when the taliban arrived. >> you have to put taliban on your head and i don't believe this. >> rather than follow the apprentice regulations in stated by the taliban, he left the university on his own terms to make for things to below over. >> imprisonment and physical punishment were not uncommon. >> some people paid the ultimate price. >> that was professor and his colleagues. once approximate a time, they actually enjoyed a good environment in 1986 the country had its first newspaper and in 1995, its first legislation guaranteeing freedom of the press. >> from 1979 to 1992, the country fell under sovietviet influence. >> they were, for example, you were not allowed to read english texts, you were not allowed to go into the details of some political issue, not allowed to talk about politics, real iblg religion, and tv and music were seen as corrupt. >> the taliban went so far as to destroy television sets. >> anybody found with one risked jail or floging. >> my intention was to grow up any way, to take advantage of that kind of information and not to escape. >> the people of afghani

we estimate there are about 20 million taliban, excuse me, 20,000 taliban. and there are 30 million afghans. you would wonder what that ratio that the afghans hadn't done much better already. it's ten years with our support. but we can't just walk away from afghanistan. it's a question of what we leave behind as we act in our vital interests. and it seems to me we can do two things that have a chance of working. and dealing with women issue and the afghans who have helped us. >> they made a lot of progress. a lot of interesting things happened. >> absolutely. and i think the main thing is to try to gather up the neighbors, and get them to act in their interests. you look at the paper today, the russians already talking about coming in there, and providing various kinds of aid to the afghan regime. the chinese have major investments in afghanistan. iran helped us at the beginning of this war. there are countries, the neighbors have real interests that they haven't had to act on because we've been taking care of their problems for them. but i would try to orga

this is r t live from moscow when the taliban has now claimed responsibility for attacking government offices in western afghanistan at least seven people have reportedly been killed and more than seventy five wounded during the onslaught of a ton of fire are the latest violence comes to spite attempts by cobol to appease militants the afghan president said the taliban could be given the chance to enter politics and even contest the country's top post quoting two hundred karzai the taliban leader may run for the presidency in next year's elections but only if the militants renounce terrorism and enter torques r.t. contributor afshin rattansi says the insurgencies gaining popularity among afghans the occupying nato forces is actually helping to boost their strength. he merican public may be thinking what was the point of this debris relatives of all those thousands dead they must be getting a very strange picture of afghanistan and the taliban under mullo more is going to run afghanistan is it going to be a pull out of course lots of people are asking one hundred fifty thousand nato tr

twenty minutes past the hour moscow time the taliban is now. same responsibility for attacking government offices in western afghanistan at least forty four people were killed or at least ninety were wounded during the onslaught in the tunnel. it's the deadliest attack in the country for more than one year the latest violence comes to spite attempts by kabul to appease the militants and the afghan president has said the taliban could be given the chance to enter politics and even contest the country's top post according to him had karzai the taliban leader may run for the presidency in next year's election but only if the militants renounce terrorism and talks r.t. contributor afshin rattansi says the insurgency is gaining popularity among locals and the occupying nato forces actually helping to do that. the american public may be thinking what was the point of this debris relatives of all the thousands dead they must be getting a very strange picture of afghanistan and the taliban under more low more is going to run afghanistan is it going to

that's later but now the taliban could regain a political foothold in afghanistan as soon as next year afghan president hamid karzai says the taliban leader could run for presidency in the twenty fourteen election but the militants would have no to have to renounce terrorism and violence first so nato is putting out its combat terms by the end of term without government policing for peace talks before there was trouble however the taliban are refusing to speak directly with president karzai describing him as an american puppet and they recently announced and retinas to enter politics and have opened an office in doha to facilitate peace talks with the u.s. also a contributor afshin rattansi says nations conduct in the war zone is only helping the insurgents gain ground and it's clear. the american public may be thinking what was the point of this debris relatives of all the thousands dead they must be getting a very strange picture of afghanistan and the taliban on the mall obama is going to run afghanistan is it going to be a pullout of course lots of people are asking there hundred f

he's made this point numerous times before calling for the taliban to participate in elections is that stand is so open and democratic that even mullah omar working to disarm essentially could run for office the reality is that this is a complete political nonstarter because the taliban have been very clear in their position they do not see the karzai government as being legitimate they have openly called it as a puppet of the united states they refused to hold any sort of negotiations much less view the constitution as legitimate or offer any sort of candidate so again this is just sort of wishful thinking perhaps or rather a rhetorical remark by president hamid karzai than any sort of reality on the ground because the taliban has refused to negotiate with him there really isn't very much that cars i can do in the situation for the taliban the number one position is this affectively to remove all foreign troops from the ground in afghanistan in order to do that why negotiate with the so-called puppet government when we can talk to be occupiers themselves but there's divisions within t

and nato and i said troops of course do catalyze pro taliban support. but still keep going up but what still keep me going after eleven years of nato occupation the taliban is still going strong indeed there's been a resurgence again lately what's foreign and what's keeping you going it was only in the past week or so that he u.s. commando unit were thrown out of new york province after allegations of complicity in kidnapping torture and summary executing people in the province because i told the americans they better get out and of course those kinds of atrocities around them and support on the flip side of that question why is nato therefore done so badly over the last eleven years to step in the taliban. the fact the guy as i said this is emblematic of the total mess that has been made and we mustn't forget the taliban were in texas in nine hundred ninety seven a few years before nine eleven talking about a cask oil pipeline deal so perhaps the americans are in there too because that would cause a feels some of the greed of american support certainly

pacify the name of the taliban. and therefore what are essentially we doing here we went in afghanistan originally because they had the afghan government at harvard osama bin ladin. long gone. so it's hard for our part for americans i. think about understand why this thing when we want to lead the years and what essentially we're doing there now. we're not going to defeat the taliban which is mostly. sort of operation we're in a country that really is. the central government is really doesn't have a lot of power. when work so i'm i should in my opinion is that it will rapidly disappear. saying that the central government doesn't have a lot of power is that indicative in the fact that this particular attack was organized and sanctioned by nato and not the afghan government itself does that show that it really isn't in control of its own security. right i mean i don't i don't think that the central government. protects. its own territory. and i think that. project force effectively and therefore probably when we. crum

the taliban could regain a political a foothold in afghanistan as soon as next year afghan president hamid karzai didn't rule out that the taliban leader could run for presidency in the twenty fourteen election nato is pulling out his troops by the end of cause i stand with the afghan government pushing for peace talks however be taliban are refusing to speak directly with president karzai describing him as an american puppet but then oust plans to open an office and to facilitate peace talks with the u.s. and also a contributor afshin rattansi says nato has conduct in the war zone is only helping the insurgents gain political ground. the american public may be thinking what was the point of this debris relatives of all the thousands dead they must be getting a very strange picture of afghanistan and the taliban on the mall obama is going to run afghanistan is it going to be a pull out of course lots of people are asking their hundred fifty thousand nato troops there and already people are talking about fifteen thousand remaining on five different bases the continuous drone attacks a

plus a daring taliban attack claims dozens of lives in afghanistan just a day after president karzai offered the militants a chance to enter politics that and plenty more for you after this break stay with us. for about international airport in the very heart of moscow. continue. here in r.t. the race for the top job is kicked off in venezuela as the country's acting president nicolas maduro prepares to take on his main opposition rival and he kept pretty low is both are going to replace the country's late charismatic president hugo chavez who died last month following a long battle with cancer with the former confident and visit needed to chavez is looking to continue in the footsteps of his predecessor the central state governor has failed to deliver a free market economy and strengthen ties with the west including. dr francisco he's head of latin american studies at middlesex university and he says despite the good intentions the chances of completely securing the top jobs as. nicolas maduro has demonstrated to be a formidable communicate so easy person the several to use in body

militants including this high ranking taliban commander about. the result of course that airstrike. resulted in several civilian casualties as well president karzai actually banned afghan security forces almost two months ago from calling need two forces for air air support during deer operation against taliban and other militant groups but it seems. to don't care off prison carries a concerns about. this case in about. civilian casualties particularly in operation with afghan security forces against taliban and other militants grobe. nato forces are keeping airstrike in against a taliban position and and militants in different in different parts of the country end up past a few of your weak nato forces have launched several times airstrike against the taliban in different parts of the country which resulted in. casualties among afghan forces as well as civilians nato would of course say this is mission accomplished they did succeed in targeting seven top taliban insurgents commanders but isn't collateral damage going to be inevitable in cases li

but for now the afghan president hamid karzai says the taliban leader could run for the presidency in next year's election he made the comments days after his return from qatar where the afghan government agreed the group can open an office in doha if indeed they renounce terrorism nato is pulling out its troops by the end of cars eyes turn the afghan government pushing for peace talks however the taliban is refusing to speak directly with president karzai describing him as an american puppet and they hope to use the doha office to facilitate peace talks with the united states r.t. contributor afshin rattansi says nato is conducting a war zone is only helping the insurgents political ground. the american public may be thinking what was the point of this debris relatives of all the thousands dead they must be getting a very strange picture of afghanistan if the taliban under mullah omar is going to run afghanistan is it going to be a pull out of course lots of people are asking their hundred fifty thousand nato troops there now and already people are talking about fifteen thousand rema

of the attacksup that the taliban promised to the taliban spokesman telling the local part -- promised. the taliban spokesman telling the local media that -- they said that all the coalition partners of the outgoing government, that includes the pakistan people's party, the mood to heat up on the movement .- the muttahida qaumi movement they also attacked two independent candidates, saying that all secular-minded politicians who were taking part in this particular election would be a fair target. >. ka -- >> kamal, what does this stay -- say about the state of security in pakistan right now, particularly with the elections coming up? >> it is going to be a big worry. , theu look at the province leader of the awami national party, which had lost some of its leaders in recent attacks -- he had a narrow escape in 2008. he has been controlling the the party from the capital of islamabad, roaming around in a bullet-proof vest, but now the and thes even more political party leadership is nowhere to be seen. who are stillw participating in that particular election. attack.e not come under the

however the taliban are refusing to speak directly with president karzai describing him as an american puppet but they recently announced and readiness to enter politics and have opened an office in daraa how to facilitate peace talks with the u.s. and also a contributor afshin rattansi says nato has contacts in the war zone is only helping bring senator in to gain political ground. the american public may be thinking what was the point of this debris relatives of all those thousands dead they must be getting a very strange picture of afghanistan and the taliban on the mall obama is going to run afghanistan is it going to be a pull out of course lots of people are asking the one hundred fifty thousand nato troops there now and already people are talking about fifteen thousand remaining on five different bases the continuous drone attacks and the atrocities committed by u.s. and nato and i say have troops of course do catalyzed protel about support it was only in the past week or so that a u.s. commando unit were thrown out of new york province after allegations of complicity in kidnapp

i think you would agree that the taliban and does have a thetuary inside pakistan -- afghan taliban. would you agree? >> absolutely, in the exchange earlier, i thought we were talking about al qaeda. >> may have been. -- you may have been. there was some uncertainty and my staff also felt -- and not talking about your, unnecessarily -- but in the exchange, there was some uncertainty as to what was being referred to in afghanistan. it is clear there is a sanctuary for the afghan taliban inside pakistan. is that correct? >> there is no doubt and there is the pakistani taliban moving in some cases freely in the eastern corner of the afghanistan back into pakistan. probably in the future, it would be wise for you to pin that down and talk to the members of congress because i have heard this repeatedly used interchangeably. i would point to myself but not to others. it is used by many colleagues interchangeably and it surely as by myself. i will try to be more accurate in the future particularly when i talk to one of our military leaders. and the common, ordinary sense of the word, there

and nato and i say have troops of course do catalyze pro taliban support it was only in the past week or so the u.s. commando unit were thrown out of new york province after allegations of complicity in kidnapping torture and summary executing people in the province because i told the americans they better get out and of course those kinds of atrocities around it i wouldn't support and. has been to afghanistan encompasses the region explains what's behind karzai is a recent announcement. he's made this point numerous times before calling for the taliban to participate in elections is that stand is so open and democratic that even mullah omar working to disarm essentially could run for office of course the reality is that this is a complete political nonstarter because the taliban have been very clear in their position they do not see the karzai government as being legitimate they have openly called it a puppet of the united states they refused to hold any sort of negotiations much less view the constitution as legitimate or offer any sort of candidate so again this is just sort of wis

question theo afghan people do not want to return to the oppression of the taliban -- the taliban. we have surveyed and into the creek -- indicated that taliban are increasingly not popular among the afghan people. that has not been a direct correlation to support for the afghan government. they are opposed to the taliban, but they are opposed to what the taliban are stand for, but they do not expect the government to provide full support. >> the people in america are not too crazy about, as he. a given subjt. -- a different subjects. you were involved in iraq. what lessons do you take from iraq that can be applied to this circumstance that we are now facing, ending our involvement in afghanistan. >> one of the most important lessons from iraq is that we waited too late to work to the details of a bible -- a bilateral security agreement. we were not able to conclude the successful bilateral security agreement. we started that process much earlier. that is why am highlighting this this morning. the key lesson learned is that we have a smooth transition post-2014, that we provide the

or the taliban changed in some way? b., how much of al qaeda is left to actually come back into there? and, would afghanistan be the same sort of hospitable place from which to plan transnational terrorist activities that it was back in 2001. now, there are a lot of question marks around that. but the u.s. strategy for the past several years has been predicated on the notion that, yes, all this will happen and that's why you have to build up an afghan government that is strong and stable enough to beat back the taliban, control its territory so you don't have ungoverned spaces in afghanistan, and by extension, that promotes u.s. national security interests. but doing so is incredibly costly. it's incredibly time-consuming, and in the case of afghanistan, i think has a real questionable chance of success, in part because the very government we're trying to empower there is seen by its people as being hopelessly corrupt and inefficient. why do villagers at the local level support the taliban? afghanistan? it's not because

the afghans rose up against taliban to take control of their village. are the top stories from al jazeera. the indian supreme court has rejected a bid by a drug would says isent a new version of its drug. it will appeal the decision. al qaeda-linked rebels started attacking the city on sunday night. there has been fighting in another city as well. the new south korean president house promised a swift military response to any provocation from the north. north korea has been making almost daily threats to the u.s. and south korea. let's get more on our top story. that is the court decision in india to the night a patent to the drug maker. let's take a closer look at what is at stake in the pharmaceutical industry. it is estimated to be worth as much as $25 billion a year. it is clear why the company is seeking a patent. it is to prevent the drug from being copied. $1,800 will give you a month of treatment. that is 18 times more expensive than the generic version. that makes it a sensible to those who need it. for this reason, india has become a powerhouse

the afghan government says it will push for peace talks to the taliban before foreign troops withdraw at the end of twenty fourteen the statement came during president karzai is trip to qatar follows years of stalled discussions with the us pakistan and the taliban about a possible settlement where u.s. and afghan officials have long claimed that taliban forces have sanctuary across the border in pakistan something is done about denies the taliban recently announced it's ready to enter politics and has opened an office in doha washington welcome the move for the taliban has so far refused to talk to president karzai describing him as an american puppet or security analyst. my colleague has been in the wrangling between america and the afghan government is getting in the way of a solution. informal contacts have been taking place in the last couple of years but those informal talks did break down for two reasons accuse the americans on being shaky and vague. they wanted an exchange of prisoners president obama didn't want to nominate him to do with any exchange of prisoners because of

the pakistani government, while it is supporting the taliban, is not supporting al-qaeda. it's prepared to collaborate with us in suppressing al-qaeda, it's prepared to give us targets that we can strike with drones, they're prepared to go after arabs, they're just not prepared to go over after afghans. and so, you know, what you don't want, you know, the problem with afghanistan is before al-qaeda had hijacked three aircraft in the united states, they'd hijacked a whole country and a government, and it was called afghanistan. and that's what you don't want to replicate. >> anyone else? >> well, you know, just building on that, i totally agree, but taking it to then the whole surge debate in afghanistan, you know, the argument advanced by the military was that you have to build up an afghan state that would be strong enough, a government strong enough with security forces strong enough to resist the return of al-qaeda operatives from pakistan to afghanistan, and if we didn't surge and didn't pour in all those resources, then the significant outreach of al-qaeda would come

led forces say they were carrying out a major operations aimed against the senior taliban commander in that area operations began on friday after a tip off that dozens of taliban fighters where concentrated in that area according to eyewitness nat'l strikes began in the early hours of the morning and continued till late evening a number of fuel is troops. and the civilians working for them are also said to have been killed in the same operation and history of such high casualty strikes have strongly polarized the afghan public leading to mass protests and a growth in support for the taliban or she's going to counter reports on how it has soured relations between the west and afghanistan these airstrikes come amid repeated pleas from the afghan government of president karzai to stop killing civilians because in chorus eyes words they fuelling security and instability they further alienate afghans from their government which many afghans see as a puppet government so president karzai although he does owe his power to allied forces to washington specifically but he clearly understands tha

friendship g to buy and peace, literally buy it with money, with the taliban. that's not how you deal with the taliban. their northern alliance knew how to deal with them. we helped them with some arms, we imbedded less than 500 special operations people in intelligence. and within three or four months, the northern alliance ad defeated the taliban. and then as i learned in my first meeting with northern alliance leaders some years ago , we told them, give us back the significant weapons we've given you, because we're america, we will make sure you're safe now, we'll make sure afghanistan is safe and peaceful now. so they turn in the weapons, they trusted the united states and now they find an administration that had reviously been offering to buy elegant international offices in qatar in the middle east, to give the taliban, who still want to kill americans and destroy our way of life, but to give them international standing by giving them a first-class office space in an elegant setting. classing them up in their efforts to kill americans and destroy our way

the taliban has claimed responsibility for both attacks. there were looking at three political parties, the national and thenother movement, ruling pakistan people's party. all three are perceived as secular and liberal. seems to be the the taliban are talking, to bring in any pakistan which is conservative, more religious. completely wiped out secularism. betweene distance liberals left of democracy in pakistan. >> the son of a violence follows a series of attacks in karachi one day earlier. the offices of two secular of buses were targeted in bombings, and another bombing took place near a shiite mosque. it has forced some to change their campaign strategies, and it has raised concerns about whether next month's vote is a problem. the caretaker government overseeing the election has come under intense criticism for not being able to protect secular or liberal-leaning parties from attack, but it has promised increased security before the polls. elections scheduled for may will be historic. it will mark the first time a democratically elect

when you talk about the taliban. smalluggest, given a number, that to the view of the people at large, as we discussed at the beginning, will be critical as to whether or not they can really gain any power in the situation. they will have to have the support of the public, you agree? >> what gives me optimism and the reason i'm optimistic about the campaign is it is all about the afghan security forces' ability to provide security and to the population. every dayare improving in that area. that reduces the freedom of movement, that reduces the ability for the taliban to influence the population. i believe there used to be an expression of the taliban have the time and we have the watches. i don't believe that is no longer the case. the taliban will wake up at some point and realize this is not their fathers afghan national security forces and they will be unable to influence the population in the way they have in the past. >> let me change the subject. what is the situation on green on blue attacks? has that declined

pakistan withdrew its support for the taliban.an cooperated with us quite closely in the diplomacy leading to the creation of a new afghan government and offered further assistance in the aftermath of the installation of the karzai government. administration's response was to put iran on the axis of evil list and allow the pakistanis to resume their assistance to the taliban. we ignored lesson two. publics of establishing security, the bush administration took the position that u.s. troops in afghanistan would do no peacekeeping and neither would anybody else. they allowed a small peacekeeping force to go into kabul. they refused pleas from karzai and the u.n. and to the position that u.s. troops would not to peacekeeping. the result was, we turned security throughout a society of 70 million people to the afghans, a society that had no army and no police force. i think it is not remarkable that things deteriorated. the taliban was able to reconstitute itself, to recruit, refinance, reorganize and begin to project power from pakist

a couple those political analyst says that the taliban is to an afghan life to be separated which all but guarantees collateral casualties in strikes and this kind of war which is going on in afghanistan it is very difficult to fight civilian casualties because the taliban are living among the people among developers. is eventually areas. they are receiving support from the people and they are eating and drinking. among the people leaving . because of this i think it is very difficult for nato forces particularly in airstrikes to avoid civilian casualties. and you'd be voting on our web site and what you think the consequences of this latest deadly strike will be and it looks as though opinion is pretty evenly divided between those who think that the afghan president will make forceful statements but little else and those who believe it will spark attacks from groups looking to hit back at coalition soldiers we can see there on the screen seven percent think that karzai will be forced to nato air strikes in a very small amount if you believe that the date for nato troops to leave will

the taliban would have become the dominant force in the country. although probably not controlling all of it. the taliban remains today, allied with al qaeda, close links with al qaeda. al qaeda would have been able to reestablish itself. the united dates would not be doing drone strikes. it would not have any place to ace those assets. i think it is easy to say what would have happened in afghanistan if we had simply conducted our punitive attack on taliban. routed them, and then left the country. >> are those emissions we should be fighting back out -- fighting? >> one should not take for my talk and isolationist view. maybe we should be involved in this kind of things. what we should ask ourselves at the beginning is, what will the cost of military intervention be? what is the likelihood of success? and have an honest discussion of what it will cost and in so applying military force in the process of doing that, which produces actions, reactions, counter actions, will the process of using military force has been worth it in the first place when

they are opposed to the taliban, but they are opposed to what the taliban are stand for, but they do not expect the government to provide full support. >> the people in america are not too crazy about congress, either. a different subject. you were involved in iraq. what lessons do you take from iraq that can be applied to this circumstance that we are now facing, ending our involvement in afghanistan. >> one of the most important lessons from iraq is that we waited too late to work to the details of a bilateral security agreement. we were not able to conclude the successful bilateral security agreement. we started that process much earlier. that is why am highlighting this this morning. the key lesson learned is that we have a smooth transition post-2014, that we provide the afghan people with our essential commitment post-2014. we should view 2014 as nothing more than a change in a mandate and authorities, but a continuity of commitment post- 2014. if we are able to do that, we will have eternalized our most important lesson. -- internalized the most important lesson from our iraq

but i still had few pushing for talks with the taliban in kabul and left to negotiate about insurgents to end the war in afghanistan or the militants to refuse to talk to president karzai. also take your seats in and imagine space observatory on the surface of the moon tell you more about russia's space conquest plans. i mean so know your city in europe on the hosts of the twenty fourteen winter that pick a. song. a. song . a. dog days or. days it. takes a common. theme song it's so true. welcome back now as cyprus comes to terms a severe e.u. bailout cash controls millions of euros are alleged to have been spirited out of the country just days before the euro group proposed the punishing levy on bank deposits well that's what a local newspaper is reporting pointing the finger at a company related to president anastasio others will affirm a kohen by the separate leaders son in law reportedly transferred twenty one million euros to banks in the u.k. over the company criticize the article as a malicious attempt to politicize the economic activities you are the president says the claims s

the afghan government says it will push for peace talks with the taliban for foreign troops withdraw at the end of twenty fourteen the statement came during president karzai trip to qatar but earlier the afghan leader said the greatest threat to the country is not the taliban but interference by foreign state years of stalled discussions with the us afghanistan and the taliban one of america's offensive in the country and combating terrorism taliban recently announced it's ready to enter politics as open office and washington welcome the move of the taliban has so far refused to talk to president karzai describing him as an american puppet security analyst that you can think reeves that the wrangling between america and the afghan government is getting in the way of a solution. informal contacts have been taking place in doha for the last couple of years but then those informal. talks did break down for two reasons accuse the americans on being shaky and vague. they wanted an exchange of prisoners president obama didn't want to have anything to do with any exchange of prisoners becau

the taliban ran the medrossas, those are gone now. currently if you walked into southwest afghanistan you would see many marines but you would also see 25,000 kids in school. you would see close to 3,000 girls. there is a teacher's college that has been renovated in the big city and there are aspiring teachers studying at that college. there are women's centers established in two of those districts and there are afghan parents and educators involved in their local schools. and to just pull a thread on what many of our senior leadership has said throughout the couple of days, indeed the u.s. military is a global force for good and we will always seek opportunities to leave every place better than when we arrived. and i appreciate your time, appreciate your attention. thank you. . (applause). >> thank you, nita, following along we're going to have colonel barry newland. >> thanks, lewis. i'd like to thank nina for doing a great job of setting the stage so i don't have to go through and do the same thing. so great job. i do not in these

there reports say it all happened actually when and that two airstrike hits the home of a suspected taliban insurgents in a small village at the same time his family was inside taking shelter from the ingoing strikes after the house was hit a local running through hope and the were seen carrying. the bodies of children spend other lives from the rubble the u.s. led coalition has gone beyond that it carried out the airstrikes on that area and in a statement about the spokes man for the forces acknowledge that they were aware of the reports that civilians had been killed also but as yet it could not come from the total dead duraid was apparently called in by an international troops in the vicinity a heavy fighting with the taliban insurgents me the pakistani border at the local government's officials confront another women and a civilian also died in that airstrike the u.s. led forces say they were carrying out a major operations against the senior taliban commander in that area operations began on friday after a tip of dozens of taliban fighters where concentrated in that area according to e

pushing for talks with the taliban kabul looks to negotiate with taliban insurgents and the terror in afghanistan a militant still refused to talk to president karzai on that shortly. also ahead get ready to take your seats in a space observatory on the surface of the moon we'll tell you more about russia's plans for earth's closest neighbor. i'm in sochi the no new city in europe the host of the twenty four g. in winter the pick a. sun see. such . thing. as on the. dog days of. friday's it. comes. the sun it's so true. the book about international and world in the very heart of moscow. talk about this is whether cyprus comes to terms a severe e.u. bailout cash controls millions of euros are alleged to have been. there is that out of the country just days before the euro group proposed the punishing levy on bank deposits that's one of the newspaper is reporting pointing the finger at a company related to president anastasio others but affirmed by the supreme leader's son in law reportedly transferred twenty one million euros to banks in the u.k. over the company criticised the article

areafghan local police trying hard to defeat the resurgent taliban fighters. forces began withdrawing combat troops across afghanistan, military commanders hope these men will become the first line of defense in the fight against the taliban after they have gone. at this shooting range, members of the afghan local police are taught marksmanship by afghanistan's special forces. >> we give them the best training. not only are these men willing to fight the taliban, they are ready to fight. >> stationed in rural villages around the country, the forces are made up of around 20 by a dozen officers. help intended to -- extend security and afghan influence to areas beyond the range of government or police and the honorable to taliban control. created by the u.s. and later incorporated into the afghan interior ministry, alp has a stringent testing process. security officials say the world police service is so effective it has become a top target for the taliban, but it is not without controversy. the u.n. mission to afghanistan says the accountability of local police

a few years ago, the taliban held sway here. drive from pakistan's capital, and the army are taking us to see the next generation of jihadis. in this classroom, trained child suicide bombers and killers. boys as young as 8, all from poor families, all weaned on taliban propaganda, not about osama bin laden, but u.s. drone strikes. according to this school official, who also hides her face during taliban attack. >> they do drill into them a hatred against the americans. and the drones, they talk about the americans conducting the drone attacks and killing civilians. >> reporter: the drones operate out of u.s. bases in neighboring afghanistan. and according to the white house target, al qaeda and taliban, hiding in pakistan's tribal border region, not civilians. khan, who is from that tribal region, tells me his brother and son were killed in a drone strike in late 2009. >> they were not involved in any terrorist acts. >> reporter: he's suing the cia but given the chance, he says, he would take revenge on those responsible. >> i w

eleven children and a woman are killed by a nato air strike in afghanistan that was supposed to target taliban militants but military officials are yet to admit the civilian deaths. web weaponry stored israel and jordan have arrested suspects over the massive cyber attack which took down your government websites party his from the middle east he was allegedly involved. and the atomic theory is north korea is expected to carry out a fourth nuclear test this week after this tank spotted increased activity at its neighbors nuclear site. i welcome you watching our take was made and very far. eleven children and a woman did to the list of civilian deaths at the hands of nato forces in afghanistan coalition officials admit carrying out an airstrike in the konar province on the border with pakistan but hasn't confirmed the deaths the major u.s. and afghan operation was supposed to target senior taliban commanders but the civilian deaths are likely to the main source of tension between afghan the does and foreign forces in february president karzai told his troops not to call for airstrikes and demand