store of afghanistan. he will sign the book after the program. i think today's program can be very interesting you've may hear different perspectives, learn a lot about the history of afghanistan, and if you read these two books you'll get the cop text and host of afghanistan. if you read at that time's book you'll see a character who comes to life during part of the period of history we're going to talk about today. so start off, please public tamim. [applause] >> thank you all for being here. thank you to the commonwealth club. let me just check the time so i don't go over. i'm sure all of you are very interested in what is going on in afghanistan right now, who is contesting for the presidential seat in the elections next year, what happensfter the nato forces withdraw, if they do. but as a historian, we can get into all that with questions but as a historian, i'm interested in hour we got here. and i feel that how we got here is part of the question of, where do we go from here? and in this book, games

, by the taliban and in fighting in afghanistan. just not quite as forceful an impact. part of it is because it is my small way to change the conversation a little bit about afghanistan. i felt i wrote those things quite a bit in the first two books and it is a chance to talk about characters, relationships, brother and sister and child talk about complicated feelings about love and so on and so forth. >> host: you said that this is a love story and clearly is the relationship, the severing relationship is rooted in this fierce love, but there is so much heartbreak and sacrifice and betrayal. talk about the family, the sibling relationships are central in these parallel lives but there is also the father and child and the sacrificing of children, first in the allegory which you open, sacrificing the child to the devil but then of course the heartbreak that follows. >> the novel is shaped like a free. at the heart of the novel is a love story between a boy who is 10 years old and his 3-year-old sister. we need them first in the early

afghanistan. >> my name is maria and from afghanistan. >> thank you all for being here. we welcome you to the bay area. one of the things that's interesting, we'll finally get answers about the people of the afghanistan. if there was something you wanted to tell the people in this area about afghanistan, what would you tell them. >> afghanistan culture is over 5,000 years. there are traditional issues if society. the culture is very, very different than afghanistan culture. afghanistan is an islamic country. i can just imagine culture in the united states. >> before we come to the united states -- when we come, we see different things, different culture, different communication. it was amazing for us. i think this is very different. >> i think we have -- one is the gem culture. we have a different culture. there's a culture that belongs to that state. so we also have differents -- differences, about the holidays, about the food. >> talk about gender issues. we know in your community, in your nation, women and men have responsibilities, but sometimes they're different tha

coming up on our team in afghanistan the u.s. has announced plans to hold peace talks with the taliban to pull international coalition and u.s. forces will start withdrawing from the country what's the future for afghanistan will try to answer that question and more straight ahead. it turns out the f.b.i. is also watching u.s. citizens from the sky that admission came from the head of the f.b.i. while testifying before congress will have a look at this program and the lack of transparency and strict guidelines. another day of mass protests in brazil one of the reasons most people are on the streets that they're upset over a new sports stadium being built with taxpayer money the same thing is happening here in the u.s. so why are there no protests look at this issue later in the show. well it's wednesday june nineteenth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm margaret how well you're watching our t.v. . we start in afghanistan where after nearly twelve years of war in the country the u.s. and taliban say that they will begin talks about e

you don't have that in afghanistan. a lot of these people that come in and want to be soldiers or policemen can only be veted by the elders in the village. so you don't know who you are. what we tried to do was bring in bio metrics and you'll probably read about that now, how do we reset and establish a good background way to determine who should be armed and who should be in uniform over there and who shouldn't be and that's some of the things we were doing. corruption is very real. but it's acceptable. we don't like it but in afghanistan, people accept corruption as a way of life. so another challenge was how do we change the mind set, how did we make people realize it's not right to do the kind of things they were doing which was grafting, taking money and being a corrupt society, taking money from people just to move throughout their town. one of the ways we did that was trying to be sure we took people and spent time with the police officers themselves. we probably spent way too much -- too much emphasis on contrac

they were supporting the taliban in afghanistan. the drove strikes that have been done with the notification of pakistan's government, the people seem to flee at the last minute. intelligence is that your suspicions of tipoff. basically the feeling was the worship and ministration had been too deferential to pakistan and by two make al qaeda built up a base about rations in the tribal areas of pakistan that looked a lot like afghanistan pre-9/11. base of operation for bush to launch attacks and bush was convinced by the cia it was time to start doing things unilaterally and that's one of the reasons you cite increasing drought strikes that obama carried through an increase in tensions between u.s. and pakistan. >> host: when you refer to sub title ii a secret army, are you referring to the cia? >> guest: i'm referring to a couple things. i'm referring to the cia paramilitary force evolved over the last decade. it could be people who work on the drugs, man hunting, all those things. the other aspect i talk about at great depths in th

the taliban announced it will near kabul afghanistan. that was reported late today by cnn and reuters. the deaths came as afghan forces took over control of security and as taliban announced it will join peace talks with the u.s. and afghan governments. and leaders at the g-8 summit pressed for syrian peace talks, but they stopped short of calling for the ouster of president bashar al-assad. >> brown: also online today, a rather unusual group portrait in the making. hari sreenivasan explains. >> sreenivasan: on july 19, a spacecraft, now exploring saturn, will take a picture of earth from a billion miles away. read a blog from one of nasa's scientists. and a reminder: join me friday for a live stream with our favorite political analysts, mark shields and david brooks. also, cicadas buzzing in virginia. tweet your questions for them using the hashtag #doubleheaderlive. details are on our homepage. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. gwen? >> ifill: and that's the newshour for tonight. on wednesday, miles o'brien looks

i am wondering how central the complex history of afghanistan is. it's always been afghanistan and the last 30 some odd years has been a background character in my novels and in my first and second book it's in the background of this novel as well but i would say not quite as prominently. part of that is because as i wrote the novel i saw the character struggles playing out on a more personal intimate level that's more of a human drama not necessarily playing out on the big political arena but there are characters in the book whose lives are seriously impacted by the defense in afghanistan by the taliban and the fighting in afghanistan and so on and so forth. it's just not quite as forceful of an impact. part of it is because it's sort of my way to attempt to try to change a conversation about afghanistan. i felt i dealt with of those things in the first two books and it's nice to have a conversation about afghanistan and dhaka characters and the relationship and a brother and sister, parent and child talk about your complicated feelings about welfa

of afghanistan. also, the flag and the political office. it seems to me that is their embassy. it is assumed to be an embassy. we condemn and reject that. we ask thomas according to the constitution, and the agenda for peace, and he talk, needs to be approved by the parliament of afganistan. i think suspending the security agreement talk is not the right decision. speeding the process is a decision. 's eating the process means making more united states commitment to what they promised to the people of afghanistan. even more speed to that, signing as soon as possible this agreement, with the frame of the afghan national interest, is priority. through that, we will receive military assistance for the afghan national security force. >> the white house insists that peace with the taliban can only be achieved at the bargaining table, and not on the battlefield. the taliban said it wants the guantÁnamo bay prison closed, detainees released, and foreign invaders out of the country. it added, until then, no

in afghanistan, the police are not so concerned with traffic control, traffic is insane in afghanistan. so you'll see traffic lights but they don't work. they are not so concerned with chasing criminals. what they are concerned with is protecting themselves and protecting the villagers. in a lot of places throughout afghanistan, the police might be the only thing that's separating the villagers from the taliban. they are what would be more considered a paramilitary source. -- force. ufrptly prrp unfortunately they are not trained nearly as well as the taliban, they don't have the same equipment and they are greatly outnumbered by the enemy moving freely through afghanistan. so the focus of effort needed to be switched to say how do we fix that because the populations are concentrated in the districts and we needed to look at how we would fix the police in the districts, how we would train these folks and figure out who's, who should be in there and who shouldn't be. when i was in kabul, i worked very closely with the chief of police up there and with all the different sections of the p

they are part of afghanistan. we have to -- [inaudible] and impact afghanistan from [inaudible] all of afghanistan young people will be influenced by that impact. their life will be influenced by that. that's the starting point. in term of it, some of the things that have been -- we have been doing is creating some -- associated. associate some images that -- one of the things that we see as a gathering point in the past ten years a national gain. a national achievement. and we -- [inaudible] we take the opportunity. so afghans will send their daughter to the cool. school. they were funded by international community. it was one parent who decided to send had his daughter to school. something that wasn't imaginable a decade ago. the national transformation is considered as a starting point are for us. another thing that helps with national unity is envisioning a shared future. something we are political actors in the past -- [inaudible] the political future of the communities and opposition to the political future

in afghanistan, we are on the pathway out of afghanistan. we're in the middle of a transition there. i do believe that we have accomplished a great deal and there is still yet more to accomplish. afghanistan still faces tremendous challenges those are challenges we will remain focused on. the underlying policy is to transition and transition means that afghans will be more capable and better able to take control of their own destiny. is the co-chollet, editor on six blocks of american foreign policy. -- six books of american foreign policy. luis is waiting from fredericksburg, va., and our republican line. just how tough -- how much defense to really need and how we have a good defense that there was a state department employee that sold visas vietnam and made $1 million? we also see the state to pardon was giving visas to people like the ballston bomber. these are all real people coming into this country and we don't know who is coming in. what good is it for us to have all of these drones these countries that we are involved in. the defens

>> it is friday in western afghanistan. a steady stream of believers is flowing into this makeshift mosque located in an underground car park. after years of exile in neighboring iran, many have returned to their war-torn country. they are a minority here. an estimated 80% of afghans are sunnis. for centuries, the two muslim branches have fought a bloody conflict on who is the rightful successor to their profit, mohammed. we are told it is being funded by the iranian regime where shiites make up a majority. he is altra conservatives. he rails against the u.s. he calls it the occupying force. he berates the west and the christians who he says have come to change afghanistan. he rants against music which he calls the work of the devil. >> music misleads us and takes us down a wicked pat. it makes us lose control of ourselves -- down a wicked a path. it makes us lose control of ourselves. the holy koran forbids music. >> the regina used to persecute shiites just like himself, but it is the dawn of a new era for afghanistan shi

and afghanistan the u.s. has announced plans to hold peace talks with the taliban well the international coalition and the u.s. forces will start withdrawing from the country what's the future for afghanistan we'll try to answer that question and more coming up turns out the f.b.i. is also watching us citizens from the skies that admission came today from the head of the f.b.i. while testifying before congress will have a look at their program lacks transparency and strict guidelines another day for mass protest and brazil one of the reasons many people are on the streets they're upset over a new sports stadium being built with taxpayer dollars the same thing is happening here in the u.s. so why are there no protests here to look at that issue later in the show. it's wednesday june nineteenth four pm in washington d.c. i'm margaret how well you're watching our city. we start in afghanistan where after nearly twelve years of war in the country the u.s. and taliban say that they will begin talks about ending th

targets in afghanistan. as one senior u.s. official said, this may be a significant development but peace is not at hand. >> martha, is this unlikely to change the military's end game, how quickly troops can come home and how many will stay behind? >> well, george, we are committed to having u.s. troops here 32,000 troops in afghanistan until february of next year. we have to keep 32,000 there. but they could draw down more quickly if, say, those negotiations did go better than we thought. >> meantime, martha, you're in jordan where we're seeing a little more of a u.s. military buildup in anticipation of a possible intervention in syria? >> yes. there are exercises going on right now about 6,000 americans involved in those military exercises. they happen every year, but this year it's different. we are leaving behind a patriot missile battery and six f 16s. they say they're for defensive measures but this is a show of force. as you know, nothing has worked so far in syria. >> before we leave, one more image from the president'

we begin with some breaking news out of afghanistan. four soldiers are reported to have been killed. an italian soldier was reported killed in western afghanistan. three other troops have died. in the east of the country, reports suggest this may have involved so-called insider killing, someone dressed in afghan army uniform may have been involved in the deaths of these soldiers. a will have more in kabul little later. breaking news out of afghanistan this hour. possibly of these being due to insider attacks. be in mandela is said to a serious but stable condition. he is suffering a lung infection. it is the third time that he has needed hospital treatment since december. a short while ago we got this .pdate from the harish >> during the past few days, former president nelson mandela had a lung infection. this will be treated at home. in the early hours of this morning, a lot 1:30 a.m., his condition deteriorated. it necessitated his being transported to a hospital. this morning the condition is described as serious. he is in stable con

a historic moment for afghanistan. president karzai found himself talking about the old enemy. >> the principles are that the talks must ring about and end to violence in afghanistan. >> in afghanistan there is fear among human rights activist that there may be too many concessions made to the taliban on women's rights and education. nothing will happen fast. >> we do not anticipate this problem -- process will be easier quick but we must pursue it. in parallel with our military approach and in the meantime we remain fully committed to our military efforts to defeat al qaeda and to support the afghan national security forces. >> there have been 444 british dead. almost all of them killed between 2006 and 12 and helmand. politicians and military leaders agree it is time to talk. >> have long argued that we need to match the security response in afghanistan where our troops do fantastically important work and the program is on track three we have to match that with a local process to make sure that as many people as poss

afghanistan. hich is always problem at cal. syria. economic conversations he was supposed to be having at the g-8. how is he perceived on the second term on the world stage? >> the bloom is off the rose. no longer the novelty figure that was the last time he visited berlin. a candidate in 2008. he shows up at the brandenberg gate to give his speechnd 4,500 people there. as opposed to 200,000. and he's behind this. i don't know if you saw on television, behind this glass barrier that made him look like he was in an aquarium. a security thing. clearly. secret service. and it was done in a way that -- as he talked about bringing down barriers seemed a little odd. but he's -- he's not the new guy on the block anymore. he's got tough relations with putin and tough relations with president chi from china. and angela merkel who has been friendly toward him gave him an earful about the n.s.a. surveillance thing. so it was not -- not the most fun trip he's going to have this year. gwen: can we talk about the putin meeting? that was not the war

in afghanistan the u.s. has announced plans to hold peace talks with the taliban and the international coalition and u.s. forces for starting to withdraw from the country what's the future for afghanistan to try to answer that question and more straight ahead turns out the f.b.i. is also watching u.s. citizens from the sky that admission came today from the head of the f.b.i. will testifying before congress we'll have a look at this program and the lack of transparency as well as strict guidelines. another day in the mass protest of priscilla one of the reasons most people are taking to the streets they're upset over in the sports stadium being built with taxpayer dollars the same thing is happening here in the u.s. so why are there no protocol to look at that issue later in the show. it's wednesday june nineteenth five pm in washington d.c. i'm margaret how well you're watching artsy. we start off in afghanistan where nearly twelve years of a war in the country the u.s. and the taliban say that they will be

but the ongoing instability in afghanistan casts a shadow on u.s. taliban negotiations stay with us and to find out how far away the sides are from reaching a compromise. you have been using all three to see a friend i would even say a story terror in methods like spying and persecution and restrictions indefinite detention for being on the rise how do you explain these paradox one thing we do know about them is this stuff they will collapse without exception his street is brutally sealed outside. and welcome back you're with our today president obama has pledged seven billion dollars to combat frequent power blackouts in sub-saharan africa this comes as the u.s. leader is on the second leg of his three nation tour to the african continent to boost trade ties however obama's trip has been marred by protests in south africa riot police fired rubber bullets and stun grenades into angry crowds here on this burg of johannesburg rather ahead of his saturday visit to the city there were more demonstrations against american foreign policy in other cities a

. >>> after fighting this nation's longest war in afghanistan for the past 12 years, now the u.s. is talking to the taliban. it's one of two big headlines from there tonight. the other is the official transfer of the fighting duties to the afghan forces from our bureau in kabul. our report from nbc's duncan golestani. >> reporter: a suicide attack today in central kabul, a reminder of how volatile afghanistan remains after almost 12 years of war. on a day when afghan forces took charge of their own security across the country. >> for the people of afghanistan, this is equally and perhaps more a great day. >> reporter: afghanistan won't just be fighting the taliban, now they'll be talking to them, and so will the united states. the taliban opened up at a news conference in qatar indication. today, even held a news conference. still intent on liberating afghanistan as they put it, but promising not to, quote, harm other countries. >> it's good news. we're very pleased with what has taken place. >> reporter: state department officials say this is just the first step. the taliban have

is turning a corner in the war now on afghanistan according to government officials the u.s. has agreed to engage in its first formal negotiations with the taliban about how to achieve peace and the decade long war there now this is quite an about face take a look at how quickly the u.s. has evolved on the taliban the united states of america makes the following demands on the down close immediately incrementally every terrorist training. the taliban regime. is coming to any. day she respects the people of afghanistan after all we are only its largest source of humanitarian aid but we. are nations to process between government and the time we read this passage should be advanced by the opening of the time to facilitate talks the first meeting will take place in doha qatar after washington dropped its longstanding demand for the group to renounce all kind of as a precondition for talks it's all part of the peace process president obama has been alluding to as he looks ahead to two thousand and fourteen now it should be mentioned that we have seen these peace talks fizzle out b

the pakistan areas border afghanistan. there are some 800,000 people living in there and many of them lived in a state of constant fear. whether they are working on their farms performing chores, going to the market, driving cars were sitting at home, they're always worried that you might strike. the inability to protect themselves and their loved ones compound the stress. so does their inability to hold anyone accountable. it's important to know not only to the families affected by the stretch themselves unaffected, are effective, but also the community as well as a whole weekend ... but you that's a very important issue that i saw when i traveled to places where the germans have been used, including in gaza were the israelis have been using drugs for quite some time. it was also the focus of nyu and stanford university and added this to the most recent edition of the book. it is so important to recognize that it's not just the people who are killed and injured. it is also what it does to the community. these drums becaus

plus the ongoing instability in afghanistan casts a shadow on u.s. taleban negotiations stay with us to find out how far away the sides are from reaching a compromise. with . this month high tech means could help with the latest laser cutters on lifesaving heart rushing innovators are working hard to keep you healthy for some companies it's been a winding road from car simulators to cutting edge training systems for others it's been a lifetime of work along the mysteries of this chicken on technology of. the future . you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you. are welcome to the big picture. obama's africa the u.s. president's trip to this continent is criticized by some as too little too late indeed washington continues to be seen by many africans as a source for outside democracy promotion and the creepy militarization of the continent obama's calling card has always been a hope but is a green much hope for. and w

originally we went into afghanistan solely to destroy to dismantle to destroy if you will the taliban government and just. this war has morphed into it's evolved into a war against the taliban the taliban as the military will tell you are on the ascendancy they are not losing they're willing to they're willing to continue to go forward all been proclaiming to the world that they are a sovereign nation by calling themselves islamic emirate of afghanistan that they will not negotiate as long as any troops are left in foreign troops are left to afghanistan so how do you say you're going to win if you're going to leave and you haven't won the war so you have two governments you know the government of afghanistan in the eyes of the world is a separate government of the taliban the president of afghanistan and the people you know what this. is a more international news in brief in turkey thousands have gathered on tanks in the square in a stamboul demanding justice or a protest to shot by police during rallies that according to local reports twenty people were arrested crowds also vent thei

you people in the white house and in afghanistan. >> now come a lot more time in iraq and afghanistan i think that i spent a good chunk of time, for of my last five christmases or four of the last six christmases, there they were spent in. since 2005 i studied english. i joined the workforce. i started as an unpaid intern. my last semester at nyu and you say in your book that there are 27,000 working pr people in the pentagon spending $4.7 billion per year. forty that number? >> is a broader number. not just the papa propaganda folks. it goes from software programs that the pentagon monitors, monitoring our social media and for instance there has been recent example where the army army is using the program that monitors how many times bradley manning, the wiki leaks guys mentioned, it goes to the massive public relations apparatus that all branches of the military have. and i've often thought about public relations people on a general staff than there are in afghanistan. >> you ever ask why? >> guest: even with this message, this machine, they haven't been able to put a positive stanc

army engaged in a huge disposal effort destroying expensive military hardware in afghanistan we asked why billions of taxpayer money is ending up in the scrap yard. and i welcome you watching r.t. with me. now one hundred cities across brazil have seen a fresh wave of mass protests while the first death has been reported among the demonstrators in the state of. reports say the anti-government rally amassed a staggering one million people when activists in rio de janeiro attempted to approach the city hall they were met by police with tear gas and rubber bullets dozens of people were left injured following the clash crowds that gathered in the capital brasilia received the same treatment from the authorities president dilma rousseff has canceled a visit to japan to deal with the crisis assays this wall looks at just who the demonstrators are and why they are so angry. massive protests persist in brazil though the largest demonstrations the country has seen in twenty years it started out as a small protest against raising public bus fares but it turned out to be much more demonstrations

afghanistan works. one of the things i noticed when i went over there -- i flew over can the car when i came in. 700,000 people in the city of can the hearth. they are fed every day. -- of kandahar. it may not work to standards that the west and western countries are used to. it works of their terms and it is growing. their economy is growing at almost 100% since we have been there. it will not be a first-rate nation it any time in the future in my lifetime. it may get to the point where they get out of the bottle -- bottom 10. that is a reason to be hopeful. host: we are moving between syria and afghanistan. i will go back to syria. this is from our twitter page. .ou can follow us on @cspanwj where are the muslim nations stopping assad in syria? guest: one of the reasons the united states has made the move on the rebels is because the islamic states saw that the most progress being made by the rebel forces to remove the assad government was being made by islamic groups. they started moving their money

afghanistan get rid of corruption when at the same time if you are feeling it. thank you thanks very much. i. we speak your language might be well or not advanced. for music programs as documentaries and spanish matters to you breaking news a little tentative angles keep these stories. you hear. troy all teach spanish find out more visit. i would rather ask questions of people in positions of power instead of speak on their behalf and that's why you can find my show larry king now right here on r.t. question more. when i'm done your bush will the white house confirmed about war crimes prosecution coming up lawyers filed for an iraq obama's arrest. world stop war crimes tourney says he will get george w. bush and huge secret war if you're paying for it you don't even know about. washington's putting in ten and put system pressure to ovitz home will crime sentences of other countries c'mon this reveals. the hate shows frederick hall hopes that the white house is getting extremely nervous about his own crimes. the court said commanders where responsible for a war c

and i'm not actually going to afghanistan here in june i got i got that very much time to have fun. that's why we try to do it they want to go drag and i think if you've been deployed before yes man tire is pretty good nothing bad happened when you lose anybody so it was a good good time hopefully this year is the same day things are starting to calm down here not so much ok it's day no but i'm caught and i know exactly every thing is now so got some work to be done but i have to make. so that's what i get paid for you know so i get to have everything on table for the wife and a kid in. our. free weeks. now i'll be able to pass my truck down as well so i. have to. call. her. we got about fifteen or twenty now my phone calls. all within just a minute or two of each other. there's a gun fight and there's a huge gun battle taking place in the courtyard between all the buildings where there's kids and there's people and of course you know lots and lots of folks lived there and it was still in the middle of a. like almost lunchtime. when we found him. he was obviously taking a lot of med

here's abc report on it. >> afghanistan now in charge of its own security. >> proud of afghanistan. the coalition shares the pride of the people of afghanistan. >> a turning point that will have coalition troops, including 56,000 americans stepping back off of the front lines no longer planning, executing or leading missions, instead offering and and assistance only when requested by afghan leaders. 40,000 soldiers and police officers, to more than 350,000 today are up to the it was a. despite violence levels matching the worst since the war began. cenk: richard let me start with you. first, are we actually leaving? >> well, we're not. i mean, we'll still have a significant military presence there. we'll still have a significant investment there. we're not leaving and we're not victorious. we're drawing troops down, continuing to draw troops down part thanks to michael said great work and energy on this story, but we'll continue to spend a lot of money there continue to have investments and lead sources there continue to have the kind of country we have today, which is one that is o

troops in eastern afghanistan a ball on a motorbike and aged explosives at a busy market in property a province where an american patrol was passing by the country has seen a recent surge of suicide bombings targeting government facilities and international person now this comes as afghanistan prepares for the twenty fourth nato was drawl. almost ten thousand people have been forced to flee their homes as deadly floodwaters the worst in seventy years continue to rise across central europe extreme raze lush germany the czech republic austria and switzerland leaving at least six dead and a small missing emergency operations are underway in all the disaster zones around one thousand troops were mobilized to set protective barriers and prague as a historical center is at a great risk with. a worsening weather conditions and say the next few days will be critical. a fire at a slaughterhouse has claimed the lives of at least one hundred twelve people in northern china more than three hundred were in the building when the fire broke out in the early hours of the morning only about a serb ma

operations in iraq and afghanistan and there are even some who say they acted as a catalyst for the arab spring uprisings and britain is former british essayists soldier told my colleague why we sushi why and things manning chose to leak the information and shared his own experiences in iraq some of the media are saying that manning is a traitor who risk the lives of u.s. citizens if you're buying that no not at all manning had access to a huge amount of information as did and do thousands of other employees of the united states government he saw that information within that information actions and activity that were illegal and immoral and he thought he should do something about that he was the only one to take action on that he thought that if other people could see what was really going on in iraq in afghanistan and in the relationships between u.s. government and other governments around the world that something would happen and something did happen you know the arab spring was informed by information that manning released now you served in the air so yes and you refused to return to

soldier who has been held in afghanistan for almost four years. >> the u.s. government has been forced to release the names of 48 prisoners it says will never be released from guantÁnamo bay. two of them have already died in custody. we will hear from one of the families in a moment. first, al jazeera in cuba. >> a federal judge has ordered the u.s. military to release the names of 48 detainees in guantÁnamo -- men who are considered too dangerous to release or to compromise to be tried in court. at judge ordered the release of 48 names, more than half of them yemenis citizens after "the miami herald" reporter sued to make the list public. the list was crafted after a task force was trying to decide whether or not any of these detainees could be tried or transferred to their own country. the list includes several people who are now on hunger strike at guantÁnamo because they are protesting the legal limbo in which they find themselves. a few weeks ago president obama alluded the group of indefinite detainees by indicating that so far the u.s. has not been

the british prime minister touches down in afghanistan. not much to smile about, protests and brazil. barack obama has praised nelson mandela as his hero and an inspiration to the world. u.s. president held a private meeting with mandela's family, offering words of comfort. his host, jacob zuma, said both men were bound by history of the first black president of their countries. mike hanna is in johannesburg. not everyone was pleased to see him, barack obama. >> he had a mixed reception. he was greeted by a small number of protesters. opposed to the u.s. policies rather than the president himself necessarily. some i spoke to expressed disappointment at the limited nature of his visit. the u.s. president went straight to a university campus, straight into the building, where he held a meeting with a selected group of young african leaders. he did receive a rapturous welcome within that town board meeting. the young leaders drawn from throughout south africa, part of , hispresident obama said agenda to encourage leaders. talks betweeneral zu

he is a combat vet from afghanistan. also nato deputy representative for afghanistan for a couple of years. he says, yes, we are leaving it in a better place in the sense that we have designated the taliban. we -- decimated the taliban, giving them problems in staging attacks. they do not the power, he believes to take over the country now. he also says there are now two very important states -- steps the afghan people and government must take, listen. >> first, they must have successful and -- elections next year viewed as fair by the afghan people. and secondly, there must continue to be this battle against corruption. without a free and fair election in the eyes of the afghanistan peek, -- afghan people and without an assault on corruption, then all the gains made the security arena will prove to be efemoral. >> ow and fair elections and assault on corruption. a lot of people say those or two very bill ifs. >> they're down to one cash crop, opium, and that supplies 90% of the world. much of the top soil is gone in the

in afghanistan, the fighting goes on. america and the afghan government will be negotiating with an enemy still bent on killing them. >> america has underestimated the difficulties between the cap between the caliban and hamid karzai's government. i think they have not missed a fully how sensitive -- i think they have not understood fully how sensitive the issues are and how this undermines hamid karzai. >> the united nations secretary of state has been scrambling to reassure leadership that it has not been sidelined, that these peace talks remain the only way to end the conflict. in tranquil qatar, the caliban have largely gone to ground -- the caliban have largely gone to ground. peace talks are due to start soon, but no one is expecting them to be easy. -- the taliban have largely gone to ground. >> they certainly have not been rolled out very well. each night on this program, we report on conflicts around the world. here are some of the staggering statistics on their impact. during 2012 alone, some seven point million

and taliban have agreed to a new round of formal talks on ending the war in afghanistan. delegates from both sides will meet in doha this week for the first negotiations in over a year. the obama administration will send a delegation of senior state department and white house officials. the agenda item is said to include the taliban's ties to al qaeda and the potential swapping of prisoners. speaking from the g-8 summit in northern ireland, president obama said the u.s. will continue military operations in afghanistan while pursuing what he expects to be a slow diplomatic track. >> we are going to continue to support these efforts in partnership with the afghan government. i want to repeat, we don't anticipate this process will be quick or easy, but we must ourue it in parallel with military approach. in the meantime, we remain fully committed to our military efforts to defeat al qaeda and support the afghan national security forces. >> the afghan government will not play a direct role in this week's talks, but says it will be the process going forward. on tuesday, afghan

troops in eastern afghanistan a bomb on a motorbike detonated explosives at a busy market and bacteria province while an american patrol was passing by the country has seen every since search of so side bombing starting government facilities and international pastor now this comes in afghanistan prepares for the twenty fourth in nato history. almost ten thousand people have been forced to flee their homes as deadly floodwaters the worst in seventy years continue to rise across central europe extreme rains lashed germany the czech republic and switzerland leaving at least six dead and eight more missing emergency operations are underway in all the disasters around one thousand troops were mobilized to set protective barriers in prague as a historical sundays at great risk meteorologists have warned a western weather conditions and say the next few days will be critical. a fire at a slaughterhouse has claimed the lives of at least one hundred twelve people in northern china more than three hundred were in the building when the fire broke out in the early hours of the morning only about a

military presence in afghanistan. my amendment will please this bill clearly in line with no permanent bases, proficient historical incorporated into the defense authorizations and defense appropriations measures. this provision has been signed into law on numerous occasions by both president bush and president obama and i would like also to highlight that these same provisions were most recently included in h.r. 1473 that passed by the house and it was passed and signed by president obama on april 15th of 2011. the white intend to withdraw my amendment to to the regional issue, i look forward to a vote before the full house. thank you. i ask for your unanimous consent to withdraw my amendment. >> we ask for unanimous consent to withdraw the amendment. without objection, so ordered. next is that of mr. johnson, number 235 p and it will the clerk please pass out that amendment. >> without objection the reading of the amendment will be dispensed with and the chair recognizes the gentleman from georgia for the purpose of

troops in afghanistan. is this indicative of how tricky it will be? >> it has been a rough week and this has been said about afghanistan over the last 12 years. disappointing to see them with a political ploy -- with predictable results, with president karzai backing away from the talks. >> does this suggest that the taliban -- they suggested they were the government in waiting -- does this suggest to you that they are not serious about these talks? or are they just misunderstood? >> they understood what they were doing and have the television cameras, with a strong political statement. i don't think their view is the same as the u.s., certainly not those of the afghan government. they are looking at another weapon in their arsenal. >> do you still think the talks are the best thing we have? >> as president obama pointed out, this has to be between the afghans themselves and after december 2013, the united states will only be there with a very small residual force. the ultimate outcome will happen sometime after that -- and it will be continued fighti

here or in any other country including afghanistan iraq or anywhere else the war on terror has always been sold as keeping britain safe but to those who object to the ukase involvement overseas the savage attack and well it merely serves as an example that it may be doing the exact opposite. london. now fresh clashes have erupted in egypt between president morsi backers and his opponents with reports saying a protester has been shot dead in the city of alexandria rival groups are staging rallies they have a massive opposition demonstration on sunday marking the gyptian leader's first year in office the country's politics is currently in deadlock with the opposition refusing islamic leaders call for compromise or us now gets the details from artie's bill troop. so ballots a rapidly developing story here tonight what more can you tells. well basically what we've seen is what normally happens during the kind of attire. support the president. the president. already had dead. i mean these civilian countries are very chaotic people brain works in korea to protest but this is something with

nato forces in afghanistan are handing over the last areas under control. hamid karzai has officially announced that afghan forces will take charge of security for the entire country. he also said the delegation of officials will travel for meeting with u.s. officials. he called it the good war. as president barack obama took office for my heat described success as defeating al qaeda, degrading the taliban. now as the last hours -- areas transition to a their control, he said it is time to start negotiating for peace. >> the peace process is the best way to end the violence and to ensure lasting stability in afghanistan and the region. >> the u.s. will be talking to the taliban first. the possibility of reason or swaps is expected be a top priority. a sergeant in exchange for hellbent prisoners. we expect the taliban to raise this issue. we will make any such decisions in consultation with congress. >> analysts said it will likely give the american president political cover. >> probably some criticism if you swaps prisoners but that is a little different fr