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

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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

translation: one of the reasons we get the contract is the work is done in kabul, and the money is not wasted. the candidates are happy. >> the 13 men who work here are happy. for small businesses like this in kabul, the presidential election season is the busiest they have experienced. having one candidate as a client means tens of thousands of business, keeping men like this employed. >> posters are one part of the battle. winning over influential tribal elders will be less visible but essential. this candidate's campaign manager says it depends on location. >> if we go to the rural areas people do not watch tv. in the same area there is a local radio station, and it has more ever an effect there. if a farmer is busy, he has a radio turned on beside him. he's listening to it eight hours a day. >> the counter government in afghanistan was ranked in the top three most corrupt in the world. winning the trust of voters here will be tough. >> they have not bothered to ask the ordinary people. they think of their own benefits. they campaign for themselves. if they win, they have a life of

the war in afghanistan increasingly feels like a battle between kabul and washington. relations between the two supposed allies are in crisis. the taliban is undefeated and the u.s. mandate runs out in 11 months. if a security pact to keep some u.s. forces in the country is not signed they will all leave. on tuesday the u.s.'s top commander in washington will remind president obama his work is not done. afghan president karzai refuses to sign the agreement and speaking last month he was defiant the u.s. must bring peace first. >> translator: in return for signing this agreement we want peace and security for the people of afghanistan. without that it's better they leave and afghanistan determines its own future. >> reporter: but the obama administration still hopes the pact will be signed. >> when afghan forces now in the lead for their own security our troops have moves to a support role. together with our allies we will complete our mission there by the end of the year and america's longest war will finally be over. >> reporter: continued financial support is also at

i'm with the kabul-based think tank called afghanistan analysis and awareness. i have two questions. one is, well, at the same time that we have these good activities we've got, also, groups like -- [inaudible] who are relentlessly working to radicalize the population. they have been very, they have been successful to some extent. did you go over there, matters of activities and radicalization in your study as well? and my second question is considering the importance of the interventions with regards to engaging the civil society network and religious leaders and this marley becomes important -- particularly becomes important considering the fact we have such religious cultural foundation in afghanistan for that considering the fact that sufi islam has been historically -- afghanistan has been big place, so why has the afghan government and instructional community has failed to tap into this opportunity? because extremism is, well, afghanistan is in the front line, but the growing threat to the security of the whole world. >> thank you. [laughter] >> conspiracy

jane ferguson, al jazeera, kabul, afghanistan. >> some u.s. lawmakers are on a humanitarian mission to cuba. first they visited alan gross, an american citizen serving 15 years in prison. then just yesterday they headed to guantanamo to suspect a detention center. >>> a florida judge has denied bail for a retired police officer accused of gunning down a father right there in the middle of the movie theater for texting. highlighting violence in public places as well as florida's very controversial stand your ground law. >> reporter: it was supposed to be an ordinary afternoon at a movie theater north of tampa. before the movie even started one man was dead and two wives were devastated. prosecutors say 43-year-old chad olsen was texting his babysitter during the preview. the theater was empty but prosecutors say curtis reeves sat down behind olsen and immediately tapped him on the shoulder and told him to stop it canning. then reaves went to get the manager. when he returned he continued to argue with olsen. it appears to show olsen throwing po

battle between kabul and washington. relations between the two supposed allies are in crisis. the taliban is undefeated and the u.s. military's mandate runs out in 11 months. if a security pact isn't signed, all troops will leave. on tuesday the u.s.'s top commander will remind president obama that his work is not done. but afghan president still refuses to sign the agreement. speaking last month he was defiant that the u.s. must bring peace first. >> translator: in return for signing the agreement, we want peace and security for the people of afghanistan. without that, it is better they leaf and after afghanistan determines its own future. >> reporter: but the obama administration still hopes the private securities litigation reform act will be signed. >> with the afghan forces in the lead for their own security, our troops have moved to a support role. together with oural lyes we'll come a pleat our mission by the end of this year. >> reporter: continued financial support is also at stake. 350,000 soldiers and police o

ever single day there are suicide bombings in kabul and ash the country. they are killing people and president karzai is trying to negotiate with them. which is not doable. it's not -- it won't work. and if there are any kind of negotiations, it will be on the backs of afghan women, and we don't want to even contemplate that. >> there must be some remaining support in the country for the taliban, or else they couldn't survive. they would be harassed and chased away. >> well, we know that the taliban backbone, the taliban hubs and bases are situated across the border in pakistan. the leadership resides in pakistan with their families. there are taliban, of course, foot soldiers and lower-level commanders in afghanistan. and wherever they find some type of support they use it. and sometimes they use very harsh means to subjugate people in villages and so on and so forth. the level of support for the so-called taliban is nowhere -- is no more than maybe 7 to 10% at the best. so this means overwhelmingly the afghan people are not for the taliban, and not for t

embassy in kabul in 2002 and as well as 2003 and 2004. in the last but not least, a pleasure to welcome back to usip and old friend and former usip colleague alex thie. are. alex is assistant to the policy plan every administrator and learning. june 2010 to june 2013 alex served assistant administrator afghanistan and pakistan affairs overseeing usaid two largest missions in the world are before, joining us. s aid and served as advisor for director of pakistan and afghanistan from 2005 to 2010 until he convinced me to come take his job here. then from 2002 to 2004 he was legal advisor to afghanistan's constitutional and judicial commission in kabul and also in the 1990s, worked in afghanistan for the u.n. and various ngos for 1993 till 1996 of the with that i turn it over to you, ambassador grossman. each much our speakers will speak about eight to 10 minutes and then we'll have some time for question and answer in discussion afterwards. thank you. >> andrew, thank you very much. let me first of all say thanks to all the organizers of thi

jane ferguson, al jazerra, kabul afghanistan. >>> an aid convoy was taxed in sear ye today. state tv says four red crescent workers were hurt in the of h.o.m.s. one truck shot. a mortar shell landed near another. there are con nibbling reports about who is responsible. the fighting cut short the three-day seize fire reached yesterday so aid could be delivered. earlier today 80 people were evacuated, more expected to leave throughout the week as part of the deal. >>> in bosnia after days of protest, there was relative calm in the streets, people have been protesting the government since wednesday. who hundred hurt after police used batons and tear gas to fight protest he is setting the capital afire. tim friend reports from air area owe. >> reporter: the anger here is still growing mainly aimed at politicians who the country blaine for the country's economic crisis. >> not past 20 years, 25 years, we are suffering from our government, we are not doing anything, we are just, oh, my god, we are live in a bad country but nobody does anything. >> reporter: unemployment is at a re

this is a letter from kabul by doran townsend. are you here? you are, excellent. i'm going to quote you. this is in foreign affairs relevant to this. he wrote that, and he worked for unama in kabul, when western legal technicians are asked about these programs typically dismiss them as peripheral and prop began disi can, sideshow to serious institution of stayed building, audience surveys say that the shows make powerful impression comparing their own police, lawyers and judgings to more virtuous ones on fictional television. he didn't use the word fictional. viewers expected hope for clean, efficient justice system with new sense of your again system. mention as another show, crime scenes, producers received hundred of phone calls, to ask authorities to look into the violations highlighted in the shows. before we get into this, now we will, to broaden it slightly, what do we talk about when we talk about the afghan media? so we have a, a very strong panel to talk about this with us. on my left immediate left, peter bergen, national, director of the national secur

kabul-based societies. financial viability is a concern. many are relying on international funding and many have developed donor dependency. kabul-based societies. financial viability is a concern. many are relying on international funding and many have developed donor dependency. if funding were to be significantly cut, it could have a drastic impact on afghanistan's civil society. we are likely to see a high increase in unemployment, particularly amongst youth, as well as fewer peaceful outlets for people to air their political and social grievances. ofally, the vast majority organizations lack institutional capacity. addressing this will take time. to promote civil society are great programs that should be continued. so what are the next steps? our interviews offered a number of recommendations for peace building and countering violent extremism. first, groups recommended that we go local by engaging community leaders in peace building initiatives. this is something that developments experts noted worked well with funding councils develo

there have been emotional scenes as a public funeral for the men in kabul. bernard smith reports. >> the killing of 21 afghan soldiers as they slept at a remote outpost seems to be the worst single blow to government forces in the last three years. they would have had little chance as their base, close to the border with pakistan was overrun by what the government says were hundreds of taliban fighters. >> the attack was organized from the other side of the border and it was very intensive. the army defended their country until the last drop of their blood. >> the defense minister accused a foreign intelligence service of helping plan the attack. he didn't name pakistan, but the inference was clear. >> since the beginning of the year, more than 80 soldiers have been killed in combat with the taliban, a measure the army faces looking after the security of its own country without the help of nato. >> nato support was requested, the afghan army says, but it didn't arrive in time. this man's son was a soldier for more than three years. he was the only breadwinne

jane ferguson reports now from kabul. >> people in kabul will have these faces staring down at them for the next two months. men with powerful aspirations. saz presidential election campaigns kick off, the candidates are finally, allowed to put up posters across the capitol. several frontrunners held large gatherings in the capitol hoping to compete with big turnouts and rousing speeches. there were problems. as one candidate followers fought with those of his deputy over men and women playing in a band together. one keeping the piece inside individual campaigns. he is one of the issues for the e elections. we do know that the enemy, the taliban, they are also trying to disrupt the security of the election we have good experience. we are big in numbers and we are a much better this time. >> campaigning outside the capitol will be important and potentially more vulnerable to ethnic and tribal influences. some worry the country'sethnic divide could be exploited people are protected. trying to stop the world. talking to go supporters not to use that. it should be a national process. the nu

. >> kabul. >> hong kong. >> ukraine. >> the artic. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. >>> an al jazerra exclusive that takes us inside the taliban to give us a glimpse of what the war in afghanistan looks like from the taliban's point of view. even if the u.s. gets the afghan government to agree to a security agreement that would leave some u.s. forces in afghanistan, the first line of resistence to the taliban will be the u.s.-trained afghan national army. al jazerra's fault line shows a journalist following taliban fighters as they attack an afghan national army base. >> i am acutely aware that i wouldn't have been allowed here to film them unless they wanted the world to see what they showed me. >> the fact that the used the media to establish their point of view and get their kaza cross, they should. we certainly do. >> it's an unusual and rare insight in to the other side and joining us now to discuss this is michael owe happen lan director of foreign policy research at the brookings institution, he is also the coauthor of t

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let's get more perspective and bring in a political analysis, live from kabul. you reader the reporter bernard smith talking about the afghan rehabilitation as well as the american reaction, and americans saying there is evidence to prosecute these men. afghans saying there isn't. how could it be on opposite ends of the spectrum here. >> see, it is more of the political discussion rather than the technical discussion of the stage. as we know the relationship between afghanistan and the u.s. is at its lowest level. both parties are trying to do their best to use this opportunity and score as many points as possible. several activists - i believe that it is the right of each individual, according to the constitution of afghanistan to have a trial innocent in prison without accusations. it is very clear that the intent of the afghanistan government, on one hand is very popular. however, it is, indeed, important that if the evidence has been presented by the coalition forces, in particular by the u.s., it means that there is more of a political discussion rather tha

that forward. >> reporter: a quick thought from you here and we talked with our correspondent from kabul, jennifer glasse and has been reporting from kabul for the last three years and talks about the insecurity now and no one knows what is going to happen in the next few months. >> our war may be over, the u.s. and nato war but the war in afghanistan is far from over and what is going to have to happen is not just an increase effort by the afghan national security forces but again an increased effort by the international community focusing on these nonmilitary issues, rule of law and governance et cetera. my concern is without a bilateral security agreement there will be no possibility of the types of nato forces including u.s. forces required to continue training the afghans. >> reporter: thank you for being with us and we will continue to pursue this conversation as well and mark jacobson and crystal and matt walledman and thank you for being here. next month fault lines will air more of the exclusive report on the front lines with the taliban, this is a two-part series and air march

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

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troops to 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. and to terror policies. that are watching r t international with me marina call survivable comes to the program now with the 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 your foreign policy chief catherine ashton has promised supports and washington said it will weigh into an addition to an i.m.f. package and while trying to woo the donors ukraine's new leaders are cracking down on the old administration as far as he's a go to skin off now reports. the manhunt continues here in kiev former officials are being searched for around fifty of them have been arrested are being accused of being responsible for the deaths of civilians during the violent street fighting last week between the writers and the police the whereabouts of ousted president the three in the court which are still unkn