state -- by the pakistani state. should not forget the united states is backed and funded the pakistani military, and this is happening. it is happening in conjunction with these states working together, but pakistan and the united states. >> you also spoke about the increasing cycle of violence in pakistan both state violence and antistate violence. could you draw the links between what you think is the correlation -- or if there is any -- between increasing number of drone strikes and the unprecedented number of suicide bombs that occur now and pakistan, a place which never knew suicide bombs 10 years ago? >> we have to be aware of drawing simple causes. suicide bombings are happening because -- it is not a straightforward cause, but there is a linkage. there is a correlation. the suicide attacks have increased in the last decade as pakistan has been attacked by drones and participated in the war on terror. the violence in pakistan has gotten so much worse with all sorts of blast happening. certainly, the war on te

you are pakistani. would they have done if you didn't marry a pakistani girl. >> two years ago my mom said in a parking lot i wouldn't minds if you didn't marry a girl that wasn't pakistani. >> did you fall over? >> it was amazing, i wish she would have told me that at 21. a dream that every pakistani kid wants to hear, but i think it was because i was post 30 and single. >> yeah. >> but i hope that if i did bring home a girl who was not pakistani, that they would be open minded enough and i think that they would be. >> you brought home an makes woman. >> thank you. >> i think your mom was reverse psychologying you. >> i think so. >> more than one in 10 marriages are between people of different races and ethnicities. hard to believe that it was actually illegal to marry outside your race. in 1958, only 4% of americans arrived of black-why marriages. today that number is 87%. even so, there are still plenty of challenges to cross-cultural love. >> a person's father refuse today speak with me simply becau

pakistanie fighter jets bombed hued outs in the north -- hide outs in the north-west.t's been reported that two civilians were killed. >> south koreans' president marks her first year in office. she plans to cut red tape for business. >> the u.n. resumed food distributions to palestinian refugees in southern damascus. the agencies was forced to halt supplies earlier this month. on monday each family got one food parcel. enough to sustain a family for a week. the u.n. says it has nor do. >> water is very important, and what is important now is access that we have to the people wells a daily occurrence, a simply occurrence, and that progressively we expand our reach. with the thaws onwards of people who have not received assistance. >> millions of syrians are displaced within the country. in the city of aleppo many decided to stay. >> shutting themselves in. this is what it has come to in syria's largest city, aleppo. people have taken to bricking up their windows to stay safe. >> of course, it's safer for the children, because of shrapnel from the shelling. great pressu

pakistani government and the taliban, nearly everybody in the taliban movement is a past due and. trying to come to this kind of arrangement. the basic formula was you don't threaten us and we will leave you in peace and if you drill into the offer made by the taliban, you don't harbor terrorists, you harm us, we will leave you alone. if you look at most western policymakers that is where they are. the problem is the taliban have nothing to fear from us anymore. they are not willing to do that here. >> i am a former deputy defense in pakistan, doing a lot of work with the organization called the alliance in support of the afghan people which is where i need to continue regardless of various political currents we have had, maybe a little bit of success. i was wondering with respect to the u.k. is the u. k involvement in afghanistan, the most recent one something that is going to just end and the british people wash their hands of that? people see a future in the relationship? >> the answer is yes but there are elements in britain that want to maintain the relationship. for example

government officials or pakistani officials to explain why this attack occurred?why your mother was killed? a i did communicate with local political officer of my village to find a reason and answer, but he was unable to give me an answer. >> have you been compensated for the death of your mother, your children's grandmother? >> nobody has given me anything. >> you are nine years old. how have things changed for you since the attack? are you going out in the fields alone, do you fear another possible attack? >> ever since the strike i am just scared. i am always scared. all of us little kids were scared to go outside. >> now i would like to play a clip of president obama addressing u.s. drone warfare at national defense university. >> before any strike is taken, there must be near certainty that no civilians will be killed or injured, the highest standard that we can set. yes, the conflict with al qaeda, like all armed conflict, invites tragedy, but by narrowly against thoseon who want to kill us and not the people they hide among, we are choosing the course of ac

and pakistani government after his son and brother were murdered by u.s. drone back in two thousand and ten well just before he was set to speak with european lawmakers about this horrific practice he was abducted from his home by twenty men some of whom were wearing police uniforms according to witnesses for entire eight days khan's whereabouts were unknown and only because of the tireless efforts of international activists putting pressure on both the u.s. and pakistani governments khan was just released today from his captors and now we know the horrifying details about what happened to him during that time so you can was taken to a cell where he was aligned folded and driven for hours i'm sorry after he was blindfolded and driven for hours according to human rights organization reprieve quote while detained in mr khan was interrogated beaten and tortured he was placed in chains and repeated the question about his investigations into drone strikes his knowledge of drone strikes victims and his work advocating on their behalf after beating and torturing

the pakistani military chief was in saudi arabia. there was talks that the two sides may hold military manoeuvres. a growing relationship strategic and economic. >> live for us there in islamabad. thanks for that. >> an indian anticorruption campaigner resigned from his position after politicians blocked a law to investigate fraud. >> in office seven weeks, the chief minister. kejriwal makes an ultimate statement. >> today my government resigns, if i have though sacrifice 100 times to get the bill i will >> the bill had powers to investigate public officials. legislate juniors from other parties argued the proposal is unconstitutional, because it has not been approved by the federal government. >> arvind kejirwal is disrespecting the law. hitler and mousso leany were like this. this is dictatorship. >> if you read the last line of the lieutenant governor's letter, it mentions that the bill cannot be mentioned in the house until it has his approval. kejriwal reformed a party to spectacular success. he challenged utility companies whil

[indiscernible] >> the pakistani taliban know how to wreak disaster. thousands here are thought to have died at their hands. the literary operations have not stopped the murder. a new strategy of talks was decided on. why didn't government representatives show up? >> we don't want to go to formal negotiations and waste our time. we wanted to know more about the mandate from this committee that is meeting us >> tonight, there has been an attack close to the market in the city. it targeted man -- it targeted the she him -- the shia minority. bbc news, islamabad. too many ofsees these attacks. for more on the delay in negotiations, i spoke a short time ago to the former director of pakistan and afghan policy for president obama's national security council. she is now at the new america foundation. >> whether or not the attacks that killed nine people in pakistan are related, they are another sign that some kind of political solution is needed. >> absolutely. i think it shows that the government continues to be under tremendous pressure. of whatt a matter

he said the pakistani intelligence service is behind his kidnap. first journalist to speak to him joining us now. what did he say and what sort of condition was he in? >> reporter: jane, it was a chilling account. he is known as the face of the anti-drone campaign in pakistan. he was abducted blindfolded, shackled and tortures mentally and physically. he described a small dungeon where he was kept at. his lawyers said that this is a form of torture that these interrogate fors use so it doesn't leave any physical marks and is very, very painful. let's listen in to what was going through hissing mind when being tortured. >> i was taken from my home and amidst my childrens and my family members, and my neighbors, and my friends, and i said that i will be killed here, and i don't know what do with my dead body. i didn't -- didn't realize that they will -- will kill me, and will -- will view my body to my -- my family members. >> he believes that the pakistani intelligence service is behind this. if they are behind it, what are they frightened of, and w

the story of the young pakistani schoolgirl who was shot by the taliban three years ago for campaigning was shot in a village just a few miles away were church was based. so in terms of history repeating itself, it's hard to have a more graphic illustration of how history is repeating itself. back in the 90s, the main problem in the can as they go through this churchill story, you'll see the overlap with today but the main problem in the 1890s for the british being caused by the implementation, our richard implementation and does is the border between pakistan afghan. back in the 1890s the british who had two disastrous military campaigns in afghanistan and the team 30s in the 1880s basically said we've had enough of the saskia. we're going to dry up order and the afghans can say on their side of the border without the british and higher on the other and never the two shall meet. a bit like the securities that the israelis established in the west bank of the durand line went right away through tribal lands and inflame the tribes. i'm now wandered around the mountains and incited the afg

>> if we're exact about the position of the pakistani government we must realize that they have always said that they oppose drone attacks, but at the same time the americans claim that there is consensus about the use of drones in pakistan. mr. han was also involved in a case against the pakistani government, therefore there might an relationship between the position of drones and that the claims that pakistan was involved in the attacks where he lost a brother and a son. >> what were those talks due to be about? >> the dutch parliament is supposed to have a hearing next monday on the use of armed drones in conflict situations pakistan international law issues are related. mr. han hakhan could act as a ws on it daily lives and in communities. >> let's go back to barbara to our europe piano news center. >> reporter: well, felicity tensions were tested when it was revealed that the nsa had been surveilling european leaders and citizens. european officials are considering their officials response to that scandal, but they also call for reform in the way that the internet is governed. one

reports that we have agreed to a different approach in support of pakistani pie pakistani peace talkscontinue. these drone strikes have also garnered some criticism even inside of pakistan. the pakistani government has said that this may result in an uptick in terrorism. it may result in more militantism in pakistan. even malala usasi who came to meet with the president and first lady. she met with the president and said these drone strikes may be created more terrorists than killing. this tips to be an issue you for the white house, but not because of these peace talks, carol. >>>. >> four people now in police custody believed to be connected to the drugs found in philip seymour hoffman's apartment. today, they say they found the actor's private journal and are combing through that journal for clues. this comes as police are releasing more information on the type of heroin that killed hoffmann and on where he was just hours before he died. cnn's anischelle turner has mor from new york. >> there are a lot of developments that are happening overnight. like you said, police arrested thr

it's a tribal area where the pakistani taliban he's known to hide out the pakistani taliban he's the country's largest extremist group. it's being carried out attacks on pakistani army and police seized two thousand seven members are poised to become its cooperation in the us led war on terror. prime minister sharif may the campaign pledge to engage in peace talks with the pox tiny town about. by the process has been fitted with two legs representatives from the government out of town and on finally sat down together in the sum of our own federal receipts. but on every sixteenth one day before the third round of talks was to begin. a faction within the taliban made an announcement. they killed twenty three security personnel held captive for four years. they said he was in retaliation for the killing of powder the members by security forces. people walk home and abroad are calling on prime minister straight to bring an end to the terror attacks but as a military action enters its second week the path to peace seems to be getting more difficult than on it. the psyche saddam and eight

pakistani air force is that one strikes on militant hideouts near the border with afghanistan they killed about ninety insurgency the latest round of retaliation. pilots have carried out repeated strikes over the past several days on tribal areas in the northwest the suspect islamic militants have been hiding out in the area. negotiators and pakistani taliban leaders started peace dunks three weeks ago but then the taliban announced they had killed a twenty three captive soldiers the militants said they were retaliating for the killing of their fighters by pakistani forces. u s and south korean military forces will start their annual joint drills on monday they come at a time when a family re union is being held to re unite war divided korean families exercises at one of the largest lady lady conducted by the two countries. i will run through april eighteen chairs from south korea's army navy and airforce would join about thirteen thousand us troops stationed in the country and deployed from other regions the korean officials have condemned the exercises civilian and military leaders in w

and pakistani government after his son and brother were murdered by u.s. drone back in two thousand and ten well just before he was set to speak with european lawmakers about this her for practice he was abducted from his home by twenty men some of whom were wearing police uniforms according to witnesses for entire eight days khan's whereabouts were unknown and only because of the tireless efforts of international activists putting pressure on both the u.s. and pakistani governments khan was just released today from his captors and now we know the.

they urged the pakistani government to write to the egyptian government to release the al jazeera staff. >> reporter: it's a representative body of thousands of pakistani journalists and has promised to continue protests until the egyptian government releases the al jazeera staff. >> in switzerland the police are questioning an ethiopian pilot who hijacked his own flight to seek asylum. he took control when his co-pilot went to the bathroom. the would be hijacker climbed down from the cockpit window and asked for asylum. passengers were not injured. >>> 23 pakistani soldiers the taliban said soldiers were killed in revenge to the killing of their fighters. and in south africa 21 miners who were skewed from a mine shaft now face charges of illegal mining. emergency workers pulled out ten men from an illegal mine near johannesburg earlier today. the miners were trapped when a boulder blocked an entrance. many miners stayed behind in fear of criminal charges. illegal mines are common in south africa because of rich gold and platinum resources. >>> in europe weeks of severe flooding effects

drone strikes in the pakistani tribal areas. >> for hundreds of civilians that lost loved one, it doesn't mean much. >> my eldest one was 15. i stopped sending him to school. he works as a labourer. i wish his father was alive so he could educate himself like his father wanted. i'm a poor woman and can't find work. >> the victims do not agree with the intelligence report. some believe drone attacks may resume if talks fail. >> in is al jazeera. more ahead. when we come back, hazardous smog hides the skyline. it doesn't stop there. a stink about clean water in the yate. why is bottled water favourite, when tap water has been declared safe. [ ♪ music ] >> hello again. the top stories on al jazeera. the pentagon has been ordered to start preparations for a possible withdrawal of all u.s. troops in afghanistan by the end of the year. that's because afghan president hamid karzai refused to sign a security agreement covering thousands of u.s. support troops remaining after the pull out. at least 59 nigeria students have been killed after fighters set a school dormitory on fire. it happened in t

it's likely to be the pakistani and not the afghani taliban that captured him.have different leaders and very different goals that complicated all negotiations. all of this comes as the white house is waiting on hamid karzai to sign a long-term agreement that the taliban can decide how many troops they will keep. he refused to sign this agreement and it's not clear what type of military presence the united states will have after this year. they will elect a new president in april and all of the major candidates have said they support a u.s. presence in afghanistan post 2014, but the ta was a really bad speller? your word is...cow. cow. cow. c...o...w... ...e...i...e...i...o. [buzzer] dangnabbit. geico. fifteen minutes could save you...well, you know. . >>> all right, everybody. here we go. it is time for sunday house call. you are about to get help here. right? >> and welcome to sunday house call as always. we have dr. mark segal, the will medical center and author of the inner pulse. the secret code of sickness and health. >> professor of urology and chief of r

representatives for the pakistani deposit and the taliban are meeting separately at this hour. they are beginning preliminary peace talks. there's suggestions that the meeting may be postponed. >> thailand's opposition is challenging the weekend's election in a constitutional court. the opposition democrat party is calling for the vote to be declared invalid. a former rwandan intelligence chief is to go on trial in france. he is accused of complicity in genocide and crimes against humanity. >> humanitarian workers are concerned about the fate of people in the central african republic. many are trapped in towns, and some travelling in unprotected convoys. battles between rival militia conditions, including in the capital bangui. >> innocent civilians run for cover as the fighting rages on in the central african republic. french troops are trying to bring peace to the capital. >> christian fighters from anti-balaka have been targeted muslims for days. they loot what they can, and burn who is left. >> translation: it is terrible. we are suffering, there's no peace. we are losing h

the strategy appears to be in place in this area where pakistanis are leaving their homes.overnment says it is prepared to launch a full-scale military attack against the taliban and other groups. >>> now to news out of egypt where a -- al-sisi is to keep his job the prime minister designate was asked to form a new government after the entire cabinet resigned on monday. >>> al jazeera is still demanding the release of its staff being held in egypt. the three have now spent 60 days in prison, accused of having links with a terrorist organization and of spreading false news. al jazeera rejects the charges. another journalist has been held since august. he has been on a hunger strike for more than a month proest thing his imprisonment. one of al jazeera's camera was released earlier this month. here is what he had to say. >> translator: i was later transferred to a prison, where i also had a reception, and by a reception, i mean all of the transferred detainees are stripped of their clothes and walked between two rows of guards. we were beaten and battered all the way long. ce

soldiers and for pakistani policemen and so that's why the obama administration the debating whetherersus try to have the pakistanis capture him. >> woodruff: and what has he done to make him a potential target? >> again, that's a good question. there's been information in the last 24 hours that he was involved in attacks across the border in afghanistan using i.e.d.s and that would sort of put him in the category of someone who potentially could be targeted because as obama explained in may the united states will target only people involved in ongoing attacks against americans. so for someone to be considered targeted -- to be targeted under the new rules they have to have some kind of a connection to attacks against americans and we believe it would be attacks against troops in afghanistan. >> woodruff: so what exactly is the debate going on? what's the argument inside the administration on each side of this? >> well, the real -- the biggest part of the debate is the fact that this person is an american citizen and there's this -- it's very rare and an extraordinary circumstance fo

the pakistanis suffering casualties. kav gan believing the -- afghan leaving the pak stapius -- pakistanis not taking the fight seriously. >> president hamid karzai confirmed a secret meeting in dubai, saying his high peace council met with a delegation committed to ending the voumsment >> peace talks has been refused. on saturday the taliban claimed responsibility at a police station in kabul. the african taliban pulled the plug on a swap that would have freed burgdoll. the taliban grad to negotiate his release in exchange for five senior members held at guantanamo bay. the talks are off due to the complex political situation in afghanistan. >> official in iraq started handing out voter cards. the election will be the first in the country since u.s. troops withdrew in 2011. officials have not handed out the cards in anbar province, which is where the sunni fighters led the violence. thousands of families have now fled. >> dropping temperatures and a return of snow. we bring in our esteemed meteorologist. >> we'll see th

when i got there i realised - i was told by the pakistanis, i had to be careful because this area was a target for the c.i.a. drone strikes. so on the one hand i had the pakistani intelligence people saying "we don't want you to go there because it's a military zone", and the c.i.a. saying, "keep away, we might attack the villages", if you had a map of all the c.i.a. drone strikes in pakistan over the last decade, fighting. >> in that sense we had a real itself. >> you wrote in a post recently - this is a quote: why? >> i think so, when president obama came to power in 2008, 2009, he personally supervised a review of the strategy for taliban. he personally authorised general pet ray us's plan for a military surge, defeat the taliban by force of arms, bring them to the negotiation table and then leave. but no sooner had that plan been implemented than the president changed his mind, abandoned the strategy and went for a cut and run policy. what we are looking at is american, other nato forces withdrawing from afghanistan, ending the military campaign, but no prospect of a political set

the pakistani government has been carrying out reprisal attacks against the agency.hose are reprisal attacks for those carried out after 20 pakistani soldiers were beheaded on the afghan side of the border. this comes at a time when peace talks are deadlocked. it appears that attacks such as this may jeopardize those talks altogether. >> 21 soldiers died in the incident. there have been emotional scenes as a public funeral for the men in kabul. bernard smith reports. >> the killing of 21 afghan soldiers as they slept at a remote outpost seems to be the worst single blow to government forces in the last three years. they would have had little chance as their base, close to the border with pakistan was overrun by what the government says were hundreds of taliban fighters. >> the attack was organized from the other side of the border and it was very intensive. the army defended their country until the last drop of their blood. >> the defense minister accused a foreign intelligence service of helping plan the attack. he didn't name pakistan, but the inference was clear.

the taliban has accused pakistani intelligence of working with the u.s.rry out targeted killings. >>> well, coming up on the news hour, a fragile trust, while many in the central african republic say they are still struggling. >>> plus egypt's big challenge why thousands of people are out on the streets and refusing to work. >>> in sport, david moyer is feeling the pressure as they get ready for the champions league. ♪ >>> british police have arrested four people on aledged syria-related terrorism offenses. let's go to lauren taylor for more. >> yes, david one of the four arrests is a former guantanamo bay prisoner. no charges have been brought against him or the other three suspects. phil has more. >> reporter: this has in many ways become the face of the fight against guantanamo bay. it was here he spent more than two years held without charge by the u.s. at its base in cuba. a decade on he is back in custody. again without charge and under different circumstances. arrested on tuesday by british police officers in the city of birmingham. they suspect he

they claim the pakistani government was involved in the drawn out and lois reprisals. seize the beginning of january the country has seen a surge in insurgent violence killing more than a hundred seventy people including soldiers and civilians. the groupies report you can be divided over whether to make peace he's not the first time talks have been trying to be two thousand and eight. then prime minister yousef raza gilani stuck in negotiations with the militants. that was a major policy shift from the high winds caused long ago it by then preston have this new trial. by the pope's call out only to strengthen the group's unique key the key object evolved ongoing coax these to create a roadmap to peace negotiations. with most of the us led coalition forces said to withdrawl from neighboring afghanistan by the end of the cia. i found these cool show full regional stability. its neighbors and the united states are keeping close watch on how these negotiations play out the psyches of that nhk lord a psalm about you do. two struggling with. he told its citizens to be increa

up to thirty eight insurgents opposed to beat dads off the pakistani fighter planes bombed suspected taliban militants hideouts close to the afghan border on sunday many a base in the north waziristan region the government jets targeted six hideouts in the tara valley thought to be used for training suicide bombers and making explosives. the sony is the most of the band was practiced on to embrace islamic rule. peace talks have now broken down and the cia has seen an escalation of violence despite this the site still insist that open to negotiations. the ordinance is it a few similarly over twenty sixteen bandwagon begun to roll the neutral color bias on sunday in the sun hits the new look competition with twenty four countries taking part in the finals has been previously qualified of all eyes will be spread liberally with it and even the host country from test to play with us. these innovations like the torment of june to the tenth of july was the last time he was more successful businesses. it will start favourites. stone said in it one step brings us to it and although even the b

challenges we're facing now coming to peace talks between the pocket stunning governments and the pakistani taliban groups that need to negotiate as stress that a ceasefire would be the foundation for peace talks and islam the box. this was echoed by government negotiators as militant attacks showed no signs of abating. new dawn has the story. searching for peace and security. despite two weeks of peace talks attacks have continued throughout the country. on thursday it had been on a car bomb attack on a piece of people in karachi killing at least twelve officers and wounding fifty five people the attacks cast doubts on and go in peace efforts the tide of this negotiated last month's be dropping calls for a ceasefire to end the spiral of violence the first and foremost point is that of his friends. and it can be who god is the kind of confidence and reading but to be helen to teach up to now. cool with that find their same age and each artist but he would pay for it. mature age each have and pakistan are separate from the tap and fighting naval forces in neighboring afghanistan. he had been

in other news pakistani government officials have been called off the lead as key stocks weakened the talent that the negotiations broke down after the insurgents announced they had killed twenty three soldiers a town that had held the sources for nearly forty years americans announced on sunday that they had killed their captives they said they were retaliating for the killing of their fighters by pakistani forces in ellison said the killing continued even after the peace talks began earlier this month prime minister no one showed week said pakistan cannot afford such bloodshed. many in this country believe the government is setting itself up for failure. i even trying to talk peace. she can readers in china to save their businesses are hurting due to disease called refiners in southern china are protesting the lack of government compensation from bird flu age seven and nine strain continues to spread in the country. oh . the about five hundred bonus miles to local government office in bundle to protest what they called an inadequate response even when we are treated like me are suff

the pakistani taliban's violent opposition to pull two vaccinations has undermined efforts to eliminate the disease. talon militants often target polio health workers in pockets are accusing them of being involved in a western plot to sterilize muslims. they have murdered more than thirty health workers has twenty two while creating a problem for recruitment of doctors and nurses. afghanistan and pakistan belong to the last few countries for polio remains endemic. however last year the pakistan strain was detected in seventeen syrian children raising concerns over the possibility that the disease can be carried by gis united nations is now pushing ahead with the massive immunization campaign in the war torn country. once more to stop massive ivory trafficking after authorities seized nearly four tonnes of ivory tusks from over five hundred dead elephants which were hidden in containers destined for the noun. according to officials the value of the hall is estimated at around eight million us dollars on international markets to locals in a man from hitman had been arrested it's unclear w

and pakistani government after his son and brother were murdered by u.s. drone back in two thousand and ten well just before he was set to speak with european lawmakers about this her for crack as he was abducted from his.

he said he would consider. >> the pakistani national security adviser then went on to meet with susanchuck hagel at the defense department, making that same pitch. and there has clearly been a slow down, the last one around christmas. u.s. officials say while some of those targets the u.s. says there is a reduced number of targets. but clearly the u.s. is very, very sensitive to the political fallout inside pakistan. the u.s. is trying to improve regio relations with the new government. the first democratically elected government, shall we say, in pakistan. so obviously a very sensitive subject. >> and wolf, talk about the politics inside pakistan, as well. because it's extremely sensitive, as you mention. and the obama administration really making sure that they're not dividing people there, because they -- there is some sort of kind of domestic interest of the country to distance themselves from the united states. >> and this is really a critically important area. remember, bin laden was found right outside a military compound, military training college, in pakistan, and the assumpt

mighty and both he and bella just on the objective is empty and that people are addicted by the pakistani army during the operation which began on thursday then that. on the opposite is the best photos biking club said in a coma. the decades long campaign for greater control of the souls of the momentum and gas rich province has now met them all flows into a flute for the movement for independence successive governments have tried to suppress the votes have been in the fullest. but objective is to do some eighteen thousand people have become victims of enforced disappearances and apostate me is the voice of the goats missing lessons is spearheading a long nice to get that in this novel by seeking to become the go though because by then been unseated since the second phase of the market again from the game to somebody but obama and the sin city in eastern punjab province the bill will put distance which began in october has made it to its un headquarters in islam above it didn't seem to sit in the binding bid to ease up liddat. all eighteen on board in encaustic crash to mention that i wil

on wednesday, the lahore high court ordered pakistani forces to produce karim khan from custody by a week from today. you can go to democracynow.org for our segment about karim khan from wednesday's broadcast. to japan,mbassador caroline kennedy, visited the southern island of okinawa wednesday amidst local protest against the u.s. military presence. kennedy met with okinawa was governor who has agreed to relocate a u.s. base from a densely populated urban area to or more reload -- remote location. but a decades long movement of okinawa residents has opposed the base altogether and pushed for ousting u.s. forces off the island, citing environmental concerns and sexual assaults by u.s. soldiers. since 1972, u.s. servicemembers have been accused of over 5800 crimes, including 26 murders and 120 eight rapes. at their meeting, committee pledged cooperation while the governor urged the u.s. to address local concerns. >> hopefully, we can work together to keep the momentum moving forward for progress. >> there have been many incidents, accidents and environmental problems associated with t

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when you look at this, no one has more to lose than the pakistanis, except the afghans themselves. i spoke to a senior pakistani official today and he put it in extremely devastating terms saying that if u.s. forces leave entirely, it would be, in his words, a holocaust inside afghanistan. he went on to say that zero option, zero as in u.s. troops should not be an option. it would be a tragedy not only for the u.s. but for the world at large. one key reason, in it this official's view, is that afghan forces are not ready to act on their own without u.s. leadership. he predicts that 30% will dessert after a u.s. withdrawal due to tribal conditions and, remember, pakistan in the midst of its own brutal wave of violence by the pakistani taliban. they know what chaos looks like on the ground. this is a devastating prediction. >> that's a really disturbing development potentially. let's go to barbara starr at the pentagon. is the president making it clear the longer they wait, the longer the u.s. presence will be. so what size are we talking about? >> well, wolf, the general thinking ar