do we have more of it in afghanistan and old region and in the broader region surrounding afghanistan to the middle east or do you have less of it we clearly clearly visibly every day by all accounts have more of it and now for the past three four years you have died or the isiah as the stomach state. having merged in afghanistan who did this and the watch of u.s. intelligence and military and how come we have the right to us the scotian and the u.s. government must serve us the answer is with them it isn't with us you have suspicion of the afghan bases we used to help i have i have moments especially u.s. bases that i have more than suspicions i have more than suspicions i have seen the afghan people come to me and to me how they are supplied with helicopters how unmarked. non-military color helicopters supply these people not only in one part of the country but in many parts of ghana sun and this is a daily occurrence and this is a daily reporting that we get from from our people from our villages and also from sources that i'll go over it you see some people may begin to understand

i must tell you can't just blame pakistan obviously on what's happening in afghanistan i mean afghanistan has got a problem with its weak leadership for example you can bomb the taliban to the table. you know what yes there are some there are internal problems and these problems are can be anywhere i mean any country will have any of these problems we do face problems here but the leadership in the government governance structures are weak and that the problem within the security sector the corruption is an issue that has been raised time and again but then. the narrative of the discourse which is in here is that this is the conflict the war of the militancy is the behind all these problems that the government of afghanistan has not been able to really put push the agenda for reforms forward. it can be either way i mean a chicken and egg issue you can you can say that we have support of our neighbors who stop supporting militants and we are able to government of afghanistan is able to take a bread bread of peace and have a moment of peace they can concentrate on governance reforms and dea

they'll leave afghanistan. i think one of the more significant things about the conditions based approach here is that the taliban -- we have started to see this in the intelligence. taliban no longer have a short terp horizon to motivate their people chl the impact has been fairly significant. will that be sufficient to bring them to the table? i don't know. we have not to this point presented the taliban with a conditions based approach that extend the horizon out for the commitment. makes an enduring commitment and causes taliban leadership now to approach their subordinates with that context. >> very quickly, senator, the polling the chairman indicated shows that the bulk of the afghan people don't buy the taliban's out come. they don't agree with it. they don't agree girls don't go to school. they don't agree everyone has act in a certain way. and based on that and having seen the afghan forces put up with very severe casualties, fortunately going down now. and still holding the line. we now see a regenera

do we have more of it in afghanistan and old region and in the broader region surrounding afghanistan to the middle east or do you have less of it we clearly clearly visibly every day by all accounts have more of it and now for the past three four years you have the or the isiah as the stomach state. having merged in afghanistan who did this under the watch of u.s. intelligence and military and how come we have the right to us the scotian and the u.s. government must answer us the answer is with them it isn't with us you have suspicion of the afghan bases we used to help i have i have moments especially u.s. bases i have more than suspicions i have more than suspicions i have seen the afghan people come to me and to me how they are supplied with helicopters how unmarked. non-military color helicopters supply these people not only in one part of the country but in many parts of ghana sun and this is a daily occurrence and this is a daily reporting that we get from from our people from our villages and also from sources that i'll go over it you see some people may begin to understand he

they raise money for afghanistan and countries like japan sdp afghanistan so many more united kingdom, bring the money in for targeted efforts. whether it be build a road or in order to get product to market before they spoil. that sort of thing. we're setting the conditions for that sort of thing. with the military campaign. the security campaign we're putting together. >> i share your assessment. if we pulled out, we would be back in two or three years having to take out the taliban and al qaeda. it would be a worse fight. i applaud the strategy to win this. and keep them out of power. thank you. >> mr. secretary, thank you for being here. i appreciate that. i appreciate the opportunity to address you and hear from you and appreciate your candor. you mention counter terrorism, in the region. in which you're doing. i was wondering how much of this is being responded to with special oerms operation forces? we have about 8,000 in the world. and what i'm hearing over and over is that the forces are stretched too thin. is that true and is that affecting our ability to deal with counter t

let's get out of afghanistan. our troops have been killed by the afghanistanis we train and we waste billions there. non-sense. rebuild the united states of america. that's his tweet. not mine. in addition, to brings me to this general mattis, in a politico article in august of this year titled "trump administration opposes effort to reign in war powers" they quote, and this sentence is -- i'm not quoting you, but makes reference to you. that sentence appears to contradict comments by mattis, who has endorsed passage of a new aumf to govern the war begins ice ill of the mais chastised congress at a hearing testifying that he has not understood why the congress happy come forward to at least debate on aumf. that's the thought our leadership under paul ryan to be honest with you. he could ask that we have a debate but he doesn't do it. my two questions. that's one if you will write that down. the other one is going to be as quick as well. the waste and abuse inafter. we have spent over $1 trillion. you talk about th

earlier monday, he made an unannounced visit to bagram airfield in afghanistan. here is a look at his brief remarks. tillerson: i want to start by thanking the president and the chief executive and the afghanistan leadership for meeting with me this morning. i thought it was very important to stop here in afghanistan, coming to the south ager region region as part of the recently announced south asia policy and strategy president trump has put forth. i want to thank ambassador lawrence and general nicholson for their leadership and the incredible military effort of the men and women in uniform here, as well, and all of the effort they put forth to work towards a peace, which is really our objective. i think the u.s. has made it clear in terms of our support for afghanistan, the support for a sovereign, unified, and democratic afghanistan, starting it has to peace, prosperity, and self-reliant. -- we are not haveng -- providing safe to any terrorist or extremist in this part of the world. it's ok. that's all right. we also want to work with regional partners to en

they raise money for afghanistan and countries like japan sdp afghanistan so many more united kingdom, bring the money in for targeted efforts. whether it be build a road or in order to get product to market before they spoil. that sort of thing. we're setting the conditions for that sort of thing. with the military campaign. the security campaign we're putting together. >> i share your assessment. if we pulled out, we would be back in two or three years having to take out the taliban and al qaeda. it would be a worse fight. i applaud the strategy to win this. and keep them out of power. thank you. >> mr. secretary, thank you for being here. i appreciate that. i appreciate the opportunity to address you and hear from you and appreciate your candor. you mention counter terrorism, in the region. in which you're doing. i was wondering how much of this is being responded to with special oerms operation forces? we have about 8,000 in the world. and what i'm hearing over and over is that the forces are stretched too thin. is that true and is that affecting our ability to deal with counter t

we served together in afghanistan. 2010.going to go back to you're in southern afghanistan. imagine the banjos playing in the distance. a long view is behind us and we call of duty. he is winning. nco from oursenior operations center. they have detected three insurgents 1200 meters outside of our base, putting a bomb in the road and. we put through the checklist of things we could do. none of them make any sense. there could be civilian casualties. our presence would be announced to early. max comes up with a completely unsound plan if it was anybody except for max. we have three insurgents that have been identified. i will take a team. against ang to go out team of at least three and we assume there will be more. i readily agreed. i said go do that. it is pitch black red he is going to don his 65 pounds of gear and history teammates. night vision goggles are on. there is zero depth perception. he is going to traverse a mile. you can't go in a straight line. he is going to go up and down a river bed. combat,re old man go in the operations center. i watch him cruising along.

in february general john nicholson, commander of us forces in afghanistan testified the conflict in afghanistan and reached a stalemate and stated the need for enhanced authority from several thousand more troops to carry out the mission at lower levels within afghan national defense and security forces and the ministry of defense and the ministry of interior. i support the increase in troops, some have suggested we already been down this path, that a surge in the past 100,000 troops cannot create the conditions to bring this conflict to an end, we ask you in many ways what will be different about this effort that will bring about a change that did not happen in previous efforts with greater troop numbers and associated authorities. to many the situation is not trending in a positive direction. afghan security forces several high casualty rates in the face of intensified insurgency, the talent and and isis continue to plan and carry out high-profile attacks while maintaining the ability to regenerate their losses record number of civilians killed, it appears record-setting amounts of opium will

i must tell you can't just blame pakistan obviously on what's happening in afghanistan i mean afghanistan has got a problem with its weak leadership for example you can bomb the taliban to the table. you know what yes there are some there are internal problems and these problems are can be anywhere i mean any country will have any of these problems we do face problems here but the leadership in the government governance structures are weak and that the problem within the security sector the corruption is an issue that has been raised time and again but then. the narrative of the discourse which is in here is that this is the conflict the war of the militancy is the behind all these problems that the government of afghanistan has not been able to really put push the agenda for reforms forward. it can be either way i mean a chicken and egg issue you can you can say that we have support of our neighbors who stop supporting militants and we are able the government of afghanistan is able to take a bread bread of peace and have a moment of peace they can concentrate on governance reforms and de

i must tell you can't just blame pakistan obviously on what's happening in afghanistan i mean afghanistan has got a problem with its weak leadership for example you can bomb the taliban to the table. you know what yes there are some that are internal problems and these problems are can be anywhere i mean any country will have any of these problems we do face problems there with the leadership in the government governance structures are weak and that the problem within the security sector the corruption is an issue that has been raised time and again but then. the narrative of the discourse which is in here is that this is the conflict the war of the militancy is the behind all these problems that the government of afghanistan has not been able to really put push the agenda for reforms forward. it can be either way i mean a chicken and egg issue you can you can say that we have support of our neighbors who stop supporting militants and we are able the government of afghanistan is able to pick up bread bread of peace and have a moment of peace they can concentrate on governance reforms and

do we have more of it in afghanistan and old region and in the broader region surrounding afghanistan to the middle east or do you have less of it we clearly clearly visibly every day by all accounts have more of it and now for the past three four years you have died or the isiah as the stomach state. having merged in afghanistan who did this under the watch of u.s. intelligence and military and how come we have the right to us the scotian and the u.s. government must answer yes the answer is with them it isn't with us you have suspicion of the afghan bases we used to help i have i have moments especially u.s. bases that i have more than suspicions i have more than suspicions i have seen the afghan people come to me and to me how they are supplied with helicopters how unmarked. non-military color helicopters supply these people not only in one part of the country but in many parts of ghana sun and this is a daily occurrence and this is a daily reporting that we get from from our people from our villages and also from sources that are go that you see some people may begin to understand

it is the alabama of afghanistan. it's an economically depressed area, socially conservative by afghanistan dards very socially conservative group. they are very uninterested when outsiders come into their area. so when he bring the government of afghanistan which is seen as an outsider in a lot of ways into these places of course there will be some resistance. that day we fight through that ambush, just a few people, just trying to hairs us, we get to the village and inside the village we say this is asura. the person being empowered as the leader of that district nobody shows you will to asura. that's not ago. that doesn't really give you a lot of confidence in your ability to govern. so we go all around and we round up all the houses, knocking on doors, the afghan police are going out and talking to people, not mean like in this case but bringing them in in order to have the asura. they're quiet for a while. kiyoom being who he was, an afghan man who understood not necessarily bureaucracy or governance but understo

the commitment that he's made to afghanistan is significant. he's increased troop numbers, but more importantly, possibly, he said this is an indefinite commitment, we'll stay as long as it takes. what is afghanistan going to do in return for that substantial commitment the americans have made? a total reform process, a comprehensive, holistic reform across the board, involving the economy. we need to show that self—reliance are not words but deeds, so because of that regional connectivity, market orientation, developing of our natural resources, because fortunately we are potentially a very rich country... a very focused and systematic reform of our security sector, governance, rule of law, and, most importantly, of course, the empowerment of three majorities in this country — youth, women and the poor. because citizenship, this is a very young country, we are an ancient civilisation but an extraordinarily young country, so the generational transformation, in terms of making sure that the generation of 19905 takes over authority and respon

it was not just affecting afghanistan. but the whole pakistan issue is really one of the other major complications to the whole situation in afghanistan, because of the borders, because of the packs strategic , -- what they perceive as their strategic interests in afghanistan. it really complicates coming up with a peaceful settlement in the region. vince: i think a lot of people focused on the story of the kurds and how they are in four different countries, and these groups are the same basic idea. historically with the breakup, you know, the british empire in south asia, there was an attempt to create a group that would be both in pakistan and afghanistan, because they see themselves as tribes, tribes before country. duane: absolutely. absolutely they do. vince: yes? she is coming right behind you. audience member: so it is my understanding that the president -- present administration somehow thinks that the interest of the pakistanis can be aligned with our interests. i am curious about your assessment of that. do you t

they'll leave afghanistan. i think one of the more significant things about the conditions based approach here is that the taliban -- we have started to see this in the intelligence. the taliban no longer have a short-term horizon to motivate their people chl the impact has been fairly significant. will that be sufficient to bring them to the table? i don't know. we have not to this point presented the taliban with a conditions based approach that extends the horizon out for the commitment. makes an enduring commitment and causes taliban leadership now to approach their subordinates with that context. sec. mattis: very quickly, senator, the polling the chairman indicated shows that the bulk of the afghan people don't buy the taliban's outcome. they don't agree with it. they don't agree girls don't go to school. they don't agree everyone has act in a certain way. and based on that and having seen the afghan forces put up with very severe casualties, fortunately going down now. and still holding the line. we now

afghanistan. here is a look at his brief remarks. sec. tillerson: i want to thank the chief executive and afghan leadership for meeting with me this morning. thought it was very important to stop here and afghanistan, coming to the southeast asia region as part of the policy and strategy that president trump has put forth. i want to thank ambassador leadership asheir well as the incredible military effort of the men and women here as well. the effort they put towards working towards peace. has made it clear in terms of our support for afghanistan and our support for a sovereign, unified, democratic afghanistan. charting a path to peace and self-reliance. that imperative at the end we deny safe haven to any in thist or extremist part of the world. it is ok. that's all right. we also want to work with regional partners to ensure that there are no threats to the region. this is a regional effort. it was rolled out in the strategy it elf. we deny others safe haven to terrorists. of president has assur

this is not afghanistan's first time. and i get the feeling as far as the taliban are concerned to say fine we will be there for 51 not to say whenever those shortcomings have been but that reality. >> men and women live by hope the people in the weather be overstayed that we are leaving as soon as we can it will end because we don't want the threat to our allies in the best way to do that is to make scheerer they have the force to deal with this internally it will have to see what reconciliation and looks like but it is afghan lead with supporting people of attacked this country and quit killing by the constitution that is say lobar if they choose to rejoin the political process. otherwise it will be extremely uncomfortable to revise the afghan forces. i think what we don't want is a transient success so we push this forward in a way to end this faster rather than stringing along. and that answers your question. >> i am understand my question is i'm answerable passed a certain point. >> but put another way the president

what are we doing in afghanistan? country ands to returns to his position. >> i think the most important thing is reinforcing positive development in our country, not dealing with these types of those can represent on their own. we are looking at bringing and police trainers -- not from the u.s., but those countries, so police themselves are more capable of carrying out rule of law. you got to have the right kind of police force, and you've got to have the right kind of work. again, there's nothing easy about it because of what that society has been through. the right thing to do is to reinforce this, keep working against us or disruptive. now, they're trying to work with the afghan government on it. we register loud and clear the .oncern for rule of law we want to get this country on the right track. lex thank you, mr. chairman. mr. secretary, thank you so much for your service. i traveled to afghanistan april -- logically supporting his idea that we increase our troops by 2000. the troops being used for these purpos

there's been yet another suicide bombing in afghanistan it targeted a minivan carrying military academy cadets in the west of the capital kabul fifteen people were killed at least eighty nine people are known to have died in friday's mosque attacks in afghanistan i source says that one of its fighters walked into a shia mosque in the capital and detonated an explosive vest the mosque was packed with worshippers attending friday prayers the second blast happened when a suicide bomber targeted a sunni mosque in central goal province well earlier on saturday two rockets landed near the international military headquarters in kabul jennifer plus reports from the afghan capital. the afghan capital awoke to two explosion just at just about six thirty local time two rockets landing not far from nato headquarters here in kabul the taliban has claimed responsibility for that the latest attack in a series here in the end here in the afghan capital and around the country the islamic state claimed responsibility for a friday night attack on a shiite mosque the in mom's i'm on mosque. here in kabul a

another tricky issue for afghanistan, security. security is still a huge issue here, as we discovered while we were out with british forces the day before we met ashraf ghani. a small royal air force squadron of helicopters help support the nato effort to train and advise afghan forces. it moves equipment and personnel around kabul. we are facilitating so much of what goes on here. we are moving mentors around... we hadjust interviewed the squadron leader in the airport complex when an alarm sounded. get down! the gp is locked down. we have been lying here for about half an hour. the siren keeps going off repeatedly. the latest information we have got is a number of missiles of some sort are near the airfield. suffice to say there isa the airfield. suffice to say there is a barrage going on. a total of 46 mortar rounds were lobbied, bringing down the ceiling of one building. it was the biggest and most sustained attack four years. —— for. was the biggest and most sustained attack fouryears. —— for. no was the biggest and mo

we have michael semple he is the former deputy european union special representative for afghanistan and is now a visiting research professor at queens university in belfast let's start with you mayor was or dark in kabul you're there on the ground a very violent week for afghanistan how bad are things. how you michael and i think to me it was quite bad. and just tribal form and have homes and kabul particularly hearing what happened and back here in the house in kandahar . which gives a kind of for i mean does the purpose of afghans that the afghan security forces or losing their man and their or maybe and frustration of the opposition groups and their their circus which gives him that much access to breathe. and side inside of their base is. doris kind of losing support or the hope for the future negotiation too i think you know so for any kind of military going where the afghan government together we did initially community so it's it was not a good news despite the afghans were expecting that there will be really peace talks and from both a particular from the opposition side the

and that is not the only challenge for afghanistan. it is one of the most corrupt countries on earth. tens of billions of dollars are reckoned to have been stolen by government officials. the country is also grindingly poor. no wonder the president of afghanistan, ashraf ghani, says he's got the toughest job in the world. president, very, very good to meet you. very goot to meet you. president ghani, thank you very much indeed for sitting down to do this interview. you are one of the few world leaders who says he gets on with president trump. what is it about mr trump and about you that means you two can do business together? the first thing is shared interest. if you do not have shared interests, you cannot develop a common language. we are able to have a dialogue, not a monologue. and that has really been key. president trump has been extraordinarily thorough in terms of the hard questions and the arguments that we were able to present were convincing, that the engagement was because of us' interests, global interests, and then of co

he explained why the family were in afghanistan. they were there backpacking, that seems an unusual place to go on holiday. he had an interest in afghanistan and is the most issues. at the toronto airport he said in his words he was a programme and they were on a mission to reach people in need of help —— he was a pilgrim. and he boasted he was in places that groups had not been in the past. it appeared they were on some sort of self—styled mission to help people in afghanistan. some sort of self—styled mission to help people in afghanistanm some sort of self—styled mission to help people in afghanistan. it is complicated because he is in direct connection with people with strong islamist views. his first wife seems to have been an issue for american security officials? and canadian security officials? and canadian security vision. she was involved with a child capture and the only canadian detained in guantanamo bay. at some point, he showed up and became some sort of a spokesman for the family. the father was closely tie

we have michael semple he is the former deputy european union special representative for afghanistan and is now a visiting research professor at queens university in belfast let's start with you meir was border in kabul you all there on the ground a very violent week for afghanistan how bad are things. how you michael and i think to me it was quite bad. and just tribal form and have homes and kabul particularly hearing what happened and back here and then i was in kandahar. which gives a kind of for i mean does the purpose of afghans that the afghan security forces or losing their man and they're all maybe end frustration of the opposition groups and their their circus skills and that much access to bridge. and side inside of their bases. there is kind of losing support or the hope for the future negotiation too i think you know so for any kind of military going where the afghan government together we did initially community so it's it was not a good news despite the afghans were expecting that there will be really peace talks and from both a particular from the opposition side there

we have michael semple he is the former deputy european union special representative for afghanistan and is now a visiting research professor at queens university in belfast let's start with you mayor was or dark in kabul you're there on the ground a very violent week for afghanistan how bad are things. how you michael and i think to me it was quite bad. and just tribal form and have homes and kabul particularly hearing what happened and back here in the house in kandahar . which gives a kind of for i mean does the purpose of afghans that the afghan security forces are losing their man and their or maybe and frustration of the opposition groups and their their circus skills and that much access to bridge. and side inside of their bases. there is kind of losing support or a hope for the future negotiation to i think an hour or so for any kind of military going to where the afghan government together we did initial community so it's it was not a good news despite the afghans were expecting that there will be really peace talks and from both a particular from the opposition side there i

has fighting in the conflict in one day afghanistan and baghdad where he is now just letting you know what we expect we expect that he will make statements with the iraqi prime minister then come back here to doha eventually this is been a very strange day of say there were hours and hours and hours during the day here in doha where we simply didn't know where the secretary of state was that doesn't happen turns out he popped into afghanistan very short meeting about an hour and fifteen minutes to a few questions from the press hopped back on that c. seventeen came ball back here to doha had dinner with the troops and then as we expected him to vote we couldn't report that obviously for security reasons headed over to baghdad so why these incredible miles there kilometers more than three thousand kilometers in one day well it is to send a message to the people here in this region and really around the globe and especially back at home that these are two fights that even though they've been going on for years and years the u.s. under the trump administration is committed to staying inv

he explained why the family were in afghanistan. for five years, the story was that they had been backpacking, it seems an unusual place to go on holiday. that he did have an interest in afghanistan and islamist issues. but last night, it emerged at the airport in toronto that he was, in his words, a pilgrim. and they were on a mission to help people in taliban to buy territory. he said that they were in areas that government and private aid groups had failed to penetrate in the past. this came out of the blue, there has never been any suggestion from any group that they were affiliated with them, so it appears they were on some kind of self—styled mission to help people in afghanistan. and is complicated because of his kind of indirect connection with people with quite strong islamist views, his first wife appears to have been an issue for american an issue for american security officials? hs first wife is an issue for canadian security officials as well. she is the sister of a child soldier taken captive in afghanistan by americ

troops to afghanistan starting next month we will be able to remove ten thousand of our troops from afghanistan by the end of this year is it going to require additional u.s. troops to believe it will involve additional forces so far it seems like every u.s. strategy in afghanistan has failed now the taliban still controls or contests twenty percent of the country and it's unclear if these new policies will make any difference at all clear they're not learning anything from the past but i would argue that the system that we are using to make foreign policy and national security policy is not geared to learning from the past of course as everyone knows the united states was unable to achieve the goal that it had set for itself which was to. basically put the taliban movement on the defensive and prevent them from being able to continue their advance now we're seeing united states paranoia trying to do something along the same line with far fewer troops obviously on the face of it it's an absurd idea one cannot fathom how they could imagine that they could be successful in this. almost a year on

troops to afghanistan starting next month we will be able to remove ten thousand of our troops from afghanistan by the end of this year is it going to require additional u.s. troops who believe it will involve additional forces so far it seems like every u.s. strategy in afghanistan has failed now the taliban still controls or contests forty percent of the country and it's unclear if these new policies will make any difference at all clearly they're not learning anything from the past but i would argue that the system that we are using to. make foreign policy national security policy is not geared to learning from the past of course as everyone knows the united states was unable to achieve the goal that it set for itself which was to. basically put the taliban movement on the defensive and prevent them from being able to continue their advance now we're seeing united states paranoia trying to do something along the same line with far fewer troops obviously on the face of it it's an absurd idea one cannot fathom how they could imagine that they could be successful in this. political opposition m

troops to afghanistan starting next month we will be able to remove ten thousand of our troops from afghanistan by the end of this year is it going to require additional u.s. troops who believe it will involve additional forces so far it seems like every u.s. strategy in afghanistan has failed now the taliban still controls or contests forty percent of the country and it's unclear if these new policies will make any difference at all clearly they're not learning anything from the past but i would argue that the system that we are using to. make foreign policy national security policy is not geared to learning from the past of course as everyone knows the united states was unable to achieve the goal that it had set for itself which was to. basically put the taliban movement on the defensive and prevent them from being able to continue their advance now we're seeing united states paranoia trying to do something along the same line with far fewer troops obviously on the face of it it's an absurd idea one cannot fathom how they could imagine that they could be successful in this as global powers fe

troops to afghanistan starting next month we will be able to remove ten thousand of our troops from afghanistan by the end of this year is it going to require additional u.s. troops who believe it will involve additional forces so far it seems like every u.s. strategy in afghanistan has failed now the taliban still controls or contests forty percent of the country and it's unclear if these new policies will make any difference at all clearly they're not learning anything from the past but i would argue that the system that we are using to. make foreign policy and national security policy is not geared to learning from the past of course as everyone knows the united states was unable to achieve the goal that it set for itself which was to. basically put the taliban movement on the defensive and prevent them from being able to continue their advance now we're seeing united states paranoia trying to do something along the same line with far fewer troops obviously on the face of it it's an absurd idea one cannot fathom how they could imagine that they could be successful in this. eleven people were

there's a lot of corruption that still exists and afghanistan. -- in afghanistan. we have to be responsible for our taxpayers. >> pakistan. another good question. thatal mumford agreed success in afghanistan can depend on pakistan to change their support of insurgent groups. will leverage to you have in pakistan -- what leverage to you have with pakistan? >> we use india to leverage pakistan. pakistan has provided an open border for terrorism. the united states has provided different type of military support for pakistan in the past . we do not offer that anymore. they need to understand that you need to be partners with us in combating terrorism or we will not be good partners to you and further enhancing your military. >> we have danced around that for years. what are the prospects of changing? sen. ernst: is finally coming to a head. then needs to change. we will work on a comprehensive strategy for afghanistan. part of that was using other coverage that other countries in the region as leverage against pakistan so they start adhering to what we need them to adh

one bomber strafe the border with north korea and rex tillerson conducts a surprise visit to afghanistan as the cia prepares new covert operations to aggressively target the taliban and the spanish government moves to strip catalonia as parliament of power as the dritte verges on open confrontation with barcelona i'm michel supporting tonight for the r.t. newsroom this is the news on r.t. america. good evening friends we start tonight on the korean peninsula where president trump will appear next month as a part of a twelve day visit to asia astonishingly white house officials say tonight the president is unlikely to visit the demilitarized zone during the trip every president since ronald reagan has visited the boundary dividing north from south meanwhile general mattis will hold meetings on regional security while in the philippines this week the secretary of defense says the entire global community is united against a nuclear north korea. your message the same one. russia . state of the internet you've been directed to the right for your. only one kind or whether. you're here to tell.

troops to afghanistan starting next month we will be able to remove ten thousand of our troops from afghanistan by the end of this year is it going to require additional u.s. troops who believe it will involve additional forces so far it seems like every u.s. strategy in afghanistan has failed now the taliban still controls or contests forty percent of the country and it's unclear if these new policies will make any difference at all clearly they're not learning anything from the past but i would argue that the system that we are using to make foreign policy and national security policy is not geared to learning from the past of course as everyone knows the united states was unable to achieve the goal that it had set for itself which was to. basically put the taliban movement on the defensive and prevent them from being able to continue their advance now we're seeing that out of states paranoia trying to do something along the same line with far fewer troops. slee on the face of it it's an absurd idea one cannot fathom how they could imagine that they could be successful in this. to the u.k. wh

it's not solely an afghanistan issue. and you solve afghanistan by addressing the regional challenges. and pakistan is an important element of that. india is an important element of how we achieve the ultimate objective, which is a stable afghanistan, which no longer serves as a platform for terrorist organizations. our policy quite simply on terrorism is that we will deny terrorists the opportunity, the means, the location, the wherewithal, the ability to organize and carry out attacks against americans at home and abroad, anywhere in the world. clearly the threat to that policy finds its locust in many ways in afghanistan. to the extent we can remove that as an opportunity for terrorism in afghanistan, the greater beneficiaries are going to be pakistan and afghanistan. and india's important role is in providing development assistance to afghanistan as they move forward to create better economic conditions that provide for the needs of a very diverse, ethnic group of people in afghanistan. so it is about a commitment mes

afghanistan? doing e you going to be there? secretary: you heard the resident announce his new policy towards the south asia trategy, afghanistan is what people tend to focus on. one difference in how we this is the challenge why it took a little longer for us to fully develop a policy. regional issue, it is not solely an afghanistan issue. solve afghanistan by addressing the regional challenges and pakistan is an element of that, india is an important element of how e achieve the ultimate objective, which is a stable no longer , which serves as a platform for terrorist organizations. policy quite simply on errorism is we will deny terrorists the opportunity, the means, the location, the inancing, ability to organize and carry out attacks against americans at home and abroad, world.e in the we'll clear the threat to that locust in many way necessary afghanistan. thate extent we can remove as opportunity for terrorism, are reatest beneficiaries pa pakistan and afghanistan. provide assistance to afghanistan as they move forward t

>> hmm, afghanistan perhaps? >> we couldn't talk about where we were at or anything we were about to do. and coming back from a stirmish i get a message, something's wrong. call home. >> i had -- i had kaia and michelle, bless her heart, she was on the phone trying to find a way to get a hold of mark to let him know i had delivered our daughter. and -- but i didn't hear from him till we were already discharged and at home several days later. >> and you went in for an appointment, a normal appointment and there were some confrontations evidently and the o.b. specialist said you're having this baby today and it was over, what, a month early. >> yeah. she said i had two hours to get my affairs 2340rd andin order, was not to leave, that i had to stay on the hospital grounds. >> he had called -- as i understand every one of you were in the delivery room. >> but it's what you do. you just do what you have to do to keep your house in order, to keep your kids doing what they're supposed to be doing while they're -- and w

to stabilize afghanistan and to go on. this is the government is now saying that the number of people killed in the country's worst attack has now risen to three hundred fifty eight the president says it's al-shabaab who was behind last weekend's twin bombings the armed group hasn't claimed responsibility so far but the accusation is prompting fears about al-shabaab future tactics as mohammed do now reports from mogadishu. some of the seriously wounded in saturday's bombing in mogadishu are being airlifted abroad for treatment somali hospitals have received much needed medical supplies patients turned away by all but one place patrols in the hours and days after the talk are finally getting attention. the talks become more lethal medical workers say they are forced to improvise their treatment plans for the main. interest. is the time when you can see. how extended. the. blast yet to be published u.n. reports a. new ways of constructing improvised bombs and increase their destructive force it says the wait till the explosi

troops to afghanistan starting next month we will be able to remove ten thousand of our troops from afghanistan by the end of this year is it going to require additional u.s. troops who believe it will involve additional forces so far it seems like every u.s. strategy in afghanistan has failed now the taliban still controls or contests forty percent of the country and it's unclear if these new policies will make any difference at all clear they're not learning anything from the past but i would argue that the system that we are using to. make foreign policy national security policy is not geared to learning from the past of course as everyone knows the united states was unable to achieve the goal that it set for itself which was to. basically put the taliban movement on the defensive and prevent them from being able to continue their advance now we're seeing united states paranoia trying to do something along the same line with far fewer troops obviously on the face of it it's an absurd idea one cannot fathom how they could imagine that they could be successful in this. eleven people were injur

troops out of afghanistan and not to succeed in afghanistan his constant setting of artificial deadlines for troop and setting of troop cap numbers handicapped our military's ability to carry out what was needed in order to achieve military success back in those days as president obama breached the end of his term he reversed himself a little bit and kept more troops in afghanistan that he meant to and gave his commanders a little bit of leeway when president trump came in he gave the commanders a lot more leeway so when many ways were sort of on the military side we're sort of clawing things back but i will echo what michael semple said is that while these increased air attacks are a net important part of a strategy and probably probably cannot succeed without them we also need to have both change inside the taliban and one other point that we've not made but i think needs to be made strongly is the afghan government needs to perform better its military its police need to do better and its overall governance efforts have to improve in order to improve increase confidence among the peopl

the international committee of the red cross says its curtailing afghanistan operations after a series of attacks against its members at least twelve russian jew refugees have drowned most of them children as another boat capsizes on the way from me and to bangladesh. i'm joined again with the sport more controversy over kneeling in the n.f.l. as the u.s. vice president walks out of the game plus egyptians celebrate after their team reaches its first world cup finals in twenty seven yes as they brought their place in russia next year. good to have you with us here on the news hour now the united states and turkey have suspended visa services for each other's nationals it's the latest in an escalating diplomatic dispute over the arrest of a u.s. consular worker stumble he's accused of links to the u.s. based cleric turkey claims was the mastermind of last year's failed coup diana estabrook reports now from washington d.c. . the u.s. fired off the first volley in the diplomatic dispute on sunday issuing a statement saying it was suspending all nonimmigrant visa services at diplomatic fac

so assad bombers target two mosques in afghanistan killing more than seventy people plus. they have broken the rule of law a basic principle of the european union in just a few hours spain is expected to unveil details of its plan to take control of catalonia. and a new report says more vans die every year from air pollution and dirty water that in the world's conflicts and natural disasters combined. iraqi forces have claimed control of the whole of critical province after intense fighting against kurdish peshmerga forces the army says they captured the last town corporately which is situated near had a beer with the help of shia militias stephanie deca reports from the front line where some peshmerga feel they've been betrayed. a new front line opened early friday iraqi forces together with have still shabbier shia militias move towards peshmerga positions not to the kurdish it's around thirty kilometers south of erbil on the road to kirkuk. yes they're attacking it out uncoupling and they're attacking from dbase also and there's nothing we can do about it only on the co

us the one bomber strafe the border with north korea and rex tillerson conducts a surprise visit to afghanistan as the cia prepares the new covert operations to aggressively target the taliban and the spanish government moves to strip catalonia as parliament of power as the dritte verges on open confrontation with barcelona i michel supporting tonight from the r.t. newsroom this is the news on r.t. america. good evening friends we start tonight on the korean peninsula where president trump will appear next month as a part of a twelve day visit to asia astonishingly white house officials say tonight the president is unlikely to visit the demilitarized zone during the trip every president since ronald reagan has visited the boundary dividing north from south meanwhile general mattis will hold meetings on regional security while in the philippines this week the secretary of defense says the entire global community is united against a nuclear north korea. you are a message the same one trainer russia france state all the internet you've been directed to the right over your. only one kind or whether

all right we start in afghanistan where i promise of target two mosques killing at least fifty people police say one bomber detonated explosives inside a shia mosque in kabul killing twenty two separate attack targeted a mosque in the line in provence and killed at least thirty people there the latest in a string of attacks across afghanistan in the last week let's go straightaway to jennifer glass who's standing by in kabul edge of it tell us more about what's been happening. well nic that attack here in kabul of the homes on mosque a shiite mosque the ministry of health now says of the death toll is at thirty two with more than forty wounded it happened in the middle of friday prayers we understand at the bomber was in the third row of of the prayer of the of the people praying basically in the middle of the mosque when he detonated himself a devastating attack here in kabul on a shiite mosque again and it's such a difficult thing because we've had a number of attacks on shiite mosques here in kabul in the last year or so and the second attack that you're talking about happening or

closed at 70%. >> what is your assessment if we pull out of afghanistan? what would happen. >> if we pulled out completely to benefit the taliban completely to permit the transnational terrorist and basically what we saw on 9/11. >> absolutely. are they still allied with al qaeda?. >>. >> absolutely they still have those close ties we encourage them to break those ties and encourage them they were not a transnational terrorist group but would be refused to do so with the counter insurgency with the afghan forces. >> with the percentage of investment is on nation-building with those aspects?. >> certainly to have security forces and police forces to find the of flooding to raise funding to go to farms or jobs so in that regard we set those conditions and in that regard the donations and they have met several times over the years raising money for afghanistan and so many more to bring the money and for those targeted efforts. into set the conditions with the military campaign. >> if we pull out to be two or three years? so i applaud the of strategy to keep t

to another devastating attacks in afghanistan as mosques are targeted in sixty people and you know. how i mean this is live from london also coming up on the program. the iraqi army battles to take back the lost districts in cote cook because they could send reinforcements. calls for cash withdrawals in catalonia separatists increase the pressure on spain's banks and the government. don't feel good right now about what they say. and if any bail rebuke for trump's era from two former presidents. so then suicide bombers have targeted two mosques in afghanistan killing at least sixty people police say one bomber detonated explosives inside a shia mosque in trouble killing thirty three people separate bombing at a mosque in the. province killed at least thirty the latest in a series of attacks across afghanistan in the last week forty three soldiers were killed on thursday after the taliban stormed a military camp in my one district setting off two suicide car bomb four gun battle fighters also attacked a police headquarters in the southeastern province of ghazi that was on thursday the