. >>> at least 74 people have been killed in flash floods in northern afghanistan. local officials warn it could rise after thousands were displaced. we have this report if kabul. >> trying to salvage what is left. these homes were badly damaged in flash floods after days of heavy rains. this distribute is the worst-affected area. the government and international aid agencies struggled to get to the remote region. most of the surrounding roads and bridges have been washed away. >> reports show 74 have been killed and bodies handed over to the families. hundreds of families have been destroyed. >> resident who lost loved ones bury bodies wherever there's dry groundful often the vulnerable suffer the worst. these people were given first aid after a house collapsed. a government minister promised to airlift them to a hospital. many do not want just aid, they want their houses re-built. >> translation: i want president hamid karzai to know we don't just want food, we want a house to live in. as citizens we deserve this. don't feed us for a few days and forget us. >> rep

northern afghanistan. >> reporter: the only way to get to the affected area is helicopter.ll that can be seen of what used to be villages is mud and rock. this village was once a thriving community. after days of heavy rains, flash floods washed away the homes and businesses that once stood here. >> there was a big thunderstorm. it made so much noise. we all ran away. the floodwaters came and destroyed everything. all of the houses and shops are gone, so is the mosque. >> afghan president hamid karzai has offered help and aid. floods come to areas like this in afghanistan but rarely disasters of this scale. it will likely take years for those who have survived to rebuild. the flood comes only week after torrential rains triggered a major landslide in a neighboring province burying an entire village. thousands of others remain displaced. this series of natural disasters comes at a tense time in the country. in less than a week voters will choose a new president. al jazeera guzagari nuer, northern afghanistan. >> they say they want to offer a multimillion dollar award for inf

he was kidnapped by the taliban in 2009 while reporting on a story in northern afghanistan. tell me about september 5th, saturday, 2009. >> me, my colleague and i, were reporting on an air strike in northern afghanistan. we went to the scene. we stayed too long, frankly, and the taliban came down, grabbed us and whisked us away to a series of houses. we moved about five different houses each day. we never stayed anywhere more than 2-3 hours. it was a procedure that we had in place. they didn't want us found. we were constantly on the move. >> were they hostile? >> they had guns, they bound us, handcuffed us. my afghan colleague was hit by a gun stalk at the beginning. after this, no. they apologised. they fed us, they gave us water. and they treated us well, water from letting us go, which is obviously what we really wanted. >> you were held for four days, what went through your mind when you were transferred from house to house? >> i think - i talked to other people that this happened before. every time you move there's a new instability, a nuisance of precariousness, every

both decided to leave their husbands, that is why they had to move away from their homes in northern afghanistan. they hope their children will have a better life in kabul then in the remote province with a corrupt. their hopes rest on their future president. >> we expect the new president to create jobs. especially for you. that is the only way our children will have a good future. the killing and bloodshed has to stop. cleaned neither need suicide attacks or terrorism. that is what the new president has to deliver. >> election campaigns have just ended. both women are intending to vote. the two presidential candidates have promised to improve women's and children's rights and they have signed a list of demands by the popular afghan women's networks. >> these were amended, which was definitely within the -- the practice has not been enough to benefit the women of afghanistan. >> the lack of women's rights has affected women in rural areas. the issue also bothers bill keyes, the teachers and. >> we should not forget that afghanistan is more than just kabul. women that live here go to work, they

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northern afghanistan. thousands have been displaced. rescue workers are struggling to deliver forward and supplies to the mountains. >> the only way to get to the flood-affected area is by helicopter. from the air all that can be seen of what used to be villages is mud and rock. this valley was a thriving community. after days of rain, flash floods watched away the homes and businesses that stood here. >> there was a big thunderstorm. it makes so much noise. we ran away. the floodwaters destroyed everything. all the houses and shops are gone. so is the mosque. . >> reporter: afghan president has promised long-term aid. rains come every year, but rarely do we see disasters of this scale. it will likely take years for those that have survived to rebuild. the flood comes weeks after rain triggered a landslide in a neighbouring province, bearing a village, more than 300 were killed. thousands displaced. this series of natural disasters comes at a tense time for the country. in less than a week voters will choose a new president. the taliban

. >> at least 74 people have been killed in flash floods in northern afghanistan. local officials warn that the number is likely to rise. the flooding occurred in a remote district and forced thousands of people to leave their homes. and this time they report from kabul. >> reporter: trying to salvage what's left. these people's homes were damaged in flash floods. the distribute in northern bagram is the worst affected area. the government and aid agencies struggled to get to the remote region. most of the region has been washed away. >> so far 74 have been killed and body handed over to their families. the search operation continues. hundreds of houses have been destroyed. >> resident who lost loved ones buried their bodies wherever they could find dry ground. often it's the vulnerable that suffered the worst. these people were given first aid after their house collapsed. a government minister promised to airlift them to a nearby hospital. many don't just want aid they want their houses to be rebuilt. >> i want president hamid karzai to know that we don't just wan

now, flash floods have killed at least 81 people in northern afghanistan. officials warn the death toll could rise. thousands of people have been displaced by the flooding in bahglan profess. hundreds were killed in the north and west of the country. dozen of people are been killed in a series of bollings across iraq. 17 died in diala province and there has been three attacks in ramadi. fighters launched a series of missiles into a city market killing 5. an assault on an army base left 7 dead and 12 injured and a police control killing four officers. imran khan has more. >> reporter: a series of attack across iraq, firstly to ramadi in western an bar prove incident where pan attack took place against a military barracks which killed nearly 5 people and injured dozens more also. we have seen attacks on a marketplace which also again killed five people. and injured twelve others when the market was at its busiest spread across a huge area. we ha we have seen a hit and run attack. ramadi has been under a lot of pressure. there has been an abbying are ap army o

. >>> flash floods in northern afghanistan killed 74 people with more fatalities expected. as we report, thousands have been forced to leave their homes in the remote district. >> trying to salvage what is left. these people's homes were badly damaged in flash floods after days of heavy rains. the district in northern bagram province is the worst-affected area. the government and international aid agencies struggled to get to the remote region, most of the surrounding roads and bridges have been washed away. >> so far the reports we have show 74 people have been killed and bodies handed over to their families. the search operation is continuing. hundreds of houses have been destroyed. >> residents who lost loved ones began to bury their bodies wherever they gind dried ground. often the vulnerable suffer the worst. these people were given first aid after the house collapsed on them. a government minister surveying the area promised to airlift to a nearby hospital. many say they don't want aid, they want their houses to be rebuilt. >> i want president hamid karzai to know tha

mullah-norullah nori was a senior taliban commander in northern afghanistan and one of the highest ranking taliban held at guantanamo. all five are now in qatar unable to leave for one year. their activities will be monitored by authorities there. today white house press secretary jay carney said there were sufficient safeguards in place. >> do you disagree with the characterization the five released detainees as among the hardest of the hard and possibly responsible for the deaths of thousands of people? >> we have a long history in this country, and our allies do as well of exchanging prisoners in an armed conflict, especially when that armed conflict is coming to an end. >> reporter: the white house argues that the end of combat operations at the end of this year in afghanistan also justify the release of these five detainees. by the time the five leave qatar, there will be fewer than 10,000 u.s. forces in afghanistan, maurice, the white house argues that will lower the threat to them if they return to the fight. >> dubois: now major, the president's required by law to give 30 days noti

. >> flash floods in northern afghanistan have killed at least 74 people with that number of dead expected to rise. and a report of thousands have been forced to leave their homes in the row mote district of badland province. >> reporter: trying to salvage what's left, these people's homes were badly damaged in flash floods after days of heavy rains. this is the worst affected area. governments as well as international aid agencies have struggled to get to the remote region. most of the surrounding roads and bridges have been washed away. >> so far, the reports we have show 74 people have been killed and their bodies have been handed over to their families. the search operation is continuing. hundreds of thousands have been completely destroyed. >> reporter: residents who have lost loved ones have begun burying their bodies where they can find dry drown. all too often it's the most vulnerable who suffered the worst. >> themes were given first aid after their house collapsed. a government minister has promised to air lift them to a nearby hospital. many say they don't just want aid. they wa

. >> my colleague and i were reporting on an air strike in northern afghanistan. and we went to the scene where it happened. i think we stayed too long frankly. the taliban came down, took us us and we never stayed anywhere more than two, three hours, it was a clearly a procedure they had in place. they didn't want us being found. they didn't want us being traced. it was constantly on the move. >> were they hostile? >> they had guns. they bound us. they handcuffed us. my afghan colleague sultan monadi got hit by a gun stock right away but after that no. they fed us, they gave us water. they treated us well apart from letting us go which we wanted. >> tell us about the day you were freed. >> they came in helicopters, out of the sky at night. they actually come in 24 hours earlier on. they had come the night before but had gone to the wrong house, overflown or whatever. we had a feeling they might be coming the next night. the first time after the first night the taliban moved us to a school surrounded us with young children and we slept there the night. clearly the

asked by gitmo interrogators whether he regretted killing thousands of innocent people in northern afghanistan he said well, it was part of what we had to do to establish our ideal state. this is in 200le he said this. not 2001. so these guys aren't really that regretful. they don't seem to be that reticent to pursue the same path they were doing before. >> here we are, the president of the united states, i do believe had to make this decision. it wasn't a congressional decision. but having made the decision, it's on his head. and that's a challenge for history. thank you very much, phillip mudd for your passion and concern and evan cohen as always. >> what happens when the rnc accidentally promotes a democrat? [ heart beating, monitor beeping ] woman: what do you mean, homeowners insurance doesn't cover floods? [ heart rate increases ] man: a few inches of water caused all this? [ heart rate increases ] woman #2: but i don't even live near the water. what you don't know about flood insurance may shock you -- including the fact that a preferred risk policy starts as low as $129 a year. for an

and the allies back in late 2001, especially operating in northern afghanistan. another one, former deputy director of taliban intelligence with possible links to al qaeda. finally, we have a member of the taliban who was associated -- said to be associated with al qaeda and was their chief of communications. you can see all these men were senior operatives in al qaeda and had quite a breadth of responsibility during those early days. >> one of the complaints, barbara, that we're hearing now from -- not so much critics of the deal but real skeptics about these guys being contained, they say, look, these are folks with american blood and afghan blood on their hands. is that true? >> that is absolutely the contention. that is the belief. the administration's case, as you heard susan rice say, that this was an exchange, that these guys were given back to the qataris in exchange with the objective of getting bowe bergdahl free. >>> i wan to go now to cnn's ed lavandera with me in boise, idaho, about 2 1/2 hours from bergdahl's hometown of haley. as i understand it, t

was a residential area, correct is this. >> in my particular case we were in a village in northern afghanistan. we would move four or five times a day. again, after three days, a raid was launched to free us. but it either went to the wrong house or for whatever reason, we heard the helicopters fly overhead and go elsewhere. the taliban immediately bundled us out of the house and took us to a children's school and literally put us on the floor surrounded by young children. >> so they would be the cover. >> so they would be the cover. these were a remote group. a long way away from taliban heartland, operating with very few resources. i mean, this is in the heartland of the taliban. they would have no doubt, anybody trying to rescue them, or thinking about trying to rescue the sergeant, would have been thinking, you know, this is going to be perilous and very, very, very risky. >> so you have your return. i imagine you have thought about this in the ensuing days. it comes back to haunt you, i should think. when you think about what bowe bergdahl faces, what kind of an uphill climb does he have?

asked by gitmo interrogators whether he regretted killing thousands of innocent people in northern afghanistan said well, it was part of what we had to do to establish our ideal state. this is in 200le he said this. not 2001. so these guys aren't really that regretful. they don't seem to be that reticent to pursue the same path they were doing before. >> here we are, the president of the united states, i do believe had to make this decision. it wasn't a congressional decision. but having made the decision, it's on his head. and that's a challenge for history. thank you very much, phillip mudd for your passion and concern and evan cohen as always. >> what happens when the rnc accidentally promotes a democrat? [male vo] inside this bag exists over 150 years of swedish coffee experience. that's 150 years of experience in refining and perfecting the rich, never bitter taste of gevalia. and we do it all for this very experience. this very second. this exact moment. [woman] that's good. i know right? cheers to that. gevalia. 150 years of rich, never bitter coffee. [ girl ] my mom, she makes underwat

and flash floods in a remote province in northern afghanistan have killed at least sixty five people and forced thousands more to leave their homes many are still reported missing and authorities fear the death toll could rise considerably flooding and landslides happen annually in the northern part of the country in early may hundreds of people were killed by a mudslide which engulfed some three hundred homes. coming up next a ballot in digs the dirt on washington lobbyists and the think tanks that support them in breaking the set. from a full day saturday for the day have a great day we'll be watching and i'll see tomorrow. trust me as someone who works in the media i can tell you that saying something the wrong way can lead to a lot of headaches for years and years but thankfully in the grand scheme of things i'm a nobody and certainly not the vice president of the united states joe biden made a rather interesting choice of words when addressing graduating cadets at the air force academy in colorado springs colorado i think the statement begs for some analysis he said of the cadet

facing united nations charges for the massacre of thousands of innocent people, civilians, in northern afghanistan during the 1990s. one of them, his brother-in-law, is named "the butcher of host." another one, his brother is a senior taliban commander right to you. these individuals do have ties to al qaeda. at least one of them was closely associated with al qaeda. . another one, according to the pentagon, took orders from osama bin laden. so, look. sometimes you have to pay a price in order to achieve peace. but when you look at the history of how we've done this in the past -- we've done this in the past. we've released detainees to saudi arabia, right next to qatar. unfortunately, a large number of those detainees, even though they were in saudi custody and they weren't given a year period where they couldn't travel. they couldn't travel period. they still went to yemen, created the same al qaeda franchise responsible for the underwear bomb plot, the cargo bomb plot. so look, these guys are afghans. they're not al qaeda. they're the taliban. but nonetheless, we can't be blind to the fact that

flash floods in a row province in northern afghanistan have killed at least sixty five people and forced thousands to leave their homes many are still reported missing and authorities fear the death toll could rise considerably flooding and landslides happen annually in the northern part of the country in early may hundreds of people were killed by a mudslide which engulfed some three hundred homes. imagine traveling around the world without leaving your home city for millions of chinese that's now become a reality with the country's a new trend of creating highly realistic versions of world landmarks assessed to guide us through the copies of new york and paris scattered around china. if you think that the chinese only excel in making replica handbags and watches think bigger isn't it nice to take a casual morning stroll down the world famous wall street only this is not a new york this is the heart of the financial capital of china shanghai this horn for a was not made locally it was gifted to china by the designer of the original bull statue with just a forty minute drive from here yo

. >> intense flash flooding in northern afghanistan left 81 people dead. flooding in the mountainous province has destroyed 850 homes and damaged 1,000 more since friday. local police say flooding left villages in need of food, water and medicine, calling on afghanistan's central government for help. >> families in somalia face the threat of disease after a refugee camp suffered a major flood, food and other supplies are scarce and people living in desperate conditions. >> they were already homeless, but now flash floods have swept through their camp, making their polite even more desperate. soldiers from the african union mission to somalia have been trying to help, but efforts are limited. for the moment, there's nowhere else for these families to go. >> we sleep in the water. i have four children and we spent eight consecutive nights in the water. we're homeless day and night. we don't know what to do. if you can do something for us, please do it. >> flooding comes annually to parts of somalia, but heavy rain on this occasion took everyone by surprise.

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. >> at least 74 people have been killed in flooding all across northern afghanistan.l officials warn that the death toll could rise. afghan president hamid karzai ordered help to the remote prove jens, where thousands have been displaced. villagers are dempding that their -- demanding that their homes be rebuilt. floods killed more than 180. >>> let's get a look at the weather near home with meteorologist eboni deon. >> flooding will be a risk here. i want to look at some of the reports of tornados wind and hail that we saw across the nation's mid section it will be dealing with more storms as we get into the overnight hours. the cluster of tornados reported around st. louis. this is a cloud that a number of witnesses saw and video tape. it doesn't look like it made contact with the ground making it a tornado , but the national weather service will be busy surveying the areas to see what damage there was. just outside of st. louis, there were a numberful tornados reported. today we are expecting to see a few storms redeveloping around st. louis. the threat shifted fur

the german press will report almost exclusively on northern afghanistan. the spanish and italian will focus on the west, the british focus only on heldman. the american press focuses on where our troops are. so you have lousy american reporting, complex situation, fragmentary press and then you've been at it a long time and people are tired. you put those things together and you get a public perception that nothing is working. there is one more fact -- i went to high school in a school that had a problem with gangs. by the time i was in high school, the gangs had been cleaned up but i noticed that nobody understood that and it occurred something to me repeatedly in life, that reputation follows fact, where there's a lag of a couple of years or more and i think you have that in afghanistan too. so you had a picture that was very -- we were almost losing the war in 2009. can dal har was very close to falling, whether the taliban could have held it or not, the country was in terrible shape and it took a long time to put the troops in, big battles, so reputati

military operator fa zel who was the army chief of staff and forces fought with the northern alliance in afghanistanis a cowed of war crimes. another was a member of the taliban and holding government position and has historic ties to osama bin laden and former leader of iraq and al-qaeda and high risk of return to the battlefield. noori is a particular provincial governor and deemed to be high risk to the u.s. we have a report from guantanamo bay, and the trend we have seen since 2008. the detained suspected of going back to the battlefield. this group was not cleared to release but significantly they were hand selected by the taliban as the men they were willing to negotiate for eric. >> the defense department said they should not ever be released. >> and casey kassem. the bitter feud tone the daughter and wife. they are in new york city newsroom with more. patty? >> reporter: it was a dramatic scene when his daughter a ratified with police and ambulance to take her father to a medical facility and his wife came out yelling and throwing raw meat. i throw it to in the name king david. >> and kassem

acknowledging five american service members were killed in an apparent friendly fire incident in northern afghanistan i nato stamen says the soldiers were involved in a security operation and had come into contact with enemy forces. for the second time this week there has been an attack on the airport in karachi pakistan. attacked a training facility at the airport, less than 2 days after the siege by 10 taliban gunmen killed 26 people. some cia employees say that the agency does not do enough to punish misconduct like harassment, going to a posting that sharpened to a posting on the spy agency -- according to a posting on the spy agency's internal network. finally, among the major business and economic events expected today, the commerce wholesale releases trade inventories for april and the labor department issues its thert on job openings and labor turnover survey for april. some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> for over 35 years, c-span brings public affairs events from washington directly to you, putting you in a room at congressional hearings, white house events, briefings, and confe

afghanistan. >> but australia's northern territory is where 1,000 troops are right now. >> we go back 100 years and fought in every war together. incredible partners, and we're in that relationship. >> including four helicopters, evacuation exchanges is one that they're practicing. the marines are training, but they're battle ready, ready to be deployed straight from here if required. australia offers a challenging training environment and sending u.s. troops here sends a powerful signal here with the u.s.' pivot toward asia. as china rises militarily, the united states wants to strengthen it's presence in the region. u.s. troops would rotate through northern australia. >> i think that they have accepted that when it came to military activity, reflecting the u.s. rebalancing to the region, the fact was, and is that america is a significant military presence in the asia pacific. >> but australia deeply ties with the u.s., with a australian neutrality and disputes with u.s. allies like japan and china. some say that they should have strategic independence rather than strategic depends. >dependenc

and other news flash floods in a remote province in northern afghanistan have killed at least sixty five people and forced thousands more to leave their homes many of the reported missing and or thirty's fear the death toll could rise considerably flooding and landslides happen annually in the northern part of the country in early may hundreds of people were killed by a mudslide which engulfed some three hundred. ok but with more news headlines for you at the top of the hour coming up that is the kaiser report and if you're watching is in the u.k. it'll be sputnik george galloway. you know some people say political theater is a bad thing but i have to disagree sometimes some showmanship could really make a powerful statement to any audience case in point australian senator bill heffernan snuck a pipe bomb into work to show just how lax and inefficient security is but his little pipe bomb was not as powerful as what he said as use take it out of the bag he recalls as a kid how at the farm they would blow up trees stumps so that anyone could easily get all four components to make a massive

the united states there i think it's good to remember that there was a corporation over afghanistan on the northern distribution network continued to function. so i think it was why should russia you know cooperate with the us because it's in russia's interest to do so i mean not because. they want to be nice to the u.s. but because the meltdown of the state in in iraq is bad news for all the same countries in the region russia or iran united states do funnily enough have a pretty urgent common interest in stabilizing the situation professor upland very quickly though do you think that call patient could be productive without the united states first reversing its policy stance and serious sort of abandoning its policy golf outing assad it seems like that goal of ousting the sat is kind of falling by the wayside. so the u.s. needs to recalibrate its policy but it's a very complicated situation well professor of law and we have to take a very short break now but when we come back normalizing russian u.s. relations will most likely have to wait until a new president moves into the white house but even

northern iraq sometimes called kurdistan, has done very well. whether in syria, libya or in that matter, afghanistannorthern pakistan. these people are still out to get us. this war isn't over. we may try to say it's over, but it's still with us. >> so, do you believe, then, that this should be -- should the administration not try to put conditions on maliki? should this be used as an opportunity? i heard basically both sides of the argument from menendez. on one hand he wanted some form of a condition based agreement. the u.s. wouldn't come in and help unless maliki agreed to some sort of political reform. then he made the same argument you're making about isis, which is they're a national security threat and the united states has to do something about it. it sounds like you can't do both. maliki is not going to cooperate. is the united states really not going to do anything about isis? >> we face this had kind of problem in many situations historically. we have to work with less than adequate allies. >> right. >> because we have some interest -- think back to korea in the 1950s. that country was a

out of commission as a terrorist force that can consolidate, control, and create another afghanistan and northern iraq and northern syria. >> how do we do that? >> we have drones that have taken out al qaeda military equipment and leaders. we know they have the pickup truck with the machine guns. we don't have to bomb civilian centers as long as we have actual air control capacity. we'll know where the targets are. they can't hide them if they're trying to move down the roads. if they're moving from town to town, we know in effect, they have equipment that can be spotted from air. >> let's talk about iran. of course, that complicated diplomatic dance that is going on. how could the engagement with iran -- how could that help the situation in iraq or is that potentially just going to make things worst? >> well, it's a big gamble. the new president of iran is moderate and that obama and he together can work against the hardliners in their own country. the revolutionary guard will want a sectarian war and send in hard line maliciouses from iran. can they pressure maliki to change or get a new leader

afghanistan. >> reporter: australia's northern territory is where more than a thousand u.s. troops are right now. >> australia and u.s. go back 100 years and fought in every war together. >> medical evacuation exercises are one that troops are exercising. they're ready to deploy straight from here. australia offers the training environment. as china rises militarily the united states wants to assert it's presence in the region. in 2011 president obama announced u.s. troops would rotate through northern australia. >> i think the chinese accepted that. when came to military activity in the region, the effect was, the fact is that america is a significant military presence. >> but do australia's deepening ties with the u.s. see any further disputed between u.s. allies. >> troops in country but foregoes so much of its sovereignty to have another country's military bases on its territory is already not neutral. you cannot be neutral under those circumstances. >> australia sent troops to vietnam but now calls the u.s. a dangerous ally. they're being urged to think carefully about

those would be special forces much as we had done with the northern alliance in afghanistan in taking down the taliban. something we did not do in libya and nato found itself in a stalemate for four months. they are in hah combat zone. they are not doing the fighting, they arese of air power and our special forces guys speak the language, they know the iraqis, they are very comfortable with it, they can handle the mission. martha: can we do that without iran? do we need iran's help? >> iran is going to help iraq regardless of what we say. we don't need iran to help us help iraq. iran is our strategic adversary in the middle east. every ally we have in the middle east except for iraq is an adversary of these guys. these guys kid us in iraq, maybe one-third of the soldiers killed and maimed our generals estimate the iranians had a hand in training the militia and equipping them with advanced ieds and advanced mortars and rock totes kill us. why would we be involved in something like that. martha: general, thank you very much. see you soon. bill: how involved should the u.s. get in iraq

afghanistan or iraq. >> reporter: australia less northern territory is where more than a thousand u.s.ops are right now. >> australia, our friend friendship goes back 100 years, we fight in every war together. and they are incredible partners and we are here to deepen that relationship. >> reporter: as well as troops through his american kit, including four helicopters, a medical evacuation exercise is one the troops are practicing. these marines are predominantly here for training but they are battle ready, ready to be deployed straight from here if required. australia offers a challenging training environment, but sending u.s. troops here sends a powerful signal too, an ex-police i have demonstration of the u.s. military's pivot towards asia as china rises military the u.s. wants to have a presence in the region, president obama obama said u.s. troops with rotate through australia. >> the i think the chinese accepted that, when it came to military actively nexting a u.s. rebalancing to the region the fact was and is america is a significant military presence in the asia pacific. >> r

afghanistan. abdullah abdullah is an afghan statesman. and a trained eye surgeon. he built his reputation in the 1980s, when aligning with the ain taliban northern alliance and became advisor to the leader. after international forces ousted the taliban, he served as afghanistan's foreign minister from 2002 to 2005 and ran as an independent in the 2009 presidential elections, but lost to hamid karzai. the vote then, he said, was frewed u lant. ashraf ghani was educated in the u.s. he worked in the field of economics, including at the world bank. he pledged to sign a bihateral security agreement with the united states. joining me from kabul is helena malikia, an afghan historian. thank you for joining us life. the first democratic change from one president to another, it's historic, this vote. >> it is historic for afghanistan, and what is more exciting is that this time around the people of afghanistan seem to have a much awareness. democratic process and the right to vote and use the vote. >>> the people wanted to see a free and transparent government, that is there for the potential winner. >> definitely. there are many things that - many chall

afghanistan after the united states leaves northern pakistan. we won't live in a world without g geopolitical risks,. >> or a world without down days. we're not going to live without a world without down days. >> and they're healthy too, michael, sometimes, shocking as it may be. >> 45 basis points today, this is not a big deal, nor to me would 10% be a big deal. markets do down after a while. >> potentially what is it that could make us go down? >> more sellers than buyers. >> brian is a very smart boy to throw that out. we've kind of like hit stall speed, haven't we? there's a lack of conviction, a lack of volume, marking time at the top here. and people have been saying there needs to be a strong catalyst either to the up side or the down side. if it's not iraq and what's going on there, if it's not cantor's defeat and the possibility for disruption in congress, what potential do you see out there that could make us convincingly go down? >> you know, there's a bearish argument out there that first i think hinges on inflation. pretty much even

northern border. terrorists have been staging attacks across pakistan and afghanistan. this comes after the deadly seeing on pakistan's busiest airports. >> chelsea manning breaking her silence in a controversial op ed. the detained soldier used to go by the name bradley before saying he was a woman said he lied to americans about the iraq war. manning says they did this by media coverage on the war. they were brought on to hire journalists based on how likely they were to place coverage. manning serving a 35 year sentence for leaking 700,000 classified documents to wikileaks. >> patriotism under fire a man is fined $200 for flying a betsy ross flag outside of his house in colorado. the reason the homeowner's association says the flags are not permitted. >> do they think at thai am doi to make them angry? i want to honor our history. >> he says he is protected by the freedom to display the american flag act. he is considering getting an attorney. >>> it was a busy weekend for folks hoping to score some dough. they were hunting for the envelopes stuffed with free money.

afghanistan, dozens of people have been killed by flooding. it's the latest in series of deadly flash floods that have hit the remote northern area of the countryso far 74 bodies have been recovered, thousands have been forced from their homes. more from afghanistan. >> trying to salvage what's left: these people's homes were badly damaged in flash floods after days of heavy rains. this district in northern bavan province is the worst affected area. the government as well as international aid agencies have struggled to get to the remote region. most of the vouching roads and bridges have been washed away. >> so far, the reports we have show 74 people have been killed and their bodies have been handed over to their families. the search operation is continuing. hundreds of houses have been completely destroyed. >> residents who have lost loved ones have begun burying bodies wherever they can find dry ground. all too often, it's the most vulnerable who suffered the worst. these people were given first aid after their house collapsed on them. the government minister surveying the area has promised to air lift them to a nearby hospital. many say the

somalia, afghanistan, pat damm and northern pakistan, of course, they had some sort of connection with al qaeda. here they were in 2014. and again, this is the kind of failure that they all want to see. and what we see here is country after country, al qaeda influenced these groups using my definition of al qaeda and even if you don't use it, those people who believe in their ideology. >> okay. so i don't know if any of these guys have been part of this defense contracting. and we are giving them too much credit for a lot of things that are there doing. and they said that it should have said in parentheses which also happens to be the largest pile of sand and the planet. they operate in a lot of these places and look at what happens when we decide this. this happens when we decide to do something. remember the country we bailed out? they ran those guys ouin week and holy cow, you nww that coming. when we decide there is a threat to us and this is a threat to an entire country or that al qaeda controls an entire country and i think that al jazeera did it as well. and a lot of these insu

and heavy rains have triggered flash floods in remote areas of afghanistan's northern province and more than one hundred people have been killed and scores injured old according to local officials thousands more displaced rescue workers still struggling to reach communities cut off by the deluge. because of a wall for use of decided to close a coal fired power plant where a hydrogen tank earlier exploded killing three people at least thirteen others were injured during got the plant is considered to be one of the biggest polluters in europe but plans to build the replacement have been delayed due to funding shortages. now a trip to new york or paris may be out of reach for most chinese but the next best thing is just around the corner extremely realistic versions of world landmarks have been popping up all over the country is on season like the reports. if you think that the chinese only excel in making replica handbags and watches think big or isn't it nice to take a casual morning stroll down the world famous wall street only this is not a new york this is the heart of the financial c

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there were three phases to the plot and the first two were in afghanistan and included a major offensive against the u.s.- backed northern a liiance and a key player in that offensive was mohammed fazo that was traded out. >> one of the things you have to do look at these guys, it is very clear that all five are closely tied to al-qaeda prior to 9/11. >> reporter: as for afghanistan, taliban and al-qaeda believed that a murder and then the offensive would clear the battlefield for them. and so if there was retaliation by the united states for the high jacking of the jets it would be less effective in afghanistan. >> what is the administration saying about these men? >> reporter: theation said they are enemies of the afghan meem and not mef-- peopl >> i am in no way defending these men, but being mid to high level officials in a regime doesn't mean they pose a threat to the united states. >> reporter: on a book tour mrs. clinton used the same lodge and i can critics say it is evidence, that the obama administration sidelined central intelligence and may have freed someone who facilitated the events leading up to the 9/11.

afghanistan. on september 9th, 2001, the leader of the northern alliance was killed by an al qaeda suici suicide bomber. on september 10th of consulting with a senior come can bander began a major military offensive. the following day with the u.s. backed northern alliance and the threat of retaliation reduced, 19 hijackers took over four jets and murdered nearly 3,000 americans. >> there is a lot of discussion between the two. one of the things you have to do is look at the buy ogden fees of these guys and it becomes very clear that all five were very closely tied to al qaeda prior to 9/11. >> this week, mrs. clinton and other officials downplayed the risk of transferring the men. >> these five guys are not a threat to the united states. they are a threat to the safety and security of afghanistan and pakistan. it's up to those two countries to make the decision, once and for all that these are threats to them. >> while none of the documents comes close to suggesting they knew about the plot in advance, in the administration's rush to transfer the men, they may have freed a man that facilitated the 9/1

chief of staff under the taliban and whose forces fought against the northern alliance, the united states-backed force in afghanistand of war crimes. another was a long time member of taliban and it is alleged he has ties to bin laden. and the last one is denying he had any role with the taliban or training. but they were all described as senior figures. >> how many detaines returned to the battlefield? >> the rate of return to the battlefield has increased. 30% are likely or confirmed of returning and this group, like many of the detaines, wasn't clear for released. this group was only cleared for the purpose of the transfer. and they were hand selected by the taliban as the men they were willing to negotiate. >> do we know how many are left at the bay? >> 140 with the fast majority coming from yemen which is still a high risk area to retain people because of the groups there specifically directing plots at the united states. >>> could this be the beginning of flan to empty the detainees? mccain says it is a risk decision. >> the key element was in return for the sergeant's release did he set-up a process where the

forces in afghanistan in early days working with the northern alliance and helping that group and movethe taliban. so if this is decided to go forward there will be some u.s. presence even if it is directed airstrikes. there will be something on the ground and, yes, uma, that's the concern. the state of that country affects a lot of other countries in the region especially the gulf states that are very concerned about not only syria but now iraq. uma: fascinating though, even though one would not have expected it, if this does move forward, americans are helping out, it would be iranians and americans helping there to go against these militias and these terrorists? >> it's dangerous to say what the role of togetherness would be because iran has its own thoughts about this region. remember iran is helping inside syria with the bashar al-assad regime and is said to be working in hand with some of that civil war, killing tens of thousands of civilians in syria. so iran would love to have another country next door that is an iranian country and that they have a huge presence in iraq. hence

afghanistan or iraq. >> reporter: australia northern territory is where more than 1,000 u.s. troops are. >> our friendship goes back hundreds of years, we fight in every war. we are incredible partners and we are here to deepen the relationship. >> reporter: as well as troops there's four helicopters, a kit. these marine are predominantly here for training, but they are battle ready, ready do be deployed from here. australia offers a challenging training environment. sending u.s. troops here sends a signal. an explicit demonstration of the pivot towards asia. as china rises the united states wants to assert its presence in the region. in 2011 president obama announced u.s. troops would rotate tlox. >> the chinese anticipated that. when it came to military activity, rebalancing to the region, the fact was, is, america is a behind military presence in the asia pacific. do the deepening ties with the u.s. undermine australian neutrality in disputes between the u.s. ally like japan or china. some say australia should pursue a policy of strategic independence. >> australia is take