the western part of pakistan.ere are three bases there. >> you did say you have a boeing source that told you this? >> no, there was a boeing source, sean, in the lignet web page. >> okay. >> that pointed that out. and you checked with boeing -- >> i have checked with them, too, they're not answering many questions if any at all. last question, general, a lot of people wrote to me about the things you're saying. they feel you're a serious person who has served this country with great distinction and that you really have gone out on a limb here. to what degree do you believe you're correct here? because i'm at the point that yes, the transponder is off, yes, to ache acars is off. you have gone out, you think this happened. others think it may have crashed into the indian ocean, to what degree forward do you put together this hypothesis? >> well, the best i can, with the information i have. not all the information is out along with the pilot simulator, i still believe there is a 60 to 75% chance that i am correct. t

with pakistan. but i don't think there is any risk of a diminution in focus on pakistan other than to say that of course emerging events with syria slightly dilute the unipolar focus so if you had asked me this question 18 months before i would have been able to say without hesitation that the greatest threat of terrorism to the u.k. emanated from the fata. it is now much more balanced between the threats you see in syria and the threats in the traditional area of the fata. >> looking at it from your national security counsel role now relevance to the point of view of threats maybe there's an opportunity for the united kingdom to play a part in dialogue with pakistan perhaps in relation to its relations with india because we have good friendships and both of those countries. do you agree with that? >> for clarity the national security council is very much to it engaged in looking at threats an interesting question. could the u.k. play a proactive role in bringing about greater cooperation and reconc

i know you took that to mean pakistan. >> yeah, western pakistan.have got three bases out there. i don't know that but i looked at what the pakistani air force has in the west side there, western part of the country. and there are three bases that could have handled this. i don't know if these were the bases. i just think that we ought to hear from the u.s. government that the denial that they have any data that shows that this airplane would have landed there. now again, they wouldn't have got it necessarily at landing. they would have gotten it different ways and they have to go into those data bases. rcia, they have to go wn to into other data bases so they will not find that. that is the reason people have to take the right courses of action so they look into the right data bases. >> it is very interesting now that malaysia is seeking pakistan's cooperation if your theory is true, thank you, general. >>> and coming up, twa crash that was one of the worst in history and triggered one of the most costly investigations that america has ever seen. t

was it in afghanistan and pakistan? >> in the pressure that we put in at work over the last few years i would characterize all qaeda in afghanistan as in survival mode. >> the general stated last year that he would've needed 20,000 . troops in afghanistan after 2014. as i understand we are down to 10,000 plus a few thousand nato troops. could you state how many troops we made and for how long? >> i'm comfortable with the range we talked about earlier in terms of the 812,000 with another mission over and above that to conduct counterterrorism that would be the mission. i think what's important when we start to talk about numbers is what we expect the forces to do is evil overtime as the afghan forces have increased their capability. while we will be doing in 2015 largely is assessing and addressing the self sustainability of the forces. they would be in the lead and the fight and the only operations i would envision us conducting in 2015 against the enemy would be operations in the mission. >> your view woul of the 10,00

i believe pakistan or elements in pakistan, the isi, taliban, al qaeda, are involved in a second shoe. i don't know what that second shoe to fall with will be, but i believe we'll see that airplane involved in a terrorist incident in the near future. >> that would make a lot of sense because one of the -- i think big questions, if this was terrorism, why hasn't someone taken responsibility. usually they go out and boast, they want to make claims about it. it's fascinating you indicated only 14% actually have someone claim responsibility for an action. but in this case, you don't think the mission, if in fact terrorism, has been completed yet. that's why we haven't heard frame them. >> that's correct. in all of the actions leading up to it clearly were that the airplane was hijacked by the air crew. everybody has heard ad nauseam the different moves, et cetera. but the question then is, why would they do that? i don't have the why. except i know that they were radicalized and the degree, i don't fully understand yet. but i know it's there, and we're against a very formidable adversary

of pakistan. and we don't need to be supplementing the countries and supporting the countries and giving aid to the countries that are hostile to america's interests and hateful of our way of life. it is a charade to believe that our aid is buying pakistan's cooperation in hunting down terrorists as secretary kerry stated yesterday. frankly that's wishful thinking but that's not facing this -- facing the reality of what we confront in south asia. a pakistani commission reported on the lane raid, the raid that brought lane, the murderer of so many americans, to justice and that the pakistani commission points out, quote, negative developments in the u.s.-pakistan relations in cent years, and it is in their view a growing american threat, end of quote, pakistani interests. these are not the sentiments of a regime that wants to work with us. these are not the sentiments of friends. and remember, when our seal teams went to get osama bin laden, the pakistani government took the wreckage of one of our

and it this time after the creation of pakistan the pakistan is left the trouble areas in the same autonomous state that they negotiated. and that arrangement really lasted until after the 911 attacks. of course one of the effects of our intervention in afghanistan was the telegram went over the mounds package are hilarious. and that's where all the trouble started. and pakistan is will tell you that the only way to really call in this town, and these stocks have already started, the pakistan government is an open door to the taliban. is to try and come to this kind of orangemen again. the basic formula was you don't threaten us and we will leave you in peace. if you really drill down, you don't harbor terrorists who armas. and that is -- if you looked at most western policy-makers that is where they're at. the problem is because we -- the tell that as of the the fear from a city more. >> i'm of former deputy secretary of defense. doing a lot of work with an organization called the alliance's. we have had maybe zero little success in the last few months. was wondering from your perspective to

or pakistan? what is the role of pakistan in achieving long-term stability? >> at the very least, we need in atan to acquiesce long-term reconciliation. because of its control of the border areas and areas of harbor those who transit into afghanistan for nefarious purposes, pakistan can destabilize and undermined. tothe very least, it needs acquiesce to the authorities. a reconciliation would be greatly facilitated by the active engagement of the pakistan authorities and the trilateral authority. designed to create an atmosphere on both sides of the afghan and pakistan border. that is a realization there is service of preventing the passage of insurgents and terrorists across the border in both directions. [indiscernible] key will that be? don't claim to be an expert. this is a very important part of the overall pakistani structure. isi would make itself the guardian of pakistan. this is a trilateral process. pakistaniupport acceptance of the view that pakistan's interest is best served by stability in afghanistan. instances been those that pakistan's interes

and pakistan beyond 2014. there is a longer-term interest in this relationship. i think it is also important that we have a balanced and realistic view in this relationship. that was -- just what we heard from ambassador dobbins, talking about many of the gains, but acknowledging that there are very real challenges. i am hoping that all the media here today do not just focus on the challenges, but also focus on some of the tremendous gains. i think that is one of the real challenges. i remember working in 2002-2005n from heading a policy research organization. in those days i would come to gatherings like this in washington and talk about research findings which tended to suggest that everything was not going quite as well as some of the public narrative was. after all, afghanistan was the war.work -- good i was often labeled the naysayer. everyone else said that the steady drip drip of negative news coming out of afghanistan -- irying to highlight think ambassador dobbins gave a long list of the incredible achievements that have taken place. having worked in afg

from where it took off, if it landed in pakistan, how long would that be?it's about 3500 miles, seven hours, 500 miles through, let's say. so -- and they went north for a part, say 3,000 miles, 3200 miles, something like that, there now appears to be evidence that there was a direct course through india flying in the shadow of a singapore flight 68. that hasn't been verified, the only thing that i have seen that is starting to become verified is the lignet report from boeing saying they believe the airplane was in pakistan which i talked about on friday. >> general, i've known you a long time, i know you too well to know that you're not just making this up, this is not something you've concocted. you've spoken to a number of people, am i correct? >> yes, but that's all i want to say, sean, please. >> fair enough. and you believe this plane is in tact and this plane landed? >> i do. >> what about the passengers of this plane? do you know anything about that? >> i don't know anything about their status. what i do know is, the most sensors that we have in the

he's the author of "no exit from pakistan." he is joining us from washington. one of the things that's striking to me is something that pakistan or the secret service there had a debt to protect osama bin laden. >> she talked about how there was one, if not several, members of the pakistani intelligence service, the isi, who were assigned to basically watch bin laden, presumably to help hide him and that these individuals, she believes, reported directly to the senior most members of he pakistani intelligence and military services. she gets this from a conversation that she says she had with senior pakistani officer. >> explain how the isi works. is it like the fbi versus the sheriffs department or how are they integrated in pakistani society. >> the isi is like a combination of our fbi and cia. and beyond that, our dia or defense intelligence agency. all together. it reports through a military chain. technically of course the pakistani military reports to the civilians. isi has been very powerful for decades. it's operated both in foreign affairs, that is in p

so the other side -- the other is, pakistan. now the essence of what we're doing, we went in in 2001. the taliban have supported al qaeda to it killed 3,000 americans of the world trade center in my judgment several things happened. had this religious beliefs and liberty for people. at think he can't use that. he took that and extracted it and said we should give liberty also to the iraqis and the afghans which is a noble idea. put an idea into action. we were not able quite to do it. when they looked around and say is going to do this idea they said well, the united states military. what happened was that the subject and about. we perverted and we turned it into nation-building. that social contract was that the united states of america would give to the people money and as much security as we could money we give about $14 billion a year. in return we expected them to turn against the taliban. all we want to do was tell us to among them was the taliban. since everyone is wearing civilian clothes and we don't speak postern w

general tom mcinerney is here, he thinks the plane has landed in pakistan. and we'll hear from malaysia's opposition leader with his relationship with the missing pilot. did this impact the plait pilot mind-set the day he got into that cockpit? >>> and this is a fox news alert, investigators are desperately trying to solve the mystery of what happened to the missing malaysian plane. joining me with analysis on what they think may have happened to the jet. former deputy administrator tom blank and d.j. frost. welcome to the program. let me start with you and ask, first of all, if investigators find on this captain's simulator, they find, for example, the five practice runways in the indian ocean what does that tell you, does that raise suspicions in your mind about him? >> well, sean, i flew a 767 not quite a 777 yet, but i want to say, it could be something interests or it could be nothing. it could be him wanting to prepare for future check rides, training events, things like that, it's something interesting, yet i wouldn't put a lot of faith on to somethin

>> it remains to be seen how modi will be with pakistan. modi to his credit has not been as communal in his speeches over the last let's say year and a half in terms of when he's been campaigning. and recently, a very prominent muslim writer, m.j. akbur just joined the bjp. there may be signs that a bjp power that would come to power in may might be different. we might see bjp 2.0 et cetera. at least in my interviews with people on this issue, there's still a lot of nervousness tharnnervousnessaround this iss. just because india has the world's second largest population, uncertain about what narendra modi and india will be like. in terms of pakistan, i think sadanand might be better at answering that question. but i know living in gujarat, there is this very -- modi has oftentimes conflated the issue of india muslims and pakistan. i wanted to add one thing. when du ha suhag mentioned, even though conditions might be bad, where are people going ogo. leaving your state. >> you know but -- >> we're going to bring it up in the next-- we're goin

pakistan and india. and the famines were averted, and everybody who believed that this was such a miracle said they were rom and malfus was wrong. everybody sent e except for the head of the green revolution, he won the nobel peace prize because he is credited with saving more lives than any human being on earth, and when he accepted that, instead o gloating over that, he said we have only bought time. he understood the paradox of food. the more food you produce, the more people edit. don't die of starvation, live to beget more people, and he spent the rest of house life on the board of pom layings groups because he said unless enhanced food production and population control come together we'll be in a terrible situation. so, would you like me to talk about india and pakistan. >> i was going to ask that you call global water torture from some of the overgrowth. >> okay. two of the country is went to, of course, were india and pakistan. india is as a result of all these people surviving and begetting more

one day a dream that pakistan becomes a polio-free country. in the other parts of the world, i think the stream is not going to come true if it is continued -- allowed to continue to process. the important thing is not only to give polio vaccines to the children, but we have to spend time, energy, and money to isate proper awareness that not against islam or religion. , celebrities,ent and the world health organization are trying to turn the tide of public opinion. there are advertisements that play all over the country, but the violence against vaccination workers continues. even religious leaders don't seem to be able to influence opinion. one of them has repeatedly said that vaccine workers had should not be killed. people say vaccinations are against islam. they think that the medicine kills people because it makes them impotent, but that is not true. they have researched the vaccine. it is safe. he adds that aid organizations send young women in tight jeans and makeup and people do not like that. think the young women are spies from ameri

there is also criticism over the poor women's rights record in pakistan.zuelan beauty queen has peaceed the misses 4 campaign. beenthan 20 people have killed in antigovernment protests since february. the model is asking her fellow models to call for peace and post the message on social media. web users across the globe have joined the campaign, as we see these shots doing the rounds online. office furniture supplier has put together this info graphic outlining 12 for records you can break -- 12 world records you can break during your lunch break. you can attempt to eat a pizza in less than 41.3 seconds or spin a basketball on one finger for over 10 minutes 33 seconds, or how about doing over 90 push-ups with claps in one minute? are aimedl challenges to get workers to take a proper lunch break. taken ast has well-known historical painting and city scenes around the world and superimposed them on present-day google street view screenshots. -- it puts works by edward hopper and others onto city scenes. production company court or digital has given superman

would you like me to talk about indiana and pakistan? >> you call it global water torture going on. >> okay. two of the country's i went to in india and pakistan, india is as a result of all these people surviving, is about to surpass -- in this coming decades. we will explain pakistan first and come back to the indian situation. pakistani is one of the fastest-growing countries on the planet and is out of control as a result. it has close to 190 million people now. it is about the size of texas. texas has 26 million people. the climate is around the same. by the million -- by the middle of this century pakistan will have 400 million people. that is 85 more than the united states has today and pakistan will still be the size of texas. it cannot possibly employ all these people so you have all these angry frustrated unemployed and underemployed young men and guess what they become? pakistani and nuclear power. this to me is pretty serious. in 1958 dwight eisenhower, former allied commander who was then president appointed one of the allie

that is certainly in pakistan as well as afghanistan. what needs to happen, it is not clear to me today. it is clear they are working to that end. >> we had a few minutes to chat before the hearing started and one of the things you commented on were the number of women who have been -- who are volunteering and signing up to help with elections in april. for the first time since the afghan security forces fund was established, money was asked for therized recruitment and retention of women in the afghan security forces. obviously that is a separate issue from the election and it speaks to the empowerment of women in afghanistan. i wonder if you could talk about how that dedication of that fund helps assist with recruiting women and keeping them in their services in afghanistan will work and whether we are seeing any of the benefits of that yet. >> thank you for that question. it is clearly a very difficult issue. there is a strong cultural bias against women participating in security forces and army or police. there is a stated goal of 10

pakistan's supreme court to reopen the inquiry and the media keep the case. funny thing is that a new sneaker princess wear my contacts without one of the contest info to the case. osteen and safety said the school that is to edmonton with pieces cutting pasting and they see women to ten and tonight ha has tanks pointing at his teammates to a new crime rate is not right that someone should have to die for justice is done until sitting on line criticism of the pool with men's minds record in pakistan matches in saying it's high time to those which aims to place in atrocities. he checks venezuelan pt queenstown dollars in fees for peace protests and face the campaign team for an end to that of knowledge has disrupted the country with twenty eight people being killed in anti government protests this has to endure a three man was initiated by mr he had to pass the time and dedication and expertise asking if the name of those days with a message calling for peace in case he needs to say show me get my pieces across the length of both the kerry campaign as he can s

up on pakistan's radar. so we'll find out what that means coupled with the things that andrew just brought up. jack barker is a former faa spokes man and aviation consultant joining me in atlanta. phil savage is a former pilot and accident investigator. and mary shiavo is a cnn analyst. listening to all that information, what is included and what has been excluded or dismissed at this point, mr. barker, let many ask you first, what does it tell you that these pilots didn't request to work together, that there was no extra fuel as we heard andrew reporting there, no extra fuel on this plane, and pakistan is now saying it doesn't appear as though that plane showed up on our radar, which would have been part of that northward arc if indeed the satellite imagery is right, that the plane may have gone north or south, but at least pakistan is saying, not in our air space. what do you do with this information? >> there's a lot of information out there and you have to start ruling things out. the first sign of what

why do you trust that pakistan has no radar evidence of the plane? and what if the plane is in the hands of hijackers? >>> and i want to go to our breaking news. here now with that is michael smith, one of the reporters on that story. >> we are reporting that the first diversion that the plane made on its path was done -- was done by a computer system on the plane. and not done manually by anyone on the plane for that matter. what happened was is that someone on the plane put into the computer system that sits between the pilots a new direction for the plane to go in and that is why the plane moved. we believe this is significant because the investigators believe it's significant because it shows that whoever did this had some expertise in flying. this was not just someone on the plane who grabbed the controls and moved it. >> this reinforces the belief that this plane was deliberately diverted in some way perhaps by the captain or the co-pilot on the plane. the last person to speak was the co-pilot who said "all right, good night." with so much info

pakistan is only one of three countries that have not stamped out polio.ow the numbers of victims are on the rise. there were nearly 100 cases last year and the virus is spreading from pakistan, leading to fears of outbreaks elsewhere. doctor says he shares those fears. >> there is a dream to eradicate polio, but i think it is not going to come true. the important thing is not only to give polio vaccines to the children. we have to spend a lot of energy and money to create proper awareness that vaccination is not against islam, not against religion. >> the government, celebrities and the world health organization are trying to turn the tide of public opinion. there are advertisements that play all over the country, but the violence against vaccination workers continues. even religious leaders do not seem to be able to influence opinions. one of them has repeatedly said that vaccine worker should not be killed. vaccinations are against islam, he says. killshink the medicine people because it makes them impotent, but that is not true. they have researched th

it's the biggest city in pakistan and is riddled with problems. in recent years. keep children have been vaccinated against polio. people are just too scared. a call telling us that vaccinations would proceed today. it reaches the site. we get to the scene when the weekend. police doctors and nurses. i know it's almost noon and nothing has happened. women aren't going anywhere. i just want to go with few hundred meters they won't move until the police come. she's been waiting for hours. in my life how it has to protect chance to stop to ask. i really wanna send out twelve teams in italy given us four policemen. if they can attack a squeal and gone the way police patrolled crittenden appearance. she deals with each individual policemen the staff has no likelihood you'll get away today. while the malays would be one of his sister supposed to protect the teams. it wasn't necessary before but now the situation is different i've gotten a lot of it. if you don't the real policemen heavily armed. a simple vaccination issue starting to look like a military news the police

i appeal to the government of india and pakistan not to arrest more fishermen. if they are found on the wrong side of the water, it's by mistake. they are only doing their jobs. let them return to their families. >> in a show of solidarity fishermen in pakistan appealed to the supreme court to release all imprisoned fishermen. advocacy groups lobbied mohdi, the front runner. people want him to enforce a ban. the longstanding tensions between the two countries, which fought three wars, and a shift in policy by either government is unlikely. this leaves people like that woman little hope that others will be spared this suffering. >> now, u.s. president barack obama handed out america's highest military distinction on tuesday. the medal of hop -- honour was given to 23 men. they served decades ago but were ignored because of race or religi religion. patty culhane reports. >> morris always hung the american flag out his home to show his pitry on his. 44 years ago he won of the second highest medal for what he did in the vietnam war. he went back to retreef the body

in the meantime, malaysian officials say the plane could be in pakistan and they say that pakistan -- believe it avoided radar detection and landed in pakistan near the afghanistan border. certainly making everyone sort of tighten up security, particularly when it comes to israel. they are reported to be really drawing in and making sure that their airways are safe. >> lignet is the site which has got a lot of qualified people endorsing it. langley related a lot of these men and women were at one point serving in the c.i.a. they say flight 37 conceivably could be hidden inside the hangar in the country. they will check around. we did ask them to check around for bin laden. they came up with nothing. >> they're not good at finding things apparently. >> it might be right in the driveway of the presidential building. >> you never know. pakistan does have a number of 75, 100-foot runway which is is what it would require to take that airplane off. where would they fly it? if they turned it into a flying bomb, they might fly it to the country of israel. they might have flown it to iran. we

and obstacles getting aid into drought-stricken areas of pakistan. so far, dozens there have died. ♪ >> that last ditch diplomatic eh forth to end the crisis in ukraine has apparently failed. secretary of state john kerry meeting with his russian counterpart, foreign minister sergei lavrov ended today. they talked a lot, but it now seems all eyes are on sunday. >> i think del all eyes are on sunday and we know where that is going to go. the referendum is going to take place, they are going to separate from ukraine and these talks were designed to try to head that off, and on that basis you would have to say they failed somewhat. because u.s. secretary of state john kerry was saying to the russians, step back from the referendum, and then we have something to talk about, but if you go forward you are going to face economic sanctions, and -- but in the end what he got from lavrov was no promise at all. let's listen to what secretary of state kerry just said a few minutes ago. >> however, after much discussion the foreign minister made it clear that pre

we've got pakistan saying they didn't see anything. a lot of people willingly concealing, wouldn't you? >> i'm not qualified to answer, but i can't see the crew doing this. >> in the dark of night? what kind of pilot would you have to be to be able to do that? >> reckless. >> last thing i want to ask you. flight simulator in the home of the pilot? >> no big deal. my wife and i own an airplane together. it's something we enjoy doing. >> be honest, how about letting the ladies into the cockpit. >> on the ground, i would do it. >> but when you see that guy doing it. >> i don't make a big deal out of it. with the security lax if it was done in flight, yes, absolutely. >> none of the pilotis we've ha were not phased. we'll be back plus more, hannity at the top of the hour. >>> even the mention of the 4 or 500 feet, we've been hearing that for days now. and to what i have found or the malaysian group does not have the capability of that kind of altitude finding on the radar they were using. i don't want to think about the alternative. i don'

he led pakistan from 2001 to 2008 and his rule was not always popular. his support for george w. bush's war on terror spurred controversy at home. but it was his suspension of the constitution in 2007 that was to seal his political fate. he imposed a state of emergency during which he was both president and head of the army. after losing power in elections and spending years in exile he is under house arrest in pakistan currently being treated for a heart condition and faces treason charges for suspending the constitution. he pleaded not guilty to the charges. if he is convicted, he could face the death penalty. >> well, a medical charity, doctors without borders says west african nations are facing an unprecedented outbreak of the e bola virus. >> the epidemic began in january and now has spread to the capital and it is spread through contact with infeblingted people or animals that carry the i have ruts, such as bats. up to 90% of cases result in death. >> environmentalists are calling it a victory after decades of struggle. japan has been ordered to halt their controversial wh

i appeal to the government of indian and pakistan not to arrest more fishermen. if they are found on the wrong side of the water, it's a mistake. they are doing their job. let them return to their family. >> fishermen in pakistan appealed to the supreme court to release indian fishermen. the hinneder modi is being lobbied. he wants a ban in relation to fishing. the long-standing feud between the two countries means any shift by either government is unlikely, levelling this woman -- leaving this woman with little hope that others will be spared the same suffering. >> now, u.s. president obama handed out america's highest military diswiption on tuesday. the medal of honour was awarded to 24 men. only three are alive. because they served a decade ago. patty culhane reports. >> melvyn morris hung the maerp flag outside his -- american flag outside his florida home. a way of telling his patriotism. the hat tells he earnt it. >> single service cross, bronze star, purple heart. >> 44 years ago he won the second highest medal awarded in the military. he wept back to retr

. >> in pakistan two bus us and an oil tanker have collided. 40 people have reportedly been killed and dozens injured. the collision was on a round about in the city of hub. it was explosive because the buss were carrying drums of diesel, oil, and petrol on their roofs. >>> also in pakistan a social worker has embarked upon an historic campaign for women's rights. she has set up the first all-wome-juryga. you may find some of the images disturbing. >> a sick woman who is mourning the loss of her daughter. her son tries to comfort her. he, too, is overwhelm. his sister was only 12 years old when she was married. now ten years later she's dead, the victim of an acid attack at home. it was a slow painful death. she had made her brother make this recording on his mobile phone before she passed away. she accused of her husband, his mother and his father of attacking her. >> i want them to be burned in the same way i have been burned. >> it was her dying wish. she wanted justice. but in this country how can we as poor people get justice for her? >> reporter: it's a question that does not hav

is it true that if saudi arabia asked for pakistan to buy pakistan nuclear weapons you would provideem? >> out of the question. we have a very strong policy. i hope there is no need for nuclear weapons. >> the pakistani prime minister adviser on on national security. it's been discovered that mercury, which is the closest planet to the sun, has shrunk since it originally formed. it is reduced by four and a half miles from its center to the surface. it may have formed further out and drifted towards the sun later. the measurements have been taken by nasa's messenger aircraft. much more of course. we're back in a couple of minutes with a full look at our latest developments. stay with us for that. thanks for being here. (vo) you are a business pro. maestro of project management. baron of the build-out. you need a permit... to be this awesome. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle... and go. and only national is ranked highest in car rental customer satisfaction by j.d. power. (aaron) purrrfect. (vo) meee-ow, business pro. meee-ow. go n

in pakistan it was a case of holding part of the front page. this is what pakistani readers of the international edition of the "new york times" saw on march 22nd, part of the front page blank. in other countries it feature an extract from col ota based on 12 years reporting the war in afghanistan. she reported that pakistan's military intelligence agency, interservices intelligence isi not only knew the presence of osama bin laden in a safe house in northern pakistan, but had a special desk devoted to handling him and physical violence against her by pakistani agents whilst investigating lings between the isi and the taliban. according to the times "the press review", took to quash the story. a spokesperson added: >> ghoul made light of situation posting a photo with the note: >> the casualties say iraq is the second-most dangerous country in the world to be a journalist behind syria, and the latest victim was killed by a politician's body guard. this was the baghdad bureau chief for the radio free iraq. he was shot dead near a checkpoint on m

. >> in pakistan people have been enjoying a snow festival. the region controlled by taliban fighters. andrew simmonds hoped that the busy ski resort would make a comeback. >> fun like this would have been unthinkable less than five years ago. this is swat valley, once under the rule of pakistan's taliban. this was the country's only commercial ski resort destroyed by fighters. it's gradually being revived into a symbol of normality, with a rickety chair lift and hopes for a peaceful future. for now it's under army guard. the pakistan military driving the taliban out in a major offense if, beliefs the valley is secure. plans are in place for the army to hand over the organization to civilians next year. while the commanding officer accepts the taliban is a threat, he says it will never return. >> it has the capacity and intention to create trouble and go back into their safe havens in afghanistan. i can assure you we will never let the threat materialize in the valley. this is a message i want to give across. >> what you are seeing is a glimps

pakistan's former president musharraf could face the death penalty. >> hello there. you're watching al jazeera live from doha. also coming up north and south korea exchange fire across the disputed sea border. plus - victory for turkey's prime minister. his party wins half the vote in election on his rule. >> rising sea levels drought and food shortages. the u.n. issues its darkest warning yet on climate change. >> pakistan's former president pervez musharraf has been charged with treason, accused of unlawfully suspending the constitution and imposing emergency rule in 2007. pervez musharraf pleaded into account -- pleaded not guilty and said the case is politically motivated. >> serious charges, because these carry the death penalty. take us through what happened in court. >> defying all expectations pervez musharraf left the cardiac hospital that he's been in for three months. he presented to the court. he was indicted on six charges relating to trees job. the charges, as you rightly point out stem from his 2007 decision to suspend the constitution. he denied the c

odd to land a large plane on a military base in pakistan?eople probably wouldn't even notice that, especially if it is still dark. >> and are we supposed to still be trusting pakistan's word? >> no. >> you investigated these actions, do you think we'll find it? >> we'll find it eventually. >> if it crashed in the indian ocean, the third deepest ocean in the world? >> we'll spend the money to find it. >> would a big wing continue to float and for how long? >> well, you know, the triple 7 has a fuel tank in the vertical fin, and if that was not closed off it could float free. >> would baggage wash up on shores miles and miles away, months from now? >> yes, easily? >> what about over land? any possibility if this thing landed in the jungle in malaysia, would we still find it? >> i think so. >> you think so? would that make it harder or more difficult? >> it is all difficult, all difficult. >> isn't there a bacon on this plane they should be listening for, why haven't they been communicating with the baceacon? >> the beacon sends off a signal --

unlike some parts of pakistan, the suicide bombings here are diminished, the security fores in control with retained military police gradually taking over from the army. their enemy got away in 2009. a local leader didn't only escape, he went on to become the overall head of the pakistani taliban. now he figures in hundreds of intelligence reports, are now talking peace. >> if the government wants the peace talks to work, it will be good for everyone. >> that might be the official line, but privately, the police who were the main targets during the taliban's violent war are sickened by the prospect of amnesty. the police aren't alone in their distrust. this is the busiest central square in the valley, such a sharp contrast to under taliban rule. the headless corpses of their victims used to be hung on the pole back there. that was less than five years ago. no surprise that some find it hard to digest the idea of peace with the taliban. >> a village elder survived two attempts on his life in the past four years, but his brother, a nephew and his son-in-law weren't so lucky. the taliban

armed groups oppose pakistan's internationally vaccination program. they say it is a cover for western spying. attacks increased significantly after the ceo used the vaccination drive against osama bin laden. that has led to an increase in polio cases. >>> pakistan's former ambassador to afghanistan said that the people against polio vaccinations are causing a lot of suffering. >> the people there, those who are against it, there are two big factors for it. one is the original or the very old family planning propaganda that is being done by people. they thought maybe one of the reasons is that it's containing medicine in family planning in that, or the problem where it's trying to find osama bin laden, the reaction of certain groups to the polio vaccination. i don't think that the taliban is a whole a lot responsible or claimed responsibility for it, but certainly there are groups who are against it, and we are suffering because of that. >> gunmen have reportedly shot dead a libyan colonel when an officer in the air defense branch targeted police and

>> what does pakistan need? it needs stability.t needs a freedom from baggage inherited from previous governments. on stability, the government has to establish its strength. some areas where there isn't much government, they need to have economics. >> the biggest problem the u.s. had in afghanistan was that there was a safe refuge. >> the pakistanis would say there was also a safe refuge for some pakistani elements. you have to fix that issue. the only way you can do that is by fixing the durand line. this is from british colonial days. by doing that, by fixing this line, having a permanent, then you can relieve the huge pressure from the shoulders of the afghani leaders who worry about the ambitious groups in afghanistan. you have read the history. you know the area. >> if the iranians get a bomb, they will have a bomb simply because they will go to their friends in pakistan and it will be there in 10 minutes. that is what they say. >> everybody says that. first of all, i don't think that pakistan is going to be free to do what t