she joins us from kabul. we continue our conversation with michael o'hanlon from the brookings institution. we go to larry joining us on the republican line. with all dueanlon, respect, personal outrage does not trump physics nor does it knowledge and the evidence that they tore down building seven on 9/11. host: this is a different topic and we move on to jesse in michigan. caller: >> good morning. good morning. i have heard of different in afghanistan -- in afghanistan, i want to ask -- what is -- what is so special about afghanistan, all these wars going on. thank you, jesse, we will get a response. why afghanistan? guest: there have been a lot of conflicts in afghanistan and in the 19th century, we talked about the great game with the british and russian empires colliding in afghanistan, and standing up for their own country and pushing out these foreign powers. but in terms of the modern era it does begin with the soviet invasion. ae soviets tried to install true communist government, in the late 1970's,

bernard smith speaking to us from kabul. >>> neighboring pakistan has shut all border crossings into afghanistan until the conclusion of the ballot. the closures are aimed at boosting security. pakistan spy agency rejected allegations that it organized attacks on election officials. more than a million afghan refugees live across the border in pakistan, and they're not allowed to vote in this election. we spoke to a few of them. >> reporter: it's another day of life at the refugee camp just on the outskirts of the city. most of the refugees have been living in this country for decades will not be able to take part in a crucial general election. now in 2004 in most people here in the camps did help had hamid karzai to win the presidency. but this time when the president turns over power to the new president, predominantly these are groups a majority in afghanistan, therefore they say will not be heard across the border. the pakistanis have stepped up border patrol, but at the refugee camps you see most people would be interested to see the outcome of the general election, but they do

she joins us from kabul. we continue our conversation with michael o'hanlon from the brookings institution. we go to larry joining us on the republican line. with all dueanlon, respect, personal outrage does not trump physics nor does it knowledge and the evidence that they tore down building seven on 9/11. host: this is a different topic and we move on to jesse in michigan. caller: >> good morning. good morning. i have heard of different in afghanistan -- in afghanistan, i want to ask -- what is -- what is so special about afghanistan, all these wars going on. thank you, jesse, we will get a response. why afghanistan? guest: there have been a lot of conflicts in afghanistan and in the 19th century, we talked about the great game with the british and russian empires colliding in afghanistan, and standing up for their own country and pushing out these foreign powers. but in terms of the modern era it does begin with the soviet invasion. ae soviets tried to install true communist government, in the late 1970's,

that's bernard smith joining us from kabul. >> to other news. the death toll from flash demruding in the so'oialo -- flooding in the solomons islands is expected to rise. dozens have been killed many are missing. it's been described as the worst flooding. whole communities were washed away. >> a number of my staff have witnessed dead people particularly children washed away by the flash floods. the water came up so quickly at times. >> syrian opposition activists report a major government air strike in aleppo. more than 45 people have been killed in the alshabbier neighbourhood. pictures have been posted online on government forces in latakia. >> thousands of anti-government protesters have been demonstrating where this weekend's formula 1 grand prix has been held. the mass rally coincided with the practice session. many in the shia muslim majority say they want more say. >> al jazeera is demanding the release of its journalists who have been in prison in egypt for 98 days. the trial of peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy, and mohammed badr has bee

right channel but to have to meet you there thank you so much for that report card and say joining us from kabul. after seven weeks of intense urge internationally her efforts to find an age three seventy its overt has been caught up rather than four hundred and forty military officers from seven countries involved in the search for the missing malaysia airlines jet gather at the australian air force base in perth to mark the end of aerial search for the plane and the official said that the search will now be expanded under water should include a bath suite at the ocean floor that may take at least a two month to familysearch not a single piece that confirmed a free template three seventy has been recovered so far by a massive multinational find that again after it disappeared on march the eighth with two hundred thirty nine people onboard and that's all the news for falling for you this our thanks for company when the vaccine the new. to me addictions. so this is the opposite. choosing the one thing that prevents the cheapest tickets for the trucks are now attempting to change them into the cou

she joins us from kabul. we continue our conversation with michael o'hanlon from the brookings institution. we go to larry joining us on the republican line. caller: mr. hanlon, with all due respect, personal outrage does not trump physics nor does it knowledge and the evidence that they tore down building seven on 9/11. host: this is a different topic and we move on to jesse in michigan. caller: >> good morning. good morning. i have heard of different characters in afghanistan -- in afghanistan, i want to ask -- what is -- what is so special about afghanistan, all these wars going on. host: thank you, jesse, we will get a response. why afghanistan? guest: there have been a lot of conflicts in afghanistan and in the 19th century, we talked about the great game with the british and russian empires colliding in afghanistan and standing up for their own country and pushing out these foreign powers. but in terms of the modern era it does begin with the soviet invasion. the soviets tried to install a true communist

. >> axelrod: charlie d'agata joins us now from kabul. charlie, there had been a surge in violence predicted around the time of the elections but it never seemed to materialize. are people surprised about that? >> reporter: very surprised. i think everybody here is bracing for the worst, and it may say something about the capability of the afghan security forces that it didn't happen. and, of course, we are reminded of the unpredictable nature of that violence and the attack on two associated press journalists in eastern afghanistan, a photographer, who was killed. we have an update on kathy gannon, the a.p. writer. she was treated at the scene in eastern afghanistan. she was flown to a coalition hospital here in kabul where she received medical treatment, a surgery last night, and where she remains in stable condition. >> axelrod: charlie d'agata, thank you. we are learning more tonight about what may have set off the shooter at fort hood, texas. specialist ivan lopez killed three people and injured 16 on the base wednesday. anna werner

or pelley: charlie d'agata is joining us now from kabul. charlie, do you know any more about the gunman? >> well, scott, he is a unit commander. eyewitnesses said when he approached the vehicle he shouted, allah akbar, "god is great" before opening fire. he immediately dropped his weapon and gave himself up to police. investigators are looking into his story that the shooting was done to avenge the deaths of relatives that were killed in that airstrike, and tonight, the taliban said they had nothing to do with the attack. g pelley: gunman in custody. charlie d'agata. thank you, charlie. in all, 173 journalists have e d' killed covering the wars in iraq and afghanistan. the committee to protect journalists told us today that 150 were lost in iraq, and now 23 in afghanistan. we learned today that the u.s. economy has at long last regained all of the private sector jobs that it lost in the great recession. it took six years. ree labor department says america added 192,000 jobs in march-- moderate but steady. the unemployment rate remained 6.7%

. >> that's bernard smith covering the afghan election for us from the capital, kabul. >> to other news. the number of people killed by flash flooding in the solomon islands is expected to rise. 10,000 are homeless. 16 are known to have died in the capital honiara. aid agencies described it as the worst flooding in the pacific nation history. heavy rain is threatening more flood damage. >> a number of my staff witnessed dead people and particularly children have been washed away by flash floods. the water has come up so quickly at times. >> mohamed morsi is back in court. mohamed morsi and several other muslim brotherhood members are accused of in sitting the murder of -- inciting the murder. 11 were killed in the protests, triggered when mohamed morsi decreed himself above the law. >> al jazeera is demanding the immediate release of journalists who have been in prison in egypt for 98 days. the trial of peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy, and mohammed badr, has been adjourned until 10 april. they are falsely accused of providing a platform for the outlawed muslim brotherhood. a fourth jo

ser rye yeah del legal is afghan's minister of health and joins us from kabul. welcome. >> thank you. >> this took place at a hospital in kabul, in afghanistan. can you take me through what happened as those medical workers entered the building? >> yes. this incident happened this morning in the hospital in kabul. it happened at 9:46 a.m. when the doctor working in the hospital was receiving his guests or visitors at the gate after hospital where a police officer started shooting, and the doctor himself who is a pediatrician was killed, and two of the visitors were killed. three were killed, all are americans. one of the visitors was injured. she has undergone medical treatment and her condition is stable and good at this stage. >> minister dalil, this was an american doctor. had he been working in this hospital for a long time? >> yes, he was an american doctor working in this hospital for the last seven years. one of the senior staff of this hospital whom i know personally, and i met him twice at least in the last couple of years. >> are you able to release hi

from the afghan army. what happens when us and nato troops leave remains an open question. >> just an hours drive from kabul, is charkh district, afghanistan. as the us and nato prepares to pull out most of their forces later this year, i travelled here to try to see what life is like in areas of afghanistan under the rule of the taliban.

hanging on the outcome of america's role in the future of afghanistan, richard engel joins us now from kabulsecurity forces in place, several hundred, if not thousand, trying to tamp down the violence we've seen leading into this election. >> reporter: there are many security forces in place, but what's so disturbing about the attack you just mentioned on the two reporters from the associated press, one of the reporters, a photographer, killed in that attack. is that it was the afghan security services that were responsible for this, a member of the afghan police department walked up to the car in which these reporters from the associated press were sitting, they were waiting in a convoy with election officials delivering ballots, this afghan police officer walked up to their vehicle, lowered his weapon, yelled, shot at the reporters, injured cathy gannon, a largely respected writer from canada, and killed anna kneadering house, then turned himself in to his colleagues. it raises questions about their loyalty. these are the men that the united states is entrusting with the future of afghanis

us. fau "fault lines" starts right now on al jazeera america. >> just an hours drive from kabul, is charkh district, afghanistan. as the us and nato prepares to pull out most of their forces later this year, i travelled here to try to see what life is like in areas of afghanistan under the rule of the taliban. after days of negotiations, through intermediaries - i was told i would be allowed in, with a camera. >> i'm actually quite nervous and the reason is that five years ago when i tried to embed with a group of insurgents in helmand i was kidnapped and i was held for a week. i was lucky and managed to escape from them but still i don't hope that i will end up in the same situation. >> this sort of access is incredibly rare... its also risky - this is taliban country. >> charkh is a cluster of dusty settlements surrounding a small, central town. the taliban of charkh were burying their dead. >> one of the two taliban fighters killed in an attack on a local afghan army base. a lot of inhabitants from this village in charkh have gathered today. >> they're here to pay their respects. they'r

us on the late ns the obama tour of asia. >>> we have a story coming in from afghanistan involving a security guard working at a hospital in kabulhe has importantly opened fire. three women have been kid. let's get the latest from our correspondent, who is live in kabul. bring us up to date. what more do you know? >> well, this morning an afghan security guard was supposed to secure the hospital. he opened fire on the hospital and killed three foreigners and injured two. now it is the second similar attack on foreigners in three weeks. earlier, three weeks ago, an afghan policeman opened fire on two journalists, killing one, injuring another. these attacks affected the work of foreigners, that aid was coming and delivering by the foreigners. afghan police is telling us that the guy who - the policeman who opened fire on the foreigners in the hospital is under arrest, and he has injured himself. >> live in kabul, thank you. >> pakistani fighter jets carried out air strikes in the north-west, bombing fighter bases. close to the afghan border. the military says it inflicted casualties. live to kamal hyder, joining us from islamabad

those votes continue to be counted over the next few weeks a corresponding comfort office updating us from kabul and online for you to keep up get us to the polls for the third hour of the taliban will be told the fate. of our democratic power. so they completely different next to it was said talk is cheap has probably never than traveled around europe with a mobile phone or certainly not lately just hopping across the border kind of course said bill skyrocketing but the a use attempts to force down costs could backfire and see everyone paying more payroll overexplaining. back from holiday but landed with an unexpected bill this woman in london was told she owed nineteen thousand pounds for using her phone abroad set to make shocks like that impossible within the e.u. by eliminating roaming charges entirely everyone now thinks mobile were mean charges are quite outdated basically even the companies themselves citizens can move easily around the e.u. crossing borders by bicycle even sometimes horse and cart but at the moment whilst movement across the borders might be free if you want to use a ce

cost but officials say there was a huge turnout nevertheless let's get more now from a few joins us from kabul. many people have access despite those deaths what about the people in afghanistan how do they feel. the people that we've spoken to here in kabul tremendous excitement about saturday's vote which at least on the surface very much exceeded expectations millions of afghans defied a taliban threats to cast their ballots and there was no major security incidents six people did die in a rocket attack on a polling center there were some clashes in provincial areas but those are places that had already been fighting the taliban insurgency so nothing even remotely resembling the violence that we had seen in the run up to the historic vote one that many are calling a triumph of determination over intimidation the counting of votes will last for a while but officials do say that about seven million afghans cast their ballots out of some twelve million eligible voters that's nearly sixty percent much higher than what we saw in the last election one of the biggest concerns that some urged this t

who joins us from kabul see the run up to this election has been one of the bloodiest does it look like it has. at this point the mood here in afghanistan is one of tremendous excitement mixed with trepidation the election is an incredibly important milestone in a country that has seen its share of coups violent overthrow governments and it is the very first time that will be handed over by a democratic votes now karzai who's been in power since the fall of the taliban from running again and his departure along with out of international forces at the end of the year means that the stakes are extraordinary high people here are very well aware of that now here in the capital there are long lines at the polling centers but across the country security is a big concern the taliban have waged a violent campaign to disrupt the elections to try to scare people away from the polling afghan military and police troops are out in full force across the country the roads here are blocked there are checkpoints everywhere but the question is of course what will happen in the provinces now there are par

those votes are counted in the results come out of course when you see come from office updating us from kabul and online as well here on r.t. international. complete change of subject next whoever said talk is cheap probably than never tried traveling around europe lately anyway with a mobile phone just hopping across the border concerned bill skyrocketing but the e use of terms to forced down costs could backfire and see everyone paying more as peter all of a phone. back from holiday but landed with an unexpected bill this woman in london was told she owed nineteen thousand pounds for using her phone abroad set to make shocks like that impossible within the e.u. by eliminating roaming charges entirely everyone now thinks mobile charges are quite outdated basically even the companies themselves citizens can move easily around the e.u. crossing borders by bicycle even sometimes horse and cart but at the moment whilst movement across the borders might be free if you want to use a cell phone while doing it it's going to cost you just a few steps from germany into poland and that text message mea

richard engel brings us this story from kabul. >> reporter: the two women from the associated press wereng in the back of their vehicles and in this long convoy of vehicles protected supposedly by the afghan security forces, delivering ballots to a local district center in eastern afghanistan, not far from the border with pakistan. as the women, cathy gannon and niedringhaus were in the back of their car, the afghan police officer, a second lieutenant lowered his rifle and shouted and open fire into the back of the car, into the door and into the rear windows, smashing out those windows, killing anja and woundi wounding cathy. she was first treated at a local hospital then transferred to the bagram air base not far from here. she is supposed by reportedly in stable condition after being shot twice, anja niedringhaus was killed instantly. it raises questions about the loyalty of afghan security forces. these are men who are supposedly being trained and who are being mentored by u.s. troops. there's still about 33,000 u.s. troops in their country. and the main mission of the american force

kabul. another american also shot being treated for her wounds. we're told the shooter was a hospital security guard. joining us on the phone from jeremy kelly with the "times of london." jeremy, if you can hear us, what can you tell us about the situation? >> well, this morning shortly after 10:00 a group of foreign doctors and medical staff were entering a hospital run by u.s.-based charity. at that point a guard either stationed at the hospital or near the hospital openedir

allright for sean caleb is in kabul and he's been bringing us the latest from afghanistan on the elections. the afghan for the upcoming karzai cast his vote earlier today they are in the capital kabul this election will mark the first time that the people of afghanistan have been able to change leadership change presidents at the ballot box in the history of afghanistan the election. bring the seas between major for runners. of those drummers his doctor of the dough like he was part of the karzai government. at one point. the love he was also one of the election back in two thousand and nine the book of evidence is that i shrugged gandhi on the side in the form of finance minister. they are in afghanistan. and there will be forced to keep you updated on the afghan elections as the person. true she would remark it. from nigeria kristen bids come in for democracy. come to put them all. krista was formed in my sights along the city's up some new tricks to push it in my tuna my due date assume you mean it to science. this sequel. when the rice worst teams in the seat to force forms. the countr

kabul for us. we did hear from the independent election commission earlier the official tally is. forty three wounded in taliban attacks in the past twenty four hours for afghan security forces seven soldiers killed nine policemen and i have to say for afghanistan this is a relatively bloodless day we won't know for the exact quite some time several weeks perhaps. a record turnout seven million afghans cast their ballots out of some twelve million eligible voters that is of course nearly sixty percent much higher than what we saw in the last election one of the biggest problems violence that emerged from today's election has been the shortage of ballots across the country this is likely a sign of either high voter turnout ballot stuffing could also explain it and this is of course a huge concern here because of a large number of afghans feel they've been deprived of the right to vote they could reject the results of this election as illegitimate but on the ground we're hearing a lot of excitement and optimism about the future of challenges of course. for whoever ends up leading th

>> just an hours drive from kabul, is charkh district, afghanistan. as the us and nato prepares to pull out most of their forces later this year, i travelled here to try to see what life is like in areas of afghanistan under the rule of the taliban. after days of negotiations, through intermediaries - i was told i would be allowed in, with a camera. >> i'm actually quite nervous and the reason is that five years ago when i tried to embed with a group of insurgents in helmand i was kidnapped and i was held for a week. i was lucky and managed to escape from them but still i don't hope that i will end up in the same situation. >> this sort of access is incredibly rare... its also risky - this is taliban country. >> charkh is a cluster of dusty settlements surrounding a small, central town. the taliban of charkh were burying their dead. >> one of the two taliban fighters killed in an attack on a local afghan army base. a lot of inhabitants from this village in charkh have gathered today. >> they're here to pay their respects. they're here also to mourn, and also sh

and the latest we're hearing from kabul is that six police officers have been killed. for all of usext, security of primary concern because we have that crucial presidential election taking place in afghanistan on saturday. >>> time now to catch up with the business. aaron is with us now. a massive walkout at lufthansa. >> quite possibly the biggest walkout in lufthansa's history. thanks, lucy. yes, luff stan is a and subsidiary german wings not a good day, three days possibly because a three-day pilot strike kicks off right now. nearly 4,000 flights will be canceled. this, of course, needless to say is a headache germany's biggest airline could do without. it will hit them right where it hurts, right in the pocket. lufthansa stands to lose tens of millions of euros, possibly daily. the cockpit action represents most of lufthansa's near 5,500 pilots. all this is because lufthansa scrapped a retirement deal and the pilots say they don't believe the payoff is good enough. our correspondent steve evans has the latest. >> basically lufthansa signaled disruption, more than 100,000 text m

joining us live from kabul lucy good to see you afghan officials hailing sunday's election as a raging success but perhaps it's still early days yet. it certainly is early days for this election was a success in terms of voter turnout we saw an estimated nearly sixty percent of afghans heading to the polls despite the very violent run up to election day with the taliban carrying out a series of attacks aimed at disrupting the elections there wasn't an immediate indication of the kind of widespread fraud that haunted the two thousand and nine vote when more than a million votes had to be disqualified but still much too early to take to make any of declarations or assumptions here counting is still. official results in order to allow for fraud and complaints to be investigated we did see a shortage of ballots across the country likely due to the high turnout but also concerns that ballot stuffing played a role that's something that still needs to be investigated and despite the high turnout there were small parts of the country that barely saw any voters such as districts in the wardak p

us. fau "fault lines" starts right now on al jazeera america. >> just an hours drive from kabul, is charkhtrict, afghanistan. as the us and nato prepares to pull out most of their forces later this year, i travelled here to try to see what life is like in areas of afghanistan under the rule of the taliban.

just back from kabul. he joins us from delhi just before the break in the street value of telling us how to talk with the taliban. there's also been pondering of an offensive by the pakistani government against the taliban and a teeny little confusing as for talking about. the area right on the border between afghanistan and pakistan right now where are things going. the bulletin they were shooting at the moment is a ceasefire. and it is an adult and when going from both sides be an isolated incidents and boxed on well to tucks it in dunedin last commercial solution the government is determined to give peace a chance to go she goes out to drink. to make the wheels of course the use of force. but at the moment i've seen it's only the wisest him might be going to parks and with the people parkson to engage old tools who will insight to what is in the country and it's important that could be understood and accepted by the constitutional talks to him and acted according to the post you to the park's inevitable book was al

kabul. another american also shot being treated for her wounds. we're told the shooter was a hospital security guard. joining us on the phone from kabul is jeremy kelly with the "times of london." jeremy, if you can hear us, what can you tell us about the situation? >> well, this morning shortly after 10:00 a group of foreign doctors and medical staff were entering a hospital run by u.s.-based charity. at that point a guard either stationed at the hospital or near the hospital opened fire on the group killing, according to the u.s. embassy, three american citizens and wounding one more. the gunman, according to afghan officials, was then himself shot by other police officers. he's now in custody and undergoing treatment in hospital. the condition of the fourth american is described as stable. >> what do we understand about why this supposedly happened? we're hearing it was the security guard. do you think he was an implanted insurgent or do you think this is somebody having a psychotic break? what do we understand? >> well, it's too early to speculate on a motive. afghan officials say -- are saying today that the shooting was un

. >> just an hours drive from kabul, is charkh district, afghanistan. as the us and nato prepares

from us this hour, afghanistan's fledgling justice system is a work in progress. its dogged by a system that doesn't have enough justices. particularly the rights of afghan women, jennifer glasse has her story from kabul. >> when defense toirn ki attornd in 2008, she didn't expect to be staining long. >> they were training and mentoring me a lot more. >> motley is outspoken and uncovered and defending afghanistan's most uncovered. hoping for justice. motley stops at this woman's jail every chance she gets to check in on the inmates and see if anyone needs a lawyer. >> does your iranian embassy do they know you are here? okay, how long have you all been here? >> four months. >> four months. >> irene from uganda has been here for more than four years, convicted of drug trafficking. she should be free by now, because the president has reduced sentences like hers. motley is trying to help. >> with this decree they forgive, president karzai, forgives sentences for many crimes. >> most in here are illiterate. without motley most of them wouldn't know what to do. human rights watch estimates that credit most of the women and girls are here for moral crimes, called zenah here, that's what motley wants to chan

attack underscored the status to katie has us trained combat forces prepare to restaurant the end of the year. nhk was nothing he said that reports from kabul last moment suicide bomb killed seventeen people in what was she didn't really get the security team. in olden times. local police suspect that i live on. don east and south and east of the protons try additional strongholds the costumes account for forty percent of the population in the country mother comment on these expounding the seedlings will nhk negotiated for permission to contact the regional militant group the group recently joined a ton about. its members whatever our accounts. to make mock are all the candy minority group. more stop at just the past to make up the majority of that i did not. the difference in ethnicity doesn't matter we've pulled together for islam. he has attended all the walking this time though is that i've gone cold in years. some have now joined a notepad today the government livelihoods keeps worsening under the current government we have no choice but to take up arms and fight on all counting crows have today's election is on the way. preliminary re

from kabul the island. he seems pretty so much and he's just days away. some voters cling to pull us that he could be. the country. more than twelve years after the taliban regime fell the militant group b's once again impossible for us security is getting was not bad. the economy has launched a series of high profile ahead of the election the tiki the heavily guarded headquarters of the election committees and locations pablo wait for it. what does nervously wondered what will happen on polling day. last month. the militants released a statement pledging to step out the attacks against election officials candidates and supporters. how did the spokesperson told nhk the election season the demand. we don't recognize the election which is a farce. we are the legitimate ruler based on islamic teaching opinion polls suggest fifty percent of afghans want the next race in the hopes of improving security. and yet i don't know. i'm worried about a civil war has happened. easy money at weymouth safety and security is most important shot without it we can take part in the election. some voters say they're too s

joining me now from kabul is nbc chief foreign correspondent richard engel keeping us updated on thisuation. first i want to ask about the voting process. back in 2009 as many as 20% of the ballots had to be thrown out. how do you think the fraud level was this time around? >> reporter: the voting that we saw looked like it was going quite smoothly but judging from the number of complaints, this is not a comparable situation to 2009. the process isn't over yet and there could be surprises, but compared to where we were right now, a few days after the election in 2009, it was a totally different scenario, i was here in 2009 and tonight if it were 2009 we would be working on a story about fraud. we had video of people stuffing ballot boxes. they were complaints coming in from all over the country. we're not hearing those kind of complaints right now. we don't have those kind of pictures. we're not out of this yet but it doesn't seem to have been anywhere near this situation that we had in 2009. >> early good news, so much hangs in the balance for afgs and actually for the united states.

from geneva for us. >>> security guard working at a hospital in afghanistan killed three american women. it happened at the hospital in the capital kabul, which specialises in children's medicine. we have more from kabul. . >> reporter: an afghan policemen was working as a security guard for the hospital in kaboom, opened -- kaboom, opened -- kabul, opened fire on the hospital. injuring three american women. his own colleague opened fire on the policeman and opened fire on foreigners, he's injured and under custody. it is the second attack in less than three weeks on foreign civilians, on may the 4th. two a.p. journalists were shot by an afghan policeman. where one was killed and another injured. it will affect their activity. aid and other helps that they are trying to deliver. >> at least four people, including a police officer had been killed in a suicide attack in pakistan's largest city, in a fruit and vegetable market. the target has been targeted several times before. >>> staying with pakistan, fighter jets carried out air strikes in the north-west of the country, bombing groups in khyber agency. it's inflicted heavy casualties.

i'm joined now from kabul by nbc news chief correspondent richard engel, who's been keeping us updated on this story. i want to ask you a specific question. you found one powerful story of survival in this recent wave of attacks. tell us about that. >> we profiled last night on "nightly news" a young boy, a 2-year-old, and he survived m miraculo miraculously, you could say, a horrific attack on the serena atell, a luxury hotel, a supposedly safe hotel. he was at dinner with his family, a holiday meal. four gunmen went through security, they weren't thoroughly checked. they went into the hotel's dining room. they took out pistols which they had hidden in their shoes. they loaded the pistols and started firing. they killed this young boy's parents, his mother and his father, two of his siblings, several other people were killed and injured. and this boy was shot four times and his mother was pleading for her children's lives. she was also killed. and he was initially left for dead. he was rushed to a local hospital. and survived and is doing fairly well. he's still in a wheelchair. he's

the brunt of the final and the twenty thirty in the united nations reported a sharp rise in kabul to us from battles between the afghan government and taliban forces it was the deadliest year for women and children in nearly half of the decade civilian casualties rose by a stunning fourteen percent in the conflict has become so widespread that one in four afghans have lost a relative or a close friend to the final and this is according to statistics from doctors without borders almost thirteen years after the west went into afghanistan to destroy al qaeda and to oust the taliban america and its allies find themselves adults with strong with my their objective fully achieved without stability and an end to the smiling again a sense of first democratic chance for a power remains under threats reporting in kabul for our teeth to see. while foreign affairs expert richard becker believes international forces have failed to pave the way for their departure despite colossal spending. well obviously for anyone who is following the news from afghanistan the security situation is is so bad that the go

use his sister information asked for a unique experience. on capital kabul the international news website. the our eye. welcome back before using the false and get a bigger sample is originally from peru. at the top of the hour. as a pro russian separatist the new war. students from kiev the eu foreign ministers meeting in luxembourg with a hypocrite. saying that the ministers agreed to expand the list of people subject to rush and sanctions eight summit. eu summit scheduled for next week in brussels. in a cheery authorities believe the radicalism is all wrong for the deadliest ever attack on the teacher's couple of weeks at the one killed of a br dna testing on all the male pupils and staff of a private preschool western france this unit because of reduced to the females too. call. i welcome that awoke me to just joining us this is the false then get to be working at the escalation in eastern ukraine which continues ultimatum is from kiev to being ignored. but some stand alone now. today's cream bar media watch segment and is on top throughout the conversation james we've been saying how differently the stories being spun whether you're in the westerner it is in moscow st has be

us 20 years to get the democracy going. even though progress has been made, and that's my concern, the chances are good that we'll see, as stipulated by the guest from kabul, that everything will fall into chaos. >> i need to break in here and stress afghanistan has changed a lot in the last 10 years. afghanistan is no longer a primary rural society. half the people live in cities. urban areas are vibrant. kabul was a city of less than 2,000, is now over 5 million. it has undergone change. the tribal dynamics exist, but they are different to so years ago. the afghan people are making choices on their own. what will be important on this seat are the afghan people who go out and vote. that voting in and of itself, regardless of who they choose will send a signal to the taliban. that the rest of the afghan people, 80 plus% of the people that -- 80 plus per cent of the people will go forward. the afghan security force has done a good job. there has been some isolated attacks, reported too much in the press. the afghan security forces are taking high casualties, but they compatriots. >> we have to hit a break. u.s. forces are ready to step down. is the militar

kabul. >>> how about that to take us off the air on a tuesday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams reporting tonight from los angeles. we hope to see you tomorrow night back home in new york. good night. >>> nbc bay area news starts now. >>> good evening and thanks for joining us. >> we have a lot happening at this hour. we start in the south bay. a homicide investigation just blocks away from regional medical center. police are trying to solve san jose's 13th killing of the year. officers were called to a home right off 680. you can see the map here. kris sanchez joins us from the scene. what do we know? >> reporter: we know that being that close to regional medical center did not make a bit of difference for the woman who was found stabbed in her home here. 911 was called by a neighbor just a few minutes before 3:00. by the time police and medical personnel arrived, it was too late for that woman. investigators remain here at the scene looking for any clues. they say they don't have a suspect description at this point, nor do they have witnesses that they're willing to reveal to us at this point. we asked if this w

aid one housing development is being used as an example of how the country can move forward on its own. but it still has many challenges ahead. we have reports from kabulall right, we'll come back to that story later. >>> china is looking to raise it's retirement age by five years as millions of citizens approach 60. it's been prompted by shrinking workforce which threatens to dampen economic growth. we'll have that report from beijing a little bit later. we'll be back in a few moment's time. stay with al jazeera. >> these protestors have decided that today they will be arrested >> these people have chased a president from power, they've torn down a state... >> what's clear is that people don't just need protection, they need assistance. rbout is g outside of this vast scheme.is g warlords are building houses with impunity on state land. but inside the project the two-room apartment can be bought for $26,000 paid in five installments. >> more demand, yes, and as people try to come here, so the people trying to have house here. >> the apartments are sold only to those who fulfill strict government criteria, which includes not only owning property. ther

constitutionally barred from running for president said he was confident of all the candidates would respect the will of the people. here we start to cause one and short items in kabul and he told us the situation the country remains tense which house the day to go right now is certainly chances are they not easy the streets in the city of seven million people are virtually vacant the government is urging people to stay inside for their own safety or in this city on lockdown for driving around early this morning streets are vacant that there is no for shopping flowers free chicken street void of any people right now. there are a great deal of checkpoints that have cropped up throughout the city and especially in the major roads that the intercom full of people from the army people from the afghan national police are stopping any kind of color are doing everything they can to make short of one that no one gets into this city with a crowd explosive devices proper vehicle for ied that right do everything they can after the wave of attacks was that lead up to this week. when the wind in the selection is simply an area off of a high focus and we've been speaking to show korea. lexi's w

foreign aid one housing development is used as an example of how the country can move forward on its own. and it still has challenges ahead and we report from kabulr: on the outskirts of the afghan capitol a new town is emerging. this is not walls and checkpoints. in all there will be 10,000 modern apartments, a mixture of private and government subsidized. >> translator: we are proud that we are able to provide affordable accommodation. we can give employment and provide a source of investment for money that would otherwise leave the country, and we stopped illegal land grabbing and people trained for the future of afghanistan. >> reporter: the land grabbing he talks about is happening outside this vast scheme. war lords are building houses with impunity on state land. but inside the projects, a government subsidized two-room apartment can be bought for $26,000, paid in five installments. >> there is more demand. >> more demand, more demand, yes, from people and people come here so the people are trying to have a house here. >> reporter: the appointments are sold only to those who fulfill strict government criteria which includes not already own

kabul. the latest in a wave of killings of westerners in afghanistan. we'll have the latest from richaric richard engel. >> please join us in praying for the families of the victims and those affected by the shooting as well as theç peace in afghanistan. >>> teed up, president obama's state visit to the japan includes a tour and toasts and tough talks for russia. >> we've been preparing for the prospect that we'll have to engage in further sanctions. those are teed up. >>> and time for a little kick around, mr. president meet the robot. >> it's a pleasure to meet you. >> nice meeting you too. >> hey, good job! >> excellent. >>> good day, we'll be bringing you the breaking news from israel in just a moment first it is already friday in japan. president obama completed a jam-packed thursday, including tough talk for russia on ukraine. a strong defense of japan against china and elaborate state dinner with the emperor and little exercise with the next wave of artificial intelligence. nbc chief white house correspondent chuck todv spoke with another famous american, ambassador caroline kennedy during chuck's travels with the