in afghanistan, iraq and elsewhere. but even as the united states winds down its wars, these workers remain critical to american facilities around the world. >> the problem doesn't go away, because we're still going to have needs of support both for department of defense and department of state. now they're starting to use third country nationals for bases in djibouti and other parts of africa as well. >>> >>> >>> >>> snoof >>> protests in istanbul after police raid the offices of turkey's biggest newspaper. you're watching al jazeera. also ahead. gunmen attack a retirement home run by nuns in yemen killing 16 people. the philippines empounds a north korean ship after new u.n. sanctions. we will

in afghanistan, iraq and elsewhere. but even as the united states winds down its wars, these workers remain critical to american facilities around the world. >> the problem doesn't go away, because we're still going to have needs of support both for department of defense and department of state. now they're starting to use third country nationals for bases in djibouti and other parts of africa as well. >>> this is al jazeera. welcome to the news hour. our top stories. 30,000 refugees trapped in greece. that number will more than treble by the end of the month earns u.n. commissioner. victory for cruz and sanders, but clinton still out in the front.

most american troops now left afghanistan. fault line went to meet they are interpreters to find out why so many of them have been left behind. >> we were invited to the family home of one of thousand was interpreters who have tried to escape death threats by applying for a special visa to live in the u.s. >> what did you think when afghan told you he wanted to start working with the military? >> after several years of working with americans, his friend began receiving threats. they decided to apply for visas. >> he and i were working for 2009, up to 2012 together. we were very close friends, we were like brothers. he never called me abdullah, he was calling me brother all the time. >> while they waited, congress passed a law requiring the state department to process special visa applications within nine months. >> this is the statement after it. this is his american examination report for his visa. >> but the 14 step process would take far longer. >> this is his chief information approval. he has to be approved based on these

in afghanistan, iraq and elsewhere. but even as the united states winds down its wars, these workers remain critical to american facilities around the world. >> the problem doesn't go away, because we're still going to have needs of support both for department of defense and department of state. now they're starting to use third country nationals for bases in djibouti and other parts of africa as well. >> this week on "talk to al jazeera" -- artist, author and reporter molly crabapple. >> what i think my art brought to my journalism is that i didn't come to journalism with the sort of bias towards faux objectivity... i deeply believe in having an extreme bias towards reality. >> in her youth, she traveled europe and the near east, and worked as a nude model and

ambassador to afghanistan. i'm very proud to have him at the atlantic council holding this role and to have him now introduce a rom who has shown the formidable will and unmatched leadership needed to advance the conditions of women, children and internally displaced people in afghanistan. so ambassador -- ambassador cunningham. [ applause ] >> thank you, fred, and thanks to all of you for joining us today. and for the many of you who are in the audience who have been engaged for a long time in afghanistan, i want to thank you for your support. we have a lot of distinguished guests here so i'm glad you took -- very pleased that you took time out of your busy schedules to join us today to hear mrs. ghani and i want to say a special word of welcome to ambassador of norway cory oss and ambassador mohib and his wife. i'm not going to go into mrs. ghani's bio, you have that in the documents. i also want to thank ambassador azad for joining us today. the session is on the record after mrs. ghani's remarks the ambassa

i think it will happen in afghanistan. we just have to be patient and not give up because once you give up your have to start from scratch all over again. >> talking about the nonsecurity side and an issue that is very dear to the heart of usip, this is a question from barbara from pae for both of you. the u.s. government is implementing the largest rule of law program of its kind in the world and afghanistan. what should be its focus in the next five to 10 years particularly as it pertains to women and girls? mina do you want to take a shot at that one? >> sure. like i mentioned earlier the rule of law, we have laws. we have many laws that need to be enforced. we have to learn how to enforce laws and how to use laws. i remember i did have in my ngo for two months i had training for lawyers. this was probably 10 years ago and it was very interesting for me to find out that one of the lawyers was being abused by her husband at home but then she would get out and go to court and try to defend everybody else. when i found tha

i think it will happen in afghanistan. we just have to be patient and not give up because once you do have to start from scratch. >> this, talking about the nonsecurity side and an issue that is dear to the heart, question from barbara , the us government is implementing the largest will of my program of its kind in the world. what should be it's focus, particularly as it pertains to women and girls? >> like i mentioned earlier, and my ngo and training for women lawyers. she would get having go to court and try to defend everybody else. if you cannot defend yourself how can you defend others. you have one understanding there are not making it because the judges that are there have already been paid or are stronger than me, across the table from me, stronger than me and i always get defeated. we need to focus on women in judges and attorneys starting from the university. maybe a 2nd or 3rd year to start practicing with them and advocating for them and teaching them how to defend themselves 1st. i also no lawyers and attorne

for example, there is a justice system in afghanistan. we have a lot of good laws but there is no way of enforcing it. enforcing it because corruptions get in the way. so what i saw this time, i was there for three months. the security situation has really deteriorated. i know a lot of businesses are closing. a lot of people are becoming unemployed. so this kind of situation adds to the insecurity as well because when something goes wrong we don't know who it was. you don't know who did it. right now that's where things are and that's the security situation, but even though, we keep pushing. we don't stop. >> thank you. ms. bush, you went to miss afghanistan in 2005, 2006 and 2008. can you talk a little bit about those trips and what you learned and some of the insight you had in the women you met during those trips? >> once i went and met the female governor of one of their providences. that is the providence that had the two huge towering buddhas in the mountain wall. i knew what they looked like from photographs, but by the time i'd we

first afghanistan. you've got a new government there, since you-- your friend or the one that you knew best left. there's talk of negotiations with the taliban, the taliban seemed to be gaining, yet there seems to be more strength in terms of the central government's military force. where are we? >> it's a mixed picture. afghanistan is a much better place than it was prior to 9/11. and right after words. it has institutions it didn't have, an army that is holding, although after we reduced that force very dramically, there has been some shift in favor of the taliban, we have gained some territory. the unity government that we helped put together, is having deficits working well together. the negotiations-- begani actually say good friend, i went to school, we were in school together. we came to america together in the 1960s, believe it or not. and the discussion about talks with the taliban, has not made significant progress because the taliban would like to talk to the united states. and not to the afg

went to afghanistan in 2005, 2006, 2008. talk about what you learned, some of the insights and the women he met during the trips the province that have the two huge booties that were carved into the mountain will. i knew what they look like for photographs, but they have been destroyed rubble that had been there since the 6th century and destroyed. so there was this contrast between the ancients with these old buddhists and then the idea that there was a female governor and i remember what that was like. this big symbol of destruction. >> and did you meet some of the women at that time that are in your book now? >> i met most here in the us through various things. there she is over there. i have a the story comeau what she just told us. and how that struck her in the picture. let her to want to spend so much time there. i find a lot of friendships with women afghanistan. and some of them i don't know, but there are a few. >> i like to go back to something you started. press coverage about afghanistan, most of which is bad. s

i have been to afghanistan multiple times. i've visited pakistan multiple times. and our relationship is one that is very complex. it's one that i think certainly pakistan has been duplicitous in many ways with us relative to their relationship with the taliban, with al qaeda, and certainly most importantly as it relates to this particular topic, thenetwork. our country has worked with them to clear out the travel areas. most of us have seen the work that's taken place there. they've worked with us very closely in that regard. there still are issues undoubtedly that exist relative to their relationship with the network in particular but also the taliban. at the same time there are negotiations that are under way that are very important to create a lasting peace in afghanistan and they -- even though they play both sides of the fents and i understand that -- fence and i understand that and even though we have concerns about their relationship with the network, they do play a role in how the negotiations are taking place. so i have issues with them. i think every on

. >>> now to afghanistan and hopes offening 15 years of war and conflict. the government says they are optimistic of reaching an agreement with the taliban. from jalalabad, here is tony betterly. >> reporter: mohamed is 13 years old, and loves cricket. his body was peppered with shrapnel in a suicide bomb attack. >> translator: when the first explosion happened i thought i'm dead. i couldn't see anything. i thought, i'm dead. two to three minutes later my brain started functioning again. when i opened my eyes, it was like a dark night, but still i couldn't see anything. >> reporter: he was working in a family barbershop when the attack happened. he lost a large part of his stomach and the family's business was destroyed, leaving them destitute. they talk about collateral damage as if it is perfectly acceptable. in afghanistan it's the civilians who are suffering the bloody consequences of everyone else's war. in the jalalabad attack eight were killed including the attacker. india has given billions of dollars in aid to afghanistan. >> attacks against us are

and afghanistan from 2003 to 2005. muslimthe most senior and the white house at the time of the 9/11 attacks. he has written his memoirs. it is called the envoy from kabul to the white house, my journey from a turbulent world. i am pleased to have an old friend back on the program. welcome. what are you doing now? zalmay: i spent part of my time at the center for international studies. boards, national endowment for democracy, atlantic council, the american university of afghanistan. charlie: the world you and -- inhabited as a public official. this comes some years after your experience, a long time coming? did you just -- decide to write it. zalmay: i wanted to reflect and be able to talk to some of the colleagues who had other responsibilities and do it in a way.ery way -- deliberate not to settle scores, but to do a thorough objective. my background, although i've have done a lot of policies as a scholar and anna -- and analyst. at columbia was university. i took my time. charlie: take a look at where we are today.

there is also this idea that this looks like afghanistan is skipping over pakistan. for a long time pakistan's vital role in the region it was the key to finding a peace between the taliban or al-qaeda operating in the region. it looks like they're losing their relevance. pakistan wants to maintain relevance and find a way over and above what india is accomplishing. then you have the fact that the taliban operates cross-border between pakistan and afghanistan and the fact that many of the groups that are involved either directly or indirectly in this are responsible for some of the attacks on indian facilities in afghanistan and also some attacks in india itself >>> the speaker of brazil's lower house of congress has been indicted for corruption in connection with a scandal at the state oil company. a majority of brazil supreme court voted to accept the charges against him and puts the speaker on trial for allegedly accepting bribes on contracts for two drilling ships. the ruling must be officially confirmed at the end of the court session. our correspondent more now

afghanistan. but a verying number of afghanistan is how facing a a new problem. >> many go four kilometers to fetch drinking water once in the morning and again in the afternoon. 16 kilometers and four hours of walking every day. >> we're suffering because of water. every time i go get water it shaves off years from my life. >> she's among 50,000 afghans in the district who don't have access to clean drinking water. the district sits along afghanistan's border with iran. many are "v" been left jobless. years of war has destroyed water facilities. >> if we don't do this, my family goes thirsty. there is no water for 50 kilometers. where are we supposed to get it from? >> millions in the developing world suffer the same plight. the u.n. said that in rural asia and africa women and children walk an average of six kilometers a way for water, a chore that often robs children of an education and puts them in danger. villagers say their trek for water suppered deadly. on occasions when young boys went to

in afghanistan. we met him three weeks ago in lesbos after he have brought ashore by greek coast guards. he was turned back by the macedonian authorities despite being a taliban target because of his relationship with n.a.t.o. underscored by this photograph with general david petraeus. >> noorn 90, 80% of the people that are traveling with small child and wives and mothers and families, so a terrorist is not going to travel with their family or small child. if they're terrorist, they should come alone and i don't know how it's possible for a terrorist to come and stay in the compounds. (singing) >> the mission jerome has a message -- >> i think it's in our best interest to be together, to live with everyone and anybody because we are all human beings and we all have rights, we all are god's children. >> reporter: that sentiment is enshrined in european treaties, the reality is the following edict is being delivered, stay away. i'm malcolm brabant in athens. >> sreenivasan: cody, nebraska, has a popul

overseas report in afghanistan. we spoke to tina fey. >> welcome to afghanistan. >> the new comedy finds humor in war. >> down, down. >> tina fey plays a television reporter in afghanistan. the film is an adaptation of kim barker's memoir. >> what attacked you to kim's story. >> kim barker's book about working in afghanistan is interesting >> tina is a tv reporter. i'm not. there are liberties taken, but is really true to the narrative art of my life. >> fey's character bonds with tonya. filming felt realistic, but no scenes were shot overseas. >> we're with a marine unit, but it was shot on the air force base in new mexico. we were flown around in helicopters. >> and fey produced the movie with warren michael's. >> also in thete the sequel to the 2013 action olympus has fallen hits the worh paraphernalia from this movie. they are excited. you can bring the whole family to see disney's new movie. >>> still ahead. your husband wants to stay free from artificial ingredients. you want to stay free

bush released a book profiling the live of several afghanistan women. this work sounds the themes of confidence and self-improvement that can only be achieved when women raise their choices and overcome societal shame. laura bush wrote the forward and talks about her interest in working with the afghanistan women. >> after september 11th when the spotlight turned on afghanistan, american women, including myself, saw women who were marginalized and worked out in an idea of a government that would forbid half of its population from being educated was shocking to american men and women. ...

>> on afghanistan, i meant iraq. you are right next to pakistan which has nuclear weapons and we have to protect that. >> people who watched who are trump supporters said he was confident. people who are critical of trump said she really puts some chips in his armor there. >> i agree with you. megyn kelly came with her facts ready. she pointed out inconsistencies on afghanistan and previous claim allowing refugees to come in the u.s. he flipped on h-1b visas. she has him cold on the facts. it doesn't seem the facts matter to tr to donald trump or his supporters. he said afghanistan was something he misspoke. what bothers me more is the policies he laid out with his new views don't make any sense on their face. we have to defend afghanistan to protect it from pakistan. we need safe zones in syria, but he doesn't want u.s. troops involved in syria. you have the flip flopping on one hand and on the other hand, you have foreign policies and national security policies that don't make sense. you think that is a case that t

the joke about afghanistan, afghanistan was formed when all the countries around it decided what territory they didn't want and they drew the boundaries and what was left was afghanistan. but we were willing to go to afghanistan to make sure there was not a safe place for these people to plan and prepare and train to attack america. we would go to afghanistan. well guess what. they now have a relatively -- sure, we're bombing. the problem is our planes fly over and too many times they come back with the bomb still on, but we've given them a big scare because we' gloen over them. but, you know, they've now got a safe haven in somewhat of a safe haven where they've organized with the caliphate in syria and iraq. they've got a safe haven until more recently in libya. what's going to happen here. what are our predictions that the investigative project on terrorism for 2016, '17 and '18. fatalities are going to go up, because we don't have effective strategies. the second thing we predict is that in the middle east with what was going on with syria, iraq, yemen, watch out what's going to happen

. >> reporter: i'm in afghanistan. we will tell you why this man making the city's most famous blue glass is thrilled sanctions on iran have been lifted >>> a new u.n. report is cataloguing what it describes as a "multitude of horrendous human rights violation", in south sudan in 2013. it targets both sides for killing raping and pillaging. women were allowed to rape women in lieu the wages. a unit government peace accord is yet to be established. this report hardly pulling any pumpinges. what's your reading of it? >> reporter:-- punches >> reporter: it is a shocking and damning report release from the here. this is the report. i see so many of these human rights reports. i don't think in the three years i've done this job i've ever seen one as shocking as this. the detail in this, it describes the detail coming from victims of attacks by both the opposition and the government, but it certainly details more abuses by the government side, says there is a scorched earth policy of deliberate targeting of civil i can't bes

and in my view if we had spent even 5% of what we spent after 9/11 in afghanistan, today's afghanistan would be very different. but with no jobs and no opportunities for reconstruction, then those very people started fighting each other and created a vacuum in people like al qaeda and osama bin laden were sucked in and that created the problem we're all very familiar with. after that, of course, came 9/11 and those very people that we had trained and funded and armed jointly were pushed into our side of the border in the tribal area and that created another existential threat to us and which i'll come to a little later. but throughout this period, our interaction between the pentagon and our defense establishment, between our foreign policy establishment, our economic counterparts has been quite cordial and on the whole very, very positive. because u.s. has been pakistan long-standing partner in defense cooperation as well as on the economy. and so these opportunities in which we worked together further intensified that particular relationship. so, in this context one of the key elemen

things are better in afghanistan for women, for sure. afghanistan just had a great election. they have a new president, lady, who is very active as the first lady. working on women's issues. she's studying many, many women who are imprisoned in afghanistan for things like looking lewd or things like that. she's reviewing those. many, many women are getting out of prison now in afghanistan. >> you wrote in an op-ed you're glad president obama has decided to keep a true presence in afghanistan past 2016. >> they need the security to be stable and try to build this institution that afghanistan needs to support a democracy. they need that security. i'm heartened he chose to leave our troops in there a while. >> do you worry about the future president not doing that and pulling out the troops? >> i'm hoping whoever becomes president next will continue to pay attention to women's issues, especially, in afghanistan, and just the security of afghanistan country. >> speaking of campaigns, as we were doing, of course we saw you on the campaign trail. >> that's right. >> with your broth

afghanistan 186-6. the team falling 59 runs short. afghanistan with an extended stay in india. scotland e a victory ahead of 21 matches the devised target. scott's eight wicket winners on the score sheet as barcelona made 57 games unbeaten. world player of the year sporting one mama netted as a defending champion. second place athletico were winners they beat giving team a 3-nil win baskets loan a now eight points clear at the top of the spanish la liga table. real madrid close up the top 4 both play on sunday. beating chelsea 2-nil at goodison park. both goals from a former chelsea player. to the i need of the massachusetts match. three premier league games. pel grin e he isman they play on monday. they couldn't find a way past the nor iven defense. the top. you drop points. it can't be more difficult past that. change my mind. it's an important thing now, a champ pinl league game to try to qualify for the next stage. three points at the end of the season, we will see the position. arsenal, a third. 9 points lester city. two other results on saturday. swans heee and south hamp

if i have to go back to afghanistan, i will die there. i might as well end it here. >> europe is crumbling under the le endless flow of refugees. lonely children have been abandoned. border closures increasing their vulnerability and the real risk of them ending in the wrong hands. hamyd, al jazeera along the balkan route. >>> the refugee crisis is a major issue in regional elections to be held on sunday. angela merkel led a final rally as three german states will be electing a new parliament. the influx has led to a surge in popularity for right-wing parties doc nick cane reports from berlin. >> this is washington central berlin where people have come for a demonstration against angela merkel called asking the chancellor to leave her position. the view is dominated by the asylum policy. i have been speaking to some of the knot straight orders who come here today. they told me they believe the ref uming e policy and the policy of the coalition government here in germany is the wrong policy. >> i am critical of their going it alone. they a

. >> reporter: i'm in afghanistan. we will tell you why the city's most famous glass maker is thrilled sanctions have been lifted >>> refugees continue to pour into greece where thousands are stock after borders were closed, stopping them from heading further north. at least 28 migrants including 8 children were rescued off the island of zam os. many have died trying to reach the islands. the country has been a starting point for refugees making their way to greece and many other countries. our correspondent has more from idomd earrings ni. >> reporter: the conditions are getting worse by the day. yesterday we were calling it appalling. today there is no word to describe it. behind me it might look that there are less tents. actually what happened the tents were sinking in the mud. they were relocated on the grafl between the rail tracks, that being the best option they have here many people are coming to terms with the fact that the borders are closed. they're trying to figure out what are their options, but after wei

in afghanistan the president has told that we will proceed to cun u.s. troop presence in half by t this year. he has yet to explain the of reducing troop levels from 9000 down to 5000. diminished operational flexibility of u.s. counterterrorism forces and perhaps the most damaging of all, the end of the u.s. system at all, but the the highest level of the afghan military. all of this translates into its risk. once they are addressed in days, they they will be addressed in months, that is it if they are addressed at all.l. risks would've been in our power to reverse but they will be put on a plate to discuss later. in iraq and syria, the artificial limitation on troop levels ties the hands of a military commanders and makes our troops more vulnerable to attack in much less likely to succeed. the president has inched forward with incremental increases in capabilities. this misguided gradualism serves only to allow the enemy to adjust for these capabilities ever make a difference. it is clear to me from my conversations with our military commanders, both on

when we come back, we will look at what hope there is for lasting piece in afghanistan after 15 years of war with the taliban. also remembering rm argentina's dirty war, activists wants the u.s. do more about its former links with the former military rulers. stay with us. . stay with us. >>> welcome back. april quick recap of the top stories. six people have been arrested in the latest police raids in brussels following tuesday's bombings. two suspects are being sought for the attacks at the airport and a metro station that killed 31 people. a french national has been arrested during a raid in one of paris's northern suburbs. a man suspected in planning another major attack in the city. preparations were in the final stages. a syrian government says its forces have taken to the sites here. it is a considered a strategic prize linking the capital with the stronghold. radovan karadzic says he will appeal against his 40-year prison sentence. the international criminal tribunal found him guilty of committing genocide and other war crimes during the balkans conflict. >> reporter: radovan k

saving the art of afghanistan. one project is preserving the craft which has thrived there for centuries. katty: welcome to our viewers on public television and around the globe. the islamic state is committing genocide against christian and other minorities in iraq and syria, according to the u.s. secretary of state. this is only the second time the u.s. and ministries in made a designation during an ongoing conflict. it will do nothing to change american policy or actions on the ground. the bbc's gary o'donoghue has more. and: summer 14, humanitarian disaster is unfolding in sinjar in northern iraq. yazidis are the fleeing the islamic state, their men being murdered, their women being taken into sexual slavery. after pressure from congress and humanitarian groups, the state department is prepared to call such atrocities genocide. sec. kerry: daesh kills christians because they are christians. yazidis because they are yazidis. shia because they are shia. this is the message it conveys to children under its control

and the joke about afghanistan, afghanistan was formed when all the countries around it decided what territory they didn't want and true the boundaries and what was left was afghanistan. but we were willing to go to afghanistan to make sure there was not a safe place for these people to plan and prepare and train to attack america. we would go to afghanistan. well guess what? they now have a relatively, sure, we're bombing. ok. the problem is, our planes fly over and too many times they come back with a bomb still on. but we've given them a big scare because we've flown over them. but they've now got a safe haven in, well, you know, somewhat of a safe haven where they organize with the caliphate in syria and iraq. and they've got a safe haven until more recently in libya where they can export. so in the middle east, what's going to happen here? what are our predictions at the investigative project in terrorism for 2016, 2017, 2018? number of fatalities and attacks is going to go up because we don't have effective strategies. the second thing that we predict is that in the middle east

. >>> one of the people waiting is a young refugee from afghanistan. he spoke to hoda about what his family plans to do now. >> it's very difficult for us. we don't have clothes. we don't have food. they get -- they don't get for us anything. they get everything to syrians, and iraqis. we are not humans. >> reporter: now the border is closed for everyone. what will you and your family do at this stage? >> we are here to -- we have to be here, because afghanistan is war. we can't go back to afghanistan. we want to border open because there is cold. we can't live here. >> reporter: did your family discuss what they will do? will you stay here in the tent or go somewhere else? >> no, we will stay in this tent because we don't have anything in afghanistan there is war. we don't have anything now. >> >> reporter: and you told me you are traveling with your aunt, your parents are back in afghanistan because they couldn't pay for the trip for everyone? >> yeah, theying can't pay for everyone. i came here, but my family can't come here, because they don't have

and what to do about afghanistan. let me play this moment based on a "new day" interview. >>> do you believe american boots should stay on the ground in stabilize the situation? >> we made a terrible mistake getting involved in the first place. that will collapse two seconds after they leave. just as i said iraq was going to collapse. >> we made a mistake going into iraq. >> our question was about afghanistan. >> okay. i never said that. on okay. couldn't matter. i never said it. >> and there are many other examples. how is any of this telling it like it is. >> in afghanistan, i did mean iraq. >> you say shifting positions is human. people are allowed to change. don't voters deserve to hear where their candidate really feels about health care, about the war? >> i think they have. >> american voters are not aware of any of this. we had a record number of people turn out. you think they don't know or don't care? i can't believe this. what we are seeing are the american voters are stupid. i don't think that's what you in

the district sits along afghanistan's border with iran. years of draught have depleted the nearby river drying up 60% of the farm lands leaving many jobless. decades of war have delayed construction of water storage facilities. its gruelling journey is the only way to reach hand dug water holes. >> translation: if we don't do this, my family goes first tea. there's no water for 50 kilometers. thirsty-- >> reporter: in rural asia and africa, women an children walk an average of 16 kilometers kilometers a day for food and water. it robs children of education. >> reporter: six years ago the trek for water turned deadly. when young boys went to fetch water they were shot and killed by iranian border guards. villagers say it was the border guards way of sending a message. >> translation: i found my son near some bushes by the well. he had one wound on his wrist and one chest and his side. when i saw his bloody clothes i blacked out. >> reporter: a government official denied the allegation. they say they could have been smugglers, but tension be

>> we are here to be -- we have to p here, because afghanistan. we can't go back to afghanistan. we want to borders open we can't live here. >> if the boarders remain closed did your family discuss what they will do? will you stay here or go somewhere else? >> no, pause we don't have anything in afghanistan, there is war. we are still home everything, we don't have anything now. >> your parents are back in afghanistan because they couldn't pay for the p trip for everybody? >> yeah, because they don't have money for everybody. my family came here because they don't have anything. >> one of the many children in need, in the refugee camp, in the february 40 percent of migrants who arrived in greece were children, and a large number are traveling alone. making them prime targeting for traffickers. from the degree island mohammad reports. >> these are some of the tens of thousands fleeing their homes, without family to protect them. this house just one of two temporary shelters for unaccompanied minors on the island their home for now. only the most vulnerable of the children are kept

it's just where we are in of --ntinuum >> the history of afghanistan. >> in this war and in afghanistan, and number of who came before us, the number of country, armies. and it's a boundary that people have been fighting over for a long time. >> it is. and the other thing, though, in is, we areat war reminded of it. yesterday at the white house, where the president gives the honor, you know, to a seal team 6, who had literally jumped up to save him and reached up and grabbed the tourist trying to kill him. sense of extraordinary people who act, almost instinctively. different world. it's not so much thought but instinct and a sense of duty. also americans have been sacrificing themselves, you beginning of the country. it's sort of -- we have a strong military tradition. and i think that the way the moviery -- we showed the in washington last week, at the naval memorial. lot of military people there. and the reaction from them, as was different than the reactions we saw in new york it's just theynd identify with and can see that, it rings that some of true or that we got it right on some

. >> what about afghanistan, do you believe that american boots should stay on the ground in afghanistan to stabilize the situation? >> we made a terrible mistake getting involved there in the first place. that thing will collapse about two seconds after they leave. just as i said that iraq was going to collapse after we leave. >> about afghanistan, you said we made a terrible mistake getting involved there in the first place. >> we made a mistake going into iraq. i've never said we made a mistake -- >> our question was about afghanistan. >> i never said that. okay. wouldn't matter. i never said it. >> next, on whether we should accept -- >> should i respond to that first? >> two more then you'll have the floor. next on whether we should accept -- >> you'll be here a long time. >> on whether we should accept the syrian refugees. >> do you object to migrants who are getting out of the middle east and north africa? do you object to them coming to the usa? >> i hate the concept of it but on a humanitarian basis with what's happening, you have to. it's living in hell in syria, no question ab

did i mention afghanistan and pakistan? well, in afghanistan, president obama has escalated u.s. military operations against isis. but isis is looking across the border to pakistan. isis leaders see the nuclear-armed pakistan as a prime target. should we be concerned about isis destabilizing pakistan, siraj? you are pakistani. >> pakistani-american. yes. yes, greatly. pakistan has been destabilized as afghanistan or iraq and syria, but it is of great concern. you have the pakistani taliban that has been ravaging the 2014. they had that massacre in the army school. and isis recruiting in pakistan, which is deemed as one of the more religious of the subcontinental countries in terms of their islamic faith, you're going to look to see quite a hotbed of terrorist activity there, unfortunately. >> as long as my consciousness of pakistan has been there, there's been that mountainness border area where kind of ungovernable radical groups are. and the government there kind of plays this double game. and our u.s. state department feels frustrated that they're not really cracking down. thi

he's a former director of the kabul museum in afghanistan. he risked his life protecteding the cultural assets of his homeland against extremists. >> translator: the professionalism of this japanese team is outstanding. i am deeply grateful for them for creating this replica. >> reporter: it's his hope that the completed fresco can help inspire peace in afghanistan. it will be open to public in tokyo in april. >>> incredible work there. >>> time now for a check of the weather. people in some eastern mediterranean countries are dealing with heavy rain, adding to the challenges for refugees already living under dire conditions there. meteorologist robert speta has the latest. >> yes. exactly. that's been one of the big issues out here. you have thousands of people in these temporary communities just set up along the border between greece and macedonia. then you get the rainfall on top of that, and it really makes for rough conditions. the latest storm conditions pulling off to the east. it's a slow-moving system. actually impacting parts of the

meanwhile in afghanistan, the security forces continue to hold their own. they've come a long way over the past 14 plus years and we want to ensure that they maintain momentum going forward. this past year, the afghans underwent multiple transitions that, together have shifted the operational environment. i still assess that the afghan security forces are capable of holding their gains against the taliban. however, like with any plan, changing conditions on the ground may require a reevaluation of our planning assumptions. we have invested a great deal in that country. it is an important country for a number of reasons. and we want to do what's necessary to help the afghans be successful long term. finally, with respect to iran, while we're hopeful that the implementation of the agreement and the results of the recent elections will lead to more responsible behavior by the iranians, we've not yet seen any indication that they intend to pursue a different path. the fact remains that iran today is a significant destabilizing force in the region. some of the b

when i was in sixth grade, i chose afghanistan as the most exotic, far away country. visit afghanistan and become friends with so many people who live there. >> who knew that all these years later, you would not only be a part of it when you were in the white house, but that you have remained so caring and concerned about their circumstances. why should people care? women. they're very interesting. i think people would be interested to read about them. it's a great history of afghanistan. many of these women left afghanistan with their families when the soviets came in, and then went back. most of them went back after september 11th, when the whole afghanistan. people saw how women were treated. american women especially wanted to do something to help our sisters in afghanistan. >> this is a collection of stories. some of these women you know personally, and some have been through unimaginable tragedy. >> somehow overcome. >> mm-hmm. >> this is a story of hope >> it is. things are better in afghanistan for women, for sure. election. they have a new president, president ghani, and a new

i never said afghanistan. >> this question was about afghanistan. >> i never said that. okay. wouldn't matter. i never said it. >> there are other examples. how is any of this telling it like it is? >> on afghanistan, i meant iraq. you have to stay in afghanistan for a while because you are next to pakistan which has nuclear weapons. we have to protect that. >> so donald trump tells it like it is as he sees it at that moment until he sees it a different way. whether it is visas or any number of positions or policies. his supporters don't seem to care. >> right. megyn kelly came prepared with the facts. she had him dead to rights on the flip flops. some of the flip flops he owned up to. he didn't seem ashamed at all. the problem, of course, is that over time and over the course of the debates, what trump has said about foreign policy and national security doesn't make sense. he reveals a basic lack of understanding and lack of curiosity of how these things really work. that should be shocking to a lot of people. i think you saw yesterday 100 national security officials in the r

. >> meet the refugees from afghanistan whose hopes of a better life abroad were dashed. >>> back in search of a life on mars, a new mission just launched to investigate the red planet. >> our american story is written everyday. it's not always pretty, but it's real... and we show you like no-one else can. this is our american story. this is america tonight. >> hello again, the top stories on al jazeera, the u.n. special envoy to syria, staffan de mistura has described the latest you round of talks engeneva as the moment of truth. the syrian opposition said it wants to see a political transition. >>> 37 people were killed in ankara and the turkish president is vowing to crack down on terrorism. >>> ivory coast on high alert after 16 people were shot dead in the grand basham resort town. >>> they might look carefree, but these palestinian youngsters are becoming more and more used to seeing violence on a daily base. recently, they witnessed israeli forces shooting dead a local 13-year-old in this refugee camp. >> i was just 10 meters away when they shot him said this 14-year-old. he f

and what was left was afghanistan. but we were willing to go there to make sure there was not a safe place for these people to plan to prepare to attack america. we would go to afghanistan. guess what? they now have a relatively -- sure, we're bombing. scaregiven them a big because we've flown over them. havene now got a safe with the caliphate in syria and iraq. they've got a safe haven until more recently in libya where they can export. the number of fatalities and attacks is going to go up. we don't have effective strategies. the middle east, with syria, iraq, yemen, watch out for turkey. watch out for jordan. watch out what will happen with the saudi's. whatsapp what will happen in egypt and. -- whatch what will happen in egypt and israel. is a rough's -- it is a rat's nest. we don't have strategies to confront it contain it. is going to grow and get more dangerous in the middle east. take a look at africa. ine of the countries back countriesit is 18 with a relatively high level of terrorist activity. concentrated