it came just as germany's defense minister was visiting troops in northern afghanistan. he toured the last remaining military base in the country. he was there to discuss continuing the international military operation after next year's official withdrawal. he called the attack in kabul worrying and said it did not change anything. >> we always have to expect this kind of thing. the situation remains unstable. but that is no reason to deter us from our course. >> back in germany judges dismissed a compensation claim related to a 2009 air strike in northern afghanistan. two fuel tankers seized by the taliban were blown up in the attack. at least 91 were killed, many of them civilians. the strike was ordered by the german army colonel who feared that the tankers could be used in a suicide attack. victims sought damages from germany but the court ruled there was no breach of conduct. >> mali's president was in berlin wednesday for tailbacks with merkel. he appealed for more assistance in rebuilding his country following the islamist surge insurgenty. rebels were being took

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and it became just as germany's defense minister was visiting troops in northern afghanistan. he tore the last remaining german milary base in the country. he was there to discuss continuing the international military operation after next year's official with tall. he called the attack in kabul worrying that said it did not change anything. so where does that mean that we will always have to expect this kind of thing the security situation remains unstable. how about this but that's no reason to deter us from a call to promote the cause of too much meanwhile back in germany judges dismissed a compensation cla reling o awo thousand nine airstrike in northern afghanistan. to fuel tanker seized by the taliban were blown up in the attack. at least ninety one people were killed many of them civilians the strike was ordered by the german army penalty on line. the fear that the tankers could be used in a suicide attack. relatives of victims sought damages from germany. the court ruled there had been no breach of conduct. you are ludicrous mommy's president of the valuable for kok chi

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you know, we have cooperated in some areas with the putin regime in terms of the northern supply network into afghanistan, which actually runs u.s. military supplies right through downtown moscow on trains. that's pretty significant. that said, we can't force mr. putin to do anything. you know, this is happening at the same time that he himself is cracking down in various areas in his own country, and has done that for the last eight or so years, including cracking down on civil society organizations that take any money from non-russian sources. they can be branded foreign agents if that is found out to be the case. recently there have been arrests for the last year or so in russia of protesters for participating in protests against him and his re-election to the russian presidency as well. so this is something he supports with yanukovych. russian has very important strategic interest in ukraine. it is the home of the black sea fleet for russia. russia needs ukraine to cooperate with it in terms of leasing lands and access to the black sea as a result. again as i say earlier mr. putin and many people lik

relationship with iran to balance the sunni part of the arab world and to deal with the northern nation, pakistan and afghanistan, in which we have a lot of shared interests. syria is a place of confrontation, but what has happened is basically the sanctions regime disguised the very divergent interests of all the parties underneath, particularly saudi arabia, israel, and the united states. saudi arabia once -- saudi nobia wants an iran with nuclear weapons. but it does not want a strong shiite-persian competitor, the second largest oil producer in the region. 34 years ago i ran -- 34 years ago, it was like big brother iran walked out and slammed the door. we all got used to having our own totally monopolize relationship with uncle sam. day, 34 years later, knock knock, big brother is back. he wants his michael so -- he wants his bicycle, his tennis shoes, his relationship with uncle sam, and the region is freaked out. that is the psychology of what is going on. >> and you want to say anything? let's go right here. >> thank you so much, and thank you for your time today and for your service. my name is josh roga

relationship with iran to both balance the sunni part of the arab world and to deal with northern asia pakistan and afghanistan after we leave. we have a lot of shared interests. syria is a place of confrontation but what has happened is basically that the sanctions regime disguised the very diversion interest of all the parties underneath particularly saudi of arabia and the united states. saudi arabia wants an iran that has no nuclear weapon but also once a week iran period paragraph ending it does not want a strong seat shiite competitor. we have had a very unnatural situation. 34 years ago iran was the family and the big brother iran walk up and slammed the door. i took his bed and bob took his bicycle and we all got used to having our own totally monopolize relationship with uncle sam. one day, 34 years later it rather is that. he wants his bicycle, his tennis shoes, his bed and his own relationship oh my god with uncle sam. the region has freaked out. that is the psychology of what's going on. >> did you want to say anything on that? let's go right here. >> thank you so much and thank you for your time t

afghanistan. but supply route running for a province in northern pakistan has been blocked. this is the end of november by protesters demanding an end to the continuing drone strikes in pakistan. a former cricket player turned politician in on khan says his political party is responsible for blocking the supply route one of two routes that run through pakistan. he says his party had bought the sector out as well. again to protest drone strikes in response to the destruction a spokesperson for the pentagon said today that us military is halting cargo shipments out of afghanistan through pakistan out of concern for drivers on these routes. and while the pentagon hopes the supply route will be reopen the near future. they are in the process of re directing supply lines by bypassing pakistan the pakistani government which has been both publicly criticizing drone strikes as well as privately supporting man claims to be committed to reopening the supply route tomorrow in over one hundred cities across the united states fast food workers are expected to walk off the job in the late

by the united states and nato to transport supplies in and out of afghanistan that supply route running through a province in northern pakistan has been blocked since the end of november by protesters demanding an end to the continuing drone strikes in pakistan former cricket player turned politician imraan khan says his political party is responsible for blocking the supply route one of two routes that run through pakistan he says his party may block the second route as well again to protest drone strikes in response to the disruption a spokesperson for the pentagon said today that the u.s. military is halting cargo shipments out of afghanistan through pakistan out of concern for drivers on these routes and all the pentagon hopes the supply route will be reopened in the near future they're in the process of redirecting supply lines by bypassing pakistan and all the pakistani government which has both publicly criticized the drone attacks and privately supported them claims to be committed to reopening that supply line. and while supplies may have trouble leaving afghanistan at the moment we will soon be seeing more

issue, whether it runs from, as i said before, a route to to mask his to baghdad, or from afghanistan and into northern africa. and lasting is i will leave diplomacy to the diplomats. >> "the wall street journal" reported that the administration is now reaching out to some of the islamist groups inside see. is this an acknowledgment that al qaeda is getting the upper hand and there is concern if you don't reach out to these groups you won't have an influence in syria first can you comment on that, both of you? >> well, that's not my area that i deal with, the diplomatic track every day on this. i would just say that if, in fact, there's going to be a diplomatic resolution, if that is the responsible approach, and we are taking that as i noted, you all know, and the january geneva ii meeting is on track to occur, if this is all going to come to some kind of a diplomatic solution, then all parties involved are going to have to be represented some way. i'll leave that up to secretary kerry and the administration to sort that out. but i think if that is the goal, that's the objective, to try to contain thi

this is, you know, in iraq and afghanistan hardly two of the most liberal countries in world. today i connect you see it happen in northern mali. i suspect it's not proving popular. however, the reason why the groups can have enduring appeal is because there's not a good alternative. and the problem that we face, for example, in afghanistan, is that brutal and unpopular as the taliban are, the government is often been worse. because the government has not delivered any kind of justice. what the government delivers is a decision that goes to the highest bidder. and so that is the taliban may be, they are less corrupt. you will get a more or less honest judgment. that's not the eye teal but it may be better the than the alternative. in -- is try build up nonfundamentallist rule of law that deliver a modicum of justice comp is what the people want. but not to do it with the kind of bar barracker i think we will be successful. [inaudible] voice of america. what about syria -- [inaudible] it's interesting what happened as the power of the media has grown the strategies are becoming less successful. these days they can only wor

afghanistan began with russia. many of the former sidekick countries like kyrgyzstan tajikistan uzbekistan are all not northern border. they still have very good relations with russia russia does not want to see the security situation to de stabilize the taliban again making inroads into those countries said this is one area one of the very few areas where russia us nato policy really come together there is very much a unified vision on what should be happening the sea and mixed it in afghanistan from russia the us at night or homemade think he'll get appreciated that so chris pine and dad bought ten reporting from brussels. well for their latest news from time and the world he can follow us at cctv news on twitter facebook and on so we bought in watching cctv news this now take a short break stayed with us. sells. says the uhaul it's now sixty minutes. our walk back to the cctv news british prime minister david cameron has spoken to students at the shanghai jiao tong university on the second day athletes visit to china kevin spoke with more than four hundred students at the university and one he claimed of topics in

by the united states and nato to transport supplies in and out of afghanistan that supply route running through a province in northern pakistan has been blocked since the end of november by protesters demanding an end to the continuing drone strikes in pakistan a former cricket player turned politician imran khan says his political party is responsible for blocking the supply route one of two routes that run through pakistan he says his party may block the second route as well again to protest drone strikes in response to the disruption of a spokesperson for the pentagon said today that the us military is halting cargo shipments out of afghanistan through pakistan out of concern for drivers on these routes and while the pentagon hopes the supply route will be reopened in the near future they are in the process of read i reckon supply lines by bypassing pakistan the pakistani government which is in both publicly criticizing drone strikes as well as privately supporting them claims to be committed to reopening the supply route. tomorrow in over one hundred cities across the united states fast food workers are expected

northern syria to the south. the wyatt where hundreds of thousands of anti-government protesters speak out. >> afghanistan president hamid karzai is still unwilling to sign the agreement. deadlines have come and gone, and jane ferguson are reporting how afghans are getting nervous regarding the future of their economy. >> reporter: for more than ten years the money market in kabul has done a roaring business. foreign aid and investment poured into the economy, and afghans making money honestly or otherwise, traded in foreign exchange. now it's bus yeser than ever because of increasing anxiety of the local currency of the afghani. the president of afghanistan is still refuse to go sign the security pact with the u.s. that would mean some foreign forces would remain after 2014. but billion dollars of aid would remain. with that the economy is expected to collapse without that. that is causing fear in the business community. >> if it is not signed then people will be panicked and it will effect the country. it is disappointing and our businessmen are not investing. people are worried because they cannot work confident

northern ireland, for example? or fighting the taliban for the foreseeable time. >> if that is the case, you believe that the taliban stays in afghanistan for a time that is uncertain, you agree with that? >> you have to deputy back to 2011. there was nato troops in the country and align that with a powerful and sophisticated air power air forces in the world, the taliban is still there. and their notion of we have the watches and they have the time stands true to this day. the taliban are not g anywhere. and at the moment. afghan national army and police are never in a better position alongside nato forces to deter or defoot the taliban. that is not happening. >> what you are saying, the taliban has a vote in this deal. >> we should be engaging with the taliban and at least understanding what the political future of afghanistan looks like with or without the taliban. without the taliban. you will need more than 8 or 12,000 nato troops. up to 8,000 beyond 2014 if you want to contain the insurgent activity. >> i have heard 12- 14,000 on the high end. will it deputy more than that? >> it would take a source iement more and 140,000 naughto

afghanistan could make the country more vulnerable to thetable. the findings say the taliban could re-emerge three years after those u.s. troops withdraw in 2014. >>> for years, belfast northern ireland were synonymous with bomb blasts and ongoing battles. then came a rather fragile peace. now a u.s. diplomat is back in belfast keeping to keep that peace together. this time, the issues are much smaller but nonetheless significant. >> reporter: they are calling a final effort to reach an agreement between northern ireland's political parties and talks in belfast, he admitted it may be difficult. >> by noon we would have had 12 hours of plenary sessions or plenery if you prefer. it will be hard at that point given everything that will have dom before to argue that the missing ingredient is more time. >> the issue that's reportedly been toughest to crack is flags. bell fast city council voted today only fly the british flag from city hall on certain days. that marked street protests in which more than 100 police officers were injured. national analysts say no. 47 are catholic nationalists so we feel you shouldn't rub our noses in it and we want to fly color flown sometimes. >> o

northern uganda. >> reporter: still to come we are in pakistan and we will not st stop. >> reporter: to see how trucks carrying major supplies in afghanistanorced off the road. [gunfire] and force in brazil as police try to regain control before the football's world cup fans arrive. usa hands spain about handing the cup to australia and more on sport with joe in a few minutes. ♪ ♪ welcome back, and these are top stories on al jazeera, heavy gunfire at the airport of the capitol of the democratic republic of congo and they have taken hose adjusts of state tv and rodeo. they cannot predict the outcome of michael's head injury and he was put in a coma after surgery and he fell while skiing in the french alps. and the french president has increased security nationwide before the winter olympics after two bomb attacks in 24 hours and in volume grad people were killed and a train station bombing which killed 17 people. and staying with our top story the second suicide bombing in days in the south of russia and coming several hundred kilometers where the olympics will be in six weeks time and to talk about this we have an analyst on russia and le

this is, you know, in iraq and afghanistan hardly two of the most liberal countries in world. today i connect you see it happen in northernli. i suspect it's not proving popular. however, the reason why the groups can have enduring appeal is because there's not a good alternative. and the problem that we face, for example, in afghanistan, is that brutal and unpopular as the taliban are, the government is often been worse. because the government has not delivered any kind of justice. what the government delivers is a decision that goes to the highest bidder. and so that is the taliban may be, they are less corrupt. you will get a more or less honest judgment. that's not the eye teal but it may be better the than the alternative. in -- is try build up nonfundamentallist rule of law that deliver a modicum of justice comp is what the people want. but not to do it with the kind of bar barracker i think we will be successful. [inaudible] voice of america. what about syria -- [inaudible] it's interesting what happened as the power of the media has grown the strategies are becoming less successful. these days they can only work i

afghanistan this year. >>> more news later. now back to msnbc "under cover." >>> after four years of living the punishing life of a modern day slave in northern california, 24d lost all hope. working up to 22 hours a day for a demanding diplomate and his family. lily says her employers even made her work when she had debilitating fevers. penniless because the family refused to pay her she lived desperate isolation and growing depression. >> she's my everything. >> back in indonesia, lily's husband andy had heard nothing from his wife for three long years. he feared she was dead. >> who can i call? somebody here. i don't know. because don't have no phonen couldn't give me a number. really hard. no communication with her. >> finally in 2006, lily reached a breaking point. the diplomate's wife who insisted that lily wash the car even in the rain okuzed the obedient lily of slirk shirking her duties. >> i cleaned the car inside and outside and she said why don't you clean the car. every day you have to clean the car. i was really, really mad. i went to the bathroom and stayed there and said i cannot do it again. if i see heidi i will pack my stuff and leave. >>

issue, whether it runs from, as i've said before, beirut to damascus, to baghdad, or from afghanistan down into northern africa. and the last thing is, i'll leave the diplomacy to the diplomats. >> thank you. mr. secretary, the "wall street journal" reported that the administration is now reaching out to some of the islamist groups inside syria. is this an acknowledgment that al qaeda's getting the upperhand there and there's concern that if you don't reach out to these groups, you won't have any influence in syria, can you comment on that, both of you, actually? >> well, that's not my area that i deal with, the diplomatic track every day on this. i would just say that if in fact there's going to be a diplomatic resolution, if that is the responsible approach, and we are taking that, as i ve noted, as you all know, and the january geneva two meeting is on track to occur, if this is all going to come to some kind of a diplomatic solution, then all parties involved are going to have to be represented some way. i'll leave that up to secretary kerry and the administration to sort that out. but i think if th

if , and others you would just help us with an amendment to the afghanistan we have a shot at staying alive after you pull out . the northern alliance that actually defeated the taliban completely within a few months after we started providing them aerial support, embedded special ops and intelligence, less than 500, they defeated the taliban. provided some weapons. they defeated the taliban. people have forgotten but for years in iraq people referred to afghanistan, even senator obama, that's where the real fight is, that's where it was done well, and it was done well. the taliban was defeated. it was routed by some of the most incredible and fearless am. ting led by general dust we have people in this administration now calling him and others war criminals because they fought for themselves, their own freedom to rid themselves of tyrannical, radical islamists. they are muslims. they are my muslim friends. . they defeated our enemy. they are the enemy of our enemy. and yet this administration is releasing taliban, one of the taliban leaders that's been on was al afghan television eleased from guantanamo by this administrat