embassy in kabul comes under assault for the -- assault by the taliban. american hikers held in iran could be released in days after iran's president says he will grant a pardon on humanitarian grounds. life in the new clear ghost town. six months after disaster struck at a power plant in japan, radiation levels are still too high. >> when we get down to ground level -- what scientists are wrestling with is how dangerous this contamination is and will continue to be in the long term. >> welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. if anyone doubted the ability of islamic extremists to attack, events in afghanistan showed how organized the can still be. caliban insurgents mounted an attack against the u.s. embassy and nato headquarters in kabul. a used machine guns and grenades in a brazen show of force. >> running for cover from the taliban assault, this time from the heart of kabul's embassy district. the wounded and bleeding are helped to safety. the insurgents were heavily armed. on one of the busiest streets, a rocket lands. you can s

he was making tw will members of the taliban at the time. one of them had explosives concealed in his turban. rabbani was president from 1992 until 1996, the taliban takeover. in recent years, he continued as head of his party, seeking a broadbased government. but president karzai also asked him with having the peace council, set up to seek negotiations with the taliban. when the peace council was established, mr. karzai called it the greatest hope for the afghan people, and called for peace. but efforts to bring the taliban into negotiations have been fraught with difficulties. shortly after the news, mr. karzai met president obama in new york. >> it is a tragic loss. we want to extend our feelings to his family and afghanistan. we will not lose our determination in cribbing a path where afghans can live in freedom and prosperity. >> no one can fill his place easily. he was one of the few people in afghanistan with a disposition we cannot easily find in society. but this will not deter us. we will definitely succeed. >> the fact burhanuddin

>> clearly the taliban are behind this. they're sending a very powerful signal to the united states and to the international community that they are doing well, that they are capable of assaulting us in a manner they did, but more important, they're sending a signal to the afghan people that actually they are still surging, they are able to bring their fighting from the south into the city of kabul and nobody can be safe in that city. >> give us the larger picture. do you think this is one just a one off attack or does it suggest to you that when nato forces withdraw from the country, there really will be a resurgence of the taliban throughout the country? >> well, if you look at what happened today, they are already resurging, regardless of what we say. first of all, they want to create a tet offensive scenario in which they want to rely on all our claims we are winning with a single audacious attack. they may not succeed on that, but this comes on the back of a series of other audacious attacks including the assassination

the taliban bought with them an arsenal of weapons. here on one of the city's busiest streets a rocket lands. you can see the smoke from the explosion. gunfire all over the area. this is the u.s. embassy near isaf headquarters. this seems like a significant attack. gunfire broke out across the neighborhood. we headed for cover. the target was the u.s. embassy. guard took up positions on the roof. inside, they scrambled for cover. nato soldiers joined the afghan police. this area became a war zone. afghan and international soldiers taking aim at the taliban hiding inside the building. the gunfire was heavy and sustained. attack helicopters were called in to fire on the insurgents. this taliban attack started with a suicide bomber. militants fired on the u.s. embassy and isaf hq from a building that was under construction. the police station in the airport were attacked. the taliban -- 10 hours later, one fighter is still alive in the building. afghan security forces needed foreign help to combat the threat. >> the reacted quickly. they b

in both attacks, the taliban attackers wore army and police uniforms. the police are now cracking down. they are making army and police uniforms. they are trying to find out if the terrorists have illegally sold the uniforms to insurgents. [ speaking in a foreign language ] obtaining a permit is not difficult. almost anyone can get permission to make uniforms. the government seems unable to stop this. >> translator: i'm sure that some shops illegally make uniforms for anti-government forces. we are doing our best to crack down. >> our investigation shows that the taliban ill filtrated afghan security forces. >> i joined the forces to carry out a suicide bombing against the u.s. military while wearing the u.s. uniform. he shows a certificate showing he received a special training from the u.s. military. he says he had a problem to conduct a suicide bombing after international forces, but he missed his chance, so he returned to the taliban. >> translator: besides me, there are hundreds of other taliban fighters who infiltrated the armed forces and the poli

a new offensive by the taliban, u.s. and nato buildings, their attack. rebels advanced on the gaddafi's stronghold of bsanani walid. >> italy turns to china for help as its interest rates soar. >> the taliban have launched attacks on u.s. and nato buildings. police say that they are still exchanging gunfire with taliban members holed up in an unfinished high-rise. our coverage begins with this report from cobble -- kabul. >> nato forces battle with taliban from the roof of the u.s. embassy. four hours, it blasts and gunfire echoed through the city. nato helicopters were called and to target the insurgents who were holed up in this building site overlooking the diplomatic quarter. this provided a well placed advantage for the attack. >> you could hear the explosions. >> the taliban raid poses another challenge to afghan forces as they gear up to take command of security in couple -- in kabul. >> we are witnessing the taliban trying to test consistently but they cannot stop it. it will continue. >> this is the third major taliban assault since june but one

karzai, like the taliban, is a member of the pashtun majority. the pashtuns are criticizing karzai for seeking a negotiated peace with the taliban. some are saying that rabbani's death will deepen the ethnic conflict. afghanistan appears to be sinking further into turmoil. >> reporting from islamabad, hideki, thanks. >>> well china continues to enjoy strong growth, there is increasing concern that it may be affected by the economic uncertainty in the united states and europe. nhk world's hirauchi reports from beijing. >> reporter: despite the growing specter of inflation and other challenges, china has managed to maintain its high growth rate and it remains the world's engine for growth. recently it has begun taking steps to gain a larger international role for is currency, the yuan. while also becoming more involved in shaping the world economic order. however, the economic doldrums and the credit crisis affecting both the u.s. and europe are starting to cast a shadow over china's economy, too. the daqing oil field in the northeastern province i

karzai like the taliban is a member of the majority. so they are criticizing karzai for seeking negotiated peace with the taliban. some say it will deepen the ethnic conflict. afghanistan appears to be sinking further into turmoil. >> thanks. >>> next, we go to the bureau in bangkok for what's making headlines in the region. >>> southeast asian countries are struggling to handle the rains in two tropical storms. in the philippines, a typhoon killed at least seven people. it pounded tuesday causing flash floods and land slides. low lying areas in manilla are underwater. 20,000 have been ordered to evacuate. >> it's getting deep. our house is already on high ground, but the flood still reached it. >> the biggest typhoon to hit the country prompted the closure of financial markets, government offices and schools. large portions of the capitol were left without electricity. authorities it should move away wednesday, but warned people to remain cautious. thailand tuesday braced for more heavy rain from remnants of the tropical storm. the cou

so unless the united states gets serious about political negotiations with the leaders of the taliban we're not going to see an improvement from texas democrat very interesting to you i have to say thanks for sharing us your thoughts political harm to the brave new foundation think tank live there thank you for your time thank you. germany is called on your is a member to stick together in the term to settle nerves over the potential greek default the chance in the sense that greece must stay aboard the block to avoid causing a domino effect that statement came off the fears of greece declaring bankruptcy cools the shop for the global markets on monday it was triggered by reports that germany was preparing for greece to leave the euro zone and has been struggling to bring its debt crisis under control despite stringent storage emergency financial journalist says there is no easy way. there are different ways that. the european central bank and the e.u. could go about dealing with a default of greece or an exit of greece portugal or some of the peripheral countries they could break the

rabani's home, pretending to be an emissary for the taliban. he was actually escorted into the house by a former taliban leader and former fighter who fought along with rabani against the russians. so he gained access pretty much by saying that he was there to discuss peace. he entered the home, shook mr. rabani's hand, apparently bowed over in a sign of respect and then blew up the turban. the explosion killed mr. rabani. it also seriously injured a senior advisor to president karzai on issues of reconciliation and reintegration. so this suicide bomber essentially managed to damage the two people who were leading the peace process here in afghanistan. >> warner: what are u.s. and afghan officials saying to you about how big a blow this is for the u.s.-backed effort, led by the afghan government, to negotiate an end to this war? >> well, everybody here is trying to sort ofate not downplay the event but they're basically saying the peace process will continue. however, this is is a very clear sign that the taliban are not interested in talking pe

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embassy in afghanistan attacked by the taliban today. pital, the scene of the attack. she's focused on hot spots around the capital. >> reporter: it's a very important area we're flying over. down below is highway one. this is how it is around afghanistan, it circles around afghanistan. it's hotly contested because the taliban wants control of that road. a lot of times what you'll see below are insurgent attacks as they try to fight for that critical supply route. a coffee . the afternoon tour begins with more pain and more pills. the evening guests arrive. back to sore knees. back to more pills. the day is done but hang on... her doctor recommended aleve. just 2 pills can keep arthritis pain away all day with fewer pills than tylenol. this is lara who chose 2 aleve and fewer pills for a day free of pain. and get the all day pain relief of aleve in liquid gels. >>> we wants to tell you about research showing encouraging signs. alz himers can be treated with insulin. it seems strange but they intentionally thought insulin through the nasal

negotiating with the taliban was killed today by a suicide bomber posing as a peace envoy. good evening. i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, margaret warner gets the latest on the assassination from patrick quinn of the associated press in kabul. >> woodruff: then we look at shifting arguments for and against the death penalty, as a parole board in georgia rejects clemency for a man slated to be executed tomorrow. >> ifill: we talk to two now openly gay members of the military on the day the pentagon officially ends "don't ask, don't tell." >> woodruff: spencer michels tells the story of an opera that recounts the life and death of a man who saved others in vietnam and again at ground zero. >> he had no choice. duty came before anything else. duty to one's fellow man takes precedence over all other values. >> ifill: and hari sreenivasan has a follow-up to yesterday's conversation about big money in college athletics, this time with n.c.a.a. historian joseph crowley. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for t

helped establish the taliban. indirectly absolutely during the eighty's we were the cia provided most of that support through the pakistani i.s.i. the military intelligence organisation which was ludicrous because i saw i had its own agenda the american agenda was really to give the soviets their own vietnam was not really there for the afghans we talked a lot about freedom fighters supporting them and whatnot it all charlie wilson's were exactly exactly which also by the way the film misrepresented the situation we support of this rather nasty individual qubaty and hekmatyar who was an extremist hated americans killed a lot of moderate afghans and is now one of the leading insurgent politicians against the u.s. and nato in afghanistan so we created that we listened. we could nord a lot of the really good commanders inside afghanistan many who are moderates such as must suit were abdul haq and other one of the question and during the one nine hundred ninety s. after the civil war which was a brutal civil war the pa

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targets that have been hit by the taliban over the last several months have involved clearly the help of somebody within the the afghan government security services they could not have done what they did without that help for example many people recall the escape from kandahar provincial prisons of several hundred prisoners clearly with the connivance of some people within the kandahar provincial prison system and then of course the assassination of president karzai brother while he karzai in kandahar which apparently does turn out to have been a case where he was in touch with the taliban and again underlines the point that the taliban have been making with their strategy that they have in fact been able to strike targets because they are afghans and they have afghan allies to help what about the timing of this is it to challenge the transition all of the power of the u.s. and to be a force is the security over to the afghan security services and if that's the case surely this is a message saying it's too late even to think about withdrawing one of those forces and handing power over

the taliban has also. been unable to convince the in the people there that they are a better bet or a lot but that's all that the folks have there's still a lot of corruption that goes on there is there is a question whether the taliban will even join any coalition to. the government i tend to doubt it i think that they feel that once the united states is out then. they're going to be able to do more. and be much more be freer about it in terms of what they can accomplish i hope that that's not going to be the case but michael the u.s. also talking more and more plans to keep troops in place in afghanistan after the war is officially over to as they put it assist and train the afghan army again one that just diligence of eyes the afghan regime even more in the eyes of the people. well the afghan government indeed is a minority and when you look at the spread of of the taliban it's even now into the northern areas yeah the united states may try to keep some soldiers back to for training purposes as we're th

troops in afghanistan merely encourages the taliban to keep on five. here we are just past the nine eleven ten year anniversary and major attacks are being mounted in the capital that were just weeks out from betray us you know kind of crowing about the most recent statistics we want to cite saying that you know violence is coming down but it was immediately followed by august which was the most deadly month ever for u.s. forces in afghanistan and then followed by the state tech killer text the capital it shows that the military approach in afghanistan such as it works what's happening is that because the united states didn't respond to their primary just occasion for the war being achieved which was the killing of something that has lent credence to the taliban argument with the local people that the united states has its own purposes in afghanistan that has given the taliban even more recruitment abilities be able to say that what's happening is the united states is occupying afghanistan and my prediction is if united states doesn't change course we'r

some of these people fought against the taliban into the 1990's. they say that this proves that the taliban isnterested in peace. other analysts are making the point that this council was not where the main action was and what might bring public dialogue is being done behind the scenes in both international intelligence services and we really don't know what is going on in terms of the real nitty gritty of the peace process, if indeed there is one. >> world leaders have been meeting on the sidelines of the u.n. general assembly to map out a democratic future for post gaddafi's libya. the chairmen of lydia's national transitional council formally announced libya's returned to the international community. he said that libya is committed to peace, human rights, fair elections, and reconciliation. president obama hailed a new chapter and hailed -- and paid tribute to the libyan people. more gunfire has been reported in the yemeni capital as forces battle each other. witnesses say troops of a dissident general have been clashing with those loyal to the

he arrived in afghanistan and volunteered to fight with the taliban against the northern alliance. after 9-11, he was detained. these images of him where broadcast around the world. he claims he was mistreated in u.s. custody. >> there were trophy photos of him naked and blindfolded. >> a legal adviser in the justice apartment resigned due to her concerns over the case. >> the level of vitriol against him was astounding, and i felt that was clouding the normal lens we should use to look at this case more objectively. >> in the u.s., he pled guilty for fighting with the taliban, but the authorities dropped the out high debt charges. >> he aligned himself and -- dropped the al qaeda charges. >> he aligned himself with the regime, and it is pretty serious. he pled guilty. the judge to impose the appropriate sentence, and i assume he will serve it out. >> his journey to the afghan battlefield ended with him being designated detainee 001. his father argued that 10 years on, it is time to look at the case in a new light. >> shawn had no connection with outside or terrorism at all. he was

but the taliban basically have a choice. aged in now which they are not winning or they can accept a political settlement and be part of the democratic secure stable afghanistan going forward. >> help the american people understand that because on the one hand they hear that the taliban are the bad guys and at the same time we're talking with the taliban. >> you know, you don't reconcile with your friends but your enemies. reconciliation by definition is reconciling with someone you don't like and in this case your enemies. and again, we'll see how it goes. we expect that some taliban will reconcile. we expect that others won't. but in any insurgency, what you want to do is shrink the number of irreconcilable insurgents to be killed or captured to the minimum. we did that in iraq and that's what the afghans are trying to do here. >> so, drew, essentially, what the ambassador's saying and a chance to talk to general allen here in afghanistan both saying that the theme here, the strategy, if you will, is to kill the fighters, t

the taliban are claiming it's all part of today's coordinated attacks. it was two months ago that the u.s. turned over the security of the capital to the afghan forces. today, the afghans led the counterattack. they killed this would be suicide bomber who was wearing 15 pounds of explosives. rockets slammed into the u.s. embassy compound, diplomatic personnel took shelter in bunkers as sirens wailed. four afghan civilians were injured in the attack but no americans were harmed. the real goal of this type of complex attack appears to be to destroy the public's confidence in security, even in the capital city. violence in afghanistan has spiked. last year was the deadliest for u.s. troops and afghan civilians since the fall of the taliban ten years ago. and this year is on track to be the same. >> pelley: mandy, i wonder, with u.s. forces drawing down now, does that mean that kabul is going to be less safe? >> reporter: well, that's certainly the perception that the taliban want people to believe. now that the fighting is dying down, it will become a battle

the taliban fought on. afghan security forces needed foreign help to combat the threat. >> there reacted quickly. they brought helicopters in, which is the first time afghan national security forces used their own helicopters for an operation like this. they responded very well. i just hope the situation gets under control. >> the attack would likely have lasted longer without assistance. isaf says it has the taliban on the back foot, but to people in kabul, that seems optimistic. >> official figures released in the united states show that nearly one in six americans is now living in poverty. the census bureau says the income of the average household fell by more than 2% last year, and 46 million americans are poverty-stricken. african-americans and hispanics are disproportionately affected. president obama began a tour to promote his job creation plan. our correspondent is in washington with the details. >> it is about 15.3% of the population the u.s. census bureau says is now living in poverty, the highest

took on the taliban, he was detained. these images of him wounded were broadcast around the world.ind claims he was mistreated in u.s. custody. >> there were these trophy photos of him naked and blindfolded. >> a legal advisor in the justice department resigned due to her concerns over the case. >> the level of vitriol and animosity toward him was just astounding. i felt like that was clouding the normal lens that we would use to look at a case more objectively. >> back in the u.s., lind pleaded guilty for fighting for the taliban, but the authorities dropped the al qaeda charges. >> he went to fight for a regime that was hostile to the united states and that supported the attacks on 9/11. so in my book, that's pretty serious. i mean, it's not quite treeson, but it's certainly what i would call a kissing cousin to treason. he pled guilty. the judge imposed an appropriate sentence and i assume he'll serve it out. >> his journey from affluent california to the afghan battlefield ended with him being designated detainee 001. his father says 10 years on, it's time to look at his case i

but once the taliban realize that they are here to stay, then i think it's going to be back to normal>> reporter: the question is are the afghan forces trained by the united states ready to do the job? that is the hope the entire american strategy in afghanistan is depending on. mandy clark, cbs news, safar bazaar. >>> this morning, on "the early show," the latest into the investigation into the missing mother in utah, susan powell. after remains were found, we will hear from her father. >>> and dakota meyer who received the medal of honor today at the white house, an interview with him. >>> we will hear from ashton kutcher as he gets hit to make his debut on "two and a half men." that's the "cbs morning news" on this thursday. thanks for being here with us i'm betty nguyen. have a great day. captioning funded by cbs -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com the "mystery spot". not a mammal in this household is willing to lay claim to its origin. we may never know. let that sink in, people. we may never know.

led coalition invaded afghanistan it doesn't seem any closer to winning the war there with the taliban still relentless the conflicts estimated to cost over ten thousand afghan civilians their lives as they're often caught in the crossfire and as u.s. combat troops begin their gradual withdrawal from the country most locals don't even know why foreign forces came in the first place. helmand in southern afghanistan is the province that has borne the brunt of the fighting between the taliban and coalition forces what would afghans in this war torn province think about nine eleven and its consequences. while on patrol with the marines i get a first opportunity to ask a couple of young afghan men what they know about nine eleven but. can you show them a few more and can us do they know where it is even. we don't know so that's because because we were former we never heard about the need to gossip or the world big time or stop coming through. the two young men that clearly never heard of nine eleven. but maybe the elders of the local sure would have more to say yeah no i didn't see it in. t

they are linked to the taliban sympathetic to al qaeda appeared it is suspected that they are armed andrained by those inside pakistan. the government denies it. >> i categorically deny it. i categorically deny it. we have no such policy to attack or to a detect with pakistani forces or through pakistani assistance . >> america's patience seems to have snapped with a country that it is around $4.5 million in aid every year. the relationship has been fraught up and down ever since 9/11. since the killing of been latent on pakistani soil earlier this year, -- of osama bin laden of pakistani soil earlier this year, relations have been strained. it is not quite clear what america will do. it may clearly ignored as it has done so often in the past. >> another breakthrough has been claimed in a former gaddafi stronghold . >> forces say they have taken control of the town in the south of the country. several key supporters of colonel gaddafi have fled from the town to news year -- to niger. >> the fact that the anti- gadhafi fighters have taken over this place is very key. what we see here is

and a nineteen hour long gun fight with the taliban it's cobol away we talked to afghanistan's former president who says the bloodshed is the result of foreign intervention. if he is deciding on the future of a highly unpopular austerity package intended to put a leash on the country's runaway debts the country's lower house of parliament stagey today on whether there's a passing strange and set of tax hikes and spending cuts the measures already been passed by the senate just five weeks of wrangling and mass public protests but even if passed only one day not because as our first reports years of economic sanction a sham a culture of government excess may have left it's too little too late. as it really prepares to once again tighten its belt and the light in your stereo politicians it seens have found a way to save themselves some pennies. of the real inside the rest of the problem and it's you see. a free. throw around with really cheap prizes this cheap yet exclusive money was leaked to italian let's press a magazine but this is no mitchell instead of be straight before we've gott

was a long time ago the time since the taliban have come back to the narrative i think in afghanistan where to a lot of afghan people it doesn't make sense but being live there being defended from themselves. i think it's really important to to bring you know specific examples of this i found an article about a school in the northern bhagwan province in afghanistan that was destroyed by ice that the international security assistance force in an operation against the taliban now this is what the article says the article says you know local students then had to study outside of the skin the scorching sun ever since the school was bombs and the headmaster says that the school was built with government support of a great effort but the foreigners destroyed it and that nearly fifteen hundred students including boys and girls had attended it that all the furniture of the documents the stationery burned to ashes in his eyes after attack and yet this school hasn't been rebuilt so you hear stories about this and it makes you wonder how this country will ever find support of broad when those ki

. >> in afghanistan two days after former president rabbani was assassinated the taliban has changed its position and now suggests that it was not responsible. experts say the reversal exposes a possible split within militant group of attitudes to peace talks. the taliban's new statement issued on website on wednesday, the group said previous media reports at the assassination was the work of the taliban were baseless. it said its investigation is not yet complete and it is not prepared to comment. rabbani was a former afghan president and figure in peace negotiations with the taliban. he was killed by a suicide bomber on tuesday at his home in kabul. analysts say that confused statements by the taliban may reveal divisions within the group regarding the assassination of rabbani and policy on handling peace dialogue with the afghan government. >>> in manila, officials and experts from asean are gathering to discuss a philippine proposal for resolving territorial disputes. among the group's members and china, over islands in the south china sea. nhk world's charmaine deogracias has det

afghanistan's chief peace negotiator with the taliban burhanuddin rabbani has been killed at his home>> the imf says the world economy is entering a dangerous new face and warned that the u.s. and europe risk falling back into recession. among the latest forecast made by the imf was the prediction that japan will contract by 0.5%. i'm joined from our tour " studios by martin -- tokyo studios by martin. do you believe the economy will contract? >> yes, absolutely. there is no other way in terms of recovering for japan. we had a huge hit earlier this year. now with the world economy cooling, it is basically our forecaster up the year. we have more for next year. >> it does not help japan but the august trade deficit came in better than it -- bigger than expected. this puts the recovery in doubt. >> absolutely. what japan needs for recovery is exports. this is where the economy starts to grow we are not seeing this right now. demand from asia is still comparatively strong. they are cooling. now it sentiment in the u.s. and europe hitting the bottom, this is bad news for asia. >> a new ad

and afghanistan which was invaded by the us shortly after the atrocity of the relentless taliban staged another deadly suicide bombing and it's all to discover as most afghan civilians don't even know why their country was ever occupied by foreign troops. russia in the sports world say goodbye to the country's top national ice hockey team wiped out in a plane crash that killed forty three. a moscow calls on the international community not to take sides in syria's internal violence as president it says negotiation is the only way to peace. we'll look back at the past seven days top stories and the latest developments this is the weekly on t.v. it was a tragedy that claimed the lives of thousands in an instant and later brought to wars with an even more devastating death toll the united states is marking a decade since the nine eleven attacks terrorists crashed hijacked planes into the twin towers of the world trade center new york and the pentagon in washington a fourth plane came down in the state of pennsylvania remember it's a movie being held at ground zero in new york and all across