but let's take this up now with abdullah khan who's the managing director of the pakistan institute for conflict and security studies mr khan thanks for coming on to international i mentioned that figure really in fact it was underlined only a few hours ago in kuwait by the director general of iraq's planning ministry they need twenty two billion dollars now sixty billion later on it's an eye watering some more really who should be paying realistically where's it going to come from. the basically whatever we talk about it are the must acknowledge and this should be the bill of every talk and every i think that american occupation of iraq was illegal because there were no w m d's present in iraq and now was that it was a belief of nation building is actually the america and its allies. as announced during is election campaign and that there will be no nation building and this certainty now that they are not going to let anything for the nation building up the building of. destruction in iraq this is actually part of the trump policy of no nation building. actually they actually have have

one point seven billion dollars in humanitarian aid in iraq alone after the conference the pakistan institute for conflict and security studies thinks that there's a high risk of a new insurgency if iraq is not rebuilt quickly but the sunni population are already there them are going to live by the the shell.

can from the pakistan institute for conflict and security studies things that there's a high risk of a new insurgency if iraq is not built rebuilt quickly. the sunni population are already marginalized by the shia led government and they're actually in the previous some years they're led to the insurgency and i.s.i. . is on there now there's another group recently you have somebody or the other group of them are doing just like i yes i yes and some part of. it i saw. them suffer another insurgency there at mid r.v.o. years and years to me this is all the god if the iraqi government has other boys do we rebuild these sunni areas which were badly destroyed during this fight. russian athletes have won their second medal at the winter olympics in south korea and so far in the figure skating with canada getting gold and the u.s. coming in third day three has seen seven sets of medals handed out and there's still ski jumping biassed long and speed skating among other sports ahead today as well as the competitive side there's also the social aspect to the games with most nations hosting the

has one point seven billion dollars in humanitarian aid in iraq alone abdulla kong from the pakistan institute for conflict and security studies i think that there is a high risk of a new and didn't see in iraq if it's not rebuilt quickly. the sunni population are already there are marginalized by the shia led government and they're actually in the previous some years that led to the insurgency and i.s.i. is capitalize on that now there is another group recently we have some reports that another group is a marketing just like i.s.i. yes in some parts of iraq saw the emergence of another insurgency that may not be. that may have another them on their guard if the iraqi government is unable to rebuild these sunni areas visual badly destroyed during this fight. russian athletes have won their second medal at the winter olympic in ellen picks in south korea and silver in the figure skating with canada getting dulled and the u.s. bronze the night it was secured by fifteen year old alina as the gates of a haze making her debut at the games that's a fellow athletes not actually competing was far from

abdullah come from the pakistan institute for conflict and security studies thinks there is a high risk of a new insurgency if iraq is not rebuilt quickly. the sunni population already marginalized by the shia led government and they're directly in the previous some years they're led to the insurgency. because lives on that now there's another group recently we have some of the fourth of another group of them are doing just like i yes i yes in some parts of iraq saw. himself another insurgency that men are. another there is on their guard if the iraqi government as i'm able to rebuild these sunni areas which were badly destroyed during this fight. ok switching gears now are russian of pleats one their second medal at the winter olympics inside korea a silver in team figure skating with taking gold the u.s. bronze fifteen year old. whose dip in the olympics took place in the free skate section to ensure an overall second place finish but a fellow athlete not actually competing was far from complimentary on her twitter account twenty six year old american figure skater ashley wagner accus

has one point seven billion dollars in humanitarian aid in iraq alone after the kong for the pakistan institute for conflict and security studies i think that there is a high risk of a new insurgency if iraq is not rebuilt quickly. the sunni population are already there are marginalized by the shia led government and they're actually in the previous some years that led to the insurgency and i.s.i. is capitalized on that now there is another group recently we have some reports that another group is emerging just like i.s.i. yes in some parts of iraq saw the emergence of another insurgency that may not be. that may have another them on their guard if the iraqi government is unable to rebuild these sunni areas visual badly destroyed during this fight. russian athletes have won their second medal at the winter olympics in south korea a silver in the figure skating with canada getting goals and the u.s. bronze the medal was secured by a fifteen year old alina ziggy to the who is making his debut at the games but a fellow athletes not actually competing was far from complimentary on her twitter accou

from the pakistan institute for conflicts on security studies think that there's a high risk of new insurgency if iraq is not rebuilt quickly. the sunni population are already marginalized by the government and they're actually in the previous some years there led to the insurgency and i.s.i. . is on there now there's another group recently we have some reports that the other group is emerging just like i.s.i. yes in some parts of iraq saw the emergence of another insurgency there. are other there is on the guard if the iraqi government is are they able to rebuild the sunni areas which were badly destroyed during this fight. russian athletes have won their second medal at the winter olympics in south korea a silver in the figure skating with canada getting gold and the u.s. bronze medal was secured by fifteen year old alina as the gates of a here is making her debut at the games but fellow athletes not actually competing was far from complimentary on her twitter account twenty six year old american figure skater ashley wagner accused the russian soul the medalist of killing time in her program

from the pakistan institute for conflict and security studies think there's a high risk of a new insurgency if iraq is not rebuilt quickly but the sunni population already marginalized by the shia led government and they're directly in the previous years they're led to see. that now there's another group recently we have somebody or the other group is doing just like i guess i guess in some parts of iraq saw. himself another insurgency you. know them on the guard if the iraqi government is unable to. build these sunni areas which were badly destroyed during this fight. ok switching gears now russian the pleats have won their second medal at the winter olympics in south korea still very figure skating with. the u.s. winning bronze well fifteen year old alina who's deputy at the olympics took first place in the free skate section to ensure overall second place finish but a fellow athletes not actually competing was far from complimentary on her twitter account twenty six year old american figure skater ashley wagner accused the russian teen of killing time in her program and condemned her tac

pakistan and something of the way things really were. but i could really do is make sure i understood people and their institutional setting in the way they solve the world and why they took the decisions they took. the pledge i struggled with the most is the taliban. some sort of intimate life the way i could get the pakistani army high command harmonized and brought up in a big way, but mullah omar wasn't available for an interview. [laughter] >> one more question. >> [inaudible] from a pakistani perspective, there is a lot of debate about the sacrifices in the war on terror. so your comments on this and did pakistan and its leadership [inaudible] and this question might strike you did pakistan ever stand against the u.s. national interest in this whole history of unstable relationships in particular in this war on terr terror? >> pakistan accommodated and supported groups that were crossing the border from pakistan to afghanistan to attack and kill american soldiers and destabilize the war the united states was trying to stabilize, so that was the central problem from the perspective. the second question were the first one about the pa

better but i spent a lot of time in pakistan and i understand something of the way they work but really i could make sure to understand that people with their institutionalsettings and why they took those decisions that they took i tried to do the same in afghanistan as well that the place i struggle the most was the taliban. a great book about this more would bring it to life the way i could get the pakistani army high command but omar was available for an interview. >> the squadron national defense from the pakistani perspective so for those americans with their sacrifices with the war on terror so did pakistan and its leadership and then also did it ever stand against the national interest with the whole history of the unstable relationship with the war on terror? >> yes. with the last question, yes because pakistan accommodated in supported groups crossing the border to attack until the american soldiers was destabilizing the war so that was the central problem from the american perspective. the second question about the pakistani sacrifices is important and what i tried to will due to earlier how the war destabilized pakistan and the price that it p

pakistan and afghanistan afghan leaders hope the transit fees earned from the pipeline will help stabilize the economy let's get more on this now we're joined by martin semple visiting professor at the institute for global peace security and justice at queens university in belfast is joining us via skype mr sample great to have you with us on al-jazeera so we've heard from afghan president as for afghani who said that the south asia is now being connected to central asia through of ghana fan after more than a century of division just how significant could this pipeline be for afghanistan for the region it is potentially both economically and symbolically significant it really symbolizes that you know the choice between the two for afghanistan. will afghanistan continue in a perpetual civil war as one of the poorest countries in the world or will afghanistan take that long to job the other many can operate economic opportunities open to it. will it play a role in connecting central and south asia reaping some of the benefits of ups this is a this is a fundamental choice and there are very high hopes for the project because as well as providing energy leaders and saying that they hope will lead

institutions of a new democracy. nermeen: that is president george w. bush speaking in 2006. we're speaking with steve coll, author of "directorate s: the cia and america's secret wars in afghanistan and pakistan the sequel to his pulitzer prize winning book "ghost wars: the secret history of the cia, afghanistan, and bin laden, from the soviet invasion to september 10, 2001." steve coll, we spoke earlier in impact of thee u.s. decision to invade iraq on what happened in afghanistan. orthat is one could say to one of the failures of the bush administration. as you point out in your book, president obama made a shift in policy, first of all, by appointing a special office within the state department to deal with afghanistan special representative richard holbrook. in this people thought would be a significant shift from bush's policy. you reveal in the book that in 2010, the obama administration also established a secret cell in the white house called the conflict resolution cell, w whih was for negotiations with the taliban. why did those negotiations never mertnywhere? you also say ol wrote a letter to obama making it clear that he would be open to negotiations with the americans. so what hap

institutions, the legal system, the constitution, and change it all towards an islamic system. zia introduced sharia courts and set a parallel islamic system of punishments.>> here are public floggings in pakistand the authorities put microphones around the necks of those being flogged so their screams could be amplified the crowds watching the flogging. >> we started out with an open hand, hand of love and affection for the people of pakistan. but then i find that at times a squeeze has to be applied. >> all this zia carried out with his own agenda, but which was very lavishly funded by the saudis. f smith: funded by the saudis, with the supporte united states. nt in addition we are deeply grateful for presiia's visit. he's a military man who received part of his training in our country. he's famiar with our own nation. his knowledge of the sensitivities and ideals of america make him particularly dear to us. >> smith: beyond his expression of friendship, president carter pledged to defend pakistan and saudi arabia againstoviet expansion into the gulf with its oil. it became known as the carter doctrine. >> an attempt by any outside force to gain control of the persian gulf region will be rega