each bassy in kabul issued a release calling the release regrettable. what is really regrettable is how the after the began campaign is falling apart. so far the afghan war cost the u.s. taxpayer $750 billion. more than 2,000 americans have been killed there. almost 20,000 wounded. there comes a point when diplomacy just doesn't cut it. martha: there you have it. it seems hamid car zief is more interested in negotiating with the taliban than the united states at this point. bill: can't throw 13 years away, you have to figure out a solution. president obama going around congress 29 times. when he was a senator he thought very differently about that. more after the break. [ male announcer ] meet mary. she loves to shop online with her debit card. and so does bill, an identity thief who stole mary's identity, took over her bank accounts, and stole her hard-earned money. unfortunately, millions of americans just like you learn all it may take is a little misplaced information to wreak havoc on your life. this is identity theft. and no one helps stop it bett

. >>> a suicide car bombing in kabul, afghanistan, killed two contractors this morning. the explosion targeted a caravan in the capital. charlie dageda reports. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. our colleagues at the scene say the attack happened after the contractors left a meeting with officials at a prison in eastern kabul. what we're about to show you is the taliban video planning an attack back in june with a message meant to extend beyond the borders of afghanistan. the video shows men wearing what appears to be u.s. fatigues getting prepped for a suicide mission on what they say is the cia compound. it's clearly aimed at an audience outside that room, in english. >> we are not the uneducated people, and we're not the backwards people. >> reporter: later, some fighters are shown using fake u.s. i.d.s and driving the keend of suvs used by american security personnel in afghanistan. it doesn't show any of the attack itself except news coverage, our cbs team shot this footage of the aftermath. for all that planning, the fighters were never able to get past the

kabul is a metaphor for the country, brinkley said to me. it is a city sized for 500,000 people. it has grown to 8 million. who have been drawn to the city by the massive influx of foreign money, military and nonmilitary. but that money is going to slow down significantly soon. what happens then? he asks. brinkley worked for the pentagon to start up and build companies in iraq and afghanistan. fascinating experiences he recounts in the book and he came to the conclusion that the single most important task in both countries was to create a self-sustaining economy which the united states paid very little attention to. he's pessimistic about afghanistan's prospects and said the national hood there is worsening. imagine living in nation, he write, in which your national government was totally dependent on charitable donations from other countries. would you respect that government? would you not assume they were puppets of the international donors who were propping up the government? hamid karzai might be pondering just these questions as he plans his next crazy outburst. for more go

. >> kabul. >> hong kong. >> ukraine. >> the artic. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. trading volume is lighter than usual. the winter weather keeping them at home last month. retail sales fell .4 of a%. britain's finance minister and lose the british pound. georgia ozborne saying they can't be divided. he adds it will cost scotland and commerce and finance, scottish accuse him of scare tactics. and the force is boosting netflix shares hire, p pas toward record territory. netflix signing an exclusive deal for the rights of the final season of star wars the clone wars. the 13 episode series will be available sometime next month. david chuteser here with the details. >> . >> including anybody. time warner cable is more than 12 million subscribers and is valuing at more than $37 billion. it is not in the content business, it was spun off five years ago. so the new company would not effect those networks. but when it comes to cable sub drivers they would have more than 33 million consumers. consumers and limit their options. when it

firm established the arm or dictated by affect the clubs and two hundred and fifty to keep this in kabul afghanistan's national rugby team has competed in national and international cities where guests have everything i scraped home loans will go along with the muffins will do the monthly with the shuttle tsonga the shuttle was with the law but to bomb the village of guys dolls i do spoken ill of the moment all was still up didn't love them so the will to live with the pigeon was going to owe emails unless we allow financial officer though. they go by the zamora i suffer with ocean does for the job was to the shredded divide dough into two the village along the fence who insulted the song without words. he was going in. so although he's now a new offshoot sport in afghanistan then the judge of the national teams to state the face of tough challenges like suitable grounds equipments this issue the coach to trade in the face of all these problems that lead up to the state defender for defeat in afghanistan crucial moment so who will implement a similar promise of summer plaza know the musl

of troops remain in afghanistan after this year's withdrawal deadline passes as a security deal with kabul hangs in the air. and britain's muslim communities raise the alarm over their religion being used as a scapegoat for its season there and to terror policy. live on air and online this is r t international with me marina costs of our balkans to the program with ukraine's economy balancing on the verge of default the country's new leadership is welcoming western diplomats in the hope of getting urgent aid e.u. foreign policy chief catherine ashton has promised support as that washington well let's get more now from our office following developments for us in kiev hi there you go or so can you tell us more about what the new leaders in ukraine have been up to in their friends for a stage of power. well the manhunt continues here in kiev former officials are being searched for around fifty of them have been arrested and are currently reportedly under investigation being accused of being responsible for the deaths of civilians during the violent street fighting last week between the writer

kabul and washington have been trying to work out a framework for some u.s. troops to stay on. that's when n.a.t.o.-led troops are supposed to end combat operations. >> now for the war in tieria. russia's deputy foreign minister said chemical weapons will be removed. a large shipment is expect to leave this month. the syrian government will complete the project by march the 1st. an armed group in syria has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack in beirut. the bomber detonated explosives. six were wounded, including the bus driver. the target was the hezbollah checkpoint. syrian activists say the government killed 18 in air raids, happening in the northern city of aleppo. helicopters dropped barrel bombs, containers that are packed with explosives, fuel and scraps of metal. >> the syrian observatory for human rights confirmed it hit some towns. >> newsagency asap spoke to a jesuit priest in homs. he says the 3,000 people that are left there are desperate for change. >> translation: they talk, talk, talk, eat in good restaurants and up-skipped hotels. what we are living thro

rages on neighboring lebanon faces a dramatic increase in sectarian violence in january alone four kabul was killed dozens in beirut and the town of hederman next to the syrian border the targets were a shia areas controlled by hizbullah lebanon's most influential force which also supports syrian president bashar al assad we traveled to the northern city of tripoli a sunni stronghold vehemently oppose in his bella visible in the midst of corners. and it's a party by. his well as military involvement in syria is believed to have given damascus the the hand in the battle of god and has deeply angered assad's enemies do you think we're going to see more explosions like this well today i do. anything i can do for sonny brothers anything i can do for syrian brothers i will do anything i can do for these people suffering from injustice i will do anything he unkind to affiliated to a new survey front claimed responsibility for these recent deadly bombings just days before a man calling himself and al qaida commander announced via you tube that the group had to down groups in lebanon or people w

. >> kabul. >> hong kong. >> ukraine. >> the artic. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. >> finally from us tonight, something we are sure you have never seen before. there always seems to be some crazy stories from the winter olympics hopefuls. remember eddie the eagle, the georgia may kahn bobsledders? this year's entry, though, athletes from somalia, but in a cross-cultural match justify, no dream is too greatly . could propel africans into the spotlight at the winter games. >> the big derby match followed by millions across scandanavia. known as randy, it could become an olympic event in time for 2018. you take on bragging rights in the northern swedish province of helsingland. plenty of derby for fans and players but this type of ice hockey can have wide importance on the question of immigration. here in swee de sweden it can help refugees part of society. introducing the national team of somalia. the sport was formed in june from refugees in a town a couple hours north of stockholm. just seven months later they were competing

the u-s embassy in kabul confirmed the deaths this morning. he crashed head-on into the contractors to suv. the contractors were working on prison affairs. we'll bring you more information as it becomes available. a former employee of state treasurer and candidate for governor dan rutherford is now suing him for sexual harassment. the federal lawsuit was filed by rutherford's former director of community affairs, edmund michalowski. it claims rutherford sexually harassed michalowski on several occasions, over two and a half years. the lawsuit accuses rutherford of "hitting on" him and touching him inappropriately. it also says michalowski was forced to do campaign work, while on the job. last night, at a republican debate for governor, rutherford said his accuser is motivated by money. >> the allegations are absolutely false. they are from years ago. they're coming on the cusp of the election. early voting has started. i think this is all about illinois politics. >>a travel voucher filled out by referred thinks it's bruce rohner behind these a

embassy in kabul. in kabul, she worked on some of the most difficult and pressing terrorism issues the united states faces, and she previously served as deputy assistant secretary of state for european and eurasian affairs. bafer kaidanow has shown the ability to forge the kind of partnerships necessary to engage the counterterrorism objectives necessary for the united states, and i hope all of my colleagues will join me in supporting her nomination. next is daniel bennett smith, the president's nominee for assistant secretary of state for intelligence and research. this is an incredibly important position as the state department thinks about our advocacy abroad in terms of foreign policy, having the best information on intelligence and research is critically important, and certainly playing a role as it relates to embassy security across the globe is very important. ambassador smith served as the u.s. ambassador to greece from 2010-2013. he has been a career officer in the senior foreign service, rank

. >> people in kabul will have these faces staring down at them for the next two months. as presidential election campaigns kick off. they are finally allowed to put up posters. several front runners hope to compete with turn outs and rousing speeches. there were problems. as one candidate's followers fought with his deputy over men and women playing in a band together. while keeping the peace inside individual campaigns may be tough, the threat from the taliban is greater. we do no that enemies will attract the security of the election. we are well prepared. we have good experience of the past elections. we are big in numbers and capabilities. we are much, much better this time. >> campaigning outside the capital will be important and vulnerable to ethnic and tribal influences. i'm worried the ethnic divide could be exploit. >> that's one of the concerns. that people might be using ethnic groups, religious groups. that is something they are trying to stop at national level and at the provincial level. it should be a natural process, and people should vote for who they li

it lurks down to kabul and that's where it will stay through the next 24 hours or so. along that line always we'll see a lot of grey weather and sometimes we'll see snow, which could be heavy. it will not be rule. as a maximum temperatures ea mati will get to 10. >> there's a bit of cloud edging towards doha. it doesn't look too impressive, but it will bring a change to our weather as we head through the next couple of days. through tuesday it will be mild, 25 degrees. it's 77 in old money. as you can see from the temperature charts, the reds are in the southern part of the arabian pens peninsula. >> for wednesday it will be difficult, cooler and it will be really very windy. >> thanks very much indeed. still to come - they may be cold, but they are learning. we'll have a report from the rev any camp in lebanon where syrian orphans are fighting to go to school. >> ahead tributes pouring in for award-winning actor philip seymour hoffman, who died at the age of 46. cristiano ronaldo sees red. that and more in sport. >> hello, a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera.

. >> kabul. >> hong kong. >> ukraine. >> the artic. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. >> welcome to aljazeera america. i'm del walters, and these are the stories we're following for you. the aftermath now of the storm. dozens of cars and trucks, all in a big pileup in pennsylvania. president obama traveling to california, trying to get a firsthand look at that devastating drought. >> a 13-year-old boy, the size of an eight-year-old. and he has not eaten meat for two years or more. >> as the syria peace talks stagnate, aid workers are helping civilians on the ground.

that will be increasingly concerning to people in kabul. one of biggest political events will be the presidential elections in april when president hamid karzai will be replaced. while people in the capital are getting on with their lives, ordinary people continue to be injured or killed by continuous fighting. >> new information on the american missionary held in north korea. the state department says that kenneth bae has been transferred from the hospital back to a labour camp the the development is concerning, since he's been held for more than a year in north korea, after being sentenced to 15 years of hard labour, accused of trying to overthrow the state. bolivia declared a state of emergency after 38 died of rising floodwaters of the villages are packing up and moving to higher ground. 40,000 are affected. armed forces are using barges to bring food and water to resident cut off by the flood. heavy rains are expected to batter bolivia until march. >> a wet weekend. the san francisco bay area could see nine inches of rain. more than an

we have this support in kabul. >> the killing of 21 soldiers as she slept seems to be the worse blow to government soldiers. it was overrun by hundreds of taliban fighters. the attack was organised from the other side of the border. it was intensive. the arm your defended their country until the last drop of their blood. >> the defence minister accused a foreign intelligence service of planning the attack. they didn't name pakistan, but the inference was clear. >> sense the beginning of the year more than 80 soldiers have been killed, a measure of the challenges as it looks after the security and asks for help of n.a.t.o. forces. >> the air support that n.a.t.o. would have wanted was not available this time. this man's son was a soldier for many years. >> he was the only breadwinner, his father says. there has been an outpouring of public sympathy for the soldiers and their family, and frustration about fears the army is poorly equipped. all this may have helped prompt the public memorial. it was the first for the afghan army, which was reluctant to publicise growing lifts. >> syrian

good one of the reported option says that kills three thousand troops when he deployed a tool bases in kabul and bob grumman would not do much traveling across the country and the other option which the pentagon reportedly favors more is needing ten thousand troops behind and also leaving more bases open the pentagon argues the clothing of some of the places when hampered drone operations in pakistan washington's main argument now remains that afghan forces cannot stand alone against the resurgent taliban to increase the pressure congress has recently slashed planes development until it reeked of ghana's then to roughly how to go buy a house to a one point one billion dollars there's also an understanding here in washington that in order to not lose of denison completely they may have to make an out reach to the taliban now force the team fighting for more than a decade. and so many of the recent developments show how far we have come from initial declarations like the usa they leave against them by the end of twenty fourteen in washington. i'm going to strike down rt. take a look at how the

packed with explosives into a nato convoy killing two civilian contractors in the are going capital kabul at least seven others were wounded in that time which was claimed by an islamic militant group which runs all foreign forces driven out of the country the taliban is stepping up its campaign as an to terrell. wound down and a u.s. are going security do is still in limbo. the syrian government and the opposition how began a new round of troops by trading accusations of escalating violence and disrupted aid deliver is the first face to face meeting was adjourned ten days ago having achieved little beyond getting the conflicting sides in the same room an agreement which resulted in six hundred people being evacuated from the besieged syrian city of homs was ruined after trucks carrying supplies came under fire. at that. time police have made the arrest of a senior anti-government protest leader for violating the country's emergency law arrest warrants have been issued for nineteen others it came just hours after six tree were injured by a small explosion at one of the protest sites thail

we have more from the capital of kabul. >> reporter: this predawn assault on an afghan army outpost in kunar province was one of the largest taliban assaults in afghanistan in the last two years. security sources have told us that at least 100 taliban fighters made up from men from afghanistan, pakistan and arab countries were involved in the assault. afghan president karzai immediately canceled the scheduled tripe to sri lanka after hearing the attack, and he pointed the finger of blame again on pakistan. he called on the government in islamabad to take on the fight against terrorism. the afghans long and often accused the pakistanis of not taking fight against the taliban seriously, though it should be said last week pakistan suffered 23ed ises murdered by taliban fighters again in the border area between pakistan and afghanistan. so pakistan also suffering from taliban assaults. >> we were talking there about pakistan and air strikes across the border in that country have killed at least 38 suspected fighters. it was in the northwest of pakistan. the military attacks were carried ou

the men were being held at a former american detention facility north of kabul. the pentagon says the detainees are actually taliban fighters and will return to the battlefield. afghan's president, hamid karzai ordered the release several weeks ago after his government took over the prison. >> and major news this morning for 12 million cable tv customers. comcast is buying time warner cable. paying $45 billion in stock. the deal would bring the nation's two largest cable providers together. the boards of each company approved the merger. if the government okays the plan, the new company will have a total of 30 million subscribers. >>> this morning, a milestone for the government health insurance marketplace as they finally met their monthly enrollment targets. the obama administration reports 1.1 million people signed up for insurance in federal and state programs in january. since they opened in october, nearly 3.3 million people have signed up for coverage. there's also a surge in the number of young people enrolling enrolling. those 18 to 34 years old now make

i will come back to kabul in two months. my son is getting married. >> reporter: his brother went to the united states to look for a job when the taliban were in power. nahim hasn't heard from him in some time. >> translator: i'm so happy to get this letter. as i'd been worried about my brother. thank you for delivering it. >> reporter: rahim feels very proud of his job as a postman. he's committed not only to delivering letters, but also to training younger postmen. heil mohammed is 30 years old. when he was a boy he looked out for the mail carriers on their bicycles and dreamed of becoming one. now his dream has come true. he seeks advice from the more experienced rahim. >> translator: shop owners and elderss know a lot. if that doesn't work, you can go to a mosque and ask. >> reporter: mohammed asked for directions, but had a hard time finding the place. he continued to search for one hour. but he had no luck this time. >> translator: it's a lot of work but i would like to keep at it. my job is to do my best for others. >

kabul. here in athletes and chilling what's becoming a shining olympics for that ms jenny and me in the medal standings in some see the competitors from the netherlands had a successful weekend and nicholas be kind. that's the status that the matter is in the fifteen hundred meter race just as the male teammates had done in the five hundred media is your time and time are still one goal and sentinel and the grandkids. he named the a's had already won two medals in such a golden the three thousand meters and silver in the one thousand she added another silva to take action. and b take out the bronze and another dad steve and mighty teams had placed a full life. athletes from the us did not sing as well as they would have hoped but some ice dance isn't trying to help the american kinds. davis and charlie white in their best ever score to take the lead after the short dense than hoping to stay ahead of the nineteen other candidates have qualified for the medal round defending champions tessa vi

jane ferguson in kabul. thank you. >> days before the start of the winter olympics in russia, there are major concerns as teams make their way to sochi. austria's team said it received a threat saying two of their athletes would be kidnapped. several letters turned out to be a hoax. videos were respected showing gays badly beaten. the images were collected by human rights groups. some of the images are graphic. >> the videos are hard to look at, pulled together by human rights watch, shows gays in russia beaten and abused. they were posted by a vigilante group calling itself occupied ped fillia. it lures gay men. they are belittled, intimidated and beaten up. the group shoots video of the whole thing. they are not easy to watch. it's in russian, but you can read the subtitles. >> there are no hard numbers, human rights watches say these attacks increased banning prappa ganneda of nontraditional relationships among minors. russian officials denies that discrimination against homeo sexuals take policlagues. i

the volatile country faces the looming strout of a resurgent taliban as kabul and washington wrangle over a post pullout security deal and the thirteen year war. there's immediately though so we leave that maybe. are the same motions your. plate your party years ago. or shoes that no one is asking with the gas that you deserve answers from. politics. welcome back you're watching r.t. international young american entrepreneur and a bit coy millionaire charlie sram was arrested in the u.s. this week the c.e.o. of the digital currency exchange but instant is accused of laundering more than a million dollars worth of big coins through the converse a website silk road known to be used by drug traffickers the twenty four year old is also accused of not putting necessary regulations in place to keep criminal activity out of the financial system a found guilty he faces more than a decade behind bars he's now under house arrest after being released on bail financial analyst mark sorenson believes the arrest was aimed at setting up political precedents not a legal one. the u.s. dollar is actua

and afghanistan are sparkling chilling turns later on reports on how the rift between kabul and washington is making the taliban a winner with no american combat troops to support after forces. also to come britain by better growing one of the key advocates of the default currency is the rusted suspected of laundering money for the forest drug trafficking. now it's been more than a month since al qaeda sympathizers partly captured syria's industrial town of are drawn north of damascus dozens of civilians were allegedly slaughtered there and hundreds displaced the rebels still occupy major parts of the city but arts he managed to make it inside and speak to some of the survivors. address is just a twenty minute drive from damascus but the highway runs through an area firmly under rebel control so instead we take a newly created pass driving through high mountains of sand and piles of old tires the army uses to shoot its convoys from attacks it may be longer but it's a safer route. where the first foray into recruit to get this close to address after the siege began a month ago it's still no

the volatile country faces the looming threat of a resurgent taliban us kabul and washington wrangle over a post pullout security deal and the thirteen year war. community board alone more than somewhere around two hundred children all for them they also found that child abusers convicted child abusers got access to those kids through a whole recalling phenomenon and what i'm saying is overall it's an amazingly rosy picture in that adopted kids international as well as domestic are treated better than regular kids growing up in untroubled biological families in the united states . right. first right. and i think the church. on our reporters with. the. welcome back watching r.t. international young american entrepreneur and bitcoin millionaire charlie shrem was a rare. in the us this week the c.e.o. of the digital currency exchange bit instant is accused of laundering more than a million dollars worth of betweens through the controversial website silk road known to be used by drug traffickers the twenty four year old was also accused of not putting necessary regulations in place to ke

military victory but that's proven elusive the taliban are internally divided and the rift between kabul and washington has reportedly empowered hardline commanders who want to keep on fighting at the expense of those who support peace talks the u.s. war has succeeded in toppling the taliban regime and many afghans have seen their lives improve but those gains could easily be lost depending on who wins control over afghanistan a country that's once again could be up for grabs reporting in washington for our team i'm lucy catherine now washington to spend billions of waging war in afghanistan since two thousand and one it has cost the u.s. taxpayer just under eight hundred billion dollars and there are some bills still to come every american soldier serving in afghanistan this year will cost an average two point one million dollars more than sound billion dollars worth of equipment isn't going to be shipped back so we'll have to be decommissioned and use thirty four billion million rather dollar military h.q. will not be used and is now reportedly going to be demolished we spoke to jerry

compound in kabul. osama bin javaid reports. >> this is not the training exercise of a conventional military. these pictures have been shot by taliban fighters. they say they are planning an attack on a u.s. compound in kabul. >> translation: the c.i.a. and americas think they are ruling the world with advance technology, this is not true. we entered into their compound in the same vehicles they are using. no one noticed. >> they are referring to an attack in june last year. we can't independently verify when the pictures were shot. the target was the cia headquarters in kabul. it was planned for month. the propaganda video shows they are capable of mounting attacks. they have fake ids, equipment that looks the same. they pass through multiple security check points without trouble. these scenes of the incident were filmed independently. it appears to be the same area in the taliban video. but the taliban pictures contradict the police chief statements after the attack. >> a land cruiser used a fake id c

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between kabul and washington. relations between the two supposed allies are in crisis. the taliban is undefeated. and the u.s. military mandate runs out in 11 months. if a security pact isn't signed they will all leave. afghan president still refuses to sign an agreement. speaking last month he was defiant that the u.s. must bring peace first. >> translator: in return we want peace and security for the people of afghanistan. without that, it is better they leave and afghanistan determines its own future. >> with afghan forces now in the lead for their own security, our troops have moved to a support role. together with our allies we will complete our mission by the end of this year. >> reporter: continued financial support is also at steak, afghanistan's 350,000 soldiers and police officers are largely paid by foreign donations, much of it american. and its economy is propped up by aid. the u.s. congress recently cut development aid in half, a move seen as further incentive to sign the security agreement. >> i don

thanks to state it's in kabul and then around the world. lying on it he sees a need to channel reports. firms will supply is taken from the nation's rivers. using tongs to helmand river water is filtered and sterilized. to remove pneumonia and organic contaminants. the result is more to the safe to drink straight from the top. today japan also uses leading edge diesel emission technology to obtain thinking in coastal regions like to call to okinawa. this images like this convert sea water into drinkable fresh look. sea water is pumped through these theres a twenty centimeter diameter place. he started towards sixty five kilograms per square centimeter pressure is applied to extra holes. the secret is this member. well that multiple layers and starting spot. he looks just like it. but it actually consists of compass folds less than a nano meat to pot. let's see what happens to this coffee the membrane can make it filters out the dark coffee reducing you will. the entry two to two compounds can be discarded as wasteful. i was a member in betw

and in kabul, uncovering the lebron james that the taliban used. >>> u.n. aid workers vowing to evacuate 600 people from homes, despite attacks on their convoys. and beatle mania descending, marking the first fab four's visit to the united states. >>> need regulators have issued a major meat recall, and inspectors found meat from one california plant shippedded without inspection. >> federal regulators found that meet was sent out from here. the rancho feeding corporation here in northern california. that came from animals that are unfit or diseased over the course of a year. we're talking about an extremely large amount of meat here. 8.7 million pounds of meat is being recalled from this rancho feeding corporation. that's a huge difference from january when only 1,000 pounds was recalled. it was shipped to california, illinois, and texas in the first week of january. so far no one has reported getting sick on it. i spoke to a safety inspector who said that the inspectors came here after the first two week last month, and what they found perhaps was animals

a memorial service has been held in kabul. we are returning to our top story and that is the crisis in ukraine and many are now wondering how russia will respond. moscow has already recalled its ambassador and withdrawn a $15 billion loan and patty says they are watching closely at what moscow will do next. >> reporter: as the olympic fireworks fade into darkness the spotlight is very much on russian president vladimir pootin and wonder what his next step will be in ukraine. his ally president viktor yanukovych fled and stripped by parliament and his whereabouts unknown and warning not to send troops in to bring him back to power by force. >> that would be a grave mistake. it's not in the interest of ukraine or russia or you're op or the united states to see the country split and it's not of interest to see violence return and the situation escalate. >> reporter: ukraine is a country with divided loyalties and in the west the worry is the country will be split in two. in a phone call u.s. secretary of state john carry told ser

military victory but that's proven elusive the taliban are internally divided and the rift between kabul and washington has reportedly empowered hardline commanders who want to keep on fighting at the expense of those who support peace talks the u.s. war has succeeded in toppling the taliban regime and many afghans have seen their lives improve but those gains could easily be lost depending on who wins control over afghanistan a country that's once again could be up for grabs reporting in washington for r.t.e. i'm lucy catherine. washington has spent billions waging war in afghanistan since two thousand and one it has cost the u.s. taxpayer just under eight hundred billion dollars and here are some bills still to come every american soldier serving in afghanistan this year will cost an average two point one million dollars more than seven billion dollars worth of equipment isn't going to be shipped back so will have to be decommissioned and a new thirty four million dollar military h.q. will not be used as is now reportedly going to be demolished former british special forces officer ric

government of afghanistan the volatile country faces the looming threat of the resurgent taliban is kabul to washington wrangle over a post bullet security deal still to end the. war. you know the playing. field in big spirit travels with the flame from its place in greece. joining james brown for an elemental and epic journey around russia and beyond. where i want to go. hello again an amnesty is coming to force in ukraine given rioters in downtown kiev and throughout the country's west fifteen days to disperse and to leave government buildings this amid the seeming triumph of the country's opposition from many of the purity of form in munich where they scored pledges indeed of more support from washington the the european union meantime russia's foreign ministers called against taking a one sided view of the rest in ukraine you've got this can offer ports from germany. clearly the west has already taken the side of the protests or so u.s. secretary of state john kerry said that the time has come for you have to decide whether it's one country or what the rest of the world and he added t

jane ferguson has that story from kabul. >> reporter: it's people like this who bleed the most in conflicts: civilians shots blown up and battered by two warring sides. a teenager was simply standing too close to a suicide-bomber last week. >> there was an explosion. it threw me and i was unconscious. after that i got up and was very dizzy. i fell down again. i couldn't see. >> reporter: he is part of a growing number of civilian casualties here. according to an u.n. report released on saturday, 2013 saw increase across board of civilians being injured or killed. the taliban say they don't target civilians and reject the findings. >> when civilian casualty increase that includes children, children like this child here, 11 years old injured in a bombing in the province where she's from. even younger is this child two years old injured in the head by a bullet. one of the very young victims of afghanistan's war. 561 children were killed in fighting last year. those in charge of this hospital in kabul say women and children are dying more because the war has changed. once a game between foreign

an afghan army on a post and 21 soldiers tied in the incident, a memorial service has been held in kabul and mr. smith has this report. >> reporter: the killing of 21 afghan soldiers as they slept at a remote out post is the worst blow to government forces in years. and would have had little chance when their base was over run by what the government says were hundreds of taliban fighters. >> translator: the attack was

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mik joins me now by phone from kabul. mik, it seems as if the message from the entire american political establishment is, you know what, we just don't trust karzai mae more. forget karzai. we're done. is that the message dempsey has, too? >> reporter: well, you know, it's pretty clear that karzai has been cut out of this process, at least for the time being. general dempsey is not willing to count him out entirely, but they are already looking well ahead. now, there is some concern and confusion about just what's going to happen in this april election. james clapper, the director of national intelligence, testified on the hill that they expect one, maybe two, maybe three runoffs, which would take the presidential elections well into the fall. now, interestingly enough, in talking about beginning the serious drawdown to zero at the end of this year, today in an interview with nbc news he said that, you know, we still have many months left before we actually have to begin that final drawdown. and when asked -- when i asked

we have that story from kabul. >> reporter: it's people like this who bleed the most in conflict. civilians shot, blown up and battered by two warring sides. a teenager was simply standing too close to a suicide-bomber last week. >> there was an explosion. it threw me and i was unconscious. after that i got up and was very dizzy. i fell down again and i couldn't see. >> reporter: he's part of a growing number of civilian casualties here. according to an u.n. report released on friday, there was an increase across the board of civilians being injured or killed compared to 2012. most of the casualties were caused by anti-government forces says the report. the taliban say they don't target civilians and reject the findings. when civilian casualties increase that of course includes children. children around 11 years old injured in a bombing in the province where she's from. but even younger is this child who we think is two years old, injured in the head by a bullet. one of the very youngest victims of afghanistan's war. 561 children were killed in the fighting last year. those in cha

troops to remain in the governor's son after this year's draw that line passes as a security deal with kabul hangs in the air. and britain's muslim communities raise the alarm over their religion being used as a scapegoat by authorities in there and see terror policies. live on air and online this is r.t. international with call survival come to the program well with ukraine's economy balancing on the verge of default the country's new leadership as welcome in western diplomats in the hope of getting urgent aid e.u. foreign policy chief catherine ashton has promised support as that washington and more trying to woo the donors ukraine's new leaders are cracking down on the old administration as artie's a go to skin off now reports. many are calling things which have been happening here in kiev since ousted president viktor unocal which has been put on a wanted list the new authorities are accusing him of being behind the deaths of civilians during the violent clashes between the rioters and the police in and around fifty former officials are now under investigation on the same charges the whe

military victory but that's proven elusive the taliban are internally divided and the rift between kabul and washington has reportedly empowered hardline commanders who want to keep on fighting at the expense of those who support peace talks the u.s. war has succeeded in toppling the taliban regime and many afghans have seen their lives improve but those gains could easily be lost depending on who wins control over afghanistan a country that's once again could be up for grabs reporting in washington for our team i'm lucy catherine. now snapshot of some of today's world news scuffles in athens have broken out between riot police and anti-fascist protesters who were enraged by gathering of right wing golden dawn party supporters officers used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse the troublemakers there were several arrests after a leftist riot or spot of an attacked a man carrying a green flag the gold on the railway was commemorating the deaths of three navy officers which brought greece and turkey to the brink of war in one thousand nine hundred ninety six. protesters in thailand are m

these are self proclaimed taliban fighters, outside of kabul. attempting to attack afghan forces first by using suicide bombers. once they spot bombers overhead they retreat. >>> the trial of our colleagues in cairo has been adjourned until march 5th. mohamed fahmy, baher mohamed and peter greste have pled not guilty. al jazeera has denied all allegations and demanded the release of their staff. >>> protesters outside of a fast food restaurant in seattle today, boycott mcpoverty and gathered outside of spots be like mcdonald's. that's the latest news, you can get the latest on our website, aljazeera.com. >>> on "america tonight," a short cease fire. ukraine erupts again with more blood shed after the so-called truce. what's at stake? also tonight, a star athlete and popular celebrity accused of raping women in five states. could former new orleans saints player darren sharper have lived a double life? >> he began to make some shots and he began to give these shots to the girls. >>

reports on how this holiday could be the ones benefits and from the friction between washington and kabul. years in afghanistan washington is counting down together with our allies we will complete our mission bear by the end of this year and america's longest war will finally be over. but ending a war isn't the same as winning one when it comes to afghanistan peace is far from certain actually the security situation is worsening in the country and. that americans. will be able to see the war in afghanistan and. the activities of. the future and the taliban have been active in the past two weeks alone the group has staged numerous attacks in kabul kandahar nimrods helmont and. in fact ministry of interior incident reports reveal clashes with the taliban in a most of the eleven provinces bordering pakistan the group also controls several districts in parwan just a short drive from the country's capital some provinces are believed to be controlled by shadow governments that answer directly to the taliban be the one that's anyone not the taliban run the area of the district government is jus

and in kabul, uncovering the lebron james that the taliban used. >>> u.n. aid workers vowing to evacuate 600 people from homes, despite attacks on their

the taliban says the target was the headquarters in kabul. they planned it. the taliban are capable of mounting sophisticated attacks. they have fake ids and official looking vehicles. they passed through checkpoints without trouble. >> these scenes. incident were filmed independently. it appears to be the same area shown in the taliban video. >> a land cruiser car, using a fake id came to the gait. two or three people came out from the car, and the car exploded. >> this is a national security analyst. >> they think the fighters stole the gear and brought some on the market. >> they are are organised and can do complex actions. we need to look at the video and see within a span of four, sfi five, six years, they can learn a lot of information. >> this is what a u.s. official told al jazeera:. >> the taliban says the attack was launched in retaliation for being ordered to take down its flag. >> translation: we are prepared to take revenge and retaliation and will teach them a lesson. >> the attack happened when the u.s. special envoy was in pakistan to revive

this is a crucial year here in the capitol in kabul, there is lots of political debate going on. in less than two months there will be an election where president hamid karzai will hand over power. there are 11 candidates running for that now, and you would be hard press to find any of them who doesn't put peace at the top of their election agenda. he know across the country, the civilians in the provinces are the ones who suffer the most from this war want their leader to try to bring peace. president hamid karzai himself has caused oh something of a row having not signed the security agreement with the americans to allow them to stay in the country after this year. he said he won't sign it until they bring peace. so lots of discussion about peace here in the capitol, and it's clear why. people around the country are suffering intensively as a result of this war. whether or not all u.s. and foreign troops leave at the end of this year, what is clear is that the foreign forces that the local force who is are having to take on the fight here are increasingly engaging with the tali

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forces take on the taliban and win. >> bernard smith has more from kabul. >> the u.s. wanted to leave about 8,000 troops in afghanistan from the beginning of 2015 to train, advise and assist afghan forces and continue the fight against al qaeda remnants. if they pull out, 13 years, and the loss lives, the u.s. could risk losing gains in afghanistan in the fight against terrorism. there's a risk for the afghan government if the u.s. pulls out. foreign powers contribute up to $8 billion a year to maintaining afghan forces and providing aid to afghanistan. it's unlikely they'll want to continue to provide the money if they are going to be kicked out by the afghan government. all the contenders in the election on april the 5th, or the main contenders say they'll sign the bilateral agreement. it's problem thable that there'll be no outright winner from the elections, meaning a run-off and the campaign running into the summer and we may not note who the afghan leader will be until the end of the summer, and the clock will tick down on the appearance of american troops in afg

military victory but that's proven elusive the taliban are internally divided and the rift between kabul and washington has reportedly empowered hardline commanders who want to keep on fighting at the expense of those who support peace talks the u.s. war has succeeded in toppling the taliban regime and many afghans have seen their lives improve but those gains could easily be lost depending on who wins control over afghanistan a country that's once again could be up for grabs reporting in washington for our team i'm lucy catherine well let's look at said the money has been spent washington spent billions of what would you want to start since two thousand and one it's cost the u.s. taxpayer just under eight hundred billion dollars and there are more bills to come as well every american soldiers serving in afghanistan annually will cost on average two point one million dollars more than seven billion dollars worth of equipment isn't going to be shipped back either that have to be decommissioned are the new thirty four million dollars military age queue is not going to be used that's report