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

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

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

one network correspondent friend of mine used to come to kabul every few months when i was working at the end of seat and he would do stories about the american troops and what they were up to. frankly in the business we called those beanbag stories because they always had an explosion in them somehow. and my friend told me he knew the international forces were only there is the purpose of the forces was to open up space for the aid workers, ngos, investors and most of all afghans to rebuild their country, their shattered economy, and to build some hope for the big generation that is coming forward in afghanistan. he understood that that was what they were here for. but he said that story is not sexy. but as it was noted in a previous panel between 2001 to 2010, the primary schools rose from 1 million nearly seven only in. a sevenfold increase in eight years. the proportion of girls went from virtually zero to now close to 40%. while i was serving at the embassy in kabul i helped to arrange come and i'm terribly proud of this, we found a launch of the afghan version of sesame rate. ok

when we landed in a couple -- kabul they took away my passport is a formality we will send it to your home but i never saw it again. that becomes an entire chapter in the book. at that moment i was a citizen of no country with no rights and the property of the large polygamist muslim family. i thought this adventure we would dramatically travels through central asia i found myself instead transported back to the tenth century with no passport back to the future. i lived gender apartheid long before the television came to power. booking backhander stand that may have turned me into the feminist that i have become. but such adventures do not could cheaply. a westerner does not travel to the wild beast without risking malaria, hepatitis malaria, hepatitis, without risking being kidnapped or held for ransom or sold at auction. many western women infringers flourished and i wrote about their fabulous forgotten stories in the book. in 1846 harry it from the british-born author visited the arab middle east and writes about the heroes of cairo. everywhere they would pity the european women we

bags of american gold and try to get on the last helicopter out of kabul. i don't think we ought to let him on the helicopter. >> what is our plan to deal with karzi. >> we had 150,000 troops and we couldn't secure the country. we are not going to do that with a token force of several thousand and what we are leaving behind an awful lot of american aid workers and teachers and people who work in hospitals. they will not be protected and i am very concerned that we have sitting ducks this we will leave behind and end up having to shoot our way out and i don't think we owe karzi. we have given him ten years and a trillion dollars and not even counting the american blood and treasure. if we took the money and doled out to every man and woman in afghanistan they would have had 25,000 each. >> that is incredible. what are you suggesting we should stay longer? >> no, it is it a done deal. we were right to get after the al-qaeda, but we got rid of al-qaeda in december 2001. we should have left then and followed the remaining al-qaeda over the tora boramountains an

. >> the chairman of the joint chiefs, general martin dempsey, flew to kabul, and spend the day with commanders and troops explaining the president's latest directive to start planning for the withdrawal of all u.s. forces by the end of the year. he warned that afghan president hamid karzai's unwillingness to sign a bilateral security agreement, an uncertainty about a future u.s. presence, encourages afghan forces to hedge their bets and side with the taliban. he added, quote, it is having an affect on the enemy and in some ways i think encourages them, and intelligence supports that. they denied he issued ultimatums when he talked the president on tuesday. >> there's no discussion of complete withdrawal in the discussion. >> karzai said he won't sign the security agreement until after afghanistan's presidential elections in april. >> the longer we wait, the more likely the possibility is that we end up with a zero option, with no troops at all beyond 2014. >> chuck hagel is in brussels for a two-day meeting with nato defense chiefs. his goal, to insure that the other allies don't be

focus in the immediate near term is on the opposition and whether this very divided opposition and kabul together with a form of government to get outside. i don't think the russians have given up at all. i think they are making it clear they are not going to provide assistance until they get a government that looked favorably on russian interest. >> they canceled the promise at $15 billion that started all of this in the first place. putin can't be happy. >> i think he is unhappy during the sochi olympics, but janocovich won't be moscow's force going forward. they had an oil and gas deal with russia that was too favorable to russia. she had a close personal relationship with vladimir putin. it may be she is not the force of the pro western and pro democratic forces, but she is putin's choice as well. >> listen to more about her with the story of her arrest and being jailed for two years and the image of her in that wheelchair because of back problems from being in prison. speaking out, coming out like the woman with freedom, bringing freedom to her nation. she won the election in may, b

for example, in kabul religious scholars and academics and radio personalities will convene at a major pilgrimage site to discuss how to disseminate messages of tolerance within friday sermons and on other public platforms. next slide, please. conflict resolution is another key type of program because local and land disputes or tribal disputes often feed militancy, if left unresolved. these types of disputes were traditionally handled by the council of committee leaders or elders. one particularly effective example of how this traditional mechanism can be scaled up comes from herat or hundreds of imams congregate at the mosque to resolve committee concerns. what's remarkable about this program is that you often have these programs televised, and local scholars who are participating will take lessons learned to their particular community. there are several secular organizations funded by usip, usaid, like ptr oh which is also designed excellent piece on conflict resolution training to bolster these kinds of grassroots mediation efforts. next slide, please. >> social welfare assistance t

i go to kabul and try to stay in his house and write a campaign plan and on the way out gives me a rock. two weeks later i got reimbursed for my effort which was not a bad deal. at least i wasn't out 13,000 grand for the ticket. >> you want to hear me fight about you would think a guy who was going to cover where his wife had been, had been all over afghanistan in an armored vehicles, snipers, would have asked me something about the kid. he is driving around in some little bus, i e.d.s everywhere, this is pretty scary when the traffic starts. >> sometimes it was after i left, totally blew his house up it was a different thing, a kind of campaign plan for afghanistan, was really different. 1% is what we were predicted to get, a great guy, great experience. can't win them all. what is the old saying? people say they lost races and political consultants and people said they never lost a race and call those liars. >> it is 1992, the election is over and you don't have a job, you don't have much money and you end up on what you call the first check fight show. and you also write that fish sh

i go to kabul, and stay in a guy's house and try to write a campaign plan, and so on the way houston he gives -- on the way out he gives me a rug, and two leaks later i got reimbursed for my air fare, which was not a bad deal. i didn't make any money but at least i wasn't out 13 grand for the tickets. >> now, you want to hear what we fight about? you would think a guy who is going to kabul, where his wife had been, all over afghanistan, and an armored vehicle, with double snipers, would have asked me something about security? no. he is driving around in some little bus, you know, and ieds everywhere, and this is pretty scary when the traffic stops. you can get blown up. i'm like -- >> actually, the house -- totally blew his house up. it was pretty -- a difficult -- trying to write a campaign plan for afghanistan was really different. we got one -- a great guy, great experience. >> can't win them all. >> people say that they have lost races with political consultants and some people say they never lost a race, we call those liars. >> mary, it's 1992. the election is over, and you don'

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

. >> reporter: the chairman of the joint chiefs flew to kabul and spent the day with commanders and troops explaining the president's plan to pull all of troops out of afghanistan if no security agreement is signed by president karzi. general dempsey said more time that passes more afghans will hedge their bets and side with the taction. dempsey said it is embolden the taliban and? way encourages them and intelligence supports that. >> the longer we wait, the more likely the possibility that we end up with 0, and no troops beyond 2014. because we cannot and will not have u.s. troops on the ground without a signed bsa. >> they are in meeting with nato and insure that the other allies don't run for the exits in afghanistan. yesterday's phone call was the first time president obama spoke with the afghan president since last june. karzi will not sign an agreement until after the presidential elections in april. the white house warns that the longer karzi stalls the smaller the force would be. they need two months to break down the air bases and the real worry is what message that the taliban i

you would think thia guy going kabul would have asked me something about security. no, he is driving around in some little bus, you know, and ied's everywhere and with the traffic stops you can get blown up. >> the house there totally blew up. writing a campaign plan for afghanistan was really different. we got 1%. which is what we predicted to get. it was a great guy and experience. >> can't win them all. >> what is the old saying people say they have lost races and call political consultants and people that never lose a race are called liars. >> mary, it is 1992, the election is over, you don't have a job or much money and you end up on what you call the first chick fight show. and you also write that the show was great until it became a hit. exmain -- explain what you mean by that. >> i never wanted to be on tv. i don't like being on tv to this day. i like radio a bit. and i will say the joke -- i have a face for radio. but when george h bush was loosing, who i adore, people started jumping the ship and the worst the numbers got i went out there. so i became the

and kabul has a rule of law and extends in the provinces and that's the way the country should be run on a sovereignty- based system. we should understand that afghanistan doesn't apply to a sovereignty- based system as we understand them. it is all about tribal cultures and passions in the south and the ones in the north as well. what we have to do is try to understand through a decentralized structure how to apply goffinance in the country. that allows the tribes to get on with their own rule of law and the systems they are used to for years. >> that could be the eventuality there, if that is the case that involves the taliban. >> it does. >> will the administration be forced to accept a deal like that? >> i don't think they have a choice. the taliban are still going to be here unless the west puts significance force over 30 or 40 or 50 years. we have to expect to see the future of afghanistan involving the taliban in some way. if we don't accept that they will keep coming on. >> that might be difficult for the administration and veterans in this country to it accept and manage. mic

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plan barx, bags of gold, american gold, and he's going to try to get on the last helicopter out of kabul. >> bob, do you think karzai in a way knows that the united states is leaving, therefore, he's decided to try to appeal to his base, which is in his country saying the united states doesn't respect our sovereignty. that probably helps him there, but do you think he is actually trying to look beyond the united states? >> first of all, he's not running for re-election. the other people who are running to re-election, want to sign the security agreement between afghanistan and the united states. yes, he's trying to appeal to his base. the taliban and opium dealers. we put him in power in 2001. he was a crook to begin with. he was a crook throughout. he's been stealing american gold. forget american treasure and deaths, a lot of that blood is on his hands. to release these people is treasonous, and the son of a bitch ought to be sent to the hague and tried for war crimes. that's my soft comment. >> the position of the united states is they want and have to sign the agreement, and presiden

i was in the room in kabul afghanistan for one of those u.s. promises. secretary clinton promising a full room of women of afghani women that we will never desert them and that's just not so. we are. i'm not suggesting this is an easy issue, it's not. nor am i suggesting we stay in afghanistan forever. but the united states is breaking its promise to afghani women. i asked leader nancy pelosi about it and she said in essence not to worry, that we would not leave the women at the mercy of the extreme taliban. extreme taliban? there is no such thing as extreme and not extreme taliban. the taliban is the taliban. they are vicious to women. from denying them education and killing them and only because they are women. what are we going to do? no one is talking about it. mr. president, what about this elephant in the room? and that's my off-the-record comment tonight. if you have an important story or issue you think i should take off-the-record go to gretawire.com and tell us about it and come up, h.h.s. secretary sebelius think you are stupid? you might thin

plan barx, bags of gold, american gold, and he's going to try to get on the last helicopter out of kabul. >> bob, do you think karzai in a way knows that the united states is leaving, therefore, he's decided to try to appeal to his base, which is in his country saying the united states doesn't respect our sovereignty. that probably helps him there, but do you think he is actually trying to look beyond the united states? >> first of all, he's not running for re-election. the other people w are running to re-election, want to sign the security agreement between afghanistan and the united states. yes, he's trying to appeal to his base. the taliban and opium dealers. we put him in power in 2001. he was a crook to begin with. he was a crook throughout. he's been stealing american gold. forget american treasure and deaths, a lot of that blood is on his hands. to release these people is treasonous, and the son of a bitch ought to be sent to the hague and tried for war crimes. that's my soft comment. >> the position of the united states is they want and have to sign the agreement, and president

embassy in kabul has issued a statement calling the release regrettable. what's really regrettable is how the entire afghan campaign is falling apart. for 13 years america has tried to stabilize that country, giving afghans freedom and hope for a better life. women have been freed from virtual salavery, children are being educated and karzai spits in our face. so far it's cost the taxpayer about $750 billion. more than 2,000 american been killed, almost 20,000 wounded. there comes a point when diplomacy just doesn't cut it. karzai has been lenient on heroin merchants, has overseen a corrupt government that is stealing billions and is now putting coalition forces in danger. he's supposed to leave office this summer but in the meantime will not sign a security agreement with the usa that would protect his own people from the taliban that will surely try to retake that country once we leave. president obama is faced with a very difficult situation over there. he needs to impose some power simply in order to protect the americans he's directly responsible for,

promoted to the head of police in kabul. it's a very important government and business district in the country's capital. the move is seen as a way to show the west the afghan government is committed to respecting women's rights. there are currently about 2,000 female police officers in that country. >> whatever happened to those two former scout leaders responsible for this? remember? >> wiggle it. just a little bit. >> they've been charged. we'll tell you with what and how serious. >> the president is pushing for immigration reform to be done by the end of this year. is it time for both sides to get onboard? >> this problem has been turned into local football. i've always tried to give it my best shot. these days i'm living with a higher risk of stroke due to afib, a type of irregular heartbeat, not caused by a heart valve problem. at first, i took warfarin, but i wondered, "could i up my game?" my doctor told me about eliquis. and three important reasons to take eliquis instead. one, in a clinical trial, eliquis was prove

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i go to kabul and try to stay in his house and write a campaign plan and on the way out gives me a rock. two weeks later i got reimbursed for my effort which was not a bad deal. at least i wasn't out 13,000 grand for the ticket. >> you want to hear me fight about you would think a guy who was going to cover where his wife had been, had been all over afghanistan in an armored vehicles, snipers, would have asked me something about the kid. he is driving around in some little bus, i e.d.s everywhere, this is pretty scary when the traffic starts. >> sometimes it was after i left, totally blew his house up it was a different thing, a kind of campaign plan for afghanistan, was really different. 1% is what we were predicted to get, a great guy, great experience. can't win them all. what is the old saying? people say they lost races and political consultants and people said they never lost a race and call those liars. >> it is 1992, the election is over and you don't have a job, you don't have much money and you end up on what you call the first check fight show. and you also write that fish sh

the chairman of the joint chief, martin dempsy flew to kabul today. he warned the discussion of the pulling all of the troops by end of the year is quote having an affect on the enemy and encourages them in some ways and intelligence supports that >> the longer we wait, the more likely the possibility is we end up with no troops beyond 2014 because we cannot and will not have troops on the ground without this signed. >> reporter: yesterday was the first time the president spoke to the afghanistan president since last june. dempsey said the united states military could wait for a final decision until this summer, but the more time passed without a deal, they will begin hedging bets and siding with the taliban. >> let's bring in ambassador john bolt. let's focus on the main issue about why we are and were in afghanistan: the safety and security of american families. what do you think this means for our safety and security if we see a complete withdraw by the end of the year? >> i think we will return shortly in afghanistan to the taliban being back in c

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

tens of billions of dollars equipping and training, if they won't fight for the afghan government in kabul, that should tell you something. bill: we brought you on to talk about afghanistan. twice you've drifted into ukraine. i would be remiss not to ask you why. if putin were to win or if ukraine gets split into east and west, how much of that hurts our geopolitical strategy? >> well, bill, you just look at a map. if he is able to gobble up all or just half of ukraine which he might settle more half, it just changes the geopolitical land landscape. it does reignite something like the cold war. putin senses that we're weak, and what i'm hearing here in washington, all these people talking, well, it doesn't make sense for him to go in militarily. piewt p doesn't operate on our logic. he's emotional, he's vindictive, he's hateful, and he is now humiliated and embarrassed by events in crew crane, and he wants -- ukraine, and he wants to reestablish the empire of the czars. bill: this is something we will continue to talk about. ralph peters out of washington today. good to have you back. mart

you say you learned something in washington this time around about the phone calls between kabul and the white house that you thought was very interesting and plays into the reason why you feel that perhaps we're partly to blame for the relationship we have right now with hamid karzai? >> well, that's right, jenna. when i was in washington i was told that when former president george w. bush was at the white house he had regular phone conversations with president karzai discussing how the mission to stablize the country was going, what progress is being made and they had a dialogue and something approaching an alliance or friendship but really since mr. obama came to office he has really had no real relationship with president karzai and that's why president karzai feels rather betrayed and is behaving in this rather difficult manner now because president karzai's looking out for his own future rather than for the security of america in the years to come. jenna: at the same time, con, in your new book and some of your reporting you suggest combat is not the only way to exist or quote