-pakistan relations. despite many jaundice, we have continued to engage the pakistanis at the highest levels. the reopening of the nato supply lines -- today in islamabad, there is an understanding with the pakistanis ministry of defense in the opening of the grand alliance and communication. i hope to build on the opportunity to define our shared interest with pakistan in practical ways to work together to achieve them. we share an interest in combating the extremists that threaten our countries. they have lost more troops and civilians to act of terror than any nation. we have captured or removed from the battlefield more terrorists on pakistan the soil than from anywhere else. we share an interest in supporting political stability in afghanistan. we want pakistan to be a full part in supporting afghan peace and stability. pakistan officials have told us that more than any of the nation they have a vested interest in seeking a secure afghanistan. promoting democratic and economic stability is also in ou

there was a pakistan a doctor in prison right now. sentenced to 33 years for treason for assisting americans in the search for osama bin laden. what does that say about our relationship with pakistan where it would seem they have more loyalties to osama bin laden than they do to the united states? you are talking about an international fugitive wanted all over the world and somebody goes to jail and prison for treason for trying to turn him in? >> steve, i defer to the ambassador on that. in a word i call it outrages. >> can you explain that decision? this is one of the problems with the relationship right now. americans look at that decision. they say, what is going on inside the pakistan government? what is going on inside the courts? they clearly seem to hate us. >> if i may interject here. i not think there is any question of hate here. pakistan is are in a place where we are looking for our first democratic transition. our institutions have found -- our records are looking with. we have lost a prime minister to the actions of the

and pakistan have a common interest. we have had no more active partner in the fight against al qaeda than the pakistanis. that common interest continues today and those levels of cooperation across the program also continue. i will let sherry speak for herself. herself. >> very quickly, i

there's very little that secret about the covert war in pakistan and yemen it's a killer except that the obama administration would like to keep aspects of it secret the difficult bits the awkward bit it's absolutely clear that these drones are killing alleged terrorists although they're not getting they're not getting trials they're not they're not being held there simply being killed but we also know that alone it's a number of civilians unfortunately i've also been killed in pakistan and in yemen and in somalia and unfortunately american media in particular is very bad at reporting those deaths reports when the big guys are killed it's a little problematic for the american media when it comes to reporting civilian deaths and that's part of the problem now because obama's become more and more reliance on these drones as a tool of foreign policy built around this fiction the most precise weapon ever invented and not killing civilians what we simply know that's not true well chris if i can stay with you here i mean the administration defends that you know when these drones for used i

there's very little that secret apparently this covert war in pakistan and yemen and execute it except the obama administration would like to keep aspects of it secret the difficult bits it is absolutely clear that these drones are killing alleged terrorists are not getting they're not getting trials they're not they're not being held simply being killed but we also know that alone it's a number of civilians unfortunately have also been killed in pakistan and in yemen and in somalia and unfortunately american media in particular is very bad at reporting those deaths reports when the big guys are killed it's a little problematic for the american media when it comes to reporting civilian deaths and that's part of the problem now because obama's become more and more reliance on these drones as a tool of foreign policy built around this fiction the most precise weapon ever invented and not killing civilians what we simply know that's not true well chris if i can stay with you here i mean the administration defends that you know when these drones who are used to any male adult male in the v

the core of the movement in pakistan. and in the afghan/pakistan border region. and to me, never negating or never trying to belittle the individual losses that got us there, it seems to me that that's a national price worth paying. >> doug? >> if i may -- >> go ahead. >> go ahead. >> go ahead. do you agree,al, that it was worth -- also, that it was worth it? >> i agree with the way that doug framed it. again, steve, the years in iraq and afghanistan, well, they conclude that we needed to -- as many -- try to -- however, having said that, i do think that the united states. you know, several brief points about this. for instance, a starting point of our counterinsurgency strategy, a good first principle stated. we're there to protect the populations. we accept that. but what does that really mean, protect the population? against insurgents? yes. against drug cartels? i'm not sure. against the tribe that's on the other side of the hill that's been at war with the tribe that we're aligned with for the last 500 years? so these are the kind of questions that we develo

there's very little that secret about the war in pakistan and yemen and particularly except that the obama administration would like to keep aspects of it secret the difficult bits the awkward bit it's absolutely clear that these drones are killing alleged terrorists so they're not getting they're not getting trials they're not they're not being held there simply being killed but we also know that alone it's a number of civilians unfortunately have also been killed in pakistan and in yemen and in somalia and unfortunately american media in particular is very bad at reporting those deaths reports when the big guys are killed it's a little problematic for the american media when it comes to reporting civilian deaths and that's part of the problem now because obama's become more and more reliance on these drones as a tool of foreign policy built around this fiction the most precise weapon ever invented and not killing civilians what we simply know that's not true well chris if i can stay with you here i mean the administration defends that you know when these drones are used in any male

and pakistan that relationship has taken some pretty bad turns between drone strikes in pakistan between you know the osama bin laden assassination in pakistan and you know the list goes on the friendship is at best i can say a little scarred right now between the two countries so you're saying that in your time with the taliban that they essentially said they that those two countries were the ones with the good friendship. so you touched on a very very important point here and that is yes president obama did say that in two thousand and nine and the united states has had a longstanding and very close relationship with pakistan with the degree of the pakistani army almost since its inception but particularly in the one nine hundred fifty s. when it made in alliance to go against then the the spread of communism and i don't think that alliance really has changed yes you what you said is correct that the this friendship this the two allies are certainly at one another's throats to a degree now and it's been frayed to a great degree now however we don't know what is going on behind the scen

i think three out of the four people in pakistan right now consider the united states an enemy of pakistan. millions of people are asking the question, is pakistan friend or foe? what is the answer to that? >> very quickly, i think the united states and pakistan have been through an extraordinarily difficult time over the past seven months. it was suspended because we had 24 soldiers killed at the border by nato and isaf forces. doors were unlocked when an apology clean up both sides to prevent it from spiraling down. yes, you have talked about this. i think it still is very strong really. a strong commitment on both sides. i can speak for pakistan that we see very little value and not rebuilding our ties with the united states and afghanistan. we are intensifying our engagement with all of our neighbors on both sides. the united states has been an ally and friend it through many phases of our history and relationship. i sympathize with the ambassador who says afghanistan was abandoned. there is a problem. pakistan is -- we were in chicago at the summit. we were there for giving our suppor

pakistan. terry chairs this 90 minute hearing. -- john kerry chairs this 90 minute hearing. >> the hearing will come to order. good morning. we apologize for beginning a few minutes late. there are more meetings going on then there are hours and available moments to get to them. we are delighted to welcome everybody here to consider the nominations of those who are selected to serve in the very important post of afghanistan and pakistan. ambassador james cunningham and richard olson are experienced and talented diplomats. i am convinced that they bring the combination of intelligence and experience, diligence necessary for both of these critical assignments. today's hearing comes -- pick the newspapers and afghanistan and pakistan are swirling around. the assigning of the strategic partnership agreement marked the beginning of the end a new face of u.s. engagements in afghanistan. the world is not going to simply walk away or abandon its investment in a stable afghanistan. our task is to levera

there's very little that secret about the war in pakistan and yemen and particularly except that the obama administration would like to keep aspects of it secret the difficult bits the awkward bit it's absolutely clear that these drones are killing alleged terrorists although they're not getting they're not getting trials they're not they're not being held simply being killed but we also know that a large number of civilians unfortunately have also been killed in pakistan and in yemen and in somalia and unfortunately american media in particular is very bad at reporting those deaths reports when the big guys are killed it's a little problematic for the american media when it comes to reporting civilian deaths and that's part of the problem now because obama's become more and more reliance on these drones as a tool of foreign policy built around this fiction the most precise weapon ever invented and not killing civilians what we simply know that's not true well chris if i can stay with you here i mean the administration defends that you know when these drones are used if any male adul

and pakistan that relationship has taken some pretty bad turns between drone strikes in pakistan between you know the osama bin laden assassination in pakistan and you know the list goes on the friendship is at best i can say a little scarred right now between the two countries so you're saying that in your time with the taliban that they essentially said they that those two countries were the ones with a good friendship. so you touched on a very very important point here and that is yes president obama did say that in two thousand and nine and the united states has had a longstanding and very close relationship with pakistan with the do with pakistani army almost since its inception but particularly in the one nine hundred fifty s. when it made in alliance to go against then the the spread of communism and i don't think that alliance really has changed yes you what you said is correct that the this friendship this the two allies are certainly at one another's throats to a degree now and it's been frayed to a great degree now however we don't know what is going on behind the scenes and i

and pakistan that relationship has taken some pretty bad turns between drone strikes in pakistan between you know the osama bin laden assassination in pakistan and you know the list goes on the friendship is at best i can say a little scarred right now between the two countries so you're saying that in your time with the taliban that they essentially said they that those two countries were the ones with a good friendship. so you touched on a very very important point here and that is yes president obama did say that in two thousand and nine and the united states has had a longstanding and very close relationship with pakistan with the degree of the pakistani army almost since its inception but particularly in the one nine hundred fifty s. when it made in alliance to go against then the the spread of communism and i don't think that alliance really has changed yes you know what you said is correct that the this friendship this the two allies are certainly at one another's throats to a degree now and it's been frayed to a great degree now however we don't know what is going on behind the s

and pakistan have a common interest. we have had no more active partner in the fight against al qaeda than the pakistanis. that common interest continues today and those levels of cooperation across the program also continue. i will let sherry speak for herself. >> very quickly, i think that in pakistan, the view now is very clear and ambiguous. not because we do not want to hurt al qaeda but because the drone strikes seem to be diminishing. also, [unintelligible] i do not want to get into the specifics of what collateral damage might happen. what they do now is add to the troops that we are fighting against. it opens up all kinds of questions of moral hazard when another country does this. our position is that this is a problem, so no wonder we have this view of the united states. i am not saying that not assisted in the war against terror, but the point is that now have diminishing returns. there will be no compromise on the drone strikes. >> thank you. that is all we have time for. i want to thank you for joining us t

being hatched against not just the united states or europe but against pakistan afghanistan and other other places india so you know the idea that we could just conduct a law fair and go in there and arrest these people you know that you know that they deserve a trial first you know that this is the real problem with this with the drone program or with the u.s. strategy period is that it's not defining this war it's not the fire it's not going after the root causes radical ideology and state sponsorship of terrorism so the drone strikes are keeping al qaeda to answer your question they're keeping al qaeda off balance but what they're not doing is they're not allowing us to hit al qaeda where it hurts that state sponsorship of terrorism that's radical ideology and its ability to exploit the ungoverned spaces so all this is a stop gap it keeps them from where i'm meeting the. cause of that if i go to jamie this is what he does every. day jeanne if i go to you chris a lot of blowback doesn't it i mean if it doesn't work it's not effective but they continue to do it i do agree that it doe

insurgents from pakistan to afghanistan, that is a main problem but many afghans at the local level cast their lot with the taliban because karzai's government is so corrupt and rapacious and abuse people and shake them down for bribes and so u.s. commanders and u.s. diplomats rightly s saw they had to fix the government to move forward here. >> rose: a conversation about the future of afghanistan when we continue. funding for charlie rose was provided by the following. >> rose: additional funding provided by these funders. and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: the drawdown in afghanistan is gathering pace as nato troops plan to shift from a combat role to a supporting role by 2014, the question is, what comes next? joining me now, stephen hadley, who serves as national security advisor for george w. bush and john podesta, bill clinton's chief of staff from 1998 until 2001, and 2011, they chaired a bipartisan committee to review polic

drone strikes targeting pakistan thirty three strikes in pakistan this year and nine of those in north waziristan well the drone strikes remain a major hurdle in the two countries meddling mending excuse me their relations as today's developments come as one of the biggest advocates of the drone program finds himself in hot water here at home one of america's most prominent diplomats ryan crocker was recently charged with drunk driving in a hit and run in his home state of washington crocker recently returned home after serving as u.s. ambassador to afghanistan. across here is one of the leading voices in continuing the drone campaign a campaign that pakistan says violates international law but as crocker faces charges it appears he is not above the law here in the u.s. to talk more about this retired lieutenant colonel anthony shaffer from the center for it vance defense studies anthony welcome thanks for coming here into the studio so pakistan already outraged with the way the drone campaign is going and over there today's developments can't be helping to mend these ties no not at al

for president karzai he sees the principal problem is infiltration of militants of insurgents from pakistan to afghanistan, that is a main problem but many afghans at the local level cast their lot with the taliban because karzai's government is so corrupt and rapacious and abuse people and shake them down for bribes and so u.s. commanders and u.s. diplomats rightly s saw they had to fix the government to move forward here. >> rose: a conversation about the future of afghanistan when we continue. funding for charlie rose was provided by the following. >> rose: additional funding provided by these funders. and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: the drawdown in afghanistan is gathering pace as nato troops plan to shift from a combat role to a supporting role by 2014, the question is, what comes next? joining me now, stephen hadley, who serves as national security advisor for george w. bush and john podesta, bill clinton's chief of staff fro

they could not be governed by many before us before pakistan became pakistan. it has to be incremental. we cannot be responsible for all people on our own while others hang back. it is a question of priorities being developed on all sides. it is time to do so. now that there is the will on both sides to begin a new role towards building equity for peace in both regions. we're making great strides in terms of opening our trade and other conversations with india. so this is a new pakistan. >> i want to ask, what are the realistic chances of some sort of meaningful negotiations between the taliban and whoever -- afghanistan, the united states, pakistan, some combination of those -- to bring about some sort of a political resolution or a ceasefire, some sort of outcome that might end this for the afghan people? what do you think? we will start with you. >> the peace process has two tiers. one is integration, one is reconciliation. on the integration front, we have achieved a lot. reintegration, resigned to bring the foot soldiers within the system, with that in min

there's very little that secret about the war in pakistan and yemen and particularly except that the obama administration would like to keep aspects of it secret the difficult bits the awkward bits it's absolutely clear that these drones are killing alleged terrorists although they're not getting they're not getting trials they're not they're not being held there simply being killed but we also know that alone it's a number of civilians unfortunately i've also been killed in pakistan and in yemen and in somalia and unfortunately american media in particular is very bad at reporting those deaths reports when the big guys are killed it's a little problematic for the american media when it comes to reporting civilian deaths and that's part of the problem now because obama has become more and more reliance on these drones as a tool of foreign policy built around this fiction that the most precise weapon ever invented and then killing civilians what we simply know that's not true well chris if i can stay with you here i mean the administration defends that you know when these drones who u

being hatched against not just the united states or europe but against pakistan afghanistan and other other places india so you know the idea that we could just conduct a law fair and go in there and arrest these people you know that you know that they deserve a trial first you know that this is the real problem with this with the drone program or with the u.s. strategy period is that it's not defining this war it's not the fire it's not going after the root causes radical ideology and state sponsorship of terrorism so the drone strikes are keeping al qaeda to answer your question they're keeping al qaeda off balance but what they're not doing is they're not allowing us to hit al qaeda where it hurts that state sponsorship of terrorism that's radical ideology and its ability to exploit the ungoverned spaces so all this is a stop gap it keeps them from well meaning the. cause of that if i go to jamie this is what he does every. day jeanne if i go to you chris a lot of blowback doesn't it i mean if it doesn't work it's not effective but they continue to do it i do agree that it does cre

i think three out of the four people in pakistan right now consider the united states an enemy of pakistan. millions of people are asking the question, is pakistan friend or foe? what is the answer to that? >> very quickly, i think the united states and pakistan have been through an extraordinarily difficult time over the past seven months. was suspended because we had 24 soldiers killed at the border by nato and isaf forces. doors were unlocked when an apology clean up both sides to prevent from spiraling down. yes, you have talked about this. i think it still is very strong really. a strong commitment on both sides. i can speak for pakistan that we see very little value and not rebuilding our ties with the united states and afghanistan. we are intensifying our engagement with all of our neighbors on both sides. the united states has been an ally and friend it through many phases of our history and relationship. i sympathize with the ambassador who says afghanistan was abandoned. there is a problem. pakistan is -- we were in chicago at thsummit. we were there for giving our support to the

drone strikes targeting pakistan thirty three strikes in pakistan this year and nine of those in north waziristan well the drone strikes remain a major hurdle in the two countries meddling mending excuse me their relations now today's developments come as one of the biggest advocates of the drone program finds himself in hot water here at home one of america's most prominent diplomats ryan crocker was recently to. charged with drunk driving in a hit and run in his home state of washington cropper recently returned home after serving as u.s. ambassador to afghanistan. a crocker is one of the leading voices in continuing the drone campaign a campaign that pakistan says violates international law but as crocker faces charges and appears he's not above the law here in the u.s. to talk more about this retired lieutenant colonel anthony shaffer from the center for advantage defense studies anthony welcome thanks for coming here into the studio so pakistan already outraged with the way the drone campaign is going and over there today's developments can't be helping to mend these ties no not a

for president karzai he sees the principal problem is infiltration of militants of insurgents from pakistan to afghanistan, that is a main problem but many afghans at the local level cast their lot with the taliban because karzai's government is so corrupt and rapacious and abuse people and shake them down for bribes and so u.s. commanders and u.s. diplomats rightly s saw they had to fix the government to move forward here. >> rose: a conversation about the future of afghanistan when we continue. funding for charlie rose was provided by the following. >> rose: additional funding provided by these funders. and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: the drawdown in afghanistan is gathering pace as nato troops plan to shift from a combat role to a supporting role by 2014, the question is, what comes next? joining me now, stephen hadley, who serves as national security advisor for george w. bush and john podesta, bill clinton's chief of staff fro

for president karzai he sees the principal problem is infiltration of militants of insurgents from pakistan to afghanistan, that is a main problem but many afghans at the local level cast their lot with the taliban because karzai's government is so corrupt and rapacious and abuse people and shake them down for bribes and so u.s. commanders and u.s. diplomats rightly s saw they had to fix the government to move forward here. >> rose: a conversation about the future of afghanistan when we continue.haieose rngor charls provided by the following. >> rose: additional funding provided by these funders. and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: the drawdown in afghanistan is gathering pace as nato troops plan to shift from a combat role to a supporting role by 2014, the question is, what comes next? joining me now, stephen hadley, who serves as national security advisor for george w. bush and john podesta, bill clinton's chief of staff from 1998 un

drone strikes targeting pakistan thirty three strikes in pakistan this year nine of those in north waziristan but drone strikes remain a major hurdle and the two countries mending their relations now today's developments come as one of the biggest advocates of the drone program. some self in hot water here at home one of america's most prominent diplomats ryan crocker was recently charged with drunk driving in a hit and run in his home state of washington crocker recently returned home after serving as u.s. ambassador to afghanistan well crocker is one of the leading voices in continuing the drone campaign a campaign that pakistan says violates international law but as crocker faces charges it appears he is not above the law here in the u.s. to talk more about this i was joined by retired lieutenant colonel anthony shaffer from the center for advanced defense studies. no not at all and let's be very clear here john brennan recently stated in a little rules and center public forum he said that we would carry on the style of holding laws and our values holding our values and i mean very be very

-pakistan relations. despite many jaundice, we have continued to engage the pakistanis at the highest levels. the reopening of the nato supply lines -- today in islamabad, there is an understanding with the pakistanis ministry of defense in the opening of the grand alliance and communication. i hope to build on the opportunity to define our shared interest with pakistan in practical ways to work together to achieve them. we share an interest in combating the extremists that threaten our countries. they have lost more troops and civilians to act of terror than any nation. we have captured or removed from the battlefield more terrorists on pakistan the soil than from anywhere else. we share an interest in supporting political stability in afghanistan. we want pakistan to be a full part in supporting afghan peace and stability. pakistan officials have told us that more than any of the nation they have a vested interest in seeking a secure afghanistan. promoting democratic and economic stability is also in ou

so what have the people of pakistan done? we know from wikileaks documents that originally the government of pakistan's prime minister said okay, you do the drone strikes and we will express our outrage to the public about them. and that went on for a while until the government realized that so many innocent people were being killed. and that this drone strike program was counterproductive and it was driving people into the arms of the taliban and al qaeda, that it was turning them against the pakistani government itself and turning them against the american people. so the government of pakistan went to the u.s. and asked them to stop the drone program. the u.s. government said no. then it went to the national assembly where they voted once, they voted twice and they voted three times unanimously not to ask but to demand that the united states stop the drone attacks and the u.s. government refused to do that. and so the pakistani people have been going out in huge numbers by the hundreds of thousands protesting the drone stri

as pakistan's blasphemy laws finally gone too far. plus, here in the u.s., refugees from war-torn countries find a safe haven and embrace the gospel message. and healing, deliverance, and salvation. how the power of god is healing drug addicts in vietnam. and giving the church favor from the communist government. a young christian girl sits behind bars in pakistan. will she spend the rest of his life in prison. i'm ephraim graham. george thomas and wendy griffith are both on vacation. she has been sent to prison for allegedly burning the pages of the quran. she is believed to be between the ages of 11 and 16 and has down syndrome. she was arrested and charged why blasphemy. anyone found guilty of defiling the quran could face life in prison. the girl's parents and christian residents have fled the neighborhood, near islamabad, out of fear of reprisal from muslim extremists. >> translator: we were sleeping in our house that night. the girls' parents fled around 2:30 and the morning. we found in the morning that the house was locked up,

. >> translator: in pakistan, there is deep-seeded prejudice against people with disabilities. they often receive verbal abuse. i want to show them that if you do your best, god will help you and you'll be successful even with a disability. >> reporter: he hopes success in london will bring some rare good news to people in pakistan. the economy is weak and violence widespread. more than 35,000 people have been cured across the country over the past decade. >> translator: i want to prove young people in pakistan can be active members of the world community. we're not inferior to other nationalities. i want to show we can do anything if we put our minds to it. >> reporter: pakistan failed to win a medal at the recent olympic games. ali's fellow countrymen will look to him to represent pakistan and give hope to everybody, no matter their ability or circumstance. nhk world, islamabad. >>> and that will wrap up our bulletin for today in bangkok. >>> people along the u.s. gulf coast have boarded up their windows. a hurricane is on the way. sayaka mori joins us now. what's the latest?

drone base in pakistan was shut down that much more difficult for the u.s. carry out the aeration but also the legal promise of legal authority for these drone strikes to occur when practiced withdraw it but i think still most observers would measure of skepticism about pakistan because it is clearly the case that some of the drone strikes are occurring with the authority of the pakistani government or others are not well let's put aside just for a moment some of the criticism coming from pakistan and look simply at the drone programs we have on. on one hand drones are really being responsible oh ok well let me go back i don't want to put these numbers up quite yet we have drones being responsible for the deaths as i mentioned earlier of some high level al qaeda officials so and it really comes at a minimal price to the life of u.s. boots on the ground so that's one of the things that people behind these programs really cite as a good thing on the other hand we've heard time and time again including from some of our you know friends and allies in places like

to help eradicate prejudice against disabled people in pakistan. >> translator: in pakistan there is deep-seated prejudice against people with disabilities. they often receive verbal abuse. i want to show them that if you do your best, god will help you, and you'll be successful even with a disability. >> reporter: he hopes success in london will bring rare, good news to neem papeople in pakist. the economy is weak and violence widespread. more than 30,000 people have been killed across the country over the past decade. >> translator: i want to prove that young people in pakistan can be active members of the world community. we are not inferior to other nationalities. i want to show that we can do anything if we put our minds to it. >> pakistan failed to win a medal at the recent olympic games. his fellow countrymen look to him to represent pakistan and give hope to everybody, no matter their ability. nhk world, islamabad. >>> thousands of residents and visitors are waiting for the games to get under way. some have already found the city is easier to get around. nhk world erica steve

. >> now, for something much easier, let's talk about pakistan. [laughter] >> that is a law professor thinking that is easier. go ahead. >> a number of our questioners note that it seems to be public record that there have been some challenges in the relationship between our government and pakistan and, yet, pakistan continues to be an important strategic partner, and allied in a very complicated region. i would love to hear you speak a little bit about how you see that relationship with respect to our law enforcement activities and what you think we might expect in that relationship going forward. >> it is interesting. in today's world of globalization -- when i started as a united states attorney back in the late 1970's, i probably had one case that had some ramifications outside of this district. now, i would say it is probably the reverse. nine out of 10 cases intersect with persons in other jurisdictions, whether it be within the united states or internationally. what happens is, regardless of whether it is pakistan or a number of countries y

. >> translator: in pakistan there is deep-seated prejudice against people with disabilities. they often receive verbal abuse. i want to show them that if you do your best, god will help you, and you'll be successful even with a disability. >> reporter: he hopes success in london will bring rare good news to people in pakistan. the economy is weak and violence widespread. more than 35,000 people have been killed across the country over the past decade. >> translator: i want to prove that young people in pakistan can be active members of the world community. we are not inferior to other nationalities. i want to show that we can do anything if we put our minds to it. >> reporter: pakistan failed to win a medal at the recent olympic games. he's fellow countrymen now look to him to represent pakistan and give hope to everybody, no matter their ability or circumstance. nhk world, islamabad. >> thousands. >> musicians from around the world come from britain, india and japan. all of them have disabilities. >> conductor charles hazelwood founded the british para orchestra, he wanted t

drone base in pakistan was shut down that much more difficult for the u.s. carry out the aeration but also the legal product the legal authority for these drone strikes to occur when practiced withdraw it but i think still most observers would measure of skepticism about denial because it is clearly the case that some of the drone strikes are occurring with the authority of the pakistani government or others are not well let's put aside just for a moment some of the criticism coming from pakistan and look simply at the drone programs we have all. on one hand drones are really being responsible oh ok well let me go back i don't want to put these numbers up quite yet we have drones being responsible for the deaths as i mentioned earlier of some high level al qaeda officials so and it really comes at a minimal price to the life of u.s. boots on the ground so that's one of the things that people behind these programs really cite as a good thing on the other hand we have heard time and time again including from some of our you know friends and allies in places li

to the folks in pakistan. we really do not have a relationship in pakistan. or a long-term relationship. it is more of a transaction relationship, almost a pay to play kind of relationship. it has been that way for a long, long time. to mr. olson, as we deal with a country that basically the military controls, and elected leaders are candidly, not particularly effective, how do we as members of congress -- you talk about the generosity of congress. it is really the american taxpayer that is putting this bill and is quite frustrated with pakistan at present -- how do we leverage our relationship with them, since it is more of a transactional relationship, not one that is really built on good will? how do we leverage the resources we have to cause pakistan to act "in ways that we would like to see them act?" >> thank you, senator. that is an excellent question. i think that we have to remember that our relationship with pakistan goes back quite a ways. the it goes back to the beginning of the pakistani state. fo

it's the largest province in pakistan plays host to the crossroads of serious international economic interests their own energy resources intelligence agencies and homegrown terrorism and the region soon finds itself the focus of growing global importance concerned. and explains. baluchistan. you may have never heard of it or maybe caught a glimpse of it in a hollywood blockbuster but the place is a hot destination for intelligence services from around the globe hotbed of the insurgency home to various terrorist organizations kidnappings assassinations terror that's part of everyday life in baluchistan looking at its location as part of pakistan bordering afghanistan and iran you may think well no surprise they enjoy his place but apart from being a dangerous place the lucious done is a big geo political importance where major world powers have interest and china one of them a lucius that is sitting at the crossroads of oil and gas pipelines coming from central asia in iran and elsewhere the iran pakistan pipeline that took menace then of ghana and pakistan india pipeline not to ment

pakistan's largest province. may not mean much to many people but among the experts it's known as a sectarian terrorism hotbed and some u.s. lawmakers are even calling for its independence parties going at it you can explains the region and its importance. baluchistan. you may have never heard of it or maybe caught a glimpse of it in a hollywood blockbuster but the place is a hot destination for intelligence services from around the globe hotbed of the insurgency home to various terrorist organizations kidnappings assassinations terror that's part of everyday life in baluchistan looking at its location as part of pakistan bordering afghanistan and iran you may think well no surprise they enjoy his place but apart from being a dangerous place the lucious done is a big geo political importance where major world powers have interest and china one of them a lucia son is sitting at the crossroads of oil and gas pipelines coming from central asia in iran and elsewhere the iran pakistan pipeline that took menace then of

as in pakistan and part of waging their covert war against iran in hopes of not just in circling that country but to collapse it from outside the us government denies having any connection with june doll and baluch terrorist organizations although cia memos leaked recently say these really mossad recruited june dahlan members quote under the nose of u.s. intelligence officers end of quote as far as other terrorist groups like the baluch liberation front there are a few people in u.s. congress who expressed readiness to support the separation of baluchistan from pakistan like dana rohrbacher from the house of representatives comedian on foreign affairs any bad if anything that's coming up right now that the pakistanis don't like about our attitude is because by the actions taken by their government as far as who could benefit from instability in baluchistan most experts say it's extremists of all kinds mainly al-qaeda and its affiliates and as well as the taliban they certainly have an interest in many instability but some also see baluchistan is a key square on the geopolitical chessb

the united states wants pakistan to crack down on terrorists who use safe havens in pakistan to attack americans in afghanistan. tonight, we have a rare look at a terrorist safe haven in action. david martin has obtained video of a terror group launching a trike two months ago against a u.s. base. >> reporter: if you ever wondered what goes on in those safe havens in pakistan, look at this. terrorists built a scale model of an american base just across the border in afghanistan and used it to, along with a satellite photo taken off the internet, to plan a spectacular attack. they may look like rambo wanna-bees, but this was a well-planned operation, down to the american and afghan army uniforms they wore. the attack was led by this man, the driver of a truckloaded with an estimated 2,000 pounds of homemade explosives. this bomb was covered only by a tarp. yet, he apparently had no difficulty droifg across the border and right up to forward operating base salerno. the driver detonated the bomb, setting off a monstrous fireball followed by a blast wave which rippled across the base. all

pipeline that took minutes then of ghana and pakistan india pipeline not to mention that baluchistan itself has its energy resources besides its water port and its right here is the access point of chinese chinese commercial shipping to the indian ocean and on to africa. but all the violence and instability there doesn't make it an easy place for a business investigative journalist eric draitser tells me some world powers might be interested in keeping it that way first of all we have various indigenous terrorist organizations that operate inside of below tristan the liberation army. republican army lashkar e tayyiba just to name a few giunta law is an organization that for decades has been focused on destabilization of iran now the confluence of these various terrorist organizations of course is not coincidental this has a direct relation to the interests of the united states in the western powers the blocking the chinese destabilize. as in pakistan and part of waging their covert war against iran in hopes of not just in circling that country but to collapse it from outside the us g

as in pakistan and part of waging their covert war against iran in hopes of not just in circling that country but to collapse it from outside the us government denies having any connection with the june dollar and baluch terrorist organizations although cia memos leaked recently say these really mossad recruited john dollar members quote under the nose of u.s. intelligence officers end of quote as far as other terrorist groups like the baluch liberation front there are a few people in u.s. congress who expressed readiness to support the separation of baluchistan from pakistan like dana rohrbacher from the house of representatives comedian on foreign affairs any bad if anything that's coming up right now that the pakistanis don't like about our attitude is being caused by the actions taken by their government as far as who could benefit from instability in baluchistan most experts say it's extremists of all kinds mainly al-qaeda and its affiliates and as well as the taliban they certainly have an interest in maintaining instability but some also see baluchistan is a key square on the g

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