was east pakistan. if you think about the geography, where can you get tibet easily from. the cia trained some of the operatives in the united states. some of them were trained at the cia's training facility in camp perry in virginia, but most of them were trained in colorado. and the logic of that was that colorado is as close to do that in terms of geography and climate as you could find anywhere in the united states. i don't know whether that's true or not but that was the logic. they were trained at the u.s. army facility that had been used to keep the captured german soldiers in world war ii. they were trained there and include east pakistan and then parachuted into tibet. in many ways it was a crazy operation. there was no possible way that the buttons, with all the american support in the world, were going to actually defeat the chinese people's liberation army. john kenneth galbraith thought the whole idea was crazy. even called it unsanitary. not sure what exactly he picked up that but that's o

, pakistan's neighborhood and pakistan in the united states. so i want to let you all know that this is a meeting on the record, so -- but nonetheless, please silence cell phones and happy noise making gadgets. other than that, i just wanted to take a minute to introduce our speaker who needs very little introduction. most of us in this room seem to have some connection with pakistan, for most of us in this room have some knowledge or acquaintance with our speaker today. he has been a member of the pakistan foreign policy elite, as he is currently, but he's also done something quite unique. i mean, he's been an economist with very important positions and impact in the world of food and agriculture. and he's -- in addition to that -- been a vice chancellor at the university that started up and really took off under his leadership, the beacon house national university, in which he was the vice chancellor. prior to that, he was pakistan's foreign minister from august '98 to october '99 and was elect today the pakistan senate in -- and was elected

today, pakistan pakistan has the fastest-growing nuclear weapons program in the world. faster than any other country. this has led to a triangular arms race, probably the most dangerous arms race today. between china between china and pakistan on one hand and india on the other. just two years ago, india proudly announced that it fired an intermediate range ballistic missile that allowed it for the first time to target beijing with nuclear weapons. the crisis that was averted in 1962 remains a problem to this day. john f. kennedy's forgotten's story of the crisis, mostly from the american point of view. it also has several other back stories which i'll be happy to talk about in q&a like the role of the first lady. it was very important in this issue. and the role played by the cia and tried to sponsor rebellion and type at. me finish with one other word about sources. this book relies upon letters that have only been declassified in the last couple of years between kennedy and nehru. for more than 50 years, years, the indian government denied these letters even existed.

, you have even isis in pakistan. this might come as a surprise to some viewers. and the taliban in pakistan have carried out multiple attacks. not only against the pakistani government, i mean, officers and offices and targets, but even against civilians, even against minorities. both the shiite and christians. not surprised sadly, i should not say this, i'm not surprised, because you have all out war between the pakistani government now and the taliban in pakistan and various splinter groups. and this latest attack comes at a very critical moment for pakistan, because pakistan is hoping to basically make progress against the fight against the taliban and the country. >> and we're talking about different groups claiming responsibility for these very different attacks, pakistan, and then that taking place in brussels where isis is taking responsibility. why i say there are differences, at the same time there are grave similarities with the suicide bomber type approach. how do you see, even though these are different g

to pakistan. he lived for a decade in pakistan. where? about a mile away from their military academy. somehow they missed him there in a 15-foot high walled compound, bin laden stayed in pakistan while we funnel billions upon billions of dollars to them. pakistan to this day is said to look away, to not look at the haqqani network. in fact, it is accused that many members of their government are complicit with the haqqani network. who is the haqqani network? it's a network of terrorists that kill americans. we have american soldiers dying at the hands of pakistani terrorists that the government looks the other way. general john f. campbell testified to congress that the haqqani network remains the most capable threat to u.s. forces in afghanistan, and yet you are asked to send f-16's and good money after bad to a government in pakistan that looks the other way. pakistan is at best a frenemy, part friend and a lot enemy. if pakistan truly wants to be our ally, if pakistan truly wants to help in the war on radical islam, it should not requi

they said they never asked pakistan to stop the execution. they are with the due process of law to be followed. they never asked. >> okay. >> but they have been blackmailing pakistan saying if we execute anything, the european union will stop trading with op trading with [♪ music ] >>> this week on "talk to al jazeera" - chef and restaurateur marcus samuelsson. >> being able to have windows into three, four different communities is something that i feel privileged to >>> the swedish-raised celebrity cook was born if ethiopia but group in scannedan ava. he and his sister were adopted

killed, later in pakistan. how close do we come to getting him when he was fleeing from afghanistan to pakistan? >> there may have been an opportunity in torah borea, the mountains between afghanistan. >> rose: it is clearly. >> that is what he has. >> and rerelied on local war lords as you said to-- if he came towards afghanistan and or fleed the bombing, that they would capture him and turn them over to special forces. >> you went to pakistan, i believe. and he wasn't captured on the other side. >> i mean americans felt they preltee much had him cornered. >> i do not know that. i cannot say that with confidence but i think we were aware that he was in that area. but whether we had within eyesight, can i not confirm that. >> rose: do you believe thrat pakistanis did not know he was where he was? >> in those five years. >> the question is which pakistani. i suspect that some pakistanis clearly knew where he was. he was in a very strategic area where a military college of pakistan is very much nearby. and pakist

we explore the situation in pakistan now with husain haqqani, who was pakistan's ambassador to washington from 2008 to 2011. he's now director for south and central asia at the hudson institute. he's also the author of "pakistan: between mosque and military." and pamela constable, who has covered pakistan for the "washington post," and is the author of "playing with fire: pakistan at war with itself." and we welcome both of you back to the program. mr. ambassador, let me start with you. this group, who are they ant where do they come from? >> it's a group part of the pakistani taliban, the t.t.p., an affiliation with al quaida. they are an offshoot of the t.t.p., they have flirted with supporting i.s.i.s. recently aúd have been responsible for other actions including a kidnappings for ransom and terrorist acts in the past. >> reporter: when you say they flirted with i.s.i.s., what do you mean. >> they issued a statement saying we agree with i.s.i.s.'s objectives but did go to far as to disassociated with al quaida and affiliate with i.s.i.s. >> woodruff: pamela constable, what would you

they denied pakistan for a long time that there were any taliban in pakistan. president bush, after i complained a lot about the sanctuary and pakistan -- in pakistan, he said, i will do something for you, i will call and say that you are coming to see him because you offer capmss of where cancer -- are. when i went to see him, he denied there were any taliban in pakistan. i was surprised to hear that. the leadership council of the taliban was in a big city. journalists were going and interviewing these taliban's. that is what the dilemma has been. charlie: the president is having a nuclear summit. the question once more has been raised because with respect to some of the people who represent isis in europe evidently had some designs on nuclear resources. they were even considerations of kidnapping people who work there. the question once again of the safety of nuclear weapons in pakistan. what is your sense of that today? zalmay khalilzad: today it is not an imminent threat. at least based on what i know, we do not have an immediate concern. over time, given t

pakistan has over the past four or five years a problem with militancy. two years ago, be the of be pacn connection with civilian police forces, extensive authority, now whether this action is being conducted as part of those exercised ours is yet to be seen. one of the other issues which is being discussed right now and may be a constitutional issue that comes forth in the days to come is whether the military itself gets involved. if that is the case and the operation is not limited just to paramilitary forces and the seven forces, if the military is directly involved then that has to be done within a special feature envisioned in the constitution. that is that the federal government has the authority under very extenuating circumstances to call military aid in the force of civil power and whether that is it, we'll have to see. >> i guess you know things will become clearer in the coming days and weeks in which one hopes we'll get clarification. getting a balance between the civil and the military. i'm thinking specifically of the searching of homes and

pakistan. >> issue two. isis in asia. >> when you say that, you know, pakistan is a nexus of terrorism, this is absolutely unjustified. absolutely unfair with us. >> the islamic state of iraq and syria, under its leader, abu bakr al-baghdadi, is balancing competition from the pakistani taliban and from al-qaeda. isis's self-declared caliphate is now recruiting other jihadist groups in egypt, libya, nigeria, palestine, and the philippines. 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

, pakistan's neighborhood and pakistan and the united states. so, i want to let you all know that this is a meeting on the record. so, but nonetheless, please silence cell phones and happy noise making gadgets. other than that, i just wanted to take a minute to introduce our illustrious speaker who really needs very little introduction. most of us in this room seem to have some connection with pakistan. most of us in this room have some knowledge or acquaintance with our speaker today. he has been a member of the pakistan foreign policy elite as he is currently, but he's also done something quite unique. he's been an economist with very important positions and impact in the world of food and agriculture. and he's in addition to that been a vice chancellor at a university that started up and really took off under his leadership, the beaconhouse national university at lahore of which he was the vice chancellor. prior to that, he was pakistan's foreign minister up to august '98 to october '99 and was elected to the pakistan senate in march, 1985, a

pakistan some say is ambivalent about where that relationship should go next. >> i think pakistan and saudi arabia enjoy very, very deep political security and cultural ties. i don't think there's any threat to those ties being jolted or changing dramatically, but i do think there will be an evolution. i think that perhaps in the decades past, saudi authorities have seen pakistan as being able to provide whatever the riyadh would ask for. i think what we're going to begin to see now is a slight shift in the dynamic and greater equilibrium. >> equilibrium and stabilization of other causes, the sub titles there should actually say saudi arabia, they should say yemen. >> absolutely, but, you know, iran in and of itself, iran has also been not a great supporter of regional stat. i think what pakistan has to do is to try and balance between the sort of instincts of tehran, maybe expansionist instincts in tehran and highly defensive nature of the most recent saudi regime that. between these two, pakistan will maintain and continue to maintain deep economic interests. in saudi arabia, there

attacks like this are not new in pakistan. the government has been battling armed groups for a decade. lahore, and punjab escaped the violence. the latest bombing sending a reminder that the fight is far from over >>> and this attack that targeted christians prompted the head of the roman catholic church to tell pakistan to protect its religious minorities. pope francis described it as violence, senseless. >> i repeat once again, the violence and murderous hatred lead to pain and destruction, respect and fraternity are the only ways to achieve piece. may the passover of the lord inspire us more, to stop the hands of violent ones. and for love, and reconciliation to rain. let us pray for those in the attacks. >> while in the pakistani capital thousands have been protesting near parliament for a second day, angry about execution of the country. he has hung. they would criticize the blahs family laws. >> this defiant protest seemingly came out from nowhere. thousands came from islamabad to teleoperate the life. a police officer,

unfortunately, attacks like this are not new in pakistan. the government has been battling armed groups for more than a decade. but they have largely escaped the violence. this latest bombing sends us sole reminder that the fight is far from over. >> reaction from the head of the catholic church who wants pakistan to protect its religious minorities. they describe the attack in lahore as violent. >> i repeat once again the violence and murderous hatred only lead to pain and destruction, respect and fraternity are the only way to achieve peace. may the pass over of the lord inspire us even more to pray god to stop the hands of the violent ones who is saw terror and death. and for love, justice and reconciliation to reign in the world. let's pray for those who have died in, and the minorities who are in that region. >> that's the situation in lahore. in the capital thousands are protesting and are angry over last month's execution of a police officer who was hanged. >> a police officer killed a man who was sent to protect the outspoken politic

pakistan promises to find those responsible for the attack in lahore. as the fears to funerals or have -- held for more than 70 people killed. >> get out of here! katty: gunfire in washington, d.c. the gunman has been shot and captured. you could get more than just a ride in china. inside the moving exhibition. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and round the globe. security forces in pakistan have made a number of arrests behind the bomb attack on a park in lahore. more than 70 died including 29 children. a breakaway faction of the taliban has claimed responsibility saying it was targeting the christian community when it struck on easter. >> quiet this morning. the park where dozens lost their lives. families had come here to celebrate easter, and instead were caught up in carnage. a place where children came to play and now the sight of a massacre. the 16-year-old had been at the park with his brother. he never made it home. his mother was too distressed to speak. all she could tell us was the last time she saw him was when he left

but the indian pakistan is the most volatile and most likely to affect the peace process. they never know when they leave home if they are going to be victims of afghanistan's proxy wars. tony berkeley, al jazeera, jalalabad. >>> now if you are just joining us here on al jazeera, i just want to dip in for a couple of seconds to that live shot coming to us out of brussels. because we understand that one individual there has been, according to the local authorities, neutralized, following two, perhaps three muffled ex-d -- explosions. it did not sound like a bomb going off. one individual, presumably that individual who was neutralized was shot in the legs, following that police operation there. the area was pretty much locked down, sealed off, as we were seeing from that live picture. we were seeing from those pictures just in the past hour or so, entire areas cordoned off. our team on the ground monitoring what was going on there. you can see somebody there in bomb disposal equipment, obviously putting together of intelligence. what you are looking at is really a micro cha

70 people dead in pakistan. the anti-terror crackdown continues in europe. chargedrther people are with terror activities after a weekend of raids. mn is arrested in the violence under suspicion of planning a new attack on french soil. and the recapture of the ancient syrian city of palmyra. what that means for the aside regime-- for the assad and the islamic state group. three days of national mourning have begun across pakistan following sunday's suicide blast in a busy part in the eastern city of lahore. at least 70 people are killed and over 300 more injured. most of the dead are women and children. a splinter group of the talib and has claimed responsibility for the attack. a spokesman for the military says several arrests have been made. a cache of arms and ammunition has been recovered. >> a family day out turned to tragedy. womens' bodies, mostly and children, continued to arrive until monday morning. accompanied by devastated family members. the blast followed two years of relative calm in lahore. struc

my fear is if we keep funneling weapons to pakistan, what if the radical islamists in pakistan take over? i'm very concerned about building up their arms and having them taken over by radicals. kennedy: how hard is ted cruz work you for an endorsement. >> i'm going to stay out of the presidential race. i stated my piece. i'm trying to be a leader in the liberty movement. i'll let those leading coffer out their own territory. kennedy: good luck with everything in the senate and certainly your race in kentucky, thanks again. my panel returns after the break. does bernie's stunning victory in michigan show weakness in hillary that could be her downfall. james rosen joins me to tell us what a contested gop convention would look like. lots more about to happen. kennedy: last night bernie sanders pulled a surprise victory in michigan. but it doesn't stop dnc chairman deeby wasserman-shultz saying things have gotten so vulgar. >> it's gone the vulgar on the gop side but there is no one facing the threat of indictment. there is an open doj investigation into mrs. clinton right now. >> let's not

my fear is if we keep funneling weapons to pakistan, what if the radical islamists in pakistan take over? i'm very concerned about building up their arms and having them taken over by radicals. kennedy: how hard is ted cruz work you for an endorsement. >> i'm going to stay out of the presidential race. i stated my piece. i'm trying to be a leader in the liberty movement. i'll let those leading coffer out their own territory. kennedy: good luck with everything in the senate and certainly your race in kentucky, thanks again. my panel returns after the break. does bernie's stunning victory does bernie's stunning victory in michigan show weakness in hey how's it going, hotcakes? hotcakes. this place has hotcakes. so why aren't they selling like hotcakes? with comcast business internet and wifi pro, they could be. just add a customized message to your wifi pro splash page and you'll reach your customers where their eyes are already - on their devices. order up. it's more than just wifi, it can help grow your business. you don't see that every day. introducing wifi pro, wifi that helps grow yo

his support of her case angered some in pakistan. kazre was executed for that crime on february 29th of this year. since then, pakistan's hard line religious parties have rallied in his support and they have spoken out against the government and those they say that are against islam. >> translator: people from within your ranks will kill you. your body guards will kill you. your servants will kill you. muntas kadri is in our hearts and minds. god has put hope in their hearts. >> reporter: the protestors brought the center of islamabad to a standstill. the searm in the streets trying to kahne the crowds. groups have shown open sympathy to the pakistani taliban. >> behind me are containers. they were put there by the government to try and stop people from coming in and it just goes to show you how angry that they were. take a look at the damage around you. the demands of the protestors are clear. they want the christian woman to be rearrested and executed. they also want all those in jail on blasphemy charges to face the same fate. it

these kind of attacks are not new to the people of pakistan. the country has been fighting a taliban insurgency for over a decade. whereas in the past the punjab province has been spared the worst of the violence, the taliban carried out this attack in the ruling government's political backyard. with this attack in lahore, it seems a period of relative calm in the country may now be at an vend. al jazeera. >> let's hear from a fellow at the southeast asia center. he says they have taken the easiest target to challenge the government. >> the message is no part of pakistan is safe from the taliban even though they have been ousted from their own territory in the federally administered tribal area which borders afghanistan by the recent military action, they have chosen to attack soft targets inside pakistan and the softest of the soft targets, of course, the minorities, because they have very little to protect them. there has been a battle for the soul of pakistan that's been raging now for a couple of decades at least. and most recently the gove

most held were from afghanistan and pakistan. decision to name him chief of staff has shield lula de sim virginia from corruption charges. >>> police use water cannon in sao paulo's protests. lullula said he wanted to serve brazil. >> i have become a man of peace and love. i'm here to serve comrade dill ma. >> brazil's president is also facing renewed calls to impeach her. al jazeera's gabriel elizondo has more. >> meeting with her top advisors trying to work out any solution, to the problem engulf not only her government but the country as a whole. the impeachment is moving forward. here is what we know. it's going to start at the congressional building, next week by the impeachment commission set up by the lower house of congress. they say they'll be accelerating the impeachment process, have as many as 15 different hearings if they decide whether the impeachment process should move forward or not. wee could hear from them by mid april or even early april. if they decide that it should go on, the senate will determine if dilma

pakistan has launched a military crackdown on islamic extremists. the prime minister is vowing to hunt them down and defeat them. >> reporter: families have begun burying the victims of the easter day suicide bombing. many of them are children. a taliban group loyal to isis targeted a popular park in lahore where familied -- families gathered to celebrate easter. raids have begun targeting extremist groups and the prime minister of pakistan is vowing a swift response to the deadly attack. >> we will not let them raise their heads again. we will not allow them to play with the lives of the people of pakistan. administration is standing behind those efforts and says the u.s. will help the pakistani government any way it can. >> attacks like these only deepen our shared resolve to defeat terrorism around the world. we'll work with our partners in pakistan and across the region to combat the threat of terrorism. >> reporter: back here at home, brooklyn borough president eric adams joined the local community to denounce the heinous attacks. >> we need to

. >>> starting the news in pakistan. in lahore, in the north-east of the country, a splinter group in the pakistan taliban says it carried out a bomb attack on a park popular with families. 65 were killed, most women and children. >> in pakistan the army was called out as police used tear gas against protesters. they were thereto protest the execution of a policeman. he killed a governor. first of all, we go to the bombing in lahore. >> reporter: an explosion at a children's park in the heart of lahore. this was the pakistan taliban attack, to claim lives in taliban. a food card vendor described the moment. >> i was speaking about it. i heard an explosion so big. i couldn't understand what was happening. >> it was the weekend. the park was full of families, as a result. most of the dead and injured were women and children. witnesses reported bodies strewn everywhere with emergency services stretched and casualties high. people used casualties and rickshaws. the hospitals on high alert. these attacks are not knew to the t

at least 70 people killed in the attack in pakistan. it happened at a park in lahore where families were celebrating easter. many victims were women and children. a faction of the taliban publicly supported isis claiming responsibility. now funerals are being held as those left behind mourn the loved ones they lost. conor powell is live in jerusalem. conor? reporter: andrea, pakistan is in mourning today, beginning a three-day period remembering those killed on sunday. the death count right now at 70, with more than 300 people injured this was the deadliest attack in more than about a year or so in pakistan. now, the group that claimed responsibility was a taliban faction that recently broke away from the taliban and pledged their allegiance to isis. they have a specifically targeted christians in the past this is at least the fifth attack they have launched in about last year-and-a-half or so. they said they were targeting christians. now many of the dead on sunday were in fact christian but overwhelmingly those injured and killed at t

we begin with breaking news out of pakistan. a taliban group now says it was targeting christians on this easter sunday in an attack at a park in the city of lajor. at least 60 people killed. 315 injuried in the suicide bombing in pakistan and most victims are women and children. we are learning the attack was planned specifically for this easter sunday. sophia saifi is on the phone for us from pakistan with the very latest on this. okay. we will try to reconnect with her, actually. we are also following breaking news out of europe now. that's where dutch police have arrested a man suspected of plotting a terror attack. this followes a series of 13 raids this morning carried out by belgium police where 9 people were questioned and 4 detained. also in belgium police were forced to use water cannons to break up protests to last week's terror attack victims. people who gather to honor victims were confront bid protesters raising their arms in nazi absolutes and shouting anti-immigrant chants. >> let's bring in cnn's andrea fields.

>> i'm from also, pakistan. >> reporter: pakistan. and where are you from? virginia. >> right. >> reporter: another american here. and our french horn player, playing something. let's see what you guys got together collectively here. >> reporter: basically this is all improvised. they came up on this this morning. and they have a big concert to prepare for, this friday night. here at the atlantic center for the arts. 7 o'clock. and it is free. all ten musicians on stage, performing a show for you. you've got to check it out and they'll be in loorp on march a terrific residency, resulting in fabulous music from all around the world. back to you guys in the studio. >> amy: wow. in one room! thank you, david. cool stuff. >> john: still to come, it is a fight of the kylies. >> amy: why kylie minogue is taking on kill ylie jenner and on this day in history, march 1st, 1995, sheryl crow won a grammy for best female pop vocal performance for this song. all i wanna do. before hitting it big she made money singing jingles for a fast-food chain. what was the chain whe

70 people dead in pakistan. the anti-terror crackdown continues in europe. three further people are

. >>> pakistan to launch a paramilitary crackdown after the lahore park bombing - 29 children among 70 killed. >>> thousands rally again in support of pakistan's blasphemy laws. >>> this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up, the first pictures emerge from inside palmyra since isil was driven out of the ancient city >>> belgium police released cc tv footage from belgium airport as the judge frees a man charged over the attacks >>> taking out the law men - mexican police believe they have caught one of the sinaloan's key money men >>> first, we start with breaking news out of the u.s. capital washington d.c. where gunshots have been reported at the capital business center. we are getting more reports coming in as we speak. the white house on lockdown knoll jing reports of a shooting on capitol hill -- following reports of a shooting on capitol hill. we understand from reports, from reuters, for instance, the gunshots were reported in the u.s. capital visitor's center, according to the u.s. senate sorters and workers in the capitol building was told to shelter in place, which is

reporter: another bloody attack on pakistan's soil. a suicide bomber targeted families enjoying an easter sunday out. faction of the taliban and has claimed responsibility, proving the militants are still capable of large-scale assault. the prime minister has again without to eliminate the perpetrators of terrorist attacks. papakistan has b been plagued i- eliminateof vowed to the perpetrators of terrorist attacks. pakistan has been plagued by such attacks. linked to al qaeda. some are linked to the pakistani in the main area of the tribal belt close to afghanistan. all of them are connected in one way or another. it explains why it is so easy for the security force to be affected. reporter: some of the deadliest recent attacks include an assault in september when a -- in december when a gunman killed 148 people. september, a bomb in an airport base killed 29 people. targets have included civilian groups and military sites. host: back in europe, a man widely thought to be the third member of a group that bombed the ussels airport last

pakistan is among the same countries most vulnerable to climate change. rapid deforestation increases that vulnerability. environmentalists want the government to plant more trees, which will help mitigate natural disasters and also help the soil regain more rainwater. conservationists say there is a link between forest desconstruction and land erosion. it's time for heat waves in pakistan which have killed dozenses of people. government leaders have announced an initiative to plant 100 million trees over the next five years. this nursery is in a province of northern pakistan where saplings will be planted by local communities who rely on wood for their fires. >> there is about one million plants and they have been shifted to the plantation. many have welcomed the planting efforts but say the government is simultaneously destroying tree cover in cities. >> reforeststration, if you see islamabad or punjab, for example because of these development projects which is a paradox anyway, we are having deforestation which is not good for the country. >> local far

pakistan, funerals are being held. many of those killed, women and children, hundreds more were injured. some critically. witnesses are recounting the moment of the explosion at the chaotic aftermath. >> i was standing there near when the bombs went off. it was loud. washed over and saw people lying everywhere. there was no public security arrangement here the park was packed with families celebrating easter sunday. the bomber used a crude explosive, four ball bearings for maximum impact. a splinter group from the pakistani taliban said it carried out the attack and was targeting christians. >> the message is that no part of pakistan is safe from the taliban. they have chosen to attack soft targets inside pakistan and the softest are the minorities because they have very little to protect them. >> reporter: the military said it launched a series of raids arresting dozens of suspects. unfortunately, attacks like this are not new in pakistan. the government has been battling armed groups for more than a decade but the we

it is the worst attack in pakistan since 2014. syrian forces have scored an important victory over islamic state, retaking the ancient state of palmyra. video shows islamic state destroyed many of palmyra pot statues and monuments. raids conducted a dozen across the country. at least nine people were detained. police in brussels used water cannons to disperse hundreds of protesters. an anti-islamic state banner was carried through, with nazi slogans shouted. it is said that the u.k. leaving the european union would hurt the fight against terrorism. a brexit would do great britain's ability to influence local and european affairs. debatesanders wants to hillary clinton on her own turf. sanders is calling for a debate in new york before the primary on april 19. andashington state, alaska, hawaii, bernie sanders won. global news 24 hours a day, powered by 2400 journalists in more than 150 news bureaus around the world, i'm vonnie quinn. tom: there was a lot more ink politics going on than anybody believed. vonnie: and obviously in ba

attacks like this were not new in pakistan. the government has been battling armed groups for a decade. lahore largely escaped the violence. the latest bombing sends a sobering reminder that the fight is over >>> al jazeera's kamal hyder listened to an address by sharif and sended this report. >> the prime minister addressed his nation in what appears to be a prerecorded message. in that he said that the terrorists, wherever they may be, and the cancer of terrorism will be removed from pakistan. he spoke about the military successes, and north and south waziristan saying that the military achieved a great success. however, there were some pockets of problems across the country, and that had to be tacked the prime minister spoke about the attacks. >> it was a problem that was happening in other countries as well. he would say no one would be able to stop the path of process that pakistan had sustain, and he was confident that he was overcome, and the nation would overcome. in a message to the protesters, staging a sit-in outside

these kind of attacks are not new to the people of pakistan. the country has been fighting a taliban insurgency for over a decade, whereas in the past the punjab province has been spared the worst of the violence, the taliban carried out in attack in the ruling government's political backyard w this attack in lahore, it seems a period of relative calm in the country may now be addiso be at an end. >> let's hear from a fellow of the southeast ascentser at the atlanta take council. he says the taliban have chosen the easiest target to challenge the government. >> the message is that no part of pakistan is safe from the taliban, even though been ousted from their own territory in the fedly administered tribal area which borders afghanistan by the recent military action, they have chosen to attack soft targets inside pakistan. and the softest of the soft targets, of course, the minorities, because they have very little to protect them. >> there has been a battle for the soul of pakistan rage now for a couple of decades at lea least. the government

this is the area where the bulk of the recruits for the pakistan army, the pakistan police force, and the rangers come from. this is the most populous province in the country. ad if they are posting as leader did yesterday, yes, we have decided to take the war to the punjab. the question is raised, how come the government, the provincial government, the central government were not aware of this? we know, and it is not a secret either in pakistan or in europe or anywhere else, that these groups are infiltrated by intelligence people who keep a watchful eye on them. they have people in there who report to them. what do they report, that they re were attacks are going to take place? we know someone's ago the lahore literature festival was not allowed to use a particular government venue because they were fearful of terrorist attacks, so one assumes they were aware that this group was up to something. and it is a complete breakdown of the intelligence networks that they could not predict these attacks. i don't believe it myself. i believe the muslim league of nawaz sharif, elements within

this is the area where the bulk of the recruits for the pakistan army, the pakistan police force, and the rangers come from. this is the most populous province in the country. ad if they are posting as leader did yesterday, yes, we have decided to take the war to the punjab. the question is raised, how come the government, the provincial government, the central government were not aware of this? we know, and it is not a secret either in pakistan or in europe or anywhere else, that these groups are infiltrated by intelligence people who keep a watchful eye on them. they have people in there who report to them. what do they report, that they re were attacks are going to take place? we know someone's ago the lahore literature festival was not allowed to use a particular government venue because they were fearful of terrorist attacks, so one assumes theyy were aware that this group was up to something. and it is a complete breakdown of the intelligence networks that they could not predict these attacks. i don't believe it myself. i believe the muslim league of nawaz sharif, elements withi

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

. >> staying in pakistan. the police have arrested over 200 people since sunday's park bombing in lahore, which killed 73 people. the arrests come as they have a military crackdown as prime minister sharif promises to stamp out such attacks. the attacker said that he was targeting christians, but most of the victims were muslims. the bomb went off in a children's area. people in lahore have been calling for security to improve. >> something must be done for this. some solid steps must be taken. like terrorists should be the fitting answer. they should be caught. we're being terrorized. this was a sad incident. how awful is it that people come in were killed. >> well, we're joined in washington, d.c. the director of the institute of peace. thank you for joining us here on al jazeera. we're just hearing that since the attack of easter sunday in lahore the police in pakistan have arrested 200 people and questioned more than 5,000. this to me would indicate that they obviously have a lot of suspicious about such a

they were the target. >> in pakistan. >> in pakistan, yeah. it just turns your stomach that the enemy in this case is targeting women and children. we argue about whether hardened i didn't hadithaists should be waterboarded. they target women and children. gives you a sense of the nature of the enemy that this administration, i think, still refuses to properly identify. let alone vow to eliminate. >> 36 of the 70 dead there children. george? >> well, isis?9 is losing physical ground in its so-called caliphate. it's losing high value targets to astonishing competent american operations. and yet, because you say, these events occur with metro nomic.g5,ñ they see it wereh, magnified by journalism. the president is white whale closure of gitmo. the public thinks this is really disproportionate. >> to that point, the closing of gitmo and the thought of these people back in the fight, the administration's response was it wasn't us. they were released before us. >> and, you know, obviously doesn't stack up with the facts. the problem here and the re

it's a strict extremist group in pakistan. bill: less than 2% of the people in that country are christian. how is the government responding. reporter: it cracked down on militants and has been somewhat successful. but it's not nearly done what it's supposed to do because the pakistani military continues to target what they see as the bad militants. instead of going after all militants, they go after the militants who attack the pakistani government and the state, not those who attack civilians. they are not going after all the militants. so you have a swamp of militants in pakistan. while they are hurnltsing down people responsible for -- hunting down people responsible for sunday's attack, they have a large per swamp of militants. martha: police releasing surveillance video of the third man believed to be involved in the bombing in brussels. police believe they may have him in custody after a weekend of raids that happened across europe. gregg palkot live in brussels this morning. what's the latest there? the video, the manhu

ernie: we know that pakistan is working on this paramilitary crackdown. it could be more complicated because of the political situation going on. area in the punjab providence is one where the prime minister has a tremendous amount of clout or people who are supporting him. he has a tremendous base there. the question is how far will he go in going after these extremists? what type of methods will he use? the thought is they want to use the paramilitary, these rangers, to go in. they've been successful in other parts of pakistan. but they push the envelope. people are concerned about how far is the limit and what will they do? ernie: there's a lot of pressure on pakistan. since 9/11, the u.s. is pushing. the pope was talking about protecting religious minorities. there's a lot of pressure. >> there's tremendous pressure. you have the u.s. not just saying they want support but they provide a tremendous amount of aid to pakistan. it's been a location now where 2% of the people up in that province are christians. the others are muslims. the pope has weighed

. >>> dozens killed as celebrated easter in pakistan. the confusion facebook caused for people thousands of miles away. >>> and a firefighter was injured while battles these flames at a local apartment building. >>> off the top at 11:00, we are learning more about the teen shot and killed at a d.c. metro station. news 4's darcy spencer spoke to his family and they say metro needs more security and police at their stations. >> reporter: the grandfather of a 15-year-old boy shot and killed why standing on a metro station platform says the family is in shock. devontae washington was with his mom and two younger sisters when a gunman took his life at the deanwood metro station in northeast saturday afternoon. >> it's been a very somber easter. we're just trying to be here for each other and it's very shocking, vy family were waiting for a train. devontae was going to a barbershop to get a haircut for the easter holiday when he was approached on the platform. >> so they were on the platform and she said the guy walked up, asked him what's goi

an attack at a park in the city of lahore, pakistan. at least 63 people now have been killed, 315 injured in this suicide bombing and most of the victims are women and children and the taliban says that the timing of the blast was no coincidence, it was meant to happen on easter sunday. cnn international producer sophia saifi is on the phone with us from islamabad. what more do you know about this taliban group and why they did this? >> fredricka, what we do know is that this group is a faction of the pakistani taliban. they said that the reason behind their attack is to combat the pakistani state and show them they are still very much in power, they still have a lot of control and that they will continue this fight against the pakistani state. they've actually been responsible for the attack that happened just this month in the northwestern city. like you said, most of the people who died in this attack, who have been killed in this attack, are women and children. the attack took place around 6:00 in the evening on easter sunday. it wa