in afghanistan. a little later at 9:00 a.m. eastern you will hear from the head of the new consumer protection bureau on new credit card rules. industry executives, academics and consumer advocates will join her for this live coverage on c-span2. then more live coverage with a look at retirement and the future of social security at the woodrow wilson international center in d.c.. .. >> welcome. i am jack wadsworth, a trustee and vice chair of the asia society. i'm standing in for chip kay, our chairman, who is out of the country today but sends his very best. he's sorry he can't be here. i spent over 15 years building morgan stanley's business in asia, and i have to say reflecting bang on that -- back on that experience, the asia society was one of the great sources of knowledge to me for understanding the culture of the region. first, let me welcome everyone on behalf of the board of trustees and the staff to this very special program with the honorable hillary rodham clinton, secretary of state, to

we look to them and all of afghanistan is neighbors to respect afghanistan s sovereignty, which means agreeing how to play out their rivalries within its borders, and to support reconciliation and efforts to ensure that al qaeda and the syndicate of terrorism is denied safe haven everywhere. and the stand in turn must not allow its territory to be used against others. the united states will intensify our efforts to build broad international support for afghan reconciliation. in early march, we will meet in jeddah, saudi arabia with our partners in the international contact group, hosted by the organization of the islamic conference. the time -- the contact group, which record -- richard worked so hard to build, brings together more than 40 countries and international organizations, including a growing number of muslim-majority nations. the afghan leaders of the height peace council will join us and review efforts toward reconciliation. nato ministers will convene in paris a few days later to review transition planning spirit we are also preparing for a conference in germany later this

and afghanistan. i think we learned that preempting spoilers will require knowing more about the economics of the actors in the conflict which are causing chang in interest to emerge. so i would just conclude by saying that maybe in addition to minna's arguments about the need to open a process and with the shape that might look like, the u.s. is involved in has to be underpinned by a clear and strong commitment to that process. to my mind this means we need to articulate within unisys a couple of things. one is a durable political summit among active actors within afghanistan is possible. and secondly that such an uncommon is essential to sustain the meeting the president's core aim to prevent the recurrence of al qaeda and other groups to the region. if those two realizations can be made it becomes more obvious that using diplomatic means to seek a diplomatic process that is durable within ghanistan will be the most effective way to do much, much more with much less both in terms of blood and treasu

and afghanistan. i think we learned that preempting spoilers will require knowing more about the economics of the actors in the conflict which are causing changes in interest to emerge. so i would just conclude by saying that maybe in addition to minna's arguments about the need to open a process and with the shape that might look like, the u.s. is involved in has to be underpinned by a clear and strong commitment to that process. to my mind this means we need to articulate within unisys a couple of things. one is a durable political summit among active actors within afghanistan is possible. and secondly that such an uncommon is essential to sustain the meeting the president's core aim to pr

in afghanistan. the intent is clear. it is time to bring u.s. involvement in the war in afghanistan to an end and to bring our troops home. the war effort in afghanistan is no longer serving its purpose of enhancing the security of the united states, which should be our goal. we were attacked on 9/11 by al qaeda. al qaeda had bases in afghanistan. it made sense to go in and destroy those bases, and we did. we had every right. we had every duty to destroy bases which are being used to plot attacks against the united states. but the c.i.a. tells us there are now fewer than 100 al qaeda personnel in all of the country of afghanistan. congress and the american people helped greatly reduce u.s. involvement in iraq through the election in 2006 and 2008, we forced a new direction in iraq and helped bring thousands of troops home. we must now do the same in afghanistan. the intent of this amendment is to reduce the funding for afghanistan sufficiently to leave enough funds to provide for the safe and orderly

and afghanistan. i think we learned that preempting spoilers will require knowing more about the economics of the actors in the conflict which are causing changes in interest to emerge. so i would just conclude by saying that maybe in addition to minna's arguments about the need to open a process and with the shape that might look like, the u.s. is involved in has to be underpinned by a clear and strong commitment to that process. to my mind this means we need to articulate within unisys a couple of things. one is a durable political summit among active actors within afghanistan is possible. and secondly that such an uncommon is essential to sustain the meeting the president's core aim to prevent the recurrence of al qaeda and other groups to the region. if those two realizations can be made it becomes more obvious that using diplomatic means to seek a diplomatic process that is durable within afghanistan will be the most effective way to do much, much more with much less both in terms of blood and tr

and had built up the state of afghanistan and had pursued al-qaeda in afghanistan, we would look at a very different situation today. >> i entirely agree with you. at the beginning when talibans were defeated with the help and support of the entire afghan nation in a very short time, it took them years, i mean, to regroup. so that all that time i think we could have spent more effectively to build afghan institutions and also very credible and strong national security force of the army and police both. >> charlie: you have said that that's your message to washington. >> yes. >> charlie: i think washington knows that. that's been the argument all awe long. the question is can they do it and can they do it by 2014 so they can withdraw american forces to a large extent? >> actually after all these years for the first time in this past year, year and-a-half, we are conducting a proper counter insurgency with both military. >> charlie: the arrival of the american troops. >> yes. and withed -- it is already having that effect. with the a announcement of the new strategy, we have a proper

so i went to afghanistan. me times. eventually iraq. went to saudi arabia, we do egypt, went to the united kingdom, italy, a lot of countries that play a role, the narrative, and all this takes time and money. it took as you know from writing books yourself, i mean, it's a fair amount of blood, sweat and tears and i have a full-time day job. >> host: what were your chief sources of research? was at primary interviews? were you able to get your hands on documents as well? >> guest: i.e. numerate in the bibliography both the interviews i did but we got, this -- it's not about to get hold of their statements. there are a lot of them, and the united states has done, congress has done -- >> host: now releasing their private strategy memo's. >> guest: they are in their public statements. imagine if the japanese in 19377 set a session you what they're planning to do, this is what al qaeda did before 9/11. >> host: hitler sort of did that and nobody paid attention to have. >> guest: right. it was in "mein kampf" but nobody -- bin laden, is a lo

mission in afghanistan. our corporation is a global provider of power, water, communications, and other infrastructure. as part of the worldwide reach, the company proudly supported u.s. government projects for more than 90 years. since august 2006 as a partner in the group black and veatch venture, we assisted the client in develops essential energy infrastructure in order to improve the economy and quality of life for the people of afghanistan. from 2006 until today, total megawatts of power generation available for afghanistan have more than doubled, and us aid projects contributed to 90% of that increase. in december 2010, us-aid awarded them a separate contract for the helmond project for distribution in the south for the support of u.s. government policy. working in support of the mission to increase energy delivery to afghan's people and with afghan government organizations, black and veatch's dedicated professionals has successes. we provided advice to the government in negotiating power agreements w

no peace -- [inaudible] afghanistan, in fact when the peace process came to afghanistan it was very much urban-based, you know, development, services. and the taliban during their time when i have been through the country during that time, it was very much seen in two different fronts. in the rural afghanistan was a much seen as security, the fact for stability. rural afghans, when it comes to the urban population there same then as an occupier who have given the basic right of freedom. when the problem started forecasting very much on the urban population, therefore they don't see any change. with all the development, all the millions of dollars spent in afghanistan, they don't see that change and that contributes to the volume, that from 3000 taliban it has moved to 5000 taliban. [inaudible] >> that's an important. one of the things which is probably could have been incorporated is that the taliban rule,. [inaudible] now, i wonder if north country still not heavily supported the taliban. now, the pressure on these countries if you take the example of pakistan is limited to drone rocket

and afghanistan. i think we learned that preempting spoilers will require knowing more about the economics of the actors in the conflict which are causing changes in interest to emerge. so i would just conclude by saying that maybe in addition to minna's arguments about the need to open a process and with the shape that might look like, the u.s. is involved in has to be underpinned by a clear and strong commitment to that process. to my mind this means we need to articulate within unisys a couple of things. one is a durable political summit among active actors within afghanistan is possible. and secondly that such an uncommon is essential to sustain the meeting the president's core aim to prevent the recurrence of al qaeda and other groups to the region. if those two realizations can be made it becomes more obvious that using diplomatic means to seek a diplomatic process that is durable within afghanistan will be the most effective way to do much, much more with much less both in terms of blood and tr

mission in afghanistan. our corporation is a global provider of power, water, communications, and other infrastructure. as part of the worldwide reach, the company proudly supported u.s. government projects for more than 90 years. since august 2006 as a partner in the group black and veatch venture, we assisted the client in develops essential energy infrastructure in order to improve the economy and quality of life for the people of afghanistan. from 2006 until today, total megawatts of power generation available for afghanistan have more than doubled, and us aid projects contributed to 90% of that increase. in december 2010, us-aid awarded them a separate contract for the helmond project for distribution in the south for the support of u.s. government policy. working in support of the mission to increase energy delivery to afghan's people and with afghan government organizations, black and veatch's dedicated professionals has successes. we provided advice to the government in negotiating power agreements w

is there progress yes in two thousand and six only four of afghanistan's six of afghanistan thirty four provinces were poppy free now it's twenty in four years from six provinces to twenty provinces are poppy free so there is progress but the final point is we need to do more and training of afghan and central asian counter-narcotics officials with russia is part of what you said you said the number of provinces poppy fields provinces is increasing but as i've read the export of drugs for afghans that is increasing to what they say in the last year it's gone down though for a variety of reasons but the bottom line is while more and more provinces are becoming poppy free in certain areas and these are the areas where the taliban is most concentrated it's getting worse why because the taliban is now like any mafia. controlling the trade encouraging farmers to grow poppy taking money from the transit taking money from the sale and using it to fund the insurgency which means the best way to tackle the drug problem is to do what we're doing and tackle the taliban ok in another subject is the

it was quite significant to me on afghanistan. the first i thought there was a real change in opinion from our european colleagues that we really army can progress in afghanistan, and they feel good about it. and normally we have been concerned that -- i have been that they would lead the fight before we get. they turned the tables on us this time. and they said, we are committed now through nato to the 2014 exit date from afghanistan. we are worried that you in america are going to begin to leave earlier and they still have in mind notwithstanding all the transition to 2014 this july of 2011 date, so i would ask you if you would care to respond to that and of course part of that is just to urge that whatever we do in 2011, july of 2011 be mindful of the effect it will have not only on the afghans in the region but on our european allies. >> i would just make two comments. first, i had a nato defense ministers meeting last december, and it was really quite extraordinary, because i don't think i have ever seen so many ministers so

failed to learn from the campaign in afghanistan. american occupation of afghanistan has already exceeded all possible saw that mistake in that contrie and accomplished even illegal more than that in a negative sense and simultaneously having missed all the positive developments that were triggered and promoted by the soviet union intentionally or not in afghanistan i'm not going to justify the soviet military campaign in afghanistan however i do believe that the current american military campaign in afghanistan provides and ample evidence to exonerate the soviet political economic and military presence in afghanistan from their raise e.g. of the united states information agency propaganda which rolled supreme during the cold war battle you know afghanistan the economic objective was to distribute the farmland to farmers and that's why the armed forces will fighting the landlords the united states do not fire the landlords befriending the landlords and have turned them into the drug lords and the main negative success story for the u

is there progress yes in two thousand and six only four of afghanistan's six of afghanistan thirty four provinces were poppy free now it's twenty in four years from six provinces to twenty provinces are poppy free so there is progress but the final point is we need to do more and training and central asian counter-narcotics officials with russia is part of what you said the number of provinces poppy fields provinces is increasing but as i've read the export of drugs for afghans that is increasing to what they say in the last year it's gone down though for a variety of reasons but the bottom line is while more and more provinces are becoming poppy free in certain areas and these are the areas where the taliban is most concentrated it's getting worse why because the taliban is now like any mafia . controlling the trade encouraging farmers to grow poppy taking money from the transit taking money from the sale and using it to fund the insurgency which means the best way to tackle the drug problem is to do what we're doing and tackle the taliban ok in another subject is the collective securi

as well as a particular direction that in many took from the territory of afghanistan as you know to see where planning to launch assume a new original program. and program for afghanistan the neighboring countries are doing good because we want to focus not on going up again this time but also a very original dimension you cannot fight to direct. traffic and kind of produce our own in afghanistan because only in broader regional bridge no context so it's a sort of gentle program would help us to curb the. problem of produce of dark traffic and to improve the situation rushes the transit rate the drugs from afghanistan. to get out and also the rest of the wild and the country has been insisting that these substances that are used to make their own regions should be mobs chemically mogs on these substances to determine the point she says it's a chemical and the u.s. and britain are against the proposal but russia believes that that will reveal that the drugs all coming from afghanistan why do you think that initiative doesn't get support us i think. in a real life with luke legs that

, outside of afghanistan? >> with regards to -- >> let me make this question simpler. i apologize. maybe i didn't ask it right. the uncertainty over where to hold detainees outside of afghanistan, is that impeding our intelligence- gathering efforts? >> no, it isn't, because, you know, any individual that we're after either comes under the jurisdiction of the country that they're in or, in cases of afghanistan, they're usually put into a military facility. and that gives us the opportunity to go after and interrogate them there. >> so the existing detention capabilities that we have in place today are optimizing our intelligence-gathering capabilities? is that the testimony? >> the ability to detain them in a place where we can then interrogate them, that process works very well. >> okay. rising recidivism from former gitmo detainees, how are we tracking that? i'm not sure what efforts are being taken to keep an eye on that. i know that's in essence -- what's the latest and greatest on -- >> i think general bu

mission in afghanistan. our corporation is a global provider of power, water, communications, and other infrastructure. as part of the worldwide reach, the company proudly supported u.s. government projects for more than 90 years. since august 2006 as a partner in the group black and veatch venture, we assisted the client in develops essential energy infrastructure in order to improve the economy and quality of life for the people of afghanistan. from 2006 until today, total megawatts of power generation available for afghanistan have more than doubled, and us aid projects contributed to 90% of that increase. in december 2010, us-aid awarded them a separate contract for the helmond project for distribution in the south for the support of u.s. government policy. working in support of the mission to increase energy delivery to afghan's people and with afghan government organizations, black and veatch's dedicated professionals has successes. we provided advice to the government in negotiating power agreements w

is there progress yes in two thousand and six only four of afghanistan's six of afghanistan thirty four provinces were poppy free now it's twenty in four years from six provinces to twenty provinces are poppy free so there is progress. but the final point is we need to do more and training and socialization counter-narcotics officials with russia is part of what you said you said the number of provinces poppy fields provinces is increasing but as i've read the export of drugs for afghans that is increasing to what they say in the last year it's gone down though for a variety of reasons but the bottom line is while more and more provinces are becoming poppy free in certain areas and these are the areas where the taliban is most concentrated it's getting worse why because the taliban is now like any mafia. controlling the trade encouraging farmers to grow poppy taking money from the transit taking money from the sale and using it to fund the insurgency which means the best way to tackle the drug problem is to do what we're doing and tackle the taliban ok in another subject is the collecti

policy in afghanistan has had any impact. in two thousand and one up to now why may two thousand to. six operation. the contribution of a military occupation by the need. of any stanleys different their contribution to corruption is the military logistic. they subcontract to just to keep from any star to private companies. these companies. the military with just the. business of a couple billion dollars to africa companies who are comprised by warlords and sometimes even by the taleban. they go to the security of. boiler trucks goes from kabul to anywhere in afghanistan in exchange of huge amount of money and the money that is taken from the military nato military logistics is more i calculate the money the taliban takes from drug trafficking. now you as an executive director at the office for drug control and crime prevention i know that your policies almost brought about a collapse in afghan pop it trains did you directly negotiate with the taliban to kill the poppy crop or i spoke with the taliban leaders in one thousand n

is there progress yes in two thousand and six only four of afghanistan's six of afghanistan thirty four provinces were poppy free now it's twenty in four years from six provinces to twenty provinces are poppy free so there is progress but the final point is we need to do more and training and central asian counter-narcotics officials with russia is part of what you said you said the number of provinces poppy fields provinces is increasing but as i've read the export of drugs for afghans that is increasing to one day in the last year it's gone down though for a variety of reasons but the bottom line is while more and more provinces are becoming poppy free in certain areas and these are the areas where the taliban is most concentrated it's getting worse why because the taliban is now like any mafia . controlling the trade encouraging farmers to grow poppy taking money from the transit taking money from the sale and using it to fund the insurgency which means the best way to tackle the drug problem is to do what we're doing and tackle the taliban ok in another subject is the collective sec

is there progress yes in two thousand and six only four of afghanistan's six of afghanistan thirty four provinces were poppy free now it's twenty in four years from six provinces to twenty provinces are poppy free so there is progress but the final point is we need to do more and training and central asian counter-narcotics officials with russia is part of what you said the number of provinces poppy fields provinces is increasing but as i've read the export of drugs for afghans that is increasing to what they say in the last year it's gone down though for a variety of reasons but the bottom line is while more and more provinces are becoming poppy free in certain areas and these are the areas where the taliban is most concentrated it's getting worse why because the taliban is now like any mafia . controlling the trade encouraging farmers to grow poppy taking money from the transit taking money from the sale and using it to fund the insurgency which means the best way to tackle the drug problem is to do what we're doing and tackle the taliban ok in other subject is the collective security

in afghanistan -- afghanistan is a political problem income only be military. at some point they recognize to negotiate with the taliban as the solution. the problem though is petraeus has gotten better at killing mid-level taliban commanders. that may seem like a ticket and, but the taliban commanders are the one that have long-standing ties with the community, and therefore much for moderate, able to be pressured by the community, tribal lighters and they probably have much more with mullah omar, taliban commander in pakistan. by killing these guys, you're replacing them with much more younger, radical guys who don't have communal ties and it will be much, much harder to negotiate and you're creating a self-fulfilling prophecy that they'll be tied to al qaeda. right out of town and it can us and are totally different than taliban in pakistan. totally different from a panic at the taliban in afghanistan or afghan controls, afghan interesting goals. pakistani taliban are different of course in fighting the pakistan government and in some cases more linked to al

economic and military presence in afghanistan from their raese g.-u. of the united states information agency propaganda which supreme during the cold war battle you know afghanistan the economic objective was to distribute the farmland to farmers and that's why they're so it forces will fighting the landlords the united states do not fire the landlords befriending the landlords and have turned them into the drug lords and the main negative success story for the united states occupation b.s. that afghanistan has been turned deliberately and not into the narco caliphate. the former u.n. anti drugs chief peter larky says international corruption in afghanistan is under reported and accounts for great problems in the country. out of forty billion dollars that lived in afghanistan for the civilian aid all the eight of these forty went through the african bowl. is international the production international newspapers particularly western news being was never speak about this big piece of the cake base because the time about africa which is there of course

in afghanistan. more widespread today than it was ten years ago you have a fifty percent of children. you would ask why if international community standards offer every year more than five. billion euros. just for c. you get eight where does money go with. most of this money is lost eighty percent take out rate of this money is simply lost. of course but also the kind of international waste what they call soft corruption that. most of the money that the european and american taxpayers send it off going to start. thank you very much. thank you for your. heat. we've. seen. are not stopped we are going to. come back. we'll sell lots of their low wrong move they will wear uniforms that a little damage is a little black and them know that but very little damming the white. and they are the key to our problem are already. download the official placation tool on the phone called touch from the to. watch on t.v. lights on the go. video on demand on t.v.'s mine broadcasts and says feeds now in the palm of you

and program for afghanistan and neighboring countries are doing good because we want to focus not on another game this time but also a very gentle dimension you cannot fight to direct. threats that can't come to produce our own in afghanistan because do it only in broader regional bridge no context. city journal program would help us to curb the. problem of producers that are trafficking to improve the situation russia is a transit rate the drugs from afghanistan. to get out and on to the rest of the wild and the country has been insisting that these substances that he used to make drugs that all regions should be models chemically mocked on these substances to determine the point she says it's chemicals and the u.s. and britain are against the proposal but russia believes that that will reveal that the drugs all coming from afghanistan why do you think that initiative doesn't get support us i think. in their life would look legs that would have a. system or for controlled drugs which are used in medical for medical purposes and as there is a special special agency for thirty. nine c

economic and military presence in afghanistan from day raise e.g. of the united states information agency of propaganda which rolled supreme during the cold war battle you know afghanistan the economic objective was to distribute the farmland to farmers and that's why the armed forces will fighting the landlords the united states do not try the landlords the befriending the landlords and have turned them into the drug lords and the main negative success story for the united states occupation b.s. that afghanistan has been turned deliberately and not into the narco caliphate. meantime a former u.n. anti drugs chief says corruption in afghanistan prevents the majority of aid money from ever reaching its intended target of lachie told r.t. that nato itself is contributing to the problems. doesn't the. operation. the contribution of a. need or. of any stanleys different. their contribution to use the military logistic. they subcontract to register people from an extra two private companies. subsequent to. the military will just use a business of a coupl

as well as a particular direction that many took from the territory of afghanistan as you know to see where planning to launch assume a new regional program. and program for afghanistan the neighboring countries are doing good because we want to focus not on another game this time but also a very gentle dimension you cannot fire to direct. traffic and produce a film in afghanistan because only in broader region no bridge no context so it's a sort of gentle program would help us to curb the. problem of produce of direct traffic and to improve the situation russia's the transit rate the drugs from afghanistan. to europe i don't see the rest of the wild and the countries being insisting that these substances that he used to make drugs that all regions should be mopped chemically mocked on these substances to determine the point she says it's chemicals the u.s. and britain are against the proposal but russia believes that that will reveal that the drugs coming from afghanistan why do you think that a stick doesn't get support us i think. in their life with luke legs that would have a. ful

economic and military presence in afghanistan from their raese g.-u. of the united states information agency propaganda which rolled supreme during the cold war battle you know afghanistan the economic objective was to distribute the farmland to farmers and that's why they're so good armed forces while fighting the landlords the united states do not fire the landlords befriending the landlords and have turned them into the drug lords and the main negative success story for the united states occupation b.s. that afghanistan has been turned deliberately and not into the narco caliphate. former u.n. anti drugs chief peter larky says international corruption in afghanistan is underreported and accounts for great problems in the country. i would put forty billion dollars that lived in afghanistan for the civilian aid all the eight of these forty went through the affable that is international the production international newspapers by figuring western newspapers never speak about a big piece of the key base because of the time about africa which is there

i serve as chief of general minister in afghanistan. i came to the interior at a time bh the afghan national police was facing severe challenges, but during the eight months, also were results of growth, collaboration with my colleagues in the minister of interior as well as the support of the international community, we have made tangible progress. training and education has been the core at our list of priorities and during the last eight months, the capacity of our training centers has in connection withed from 950 -- increased from 9500 to over 12,000. one the main challenges also in the afghan national police has been the undereducation or illiteracy rate among peacemakers, as i'm here speaking with you, more than 20,000 officers are enrolled and receiving training and education in literacy courses and education and other courses. leadership development has been our second highest priority. having committed professional leadership -- without having committed professional leadership, all of our efforts would be fruitless. on this pa

is there progress yes in two thousand and six only four of afghanistan's six of afghanistan thirty four provinces were poppy free now it's twenty in four years from six provinces to twenty provinces are poppy free so there is progress but the final point is we need to do more and training of afghan and central asian counter-narcotics officials with russia is part of what you said the number of provinces poppy fields provinces is increasing but as i've read the export of drugs for afghans that is increasing to what they say in the last year it's gone down though for a variety of reasons but the bottom line is while more and more provinces are becoming poppy free in certain areas and these are the areas where the taliban is most concentrated it's getting worse why because the taliban is now like any mafia . controlling the trade encouraging farmers to grow poppy taking money from the transit taking money from the sale and using it to fund the insurgency which means the best way to tackle the drug problem is to do what we're doing and tackle the taliban ok in another subject is the collect

is there progress yes in two thousand and six only four of afghanistan's six of afghanistan thirty four provinces were poppy free now it's twenty in four years from six provinces to twenty provinces are poppy free so there is progress. but the final point is we need to do more and training and situation counter-narcotics officials with russia is part of what you said the number of provinces poppy fields provinces is increasing but as i've read the export of drugs for afghans that is increasing to what they say in the last year it's gone down though for a variety of reasons but the bottom line is while more and more provinces are becoming poppy free in certain areas and these are the areas where the taliban is most concentrated it's getting worse why because the taliban is now like any mafia . controlling the trade encouraging farmers to grow poppy taking money from the transit taking money from the sale and using it to fund the insurgency which means the best way to tackle the drug problem is to do what we're doing and tackle the taliban ok in another subject is the collective security

globally all around the world make sure that there's not a safe haven for them in afghanistan or in pakistan why i mean i think part of the strategy is to try to eliminate a safe haven in afghanistan to try to pressure the safe haven in pakistan so we're fighting a war in one country. where the real fight is actually in another country. one of the things of the report states is that a lot of the senior taliban leadership has been eliminated over the past few years so our strategy is actually successful in that regard in killing the top commanders but then that brings up a new generation of taliban commanders who you know grown up since the soviet invasion only know war there might be a lot more radical. division guys and probably less prone to negotiate but do you think that we also have a bit of a black and white approach to this because the karzai government has tried to negotiate peace talks even though there is an imposter and some of those have completely embarrassing with the taliban and that's something that the u.s. never supported and then in regards to this report and then

as well as a particular direction that in many took from the territory of afghanistan as you know do you see were planning to launch a new original program. and program for afghanistan the neighboring countries are doing good because we want to focus not on going up against that but also a very original dimension you cannot fire to direct. threats that can't produce our own in afghanistan because only in broader regional bridge no context so it's a sort of gentle program would help. to curb the. problem of where you said that our traffic and to improve the situation russia the transit rate the drugs from afghanistan they then go. to europe i don't see the rest of the wild and the countries being insisting that these substances that they use to make drugs that all regions should be models chemically mocked on these substances to be determined to produce as if they chemicals and the u.s. and britain are against the proposal but russia believes that that will reveal that the drugs all coming from afghanistan why do you think that initiative doesn't get suppose i think. in the life with

economic and military presence in afghanistan from their raese g.-u. of the united states information agency propaganda which rolled supreme during the cold war battle you know afghanistan the economic objective was to distribute the farmland to farmers and that's why their sort of an armed forces of all fighting landlords the united states do not fire the landlords befriending the landlords and have turned them into the drug lords and the main negative success story for the united states occupation these that have been a stand has been turned deliberately and not into the narco caliphate former un add to drugs cheap you know lucky says international corruption in afghanistan is under reported and accounts for great problems in the country. out of forty billion dollars that lived in afghanistan for the civilian aid all the eight of these forty went through the african bowl. is international the production international newspapers particularly western newspapers never speak about this big piece of the cake they speak all the time about africa which i

afghanistan is a different war. uh, it's not so much on technology. certainly we use it, but not to the degree i think that, that we saw. i think afghanistan is gonna be more of a trial of our leadership and our combat experience, and it's a different type of war than what we fought, um, in iraq, i think. >> i would not say that our military power is declining just because we are struggling in iraq and afghanistan. i, i think we're still eminently the highest military power in the world, and the fact that we're not exercising that power as much, which emanates from the fact that we don't want to be spilling more blood abroad and to be using our manpower and our equipment, does not make it so that we are not a military power. we are still the highest military power in the world. >> there is no question in my mind, the american military power is not in decline. now what may be in decline is our ability to project that power in meaningful ways to achieve the goals we want. so using a blunt instrument may not always achieve what we want. >> in terms of ou

pakistan is permanent interest in afghanistan. it does not want to have a hostile afghanistan. therefore what it wants to or not it has to take responsibility for afghanistan. the american goal is that al qaeda should not be in afghanistan in yemen, somalia and cleveland. >> host: if you look at south asia do you disagree with those who consider pakistan and the afghanistan to unstable part of the world? >> guest: iran is potentially more but it's not worth having. the question is how do we get it back into shape. destabilizing pakistan to the point of collapse i don't think would create the security making it a responsibility of pakistan, which we don't make it, it is, is an interesting outcome. the problem is that we have to ask the more fundamental question why are we in afghanistan? what was the strategy that president obama had in mind? president bush's strategy was a more modest one of holding the key areas and not really trying to dominate the country. president obama redican knorr doing in the wrong war. we are now in this war. it's not clear we have the forces necessar

as well as a particular direction that in many took from the territory of afghanistan as you know to see where planning to launch assume a new original program. and program for afghanistan the neighboring countries doing good because we want to focus not on going up again this time but also a very gentle dimension you cannot fire to direct. traffic to produce a film in afghanistan because only in broader region no bridge no context so i say regional programs would help us to curb the. problem of produce of dark traffic and to improve the situation rest of the transit rate the drugs from afghanistan they then. get out and also the rest of the wealth and the country has been insisting that these substances that he used to make drugs that all regions should be mobs chemically mogs on these substances to determine the point she says it's chemicals and the u.s. and britain are against the proposal but russia believes that that will reveal that the drugs all coming from afghanistan why do you think that the state doesn't get support us i think. in their daily life with luke legs that have

russian leaders joint antidrug operation in afghanistan last year was a milestone marking a new stage of relations and trust however the parties haven't yet found common ground concerning the anti missile shield in europe their mind sees it as two independent systems sharing intelligence moscow champions the idea of six areas in europe each of them responsible for threats coming from certain directions. oh mr self thank you very much for being with us on the show thank you for inviting me well first of all you repeated many times speech speaking with newsmen for one that russia and nato don't consider each other enemies these are your words that you there that you like to repeat however nato the global ambitions i mean i mean the expansions to these the anti-missile plans in europe officially are officially cited in the russian military dot train as threats to our national security so russia does consider it a threat officially so is it part of your job to to see that those threats are removed from from russia's mentality and from russia's documents well first of all i repeat those wo

economic and military presence in afghanistan from their raese g.-u. of the united states information agency of propaganda which rolled supreme during the cold war battle you know afghanistan the economic objective was to distribute the farmland to farmers and that's why they're so armed forces will fighting the landlords the united states do not try the landlords befriending the landlords and have turned them into the drug lords and the main negative success story for the united states occupation b.s. that afghanistan has been turned deliberately and not into the narco caliphate. well though considering that former u.n. drugs chief says corruption in afghanistan prevents the majority of aid money from ever reaching its intended target. she told r.t. that nato itself is contributing to the problems. doesn't the. operation. the contribution of a. need or. of any stanleys different. their contribution to use the military logistic. they subcontract introduced you know from the start to private companies. subsequent to. the military will just be easy bu

as well as a particular direction that many took from the territory of afghanistan as you know to see where planning to launch assume a new original program. and dark program for a new standard neighboring countries are doing good because we want to focus not on going up again this time but also a very gentle dimension you cannot fire to direct. threats that can't come try to produce our own in afghanistan but can do it only in broader regional bridge no context so it's a sort of gentle program would help us to curb the. problem of producer director africa and to improve the situation russia's the transit rate the drugs from afghanistan. to europe and on to the rest of the wild and the country has been insisting that these substances that are used to make drugs that all regions should be moltz chemically mocked on these substances to determine the point she says if they chemicals the u.s. and britain are against the proposal but russia believes that that will reveal that the drugs all coming from afghanistan why do you think that the state doesn't get support us i think. in a real lif

more than half of all drugs produced in afghanistan. over thirty thousand people die every year from drug addiction. spoke to former. chief. about a new five year plan. in afghanistan. thank you very much for being with us today.

in afghanistan. more widespread today than it was ten years ago you have a fifty percent off children. you will ask why if international community standards offer every year more than five. billion euros. just for c. you get eight where does money go with. most of this money is lost eighty percent take out the rate of this money is simply lost. course but also that kind of international waste what they call soft corruption that. most of the money that european and american taxpayers set off going to start. thank you very much. thank you thank you for your. our nothing stop we are going to get. put back on track. we'll have a rally we'll sell lots of beer low wrong wrong they will wear uniforms that will damage is a down the black man moving but very little damming the white. and they are the key to our problems are already. heard. her. on her. this history still keeps its secrets but now it's time to reveal that the soviet finds me keaton's who's too often between black and white on oxy. download the

economic and military presence in afghanistan from day raise e.g. you of the united states information agency of propaganda which rolled supreme during the cold war battle you know afghanistan the economic objective was to distribute the farmland to farmers and that's why they're so it forces will fighting the landlords the united states do not try the landlords the befriending the landlords and have turned them into the drug lords and the main negative success story for the united states occupation b.s. that afghanistan has been turned deliberately and not into the narco caliphate. the former u.n. drugs chief pina lucky says international corruption in afghanistan is reported and accounts for great problems in the country. forty billion dollars that lived in afghanistan for the civilian aid all the eight of these forty went through the african bowl that is international the production international newspapers particularly western newspapers never speak about this big piece of the key base because the time about africa which is there of course but t

economic and military presence in afghanistan from day raise e.g. of the united states information agency of propaganda which rolled supreme during the cold war battle you know afghanistan the economic objective was to distribute the farmland to farmers and that's why they're so armed forces will fighting the landlords the united states do not try the landlords befriending the landlords and have turned them into the drug lords and the main negative success story for the united states occupation these that have been a stand has been turned deliberately not into the narco caliphate. the former u.n. anti drugs chief says international corruption in afghanistan is under reported and accounts for great problems in the country. forty billion dollars. in afghanistan for the civilian aid only eight of these forty went through the african bowl. is international the production of national newspapers particularly western news bit was never speak about at least a big piece of a key base because the time about half of the production which is there of course but

still, afghanistan was not a major supplier. "national geographic" did a story on afghanistan and poppies in 1986. at that time, afghanistan supplied 18% or 19%. i remember looking at the story and thinking, how could it be in 1986 that afghanistan was a minor player, and it is now a major player, providing more than 90%? when the soviets invaded afghanistan, that closed off a lot of their other opportunities for agriculture. they had been growing pistachios, almonds, melons, grapes. neighboring countries began to shut down -- began to eradicate their cultivation of copies -- poppies. the afghanistan farmers realize they had no market for other crops. drug smugglers realized they had no place to grow opium, so they came to afghanistan. the taliban is more responsible for making it a cash crop than any other factor. host: we are looking at some images courtesy of "national geographic" by his partner in the project, the photographer. this is an image of the region you are in and reporting from. you write that the greatest factor i

are still prevailing in afghanistan . and in the middle east anti-government demonstrations have now spread to libya with hundreds of people taking to the streets in the first sign of the country's unrest the uprisings in tunisia and egypt have triggered a domino effect of protests calling for reform across the arab world in yemen riots continue for a sixth day between pro and anti-government demonstrators there demanding the country's u.s. allied president steps down two protesters were killed and several others wounded in rain police have used tear gas and batons to disperse the crowds during a three days of unrest fresh clashes meantime have erupted in iran during the funeral of one of two killed in monday's antigovernment riots some members of the country's parliament called for the execution of opposition leaders they say orchestrated protests president ahmadinejad also punished for the organizers while the us strongly says that it backs the opposition and in egypt still recovering from strikes interim power is now i

policy in afghanistan has had any impact. in two thousand and one up to now maybe two thousand to. ration. the contribution of the military occupation by the need. of any stand is different their contribution to corruption is the military logistic. they subcontract military logistic you know from any star to private companies these companies. the military would just do. business of a couple billion dollars. the companies who are comprised by warlords and sometimes even by the taliban. they go to the security of. voyeur trucks goes from kabul to anywhere in afghanistan in exchange of huge amount of money and the money that is taken from the military nato military logistic is more i calculate the takes from drug trafficking well now you as an executive director at the office for drug control and crime prevention i know that your policies almost brought about a collapse in afghan poppy training did you directly negotiate with the taliban to kill the poppy crop or i spoke with the taliban leaders in one thousand nine hundred seventy when they just conquered. the country about the natio