pakistan, it is it a lot going on.e learned on the intelligence committee that things are better in pakistan than they were. do i trust them no. >> how come they don't let the doctor out of prison. >> that is one issue. and they are doing other things that are saving american lives. and result in al-qaeda being killed. >> but america is a paperer tiger. france brought a lot of terrorism on themselves. they a low the no go zones. ten percent of the muslim population. they don't assimulate. american muslims have been fantastic. i think you both agree. we don't have trouble with american muslims here at all. but abroad abroad you think that putin fears, us, no. china help us, no. and the muslims do whatever they want to do. last word. >> different parts of the world. i have been to yemen. it is it a country is very poor and ta allows al-qaeda to train. i was in turkey to deal with their government to work with us on isis. isis is different than the al-qaeda and araban peninsula. their strategy is to do the smaller type of

of pakistan? how many. >> bill, the people funding the jihad around the world are saudis, they are not pakistanis. >> so -- >> it is not a question of obsession, we hold hands with these people who want our civilization destroyed. >> my plan of jihad first of all, i think you're wrong if you think the president is not doing anything. all those drone strikes the self starter those who have gone to the middle east to fight in syria and elsewhere and have come back radicalized. >> so what do you do about it? >> they are 100 to a thousand americans over there. >> what are you going to do about it? >> i want a grand jury in the twin cities, those people all have mothers and brothers and fathers and sisters who know they went over there to fight. i want all of their names, an active grand jury. i want them prosecuted for the various violations of federal law. >> not a bad idea, but that is small ball compared to -- >> but the self starters -- >> you know, you got >> . >>> back of the book segment tonigh

but pakistan still sending them 2 billion to pakistan. >> yeah.n american policy that is being. >> not working. i hate to be abrupt but bs has to walk when people are dying all over the place. you don't like president obama. you are a conservative woman and you don't believe that he is -- he has the fire in the belly to confront, this am i correct? >> you are correct. >> you don't believe that he has the fire in the belly. i think that the facts show that that is true. henry just alluded to it that he is going to make the state of the union about the economy. he is going around talk about this bad news doesn't know what to do. i think it puts us in danger. >> i think it puts us in enormous danger. you asked for a very specific example bill. jessica said that we are going to seek out jihad. we had the killer, the man who was responsible for benghazi who stood up and said imright here the "new york times" found him drinking a central berry frap pay. where is the justice bill? everything that we are doing now, releasing terrorists that are returning

we don't do anything to pakistan. pakistan spits in our face.don't do anything to iran, iran enables terrorism all over the world. we don't do anything to anybody, do we? you raise a good point. once those children were killed in the school. pakistan is standing up for a lot more. >> for a week. that's all for a week. >> but good point but we need those countries to get the human intelligence information to fight this war. >> all right. if you look at the results of the united states, we have done the job. i'm very concerned that these people have been radicalized or they can come into our country and they can. >> here is the truth congressman. can you answer this congressman king turkey didn't cooperate go after identifies. wouldn't cooperate. pakistan imprison the doctor who gave us usama bin laden iran, everybody knows about iran. yemen, al qaeda all over the place. we don't do anything to these countries and we haven't for 14 years. congressman king? as far as yemen we do carry out massive drone attacks in yemen and killed many of their top

an 8-year-old boy said that to his mother in pakistan this week.en students first returned to the school in northwest pakistan where the taliban killed 133 students and also killed staff members last month. a 15-year-old student, who was injured in the attack, told the associated press, he had one message for the taliban -- we are not scared of you. another student posted two photos on facebook. one of him and three classmates before the attack. and another after the attack, with only one of those friends left alive. it was reported in "the l.a. times," the raid underscored the vulnerability of pakistan's schools, which have long been a battleground for militants who view the country's formal education system as western and un-islamic. joining me by phone from pakistan is kiran nazish. kiran, thank you very much for joining us. when i read your article, i knew we had to talk about this. you say in the article, at least a thousand schools have closed down and possibly more. some of those schools have been replaced by religious schools that approach

from a school in pakistan to the streets of paris. >> he asked for pakistan to give him authorisation to fight, a fight they would win. he targeted diplomatic outlooks to cuba. from foreign policy to domestic solutions. even though there's talk of the two sides working together. there's a lot where they need to get on the same page >>> the u.s. is set to hold a first high-level diplomatic talk since 1961. that's when the president john f kennedy was in the white house. our correspondent spoke to some cubans to find out how they are feeling about the warming of relations. >> reporter: this is the capital building in havana modelled after the u.s. capital in washington d.c. we came to talk to regular cubans from regular backgrounds about what they hope to get out of this new relationship between their country and the u.s. a grammy award-winning musician splitting him time between his homeland and new york. >> i would thereof see a change in which -- would love to see a change in which people can travel without restriction, and see what united states is about, and americans come here and

pakistan. >> they want them as human shields. >> reporter: growing discontent and we speak to peopleide iraq iraq iraq isil and say they are hostages in their city. >>> thousands of jobs depends on the oil industry and where the current low oil prices are raising concerns about the future. ♪ hello, egypt's president sisi is cutting short his trip to ethiopia for the african union summit, a deal with a string of deadly attacks in egypt's sinai peninsula and egypt army say it killed 26 people and most soldiers but some reports put that figure more than 40 and we have details. >> reporter: the force of the explosion can be seen from far away. fighters from an armed group called sinai providence say they are responsible for thursday attack and pledged allegiance to iraq or isil and used rockets and a car bomb in the capital of sinai and nearby town in four separate attacks and told al jazeera why the military base may have been chosen for a target. >> translator: what we learned is many injured and many in the battalion were injured and it's not only a military base but detention centers

not as an excuse but looking at it from pakistan's viewpoint. holding this says they work through a proxy and a surrogate is a key part of pakistan policy. what do we do about it? >> we need to look at the issue of the monetary support for the pakistan a military. we have to be careful. i have sat in many debates and are we truly prepared to either let pakistan become destabilized given the arsenal or make an enemy? how far down that path to do we go? and from the policy standpoint it got scary in many ways that we pulled back and continue to try to change their behavior. so the nuclear arsenal is key. we have to be careful about how far we lot pakistan get destabilize. as we provide funds is it to buy more tanks? or to fight the counter insurgency? and as we shift we look at the pakistan needs to focus on this extremist problem that now threatens. we have to think about if we're willing to accept they are more reliant on their nuclear arsenal vis-a-vis india. is a broader problem but the united states needs to think about what their priorities

and pakistan dating back from post 9/11.here has been a huge amount of outpouring of support, and it looks like the u.s. is pleased with the efforts that pakistan is showing, that it's making to crackdown on extremists there, supportive of high level talks, visits between top level officials in afghanistan and pakistan so it looks like it is going-forward. >> appreciate your insight. joining us this morning from pakistan. thanks very much. >>> we're going to take a short break. still to come camaroon says boko haram was attacked. by the top minds in brain science. find more real possibilities at aarp.org/possibilities. ♪♪ ben... well, that was close. you ain't lyin'. let quicken loans help you save your money. you pay for you data every month. so why does your carrier take back what you don't use? it's your data. now at t-mobile, all your unused data rolls forward to the next month. and we'll even get you started with 10gb of free 4g lte data. next. ♪ expected wait time: 55 minutes. your call is important to us. thank you fo

the enemies of pakistan, islam and humidity will be wiped out of pakistan. >> shia make up a fifth of the population and this minority group has been talked. the violence rips into the tribal areas. friday's bombings raises con severance that's no longer the case. al jazeera. >> at least 13 people have been killed in a fire at a plastics factory in daca. dozens more were injured. rescuers fear more might go trapped under a collapsed wall. about 70 people were in the factory when the fire broke out. locals say the factory recycled plastics and made food packaging. >> we have this update. >> i'm inside the plastic factory. bangladesh is notorious for safety record. people died in a building collapse in 2013. this will pressure the government and industry to shape up and improve the safety condition in bangladesh. fire safety and rescue workers are still searching for bodies. this place is dangerous because there is gas areas all around, still filled with gas. we have yet to see the death tolls until the rescue mission is over. >> leaders of the african union summit have agreed to send 7

shia's make up a fifth of pakistan's population. community leaders say that the government is not doing enough to insure the safety, and that attacks like this show that they are a target. al jazeera. >> greece said it won't work with the group of international inspectors charged with overseeing its bail out package. the new finance minister meet the finance chief in athens. greece's government will will renegotiate its bail out. >> our government will proceed to provide the utmost cooperation. but implementing a program whose logic we consider to be anti-european according to the european parliament is poorly structured. we do not aim to work with. >> and the popularity of the far left is growing elsewhere in europe especially spain. there a group is gaining influence in its campaign against austerity. >> reporter: they're spreading the word for the march taking place saturday. the name of the party simply we can. and ordinary people are attracted by its message of social justice. the leader, pablo iglesias hopes to replicate that

remember in pakistan, bles feasphemy is a capital crime.ng accused of insulting the prophet in any way is enough to get the death sentence. it's a very very serious and sensitive issue here. there is anger among people who some, of course will say by no means is this an excuse for the killing of the journalists and the cartoonists of "charlie hebdo," but by the same toneken, they say insulting the prophet is extremely hurtful and does antagonize millions of muslims across the world and especially here in pakistan. so there are tensions among people that we haven't seen a large numbers on the streets, as we may have been expected. we're still yet to see this maybe, in the next coming few days. >> shaimaa khalil, live for us in islamabad. >>> more on that breaking news this hour. french police have launched a new anti-terror operation. this time in the town of reims. this is according to the website of la bah. several gunshots have been heard on one street in reims and a gunman has barricaded himself on the sixth floor of a house on the stree

king was also the custodi, an n and standing in the grief and pakistan and saudi arabia enhanced theategic partnership, the two militarys have been holding regular joint maneuvers on each other's territory, the soldiers consider pakistan an important second line of defense and for the pakistan soldiers it's equally important because 1.5 million pakistanis work in that country. >> reporter: christine is of course the managing director of the international monetary fund and her reaction to the news of king abdullah's death. >> i'm saddened by his death, i met him several times and he is going to leave a big legacy but a big loss as well. and he was a great leader, implemented lots of reforms at home and in a very discrete way he was a strong advocate of women. it was very gradual, appropriately so probably for the country but i discussed that issue with him several times and he was a strong believer. >> reporter: these are live pictures coming to us from riyadh where we understand that the funeral for the late king abdullah are underway and a number of leaders have arrived in town for

pakistan's shia minority have been caught in a recent wave of sectarian violence.ust three weeks ago, a bombing outside another shia mosque killed eight people. shias make up a fifth of pakistan's population community leaders say the government isn't doing enough to ensure their safety and that attacks like this show they are a target. gerald tan, al jazeera. >>> in yemen, the talks between factions -- groups to fill the power vacuum left after the president resigned have hit another snag. the southern block said it will pull out of talks to form a presidential council. >> reporter: after yesterday's initial optimism that came out of meeting between the different political parties, it seems they have hit a road bump pretty early on and that is the southern movement essentially they are a group of politicians, political figures and activists who rep sent the south of yemen have suspended their participation in these talks. the talks have essentially agreed as you say set up a presidential council. however, the reason why the southerners have withdrawn is because the

at least 49 killed in a bomb attack at a shia mosque in southern pakistan.eople queueing for food along the latest victims of shelling in eastern ukraine. and why south africa is releasing it's apartheid era death squad leader who has been called prime evil. ♪ >>> so we begin with the latest developments in the conflict with the islamic state of iraq and the levant. jordan has been trying to find out what has happened to one of its military pilots being held by isil fighters. isil had threatened to kill the pilot unless a female suicide bomber being held by jordan was released. al jazeera has evidence that resistance is growing in iraq's second largest city mosul. always in iraq dozens of iraqi soldiers and kurdish fiebl fiebl -- fighters have been killed. a car bomb targeting a busy market killed 11 people, and 7 died when a security check point was attacked four killed were police officers and three were suicide bombers. >>> elsewhere isil fighters have killed at least 15 iraqi soldiers south of fallujah. a suicide bomber detonated explosive close to an ar

. >> pakistan is fighting its own battle against islamist militants killed. more than 100 units at a school and pet shower, recently. the government has been pursuing a policy of executing imprisoned extremists. is that policy likely to continue? >> i think the government has made it very clear to continue with that policy -- in fact, even more stringent laws have been introduced, with the result by the government that all those terrorist who have been awaiting executions would be sent to gallows. i think in view of the situation, particularly this latest incident involving the death of nearly 150 students and their teachers into shower, we do not see any let-up. the legal legislative news seems to have been tightening around all those groups who have been buttoning and intimidating the interests of the people of pakistan and the state of pakistan. >> thanks for joining us from islamabad with reactions french attacks. >> we are back now with our security expert in the studio. we just heard about pakistan, very porous border jihadist coming across from afghani

." >> campbell: well, everybody's been frustrated with pakistan.stan has been frustrated. pakistanis have been frustrated with afghanistan. but i've seen change here just in the last couple of weeks with engagement with the senior leadership... >> logan: let's look at what hasn't changed in 13 years. the pentagon, in their most recent report, said that pakistan is continuing to provide sanctuary to america's most lethal enemies in afghanistan, the haqqani network, which they describe as the most potent strain of the insurgency, the greatest risk to u.s. and coalition forces. >> campbell: yeah, i agree with... i agree with you. haqqani, you brought up. they've been the greatest threat to the coalition. i've lost many soldiers because of haqqani members. am i frustrated because they come in afghanistan, they go into pakistan? of course, i am. >> logan: the pakistanis protect their leadership. they allow them to recruit. they allow them to rest. >> campbell: i agree. you know, i'm not going to tell you that i'm a friend of haqqani here and that pakist

dozens are killed at a mosque in pakistan. the blast went off as worshipers were gathered for friday prayers. shooting for the moon. one immigrant from india has a robotic mission in mind, and he is not letting anything stand in his way. >> what makes me good is because i know nothing about space. >> welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the globe. in egypt, more than 30 have been killed and many more wounded during attacks on military and police targets launched i islamist militants. most of the dead were soldiers. groups with links to extremists carried out the attacks. place in northern sinai where egypt and security forces have been claiming offense -- success in an offense against the militants. >> full military honors for some of egypt's fallen soldiers. a huge loss for the army and a challenge to the state. the generals are pledging to step up their battle against insurgents in sinai who now kill in the name of isis. they struck under cover of darkness. this unverified video is believed

role inside pakistan and along that border between afghanistan and pakistan.rone attack in pakistan could send the country on edge. u.s. popularity is about 8%. that has changed after the killing of all these young people. so i think we are now coordinating with pakistan in a way that we haven't in years. we are creating a vice for the both pakistan and the afghan taliban in that region and squeezing them and the death rate right now is high. 1200 in the last week. >> ever does this put the border region back on the ra bar in a way that it is costly. >> it's back on the map of concern. it never left the map. it is heightened because we have cooperation with pakistan that we evaporate enjoyed for years. this is happening at the exact time that troops are being drawn down. we have with drawn for many parts of afghanistan. a lot of those forces have been part process of squeezing them and keeping the biggest problems contained. we will rely on air power and drones and have a distant hand. i suspect we will be increasing that and as long as they are not scream bei

in terms of pakistan's ability to have coherence and clarity on how to fight it we are not there yet is a certain coming together of public opinion that hasn't happened before and that is unique and that is why it's a moment to international history. but whether or not there is clarity about going after all militants regardless of their ideological affiliation and regardless of their announced intent, their theatre of operation, a lot of groups will say we are not going to target afghanistan and we will go after india or western targets, i think the pakistani state has to invest in some really serious thinking and some serious capacity building which includes the ability to raise revenue so that pakistan can pay for its fight itself and it doesn't look at western donors or middle eastern donors to help pay for fights that are important to our existence and until we don't have the long difficult challenging, complex debates and it will take several months or years to completely resolve we are not going to be in a place where we can feel satisfied we have done enough but policy level i

hello and welcome to al jazeera, i'm sammy live from headquarters in doha and also ahead protests in pakistaninst the french newspaper charlie hebdo, prosecutors stopped a major plot to kill police officers and an al jazeera exclusive from the democratic republic of congo where rebels accused of using their families as human shields. ♪ we begin our developing news out of the hague in the netherlands where the international criminal court will begin a preliminary inquiry into possible war crimes committed in palestinian territories the president signed up to the rome statute in december that is the document that establishes the jurisdiction of the international criminal court. the move was taken by abass a day after palestinian leaders failed to get a resolution passed at u.n. security council calling to an end to israeli occupation. it followed a conflict in july and august last year between israel and hamas that devastated the gaza trip 21 o-0 killed and 70% were civilians according to the united nations, almost 500 children among the dead and more than 250 of them were women. and israel als

so that they are wiped out of pakistan. >> shia muslims make up a fifth of pakistan's poppation and recent sectarian attacks have targeted this minority group. but the south has been spared from the violence, ripping the northwest tribal areas. friday's bombing raises concerns that's no longer the case. al jazeera. >> so at least two people have been killed in anti-france protests in afghanistan. police fought demonstrate necessary kabul. 5900-strong rally was against the satirical magazine charlie hebdo after it published caricatures of the muslim prophet muhammad. >> al jazeera is continuing to demand the release of three journalist who is have been imprisoned in egypt for 399 days. mohamed fahmy, bader mohammed, and peter greste were wrongly accused of colluding with the outlawed muslim brotherhood. the egyptian president if a tall fattah al sisi said he would like to see the case resolved. peter has written a letter saying: >> legal options are running out for two australians who are death row in indonesia. the men are among a group of convicted drug smuggler who were sentenced to deat

cv says we trend #india with pakistan in turn pakistan trends rape public day on our republic today. how profound. there was outrage from pakistanis. marian says, why not in our own nation before pointing fingers. tries to make peace tweeting, i'd like to extend my greetings to every indian on the republic day. let us know what you think @ajconsiderthis. antonio back to you. >> a threat to pull military support from nigeria despite major advances against boko haram terrorists. answer... >> is a chance at a better life worth leaving loved ones behind? >> did omar get a chance to tell you goodbye before he left? >> which side of the fence are you on? >> sometimes immigration is the only alternative people have. borderland only on al jazeera america >> secretary of state john kerry visited nigeria this weekend in the midst of an expanding war the country faces with the boko haram terrorist group. secretary kerry warned nigeria's presidential candidates that future military support from the u.s. will be dependent on peaceful and transparent elections set for february 14th. >> the desire

and in some ways as it was received in pakistan criticizing them. of the safe havens there. will there be in do you believe, security agreements coming out of this visit? >> well victor i think there will be discussions about the situation there. you know india and pakistan have had, you know conflict with each other fb decades, particularly you know their dispute over the region of kazmir. and you know pakistan as recently as 2008 of course we had the attack and you know those terrorists went to mum by to create an act that would be covered by the media worldwide. they've been conducting hundreds of attacks throughout india for many many year more than two decades and probably 5,000 understoodians have been killed over the years. we haven't heard a lot about it over the rest of the world. and that's why they choose that attack for worldwide media coverage. nothing has really been settled. of course you have two nuclear powers that have these kinds of disputes. i think that will be a major concern to discuss. >> i want you to talk a little bit about

pakistan as well. against this sort of extremism. are they doing their part or in effect are they making the problem worse? >> well jim, as you know they've been a contributor to the funding since al qaeda was created. a lot of the middle eastern countries have. hopefully our administration is reaching out to them as is the global community and saying things have to stop. you have to quit funding terrorism. you have to quit teaching this to your youth. we've got to make sure that we're after the same future that they are. i dare say that if they're not willing to help us in that partnership, then there out to be some type of rammy miifications from it. >> thank you very much senator richard burr very strong words from the intelligence republican committee. >> welcome back jim. >>> intelligence analysts jostling across the globe. but have american policies and flying drones helped manufacture new terrorists? we'll answer that question after this break. if you take multiple medications, a dry mouth can be a common side effect. that's w

. >> reporter: there is anger across pakistan against the publications in charlie hebdo magazine. people of pakistan are peeply conservative and do not take kindly to any insults heard at the profit of islam. the message including secular and islamic parties is this is an intolerable act. the lower how of parliament has already condemned the publication. over the next few day there is likely to be even more anger on the streets across pakistan on this particular act committed by a magazine that says that it is upholding free speech. however, in pakistan and across the islamic world there is an opinion that free speech should not insult other religions. >> translator: we muslims are deeply hurt by the act by the french magazine and we demand the french government take action against them and also seek forgiveness from the muslim world. >> translator: these people consider themselves the champions of peace but at the same time they are promoting terrorism, hurting the sentimentses of muslims. but now our voices can't be violenced and we'll take revenge. >>> russia's media wash dog h

at 19 i took a trip to pakistan. chance encounter with the taliban who basically convinced me the way to bring about political change was through jihad. i bought it. i came back and as you described i fell into the extremist circle and continued with it. >> and, but then you made a 180 and joined the canadian counterintelligence. why? >> i spent two years in syria studying arabic and islamic studies. you know, i spent time with a scholar who refutrefuted the extremist interpretation of these people. and with a newfound appreciation really for rights of muslims in the west and when i returned back i volunteered and basically became a walk-in for security intelligence. >> okay. what did you think of the terror attacks and what happened in paris last week? >> well, you can basically categoriize them into three kins of attacks. i'm totally borrowing from clint watts', shout-out to clint watts. you'u're looking at inspired attacks. individuals who take the signs and the cues from extremist messages and go and do an attack

about 150 were killed when taliban broke into the school in northwestern pakistan.tudents and staff return today amid height bed security, greeted by pakistan's army chief. many schools in pakistan have been on extended winter break ever since that massacre. >>> president obama takes a new step today to improve cyber security. the president right now hosting an event in washington to outline his plans for tackling identity theft and improving online privacy. today's meet something expected to lay a foundation of sorts for the effort he's going to cover more extensively during next week's state of the union address. later this week the president plans to go to iowa to promote more high speed internet. >>> stars turned out last night for the goalen globe awards. >> and the golden globe goes to "boyhood." >> a movie about growing up which took a dozen years to film came of age. "boyhood" won best drama, best supporting actress and best director. surprise in the comedy film, "the grand budapest hotel" beat out "birdman" for best comedy or musical. julianne moore was the

cv says we trend #india with pakistan, in turn pakistan trends rape public day on our republic today. how profound. there was outrage from pakistanis. marian says, why not in our own nation before pointing fingers. tries to make peace tweeting i'd like to extend my greetings to every indian on the republic day. let us know what you think @ajconsiderthis. antonio back to you. >> a threat to pull military support from nigeria despite major advances against boko haram terrorists. ists >> you know how they say that everybody has a purpose in life? well, at one time, i felt that selling cocaine was my purpose. >> we was starvin', just lookin' for a way to succeed. >> the first time i seen rock cocaine was 1980. >> the murder rate was sky-high. >> south of the 10 freeway, was kind of a "no-man's land". >> you know, we're selling it for the blacks. i said, you go into these neighborhoods, there's no cops you can sell it where you want and when they start killing each other, nobody cares. >> i was going through like a million dollars worth of drugs just about every day. >> that's like gold! >

city of peshawar last month, pakistan's army chief was here in kabul the following day to hold talks with his afghan counterpart, and a few days later, general karimi was in pakistan to hold talks again with the pakistani army and both times, john campbell the general in charge of the nato troops here which were in charge earlier, and of course now is merely a supporting force, and the discussion centered around possible counterterrorism cooperation, and therefore a lot of people think that perhaps that's the key to what lies ahead, how much these two countries which have had significant differences in the way they view these things can put aside those differences and perhaps join forces to try and target what's increasingly being seen by some as a common enemy. >> okay for now, thanks very much indeed. >>> south korea has welcomed an offer by the north korean leader kim jong-un for high-level talks. they've described it as meaningful and suggested dialogue could resume soon. kim jong-un's rather sudden announcement was made during his traditional new year message. he said he'd even

and at least 20 people have been killed in a pakistan town. >>> and later, our technology correspondent tries a new technique. he's getting microchipped. >>> a very warm welcome to the program. one of the most notorious killers of apartheid era south africa eugene de kock, has been granted parole after 20 years in prison. he was nicknamed prime evil after his killings in the 1980s and early 1990s. the prime minister said that de kock was being released in the interest of nation building. andrew harding gave us this update. >> there have been fairly lengthy parole requests in recent years, none of them granted until now. and until in the last few months de kock after some prompting, reached out to the families of some of his victims. they came to the prison sat down with him, and he apologized to them. i've spoken to some of those families who say they were moved, they believed de kock was sincere. he was also working, cooperating with the prosecuting authorities here, not just right to find the missing victims of his own act and his own unit's act, but other people as well caught up in

it's a scene all too common in pakistan a shia mosque under attack. this time, the bombing happened in the city in the south everyone province. the mosque was packed during friday prayers when an explosion ripped through the building. the blast was so powerful that part of the roof collapsed trapping people underneath. many people were killed and others injured. pakistan's shia minority have been caught in a recent wave of sectarian violence. just three weeks ago a bombing outside another shia mosque in the garrison city killed eight people. shias mike up a fifth of the population. they say the government isn't doing enough to ensure safety and attacks like this show they are a target. al jazeera. >> let's find the latest crossover joining us from islamabad, the death toll most likely to arecognize after that blast. tell us about that and whether there's been a claim of responsibility. many of the wounded are in serious condition. it is a small town, about 500 kilometers northeast of karachi. many of the more seriously wounded had to be taken to towns

pakistan should learn a lesson. >> reporter: india and pakistan accused the other of violating a ceasefire. this has become a constant since both countries gained independence leaving the region of kashmir in dispute. get the presence of military observers, the attention between the sides gets worse. when it does it puts more than 50 million people in the renaling in danger. >> though there is peace today there's still an air of ill will. >> narendra modi was elected last year. with violence increase of course people say their hope for peace is gone. at least for now >>> boko haram attacked a base in nigeria, happening in a town. witnesses report the base was home is it home to a force. nigeria, cameroon and the latest attack where the group kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls. pro-russian separatists in ukraine confirmed into a rebel commander has been killed. it happened in luhansk on thursday. security officials say the battalion was killed when forces tried to arrest him, and he was wanted on murder and abduction charms. -- charges. >> witnesses saw rebels shooting first and ukranian f

>> well, interestingly enough, david, soon after the attack on that school in pakistan in the city of peshawar last month, pakistan's army chief general was here in kabul the following day to hold talks with his afghan counterpart, general karimi, and a few days later, general karimi was in pakistan to hold talks again with the pakistani army, and both times, john campbell, who's the general in charge of the nato troops here, which were in charge earlier, and of course now is merely a supporting force. and the discussion centered around possible counterterrorism cooperation, and therefore a lot of people think that perhaps that's the key to what lies ahead, how much these two countries, which have had significant differences in the way they view these things, can put aside those differences and perhaps join forces to try and target what's increasingly being seen by some as a common enemy. >>> now, if you're as old as i am, you may once upon a time had a brick at your disposal. that's what the earlier mobile phones were called. it's a full 30 years now since the first mobile phone call

pakistan should learn a lesson. >> india and pakistan have accused the other of violating a cease-fire. this has become a constant since both countries gained index in 1947, leaving the region of kashmir in dispute despite the presence of u.n. military observers, the pension between the two sides periodically gets worse. when it does it puts the more than 15 million people living in the region in danger. >> though there is peace today, we still live in fear. this kind of peace should continue. >> there was a period of calm here after india's new prime minister modi was elected last year. with the violence increasing in the last several months. people say their hope for sustained peace is gone. at least for now. natasha gname, al jazeera. >> last month's school attack in peshwara has been followed by the government of help. the region has been struggling for years. a report from peshwara. many are hoping for a better future. >> reporter: it hasn't rained so far this winter in most of pakistan. a harsh season is felt here in the north. he specially among the poor of peshwara. as a new ye

many other schools around pakistan though, have installed security measures that are similar.as more. >> reporter: although the government has reonly the schools across pakistan, there is apprehension that there will be more deadly attacks like the one that took place on december 16th, lead to go 150 killed including 132 children now importantly the government has already issued guidelines for security to be stepped up in private schools as well. however, in the city which has more than 1400 schools, 1200 schools have not got up with the mark and will not get the no objection certificate. there are also concerns that stepped up security including the walk-through gates the metal detectors and the razor wires will add to the security costs which will also mean an extra burden for the parents and the students who are studying at those institutions. so a big challenge as part of the government is concerned which, of course, wants to reopen the schools but also have to take adequate measures to insure the safety of the children. >>> sri lanka's new government is investigating an a

this was written by a former pakistan and back at her -- pakistan ambassador to the united nations.e says one of the causes is the failure of the muslim state to deliver jobs and justice to young people. muslim states are weak on policing and intelligence capabilities. he very much points a finger at muslim society, saying also in that piece that certain western actions have been misguided. worse, there is plenty to say about that, isn't there? the lebanese newspaper looking at western in action -- inaction. and you have this papers saying remember bashar al-assad. and saying remember we failed to stop the radical event and are paying the price for it. this paper is saying that what we have now is a situation in which you put yourself in bashar al-assad position, he is laughing because he knows ultimately western governments will come around to his line of thinking and believe that he was right all along in how to deal with the radical islamists. that sent shivers down my spine when i read that article. there is a really strong material out there in the press. very gloomy material,

. ♪ but first a developing story out of pakistan where there has been an explosion in the city of theprovidence and many killed and dozens wounded. the blast went off by a shia mosque and we will bring more details when we have them. we want to take you to south africa where government granted parole named prime evil and he tortured and murdered black activists in the 1980s and 1990s. let's go straight to tonya page live from joe -- johannesburg and why did this happen? >> the best person to answer this is the person from constructional service who is with me now and it was ultimately his decision to make and one he labored over and tommy why won't that take him and reveled by the people? >> thank you to you and your viewers. we are gathered and joined by the constitution as i have said in my earlier interview, in the early days of my appointment, for example, i had an interaction with the president to get his council and he reminded me very firmly that in everything i do i should make sure i uphold the constitution. that alone made it much easier for me in discharging in this regard

of fighting pakistan and taliban. many people in some regions in the country who have not been supporting the government against the fight of taliban in pakistan saying this is a tough-handed measure against civilians and because of the drone attacks, because of the behavior of the military in those areas but now we have noticed that there is more popular support for the government and more action for military but let's also mention again that there are reservations and human rights lawyers and human rights organizations and some parties are still against this move to military court. >> reporter: all right, we will leave it there and thanks very much indeed and reporting from peshawar. the united states and sin gal arrested people in a plateau over throw the president and game -- gambia tried to stop them in the capitol and rob reynolds has more from washington d.c. >>> announcing the arrest of failed coup attempt in gambia eric holder said the u.s. strongly condemns such conspiracies and gambia president blamed attem