the entire village youth becomes taliban. they are searching for the taliban to recruit them and give them weapons. >> narrator: general mcchrystal knew that night raids could turn the afghan population against american soldiers. he restricted conventional troops from conducting them, and instead ordered the elite forces of jsoc to take the lead. now they are doing six times as many night raids as they were two years ago. >> get over here, an open area. >> where? >> an open area, right over here, right behind him. >> narrator: jsoc has taken measures to reduce the offence these operations cause by involving locals. this military video shows afghan soldiers being trained by special forces to conduct a night raid. >> afghans accompany our forces on every one of these. they do the callout-- in other words, "come out, we've surrounded the house." they do it, obviously, in the native tongue that's appropriate to that area. >> they do the entry operations. they do the searches, if it's required, and so on. we make mistakes. what we

has been talking with the taliban. over the last couple of years says that their policy is still one that comes from the law maher it has mullah omar's sanction and that there's really only one policy there are negotiations and that is to demand that the united states get out before there's going to be a settlement now you know i mean they say there has to be a publicly they say there has to be complete withdrawal before a settlement takes place privately of course they acknowledge that there's going to have to be negotiations based on a timetable for withdrawal but the point that i would make in addition to respond to your question is that the there's nobody really on the ground in afghanistan who privately believes that these two more years of fighting is going to make any fundamental difference you're right the taliban can wait us out. at the end of those two years and they will still be the strongest political military force in the country and that's why i would argue that that what obama has done is to accommodate

and they support the taliban. and they certainly support and maintain very extensive links with the haqqani network, which is one of the most deadly insurgent groups operating in afghanistan. >> smith: the haqqani network is a major branch of the taliban, with close links to al qaeda. pakistan's military intelligence agency, the isi, h a history of suprting them. >> without their protection, without them tolerating the presence of these operatives-- to do planning, training and using pakistan ( unintelligible ) they won't be able to do these operations. so, isi knows they are doing it, and isi is happy they are doing it because, through them, pakistan promotes her policy of afghanistan. and the policy is "taliban are ours, and they are to dominate afghanistan." >> smith: and we're going to help those who help them? >> yes. >> smith: by protecting them? >> yes. >> smith: and not arresting them? for example, one militant alleged to be close to the isi is a known leader in the haqqani network. according to us intelli

been launching talks now behind the scenes with the taliban do you think that talking to the taliban is wise and coming to some sort of compromise with the taliban is the right step for the future for the country. very definitely even our military commanders say there's no military solution you're going to have to negotiate with the taliban and i think this withdrawal more significant than our generals want sends a signal to the taliban that we're not occupiers that you know we're not going to stay there forever and it's a good time to talk to them because this is you know when you have the maximum amount of troops and by the end of this year world you know be down to only ninety thousand and remember even if when obama gets all these troops out he's still going to have twice as many troops as he had when he first came into office. and with those troops be that on a combat basis in case maybe the taliban gets out of control and the afghan forces can't handle a situation i mean what could they be there for well. well i think basically what you're going to see is we're going to turn ov

to be willing to negotiate with the taliban i think it makes no sense that. just like warlords they will negotiate with and thereby terrorists like taliban and that is as tough this is clear for event as human being and especially we know that how much bloody and they are terrorists missed arjun is a well known black shirt more while and so so especially against women and more mysterious power people and it's not new news for afghan people taliban already this time yes they were in power in directly they had the godfather like us to go into specially this time we are supported taliban in directly by pakistan to pakistan by sea ice tide and taliban already they were in power a member of the parliament. pretty member of the side of the style of a lot as a lot of money but our foreign minister of the taliban has good lives in the safest place of the couple. if you spoke by some of the taliban in pakistan the embassy or he also has a good life in the safest place of kabul in the by sometimes as a politician coming to the media this list can be prolonged that thes

the taliban. when the u.s. invaded and occupied afghanistan in 2001, we shook our heads at the irony as the u.s. followed the old soviet union into the very same quagmire it had used to envelope its enemy. but with the obama administration's decision, we knew that the process we had speculated about some 30 years ago had finally been completed. there were two main reasons for naming our new book "crossing zero." one is that zero line is the name given to the door rand line separating -- durand line separating afghanistan from pakistan. it's also a line that the u.s. has fought on both sides of since the 1980s. the other is that given its history zero line is an inescapable metaphor for the turning point which the united states finds itself at at the beginning of the second decade of the 20th century. it's clearly defined, but cannot afford to lose. from the outset, washington's afghan problems were threefold. first, there was the absence of an adequate understanding of afghanistan's history, their

these children dare not tell was that their did a name of taliban and now they're in why. they cower and never they show these pictures to justice love and peace loving people around the fort i think people love us i don't know what they're going to but my people that democracy never come by a nation democracy never come by a military invasion democracy never comes by cluster bomb by white phosphorus by my cigar by bombing our wedding parties you paint a pretty bleak picture right now are you hopeful about the future of your country. i believe as long as the hope is alive and we think it's possible the secret you don't hear enough afghanistan who are underground activist these are hopes these guys who are going to school they have to education despite all of these days can they to our seats on their faces when they show notice to be with them and they did they they briefly say yes when we become treatment again we will go to school these are the hopes and many i did example that's why i always my message to justice loving people around the board is that please educationall

remove the taliban but brought in power to photocopy of the taliban as they are by this situation getting worse and millions of pounds gone by presidents often suffer thousands troops in afghanistan they suffered from injustice insecurity joblessness poverty it's a truck so they foot out from this situation from this occupation and now afghanistan is the second most corrupt country and of course more than sixty two million dollars cad is a story she received from the so-called international community and that the name of the construction of afghanistan in schools all funds way those etc but most of these money went into the pocket of these warlords who are in power even. family of harvard guys they have self corruption to start from the palace house and to their small offices and a million south afghan now they live below the poverty line like two dollars a day while it's the second swarm a day by the increasing more and more and tens of thousands of innocent people has been killed most often while women and children this ten years only to i can show you that. these children dare not tell

or with the taliban? >> for sure the taliban are playing a long game.y always said you've got watches but we've got the time. it sounds kind of funny but it's not. they are prepared to wait out u.s. forces and other nato forces leaving the country. what they'll be doing is looking at where the drawdown happens and where they can take advantage of that. if you look at what the taliban have done during the surge, the surge has pushed a lot of troops and focused on key provinces and sort of important cities and important highways on the south of the country but where the surge hasn't been as strong in the east or at all in the north, that's where we have seen the taliban been able to make their stronger gains. they'll look at the situation and where they can have an easier fight and manipulate the population and the population does sit on the fence because they're not going to put their necks on the line if they think the taliban will come along and cut them off for siding with either the afghan government or all coalition forces and it's not just strains

has broken the taliban or is separating the taliban from al qaeda well the fact is is that the taliban and al qaeda were separate organizations from the beginning and to simply characterize them as bad guys as all the same guy was one of the biggest mistakes that the united states ever met and i think you are going to see more instability i mean when i talk to people they look at cars i president karzai as a crook they see him as somebody who's doing nothing but protecting himself and his own democracy is not there but you know what at the same time anybody who thinks that the u.s. or the or the europeans can roll into a country and simply say we have decided we're going to a knowing chew with democracy and you put it in people's hands i can't imagine any country in the world where a foreign army would walk in and say we're going to give you something who is going to accept that after the u.s. announcement of a faster troop withdrawal than expected afghan human rights groups have expressed concern about the possible return of the taliban but former reagan administration official lawren

by that because these are no doubt alliance fundamentalist warlords who are mentally sane like the taliban but only fiscally has been changed after nine eleven and these warlords they were in power from their duty to ninety six to be full of domination of the taliban and alone in kabul they culled more than sixty five thousand innocent people destroyed our national unity raped even our phoria sold babies and grand old murderers and many other crimes similar like kind of one day committed against our people by the rich bloody hand so i took my scarf democracy suit and tie and they come in power after nine eleven and impose on our people and that's why the situation day by day getting worse two wars but surely things were worse for women under the taliban regime when we couldn't go to school and walk in the streets alone what sort of progress have you seen. in afghanistan since two thousand and one it is true that nine eleven tragedy. here in afghanistan especially in some big city us in metro they both some schools some roman goddess they have access to joppa education i think most of probl

people think of the taliban, too often, as one entity.ople come and go in afghanistan in terms of who they support. there is a group of taliban who believe in religious ideology. there are a lot of folks that signed up with them for convenience, they looked like the strongest group to be with, money involved. we have for years been trying to find taliban that were willing to negotiate and willing to talk. i would disagree with the way of looking at it that says, this is suddenly knew. suddenly, we are trying to negotiate. >> if we have made substantial gains in the past 18 months and there has been effort to bring the taliban to this reconciliation program, but the numbers are very small. >> the numbers have grown significantly in the last two years. the number of people leaving the taliban and coming got into the fold is actually pretty significant. -- and coming back into the fold is actually pretty significant. >> talking about the taliban inevitably leads to pakistan. >> as well it should. >> it was the subject of conversation in the

and many of the taliban has could live in the safest place of the couple. is that if you spoke by some of the taliban in pakistan the embassy said no he also has a good life in the safest place of kabul in the by sometimes as a politician coming to the media this list can be prolonged that these killers all duty they are in power so what you're saying is it's a choice between bad living with u.s. and nato forces here and worse. and with warlords and the taliban or is it all the same our history shows that we have powerful history we never accept occupation british and apos want to occupy afghanistan faced with resistance of our people rush as a superpower want to occupy our country our people with empty hands give them a very good lesson and day by day resistance of the people getting more resistance after student of the university some democratic minded parties all going to the afghan people they come on the streets with the day the bodies of peace or violence will stop they will form an interest right and their banners usually. us out of afghanistan but t

the taliban believes they own afghanistan. the second part, we have been missing the civilian and relationship building part, where the military gets in there, they create some kind of semblance of nonviolence or calm, and then there's no civilian counterparts that come in there and help them with that. we're missing those two things, we're trying to ramp that up, but we haven't been able to do it quickly enough. they're telling us, we're not ready to go, and they're happy to see us go. >> the taliban which so quickly claimed responsibility for this attack, clearly wants us to interpret it in a particular way. what do you think the message is meant to be one week after the president's speech? and is this either a precursor to a negotiation? they're saying the terms of the negotiation now shift? or are they saying forget it, we're not going to talk to you? >> the idea was that through the gains we've made over the last two years which are real but fragile and reversible. the idea was the taliban was going to feel sustained pres

people think of the taliban as one entity. people come and go in afghanistan in terms of who they support. there is a group of taliban who believe in the religious ideologies. there are a lot of others who signed up with them for convenience because they looked like the strongest group to be with. there was money involved. they have been going back and forth for some time. we've been trying to pull people across. we have been trying to find taliban willing to negotiate and talk. this is a continuation of that process. we've been trying to negotiate with those on the other side. it is an ongoing process. >> there has been a concerted effort to bring numbers over to reconciliation. the numbers have been small. numbers have grown significantly in the last few years. the number coming across and it back into the fold has been significant. it is moving in the right direction. it is not moving fast enough. we have made progress in that area. >> emily? >> talk about the taliban inevitably leads to pakistan. >there was not a lot in th

with warlords and taliban. all the same our history shows that we have powerful history we never accept occupation british in the past want to occupy afghanistan faced with resistance of our people rush as a superpower wanted to occupy it country our people with empty hands give them a very good lesson and day by did resistance of the people getting more resistance after student of the university some democratic minded parties are going to the afghan people they come on the streets but the day the bodies of beasts of violence will stop they will women in children and their banners usually. us out of afghanistan but there used to be a time when most afghans supported the u.s. mission in afghanistan. why did start to change after nine eleven even a lot of people they had no all good experience happy hard about foreigners they had experience british ratio in the past but because the. thousands of innocent people american people has been killed and nine eleven tragedy they thought maybe this time they will be hones

watch, the taliban has the time.ff. they know nato does not have an inexhaustible budget. but they have a strong potential of public opinion to turn gerns the war. they will wait it out, and i think perhaps what we are seeing with the speech today the first signs the america is heading for the exit, and that will make the taliban think the wait is over. >>> the speech is scheduled for 8:00 p.m. eastern, and 5:00 pacific. you can watch it here on cnn. >>> first, bag fees, and now one airline is charging passengers to print out their ticket. >>> time to go cross-country for a story cnn affiliates are covering. the first stop new york. surveillance video catches a tire flying off a city bus and rolling on the sidewalk and bouncing off a building. the tire weighs about 400 blames. the mechanic blamed an overheated issue. >>> a boy managed to drive his stepfather's car before police pulled him over. once the child figured out how to see over the steering wheel, he was a really good driver. >>> nebraska, baseball fans had

afghanistan more than ten years ago because the taliban regime was sheltering osama bin laden is dead now does that change anything for afghanistan and for sure if you know it goes who. also. now you have scar made to natural invite. it's. just a mafia puppet regime of how many lives are. lost also have no problem with them they are not increase their face and they are fighting just because of the power because of the dollar and doubt puppets and enemies are for people. especially for men. who are put through. their movie star by killing off or some of them and. because i want to tell you a lections are coming they want to have sex it's in the selection and can perceive last year i was especially people ask us for the people of afghanistan or some of bin laden has died has been culled ten year cycle. us used him as a knife to me out to deceive people after. i was so player they need to have this criminal war drum our so-called war on terror so you've clearly become a fierce critic of the u.s. mission in afghanistan but when the united states leaves there are plans to begin drawing dow

worse truly things are worse for women under the taliban regime couldn't go to school and walk in the street alone what sort of progress have you seen. in afghanistan since two thousand and one it is true. tragedy. here in afghanistan especially in some big city usa network cable some schools. they have access to still drop an education in most of provinces of afghanistan especially in the fall the problem is in good wages and this truth situation for a woman is like killing of mom and dad much easier for the last and also tell us why like killing our birth in self thousands of innocent civilians has been killed by patient forces school or phone been from the sky most of our foremen and try to read and write ok so stop mistake while insisting i see the attacks that school send money out there are used against woman crimes against women increasing rapidly even historical you know afghanistan more than ten years ago because the taliban regime was sheltering osama bin laden is dead now how does that change anything for afghanistan unfortunately you know to those who have ties to osama bi

will that work with the taliban? >> there is a reintegration program for taliban fighters.t is cash driven. >> u.s. taxpayers basically giving them money to stop being the taliban. >> right. >> is it working? >> the numbers are i think 2,000 if you're going to be generous. >> $2,000? >> 2,000 taliban fighters who are in the process of maybe taking part of this in an insurgency that probably cons t consists of 35,000 so it is not to be sniffed at but not like there is a huge shift of people willing to leave the taliban because of cash payments. >> is it fair to say that this week the president of the united states sided with the vice president joe biden in terms of the troop withdrawal pace and rejected the advice of general petraeus, admiral mullen, and the other military commanders? >> that's what they seem to have testified to. however, i think that it's maybe a little bit too reductive to say biden versus petraeus. the politics has changed completely. the death of bin laden, the budget crisis. it just became, you know, and the president has to make political decisions no

so taliban have been getting beaten up. reporter i respect who knows that part of the world has keptly reported based on taliban sources that they've been taking a beating. if they know that this fight going to continue for another year, two years, some longer period than expected, there's some more reason for them to get into this negotiating process. i think that's the other thing. >> charlie: if that's true, why didn't he leave them all on the ground and follow the command -- >> would have liked to leave them alone. to quote secretary of defense gates, presidents are responsive to public opinion and the country -- >> charlie: it's a decision borne out of politics and public opinion. >> to finish this thought about negotiations. the president, i think, although he is continuing to have troops in the field increasingly believe he wants to drive this toward some negotiated settlement. we have secret talks under way with the taliban. they've tually been somewhat more promising than people thought. we should keep that in our

what the taliban wants. control of large chunks of territory in the south. they have been anticipating they would move into assassinations and these spectacular attacks on landmarks in kabul. unfortunately that happened. >> peter, thanks very much. you have the paper back edition of the bestseller about what's going on. 10 years. the longest u.s. war. that is just out and recommended highly. we will stay on top of the breaking news. as soon as more comes in, we will go back to kabul. other news we are following including politics and candidates flocking to iowa. they are trying to win over voters. a visit by sarah palin stoking speculation about her potential presidential ambitions. . >>> sarah palin is back in iowa and playing coy. they won't be able to do so for much longer. let's go to pella, iowa. what's going on there? a lot of excitement in pella. >> it is a lot of excitement. sarah palin is here and arrived a half hour, 45 minutes ago or longer. came to see a screening of this film, the undefeated. sh

we see that through their eyes as well as through the taliban's buys. we had -- taliban's eyes. they had a really bad year this year. they will have another really bad year next year. it is for them to decide how long they want to sit on the side. i certainly understand that. it is more than just a blink of the eye, even in their eyes. they have been fighting this for many years. they are also tired. i see that retaining. i come -- i see that routinely. i, at it from a different position. i understand what you are saying, but we have seen great progress. there is an opportunity to succeed against the objectives we have, which have been limited and it to a point where afghanistan is in charge -- and get to a point where afghanistan is in charge of their destiny. we have a large relationship with that country which puts them in a position to be more stable and peaceful than the have been in decades. thank you. >> thank you both for being here this morning. i think, at least from my perspective, and this is after having a precision with the former ambassador -- a conversation with

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this is a time when the taliban will begin to test us.hink what you are hearing from the pentagon from general petraeus and secretary gates, make the initial draw down modest. do it in a way that doesn't have us pulling forces out but not replace forces rotating back, do it slowly, so it is not perfect septemberable, and the ability to use force when necessary. it will be interesting to see how when you look at the numbers we're talking now, 10,000 by end of the year opposed to 3 to 5,000 recommended by commanders in the field, this is double. how will they manage that, not lose the fragile gains we have gotten by use of blood and treasure. >> great. okay. general, i would like to ask you the question that chris lawrence talked about a little while ago, the idea of the seasons and importance of them to people who are fighting on the ground in afghanistan. how important the season? >> the weather, you get in the high country, you can't fight in that snow in a dramatic way. you can't. you basically hunker down. that's the time if there's go

and the taliban is saying it's only a symbolic step.rom the team here and myself here at "world one." i'm zain vergee. thanks a lot for watching. >>> ahead on this "american morning," a cnn exclusive, the parents of suspected child killer casey anthony, they say they don't believe their daughter is innocent. we'll soon find out if those comments could impact this case. >>> the president is on the road this morning, trying to sell his troop withdrawal plan to afghanist afghanistan to the soldiers who have been here and the taliban issuing a new threat. >>> a man who was allowed to fly wearing only lady's underwear and the presidential candidate who wants states to be able to legalize pot, on this "american morning." i love that my daughter's part fish. but when she got asthma, all i could do was worry ! specialists, lots of doctors, lots of advice... and my hands were full. i couldn't sort through it all. with unitedhealthcare, it's different. we have access to great specialists, and our pediatrician gets all the information. everyone wo

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because of you, we're now taking the fight to the taliban instead of the taliban bringing the fight to us. and because of you, there are signs that the taliban may be interestedn figuring out a political settlement,which ultimately is going to be critical for consolidating that country. it's also because of you that we have the platform to be able toll go after bin laden and al qaeda and we have decimated their ranks. al qaeda leadershi half of them, have been killed and most of them are now on the run and they can't operate as effectively as they could. so the main message i ha for all of you here today is that the american people understand the sacrifices you're making, they understand the sacrifices your families are making. our job is not finished. if you looked at the schedule that i set forth, we're only bringing out 10,000 by the end of this year, we're going to bring out all 33,000 thate surged by next summer. but there's still some fighting to be done. and then we're still goi to have 68,000 and, frankly, the 10th mountain division is still going to be represented there until