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you have iran accusedf supporting the northern alliance and other factions.ou have it yet which sees afghanistan as a very strategic place to try and battle their competition with pakistan itself. the regional players are likely to replace nato and america, when america leaves, perhaps not with troops on the ground, but with influence. is that a factor in america's thinking? >> it could be. but actually i spent 10 years at the rand corporation doing research on insurgency and counterinsurgency. what is the main takeaways from years and years of research, looking at data, is that the more players involved in a civil war, the more external actors, the longer that conflict will last, and often the bloodier it will be. so if the united states is banking on quote unquote regional players without a military presence but with influence, then i think that assumption is fully mistaken. >> this idea of regional players, particularly within kabul, in the administration, has been controversial. the afghanis have been critical of pakistan for supporting groups in the coun

are they considering reconstituting the northern alliance or finding other ways to work with local partners in afghanistan to achieve our objectives? >> senator, our principal focus is working with the government in kabul and how we would do that and those plans are still being developed and i would be happy to talk in more detail in a closed session. >> fair enough. he said last week that the same funding for the afghan severity forces is going to be critical for achieving our ct objectives in afghanistan. let me just ask you, given, i would say the notable lack of success we've had thus far with the afghan secured he forces in terms of standing them up, achieving the high level of for 60 and output, under what conditions are we willing to say or would you say that the afghan scaredy forces are no longer effective with u.s. funding for them ought to be reduced or eliminated? >> senator, i would say we have had some tremendous success in working with the afghan forces, the afghan air force and special mission in particular. afghan special forces have been very close partners for us through

. >> is the partner considering reconstituting the northern alliance or finding ways to work with local partners in afghanistan to achieve our ct objectives? >> senator, our principal focus is working with the government in kabul and our we would do that, those plans are still being developed and i would be happy to talk in a little bit more detail in a closed session. >> sfar enough. you said sustained funding for the afghan security forces going to be critical for achieving our ct objectives in afghanistan. let me ask you, given the i would say notable lack of success we have had with the afghan security forces in terms of standing them up. achieving a high level of efficiency and out put, under what conditions are we willing to say, would you say, that the afghan security forces are no longer effective and the u.s. funding ought to be reduced or eliminated? >> i would say we have had tremendous success in working with the afghan forces, the afghan air forces special mission wing in particular and the afghan special forces re very close partners through the ct missions. there will a t

tamzens in the region, the local power brokers and some who have gotten integrated, the former northern alliance commanders were integrated in the government, whether in kabul or at the provincial level. i'm very concerned about what that looks like post september, when the u.s. is not able to be as closely aligned and monitor and frankly adjudicating some of those tensions and disputes. has there been a discussion of how much u.s. support, either to the mdasf or the militias, how that support will be divided between the kabul-based government versus more local power brokers at the provincial level? >> you raise an important point, congressman, which is that going forward, it will be very important that the key leaders, both nationally and regionally, in afghanistan come together. unity will be needed in confronting the challenges in terms of also negotiating a better agreement with the taliban if the afghans on the other side, the republican side, are united. and i am encouraged by some of the reports about the potential announcement in the coming days of a united leadership or state council, t

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you will associate with the alliance party which is a middle of the road party in the north a lot of which is making gains now there are elections next year in the in the northern ireland executive the assembly and there is worry about that but the alliance will probably do better at the expense of the d u p a possibly then you have shin fein the log largest party and a big shift of dimension here with nationalists in government all wanting to pull apart the northern ireland assembly room. zein pull out which would mean direct rule against which way of a way you look at it right now there is a vacuum and of many things anderson is there reporting live from our side stormed in belfast let's talk to donna kobach he teaches irish politics he's professor at dublin city university school of law and government he joins us on skype from dublin professor great to talk to your on the news hour so there are so many variables and competing issues here can i just ask you a really simple question how long until we see unification on the island of ireland . that was put to the people of northern ireland in a recent opinion poll and a majority said that they force irrespectiv