where does that leave us in south asia?re the latter two-thirds of the piece i discuss in detail how it leaves us with an under appreciation of the need to rethink our strategy going forward in south asia. almost a year ago i finished this piece and i argued in three areas for the lighter region for afghanistan and for pakistan a proper understanding of this schism between the taliban aspirations and al qaeda making it important for us to adjust the way in which review moving forward with the quote endgame in afghanistan is which i argue should be an interim game and hear the points i make and the reason why i think they should be adjusted adapted specifically when the last year. the war in afghanistan needs to be reconsidered as it's always been viewed in afghanistan-pakistan india and circles and that is has a pakistani supported rebellion in afghanistan against the tajik uzbek and islamic republic of afghanistan was significant links in new delhi and tehran and only a fig leaf of pashtun representation in the form of ham

in south asia, and in other parts of the world. that's the focus of the united states effort because those are the groups that threaten the united states. what president karzai is saying and we are moving to implement that decisions, in support of this, he is saying that afghans should provide for the core security in afghanistan. that they should be in the lead focused against the insurgency which threatens the afghan government. that's the taliban. >> right. >> and but that's what we're training in supporting and resourcing the afghans to do. and so very importantly, this may, may of 2013, 2013, the mission, the focus of the u.s. forces and the isap forces, the international forces working with the united states will change. and as of may of 2013, these forces, our forces will step back, charlie, and will go into a support mode and the afghans will be fully in the lead across. >> and they are prepared to do that. >> well, we are-- we hope so. we're going to support them. and here's the key to this. afghanistan fighting is seen in

we will talk to the south asia director of human rights watch. thank you for being with us. this is so shocking. i'm not really sure where to start. i spotted this figure -- 53% of those perioople who responded to this survey said they had been the victims of sex abuse. can that be right? >> the survey was conducted by the ministry of child welfare. it was in 2007. you are encouraging the government -- we are encouraging the government to look at it more deeply because the sample was quite small. it is a serious problem and one that remains largely hidden. >> when you say it remains largely hidden -- i think people around the world will find that so difficult. there appears to be this culture of silence in india. what do you think accounts for that? >> absolutely. child sex abuse is not unique to india. it is a global problem. it is something that many governments have to deal with. the problem in india, however, the social stigma that prevents people from reporting these abuses and, more so, a lack of faith in institutions. we want to address that. people are reluctant to s

also racing to upgrade their armed forces, a trend that reflect the shifting balance of power in south asia. nhk world abhishek dhulia has more. >> reporter: the race among aerospace countries to win lucrative contracts is reaching new heights. at least week's aero india show, france was a prominent exhibitor. the order for french jets was worth more than $10 billion. u.s.-made fighter planes, israeli unmanned drones and japanese sea rescue flying boats also attended the event. >> there is heavy competition because the indian acquisition budget is large. we think our history and our performance speaks for itself, and we hope to be successful. >> i think, you know, india specifically is looking long term objectively where they want to be, 5, 10, 20 years from now. being an influence and regional power if you like for their aor, area of responsibility, and also be a global. >> reporter: russia is trying to protect and strengthen its longstanding partnership with india. they have been developing a new fighter jet. >> very stable, time-tested position. indian military know us better than any ot

no problems with the weather across a good part of south asia. fine and dry here. 34 celsius. showers in sri lanka for the second half of the weekend. l "the flaw," coming this march on link tv. >> this is al jazeera, and these are the stories making headlines. the pope has vowed unconditional obedience and reverence to his successor third benedict will begin his retirement in just a few hours. a leading member of the jamaat as lonnie party--jamaat a islami party has been sentenced to death. the warhol saints ied -- international talks are underway in rome on the syrian conflict. the thai government has agreed to hold peace talks with rebels in the south of the country. it is the first time that they have agreed to negotiate with fighters from the national revolution front, and the insurgency against the thai government in 2004. more than 5000 people have been killed since then. scott hiler has more. >> they signed a memo of understanding and that they will sit down and discuss -- a lot of these groups operate across the border. malaysia was involved as well. the prime ministe

consulate in south asia. >> why you should >> welcome back. this is a live look in arlington. we're looking at wilson boulevard and people are already making their way into work. >> yes, it is that time of the morning so let's check in on the traffic. >> is not a bad start and that gentleman did not have a hat on. temperatures are 48 degrees of that is comfortable. we have a bit of a wind chill factor at 43. the camera is shaking around with a brisk winds out of the northwest at 10 miles per hour. we have a nice pocket of clearing skies and we should see plenty of sunshine today but a system to our north and some wet weather to our south will make for some very difficult travel. this is out of new orleans this morning where it is fat tuesday and the mardi gras. happy, mardi gras to everybody. 70 degrees in new orleans today but there is a slight risk they are expecting thunderstorms this afternoon. difficult travel across the deep south and snow into oklahoma city. they could pick up 3-6 inches. a nice day to day with temperatures in the lower 50's. we will talk about our chan

they want cheaper engineers to be able to get in from india and south asia to keep, you know, costs downnited states. you can have that. we want this. gld now, joy, the president met with senate democrats today to talk policy. and one all right says president obama spoke briefly, took questions from ten of the senators assembled and then spent an hour chat k with them in smaller groups. obama's spokesman jay carney said the session wu focused on coordinating with democratic senators or dealing with the administration's own efts to support president obama's priorities. how critical, joy, is party unity to the president's seblgd term agenda? >> well, absolutely critical. because harry reid decided not to do full-on filibuster reform, he still has to get through the senate and with 60 votes. and on the house side, obviously, the same thing applies. now that john boehner has broken the rule, that he's willing to move bills through with democrats as well as republicans, he still needs to hold together enough democrats so you don't see them walk away with some of these ideas. the main thing th

looking at other markets in the asia-pacific, south korea's kospi up 1,935. let's look at australia. the benchmarken deposition trading higher by .3% at 4,950. >>> well, a prominent u.s. investor set to challenge apple to press for greater shareholder benefits. an investment fund led by david einhorn on thursday took the tech giant to a new york court. the action came amid the company's dwindling stock price. einhorn says apple's management policy fails to ensure benefits alling for retraction and demanding preferred shares with high dividends. this would unlock the cash hoard to investors. the activist investor wants shareholders oppose the plan for a clause of preferred shares. apple plans to make the change at a shareholders' meeting later this month. last year,pple offered its first dividends to investors in 17 years. the company plans to return $45 billion to shareholders over 3 years. but investor frustration is mounting as apple stock price has tumbled nearly 40% from last september. apple commented on thursday that management is currently discussing a

they are not claiming all arabs and moslems in south asia are terrorism suspects. i think we need to clean up even in the terrorism or realm the notions of due process and invite more due process in there. if we continue to allow this mission creep of terrorism into our routine criminal investigations, then law enforcement will have enormous tools that the public will not have any chance of fighting because of the presumptions. >> my question has to do with g- mail. it says global can read the contents of e-mails in order to serve advertising. -- it says google can read the contents of the mills in order to serve advertising. how does this affect privacy? >> i don't think it affects the reasonable expectation of privacy. it is part of the service. the technology is what we used to scan for malware and viruses. think it affects our users reasonable expectations of privacy or diminishes their rights under the fourth amendment. >> do you care to comment on that? >> not really, i think the opinion was accurately stated. we addressed this in part whether it had to go th

to other markets in the asia pacific. south korea's kospi up by a quarter of a percent. 1,942.n australia the benchmark index is trading higher by .9%. 4,925. tokyo clearly leading the advance. >>> the world's third largest personal computer maker dell is going private. its founder and a consortium of investors will buy out the u.s. company for $24.4 billion. ceo michael dell established the company in 1984. he said he will acquire the company with an investment fund and in partnership with microsoft. the software giant will invest $2 billion in the deal to forge closer ties with the pc maker. dell expanded his business through a produce to order system that required no inventory. his company was once the world's largest manufacturer of personal computers. but the popularity of smartphones and tablet computers put pressure on his firm and its share price tumbled. dell says the buyout will allow him to turn his company around without subjecting shareholders to market fluctuations. the deal is set to close this summer. >>> fewer drivers in ufrp have been heading to dealerships to

. >>> now to other markets in the asia pacific. southorea's kospi trading higher by over 1/3 of a percent. 1,952. let's see what's going on in australia. the benchmark index is trading higher by .9%, right above that 5,000 mark. >>> now, japanese business to business prices in january were down compared to a year earlier. that marks a tenth straight month of declines. bank of japan officials say the corporate goods price index stood at 100.7 last month against a reference value of 100 set for 2010. the figure slipped 0.2% from the same month last year. the price of iron and steel tumbled by 8.9%. information and telecom equipment prices fell 6.6%. >>> the nuclear crisis in fukushima is still having an impact on japanese exporters. officials at the agriculture ministry say shipments of farm and fisheries products in 2012 fell for the second straight year. many nations continue to restrict food imports from japan because of the nuclear disaster. ministry officials say exporters shipped about $4.8 billion worth of produce, seafood, and proc

in the middle east and south asia and move towards where obama and now hagel is committing himself to understanding of u.s. economic and security interests. and that is basically where things are blue and wet. and that -- you know is not really something you ever heard hagel express. it is not really something that somebody from his military background. he was an army sergeant, is really, you know, expecting to have a lot of understanding of. hagel is committing himself there to a really important debate in national security circles about the importance of naval power. it is something that kind of waxes and wanes periodally, but more than israel, and in his speech, if hagel is confirmed that is what he is going to deal with. it got nearly no attention in this hearing. a lot of us that delved into these issues were kind of concerned that hagel didn't have more specifics to discuss it. it at least is a framing of the conception of the national security that went very, very well. >> and speaking of the eight hours, this was, i think you said in hour five, the third clip. and it is someth

if you look at the geographic map from south asia the middle east and north africa, there has been tremendous political turbulence in that area over the past decade, and particularly in the last couple years. there are a lot of uncovered spaces that outcry has taken advantage of. we have made progress in some areas. somalia is in fact a good example of a place where we have worked with neighboring countries, local government, with a multilateral element in africa, to try to supress them. it is not just a kinetic solution. as we look at the sahel, this is an area where al qaeda can put down roots beyond the reaches of government. they have done this and it has been unattended because of the difficulties these countries have feeding their people. it is a different strategy -- but al qaeda -- and the force of islamic extremists that have preferred it are making some progress in areas that give me a real concern. that is why looking at syria and what is going on in that country, we cannot allow vast areas to be exported by al qaeda in these areas because it will be to our peril. >> i certainly ag

today the church is still spreading but now mostly in the third world, africa, asia and south america. so the speculation is now that a new pope could possibly come from one of those regions. >>> reporter: at the vatican tonight preparations are being made to convene a meeting of the college of cardinals to elected a new pipe like the sudden and unusual retirement of pope benedict xvi, the selection of a new spiritual leader for the world's 1.2 billion catholics could offer some breaks with tradition. >> you have a number of cardinals now who are from africa, south america and asia. i think it would not be a shock if we had somebody from one of those places. >> reporter: santa clara university's father michael mccarthy says the cardinals have always at least in the last several centuries picked a european priest. but this time, those considered top contenders are from around the world and third world including: >> it's always a mystery what the college of cardinals thinks when they gather. but i do think that they are aware that catholicism is increasingly becoming a global reality. >

. >> is that actor really from south asia or is that an accent? >> yeah, that's anapam khar.astic. >> he was so real. he ends up at the eagles game and they call the -- >> my brother in green. >> you guys all defend him and e

orphanages, to ministering to women and children who have been in human trafficking, especially in south east asiareporter: emily's group is part of a larger team of about 50 racers, who have been asked to travel light. >> i will have one backpack for the entire 11 months. i'll be taking a tent, so times we'll have accomodations, and sometimes we won't. >> reporter: how do you feel about going a week without a shower? >> i'm the type of girl who can handle that. in training, we had practiced. we were living in the woods for about a week, a group of 50 people. >> reporter: world race founder seth barnes came up with the idea several years ago, to give young people an alternative to the nine to five routine. >> we push people to do what we call a loop 10 kind of journey. where they go out and take virtually nothing, and they know they've got all spiritual authority, and we asked them to pray for all local needs and see what god does when he hose up. it inevitably changes them. as they depend on god with total dependency. >> reporter: he says thousands of young people apply each year because they're

projects in cambodia, haiti, and south africa and helping out in areas just as the tsunami in south east asiayear, and during hurricane katrina we tributed one mill object pounds of food aid. [ applause ] >> and all of that is coming from the lgbt and friends community. so we work as ambassadors for our community and we help change people's minds and hearts about who we are and what we care about. besides providing humanitarian aid, we try to inspire hope in all of our projects and we have found that hope is really just as important as aid, if not more so. and we have worked with a lot of communities in desperate situations arounded world and we found that providing a little bit of humanitarian aid and a lot of courage and hope it is amazing that people in desperate circumstances can do to improve theirs life. so seven years ago we really have a feeling that in the united states, we really need to increase our hope also. and we decided to do that by creating a global art project, the world, tree of hope. and what you see behind you is a live, 23-foot christmas tree and it is covered with 10,0

. >> is that actor really from south asia or is that an accent? >> yeah, that's anapam khar.astic. >> he was so real. he ends up at the eagles game and they call the -- >> my brother in green. >> you guys all defend him and the bad guys go after him for having the -- i love that. there's a scene in this you do something, i wish the president did at the inaugural was dance. learn to dance. i was bragging about it the other week because these guys like obama don't even bother to take dancing lessons, they go out there and pretend to dance. but you danced in this movie. >> we trained, every moment we weren't on set jen and i were up there training. and she had the lion's share of the part. but there were no dance doubles, that was us. doing a very bipolar dance. >> there was kind of an embarrassing shot in there where she seemed to slip. there's a scene in the movie which i think is the treasure of the movie. we probably don't have the clip. when robert de niro, your dad, realized that your first wife has basically dumped ut isn't the right one, never was the right one. >> oh, y

we also have a shared interest in the democratic development and economic growth of south asia. i will simply say that we have real opportunities to build on these shared interests in that region. in a wider middle east, which your concerns hall on the instability in northern africa. the democratic aspirations in the region have brought about externally and forced a change. we believe the involvement leads to fewer instability. the search for political challenges has created many humanitarian crises and has pushed on towards a slippery slope as we now see the spread of weaponry. looking eastward, we're working to enhance the full range of our relationship. we take for our shared interest in these settings. we are encouraged by the changes in policies of that country. we continue our dialogue with that government and we have an number of interactions with the speaker. and also of our engagement in november. the historic visit of president obama a few months ago was a day or two after coming back from india. and the easing of sanctions on my country should help take for the proces

most live in north america, south america, asia and africa. so, really, it's going to be a time for the church to redefine itself looking towards those areas where its numbers are growing. christi? >> going to be interesting to see if they choose a pope that is european or perhaps of another heritage. thank you, ben wedemen, we appreciate you bringing us the latest from rome there. >>> coming up in our 8:00 hour, we'll look at the intrigue and the secrecy in the church, as well as hollywood's obsession with the vatican. >>> so, i want to get you to washington now. take a look at this live picture of one beautiful sunrise. good morning to all of you waking up in that in d.c. and you know what else, folks are waking up to a first draft of the president's immigration plan. "usa today" reporting that the draft includes an eight-year path to citizenship for illegal immigrants. we understand there is also increases in border security and an expansion of the e-verify system in this draft. in the senate, the so-called group of eight are working toward

you know, it has its own relationship for some benefit and it is troubled earth these jurors south africa and asia you find this. if it is tolerant and open to give citizens the right they deserve to freedom or education but if it surprised -- suppresses but you have problems where you see the of brutalization and gadaffi with the triumphs saw the pattern exist and we looked at 40 case studies it is a global study of what is going on in the world. >> host: take pakistan and walked us through the different tribes. >> it is the essential piece of the study because waziristan is one of the most targeted places on earth. one of them most high and the tribal places an onerous never completely conquered it is part of pakistan but they maintain their own dependence with pride and tradition. the ordinary tribes have sound pledge yourself in the tribeca it in their skin and walkabout one day thrown about by helicopters and up to hillary than suicide bombers than travels in the fourth day by a drone strikes and incomplete desperation huge chunks of was there is stand live in the just to refugee and every da

let's take a look at other markets in the asia pacific. south korea's kospi down a thirthird of a percent. let's see what's going in australia. it's down to 5,018. we'll see where other markets take us as they open in next hour. japan's prime minister abe has made his choice for the new bank of japan leader. looks like many leaders of the oppotion party of japan wi goalong with it. kuroda is the chief of the asian development bank. abe is planning to present his nominees to the diet for approval by the end of this week. the government needs support from opposition parties. some members have expressed concerns. they say signing off on his appointment could be construed as approving the there isn't much doubt about his ability. some say there's not much mileage in continuing its opposition because his no, ma'am nominees are being received vorly.o, ma'am nominees are being received favorly., ma'am nominees are being received favorly. ma'am nominees are being received favorly.ma'am nominees are being received favorly.a'am nominees are being received

get news and insight on south and southeast asia every week day live from bangkok only on nhk world " liline." >> oscar pistorius, the olympic athlete is charged with murder after his girlfriend died in his home. investigators say the 30-year-old was found dead early thursday after being shot in the head and arm. police arrested a 26-year-old man. they did not identify the suspect. reuters say pistorius had been dating the model. it's suggested the athlete mistook his girlfriend for a burglar but eyewitness news in south africa quote police saying they are investigating allegations of a domestic disturbance. pistorius is expected to appear in court on thursday. doctors amputated his legs below the knees after he was born without calf bones. he became the first double amputee to run in the olympics. pistorius won two gold medals and a silver during the paraolympics. >>> the u.s. ambassador to japan is asking officials in tokyo to take action on an issue that's dividing families. john ruse is calling on the country to join the hague convention on child abduction. japanese parents have a

our lawmakers didn't listen to eisenhower and then the vietnam war plus more covert wars in south america asia in the middle east the one nine hundred sixty s. and one nine hundred seventy s. the pentagon's annual spending jump to nearly two hundred billion dollars during the one nine hundred eighty s. spending again increased thanks to more covert operations and high tech missile defense boondoggle like star wars military spending in that decade increased nearly three hundred fifty billion dollars the same time taxes were slashed and spending on social programs was cut in the soviet union fell in defense spending leveled off in the one nine hundred ninety s. but the perpetual war machine continued to grind on there was desert storm and iraq military intervention in kosovo air strikes in sudan another bombing raid on iraq to close out the decade and then george w. bush moved into the white house and i don't love it happened and then this happened to military spending it went up when up a lot to new wars were started in a brand new covert drone warfare program was unleashed all across the plane

let's see what's happening in other parts of asia. south korea's kospi is trading flat at 1,982. in australia the benchmark index is trading higher at 567. >>> officials with amazon.com have released japan figures. they show amazon to be the top online retailer. the figures are in amazon's annual report submitted to a u.s. stock exchange. the firm logged some $7.8 billion in revenue last year in the japanese market. that's about 12% of the firm's in contrt revenue for leading japanese operate rakuten was much smaller at $4.7 billion. amazon has gained more customers in japan by offering free delivery. the firm can ship products on the same day from 11 distribution centers across the country. the growing system of internet retailers is forcing department stores and appliance chains to improve their online services. more headlines and business for you next hour. here is a check on markets. >>> venezuelan president chavez has made a return trip home. he was transimportanted to the military hospital with cabinet ministers and his family. he vowed to conquer the disease and he said he

get news and insight on south and southeast asia every weekday live from bangkok, only on nhk world "newsline." >>> the repercussions from the hostage crisis in algeria last month continued to be felt around the world. and nowhere is that more true than in japan. of the 39 foreigners who died, 10 were japanese nationals. their deaths have caused much sorrow and ainge ner japan. >> yoyuki hatachi is a retired employee in yokohama. he recently visited the company to pay his respects to a former colleague who died in the algerian hostage crisis. tadonari was a president of the corporation. the two men attended the same college and joined jgc within the two months of one another. they worked together on many of the same projects. takahashi remembers how devoted he was to get his work done, often working on his days off. >> translator: he always worked hard on a new project. his clients thought highly of his work. i think that was not just because of his ability, but also for his sincere approach and strong desire to be successful. >> arata in this became involved in the algeria project th

lot of speculation around here that there might be a new pope from one of these regions, africa, asia or south america. >>> reporter: at the vatican tonight preparations are being made to convene a meeting of the college of cardinals to elected -- to elect a new pope like the sudden and unusual retirement of pope benedict xvi, the selection of a new spiritual leader for the world's 1.2 billion catholics could offer some breaks with tradition. >> you have a number of cardinals now who are from africa, south america and asia. i think it would not be a shock if we had somebody from one of those places. >> reporter: santa clara university's father michael mccarthy says the cardinals have always at least in the last several centuries picked a european priest. but this time, those considered top contenders are from around the world and third world including: >> it's always a mystery what the college of cardinals thinks when they gather. but i do think that they are aware that catholicism is increasingly becoming a global reality. >> reporter: many parishioners coming to saint joseph's cathedral in s

these capabilities that really is is certainly very troubling to china's neighbors in east and south asiae troubling to us as well. >> that it should. ambassador john bolton thank you very much for your time. >> thank you. >> well, there are reportedly 8.8 million people in the u.s. collecting disability benefits under false pretenses, check it out. and today we have some exclusive video of what those folks are doing while you the taxpayer are helping to pay their bills. do you not want to miss this video. president obama taking his plan for gun control on the road a look at the president's latest push for background checks which critics say simply cannot work. >> there is going to be paperwork, there is going to be law abiding people caught up in a bureaucratic nightmare and there is going to be abuse in terms of prosecutions. and it's all going to effect only the law abiding people. the criminals could care less. hey, our salads. [ bop ] [ bop ] [ bop ] you can do that all you want, i don't like v8 juice. [ male announcer ] how about v8 v-fusion. a full serving of vegetables, a full ser

that smart or whatever world you use, have wanted to come to the united states, whether it's south america, asia have been a magnet for talent. and that's partly why, with higher defense budget, medical budget, why we can continue to be such an example. it's part of why our universities are so strong. and yet our immigration system makes it very hard for those people to come in. so somebody's being offered a job here for over $100,000, there's other jobs created around that job. you don't want to discourage a company from having to put that job -- >> do we discourage them? >> absolutely. >> how? >> you could be a student at uc, berkeley, foreign born, get this wonderful subsidized education, microsoft offers you a job for over $100,000 a year, and we have to stay if the country will keep you. and most those students are told they can't stay, get out of the united states. >> they take the education and start a company somewhere else. >> they have to. they have to go to canada or india or somewhere else. no other country does it that way. and most of the immigration proposals do look at those stud

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