journalist based in the northern afghanistan. and they just made you listen to this in the morning and symphony in peter t. place of peace in the snow. i didn't know that. not even a little when i had initially. having access to this information. until we have enough can do this to disclose the face of war lords the faces of those who commit their crimes the faces of those who committed genocide but later on we knew that having this. could be dangerous since afghanistan is a taken three and there's no going to for life to list therefore it made me a little bit impressed and it put me and it made me a little bit this just. therefore. i don't know how to deal with this not just with i know this method listen but important in order to help the journalists know that you know that to make be able to do their stories but having because all these documents are proof by having these documents they can do their stories. one of the most important thing for a journalist is that they're facing like a fool proof and information or is. the i t

, the united states goes down to zero in afghanistan? can we fight al qaeda with no troops in afghanistan? is the zero option viable? >> well, if there's not a bilateral security agreement signed between the united states and afghanistan, there won't be a troop presence in afghanistan after december 31st, 2014. as we sit here today, there are around 50,000 troops -- it's not on the front page of the newspaper every day, but there are 50,000 american troops in afghanistan. we're on track to finish this mission by december 3 1st, 2014, and we will finish the mission by then. the question on the table is what kind of presence and what kind of support will the united states and the international community provide afghanistan after that date? we will require and we've negotiated with the afghan government certain protections anden understandings with the afghanis. if we don't have the kind of assurances we need, the kind of elements of an understanding we need, it's not possible for us to do this. you ask an important question about the u.s.

he sd that we believe that all foreign forces should leave the region and the security of afghanistan shld be handed over to people of the country. the so-called moderate has aalowed executions to surge since he took office, with more than 300 people executed since just the month of august. iran is the leader in executions. president obama and other dignitaries are on their way to south africa to attend tomorrow's memorial service from nelson mandela. hitching a ride on air force one th the president and michele obama, former president george w. bush and former secretary of state, hillary clinton. bill clinton and jimmy carter also expected to attend the memorial but they are traveling separately. and a collection of troubling new obamacareevelopments tonight. the architect of the president's health care law moing along substantially when it comes to the president's impetus and false declaration that we could keep our doctors if we wanted to. here is ezekiel emanuel on fox news sunday. >> didn't they s if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor? >> yes. >> but if you want to pa

right now there are 47,000 soldiers and marines in afghanistan and as u.s. winds down operations there this may be their last year for this christmas tradition. nbc pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski reports from inside the afghanistan. >> reporter: amid the soaring snow-capped mountains of eastern afghanistan santa claus is already going to town. it's the uso's annual christmas convoy, spreading gifts and good cheer to u.s. troops on the battlefield. it's led by santa herself, regina wages, the uso director at forward operating base. >> i love these guys nape need a little piece of home. i love providing it for them. >> reporter: volunteers pitch in on behalf of their fellow soldiers. >> it's just creating a smile. >> reporter: they're the only santa's helpers carrying sidearms. all gifts are donated, like flat screen tvs and latest xbox. even a bicycle is assembled by committee. >> you don't have any parts left over? >> i don't think we do. >> i always did. >> reporter: the gifts are tossed on to helicopters for delivery. this time to base netherland.

afghanistan in 2009. on the u.s.s. saratoga in 1982. [ male announcer ] once it's earned, usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation because it offers a superior level of protection and because usaa's commitment to serve current and former military members and their families is without equal. begin your legacy. get an auto insurance quote. usaa. we know what it means to serve. >>> time now for "first buzz." the story we're talking about this morning, i just mentioned during the break that my house growing up there is wine and cigars for santa. my dad is italian. >> cigars and wine? >> the santa in my house needed cigars and wine. this is a really great story. a blind man in new york city is on the subway tracks. he has a seeing eye dog with him. the dog starts barking to alert him. the man falls on to the tracks. the dog without hesitation according to witnesses jumps on to the tracks after him, starts nudging him and licking him trying to wake him up. then the train comes, it passes over bo

. >> australia's role in afghanistan is over. the last of their troops eving afghanistan. that leaves a 12-year commitment for the country over. we have that story at sydney. >> with the lowering of the flag at the main base in afghanistan australia's combat role comes to an end. the handover was to afghan soldiers, and they'll pat roll where the australian troops will. the afghan flag will fly at the taryn cout base. >> australian soldiers went in 2001. 40 australians were killed, more than 250 seriously injured. despite the sacrifices, the prime minister says australia's involvement has not been in veinful. >> we have ended our longest of troop deployment. this war is ending, not with victory or defeat, but with hope that afghanistan is a better place, and uruzgan is a better place for our presence. >> in sydney there's mixed reaction. they'll pull out and it will be like it was before. the taliban will move number of. >> i think they have done an amazing job in difficult circumstances. >> australian combat soldiers have left afghanistan, 400 will remain into next year,

they serve their country in iraq and afghanistan. their toughest mission may be in the united states. according to the la times the death rate for california vets under 45 is higher than active duty service members and others of the same ages. the "the los angeles times" says veterans are twice as likely as others to commit suicide and die in a car crash. these are disturbing numbers raising numbers about veterans and what is being done to help them. >> joining us is andrew o'-brian. he attempted suicide in 2010 and now encourages others to see yo i joined the army. i didn't have much of a family. that was the whole reason of joining. i joined and then i ended up being stationed in hawaii in 2008, and later in 2008 we deployed to iraq from october 2008 to october 2009. as soon as i got back the first year, on average we gave ourselves 365 days subconsciously to fix ourselves from what we saw in iraq. it had been overa year, and nothing had changed. i had a lot of nightmares. whilst in iraq i saw a blown up vehicles with soldiers insi

the voyager to the national assembly of afghanistan with overwhelming support. but now he's decided he wants to leave it to his previous sf i lost the national elections in april next year and the us and nato saying that to the light they need a legal framework in place. they say without that afghanistan could lose billions of dollars worth of aid money potentially any future military assistance. polish nato forces in the stillness townsville's the problems are preparing to withdraw mixed it with a positive assessment of security on the ground played dota that the repeated. my soldiers and i both think the afghan forces are able to take responsibility for the country would garner help him politically. best known for the shade by us secretary of state john kerry and senior nato officials meeting in brussels. kerry was clearly frustrated that afghan president ahmed cause i have reneged on a bilateral peace agreement with the us we negotiated this. i personally negotiated that within that we came to a conclusion. the president agree. many thais chief warns that wit

almost half of all afghanistan imports pass through here. these trucks will soon begin the precarious journey distributing the flour and other goods across afghanistan. many of the roads are still dangerous. that is why security matters so much, to try and increase the chances of more business, improve the security and perhaps the trading relationship between afghanistan and the rest of the world. it is cyber monday in america. more than 130 million americans are expected to scour the internet today for holiday discounts. one of the drawbacks to buying online is there is no instant gratification. you have to wait a few days to get your goodies. if amazon has its way, that will change. the company is testing a new way to deliver a package in 30 minutes or less, using unmanned groans. for more on this project, i spoke with the -- unmanned drones. for more on this project, i spoke with the executive editor of cnet. is this for real? is for bezos said this real. they are actively testing these drones. it will drop the package right on your front

oh welcome back you're watching r t international the military mission in afghanistan is accomplished at least that's what the u.k. prime minister told soldiers they are in a free christmas visit his cheering words come as drug trafficking in the country reaches record levels and the afghan national army surrenders key checkpoints in southern afghanistan to taliban and return for an anti-tax we spoke to an iraq war veteran who believes that cameron is trying to put a brave face on a story business. mission accomplished was used by cameron because you know politicians don't really say hey you know that wildly unpopular war that we sent you and your children to die and it's like for over a decade well we messed up and it was all of which they're not going to say mission accomplished by camera needs that we died for years in a colonial exercise that was a total blood soaked disaster due to the arrogance of the rich politician who thought they could dominate the land and resources of poor people in afghanistan using the blood of working class people from the united states and from the u.k

ambassador has with the governor of missouri sharif here in northern afghanistan. and this is what the governor says. you have to loose with a litany of complaints about the swedish presence in afghanistan he described the relationship to the swedish military has called saying that the only times that the swedish commanders visit are when they first arrive in mazar and when they pay their for a local. lord it is fair criticism for this which media reclaimed never bothered to talk to politicians or ordinary people during their visits to the military base and thus only heard positive accounts of its work instead of hearing the views of local residents. then the cable goes on about basically all other afghani politicians are asking this we believe that guns don't. send us your thinking voice we've been hearing that. what it was really a good time to come up to say. yes. yes yes indeed that this is useful working hard. do you think for. thing. hello is this the yard over here are my name's dramas i just got your telephone number from under for about a mile of my swedis

troops in afghanistan. they want to get this agreement for a number of troops, probably about 10,000,to remain after the end of 2014. the job of the u.s. troops will be to help train and assist afghan forces and do the very dangerous work of continuing to go after terrorist targets in afghanistan. he hasn't signed the agreement, and the u.s. is getting increasingly frustrated with him given especially the price that u.s. troops are paying. >> all right, barbara, appreciate the update. thank you. >>> more than 12 years long this of course is america's longest war. now another searing chapter. the story began when a four-man navy s.e.a.l. team found themselves badly outnumbered in a long and vicious fire fight. only one s.e.a.l. survived. his name is marcus latrell. he told me the story that first aired on "60 minutes." this is his account of the mission that went wrong after he says his unit were surprised by all things some goat herders and their goats. marcus latrell and his teammates weren't the only casu

ambassador has with the governor of missouri sharif here in northern afghanistan. and this is what the governor says. he let loose with a litany of complaints about the swedish presence in afghanistan he described the relationship to the swedish military has called saying that the only times that the swedish commanders visit or when they first arrive in the us are when they pay their fair local. learned it is fair criticism for the swedish media we claimed never bothered to talk to politicians or ordinary people during their visits to the military base and thus only heard positive accounts of its work instead of hearing the views of local residents. then the cable goes on about basically all other afghani politicians are asking that's where the lives of going to stop the centuries you're thinking why sweden hearing that. what it was he did it is that he's come home to say it's your. kids you know this is useful work is good. eek. hello is this the i never hear my name is your highness i'm just going through telephone number from. the swedish military base here in t

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journalists violation of violence and many other cases against journalists in afghanistan so that they know there is a high risk to be a journalist in afghanistan but this is our responsibility not to give up and continue our work as a journalist i want to talk a little bit about the state of press freedom in the u.k. specifically the detention of david miranda the destruction of the guardian hard drives what are the british authorities so scared of they say it's terrorism what does it really julian. it's lack of authority. what. like most of these prosecutions are so examples to make people scared. you're lation to a particular area but in relation to its authority of the security services judiciary broadly speaking what is defined as establishment united united kingdom because when people fire authority authority can't do what it wants to do in a whole range of areas so the. guardian newspaper very reluctantly i might add divide authority. region rules of the u.k. system by publishing a quite as serious story about. intercepting hundreds of cables. hundreds of the telecommunications

ambassador has with the governor of missouri sharif here in northern afghanistan. and this is what the governor says. you have to loose with a litany of complaints about the swedish presence in afghanistan he described the relationship to the swedish military a school saying that the only times that the swedish commanders visit or when they first arrived in mazar and when they paid there for a local. learned it is fair criticism for the swedish media we claimed never bothered to talk to politicians or ordinary people during their visits to the military base and bus only heard positive accounts of its work instead of hearing the views of local residents. then the cable goes on about basically all other afghani politicians are asking this with a means of going to stop sending us your thinking voice we've been hearing that's. what it was he didn't come home to say this is. yes. yes yes yes this is useful work this out. eat. eat eat pick. hello is this the yard over here are my name's drama's i just got your telephone number from. this wish military base here and was a

journalist based in the northern afghanistan. and they just made you listen to this in the morning and symphony in peter t. place of peace in the snow. i didn't know the. oh you know when to help the danish elite that having access to this information would help me and enough can do this to disclose the face of war lords the faces of those who commit their crimes the faces of those who committed genocide but later on we knew that having this much else could be dangerous since afghanistan is a taken three and there is no good to for the life of a journalist therefore it made me a little bit impressed and it put me and it made me a little bit this just. therefore. i don't know how to deal with this not just with they know these men to listen but important in order to help the journalists you know those in order to make be able to do their stories but having because all these documents are approved by having these documents they can do their stories. one of the most important thing for a journalist is that they're facing like a fool

we're in the process of withdrawing from afghanistan right now. we hope to accomplish that mission by the end of december 2014. whether there should be support of presence of u.s. troops after 2014 inside afghanistan. >> why should there be? >> well, for a couple of reasons. first of all, president karzai should sign the agreement. it's been approved by a large assembly of leaders. they got together and looked at the proposed agreement with the united states after 2014, and asked -- recommend that president karzai sign it. he should sign it. it's in our interest. that said, his refusal to sign it up to this point is reckless. i also adversely impacts our ability to plan for post 2014. >> fine, if he doesn't sign it, we'll really pull everyone out? >> at some point, george, it becomes impossible to make those kind of plans. number one. number two, yes, if the united states doesn't have a bilateral security arrangement with afghanistan, that supports its troop presence there, the united states cannot be present in afghanistan after december 31st, 20

certainly my time in afghanistan made it graphic for me. it wasn't sanitized what it is with the operating rooms and our different transplant teams and things like that. it was more raw and visceral. yet, the common understanding that i come away with is that we don't have a lot of time here. no one knows how much we have. it sounds clichÉ and its like i have heard that before, but i feel like i have lived it. i continue to live it all the time. >> in the book, you describe with the main character, that he actually put his hands around the heart and massaged the heart with the chest cavity open. how many times have you done something like that? >> every time we do a case. >> explain how that works. >> it depends what you are doing it. almost any heart surgery, you have to manipulate the heart as the surgeon. whether you're during a coronary artery bypass graft were transplanting the heart, we have to remove it from the patient and we put it back in and implant it. it sounds strange to say this but it is routine for us to do that. i remembe

for now on the program afghanistan's accuse the u.s. so forcing it into an unfair contract with nato by cutting off fuel supplies to the country's security forces president karzai recently rejected washington's deal to allow the alliance's troops to stay off the twenty fourteen and now says pressure is being applied to drag him back in. ports now want to refuse to sign the deal in the first place. in the war getting out as often harder than going in and nowhere does that hold more true than in afghanistan president obama promised to withdraw combat forces by the end of twenty fourteen. full responsibility for their security in this war to a responsible. but the two countries have been at all odds over a deal that would keep some u.s. troops past that deadline washington wants the pact signed before the end of the year it's imperative that we conclude the bilateral security agreement as soon as possible but afghan president hamid karzai says not until the u.s. cleans up its act brown says the issue of. sovereignty and detentions and the

afghanistan remains a dangerous place especially for women. as u.s. forces leave the country, many worried if education for the women will stick for the future. we go to a school in kandahar city long considered a success now facing closure. >> reporter: it's a place offering more than these girls know. a quality education in real tangible skills. a path away from poverty and early marriage towards university and a career. since 2002 the kandahar institute of modern studies have been teaching language, science, management and computer skills. there are skills that speak of ambition which in the heart of taliban country is remarkable, and dangerous. >> we are an unique school. our school is preparing women to go to jobs. preparing our school is preparing women to go to university. our school is preparing our women to take part. the conservatives are opposite to the idea that women come out and play a role in the public. >> reporter: the journey to school is risky for these young women. those coming in use covered trucks. >> many girls will come. if the

. >> also tonight, a fading future, the promise of hope and change for afghanistan's girls will it be cut short, as america prepares to leave. >> we are going to close all these women, that's going to close. >> the latest street sensation by the invisible artist, and what is he really trying to do with it? is. >> good etching and thank you for being with istanbul. so many gay activists this will end the mark of. a number of states allow some type of same sex unions. but there remain as very big hurdles some very difficult ones as well that contest the faith of those who stand for gay rights. frank shaffer is one of those, who had i merged as an unlikely voice. conservative methodist pastor he once saw homosexuality as incompatible until there was a revelation in his own family, which forced him to reconsider. schafer gave america tonight exclusive access to his journey, and insight into the challenge he faced in his believes, and in his faith. >> what i needed to find out is what in my heart, what is my heart telling me. s the right thing to do here. >> today i came out to the world,

journalist based in the northern afghanistan. and they just made you listen to this in the morning and symphony in peter t. place of peace in the snow. i didn't know the. oh you will win a hell of a nationally that having access to this information until we have enough can do this to disclose the face of war lords the faces of those who commit their crimes the faces of those who committed genocide but later on we knew that having this much else could be dangerous since afghanistan is a particular country and there is no good to for the life of a journalist therefore it made me a little bit impressed and it put me and it made me a little bit this just. therefore. i don't know how to deal with this not just with they know these myths and but important in order to help the journalists know that in order to make the able them to do their stories but having because all these documents are proof by having these documents they can do their stories. one of the most important thing for a journalist is that they're facing looking for proof

journalist based in the northern afghanistan. and they just made it. to the in the morning and symphony in peter t. place of peace in the snow. i didn't know that. oh you know when to help the danish elite that having access to this information would help me and enough can get this to disclose the face of war lords the faces of those who commit their crimes the faces of those who committed genocide but later on we knew that having this much else could be dangerous since afghanistan is a taken three and there's no guarantee for the life of the journalist therefore it made me a little bit impressed and it put me and it made me a little bit this just. therefore. i don't know how to deal with this not just with i know these men to listen but important in order to help the journalists know that you know that to make be able to to do their stories but having because all these documents are proof by having these documents they can do their stories. one of the most important thing for a journalist is that they're facing like a fool proof information or is. the

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ambassador has with the governor of missouri sharif here in northern afghanistan. and this is what the governor says. he would loose with a litany of complaints about the swedish presence in afghanistan he described the relationship to the swedish military as cold saying that the only times this is when his commanders visit or when they first arrive in mazar when they paid there for a local. lawyer didn't spare criticism for the swedish media reclaimed never bothered to talk to politicians or ordinary people during their visits to the minute to a base in bus only heard positive accounts of its work instead of hearing the views of local residents. in the cable goes on about basically all other afghani politicians are asking this we believe that going to stop the centuries you're thinking why sweden here in that. what it was a good example from what you say it's yeah yeah. yeah it's just you know this is usually what these reports. eat. eat eat chicken. hello is this the yard over here are my names your highness i just got your telephone number from under oath mom of

and afghanistan's president says the u.s. is holding back aid to pressure him into signing a deal which would let american troops stay in the country beyond twenty fourteen. from a studio center in moscow which just turned ten pm this is international ukraine's prime minister says the mass protests in the country's capital have. legitimate demonstrations and he says opposition politicians have radicalized them and a driving them forward the crowds in kiev a swelling again following violence last night and there are now reports right as a preparing to storm the parliament building. reports all this maybe a fraction of what we saw on sunday now in the streets of kiev on sunday there were literally more than a hundred thousand people at the very least and some estimates even reached a million people the streets of kiev the situation is still pretty tense with protesters. barricading themselves in central city unwilling to go anywhere and recent statements by the prime minister are adding more fuel to the fire he said i quote tha

they wouldn't iraq, afghanistan -- went into iraq, afghanistan, this thing with egypt and syria and libya. i think there's a couple more, iran is one of them. planned in was advance. doy decided they wanted to this, and they do not have valid reasons for doing this stuff. host: carlo munoz? the that's ass far as the last,, i do not that i think that is in dispute as to who conducted those attacks here in washington. it has been documented and include the that was one of that that was -- one of their goals in iraq. seemed to beler indicating that this was a planned event dating back to 2003 for multiple countries. are you aware of that interview with wesley clark? guest: i have not seen that specific interview. speaking of iraq, a homage john overcomment from e-mail. guest: as far as the weapons of mass destruction in iraq as the warp progressed, it was pretty clear that those weapons were not in the country, and that basin weekly -- a sickly undercut the george w. bush ministry should's argument for war there. tabs and keeping following, as many people have, some of the on goings in iraq.

the soldiers main base in afghanistan. australia's role comes to an end. the handover to afghan soldiers will patrol what australian soldiers have for over a decade. australian soldiers first went to afghanistan in 2001. 25,000 have served there since then, mostly in central orisgan province. emotional 250 seriously injured, 40 killed. despite the sacrifice australia's efforts have not been in vein. >> we have ended the longest deployment. ending with hope that the afghanistan is a better place and orisgan in particular is a better place for our presence. >> mixed reaction to the news. >> what's going to happen will be like it was before. the taliban or some other group will move in. >> i think they've done an amazing job, all of them. through but circumstances. >> although australian soldiers have all left afghanistan, 400 will remain into next year, but in a training capacity. the trip has been longer than he be nebraska expected,ing prime minister tony abbott says, there is no jubilation here, more a sense that too diff

the brotherhood has denied any involvement. >>> and in afghanistan today, the u.s. embassy in kabul says no americans were hurt when the embassy compound came under fire from the taliban. >>> meanwhile, tens of thousands of american troops still in afghanistan are spending christmas far from home and far from their families. for most of them, it will likely be the last christmas there before coming home, as the u.s. prepares to withdraw most troops by next summer. we have a report tonight from kabul. >> reporter: there are no silent nights for the troops in afghanistan. for the nearly 35,000 u.s. soldiers, all is not calm. just ask this specialist. it's business as usual. >> even though it's christmas, it feels like just another day. >> reporter: here at camp phoenix in kabul, everyone is doing their best to keep spirits bright. in the mailroom, christmas packages are handed out. 22,000 pounds of mail a day, and a reminder that folks back home care. in the dining hall, thousands of meals served with over 2,000 pounds of turkey. ♪ this, this is christ the king ♪

are there is a high risk to be a journalist in afghanistan but this is our responsibility not to give up and continue our work as a journalist edward snowden should use the media and not wiki leaks to channel his revelations don't you think that's a good sign that he was able to do it through the media. well i think it's quite sad actually it would snowden didn't go to infect the media he went to someone that's closely associated with us and specific journalist glenn greenwald and another specific journalist laura portress. the most prominently a couple journalists to wiki leaks has gone clean greenwald's for his part was then working with the guardian has lists the guardian as a result. of the censorship by the guardian all of that material to date less than two point five percent of the snowden i think documents have been published. the majority of the media are still reluctant to challenge the government like you said and speaking of glenn greenwald recently he reprimanded journalists across the globe for not standing up to the government lets out so have a listen to what going gre

secular one is insane but i think there are parallels here with what we saw in afghanistan the eighty's when the cia. came together with the pakistani intelligence and. and saudi arabia to prop up the rebels and overthrow the government there what happened the rebels took power they couldn't cover and that led to the rise of the taliban and all of the consequences of that so i think where there are definite historical era well you can certainly go in any job in here as history had certainly go i want to jump in and make two points firstly that i mean yes you're right it's that these could be the hardest who want to kill any and minorities in syria but right now there's a lot of people being killed in syria already let's not forget that a lot of people millions of people have been driven out as refugees so why is that not being talked about and why is nothing done about that and secondly yes we don't want you know some. oppressive state in syria we want to democracy but what assad is doing now is not a democracy so that the end of the day if we want free elections if we want a stable cou

secular one is insane but i think there are parallels peter with what we saw in afghanistan the eighty's when the cia. came together with the pakistani intelligence and. and saudi arabia to prop up the rebels and overthrow the government there what happened the rebels took power they couldn't cover and that led to the rise of the taliban and all of the consequences of that so i think where there are definite historical era well you certainly going to enjoy being here we're out of history we had sunny go i want to jump in and make two points firstly that i mean yes you're right it's that these could be the hardest who want to kill any and minorities in syria but right now there's a lot of people being killed in syria already let's not forget that a lot of people millions of people have been driven out as refugees so why is that not being talked about and why is nothing done about that and secondly yes we don't want you know some. oppressive state in syria we want to democracy but what assad is doing now is not a democracy so that the end of the day if we want free elections if we want a s

the troops actually in afghanistan, next in line to go to afghanistan, have been getting all the money they need for training. with less money for training, that means everyone else takes a deeper hit to make those guys whole. the chief of staff of the u.s. army said there are only two brigades out of 40 plus in the army that are fully ready for any contingency and crisis outside of afghanistan. the guys going to afghanistan are ok. the guys not on that treadmill and more have gotten off the treadmill as the war has gotten smaller, our way underfunded and they are basically brigades trained not going to afghanistan. the global response force, airdrop anywhere in the world, the brigade in the south korea, which is always supposed to be ready to fight tonight, and then two other per gates they will not identify for security reasons, that are basically fully ready to go anywhere, which is not a lot. host: what is the size of a typical brigade? guest: 3000-4000. you are usually talking about 5000. host: fighting troops are 3000 to 4000. guest: the number of people are in tanks and fire at

troops in afghanistan forever and ever and ever. even if that happens, which seems doubtful to me, but even if they got that agreement, there would still be no plan for there to be a base for u.s. marines at camp leatherneck. the marines are leaving. they have been winding down there for a very long time now. they have no plans to stay. but we have just finished building this $36 million football field-sized state of the art u.s. marines headquarter building at camp leatherneck. a two-star marine general tells "the washington post" that this facility at camp leatherneck is better appointed than any marine headquarters, anywhere in the world, including the united states. a two-stammer army general tells "the post" that the operations center, inside this building, is as big as the one at centcom, in tampa. the operations center there is as big as the one at the supreme allied command headquarters in europe. and this headquarters building has never been used and it will never be used. the marines started saying a long time, like as of

welcome back here watching our international military mission in afghanistan is accomplished at least that's what the u.k. prime minister told soldiers there in a pretty christmas visit his cheering words come as drug trafficking in the country reaches record levels and the obgyn national army surrenders key checkpoints in southern afghanistan the taliban in return for an anti attacks we spoke to an iraq war veteran who believes that cameron is trying to put a brave face on a sorry business. mission accomplished was used by cameron because you know politicians don't really say hey you know that wildly unpopular war that we sent you and your children to die and it was like for over a decade well we messed up and it was all of which they're not going to say mission accomplished by camera needs that we died for years in a colonial exercise that was a total blood soaked disaster due to the arrogance of rich politician who thought they could dominate the land and resources of poor people in afghanistan using the blood of working class people from the united states and from the u.k. and it'

secular one is insane but i think there are parallels to what we saw in afghanistan the eighty's when the cia. came together with the pakistani intelligence and. and saudi arabia to prop up the rebels and overthrow the government there what happened the rebels took power they couldn't cover and that led to the rise of the taliban and all of the consequences of that so i think where there are definite historical parallel you can certainly going in general being here out of history had sunny go i want to jump in and make two points firstly that i mean yes you're right it's that these could be the hardest who want to kill any and minorities in syria but right now there's a lot of people being killed in syria already let's not forget that a lot of people millions of people have been driven out as refugees so why is that not being talked about and why is nothing done about that and secondly yes we don't want you know some. oppressive state in syria we want to democracy but what assad is doing now is not a democracy so that the end of the day if we want free elections if we want a stable co

afghanistan. on the one handled he says we're pulling out. we got $30 billion sitting over there. i cannot get this administration to pay attention to that. >> you and i agreed, this is one thing we do agree on. we need to bring our young men and women home and end this war in afghanistan. >> but they're starting, they're starting more projects than they ever have. $30 billion. you want money to go to the states to help educate kids. pull back that if you saiding, mr. president, and help us get there. you have a bigger mega phone at the white house than i do. >> we have to nation build here and invest in education at home. send our troops home and end this war. there is no military solution. we need to get out of afghanistan. >> we're going on give $555 million in petroleum. >> if i may, everyone stay right here. this is fascinating and i think different than maybe some of our audience thought. next, the final question for both our guests. we want you at home to weigh in on our fireback question.

>> in afghanistan. >> what do you think he wants for christmas? >> anything [ inaudible ]. >> wow. >> your kind of dad. >> i figured you would like that. >> cool guy. >> referring to colonel louis stevens in afghanistan, been there for a while. isn't expected to be back home for four more months but this is santa claus. >> don't you think he would want to come home? >> whoa. >> that's dad. >> it wasn't real santa all along. >> it was dad dressed up as santa coming home early. his daughters or wife didn't know he was coming home. >> got you. >> he arranged this with the fire department who hooked him up with a santa suit and they also provided a fire truck to escort him. >> i bet that flight from afghanistan knowing he was going to get to see his family and hug them, they didn't know it. he must have been this nervous for days. >> he pulled a fast one on everybody. >> so very good christmas gift if you ask me. >> yes, it is. >>> it's that time of the year when people start heading out to do back country skiing. i have a video to serve as a reminder

secular one is insane but i think there are parallels to what we saw in afghanistan the eighty's when the cia. came together with the pakistani intelligence and. and saudi arabia to prop up the rebels and overthrow the government there what happened the rebels took power they couldn't cover and that led to the rise of the taliban and and all of the consequences of that so i think where there are definite historical parallel you can certainly go to any gentlemen we're out of history had so many go i want to jump in and make two points firstly that i mean yes you're right it's that these could be the hardest who want to kill any and minorities in syria but right now there's a lot of people being killed in syria already let's not forget that a lot of people millions of people have been driven out as refugees so why is that not being talked about and why is nothing done about that and secondly yes we don't want you know some. oppressive state in syria we want to democracy but what assad is doing now is not a democracy so that the end of the day if we want free elections if we want a stabl

to be born you know afghanistan. plot could be a harder lot for a person as a baby she was left to die and this not to have to suffer or her life but she survived. the believes in the future of her home. once more than just to improve the fate of women in afghanistan and she wants to be the first woman president in the history of her life. and our guest today fauzia koofi an afghan politician running for president in two thousand and fourteen how's it so great to have you on our show today first of all let me just say that i admire your courage to do what you are doing in afghanistan i'm aware of the situation with women's rights in afghanistan is far from being perfect it's almost a curse to be born a woman there but still the it seemed to be optimistic about changes to the lives of a.

it is a good sign that they have come to afghanistan. this country needs peace. >> this will be the last christmas german soldiers have to spend away from their families. nato's current mandate will come to an end by the middle of next year. a memorial for the 50 german soldiers since the mission began. >> the former russian oil tycoon and kremlin critic has applied for a three month visa to enter switzerland. >> a spokesman said the 50-year- old plans to travel there early in the next year. his sons already attend school in switzerland. he came to germany last week after being pardoned by russian president vladimir putin. he spent the last decade in custody following his 2003 arrest after charges of embezzlement, money laundering, and tax evasion. the former nsa contractor edward snowden has given a positive assessment of this years events in his first interview since he was granted tipperary asylum in russia. >> he says that his mission has been accomplished. he did not want to change society by leaking documents, but let society decid

ambassador has with the governor of missouri sharif here in northern afghanistan. and this is what the governor says. you have to loose with a litany of complaints about the swedish presence in afghanistan he described the relationship to the swedish military a school saying that the only times this is when his commanders visit or when they first arrive in mazar and when they pay their for a local. lord it is fair criticism for this which media reclaimed never bothered to talk to politicians or ordinary people during their visits to the minute you abates and bus only heard positive accounts of its work instead of hearing the views of local residents. then the cable goes on about basically all other afghani politicians are asking this we believe that going to stop sending us your thinking ways we've been hearing that. will do that yes we did it and he's come up to say that it's. not. yet exist yet even that is usually what these reports. eat. eat chicken. hello is this the yard over here are my name's drama's i just got your telephone number from under for about a m

oh well go back to watching r t international the military mission in afghanistan is accomplished at least that's what the u.k. prime minister told soldiers there in a christmas visit his cheering words come as drug trafficking in the country reaches record levels and the afghan national army surrenders key checkpoints in southern afghanistan to taliban in return for an anti-tax we spoke to an iraq war veteran who believes that cameron is trying to put a brave face on a story business. mission accomplished was used by cameron because you know politicians don't really say hey you know that wildly unpopular war that we sent you and your children to die and it was like for over a decade well we messed up and it was all of which they're not going to say mission accomplished by camera needs that we died for years in a colonial exercise that was a total blood soaked disaster due to the arrogance of rich politicians we thought they could dominate the land and resources of poor people in afghanistan using the blood of working class people from the united states and from the u.k. and it's alm

and the risks to be a journalist in afghanistan is so high it sense too since early since early two thousand and thirteen there have been sixty cases against. journalists violation of violence and many other cases against journalists in afghanistan so that there are there is a high risk to be a journalist in afghanistan but this is our responsibility not to give up and continue our work as a journalist edward snowden should use the media and not wiki leaks to channel his revelations don't you think that's a good sign but he was able to do it through the media. well i think it's quite sad actually it would snowden didn't go to infect the media he went to someone that's closely associated with us and specific journalist glenn greenwald and another specific journalist laura portress. the most prominently a couple journalists to which she but it has gone clean green worlds for his part was then working with the guardian has lists the guardian as a result. of the censorship by the guardian but all of that material to date less than zero point zero five percent of the snowden i think docu

high to live this is afghan journalist based in the northern afghanistan. today in the morning and simeon piercy myself this is not. i didn't know that. i know you were there when i had initially. having access to this information would help me with an afghan journalist to disclose the face of war lost the face of those who committed crimes the face of those who committed genocide but later on we knew that having this much since could be dangerous since afghanistan is an insecure country and there is no guarantee for the life of a journalist therefore it made me a little bit impressed and it put me and it made me a little bit stressed. therefore. i didn't know how to deal with this much else with a notice meant a little bit important in order to help the journalists you know that in order to make able them to do their stories but having because all these documents are approved by having these documents they can do their stories. one of the most important thing for a journalist is that they're facing lack of proofs and information or miss. the by the noise t

journalist based in the northern afghanistan. and they just made you listen to the in the morning in the symphony in peter t. place of peace and there's no. i didn't know that. no you were when i had a mission the. having access to this information until we had enough can do this to disclose the face of war lords the faces of those who commit their crimes the face of those who committed genocide but later on we knew that having this much else could be dangerous since afghanistan is a taken three and there is no good to the life of the journalist therefore it made me a little bit impressed and it put me and it made me a little bit this just. therefore. i don't know how to deal with this not just with they know these men to listen but important in order to help the journalists you know those in order to make be able to them to do their stories but having because all these documents are approved by having these documents they can do their stories. one of the most important thing for a journalist is that they're facing looking for pr

journalist based in the northern afghanistan. and they just made you listen to this in the morning and symphony in peter t. place of peace in the snow. but i didn't know that. no you were when i had initially that having access to this information would help me and enough can do this to disclose the face of war lords the faces of those who commit their crimes the face of those who committed genocide but later on we knew that having this much else could be dangerous since afghanistan is a taker country and there is no good to for the life of a journalist therefore it made me a little bit impressed and it put me and it made me a little bit this just. therefore. i don't know how to deal with this not just with i know this method listen but important in order to help the journalists know that in order to make the able them to do their stories but having because all these documents are approved by having these documents they can do to the stories. one of the most important thing for a journalist is that they're facing like a fool proo

is this afghanistan's last chance? >> well, you know, interestingly, as general michele was saying, he's not only training afghan aviators, he's helping to put forward a new breed of afghan citizens. you can remember the pilots we met, the afghan pilots, how proud they were in the c 208s. you're looking at a new kind of afghan, a person connected to the world. a person not burdened down by religious prejudices. >> these are really going to be the dmur of afghanistan. in their future going forward as a republic. >> do you see it? there are challenges here. let's not kid ourselves. anyone can turn at a moment's notice as a reality in afghanistan. there are some who want a free society or possibly a future for themselves outside of the taliban, outside of the radical muslims, outside of that kind of area. >> you know, it's one thing for you and i will sit here and talk about what the afghans should do. how the country should go. it's another thing to be in an isolated valley, little village somewhere where you might see a

welcome back you're watching r t international the military mission in afghanistan is accomplished at least that's what the u.k. prime minister told soldiers there and christmas visit he is it sharing words come as drug trafficking in the country reaches record levels and the afghan national army surrenders key checkpoints in southern afghanistan to taliban in return for an anti-tax we spoke to an iraq war veteran who believes that cameron is trying to put a brave face on a sorry business. mission accomplished was used by cameron because you know politicians don't really say hey you know that wildly unpopular war that we sent you and your children to die and he was like for over a decade well we messed up and it was all of which they're not going to say mission accomplished by cameron means that we died for years in a colonial exercise that was a total blood soaked disaster due to the arrogance of rich politician who thought they could dominate the land and resources of poor people in afghanistan using the blood of working class people from the united states and from the u.k. and it's