was the message. >> kelly's own son robert, a marine lieutenant with killed fighting for the us in afghanistan10. general kelly knows what happens when troops are killed. he watched it happen firsthand. rob o'neill reminds us and america of the general's experiences and why it is so important to hear his speech. >> general kelly is the classiest guy in washington dc, that was a speech given by a general, chief of staff, goldstar father, an american. that is what people needed to hear because this is a goldstar family, the most sacred thing we have, the bickering, the political politics, playing politics with families is unacceptable and i would like to see it end. people said stuff they hopefully regret and it ends, the president made a phone call that has got to be very uncomfortable, he asked general kelly what to said he said the best way he could. i know donald trump, he cares about the military, won't insults anybody, way general kelly said, it broke his heart. i watched it live and it was an excellent speech. >> praise is pouring in for general kelly online with some of your comments. >>

jillian: his son was killed fighting for the us in afghanistan in 2010. but goldstar father and marine corps general fighting on the front lines for our freedom. former us army veteran joined us earlier reminding america if anyone has an understanding of this unique situation it is kelly. >> i felt terrible he had to introduce this in connection with what happened with goldstar family and a conversation over the phone but one of these things that goes back to no right way to do this. one of the things donald trump mentioned that is being taken out of context is he knew what he was signing up for. i knew what i signed up for when i became an army officer and this was in the back of my mind. the aspect of danger is present. rob: kelly said he was so upset he had to collect his thoughts by walking through the graves at arlington national cemetery for more than an hour. jillian: pentagon putting pieces together to find out what happens when four green berets were killed, they are launching a federal investigation in niger. >> the lots of our troops is under in

i see a correlation between what is going on with the opioid crisis, us in afghanistan, and what happened in vietnam with the same problems. you see that being a potential cause? guest: i don't, but thanks for the call. i think what you are suggesting is we have lots of heroin in america today, and a war going on in afghanistan for the last 14 years -- i'm not quite sure anymore -- and they are a major producer of heroin in the world. so, that heroin is coming in. that's not true. the heroine coming into the united -- the heroin coming into the united states has mostly come from latin america. for many years it was columbia on the eastern side of the united states and mexico on the west. is a all mexico. that stands to reason -- business reasons why that is true. herion is a commodity. if it has to travel across the continent and ocean it will be more expensive, weaker, then only has 5000 miles to go before it reaches the united states. in our country, the heroin coming into our country almost all comes from latin america. the vast majority of that is mexico. host: for someone impacted by

in that part of the wood to look for peace and . for it issues here that would bring pakistan closer to afghanistan and us closer to box. thank you thank you sir the former president of afghanistan hamid karzai there speaking to me an undisclosed location in central london that's it for the show keep it up to as the media will see you on saturday for a special program about this week's conservative party conference and not just during. about your second passing i found the just learned you worry yourself in taking your last abounding term. here at me on that but i tell. i'm sorry to cut so i write these last words in hopes to put to rest these things that i never got off my chest. i remember when we first met my life turned on each pair. but then my feeling started to change you talked about more like it was again still some more fun to view those that didn't like to question our arc and i secretly promised to never be like it said one does not need a funeral the same as one enters the mind gets consumed with this one different speeches now because there are no other takers. to claim that mainstream media has met its mak

in our views with regard to parks. when we became refugees after the soviet invasion of afghanistan the pakistani people who welcomed us tremendously and believably like brothers and sisters and we lived as if we lived in our own homes in afghanistan and that will continue a very bags they're making for the. yes no to that area that carried the day will come to us tremendously as as refugees but then as backers of the afghan resistance against the the former soviet union them and they're americans also. did the most horrible. activity of trying to weaken the afghan traditional system of weaken our moderation to weaken to weaken our tolerant society and to turn our attention into an extreme tool in their hands against the soviet union for the americans and for their own purposes for pakistan which we resisted which we denounced but which would lead to the eleven which would lead to all other things nine eleven included and the destruction of afghanistan and the budget of gas and all that now with president trump's announcement of the new strategy for afghanistan and south asia i hope pakistan will recognize. that pakist

in that part of the word to look for peace and. for it issues here that would bring pakistan closer to afghanistan and us closer to box. thank you thank you sir the former president of afghanistan hamid karzai there speaking to me an undisclosed location in central london that's it for the show give you dutch national media we'll see you on saturday for a special program about this week's conservative party conference and that just during live. in the u.s. a child can choose an army course in school with retired officers as to. you just don't. recruit will says to you if the cadet is interested in going one in the military but we don't recruit ourselves. the pentagon is funding a program to boost interest in the military among teenagers. so that. with yourself. you can go around the military it's a great stepping stone for whatever you want to do but some veterans are willing to tell enthusiastic children a little more they ask me call of duty is a very popular first sure video game. it's played. like call of duty turn off call of duty oh yeah. or lot of these kids just don't hear. the darker side does the pentagon allo

in the nation's highest court. and we travel to the pakistani border with afghanistan where the army is building a fence to keep out the militants. they believe the militants are usinges in afghanistan to launch attacks in pakistan and they hope this stop fence will help stop those attacks. live in singapore and london. this is bbc world news. it's newsday. it's 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 8pm in washington where president trump's testy relationship with top republicans has reached new levels in a war of tweets with senator bob corker. it began on sunday when mr trump said senator corker, didn't have the guts to run for re—election in the state of tennessee. mr corker, who chairs the senate foreign relations committee, shot back, calling the white house an adult day care centre and that someone obviously missed their shift. later in the day, during an interview with the new york times, senator corker went on to accuse donald trump of treating the presidency like a reality show with actions that could put the us on the path to world war iii. our north american correspondent anthony zurcher told us more. we see donald trump and bob corker picking a fight here

in pakistan, the narrative is very different. they believe militants are using basesin they believe militants are using bases in afghanistan to launchthose attacks. in this western province, bordering afghanistan, the local commander is emphatic there are no safe havens for afg ha n commander is emphatic there are no safe havens for afghan jihad commander is emphatic there are no safe havens for afghanjihad is. 0fficials, though, do say they have seized thousands of kilograms of explosives intended for attacks in pakistan. 3596 of equipment is being donated. and the fence will be installed , donated. and the fence will be installed, the border will be no more porous, and £171: installed, the border will be no moving on. this is one of the country's two hard?" moving on. this is one of the country's two - bard? posts. country's two official border posts. between 16000 and 20,000 people crossed here each day. translation: iam coming crossed here each day. translation: i am coming to pakistan to buy medicine. i go home to afghanistan by the evening. militants don't use this official crossing, but neither do many of the hundreds of fami

in afghanistan we have faced a difficult 16 years. general nicholson kluwer nato and us field commander from 39 nations has blunted the terrorist offenses moves in afghanistan. nato strikes in support of improving afghan security forces in disarray among various enemy groups in afghanistan have caused the taliban and to constrain movements and limit the taliban's ability to conduct major offensives. beginning last month for the first time in this long fight all six afghan military courts are engaged in offensive operations. during these recent months there have been fewer civilian casualties as a result of coalition operations although regrettably taliban and high-profile attacks on civilians continue to murder the innocent. the taliban and still attempts to seize district or provincial centers before the end of this fighting season, they have generally been forced into decentralized small-scale ambushes and use of improvised explosive devices. importantly the rate of afghan national security force casualties has reduced from last year. i just returned last week from a t

meanwhile the cia has made public its file on a militant who was tortured and died in a us jail in afghanistan and the group before four was originally backed by the u.s. state department but it then fell out of favor only to find itself back in the good books when it through its support behind the new government in kabul. looks at the white house's utahns on extremism. over mine captured by the cia back in october of two thousand to under suspicion of having connections to the afghan militant group has been islamic. the bin. the group was founded in the one nine hundred seventy s. and enjoyed western aid and funding as it was one of the major militant groups fighting the soviets in afghanistan. in one thousand nine hundred eighty five they were even invited to meet president reagan in the white house. decades later the group suspected member of mine was confined to the notorious cia black sites known as salt pit to provide an understanding of salt while thirty three of its workers have been court martialed and over fifty five have been reprimanded for mistreating detainees upon arrival to sal

in niger following the recent ambush that killed four green berets. >> niger has been struggling for some time now. the us may consider deploying armed drones in that fight. these drones have been used in afghanistanraq but not niger used for surveillance purposes. these reports follow the steady ambush which killed four us soldiers and injured two and many questions remain in the insurgency linked to isis, the us military says the attackers may have been hit by someone in the village, a group of 15 surgeons that ambush that patrol which had been on an intelligence gathering mission. donald trump said the us will continue to fight extremists in that region. >> a tough business, a tough war but we are winning it and we will continue winning it. >> us troops have been conducting operations in niger over the past two decades, part of a wider message over western africa. their role is to train and advise but the us military role in fighting extremists in western africa may be set up. >> back home, jeff flake and bob corker announce their plans to not seek resignation. how will this affect the balance of power in the midterm elections? joining us to talk about it, editor at large, senior fellow at king

at least three people have been killed in a bomb blast in the us embassy in kabul afghanistan defense ministry says at least fifteen others were injured in the suicide of time it happened in an area where many foreign embassies and government departments are based a quarterly report to u.s. congress on tuesday found that armed groups are increasing their control and territory across afghanistan. refugees have barricaded themselves inside an australian run detention. sign and compound was closed on tuesday after a court deemed it was illegal but six hundred refugees still living there say it's too dangerous to leave because they'll be attacked by hostile locals australia's government says papa new guinea is responsible for closing the camp which it disputes at least fifteen people have been killed in airstrikes in the eastern libyan city of it's been besieged for more than a year by armed groups loyal to the renegade general khalifa haftar he's annoyed allegations of carrying out the strikes and those are the latest headlines here on al-jazeera i'm back with more in twenty five minutes

that's how i feel. >> no. >> this one. >> this is us in afghanistan. >> i mean, and we were in, you know- >> we were probably in the extremest combat environment as you can fathom. it tested you in every way, physically, mentally, emotionally. >> we are it. when you need the army, we are the vanguard, the spearhead, the praetorian. >> 15 years. >> wow. since vietnam. >> yeah. >> we're talking about people, you know, as a unit we've been deployed doing some pretty crazy crap. wow. you get into a unit like this and that's what you do. that's your game. >> i've been in the military now 30 years. that mission was the pinnacle of my career. the absolutely finest thing a team of green berets could do. >> mark wasn't on the team anymore at that time. so i thought i was good to go. i was 6 1/2 months pregnant. and we got a call. we were in a baby store shopping for things. i think mr. paul called him and said, guess what? you're back on the team. you know, like, oh. >> we both realized i was probably not going to be there for the birth of our child. on the drive back from nashville, then we real

has used in afghanistan, libya and many other countries. it's worked in some places, hasn't worked as well in other places here. we lost four soldiers including sergeant la david johnson. >> general mattis says a thousand troops are in niger right now. jim sciutto, thank you very much. >>> now back to the very dramatic and new emotional developments, chief of staff john kelly, a gold star father revealing that he had advised president trump against calling the families of the fallen soldiers but also offered advice on what to say. >> so he called four people the other day and expressed his condolences in the best way that he could. and he said to me, what do i say? i said to him, there's nothing you can do to lighten the burden on these families. but let me tell you what i told him. and let me tell you what my best friend joe told me because he was my casualty officer. he said, kell, he was doing exactly what he wanted to do when he was killed. he knew what he was getting into by joining that 1%. he knew what the possibilities were. because

in pakistan, the narrative is very different. they believe that militants are using bases in afghanistan to launch attacks in pakistan and they hopeelp stop the attacks. in the western provinces bordering afghanistan, the local commander is emphatic that there are no safe havens for afghan jihadis. officials do say they have seized thousands of kilograms of explosives and they were intended for attacks in pakistan. 8596 of the terrorist activities are coming from one source. i think when the fence has been installed, the border will be less porous and people will be moving on other routes. this is one of the two major border posts, between 60,000 and 20,000 people across here each day. translation: i'm coming to pakistan to buy medicine. i'll go home to afghanistan in the evening. militants do not use the official crossing, but neither do many of the hundreds of families living in villages straddling both sides of the border. i asked the local commander about comparisons to the proposed us mexico wall. every country is a sovereign country, so it has borders and it has a right to safeguard its security requirements. like trump in a

let's bring in our guest joining us from islamabad. former pakistan ambassador to afghanistan in kabul mushtaq iraq him political analyst and a specialist on regional security and in washington d.c. larry korb senior fellow at the center for american progress so interesting dynamics at play at the moment gentlemen so good to have you on the show to talk us through this ayers was how is to listens trip playing out in pakistan and the tough and stance are we seeing from the u.s. now. are well what he said in carville obviously was. a little tough stance but in fact a funny look said. from the angle what the president said on defense agast last than it was nothing near because this was what the president plans stance. that was already conveyed and we are aware of it but well he is here he had a meeting with the prime minister so things. have not yet come out the statement is yet to come out about well obviously it's an important visit and a lot of. things out to be shared by both sides obviously american side order. that the foreign secretary would convey americans of concern and

us to achieve our stated objectives. in short, it remains unclear why we should be confident that this new strategy could turn the tide in afghanistan or bring us meaningfully closer to success than its failed predecessors. the president said in his speech that quote conditions on the ground not arbitrary timetables will guide our strategy from now on. but what are those conditions? the president said our goal is still to quote have a political settlement that includes elements of the taliban unquote. but we still do not know what kind of settlement the administration seeks, on what timeline? what role the united states intends to play in bringing it about, or what role we expect other nations to play. the president said we will use quote strategically applied force to create the conditions for such a political settlement. we know 3,500 more u.s. troops are on their way to afghanistan, mostly to train and advise afghan forces and we know the military has been given more flexible authority to target our enemies. we still do not know how these military gains will be translated into progress towards a political solution. we have yet to

in the catalonia capital barcelona at the same time capsule and so the petition to ensure regional officials had to declare independence from the fridge. it's been sixteen years since the us senate in afghanistan look at what's been achieved in the last in america's longest war. with the founder julian assange has a twist on western journalism as he mocks the recent coverage of the so-called russia gate the country's alleged interference in america plus. the president.

troops in the country demonstrators carried us on the. signs saying afghanistan has been occupied by america it comes as the united nations released new figures showing an increase in casualties over the past twelve months. he says any for me i was praying in my house and when i saw american helicopters i told my wife and children to save themselves after that i just heard a loud noise and then my house was destroyed six people were wounded including women and children. they destroy our house and our family members wife the americans are killing our women and children every day in afghanistan and they just say sori it was a mistake. it was sitting in a room together and suddenly we had the massive bombardment of village and i was injured. on the explosion happened i was near to my uncle and cousins american soldiers opened fire in a bullet flew about my face i ran in here and came out on the hours later my uncle and cousins were dead so i went to the village to tell everyone figures of even greater civilian casualties are emerging as the u.s. military has the sid

us and the other nato partners to fight ,gainst terrorism, insurgents and support peace and stability for afghanistan. we have a lot of hard work and challenges ahead for us. the united states and our partners in afghanistan are committed to seeing this through. with that, i'm happy to take it? two -- and happy to take a question or two. >> you have said in the past that if the pakistanis do not take action in denying safe haven to the taliban and other extremists, they could suffer a further cut from u.s. assistance. the united states has given pakistan a menu of other actions that it could take unless it takes those actions within a certain timeframe. are you able to give us details as to what that menu is and what the timeframe is? secretary tillerson: i will be traveling to islamabad tomorrow to meet with pakistani leadership. we have made some very specific requests of pakistan in order for them to take action to undermine the support of the taliban and other terrorist organizations in pakistan. as we have said in this whole strategy, this is a conditions-based approach. i relationship with pakistan will be conditions-based. based on actions that are necessary to move this process forward

in. this was a us-led operation. what was likely happening was the hostages were following by us surveillance in afghanistan and saw themborder and they needed to do something. the reason it was a us-led operation, the pakistanis are not competent enough to track terrorist targets or go after hostages like this. heather: have they been is willing to help us out and why is that changing? as a result of the trump administration putting pressure on pakistan? >> it used to be the case when hostage was located, if there was any chance of negotiation to get the release the previous administration would go for that. i was part of a number of operations where we knew these guys were operated and were told to hold off on that. what we know is negotiations were taking place for years to get them released coming in the end it never happened so it is important an operation was conducted immediately to rescue them. heather: i know you just answered this, what donald trump is doing different than the previous administration. included in that is threatening to cut funding to pakistan among other things. it is this an indication of mov

the us being at war with them get us to let that one sink in for a minute but once again there are people born today who have not known to us and not at war in afghanistan wow or just generally being at war and that we're all they're going to lose you know and the whole fight is delusional you talk to people are active duty active doing duty i want to talk about this a u.s. marine captain joshua with dell wrote this bad for the marine corps because that last spring and he laid out all the problems he saw with the defense department and the marine corps and what's going on there what he said was quote let us first begin with the fundamental underpinnings of this delusion are measures of performance and effectiveness in recent years it is time that we as professional military officers accept the fact that we lost the wars in iraq and afghanistan. you you're not going to have people going into that meat grinder when they see. start to really see this this is the thing you saw in vietnam in eight years. they're not going to have the numbers less than one percent of the u.s. population signed up to be in the military what happens when those numbers are so lo

in the different. way and we will still be able to accommodate people coming to us which has been already a way of operating in afghanistan in many regions where the reaching out was already occurred tailed by security concerns so this will continue anyway out of the capital but also out of all the other offices we have in afghanistan well for the moment about because of the really thank you so much for joining us from kabul thank you. a court in sarajevo has acquitted a former bosnian muslim commander of war crimes serbia alleged a man under nasser or chicks command murdered serb civilians in srebrenica in one nine hundred ninety two now the former commander denied the charges that he violated the geneva convention just seem accosts joins us now from sorry over. former commander of wars in amin's the brennan center said auditor is not guilty of killing three captive serbs soldiers in one thousand nine hundred two this is the first instance verdict of delivered by the bosnian state court in sarajevo it is possible to appeal on this verdict in june two thousand and six thought it was sentenced by the court in hague two yea

me is why pakistan so worried with indian involvement in afghanistan for instance i remember former president musharraf saying that pakistan is used taliban as an intact india proxy group in afghanistan he said it i'm not making this out but right yes so i never really understood what pakistan's policy in afghanistan is all about the area with india why is pakistan so afraid of afghan friendship. and most of the north. because i did it because your type some politically but she was. the a head you can be a very good working order. because a explained the unions can go ahead and do whatever the lows of on the lows to. there to be up to us and we have better carson of. the unions. now the rule is. harmful to us it's up to us to take it over there and it is a sit we being the day was with the history and so on we should be able to get over when people say that it's only because of these reasons but what we sheriffs say they have a right i'm sitting here so i'm giving my view and i do north one paper north korea actually been sold that i use sundays not only reporter tissue but some others also exit read the indian influence and of ho

in afghanistan. >> good morning to all. we served together in afghanistan. 2010.going to go back to you're in southern afghanistan. imagine the banjos playing in the distance. a long view is behind us and we call of duty. he is winning. nco from oursenior operations center. they have detected three insurgents 1200 meters outside of our base, putting a bomb in the road and. we put through the checklist of things we could do. none of them make any sense. there could be civilian casualties. our presence would be announced to early. max comes up with a completely unsound plan if it was anybody except for max. we have three insurgents that have been identified. i will take a team. against ang to go out team of at least three and we assume there will be more. i readily agreed. i said go do that. it is pitch black red he is going to don his 65 pounds of gear and history teammates. night vision goggles are on. there is zero depth perception. he is going to traverse a mile. you can't go in a straight line. he is going to go up and down a river bed. combat,re old man go in the operations center. i watch him cruising along. about two thirds of the way, i see him leave to teammates. it is now

in some cases is the data that we get. that data, that insight has enabled us to do things like understand movement on the battlefield in afghanistan, enable us to reroute convoy units, u.s. troop concentrations, alert u.s. service members serving in afghanistan of imminent threat against them, so it has saved lives in afghanistan. this same authority and information it generates has enabled us to generate unique insight on the transfer of weapons from certain nationstates around the world, to other parties that would do harm to our nation, as well as those of our friends and allies. with the information generated as a result of this statutory authority, it has enabled us to take key isis leaders off of the battlefield and we have been very public with -- one issue we have declassified. he was the number two commander between 2014-2016, we the u.s. government writ large has spent almost two years trying to locate him. posted aly as a nation multimillion dollar bounty, a reward for information leading to his arrest or death. despite two years of that, we were unable to locate him. because of -- we derived through hint, iot our first

in common. international now saturday marks sixteen years since the us invasion of afghanistan in two thousand and one then president george w. bush accused the afghan government of sheltering the al qaeda leaders who masterminded the nine eleven attacks that saw the beginning of the so-called war on terror now america's longest running conflict now ahead of the anniversary hundreds of people protested in the afghan capital kabul against the continued presence of u.s. troops in the country demonstrators carried anti u.s. and nato signs denouncing what they see as america's occupation of afghanistan it comes as new figures released by the united nations reveal an increase in casualties in the country over the last twelve months. it uses any for me i was praying in my house and when i saw american helicopters i told my wife and children to save themselves after that i just heard a loud noise and then my house was destroyed six people were wounded including women and children. they destroyed our house and our family member's wife the americans are killing our women and children every day in afghanist

in afghanistan. preparationsssed for parliamentary elections in 2018. it is important that those elections go forward as well. we discussed the importance of all stakeholders to work with us, the united states, and also our other nato partners who take a great interest in this region, providing they fight against insurgents and provide stability for afghanistan. we have a lot of hard work and challenges ahead of us. united states is committed to seeing this through. i am happy to take a question or two. message -- you said in the past that is the pakistanis do not take firm action in denying safe haven to the taliban and other extremist, there would be cut in u.s. assistance. giving them actions that they could take a messy take those actions in a certain timeframe -- can you give us details on what that menu is and what the timeframe is? sec. tillerson: i will be traveling tomorrow to meet with pakistani leadership area did we have very specific requests of pakistan in order for them to take action to undermine the support of the taliban and other terrorist organizations receive. in this whole strategy, these are the conditions. our relationship with pakistan will be con

rob: former deputy commanding general of us forces in afghanistan and author of the siege, former brigadier this is a big plot and very aggressive in nature, is it conceivable isis could do something like this in its current state? >> it is totally conceivable. this is why it is so important that we continue to fight the enemy on their 5 yard line, not our 5 yard line. i remember when i was in afghanistan, as deputy commanding general we intercepted two or three tax planning by foreign fighters and we stopped those attacks. today we have enemies that want to destroy our nation, kill our citizens and we need to be aware of this, there are evil people in the world have the resources and means to do us harm. jillian: if this were to come to fruition how confident are you in 2017 the united states is ready for this? >> highly confident our enforcement officials are on the ground, absolutely the best, between the fbi, local law enforcement, military personnel overseas and on the homefront and the department of homeland security, intelligence sharing is strong and we would not be talking about th

use them against ourselves or our allies. that's a real threat to u.s. national interest. and collapse on the afghan side of the duran line could accurate base camps in afghanistan by which militants in pakistan might pursue an agenda that is potentially quite dangerous to the united states. although that's a real problem for us, note that would require a whole series of uncertain events breaking badly for us in sequence. the u.s. counter insurgency campaign in afghanistan would have to fail. the afghan government would have to fall. pakistani insurgents would have to set up base camps. that would have to tip the pack -- they lose control of their nuclear arsenal. that's not an impossible sequence of events. the compound probability is probably less than 50% and maybe a lot less than 50%. if it happened, it would be a disaster for u.s. interests of historic magnitude, but it's a low probability chain of events. what then are we willing to invest in afghanistan to have some marginal influence, not a guarantee of success if we succeed in afghanistan. pakistan might lose its war anyway. to have some marginal influence in reducing the likelihood of this chain of bad

in his white house remarks kelly haason was killed fighting for the us in afghanistan described thinging process of loved one's death and the agonizing pain they go through and live with. >> it was an extraordinary moment. general john kelly taking the podium at the white house denouncing in the strongest terms what congressman frederica wilson said about the president's condolence call to the widow of sergeant la david johnson. >> i was stunned when i came to work yesterday morning and broken hearted at what i saw a member of congress doing. it stuns me that a member of congress would listened in on that conversation. absolutely stuns me. >> kelly nose intimately of what he speaks. he lost his son robert a marine lieutenant to combat in afghanistan in 2010. he says he was so incensed by what was reporting yesterday he had only one place to go. >> the only thing i could do to collect my thoughts was to go walk among the finest men and women on this earth. you can always find them they're at arlington national cemetery >> congresswoman who raised johnson insist president trump made inc

i see a correlation in now with the opioid crisis and us in afghanistan and what happened in vietnam with the same problems. do you see that as being a potential cause? guest: i do not. but thanks for the call. idea being, what you're suggesting, is we have a lot of heroin in americans today and a war going on in afghanistan for whatever -- the last 14 years -- i am not sure anymore. and thus, there is a major , here.r of heroin that is not true. heroin coming into the united states for the last 20 years and 30 years has mostly come from latin america. for many years, it was columbia sidelombia on the eastern of the u.s., and mexico to the west. now, it is virtually all mexico. that stands to reason. there are business reasons why that is true. heroin is commodity. in howce is reflected far it has travel. if it has to travel across a continent and an ocean, it will be far more expensive, far weaker than heroin that only has 1500 miles before it gets to the united states. it is important to understand, in our country, that heroin coming into our country, almost all of it comes from la

us. in afghanistan. corruption in afghanistan is an enormous problem. the afghan government acknowledges it. the issue you raised that's a very serious problem. the ray of hope i see is the judicial decision that we versed the president's decision on removing the head of the commission. there is some hope that the rule of law will triumph there. >> i cannot hang my hat if i wore one on hope. i specifically want to know what steps we are taking to ensure that the state department is more effectively coordinating with other agencies to ensure we know what is happening, and that we take steps to prevent these governments from influencing our government. >> well we are working closely with the justice department and with other government agencies. in particular. to address this problem. we have made that our position clear. that the united states doesn't support the actions that the president took. and there will be consequences. >> i'll be critical. of our folks down there. i think that they we're not fully informed or being very evasive with our members.

there is a saying that mothers in afghanistan used today to theirs or to their daughters if they are misbehaving. be careful, behave yourself or the british will get you. they hold on to this and there is a sense of pride that they were never colonized. the fact that they have god as their most powerful force behind them. they look upon us up in the mountains, the taliban and villagers look upon them the same way they look upon the russians. we went to get rid of al qaeda. they are arabic. they speak a form of persian. a different culture. i only similarity and it's big is islam. >> take me back to your captivity for those who haven't read. >> in 2007, a manager with times books in new york who knew about my background came to me and we had breakfast in the diner in new york. he said the cia doesn't know where bin laden is. we don't seem to understand or have a comprehension of what is called the tribal areas of pakistan. can you go into this area? you were there before and understand these people. can you find out what the u.s. government cannot find? it was the opportunity i was lo

in some cases the data that we get is. that data, if you will, that insight, has enabled us to do things like understand enemy movements on the battlefield in afghanistan. enable us to reroute u.s. convoy movement, u.s. troops concentration and to alert u.s. service members in afghanistan of imminent threat against them. so it's saved lives on the battlefield. this authority has enabled us to generate unique insight on the transfer of weapons from certain nation states around the world to other parties who would do harm to our nations as well as our friends and allies. and the information as a result of this statutory authority has enabled us to take key isis leaders off the battlefield. we have been very public in-- one issue that we've declassified, he was the number two commander of isis between 2014 and 2016. we, the u.s. government, had spent almost two years trying to locate him with the view of removing him from the battlefield in iraq and syria. we actually has a nation have posted a multi-million dollar bounty or reward for information leading to his arrest or death. despite two years of that, we have been unable to locate him. because of the

the head of the cia has said that the us canadian couple kidnapped in afghanistan were held inside neighbouringive years before being free. it is the first timea us before being free. it is the first time a us official has publicly stated that caitlin coalmine, coleman, joshua boyle and their children spend their time in captivity in pakistan, contrary to accou nts captivity in pakistan, contrary to accounts from pakistani officials. new zealand's new prime minister, labour's jacinda ardern is getting ready to put her plans for the country into action, after managing to put together a coalition. she gained the support of the small new zealand first party, whose leader winston peters said when faced with a decision between "modified status quo or change", he decided to go for change. in a minute, we'll hearfrom a previous labour prime minister, what can she expected as new zealand's third female prime minister? i spoke to the country ‘s second prime minister, helen clark. quite incredible. it is just 2.5 months since jacinda ardern became the leader of the new zealand labour party and here she i

gemma procter, who's 23, will appear before magistrates in bradford a us serviceman who left his post in afghanistannced today. bowe bergdahl faces a maximum sentence of life after pleading guilty to desertion and misbehaviour before the enemy. he spent five years as a prisoner of the taliban. gary 0'donoghue reports. the case of bowe bergdahl has divided america. for some he is a traitor but the other is a vulnerable young man who should never have been sent to afghanistan in the first place. injune 2009, bowe bergdahl walked off his base and was captured by the taliban two 01’ and was captured by the taliban two or three hours later. the us military spent 45 days actively looking for him and say three service men suffered life changing injuries in the search. but five yea rs injuries in the search. but five years passed before he was released ina swap years passed before he was released in a swap for five members of the taliban who had been held at guantanamo bay. he had been held in a cage for three years. then, president 0bama hosted his parents at the white house on his release but ten months l

afghanistan. khawaja asif was speaking after a meeting in islamabad with the us secretary of state, rex tillerson.and islamabad have been strained, with the us accusing islamabad of harbouring militant groups operating in afghanistan. but speaking exclusively to our pakistan correspondent secunder kermani, mr asif said there were no safe havens in his country. they do not need our territory any more. because almost 40% of the territory is now under the direct control of the taliban. this has been admitted internationally. there is basically one key factor missing in our relationship and that is the trust. we have a huge trust deficit and that's with both parties to bridge the deficit. we do not have safe havens. the us doesn't buy that, does it? that's right, there isa that, does it? that's right, there is a trust deficit. they are not buying a narrative and we are not buying a narrative and we are not buying bears. but we are talking. they must do some self accountability also. why have they lost 40% of territory, afghan territory, in the last 10— 12 years? why has the narco trade on up why 3700%