taliban strikes in southern afghanistan killing five people and another 13 policemen and soldiers inman and the latest on the mass graves found in malaysia our reporter is at the scene, deep in the jungle. ♪ iraq has launched a military operation to try to retake anbar province from i.s.i.l. what we know is shia para military forces are involved in this operation that some fear could raise sectarian tensions i.s.i.l. fighters took over ramadi just over a week ago and emron has more from baghdad. >> reporter: we are hearing troops have been for ten days to retake parts of the anbar province this is a joint effort between shia forces iraqi forces and other iraqi forces and the police. it's quite likely to be a big operation mounted in stages along some of the roads in anbar province and anbar province is a desert and taking over key roads is crucial and they are are talking about ramadi and ramadi fell to i.s.i.l. and sparked a huge internal crisis. >>> somali armed group al-shabab said it killed 25 kenya police officers and they were ambushed north of the town here and there are confl

also at program the taliban strikes in southern afghanistan killing five people in kabul and anotherpolicemen and seven soldiers in tell man we'll have the latest on the mass graves found in malaysia, our reporter is on the scene deep in the junkingjungle 123-4678 and does greenpeace india have a future? it's taking on the government in the high court. >>> first, though, breaking news out of ken yeah. the somali armed group al-shabab says it's killed 25 police officers in the east of the country. now, these fighters ambushed them in a village north of the town garissa. some of the policemen died when their vehicle hit a land mine planted by the fighters in last month this group attacked a university in the same area killing 148 people. we'll have much more on this ahead in the program. >>> taliban gunmen are attacking a police headquarters in southern afghanistan. 13 policemen and seven soldiers have already been killed in the siege in the helmand province, the district police chief has appealed for immediate help from the afghan government. jennifer glasse has more from kabul. >> re

southern afghanistan killing five people and at 13 policemen and seven soldiers. ♪ ♪ >>> i am richelleey, you are watching al jazerra live from doha. also on the program. the south sudanese government says its forces have retaken the capital of the oil-rich upper nile state. we'll have the latest on the mass grave found in malaysia. a reporter is headed to the scene deep in the jungle. one year after india's prime minister came to power, has he kept his campaign promises? ♪ ♪ >>> to some breaking news, though first. coming to us out of kenya al-shabab says it has killed 25 police officers in the east of the country. apparently these fighters ambushed them in a village north of the town garissa. let's speak now for mohamed adow who joins us new from ethiopia. mo what do you know? i know this is breaking as we speak. >> reporter: yeah, well, richelle garissa police are confirm that go they have lost 20 policemen. they were targeted in two different attacks. and policemen who were in a vehicle patrolling the area between the refugees camps and right at the border of somalia and kenya were

in southern afghanistan for women under the taliban women were locked in their homes, kept away from education, kept away from health care today in southern afghanistan women are still locked in their homes, tip from education, health care and on top of that they live in a war zone where their husbands or brothers run over roadside bombs or taken away in night raids. in afghanistan i didn't see a single woman the whole time i was there. it is a complicated question but the point for whom it is better for many afghans is not better and more than anything else a searing indictment of everything that happened in the last 13 years. >> this is a question for peter baker. thank you all for giving up some of your time to talk to us, greatly appreciate it. mr. baker, you mentioned you worked with a colleague named thomas wreck. a couple months ago i happened to read a book for my policy press platform called fiasco. dirksen senate office building you probably know well. with that being said, what do you think can be taken from this and be applied right now to what is going on in iraq and afg

southern afghanistan killing five people and at 13 policemen and seven soldiers. ♪ ♪ >>> i am richelleey, you are watching al jazerra live from doha. also on the program. the south sudanese government says its forces have retaken the capital of the oil-rich upper nile state. we'll have the latest on the mass grave found in malaysia. a reporter is headed to the scene deep in the jungle. one year after india's prime minister

afghanistan not only in hellmann province, in three different areas, but also in kandahar in southern afghanistanand central afghanistan four attackers tried to mount an assault on the local court, and managed to kill two policemen before those fighters were killed. and fighting going on for about a month since the taliban launched their spring offensive in late april. this is really a lot of pressure on an afghan security forces that is fighting basically on its own. a small nato force is helping to train, advise and assist as well as a small american contingent who are allowed to engage in counter terrorist missions. but the afghan security forces don't have the kind of air power they had when nato was here and that has proved really a great challenge for them. the taliban emboldened by this are launching larger and more complex attacks across the country. not just in the south and the east. their traditional strong holds but also in the north where they have been present, but not really very aggressive now they seem to be certainly more confident that they know that the afghan security forces

still to come on the program: >> i'm in southern afghanistan. farmers this year expect another record harvest of poppy. why, then, is the government saying its winning the war against the crop? >> a report from nigeria on how boko haram attacks have left villages with very few men and boys in them. >> we have a report on deflate gate in the nfl. >> again with the news hour from doha our tops stories the u.s. secretary of state welcomes a five day ceasefire in yemen. john kerry is in riyadh where he met saudi leaders as well as yemen's exiled penalty adou rabbo mansour hadi. >> voting is underway in britain which could be the tightest election in years. 650 seats in parliament are being contested. >> more now on our top story the saudi proposal for a five day humanitarian ceasefire in yemen. the big question is will the houthi rebels agree to it. let's speak now with a houthi supporter and activist, with us from sanna. let's put that question to you. will the houthis agree to a five day humanitarian ceasefire? >> i think when it comes to the huma

in southern afghanistan for women, under the taliban, they were locked in their homes. they were kept away from health care, education, today in southern afghanistan, women are still locked in homes and kept away from education and health care. and on top of that they live in a war zone where their husbands and brothers can run over roadside bombs. or they can be taken away in night raids. or they can be droned. i was just in southern afghanistan and i did not see a single woman the whole time i was there. it is a complicated question. for whom is it better? for many afghans, life is not better. that, i think, more than anything else is a searing indictment of everything that has happened in the last 13 years. >> this is a question for peter baker. but first, thank you all for giving up your time for coming to talk to us. mr. baker, you mentioned you worked with a colleague named thomas rick. it turns out that a couple of months ago i read a book for my class called "fiasco," a book you probably know very well. with that being said what do you , think can be taken from

she said the fighting in southern afghanistan made it too dangerous to stay. and about the same time in northern afghanistan hundreds of taliban fighters averaged an offensive where they're fighting thousands of afghan soldiers and police. the civilians are caught in the middle. >> our entire village is falling into the hands of the taliban. our houses have been burned and destroyed. >> 10,500 families have left their homes in a matter of weeks. there are no dispoliced camps in the city so people have moved in with relatives and friends some living 20 to a room. local officials say no aid has arrived yet. the united nations anticipate as many as 150,000 more afghans will become displaced in their own country this year, where there is conflict, one official said. there is displacement. jennifer glasse, kabul. >> coming up, tracking the health of the nation's hispanics yield surprising results and preparing for the worse, a spacex trial in case anything goes wrong. that's next. >> the national survey on the health of hispanic, there was a real disconnect between

taliban strikes in southern afghanistan killing five people and another 13 policemen and soldiers in

gunmen attacking a police headquarters in the southern afghanistan. 13 policemen and 7 soldiers havedy been killed in this siege and now zaad in the helman province and the police chief appealed for immediate help from the afghan government and jennifer glasse has more from kabul. >> reporter: afghan officials tell us that fighting is going on in three areas of the province of afghanistan. and nowzad the standoff has been particularly difficult going on for many hours, the taliban taking at least three army checkpoints and surrounding the district headquarters at least 20 army and police have been killed so far in that attack. local officials have called to reenforcements and the interior ministry say they sent them but it's hard to get updates from there because the phone system seems to be down in the area and that is the latest in the series of attacks. there is a siege going on in kandahar with gunmen on the roof and surrounded by afghan forces and have killed one woman so far in wordak province we saw four suicide gunmen attack the local kourtsz -- courts with two gunmen and the

the fighting in southern afghanistan made it too dangerous to stay, she said. at the same time in northern afghanistan hundreds of taliban fighters launched an offensive in conduce, fighting soldiers and police. the civilians are caught in the middle. >> reporter: our entire village and falling into the hands of the taliban. our houses burnt and destroyed. >> reporter: 10,500 families left their homes in a matter of weeks. there's no displaced camps. people moved in with relatives and friends. no aid has arrived yet. the united nations anticipates 150,000 more afghans will become displaced in their country this year. where there's conflict, there's displacement >>> this is the secretary-general of the norwegian refugee council, and he's calling for action to ease the crisis. >> it is as difficult and simple as having the armed groups and government sit down and discuss reconciliation and cooperation, it's as difficult and easy as to get the russians and the americans and the saudis and the iranians and the turkish, for example, to discuss the conflicts of the mi

the biggest city in southern afghanistan doesn't have enough electricity because it can't affed to run its -- afterward to run its power stations. >> >>> and ukraine's president is accused of inaction over the rich accused of fighting wars. [beeping] ooo come on everybody, i think this is my grandson. [lip syncing] ♪little girl you look so lonesome oh my goodness. ♪i see you are feeling blue ♪come on over to my place ♪hey girl ♪we're having a party happy birthday, grandma! ♪we'll be swinging ♪dancing and singing ♪baby come on over tonight >> guardianship imposed by the state >> they lose more rights than someone who goes to prison... >> what's being done to protect liberties in texas? >> i'm just a citizen trying to get some justice for an old man... >> an america tonight investigation only on al jazeera america >>> thank for joining us. the top stories on al jazeera. a mass grave has been found near thailand's border with thailand. police are investigating whether they are the remains of victims of human trafficking >>> a yemeni government spokesman says with no protest on the ground

. >>> well still ahead southern afghanistan, farmers are expecting another record harvest of poppy whyn is the government saying it's winning the war? >>> columbia's teachers, keep on the pressure our government to honor their preelection promises >>> welcome back, there's continued fighting with yemen and, now calling for the international community to send in ground troops, and 40 people were killed on wednesday rescue people say their boat was she would. >>> voting is underway in the uk in what could be the tightest race in years. if neither of the two major parties win more than half the seats, they may need to negotiate with smaller parties. >>> the israeli prime minister has formed his government just hours before the agreement. >>> he signed the agreement with the far right jewish home right, and others. >>> war in syria has crippled the region's economy and violence with jordan has forced them to seal off the trade route >>> billions of dollars and goods once passed through the crossing, and now trade with syria, is finished. the crossing, and a major trade network, that ferrie

province, but also in canada what are, in southern afghanistancentral afghanistan and four attackers tried to mount an assault on the local court they managed to kill two policeman before those four were attacked. in northern afghanistan fighting is heavy, as well as kind due's province, that has been going on for about a month. this is a lot of pressure on a force that is fighting on it's own, they are helping basically, train advice, and assist, as well as a small american contingent here, four or 5,000 american force whose are allowed to engang in counter terrorism missions that new orleans they can call in air strikes. but the security forces don't have the kind of air power that they had when nato was here and that has proved really a great challenge for them. two taliban emboldened by this, are launching larger and more complex attacks. not just in the south and the east, they are traditional strong holds where way saw a lot of attacks but also in the north. where they have been present but not really very aggressive now they seem to be cer

. >> i'm jennifer glasse in kandahar the biggest city in southern afghanistan doesn't have enough electricity because it can't afford to run its power station. >>> thanks for joining us. here are the top stories on johannesburg. syrian state tv is reporting 400 killed by i.s.i.l. in palmyra. most women and children. it was a week since the city was taken by i.s.i.l. fighters. 300 rebels have been killed by syrian in the opposition held areas. >>> u.n. brokered talks to end the war in yemen appear to have been thrown in doubt. a yemen yinny spokesperson with no progress on the ground. the president will not attend talks in indonesia. the malaysian government claims mass grace have been found near the border. if the grace are of human trafficking victims. >> now, the activist behind weeks of protests in burundi suspended talks with the government after the killing of an opposition party leader. he and his body guard were shot dead on saturday in the capital bujumbura. following weeks of unrest and protests against president bujumbura's bid for a third term in office. haru mutasa reports. >> the

. >>> a taliban gunmen are tacking a police headquarters in southern afghanistan. 13 policemen and 7diers have already been killed in the siege in hellmann province the district police chief has appealed for immediate help from the afghan government. >> reporter: afghan officials tell us fighting is going on in three areas of hellmann's province. in one area the standoff has been particularly difficult, going on for many hours, the taliban taking at least three army check on its and surrounding the district headquarters, at least 20 army and police have been killed so far. local officials have called for reinforcements and the interior ministry says they have sent them. the phone system seems to be down in the area. there's a siege going on in kandahar where two gunmen are on top of a roof they are surrounded by afghan forces. they have killed one woman so far. in another province we saw four suicide gunmen attack the local courts. they have been killed along with two policemen killed in that attack. and in northern afghanistan, the fighting continues there are sporadic attacks there

the biggest city in southern afghanistan doesn't have electricity because it can't afford to run its power stations. >> guardianship imposed by the state >> they lose more rights than someone who goes to prison... >> what's being done to protect liberties in texas? >> i'm just a citizen trying to get some justice for an old man... >> an america tonight investigation only on al jazeera america >>> welcome back of the the top stories, yemen's government decided not to attend u.n. backed peace talks set to be held in geneva. the exiled leaders want the leaders to withdraw from cities and towns. negotiations are aimed at ending two months of saudi-led air strikes. a burundian opposition leader has been shot dead in the capital. they were killed in a drive-by shooting amid unrests after weeks of protests against president pierre nkurunziza's bid for a third term. >>> celebrations in ireland after the public voted to approve same-sex marriage. more than 62% of voters chose to allow gay couples to marry. ireland is the first country to legalize gay marriage through a popular vote >>> a grou

five people are dead, more than 60 others are hurt after a suicide truck bomb exploded in southern afghanistan overnight. it struck the gate of the local government compound and three council members and several children were among the people who were injured in the attack. so far, no groups have claimed responsibility. >>> well, in washington this memorial day, lawmakers are questioning whether the u.s. strategy against isis is working. over the weekend a wave of well placed air strikes in the u.s. led coalition took out a key weapons warehouse. some lawmakers say air strikes just aren't enough and that we need boots on the ground again. defense secretary ashton carter disagrees. he says the problem is that iraqis don't want to fight. >> give them training, we can give them equipment. we obviously can't give them the will to fight. >> the iraqis had gained ground since isis took ramadi a week ago, but the islamic state in iraq and syria is now the size of a small european country. isis isn't just taking over cities, they are destroying ancient ruins and killing people. more than 200 in just t

also at program the taliban strikes in southern afghanistan killing five people in kabul and anotherpolicemen and seven soldiers in tell man we'll have the latest on the mass graves found in malaysia, our reporter is on the scene deep in the

in southern afghanistan for women, they were kept away from health care, education today in southern afghanistan women are still locked in homes and kept away from education and health care, on top of that they live in a war zone where their husbands and brothers can run over roadside bombs. i was just in southern afghanistan and i did not see a single woman the whole time i was there. it is a complicated question. for whom is it better? for many afghans, life is not better. that is an indictment of what is happened in the last 13 years. >> hi, thank you all for giving up your time for coming to talk to us. mr. baker, you mentioned you worked with a colleague named thomas rick, a couple of months ago i read a book for my class that you know well. with that said, what do you think can be taken from his books and be applied right now to what is going on in iraq and afghanistan? mr. baker: i don't want to answer tom. but i think his book was a fabulous encapsulation of what went wrong in iraq. ira member when he came to the newsroom and said he would write it. he said he was worried it m

taliban fighters attacked police checkpoints in southern afghanistan this morning. the taliban has launched a number of attacks across the country since late april. >>> author and activist gloria steinem was among 30 women who crossed the korean demilitarized zone or kdz in this bus early today. part of an observeens of international womens disarmament day. they originally planned to walk crews the area but instead the -- across the area but instead the bus took them across. the activists are calling for reuniconviction and peace between -- reunification and peace between north and south korea. >>> in ireland, a big victory. ireland is the first nation to legalize same-sex marriage. [ wild cheers ] >> the referendum vote was a victory passing with support from 62% of voters. ireland is the first country in the world to utilize the popular vote to grant gays and lesbians the trite marry each other -- the legal right to marry each other. >>> move back move back. >> tensions flared overnight in cleveland when protesters took to the streets to to speak out against the a

officers and keep it here and the rest of the news taliban gunmen attacking headquarters in southern afghanistan3 police and 7 soldiers have been killed in the siege in the province and the district police chief appealed for immediate help from the afghan government. the first hearing has ended in the trial of a "washington post" journalist in iran and the first day of jason rezaian's trial was behind closed doors and absence of the family and is charged with filing and cooperating with the governments and iran says the law must take its course. may are continuing the task of exhuming trafficking victims from shallow graves in the jungle. on monday they removed body parts from the site in the northern malaysia state and 139 graves were discovered in a grave that is by thailand and they called for help to solve the migrant crisis and we have been to the jungle camps in the state. >> reporter: malaysia police have begun to exume graves close to the thai border and now police today took us to an area a burial site which they say has 37 suspected graves and the forensic team was there digging up one

. >> i'm in southern afghanistan.armers this year expect another high amount of poppy. >> the death of the american dream, why it may be impossible to escape poverty. >> welcome to al jazeera america. it is 8:28 eastern, taking a look at today's top stories. polls are open for a national election that appears to be the tightest in decades. prime minister david cameron is fighting for his political life. his conservative party is in a dead heat with ed mill brand's labor party. neither is expected to win a clear majority in parliament. >> saudi arabia just announced a five day pause to airstrikes in yemen, but the time line when it might take effect is not clear. secretary of state john kerry is urging houthis not to violate the ceasefire. he is pushing for aid agencies to get supplies to victims. >> israel's prime minister formed a new government, partnering with four other parties including the far right jewish home group. that party opposes the establishment of a palestinian state and supports settler expansion in t

in southern afghanistan for women, they were kept away from health care, education today in southern afghanistan women are still locked in homes and kept away from education and health care, on top of that they live in a war zone where their husbands and brothers can run over roadside bombs. i was just in southern afghanistan and i did not see a single woman the whole time i was there. it is a complicated question. for whom is it better? for many afghans, life is not better. that is an indictment of what is happened in the last 13 years. >> hi, thank you all for giving up your time for coming to talk to us. mr. baker, you mentioned you worked with a colleague named thomas rick, a couple of months ago i read a book for my class that you know well. with that said, what do you think can be taken from his books and be applied right now to what is going on in iraq and afghanistan? mr. baker: i don't want to answer tom. but i think his book was a fabulous encapsulation of what went wrong in iraq. ira member when he came to the newsroom and said he would write it. he said he was worried it m

in 20102 small suvs and affordable pickup truck headed down a dirt road in the mountains of southern afghanistan they set out soon after midnight traveling across country reach highway one of the country's principal paved road which would lead them to kandahar and optical found inside more than 30 men, women and children. everyone knew one another. they all came from the same cluster the mountain villages. others were shopkeepers heading to the capitol to buy supplies. the women carried turkeys, gifts for the relatives they were stay with. a number were an ethic minority's of shia muslims. now there and taliban country and therefore dangerous for them. they were short on gas. they met no other cars and little foot traffic. the world around them must have seemed empty but it was not. unbeknownst to them they were being watched and their every movement transmitted across the globe. a ramshackle vehicles one one breaking down and the other blue attire that along people they would never meet conferred across oceans and continents as to who they were aware they were going to what they were carrying a

reporter: there are a number of attacks not only in hellmund province but in kandahar and southern afghanistan and central afghanistan. four attackers tried to mount an assault on the local court and managed to kill two policemen before those four attackers were killed. in northern afghanistan fighting is heavy in boglund province. that fighting is going on for about a month since the taliban launched their spring offensive in late april. this is really a lot of pressure on an afghan security force that is fighting basically on its own. there's a small nato force here helping basically train, advise and assist as well as a small american contingent here 4,000 or 5,000 american forces allowed to engage in counterterrorism missions. that means they can call in air strikes in concert with the afghans, but the afghan security forces don't have the kind of air power that they had when nato was here. that has proved really a great challenge for this. the taliban are launching larger and more complex attacks across the country not just in the south and east their traditional strongholds where we saw

on a cold february bond in 2010 and the four-door pickup truck they headed down the road in southern afghanistan they settled soon after midnight traveling cross-country and the principal trade road which would lead them to kandahar and north kabul. this came from the same southwest of kabul. many of the men were on their way to iran in hopes of work. others were shopkeepers heading to the capital to buy supplies of the students returning to school. a number of them are ethnic minorities who discovered and treated with cruelty whenever they had the opportunity. now they were in the western province and therefore very dangerous but this is that was the short because they were short on gas. they met no other cars and traffic. the world around them must have seemed empty but it was not. unbeknownst to them they were being watched and their every movement transmitted across the globe. as the ramshackle vehicles, one kept breaking down people convert across the oceans and continents on who they were where they were going to know what they were carrying and whether they should live or die. unwittingly

she said the fighting in southern afghanistan made it too dangerous to stay. bout the same time in northern afghanistan, hundreds of calendar ban fighters launched an offensive fighting thousands of afghan soldiers and police. the civilians are caught in the middle. >> our entire village is falling into the hands of the taliban. our houses have been burned and destroyed. >> 10,500 families have left their homes in a matter of weeks. there are no displaced camps in the city so people moved in with relatives and friends some 20 to a room. no aid has arrived yet. the united nations anticipates as many as 150,000 more afghans will become additional placed in their own country this year. where there's conflict, one official said, there's displacement. jennifer glasse, al jazeera kabul. >> back to iraq which has sent reinforcements to the baiji oil refinery trying to retake the facility for months. it's on the road to isil stronghold of mosul. if government forces hope to retake iraq's second largest city they must also secure baiji. funding has come from selling oil

earlier today gunmen killed 12 people in an attack on a government compound in southern afghanistan. >>> palestinian statehood has gained a new supporter the vatican. the formal recognition was announced today. it is significant. the new step is raising questions about politics and peace. pope francis and vatican diplomats have used the term palestine before but once signed the new treaty would make it formal official. vatican recognizes the state of palestine, as a practical matter, it deals with access to sacred christian sites in palestinian lands. >> the palestinian authority has been very supportive of what the church does there. one of the parts of the arab world where the church is free ooperate and is not impeded by the government. >> but the agreement carries global significance as well. >> formal recognition which takes place today allows the holy see again to use his moral authority to stake out a position. i think that the fact that the holy see is joining a number of countries, 135 at this time that have recognized the state of palestine, governments in the european unio

taliban fighters attacked police checkpoints in southern afghanistan this morning. taliban has launched a number of attacks across the country since late april. >>> author and activist gloria steinem was among 30 women who crossed the korean demilitarized zone early today, part of an observance of international women's disarmament day. they originally planned to walk across the area. instead, the bus took them across the dmz. they're calling for reunification and peace between north and south korea. >>> thousands of people gathered in california yesterday for a vigil in honor of the six students killed there last year. about 7,000 blue lights were given out to students in isla visit a. there was also an open mic portion. elliot roger killed six and injured more than a dozen others before committing suicide last year. after the rampage near the college campus police found him dead in a car with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. >>> right now let's talk about the weather. folks in oklahoma dealing with wicked weather this weekend. several tornadoes spotted a

2010, two small suvs and a four-door pickup truck headed down a dirt road in the mountains of southern afghanistan. they set out soon after midnight traveling across the country to reach the country's principal paved road. crammed inside were more than 30 men, women and children -- four of them younger than 6. everyone knew one another, for they all came from the same cluster of mountain villages roughly 200 miles southwest of kabul. many of the men were on their way to iran in hopes of work. others were shopkeepers heading to the capital to buy supplies. the women carried turkeys gifts for their relatives in kabul. an ethnic majority of shia muslims who the taliban treated with cruelty whenever they had the opportunity. now they're in taliban country and, therefore very dangerous for them but they risk the shortcut because they were short on gas. they met no other cars and little foot traffic. the world around them must have seemed empty but it was not. unbeknownst to them, they were -- unbeknownst to them they were being watched and their every movement, even the warmth from their bodies, transm

, five people are dead and more than 60 others hurt after a suicide truck bomb exploded in southern afghanistanight. that blast struck the gate of a local government compound in the early morning hours. three council members and several children were among the people hurt in the attack, but so far no group has claimed responsibility. >>> today of course one for reflection and as america takes time to remember those who have given their lives u.s. and u.s. lawmakers grapple with isis. >> several are questioning the current strategy and "today in the bay's" tracie potts will explain. >> reporter: hi, good morning. there are some here in washington who doesn't think the strategy is working. we have heard that the syrian air force launched 50 more air strikes but air strikes alone aren't doing it. as rolling thunder veterans mark another memorial day in the nation's capital, washington is debating how to defeat the islamic state. >> we need to have a strategy. there is no strategy. >> reporter: senator john mccain insists air strikes are not enough. we need boots on the ground. ashton carter disagr

you fly over southern afghanistan, you can still see poppy fields for miles and miles and miles. but again, wars go about economies, and those economies have huge force, and they take on lives of their own and they can be very, very difficult to undermine, and i don't think anyone has yet figured out how to undermine the poppy trade in afghanistan. >> [inaudible] try to eradicate -- nubble treat all the -- [inaudible] treat all the symptoms and everything that flows downhill from it? >> that's an interesting idea. we tried it with fast and furious down south. it didn't work too well. but, you know who knows? creative approach. >> i have a question. i think that the united states is the biggest purchaser of drugs, so some of the folks who are users in the u.s. are probably the biggest supporters of the poppy fields. but you haven't mentioned civilians and i think, you know, that's been one of the to me as a reader of the newspaper, the hardest thing for me to read is about all the civilian deaths that are occurring in this war. any comment on that? >> sure. i think that, you know,

a suicide bomb has exploded in southern province of afghanistan. blast hit the gate of a provincial capital. a lot of violence in reernt months. >>> an air france plane flying from paris has beens courted to new york's jfk airport after an noyesanonymous threat. the airbus is now being searched after landing safely. protesters in brund say burundi say they are willing to do anything to get more people to protest. street protests have been held for weeks against the president's decision to run for third term. haru mutasa has the story from bujumbura. >> reporter: protesters have another strategy. there they are some of them gathering over there the plan is to eventually get into the city center. the police know at a they'll try and block them from trying to reach the city center. people also have another plan. they're trying to get as many people as possible to participate in this proas not protest. they have gone to the markets and telling women in the markets to shut down the parks they can't sell. they're saying that's the strategy now get as man

. >> a taliban siege underway in a town of nauzad in afghanistan's southern helmond province. jennifer glasse reports from kabul. >> heavy fighting has been going on for hours there. the taliban has captured most of the area, seven afghan army soldiers and 9 afghan policemen have been killed. if his forces don't get help they might use lose the headquarters themselves. we know the fighting has gone on most of the i today and they have the headquarters surrounded. >> meanwhile at least five people have been killed in a suicide bomb in afghanistan's zaba province. >>> i.s.i.l. fighters have reportedly set iraq's biggest oil being refinery on fire, be beiji, to retake it. from baghdad imiran khan's reports. >> reporter: iraq's largest refinery in baiji burns. stop advances by iraqi security forces. i.s.i.l. have set off at least nine car bombs killing dozens of security forces and shia fighters. this video shows them burning machinery inside the territory they control. hindering their efforts to recapture the refinery. >> translator: we are about two kilometers radius from the re

the taliban attacked a police compound in southern afghanistan yesterday and killed 20 afghan securityre pressure foreign fighters using beheading and other telltale signs of al qaeda in the arabia peninsula or of isis. there is a lot of concern this is going to slip away quickly if we don't have a presence there. though it is president obama's goal to leave places and many americans want everybody home and out of there if you look at what's going on in iraq it's hard to be scared about what could happen in afghanistan. bill: i thought his powerful line was this. few know what it's like to take a bullet for a buddy or live with the fact that he or she took one for you. that's powerful. >> absolutely. that gets at a real ground level, that's what it's about. but in an important way bill, to honor the sacrifice of our troops in iraq and afghanistan, it's not to throw away all they achieved willy-nilly. people predicted if we entirely left and are no longer providing advice and various levels of support that's what would happen. with a fairly minimal troop force we could have continued to

today in southern afghanistan, women are still locked in their homes, kept away from education and health care, and on top of that they live in a war zone where their brothers or husbands can be run over a roadside bomb or they can be taken away. so it's very complicated question but i think the starting point is to ask for whom is it better. for in afghans, it is not better. i think that's a searing indictment of everything that's happened in the last 13 years. >> hi. this is a question. first, like the other gentleman here thank you for giving us some of your time to come and talk to us. greatly appreciate it. mr. baker, you mentioned that you worked with thomas rick. it happens that a couple of months i read a book called "fiasco," a book you probably know very well. with that having been said, what do you think can be taken from the book? what do you think can be taken? >> these a great question. i don't want to answer for tom because tom would be the better person to give you lessons from his book, but the book was a fabulous encapsulation of a lot that had gone in iraq. he said my t

. >> well a suicide bomb has exploded in the southern province of afghanistan. at least five people were killed. the blast hit the gate of the compound, this is the capital of zabil province, which borders pakistan has sen a lot of violence in the last month. plenty to come this newshour, including. >> trying to rebuild one month after the nepal earthquake. i'm andrew simmons and i'll be revisiting a family who didn't just lose their home, but a not and her baby. >> more protests against the president. and in sport find out why chelsea aren't expecting such an easy ride of success next season season. chronic fuel shortages in nigeria have forced some businesses to temporarily shut down. but huge queues at the petrol pump appear to be over. a deal has better than struck to try oend the crisis, a new government is due to be sworn in, in just a few days time. people in beuj said they have been left with little choice but to queue for hours to get fuel. >> even up to now i can't even get fuel. >> if i quish to receive fuel, in endeavor to feed my family, there is no

nato foreign anyone officers are meeting in a southern turkish down today's sessions are said to focus afghanistanaine. u.s. secretary of state john kerry has been talking to the group about his tuesday meeting with russian president vladimir putin. >> i think there was strong agreement among all of the nato members that this is a critical motionmoment for action by russia, by the separatists to live up to the minsk agreement. and that it is critical to be able to get the o.s.c.e. in to areas of conflict. it is important to end the conflict in those areas particularly they need to try to come to an agreement on a ceasefire. >> imran kahn joined us now from there. imran, kersey there trying to indicate unity with nato. we know that's not the case, especially when it comes to ukraine. >> reporter: that's absolutely right. nato has been criticized from within it's own 27 members particularly the eastern european countries of not doing enough when it came to ukraine of not getting the minute of course agreement to be signed by all of its members, although it was a very positive message, one of unity f

the region, our interest in north africa, that would be on the southern tip of nato there, not too many miles away from italy. in afghanistan, they have expanded rapidly beyond most of our expectations, i would assume, into eight provinces in afghanistan. now we have interests in afghanistan for obvious reasons. so this is a movement that we can tie directly to the security of the american people and to our national security objectives of the united states in this region and in south asia. senator blumenthal: if i can put it a different way just to conclude, it's more than just -- and by the way, american values are directly and inevitably linked to stopping human atrocities, i agree totally with you, mr. kagan, but our interests go beyond those values and by the way, all of the reason

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afghanistan. happened at a government compound in the capitol of a southern province that borders pakistan.last wounded more than 60 people, including women and children. 0 no one has claimed responsibility. >> forme israeli prime minister olmert sentenced to eight months in prison. he was convicted of illegally taking now from an american supporter. >>> who needs ice to go ice skating. people in cuba taking a spin on a riching made of material that looks like ice but actually won't melt. an artist from new york brought a rink to havana after the u.s. and cuba agreed to restore diplomatic relations and plan holiday told hockey games and rock concerts on the isis. we need one of those in central park for the summer. >> like today. the first lawsuit has been filed against the twin peaks restaurant where the shootout between rival motorcycle gangs left nine people dead. openers of a nearby restaurant in waco, texas say twin peaks management quote disregarded basic common sense end quote by welcoming armed bikers to an event where they could drink alcohol. the lawsuit claims the restaurant has

afghanistan. >> they sacrificed and gave up a lot. what they did it big and i won be able to do that. >> this is a big way to say thank you from southern regional. southern regional grad, kareem kahn was killed in 2001. >> it's a powerful day for community members and veteran sfwlz this touches me as you can tell by my voice right now. i'm proud of all of these kids for what they do. >> veteran mike mcmanus showed up to help out. >> i had some buddies over there over the years whether it's iraq or afghanistan, that have died and it means a lot to me and the kids understand that. >> one student whose dad is currently deployed to afghanistan feels these are moving remainedinderreminders. >> how many soldiers fought or our country and lost their lives and how important it is to recognize them. the community is invited to a memorial day service at the flag field, there is a choir orchestra and student readings and a han to remember what memorial day is all about. i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." >>> phillies afternoon baseball in colorado. >> so far not that good today but overall the trip is good, seven wins in eight games the

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our interest in the region and north africa, it would be on the southern tip of nato there not too many miles from italy. in afghanistan, they have expanded rapidly beyond most of our expectations i would assume into eight provinces in afghanistan. we have interest in afghanistan for obvious reasons. so this is a movement that we can tie directly to the security of the american people and to our national security objectives of the united states in this region and in south asia. >> so it -- if i -- if i can put it a different way to conclude it's more than -- and by the way, american values are directly and inevitably linked to stopping human atrocities, i agree totally with you, mr. kagan. but our interest goe beyond those values and all of the reasons that you articulate are the reasons i voted for the training and equipping measures that have been implemented. but my frustration is that as you also have observed, there's a huge gap between the goals and missions that we've outlined for the united states and the actual action that we're undertaking to train and equip activities are way behind what we might have hoped

the region, our interest in north africa, that would be on the southern tip of nato there, not too many miles away from italy. in afghanistan they have expanded rapidly beyond most of our expectations i would assume, into eight provinces in afghanistan. now we have interests in afghanistan for obvious reasons. so this is a movement that we can tie directly to the security of the american people and to our national security objectives of the united states in this region and in south asia. senator blumenthal: if i can put it a different way just to conclude it's more than just -- and by the way american values are directly and inevitably linked to stopping human atrocities, i agree totally with you, mr. kagan, but our interests go beyond those values and by the way all of the reasons that you stated are the reasons i voted for the training and equiping measures that have been implemented but my frustration is that as you also have observed there is a huge gap between the goals and missions that we've outlined for the united states and the actual action that we're undertaking, the train and equip activities are way behind what