because this all started with a war on terror specifically against the taliban it's real kick in the teeth for america isn't it. definitely i think that you know that their policy of not engaging and not going in for talks with the taliban is really backfired i think now they're coming to realize only after ten years other they come to realize that they're going to have to actually talk to these people and maybe even accept the fact that once they leave the taliban will have a large influence in the government and the future of afghanistan will there be any last minute all of branches put forward any last minute talks to think to try to make steps forward there is as you put it i think that you know this stuff that's been going on behind the scenes look at the request of karzai popstar release the second in command of the highest ranking taliban officials in this sense to kind of facilitate peace but peace in afghanistan cannot be cannot be done without talking to the taliban and of course without talking to pakistan so america is going to have to engage in these two major players if

most of the time related to the taliban, but i want education none only taliban, terrorism is behind the wheel, education but there are others as well that we must keep in mind. children are suffering from child labor. they are suffering from child trafficking. a day of being used. there are cultural norms and traditions that stop them from going into this school. in our society we are famous for its hospitality could with there are those in the culture that doesn't give equal rights. there are difficulties for children to go to school, so i think we must fight all these issues and the best way to fight these issues is to educate the children. >> forgive me on the child labor but you are working very hard these days. [laughter] going from coast to coast are you having any fun at all? [laughter] >> that's a nice question. i miss those days. >> dad? >> the first thing is outside of my home i looked like a very obedient serious girl like nobody knows what happens inside the house. [laughter] inside the house i was quite -- it doesn't mean that i was naughty. my brothers used to fight wi

cannot defeat the taliban one hundred thousand troops will not be able to control the taliban with ten or ten or twenty thousand troops and karzai will be irrelevant soon enough because he's stepping down anyway ministration will collapse and his army will collapse so the us is pulling back because it's going broke home and is armies exhausted from from fighting the taliban which it can't defeat and the election itself will be illegitimate because the taliban which is the strongest force in afghanistan were not participate it will even try to sabotage it so my prediction for the future is that the taliban will have a stronger presence after us back its presence there you know john you are reading antiwar dot com is the first thing i do in the morning after having some coffee and i run a fascinating article on that website how karzai is just going to succeed him self he's angling to do that he says could move next door and keep an eye on the new president whoever that may be. yeah this is an indication of how corrupt afghanistan the afghan government is that you know he's looking to hav

i think first of all let me mention about the taliban if the taliban really want the americans to leave the country then they should allow candidates who are not tainted candidates who are speaking on behalf of the people to come in and replace this corrupt government so we can follow pave the way for the american withdrawal a corrupt government where the people are not with the government cannot guarantee stability we will guarantee a stable situation so the taliban can cite come and sit and talk with us so we can have a stable afghanistan where there is no foreign troop requirement in this country ok but you know the question is of the situation is very volatile in your country and whether that will be possible to do at all i mean let's talk about now about the other candidates or campaigning and you yourself as a candidate have you been threatened or do you know perhaps of others being threatened by the taliban. threatened by the same threats that the taleban and their the rest of the people of this country are threatened which is corruption what you are which is the warlords running

cannot defeat the taliban one hundred thousand troops will not be able to control the taliban with ten or ten or twenty thousand troops and will be relevant soon enough because he's stepping down anyway ministration will collapse and his army will collapse so the us is pulling back because it's going broke home and is armies exhausted from from fighting the taliban which it can't defeat and the election itself will be illegitimate because the taliban which is the strongest force in afghanistan were not participate it would even try to sabotage it so my prediction for the future is that the taliban will have a stronger presence after us back its presence there you know john you are reading antiwar dot com is the first thing i do in the morning after having some coffee and i run a fascinating article on that website how karzai is just going to succeed him self he's angling to do that he just couldn't move next door and keep an eye on the new president whoever that may be. yeah this is an indication of how corrupt afghanistan the afghan government is that you know he's looking to have som

that the eafng taliban is worth negotiating with.kistani taliban which seeks to replace the country's democratic system with one governed by shirea law. >> quay the message that they are not acting alone. they have an ally and they have a powerful ally they have a future. if the pakistani government does not sincerely negotiate peace with them, do not come to either to accept their demand so they have a future. >> shahib de la shahib demanded an end to u.s. drone strikes. the revelation that the pakistani and afghan taliban have links with the armed groups. not only has the pakistani taliban shown that it's capable of carrying out violence it also has financial backers possibly strengthening its position when it comes to any future negotiations. ing al jazeera, islamabad. >> it claims the polio vaccine makes children sterile, as a result hundreds of thousands of children in afghanistan have gone without vaccinations. >>> after a 200 year delay, the are 100 dollar bill has a new image. the image of benjamin franklin will be the same a

in this weeks episode, polio vaccination camp attacked by taliban militants. and pakistan-backed militants infiltrate india, battling for fifth teen days. in an attempt to derail an anti- polio campaign, a polio vaccination camp as once again been targeted by taliban militants. resistance has been strongest in the northwestern tribal areas where the issue has become particularly politicized. >> two people were killed and up to 20 more injured after taliban militants used a bomb to target a team delivering polio vaccination drugs to children. in the latest of a series of assaults on volunteers, nurses, and police officers involved in efforts to confront the country 's polio problem, the bomb was set off outside the health clinic on the outskirts of the city of peshawar. a police officer and a member of a local anti-taliban group were killed. the taliban have repeatedly attacked vaccination workers, claiming the program is a cia plot to sterilize muslims. the shower has been -- peshawar has fallen victim to at least four different attacks in recent weeks, which

and then -- came the taliban. the reign of terror began in 2008. taliban imposed an extreme law. anyone who did was whipped. many were murdered. malala saw the bodies of family friends left as exhibits in the town square. and they feared for her father who had spoken out against the taliban. >> sometimes i think that i will hide in the bathroom and i will call to police and they will come and they will say my father. >> one night the taliban leader took over the local radio station and issued an ominous new order. the yousafzais were forced to close their school. and along with thousands of others, fled for their lives. finally after months of fierce battles against the taliban, the pakistani military claimed victory in the swat valley. malala and her family came back home. she went back to school but this time with a target on her back. one day a a taliban boarded her school bus. the man shot malala in the head. she fought for her life, first in pakistan, then in england where she was flown for extensive surgery. now, the whole world knew who she was. and what she had fought for

then in 2009 the taliban came out of the shadows. the men who first banned dancing, the movies, burned dvds in the street and decreed death penalty for barbers and any sign of independence in a woman. malala was 11 years old and watching. >> they would slaughter people and the taliban would say this man had long beard, this one had short. that woman is a dancer, she's a singer. that is why we slaughtered them. >> reporter: they broadcast this announcement on the radio, all schools for girls had to be closed immediately. they bombed the schoolhouses, threw acid at the faces of girl students. everyone in terror, one little girl still had her powerful certainty that girls should not disappear into the silence. >> they cannot stop me. i will get my education, if it is at home, school or any place. >> reporter: what was the moment you were first afraid? that you had the most fear? >> i feel fear all the time. i i was afraid the taliban would throw acid on my face. at night i was thinking all the time, should i put a knife under my pillow.

the attack highlighted the taliban's reach. the militants once concentrated their activities in the east and the south, but in recent years, they have demonstrated an ability to strike with more frequency in the once peaceful north and west. three members of the afghan security forces were killed. wounded security guards were taken to the hospital for treatment. >> the attack came two days after americans staged commemorations for the september 11, 2001, attacks, on the united dates that precipitated the war in afghanistan. exactly two years ago, insurgents staged a daring attack on the main u.s. embassy in the heart of kabul, killing at least nine people in a battle lasting several hours as attackers fired from a construction building. >> in another incident on september 14, at least three people were killed and three wounded in a suicide attack convoys -- targeting a convoy of nato and afghan troops in a southern city of kandahar. the bomber detonated his car loaded with explosives near the convoy. a local shopkeeper describe

[cheers and applause] when did the -- when did the taliban come to swat valley? because before then you describe it as a paradise of sorts. >> a taliban came in 2004 but at that time they were quite good. they did not show the terrorism and they did not blast any school at that time. they started with the geoterrorism in 2007 they blasted more than 400 schools in swat. they slaughtered people and in the month of january 2009, they used to slaughter even two three people every night and they flogged them and we have seen the barbaric situation of the 21st century. and we've seen like the cruelty and we've seen harsh days in our life. and those are regarded as the darkest days of our life. it was really hard for us at that time. >> jon: you describe in the book still, no matter what, they took the signs off the schools. they went underground but they continued in the face of -- you spoke out publicly against the taliban. what gave you the courage to continue this? >> you know, my father was a great encouragement for me because he spoke out for womens' rights, for g

how damaging it is for the tarik taliban. he is a very important person very important commander and i think it is going to be a huge blow for the pakistani taliban who has lost a very trusted commander who is a very trusted person, friend of the pakistani taliban, chief mehsud. >> what is the result of his capture? >> i think it is going to be the government and the international community knew it very well, the pakistani taliban, operating in the pakistani tribal areas, outside the right of the pakistani regime. people are going to afghanistan, going from afghanistan to pakistan, no doubt it is denying what the pakistani establishment is telling the word, that the insurgency ask a local one, but this case shows that the pakistani taliban are still, the pakistani militant are still operating inside of afghanistan. they are targeting the international security forces so definitely the iran government will take it up with the pakistani establishment. currently the relationship between the government in kabul and the government

i don't think the taliban are that strong it's that weakness of this government that makes that make them look strong when when you see who are in power in this country when you see who are running that drug cartels when you see who are protecting. these smuggling routes in this country to central asia and to iran they are governors the police generals big wigs in this government if the united states and nato and allies their allies who are in this country if they're protecting a corrupt government and they want to replace it with a corrupt government they can do it but it will not bring stability it will haunt nato and the united states and it will backfire in my opinion in the long run the people will join the taliban in droves and this country will become a safe haven for and stability genesis i beg has reported extensively from the region explain to me earlier why people turn to the taliban people are already looking towards a taliban as a source of stability not that they agree with the ideology or the methodology but what they actually want to secure tend to be able to feel saf

what are the chances of the taliban or what capacity does the taliban have to disrupt that political process, one. two, who are we likely to see emerging in 2014 as the leader of afghanistan? >> first of all, with the respect to what damage they can do to the election, they certainly in the south and in the eastern part of the country could make it very difficult for people to feel secure enough to go to the polls. what we've seen in the past is they did not go all out to throw obstacles in the way of voters, but they could this time be much more aggressive. just yesterday omar, the leader of the largest insurgent groups, made it very clear that the election was something that the taliban wanted people to stay away from. again, it remains to be seen just to what extent they're willing to go out and prevent it. there is one issue here. if they prevent people from going to vote, one of the possibilities here is that the ethnic group of which the taliban are the largest mostly the poshtun is underrepresented in the vote. so this could -- this will also be true at the province yal levels

but the taliban is not a major threat in the city. women are not only out on the streets but in schools. that wasn't the case 12 years ago. >>> this teacher spent most of her high school years studying in secret. >> i remember the taliban. we were at home. we did nothing. >> reporter: she was six years old when she had a run in with the taliban. she went to the local shop for candy. the taliban objected. >> they're having their guns to mme saying what are you doing here? you are a girl. what are you doing here? go home. >> reporter: under the taliban virtually no girls went to school. there are about 4.3 million enrolled today. 41% of the student population. more than 5.5 million afghan refugees have come home. it is mainly peaceful here near the border of iran there is still fighting across the country in afghanistan east and south. afghan attacks charge of security and they have put power back in the hands of the afghan people, but it isn't over yet. jennifer glass, al jazeera, afghanistan. >> up next dave warren has your forecast a

it came under the brutal rule of the taliban and. -- taliban. i was afraid of my future. i don't want to see any girls aid ignored or to be denied a future. i don't want my future just to be sitting in a room and in prison, cooking and giving birth to children. on the night of october last year, her and her friends were traveling on a school bus when it was stopped. >> she was shot in the head, deliberately targeted by the extremists. inent to visit her school the valley. her class was full of bright and articulate girls. they tell me they miss their friends competitive spirit. the new school environment is very different to what she was used to. >> do they take their education for granted? students thatell it is very precious and prestigious. it go to school. >> she has made a remarkable physical recovery, undergoing major operations including one .o reattach her facial nerve and thanks to a cochlear implant, her hearing has been restored. monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday, sunday. >> she has become the face of the 57 million out of school children.

but in my view, a civil war or a successful taliban, -- taliban- led insurgency, would almost certainly allow al qaeda back into afghanistan and pakistan. i was just there last month along the border. there is still a presence of terrorists, including al qaeda fighters. virtually everyone i spoke to involved in targeting them, people i have worked with in the past, have said they will be there after 2014. there is concern in some areas of the east. they may be there in larger numbers. the global leadership is still there. there are a number of sunni jihadist in the region that are not going away. some of them, including the taliban in pakistan, put an suv in times square. another conducted a major terrorist attack in mumbai. there is still a terrorism issue. the civil war or a successful taliban-led insurgency would deal a severe blow to human rights, including women's rights. the taliban would likely reverse progress in a country that has experienced an extraordinary improvement in the number of female business owners, government officials, primary, secondary, and university students.

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it came under the brutal rule of the taliban and. -- taliban. i was afraid of my future. i don't want to see any girls aid ignored or to be denied a future. i don't want my future just to be sitting in a room and in prison, cooking and giving birth to children. on the night of october last year, her and her friends were traveling on a school bus when it was stopped. >> she was shot in the head, deliberately targeted by the extremists. inent to visit her school the valley. her class was full of bright and articulate girls. they tell me they miss their friends competitive spirit. the new school environment is very different to what she was used to. >> do they take their education for granted? students thatell it is very precious and prestigious. it go to school. >> she has made a remarkable physical recovery, undergoing major operations including one .o reattach her facial nerve and thanks to a cochlear implant, her hearing has been restored. monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday, sunday. >> she has become the face of the 57 million out of school children.

forces have captured a senior member of the taliban. laative mehsud. reports in afghanistan says mehsud was in the custody of afternoon forces when he was detained. u.s. secretary of state john kerry is in kabul trying to bridge differences with the afghan government. here is a rather terse announcement of the capture. >> united states frses captured laative mehsud, don't have further details to share with you at this time. >> considered second in command of the tarik taliban. the group is responsible for many attacks including the attempted bombing of times square in new york in 2010. mehsud is a close confident of ttp hakimula mehsud. a trusted commander in the mehsud tribe which has led the pakistani taliban for quite some time. jane ferguson, what have you learned? >> they captured him and he is in u.s. custody here in afghanistan. afghan forces are telling u.s. media outlets that yes, there was a joint operation but afghan intelligence agents had him in their custody and he was seized by u.s. soldiers and taken to bagram air base. normal for them

is a different place from how it was in the taliban times. used to days, this area be dangerous and this is where the taliban and used to display the bodies of those they hanged. times, they had renamed it the bloody square. a few streets away is the old- school. class is full of bright and articulate girls with high aspirations. they tell me that they miss their friend's spirit. >> are you still competitive? >> yes. i miss it. i miss my friends. >> the school in birmingham is different than what she is used to. do you think british children take their education for granted? >> yes. i want to tell students to thank their teachers. go to school. >> she has made a remarkable physical recovery and underwent two major operations. including one to reattach her facial nerve. >> i can smile and it is getting better day by day. a cochlear implant, her hearing has been restored. tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday, sunday. >> today, she has become the ion out ofe 57 mill school children. that fewn influence can imagine and still sees her se

but in my view, a civil war or a successful taliban, -- taliban- led insurgency, would almost certainly allow al qaeda back into afghanistan and pakistan. i was just there last month along the border. there is still a presence of terrorists, including al qaeda fighters. virtually everyone i spoke to involved in targeting them, people i have worked with in the past, have said they will be there after 2014. there is concern in some areas of the east. they may be there in larger numbers. the global leadership is still there. there are a number of sunni jihadist in the region that are not going away. some of them, including the taliban in pakistan, put an suv in times square. another conducted a major terrorist attack in mumbai. there is still a terrorism issue. the civil war or a successful taliban-led insurgency would deal a severe blow to human rights, including women's rights. the taliban would likely reverse progress in a country that has experienced an extraordinary improvement in the number of female business owners, government officials, primary, secondary, and university students.

was shot -- taliban and was shot in the head by the taliban and has become a figurehead for women's education in pakistan and standing up to the taliban. his point is that she was the media's choice and that the opcw is perhaps a more worthy candidate. just to illustrate how much she is the darling of the media around the world, she appeared earlier this week on "the daily show." she responded to a question about how she would react to the taliban and coming to her home. it shows the bravery of the girl. let's take a listen to this. >> but then i said if you hit the talib with your shoe, then there will be no difference between you and the talib. you must not treat others with that much cruelty and that much harshly. you must fight others through peace and through dialogue and through education. then i said, i will tell them how important education is and that i want education for your children as well. i will tell him that is what i want to tell you, now do what you want. >> [applause] >> a remarkable bravery for a 16-year-old girl. everybody was rooting for her. she was the favori

the taliban in this area have been increasing their control. previously, he was governor of another eastern province. he is a high-profile target. 47 years old. a canadian citizen, in fact, who returned to afghanistan to serve in several key positions. he was president karzai's campaign manager during the 2009 resident elections. he wanted the university of malaysia where he gained a degree in economics. he worked for foreign ngo's such as care international using x bertie's and rural development. the killing mark one of the most high-profile assassinations this year. he survived other attempts in the past, including the suicide bombings. our correspondent in kabul has more about the attack. the loss of a very significant figure from hamid karzai's pointed you certainly. view, certainly. >> the most important death of this sort this year, the biggest scalp, if you like, for the taliban or whoever carried it out. nobody said they did it. we are getting more detail. it seems like the bomb was placed in the microphone itself, standing above the po

there are fears that al qaeda and taliban militants have set up training camps here. with just a few months before the drawdown in afghanistan, many militants have crossed over to pack fan-occupied kashmir -- pakistan-occupied kashmir, and they are treating the region as a safe zone and protected areas so they can be insulated from the final assault before the drawdown next year. militants are not only committing violence but are also involved in incidents of rape of rural women. many rape victims have committed suicide, and no one has come forward to rescue the distressed women. no compensations were provided. when the pakistani girl malala was attacked by taliban militants, it became world headline and she was given the best of treatment, but here every day, so many have been victimized, and no one is paying heed to their cries and miseries . >> why is islam but quiet on the presence of war and militants in pakistan occupied kashmir? pakistan is not only turning a blind eye to these activities, but they are colluding with militants. this is the reason why the specte

there's been corruption within the taliban. they're involved in the drug trade, they're involved in trafficking poppy, in targeted assassination. roughly 75% of the civilians killed are done by the insurgence side. one of the disservices, i think, to the coverage of the war from the media perspective is when issues of corruption come up, the focus is on one side. the reality it's a struggle within multiple different organizations and there are just as many if not more challenges within the insurgency as within the government. everything from corruption to the inability of taliban forces to read people show me literacy rates among afghan forces i say, actually interesting to compare. they are better than the insurgent side. we want to talk about compare sob. i think that's been a disservice in the way the media covered the war. i would make the point afghanistan has always been a decentralized state. any model that thinks of afghanistan as a using their own benchmark. we ought to be using is a simple one. for the average afghan

. >> the afghan taliban are our brother.y're helping us financially and give shelter to our commander. this disclosure is important because pakistan has long been accused of pursuing the policies of differentiating between the two taliban groups in pakistan and afghanistan, with the implication that the group in pakistan is worth negotiating with. the military has launched several operations against the pakistani taliban which seeks to replace the democratic system with one based on islamic law. the newly elected prime minister has advocated for peace talks with the armed group. >> the pakistani taliban would like to tell the government and convey the message they are not acting aloe. they have an ally and a powerful ally. they have a future. the pakistani government does not sincerely negotiate peace with them, do not come to accept their demands so they have a future. >> reiterating the taliban views that peace talks will not succeed until they release taliban prisoners and demanded an end to u.s. drone strikes. the revela

-- talks with the taliban, facing severe criticism in some quarters. >> now we have the top taliban guy looking very confident, a very commanding position. actually telling the government we are ready for talks if you want to come and talk. again, this is something that to government -- it is going be a very divisive issue inside the country. >> this extraordinary footage we obtained shows the taliban, including hakimullah, at play. they are man thought to be responsible for murdering thousands. and -- leavings afghanistan, the government entering dialogue, it is becoming clear that the militants in the region feel more and more that they are calling the shots. talibanore on the leader's remarks, i am joined from new york by the director of the south asia center at the atlantic council. we do not often hear from hakimullah. how significant do you think this offer of talks is? >> this is a very clever move on his part. clearly he is using the media to his benefit, having said the government should negotiate through the media, he has chosen to use the media. i think it is a bit of a t

the corruption of the right way to react to syrian strife any dogs nuclear program will contain the taliban wants interaction forces withdraw from afghanistan to learn india's outlook on this and other matters i caught up with indian foreign minister sutton one question on his visit to. india. the billion strong state. the land of huge riches and endless poverty. a rising economic giant the most populous democracy with notorious corruption how does india feel in a turbulent world how does it deal with terrorist cells on its northwest flank doesn't enjoy its neighbors pakistan and china is india's voice heard by the international community. we talk to the country's foreign minister so many who should. warship india's foreign minister it's great to have you on the show today sir thank you so this is ration on the in the middle east and particularly in syria is on everybody's mind these days how close are or not russia and india's position on this conflict well i think. we're quite. pleased to be able to say that. very supportive of what position russia has taken indeed be a very encouraged an

karzai is in pakistan and will meet later in london and hoping it will lead to taliban peace talks.t two fighters have been killed in the u.s. drone strike in somalia and it was on the outskirts of the town and one killed is believes to be abraham ali and he is an expert in the bomb division and it targeted the car they were traveling in. the pakistan school teacher and children will be the first drone victims to testify before the u.s. congratulator on tuesday. since 2004 there have been over 376 drone strikes on pakistan and they estimate up to 3613 pack -- pakistans and 1500 injured and they were hit by a strike a year ago and they traveled to washington to tell their story and this is kimberly. >> it happened a little more than a year ago but for 12-year-old, 9-year-old and the memories are still vivid. >> translator: and i saw these two bright lights fall from the sky and hit where my grandmother was standing and everything became dark and i didn't know what to do but i just wanted to run away because i was so scared and i looked at my hand and there was blood coming out of my

-- talks with the taliban, facing severe criticism in some quarters. >> now we have the top taliban guy looking very confident, a very commanding position. actually telling the government we are ready for talks if you want to come and talk. again, this is something that to government -- it is going be a very divisive issue inside the country. >> this extraordinary footage we obtained shows the taliban, including hakimullah, at play. they are man thought to be responsible for murdering thousands. and -- leavings afghanistan, the government entering dialogue, it is becoming clear that the militants in the region feel more and more that they are calling the shots. talibanore on the leader's remarks, i am joined from new york by the director of the south asia center at the atlantic council. we do not often hear from hakimullah. how significant do you think this offer of talks is? >> this is a very clever move on his part. clearly he is using the media to his benefit, having said the government should negotiate through the media, he has chosen to use the media. i think it is a bit of a t

the government weren't taking on the taliban. the police weren't taking on the stall taliban. only people talking about the taliban was malala and her father. she talks about her cause. she said they may have pierced my body with the bullet but they have not taken away this cause and this mission. >> let's watch. >> the thing is, they can kill me. they can only kill malala. but it does not mean that they can kill my cause as well. my cause of education, my cause of peace and my cause of human rights, my cause of equality will still be surviving. they cannot kill my cause. [ applause ] >> christiane, how is the cause doing in pakistan these days? women's education? >> the thing is it's better but it's not good. there are still tens of millions of young pakistani kids out of school, many of those, most of those are women. the taliban was there terrorizing the swat vail. and listen, they've threatened to kill her again. they have threatened to finish her off. >> you work on this. >> i've been involved with the united nations girl up campaign, which is about educating people here