again and the coalition helicopter came in for air support and may have mistakenly targeted the outpost. this is so far according to local police there. meanwhile overnight in pakistan, taliban gunmen on motorcycles opened fire at the capital city's airport. they targeted the facility where security guards train. the attacks come less than 48 hour after a deadly siege on the airport left 34 people dead. taliban disfwguised as security kept the airport closed for nearly five hours before

attack amidst reports bergdahl voluntarily left his base after growing opposed to the war in afghanistan. "the nework times" has revealed report found bergdahl most likely walked away from his army outpost in june 2009 on his own free will, but stopped short of concluding or solid evidence that he intended to permanently desert. the report also revealed bergdahl had wandered away from

president of new afghanistan will approve that. that is good news? most people believe for having some impact in terms of anti-terrorism and training police? >> i put out a report from the council on foreign relations at the end of last year which a force of between 8000 and 12,000 would probably be sufficient to prevent and overthrow of the karzai government, particularly if it included not just counterterrorism, but also a trained component. in a range of enablers, aircraft,s, intelligence collectors, drones, if they were needed to potentially strike. and the administration did, we spent time talking to them, they came into the middle of that. i think these numbers are good enough to prevent a taliban and overthrow of the karzai government. the challenge is that the u.s. is going to be leaving. it will have it by 2015, and then by 2016, go to zero. over theo some issues course of 2014 and 2015, but the focus to be clear, even with 9000, you've got to be working on conducting operations at the same time you are taking down infrastructure, figuring o

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us in this message and the release that, hey, we would like to be part of the new, you know, new afghanistan government, we're rational, reasonable people. for the most part, the haqani network is. they're vicious fighters. but they're not entirely, you know, haven't gone over the abyss. >> near the end of the tape, we hear one of the taliban fighters saying when he first saw the helicopt helicopters, he became very happy, but they left very quickly, we didn't get the time to convey our clearly, there were some messages they wanted to convey. not this time. some expert analysis on this dramatic video of bowe bergdahl's release, including one potential reason the u.s. did not want to leave bergdahl behind. stay with us. humans. even when we cross our "ts" and dot our "i's", we still run into problems. that's why liberty mutual insurance offers accident forgiveness with our auto policies. if you qualify, your rates won't go up due to your first accident. because making mistakes is only human, and so are we. we also offer new car replacement, so if you total your new car, we'll give you the mon

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news. five american service members killed in afghanistan. possibly from friendly fire. order, another violent attack on karachi's airport 24 hours after the last one. is the taliban resurgent? >>> new details this morning on that married couple who gunned down two police officers and one civilian. the chilling videos they left behind and new information from the anti-government group that kicked them out because they were too radical. >>> terrifying ride. everyone's nightmare caught on tape. a man trapped in an elevator as it speeds uncontrollably up crashing into the top floor. how did this happen? >>

this is now, if you will, the new afghanistan. this is their graduate school.se people are going to return to europe, elsewhere in the middle east or the united states with some skills and with even more radicalism. i think we have to gird ourselves for that. and that's probably going to happen now whether we do air strikes or drone strikes or not. >> it's been pointed out, of course, that the war in iraq there were no islamic militants in iraq when the war started in 2003. the kind that we're talking about now in isis. and there's no small irony to that. we've seen a lot of former bush officials talking about the controversy and the chaoses in iraq. former deputy defense secretary paul wolfowitz was on msnbc earlier saying is stopping isis was "about preventing another 9/11." i know that you believe that there is a potential terrorist threat from the isis if they succeed in taking iraq and succeed in thriving in syria. is that overstating is the case, do you think, another 9/11? >> that's a worst possible case. these guys are setting up shop in syria and parts

think that the president is right to withdraw the bulk of the combat forces bs forces, but the new afghanistannt is fragile and they need our protection and help from the resurgent taliban and it seems to me that after so many years of american commitment and sacrifice, it makes sense to to keep those 9,000 to 10,000 american troops in afghanistan. i wouldn't want us to announce ahead of time to announce the departure date, but keep as much pressure on the taliban groups on the afghan and pakistan border as possible. >> and particularly, as you just suggested and others have said that it may very well mean that the taliban goes after more americans on the ground in afghanistan. >> let's hope it is not the case. it is a risk that the administration is obviously taking, and obviously, the president had to weigh that the risk with the other factors in the case of bringing this young man home, and a lot also upon the government of qatar, because they have taken the five talibsn terrorists in their custody and under house arrest and supposed to not even make a phone call back to anybody in the tal

afghanistan right now is the classic is news to limit. both into on-deck circle to afghanistan recognize the benefits of cooperation for peace and stability but none to cooperate with them. you get this status quo. it could lead to the downside. said success is entirely possible and i believe that. i think there are five keys to a successful outcome that have come to fruition that will be to a peaceful and stable afghanistan long-term. the first one is the afghan national security force a battlefield performance. there's no good solution in afghanistan without the afghan national security force being strong, it confident, and able take advantage of the gains. performance is critical to that aing the taliban resurgence is unlikely in order to avoid perpetual on foot they'll have to come into this. what is the election. we'll have a second round tear and over a week that will determine the presidency. the second part of the political position will be the peaceful transition of power. the first peaceful transition of power in afghan history.

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. >>> just to let you know we're getting news from afghanistan. taliban insurgents have launched an attack against a nato supply base destroying 37 vehicles including fuel tankers. that's in eastern afghanistan. three suicide attackers armed with heavy weapons attacked a nato supply base in the base of torcon. afghan security forces shot dead the three attackers. three drivers have been injured in the attack. a nato spokesman said there were no nato casualties. the attack has caused a significant amount of damage to vehicles. a complex attack against a nato supply base. we'll bring you up to date as soon as we can. afghanistan has been going through an election process. u.s. troops plan to pull out this year. we'll keep you updated. >>> spain is entering a new era with king felipe vi and his family at the swearing in. these are live pictures from madrid with the king in a ceremonial car being driven through the streets of madrid. many people there welcome him in the madrid sunshine. he is the first king of spain in nearly 40 years. ceremonies are

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knowing that there is news from afghanistan that keeps popping up, as of this morning's news that there was a suicide attack on one of the front runners, dr. an it dual -- abdullah, thankfully it failed, but left several civilians dead and many injured. so i would like to start by introducing our panelests first, then we will have each one of them give their presentation for a few minutes. after which, we will have an opportunity to have a little discussion amongst ourselves, if anyone needs -- feels the need to do so, before we turn it over to you and for questions and answers. please turn off your cell phones if you haven't already, and this is webcast live by new america and also by c span 1, i believe. so everything that you say is on the record. let me start here. on the right, with crisco len -- chris kolenda, he is a new senior fellow at the center for new america security in washington. until just a few days ago, you were just telling me, he served as a senior adviser on afghanistan and pakistan to the department of defense and the department of defense senior leadership, and he

coming up the latest on the breaking news in afghanistan five americans killed during a taliban attack possibly this is a case of friendly fire. live at the pentagon. >> also why has donald sterling changed his mind and decided to fight for control of the los angeles clippers. his attorney will be here. >> the car that's available right now that can actually drive itself but are the roads and are you ready for it? we'll take you for a spin. >> on our special seize series modern dads the men of today hit the road and then the water. some fly fishing and have a talk how fatherhood changed them when we see you here on "today." back to you. >> excellent. see you in a few minutes. thanks. >> thak care. >>> a foggy and damp start we're tracking showers and thunderstorms. light rain moving through philadelphia. 70 degrees and 90% humidity. high humidity across the board. look at the fog. zero visibility in the pocono mountains. down to a quarter mile in northeast philadelphia and one mile at philadelphia international and allentown. this is a view, traffic is moving after heavy downpours push

afghanistan. a vicarious experience. not so much news or political eve events but trying to tell people what afghanistan is like because most people here just don't know. i met taliban prisoners who were just riddled with wounds all over their body. they had little one-inch diameter holes in their body. very clean burns. it burns and seals up. they were in bad shape. i asked them why did you come here from pakistan? and they said our religious leaders told us to fight the great satan of america. and i said well how did that go? and they looked at me like i was, you know, a jerk, and they said it didn't go very well, did it? and i said would you do it again? and they said both said yes, we would do it again. these guys may have died a few days after that. they were hanging on when i talked to them. but that kind of blew me away. they had been down in this basement and bombed, burned, and flooded in a basement and they were still saying they would do it again. they had if your religious leaders told us to do it again we would do it again.

news. reports from afghanistan suggest that an incident in which five u.s. soldiers died was a case of friendly fire. it's thought the soldiers were killed by a bomb dropped from a coalition plane in the southern province. well, our correspondent joins us from the afghan capital kabul. david, just bring us up to date with the latest on this friendly fire incident. >> reporter: just over an hour ago, the u.s. put out a full statement. their statement now calls it fratricide. our thoughts go out to the families of those involved in it. of course, fratricide is a term used by the u.s. army to mean the times when they kill their own side. we understand from afghan sources on the ground -- and i should stress we haven't had this from international sources. but from afghan, civilian and military, sources in the south have been talking to us in more detail this morning. they say there was a joint afghan operation yesterday trying to clear the valley, presumably because of the election on saturday. the second round in the afghan election. afghan and international fo

. >>> developing news from afghanistan, five shoulders were hurt in what appears to be a case of friendlye. those soldiers were killed when they called in to fight off afghanistan and they were bombed by friendly fire. as the military winds down operations in afghanistan, equipment like machine guns and high technology gear, it is now popping up in police departments around the nation. according to the pentagon, or mored investigates -- armored vehicles have gone right here in the bay area and the and the a clu has no place in local law enforcement however those in favor of it says this helps cash strapped police departments get ready for extreme situations. >>> and there is an american prisoner for five taliban officials. they were returned may 31st may 31st and in exchange, they were held and released. they claim the obama administration failed to notify congress of the law and they have serious concerns about releasing them in cutter and president barack obama is defending the exchange. >>> a top veteran affairs is now apologizing for those waiting to see a doctor. a new audit looked a

people who might be the best to begin some really meaningful talks about reconciliation in afghanistan, so that the new government in afghanistan post karzai has an opportunity to bring a political solution in that country that might bring some stability. >> mark, having worked on these issues, having been in the bush administration during that time, are you surprised by watching the kind of outrage machine get spun up in the last three days or so? >> let me just correct one thing. i was a civil servant at the pentagon during the bush administration. i don't want to be associated there. but look, what bothers me is that there are some really great opportunities as a result of what's happened. one, bowe bergdahl is home. two, we have shown that the qataris can be intermediaries with the taliban. this is going to be crucial eventually. there are certainly some risks in terms of releasing people from guantanamo, but there are always going to be risks there. >> but mark, here's what you're going to hear. you want to talk to terrorists, you want to negotiate to terrorists. what's wrong with you? the blood o

government will bring afghanistan peace. >> but with polling stations like this one showing evidence of the recent fighting, peace for many afghans may be a long way off, even with a new president. aljazeera, central afghanistan. >> china and vietnam are taking their maritime dispute over territory in the south china sea to the united nations. the latest stand off is over an oil rig in the parcel islands. both sides accused other side of aggression. >> we're on patrol in the sea, a dispute that has been inflamed with the introduction of a chinese oil rig in the area a month ago. it has led to confrontationing from both sides, and active patrolling like this, heading to the zone where the oil rig is. with us, other vessels from the vietnamese coast guard, and they're expected to come into contact with chinese vessels that will protect them from getting any closer to the oil rig. that happening, a number of clashes in the coming weeks. accusing the chinese of ramming their vessels, and they have shown us documented evidence, of such events taking place, and the chinese saying that they have been rammed countless times by vietnamese in the same dispute. there's lots of s

we assume that the president, the new president of afghanistan will approve that. t's good news, i think, most people believe for having some impact in term of anti-terrorism and training police. >> yes, charlie, i put out a report from the council on foreign relations at the end of last year which argued that a force of between 8 and 12,000 forces would probably be sufficient to prevent an overthrow of the karzai government. particularly if it included not just a counterterrorism component but also a train advise and assist component. and a range of enablers, helicopters, aircraft that had strike capabilities, intelligence collectors, drones, if they were needed to conduct surveillance and potentially strike. i think what the administration did with that report and we spent a lot of time talking to them, they came in right about the middle of that. so i think these numbers are probably good enough to prevent a taliban overthrow of the karzai government. the challenge, though, is that the u.s. is going to be leaving. it's going to have it roughly by 2015 and then by

look at news. >> the sound of music has returned to afghanistan. learning to play instruments again can be a change and a meaningful one for an american couple in kabul. it's an opportunity to introduce a new generation to music. ♪ >> 6,600 miles from his home in hartford, kevin is trying to change the world. >> part of my own personal goal in life has been to bring people together through music across boundaries and caughtures and to use music to effect political and social change. >> he's come here to the national afghan institute of music to teach once a month. >> better. all right. >> across the hall, his wife, holly is teaching cello, something she usually does in connecticut. this school was reopened in 2010 after decades of turbulence. during the afghan civil war of the 1990's, it was on the front line. then the taliban banned music altogether. remembering brighter days, this man taught music here in 1974 and was determined to bring it back after the taliban were driven from power in 2001. the school now that 175 students. >> these students w

it's given nato a new focus. afghanistan was asking questions what it was there for. they're now going to argue states of nato should be spending that kind of money, 2% of gdp on defense. this will give president obama added pressure to that. >> thanks very much. >>> president obama has defended the prisoner swap, the deal with the taliban to free an american soldier held for five years. sergeant bowe bergdahl was released over the weekend. in return the u.s. freed five taliban detainees held at began t guantanamo may. he said he had obligation to free them no matter the way they were captured. >>> still to come on bbc. 25 years on, we remember the tin men square. [ male announcer ] whether it takes 200,000 parts, ♪ 800,000 hours of supercomputing time, 3 million lines of code, 40,000 sets of eyes, or a million sleepless nights. whether it's building the world's most advanced satellite, the space station, or the next leap in unmanned systems. at boeing, one thing never changes. our passion to make it real. ♪ our passion to make it real. listen up, thunder dragons, it'

arming elements in syria and questions the presenceto tie of american forces in afghanistan to a fixed calendar date. new president in afghanistan, we should have a conversation with him and quite possibly work out when forces could stay. >> thank you. we will be back. stay with us. ♪ >> 32 nations in brazil in pursuit of soccer's biggest prize. the matchup kicked off yesterday. the united states began its play on monday. it faces ghana. ghana eliminated america and the last two tournaments. jeff agoos is a former player. from connecticut, tommy smyth, he has been an idiot -- an espn analyst. i am pleased to have all of them here. roger, layout of the land for us. it is always a wonderful place to be, charlie. a very surreal place. this world cup is caught between two narratives. the narrative of football coming back to a spiritual haven and the unschooling. of --razilians instead they decided to raise up about the labor conditions, the economy, health, education. a horror story that is waiting in the wings. these narratives conflict and how brazil does and the world hall. they are somewhat the favorite.

these are senior taliban figures, how have the taliban in afghanistan received news of their release? >> we could manage to talk with the taliban in the past one hour. what he is calling is the release of these five men, he said it's a great achievement for the taliban, and there is not a taliban commander, but the founder of the movement in 1996. he said that release is a great achievement. >> and there have been ongoing talks between the afghan government and taliban. how do you see the release of at least high-profile figures influencing the negotiations? >> we subpoenaing with a mem -- spoke with a member of the peace console who was optimistic. in the past two years they said they were working on release of the five men. he said that the five men are respected and very close to the taliban leader. and it was hoped that the release of the five me would open communication with the afghan peace console and the taliban. there is in a rule for the qatar deposit to play -- gast to play. they'll -- government to play. the men will live in qatar and have a say on any peace process in the

god willing the new government will bring afghanistan peace. >> reporter: with polling stations showing evidence of fighting, peace by afghans may feel a long way off, even with a new president. >> an egyptian court extended al jazeera abdullah al-shami's detention for another 45 days. his lawyer requested release on medical grounds. he's been held without charge since august and has been on a hunger strike for more than four months. he insists he will not break his fast until he's released. >> three al jazeera journalists falsely accused of supporting the muslim brotherhood have been held for 167 days. last week egyptian prosecutors demanded the maximum penalty, wanting 7 years for peter greste, and 15 for baher mohamed, and mohamed fadel fahmy. al jazeera continues to demand the release of all of its journalists detained in egypt. >>> china and vietnam have taken their maritime dispute over territory in the south china sea to the united nations. the latest standoff is over an oil rig which the chinese moved into waters near the islands. they have accused each other of aggression. chin

." >>> breaking news overnight, from afghanistan, five u.s. troops have been killed in a friendly fire incident. it happened during an air strike in a southern part of the country yesterday, the names and hometowns of those who have died have not been released. >>> breaking news out of iraq the second largest city, militants have overrun government headquarters and other key buildings in the northern city of mosul, also torching several police stations. the firefighters are believed to be a group affiliated with al qaeda. >>> also, breaking now, a new airport attack in pakistan, gunmen attacking the karachi airport security training center, just a day after a bloody and fiery attack inside the country's busiest airport. the death toll from the first attack has now risen to three dozen. we'll continue to stay on top of all these breaking stories. >>> we are learning chilling new details about the husband and wife terror team who went on a shooting rampage in las vegas over the weekend. >> two police officers and a civilian were killed. and now,

his key responsibility then will be finding the way to make a new start. >> after all of the talks here in afghanistan it is quite clear that even the new government will have tremendous problems if they do not integrate the taliban, at least in the political wing of the taliban into the peace process. if they do not. if they ignore the insurgents it might happen they simply sit back to relax until the end of 2016 until the international troops are out and then struggle for power again. >> china has executed 13 people in the western region on charges of terrorism and violent crimes. >> they also sentenced three men to death for their involvement in aed itly attack last year. in that car a car drove into the crowded square and burst into flames. five people were killed and 40 others wounded. chinese authorities believe they belonged to an israel separatist group. >> when we come back we will look to russia who is tightening the screws on ukraine. >> moscow cut off gas supplies in a dispute over unpaid bills. in kiev the prime minister calls it part of a general russian plan to destroy ukraine. >> welco

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. >>> we have developing news out of safe began -- afghanistan where five american soldiers appearedo have been killed in what appears to be friendly fire. they were killed when a coalition jet was called in to help ward off a taliban attack mistakenly bombed them. u.s. prepares to withdraw by the end of this year. machine guns roll now popping up in police and about 1200 are you sister stand -- 1200 has no force. >> a house panel will swap the prisoner for five taliban. in exchange five taliban militant were released. the house armed opponent to notify them and they are serious 15 certain amount of. >> a new ought a out of those who served our country. it is and for average paltrow alto that is more than double the va's goalsvilles 13 teen days. >> we don't want you to be confused to what the exon valdez takes is. the livermore medical medical center is the only one inn caused in that and that's raising earn are and they are paying tribute to two police officers in a shoot it being rampage. igor and he will leap were killed. they were shot while they were eye eating the ramp and the

during the entire conflict in afghanistan. new to us to talk about a prisoner of war.studied this going back to the revolutionary war and every war since then, paul. what makes the deal unique? what makes it sort of the same as others? let's start with what makes it unique? >> jenna, because he is the only prisoner from the afghan war it will be a unique circumstance. because we're making a deal with a non-state actor in the form of the taliban that also contributes to the unique nature. jenna: what does that mean when we're tealing with a non-state actor, instead of dealing with a country like germany when it comes to the exchange of p.o.w.s? >> we're in a bit of a legal gray area. when we deal with non-state actors, because there is a lot of international law that governs treatment and repatriation of prisoners of war and even the very definition of prisoner of war may or may not extend to non-state actors. jenna: talk about what make this is similar to other exchanges. you had some interesting examples, paul, going back to the civil war that talked about the terms o

. >>> new details on the army sergeant accused of walking away from his post when he disappeared in afghanistan. there is new video of bowe bergdahl's release. craig boston well has more on the questions about his capture and the prisoner exchange that won his freedom. craig boswell reports. >> reporter: the taliban released this video showing the handover of army sergeant bowe bergdahl to u.s. special forces in eastern afghanistan. bergdahl is searched for explosives before being lifted in the helicopter and flying to freedom. the video then shows the taliban's farewell message to its former hostage. but the rescue and recovery of america's only prisoner of war in afghanistan is being overshadowed by controversy. without notifying congress as required by law, the u.s. released five taliban leaders from guantanomo bay in exchange for bergdahl's freedom. >> you can't undo what the president has done. and i think the long-term potential for damage is enormous! >> reporter: the white house is sending a team to capitol hill to provide a classified briefing to the full senate this afternoon. a simil

god willing, the new government will bring afghanistan peace. >> with polling stations showing evidence of the recent fighting, peace for many afghans may feel a long way off, even with a new president. aljazeera, central afghanistan. >> the u.s. is closely watching the results of the election and hopes to long delayed security agreement will soon be in place. the outgoing president has refused to sign off on an agreement. >> a final farewell to one of the las vegas police officers killed. the 41-year-old was ambushed and killed along with a fellow officer having lunch before they were attacked. the man was described as a wonderful father to his 11-month-old son and father figure to his metro police colleagues. his funeral is scheduled for saturday. >> a severe thunderstorm slammed into abilene, texas and brought more than just pounding rain and high winds. look at this. [ banging ] >> what you hear there is hail, but it's the size of softballs. it damaged cars and buildings across the city. six people attending a downtown arts festival suffered minor injuries. you get in the way that h

syria and questions the decision to tie the presence of american forces in afghanistan to a fixed calendar date. her view is a new president in afghanistan, we should have a conversation with him and quite possibly work out when forces -- terms under which american forces could stay. >> thank you. we will be back. stay with us. ♪ >> 32 nations in brazil in pursuit of soccer's biggest prize, the world cup. the matchup kicked off yesterday. the united states began its play on monday. it faces ghana. ghana eliminated america in the last two tournaments. joining me now is franklin foy. jeff agoos is a former player. and -- ae offensive defenseman in the world cup in and from connecticut, tommy 1992. smyth, he has been an espn analyst. bennett is covering the action for espn. i am pleased to have all of them here. roger, please lay out the land for us. i'm so envious of you being there. >> it is always a wonderful place to be, charlie. it is a very surreal place. this world cup is caught between two narratives. the narrative of football coming back to a spiritual haven and the unspooling of brazilian society which sta

potentially new ally for afghanistan it appears washington is realized there's no winning in this war we now see the u.s. making concessions to the taliban the same taliban it spent billions of dollars and thousands of lives fighting throughout the years in washington i'm going to check on our team and afghan politician and first round presidential candidate died so tons of he says the u.s. would talk to anyone as long as it helped to change its goals i think the united states. has no choice but to duck talk to the taliban directly because this government has created the conditions for in which the taliban are thriving the lawlessness the lack of proper services to the people of this country corruption i'm sure the united states is a side that wants to talk to the warring side which is the taliban and the u.s. so we'll do whatever they whatever they want to to have become vicious so they can remove their troops from afghanistan. some international news in brief and least twenty people have or forty three been killed and almost seventy wounded in clashes between islamism the libyan arm

. >>> we have some developing news out of afghanistan this morning where five american soldiers haveed in what appears to be a case of friendly fire. it happened in afghanistan. the cold -- soldiers have been missing -- mistakenly pointed. casualties have been declining as the u.s. plans on withdrawing by the end of this year. >>> and equipment such as machine guns and high tech gear are now popping up in police departments across the country. 2 is mine resistant arm mored vehicles -- armored vehicles are going through the bay area and critics including the a.c.l.u. is militarizing and they say it helps cash strapped and prepares for two police officers doing a shootout. they were killed on sunday an island investigators say the two police officers were shot at that point blank range as they were heating their -- eating hair lunch. they released this you tube video of the married couple blamed, it shows shooters amanda and jered miller and they are describeed as white supremacists and they left behind a swastikas on the two police officers. a bystander carried a concealed weapon and

, senior program associate for south asia, the wilson center, and omar, at the new american foundation, he was afghanistan's ambassador to france from 2009 to 2011. and horace cooper, a fellow with the national center for policy research and think tank. michael, you heard the president say, this is what happens at the end of wars. it's not quite over. we didn't have a va day the way we had a vj and ve day. are we still fighting? >> we are, but the combat roll is going to be ending at the end of the year. i think that president obama realized that he had the opportunity to bring the sole remaining pow back from afghanistan, and give the u.s. the great majority of its troops by the end of the year. why would you want to leave behind the only pow. and i think it's the right thing to do. >> hopas cooper, wha what do yo? >> hand fisted, president obama talked about him as engaging in the amateur hour. this was not done in the right way. i'm not sure that i would agree with t but i'm positive that this process has not gone right. >> what part of it. >> one, there should have been at least some intent to find at l

>>we start this morning with breaking news out of afghanistan ... five american service members and an afghan soldier were killed in southern afghanistan. it happened yesterday in zabul province. there's no official word yet on how the service members died... but local police say the troops were killed by "friendly fire" -- when they were hit by an air strike by allied helicopters while fighting insurgents. u.s military officials have launched an investigation. security is being ramped up in afghanistan ahead of saturday's presidential elections. police in rolling meadows are on the lookout for a parolee suspected in the home invasion robbery of an elderly woman. tonya francisco is *live* in rolling meadows with the story. >> of police or i should say neighbors say the story should serve as a warning to everyone even though police say the suspect in the case is targeting the elderly. police are looking for this 32 year-old man who tried to break into the home of an 86 year-old woman on sunday afternoon by pretending to be a repairman. that was aroun

. >> the fight is far from over for a soldier freed from afghanistan. the new tough questions being raised about the decision to bring him home. >> good morning. we are still looking at slow traffic in many areas. including into san francisco. >> a lot of low clouds and fog in place. it will be a cooler pattern today and tomorrow. we'll take a look at that. the climate data for san francisco in may. and if there is any warmer weather on the extended outlook. >>> welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. the american soldier released by the taliban in afghanistan is now being evaluated at a u.s. military hospital in germany. kyla campbell is live in washington, d.c. where some in congress are criticizing the deal to set him free. kyla. >> reporter: republicans say the deal to swap army sergeant bo bergdahl for five detainees just raised the bounty on american troops. >> being released and having the opportunity to reenter the fight and endanger the lives of additional american men and women. >> reporter: bergdahl's peers say he desserted his platoon in 20

(laughter) >> and it's all because of major news from our war in afghanistan. first we're still fighting in afghanistan. (laughter) who knew that thing was still going. it's like the "grey's anatomy" of war. (laughter) but this weekend, the conflict grabbed headlines. >> a u.s. soldier captured by the taliban five years ago is free and he's coming home. bowe bergdahl, sergeant united states army. the taliban snatched him while on deployment to eastern afghanistan in 2009. today he is safe and in u.s. military hands. >> stephen: that's right, afghan veteran bowe bergdahl is safe unless he needs the va health system any time soon. then, then there will be a bit of a wait. but bergdahl's freedom wasn't free. you see obama negotiated bergdahl's return for five tlb detainees held at guantanamo. >> he can't release these guys. we were this close to charging them with something. (laughter) and minot the only one out there who is absolutely adamant about both of his feelings on this. >> obviously we should be happy for the family. they've got be their loved one back, t