pakistan. believe is known to everyone we have a serious concern about india and negativity from of understanding what is pakistan otherwise we have no issue with india or afghanistan and thereby a little relationship they can strengthen it to the maximum deccan. if they can afford to but there should not be at the cost of pakistan if india is coming in dr understand and from there trying to. do harm pakistan from the western border which we have enough proof as i said forty percent or even more the area is not under the control of the government of afghanistan so that india can easily people in their data can easily be used for activity is vital and we have to defend as corrective of bush and the other there is as a witness who has admitted being involved in activities here in pakistan if there tell him and. can be thickeners somebody can get indeed that nothing would be done in an honest than against pakistan by indian we have an issue with that larry that was taught in there is little reason

pakistan gets a warning from the u.s. do more to stop aiding groups secretary of state rex tillerson is on his first visit to islamabad at a time when the u.s. is considering giving india a greater role in the war in afghanistan can the washington alienate pakistan what are the risks this is inside story. welcome to the program i'm jane dutton ricks to listens visitors lamb about on tuesday was as much about pakistan's neighbors as us pakistan relations in particular the u.s. secretary of state once the pakistani leadership to stop taliban fighters launching attacks in afghanistan from their side of the border at the same time pakistan's prime minister show he'd like kind of boss is trying to dissuade the u.s. from inviting india to play a bigger role in afghanistan will get i guess in a moment but first natasha good name has this report. pakistan has been basking in rare international praise after it rescued a canadian american family earlier this month this is proof enough to me that. the . pakistanis are doing everythi

feel about it considering how pakistan feels about india well pakistan's concern believe is unknown to everyone and we have a serious concern about indians negativity cured from of i understand what is pakistan otherwise we have no issue with india or afghanistan and thereby a little relationship they can strengthen it to the maximum they can. if they can afford to but there should not be at the cost of pakistan if india is coming into afghanistan and from there trying to. harm pakistan from the western border which we have enough proof for as i said five percent or even more the area is not under the control of the government of afghanistan so that is really people in their area can easily be used for activities across the vital and we have deferments corrected article bush in the out there is as a witness or as admitted being involved in activities here in pakistan if there telamon. can be thickeners somebody can get in to see that nothing would be dumb enough to understand against pakistan by indian we have an issue with that larry that was taught us who knows what all these are

pakistan. believe is known to everyone we have serious concern about india and negativity from of i understand towards pakistan otherwise we have no issue with india and afghanistan and thereby live through a relationship they can strengthen it to the maximum dickon. if they can afford to but there should not be the cost of pakistan if india is coming in dr understand and from there to. pakistan from the western. reach we have enough proof as i said forty percent. of the programming to bring you the iraqi prime minister high the law bad he was holding a press conference with the turkish president ressa play a bird on let's listen in a moment clearly socially. and culturally. if we're. hearing. it's rated that we had attacked. measure take him. there if. they came by the kurds with regards to that if we regret such a measure however we have. joined we shared the same views on this issue. from the outset we had greed that. territorial integrity must be maintained and we are still keen on the say

then you had the successor was left in pakistan bin ladden died in pakistan i mean they're not dying in afghanistan right there obviously finding shelter in pakistan so why do you think why does it it's so hard to kick them out from pakistan why should we. they're not against us and there is one element. to. one in short that the americans would leave because the other have been on telly one of haunts the kabul regime the addicting as the. let's say the quislings or for that strange as the subservient regime that is what it is because the afghan taliban no coverage of the copied depends on unites spectrum age for money for military protection and for the political you don't cover series ed americans are financing the campbell taliban america. giving ten billion dollars a year billion dollars every year if food the regime because income will this is a seal that relate this spending some money on their own forces but billion dollars is still. there does the investment and without that cover regime cannot sustain the infrastructure that has been created you're such an expensive infrastr

then you had the successor was elected in pakistan bin ladden died in pakistan i mean they're not dying in afghanistan right there obviously finding shelter in pakistan so why do you think why does it it's so hard to kick them out from pakistan why should be there not against us and there is one element that if remains to. be ensured that the americans would leave because the other to. the addicting is the. there should the loser from at church. as the subservient regime that is what it is because the afghan taliban no coverage of the copied depends on unites spectrum age for money for military protection and for the political you don't cover series ever americans are financing the campbell taliban america. giving ten billion dollars a year billion dollars every year if food the regime because income will this is a seal that relate this spending some money on their own forces but billion dollars is still. that is the investment and without that cover regime cannot sustain the infrastructure that has been created to such an expensive infrastructure. of unassigned is never had we will aff

drones have killed two to rekey taliban pakistan the pakistani taliban who threaten pakistan but are currently in afghanistan and u.s. drones killed their top leader mr horizonte and some others that is really a gift to the pakistanis on the eve of a very important visit of secretary of state colors into pakistan where he will put additional pressure on pakistan to stop its support for the taliban and yes there have been a lot of violent attacks but those violent attacks are actually the taliban lashing out because they failed to achieve their campaign objectives of taking and retaining a provincial capital this year in their campaign plan that the taliban announced in the spring of this year they laid out very ambitious goals for creating more territory that they controlled and taking control of some major population centers they failed in that because of the aggressive new policy by the united states government of increased in for information increased intelligence and most importantly increased air power so i would say if you look at the bigger picture this new pressure on pakista

drones have killed two to rekey taliban pakistan the pakistani taliban who threaten pakistan but are currently in afghanistan and u.s. drones killed their top leader mr horizonte and some others that is really a gift to the pakistanis on the eve of a very important visit of secretary of state tellers and to pakistan where he will put additional pressure on pakistan to stop its support for the taleban and yes there have been a lot of violent attacks but those violent attacks are actually the taliban lashing out because they failed to achieve their campaign objectives of taking and retaining a provincial capital this year in their campaign plan that the taliban announced in the spring of this year they laid out very ambitious goals for creating more care or tory that they controlled and taking control of some major population centers they failed in that because of the aggressive new policy by the united states government of increased in for information increased intelligence and most importantly increased air power so i would say if you look at the bigger picture this new pressure on p

drones have killed two to rekey taliban pakistan the pakistani taliban who threaten pakistan but are currently in afghanistan and u.s. drones killed their top leader mr horizonte and some others that is really a gift to the pakistanis on the eve of a very important visit of secretary of state tellers and to pakistan where he will put additional pressure on pakistan to stop its support for the taleban and yes there have been a lot of violent attacks but those violent attacks are actually the taliban lashing out because they failed to achieve their campaign objectives of taking and retaining a provincial capital this year in their campaign plan that the taliban announced in the spring of this year they laid out very ambitious goals for creating more territory that they controlled and taking control of some major population centers they failed in that because of the aggressive new policy by the united states government of increased in for information increased intelligence and most importantly increased air power so i would say if you look at the bigger picture this new pressure on paki

then you had the successor was elected in pakistan bin ladden died in pakistan i mean they're now dying in afghanistan right there obviously finding shelter in pakistan so why do you think why does it it's so hard to kick them out from pakistan why should we. then order against us and there is one element remains to. one in short that the americans would leave because the other have been on telly one of haunts the kabul regime the addicting as the. let's say the quislings or for that strange as the subservient regime that is what it is because the afghan taliban no coverage of the copied depends on unites spectrum age for money for military protection and for the political you don't cover series ever americans are financing the kabul taliban america. giving ten billion dollars a year billion dollars every year if food the regime because income will this is a seal that relate this spending some money on their own forces but billion dollars is still. that is the investment and without that cover regime cannot sustain the infrastructure that has been created for such an expensive infrastru

we are working closely with pakistan in that regard. president has assured me of his commitment to continue to reform here in afghanistan, as well as his new anticorruption strategy and policies that are going to underpin much of the effort here. we also discussed reparations for parliamentary elections in 2018. it is very important that those elections go forward. finally, we discussed on regional developments. we agreed on the vital importance of all regional stakeholders to work with us and the other nato partners to fight ,gainst terrorism, insurgents and support peace and stability for afghanistan. we have a lot of hard work and challenges ahead for us. the united states and our partners in afghanistan are committed to seeing this through. with that, i'm happy to take it? two -- and happy to take a question or two. >> you have said in the past that if the pakistanis do not take action in denying safe haven to the taliban and other extremists, they could suffer a further cut from u.s. assistance. the united states has given pakistan

drones have killed two to rekey taliban pakistan the pakistani taliban who threaten pakistan but are currently in afghanistan and u.s. drones killed their top leader mr horizonte and some others that is really a gift to the pakistanis on the eve of a very important visit of secretary of state tellers and to pakistan where he will put additional pressure on pakistan to stop its support for the taliban and yes there have been a lot of violent attacks but those violent attacks are actually the taliban lashing out because they failed to achieve their campaign objectives of taking and retaining a provincial capital this year in their campaign plan that the taliban announced in the spring of this year they laid out very ambitious goals for creating more character henri that they controlled and taking control of some major population centers they failed in that because of the aggressive new policy by the united states government of increased in for information increased intelligence and most importantly increased air power so i would say if you look at the bigger picture this new pressure o

but pakistan as a neighbor. there are two two. strong contrasts they had in our views with regard to parks. when we became refugees after the soviet invasion of afghanistan the pakistani people welcomed us tremendously and believably like brothers and sisters and we lived as if we lived in our own homes in afghanistan and that will continue a very bags making for the v.a. back and yes all to that area that carried the welcomed us tremendously as as refugees but then as backers of the afghan resistance against the former soviet union them and their americans also. did. the most horrible. activity of trying to weaken the afghan traditional system of all to weaken our moderation to weaken to weaken our tolerant society and to turn our nation into an extreme tool in their hands against the soviet union for the americans and for their own purposes for pakistan which we resisted which we denounced but which would lead to the eleventh which would lead to all other things nine eleven included and the destruction of afghanistan and the bot

two questions about pakistan. how does it sit with the pakistanis, the level indian investment in afghanistan on the development projects you mentioned? and second, a separate question on pakistan. are you seeing the level of cooperation from the pakistani military and government in battling terrorism along the border with afghanistan? is it a safe haven for people to run over from afghanistan or is there cooperation there that enhances our efforts on dpns? how would you grade that level cooperation? >> on the indian investment, sir, i think the pakistanis look at it with a degree of skepticism if not distrust. however, in most cases they can see it's going to roads, into hospitals. so it's hard to dispute is the facts on the ground. a point i would make about our south asia strategy here is it is not an exclusive strategy. it is inclusive for anyone who wants to stop killing of innocents, of terrorism, and restore prosperity and stability. pakistan need not feel like this is an anti-pakistan strategy nor is our r

we are joined by the former ambassador to be us the pakistan hussain haqqanl to be us the pakistan hussain haqqani. 0n the issue of the new approach, many americans would say the relationship with pakistan over the relationship with pakistan over the last two years, the us hasn't had a very good deal and maybe it is time for a new approach, to be tougher, cut that work?|j time for a new approach, to be tougher, cut that work? i think toughness might work whether previous policy has failed and pakistan has continued to support the caliban was saying we do not. at times saying yes we do but also having concerns about india so the consensus in dc is to get tough on pakistan. how they will be do it remains to be seen because right now, secretary of state tillis's america for our stay in pakistan is not going to be enough to change something that has gone downhill over16 something that has gone downhill over 16 years. yes, rex tillerson, when he was in afghanistan, said pakistan needs to take a clear eyed view of the situation they are confronted with. do you think pakistan is ready to do that?

to pakistan to fight. in pakistan, the narrative is very different. they believe that militants are using bases in afghanistan to launch attacks in pakistan and they hope that the fence will help stop the attacks. in the western provinces bordering afghanistan, the local commander is emphatic that there are no safe havens for afghan jihadis. officials do say they have seized thousands of kilograms of explosives and they were intended for attacks in pakistan. 8596 of the terrorist activities are coming from one source. i think when the fence has been installed, the border will be less porous and people will be moving on other routes. this is one of the two major border posts, between 60,000 and 20,000 people across here each day. translation: i'm coming to pakistan to buy medicine. i'll go home to afghanistan in the evening. militants do not use the official crossing, but neither do many of the hundreds of families living in villages straddling both sides of the border. i asked the local commander about com

pakistan still 92 runs short. sri la nka pakistan still 92 runs short. sri lanka were into the tail and it did not lag for too long. dilruwan perera feast of the inning. and then the big wicket. shafiq gone for 112 and so pakistan's hopes the victory. the final blow came shortly after. five wickets falling for just 22 runs. waca stu nt‘s resistance five wickets falling for just 22 runs. waca stunt‘s resistance lasted less tha n runs. waca stunt‘s resistance lasted less than a session. —— pakistan. australia's team bus was attacked as they made their way back to the hotel after their twenty twenty win over india in guwahati. no one was injured but a window was shattered by a brick according to this picture on social media, from aussie batsman aaron finch. earlier they broke their seven game losing streak, with a comfortable win. india were restricted to 118 all out off their twenty overs. the aussies got them with just two wickets down and four and half overs to spare. president trump has welcomed the nhl champions to the whitehouse. president t

support for pakistan's nuclear program civilian nuclear program possibly military. and pakistani intelligence investment in pakistan and so on the russian dimensions a bit new in the past when i would speak with russians they would describe russians in some ways on americans described iran you as a potential terrorist state and so on now the russians have made an overture to work with pakistan those countries the three countries mentioned china russia and iran and work with pakistan and separate for all. but in the end i don't think it really worries that trump administrative so much the administration spokesman today on the hill talked a bit about trying to use these ties to put more pressure on pakistan in the past there have been americans said would be wonderful if the chinese would pick up the financial burden of supporting pakistan so far they haven't they the u.s. and other western countries have had to do that so i don't think that in itself is going to promote a shift if anything it vies more leverage to try and influence pakistani policy that tom administr

like come back to pakistan which is a. sign for a. very good sign so i think. as well because we love to enjoy you know matches and barbara starr live in france for the sri lankan team. because of the good grid decision to come into pakistan saw rio come to them and with the boarding school and goes well today now you can send us your views by using the hashtag a.j. news grid or tweet me directly add after underscore is. it's now back to change. and that will do for this newsgroup to same time. as native amazonian is increasingly struggling to survive in today's world. talk to al-jazeera travels to brazil to meet leaders of endangered tribes. and those trying to protect them at this time. and monday pointed wealth on the. u.s. and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped natural resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of their days looking forward to for dry riverbed like this one five years on the syrians still feel battered or e

pakistan has also played a role in u.s. led efforts to mediate between the taliban and the of government and the state department has reiterated that the only solution is a political one focus on not just afghanistan but also india and also incorporating pakistan and that is sort of a regional approach. the key element of that is eventually getting afghan afghans to talk to afghans and that would it would certainly include the taliban getting them to talk to one another. is against india's increasing role in of oneness than the foreign minister is in washington to try to remind the administration about pakistan's sacrifices during the last sixteen years the government says its economy lost billions of dollars in addition to the debts of more than eighty thousand people. pakistan's ties with china are strengthening as the relationship with the us deteriorates i can't say the trumpet ministration is taking a radically harsh more vigorous approach to pakistan but i think they want to give the pakistanis the impression that the

pakistan has also played a role in u.s. led efforts to mediate between the taliban and the of government and the state department has reiterated that the only solution is a political one focused on not just afghanistan but also india and also incorporating pakistan and that is sort of a regional approach. the key element of that is eventually getting afghan afghans to talk to afghans and that would it would certainly include the taliban getting them to talk to one another. like a son is against india's increasing role in of one his son the foreign minister is in washington to try to remind the administration about pakistan's sacrifices during the last sixteen years the government says its economy lost billions of dollars in addition to the debts of more than eighty thousand. people. with china are strengthening as the relationship with the us d.d.l. rates i can't say yet that the trump administration is taking a radically harsh more vigorous approach to pakistan but i think they want to give the pakistanis the impression th

and pakistan had soured where does this leave pakistan what is you know what steps are they likely to take next i mean if the relations with washington continue to deteriorate what other options do they have who are they going to turn to what we we've been seeing this downward spiral ever since the bin laden operation the relationship has never prospered as it was before the operation since then pakistan has taken a number of strategic steps to build a much stronger ties with china it's doing this multi-billion dollar project of infrastructure with china the chinese military is a much more entrenched and working with the pakistani military we've seen last week that the pakistani military has gone and gone out and has drills with the with the russian military for instance so pakistan is looking for alternatives in the region which will hold which kind of converges interests within the pakistani government and not just iran and russia not just china and russia pakistan has built much better relationship with iran as well militarily which is going to be crucial if the support from the un

it is we need pakistan to do. secretary treasurer, secretary state and intelligence community and defense department and lay out what it is we need pakistan to do and the government international effort to align basically the benefits and penalties if those things are not done. pakistan, again, has lost more troops in this fight against terrorists than nearly any country out there. yet, at the same time, as you know, there's been parsing out where some terrorists have been allowed safe havens. we're out to change that behavior and do it very firmly. based on a visit three days ago by a chief of army staff of pakistan to kabul, we have a sense of some optimism out of the afghan government. i'm in a show me stage right now but we intend to work through international partners diplomatically, economically, and work together to make the change that's actually in pakistan's best interests. as far as gaining confidence with the afghan people and their little and how do we make this work, i will ask the chairman to say a

so as we work this problem with pakistan, as pakistan has moved against the border areas in the last six months, losing a lot of troops and pushing against some of the border passes that give access into afghanistan, i think that we're in a position now where we can be more compelling. but this is going to be one step at a time. we are going to remain basically focused on this effort. we're not going to back off. it will start with assistant secretaries coming out of washington and the national security staff members going into pakistan followed by the secretary of state. i will go in. we have the secretary general's clear support in this in his advocacy as the secretary general of nato. we're going to continue to build this up for the argument for pakistan to work in their own best interest. >> thank you, secretary mattis. i yield back. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you both for being here. at the outset i want to sort of endorse mr. jones' comments that i too as a full body of congress should have the opportunity to debate an authorization for use of military force. it's been t

actually to get in pakistan but it does an absolutely great occasion although pakistan has won the series already there is so much hype so much enthusiasm in the entire nation people are throwing their stadiums they're ready to be glued to the t.v. sets so it is a really a festive occasion a great occasion for pakistan visit huge security operation in place of course the city pretty much on lockdown is it feasible would it be feasible for it same to pakistan for a longer period of time for a test series perhaps well you're right of course there are concerns of the foreign teams leading teams in international cricket like australia and england because of course so much security right from the airport to the hotel to the stadium is really extraordinary and. pakistan will have to do better i feel to ensure absolute safety and security of players and teams really to say that the dire. period that they have spent eighty years of ignagni and of course of terror is over and the teams will start coming here again right think it will still take a few months at least before we can say that it is po

india and pakistan are locked in a decades long. stalemate over the disputed region of kashmir the u.s. is stressing both countries are crucial partners but u.s. president donald trump is seizing the momentum of recent cooperation by urging pakistan to help release other hostages and join in future counterterrorism operations natasha going to name al-jazeera the chinese president's name and ideology have been added to the constitution cementing his status as one of the most powerful leaders there in decades the announcement was made on the final day of the communist party conference ping's thoughts follows in the footsteps of former leaders mostly talking and on shopping she's described his concept as central to making china a great multan socialist country by the twenty fifty. i mean. the chinese people and the chinese nation embrace brilliant prospects and a bright future living in such a great era we are all the more confident and proud and also feel the heavy weight of responsibility upon us we must have the courage and resolve

it is we need pakistan to do. secretary treasurer, secretary state and intelligence community and defense department and lay out what it is we need pakistan to do and the government international effort to align basically the benefits and penalties if those things are not done. pakistan, again, has lost more troops in this fight against terrorists than nearly any country out there. yet, at the same time, as you know, there's been parsing out where some terrorists have been allowed safe havens. we're out to change that behavior and do it very firmly. based on a visit three days ago by a chief of army staff of pakistan to kabul, we have a sense of some optimism out of the afghan government. i'm in a show me stage right now but we intend to work through international partners diplomatically, economically, and work together to make the change that's actually in pakistan's best interests. as far as gaining confidence with the afghan people and their little and how do we make this work, i will ask the chairman to say a

we want to work to make a more secure and able pakistan. -- stable pakistan. is there a part of the thoughy -- it seems as u.s. military presence is on the rise. sec. tillerson: the president has made it clear that we are here to stay until we can confirm a process. he has also made it clear it is not a blank check amendment. it is a conditions based commitment. if you consider the current situation at -- and afghanistan, we were talking about this a few minutes ago. you look a few years in the past at what the circumstances were. distance come quite a in terms of creating a more vibrant population, government, educational systems, larger economy. there are opportunities to strengthen the foundations of a prosperous afghanistan society. we have to continue the fight against when a military victory. there are moderate voices among the taliban. we are looking to engage with those voices. have them engage in a reconciliation process. we want their full involvement of dissipation in the government. if they are ready to renounce terrorism and violence and be commit

but pakistan as a neighbor. there are two two. strong contrasts they had in our views with regard to parks that. when we became refugees of the soviet invasion of afghanistan the pakistani people welcomed us tremendously and believably like brothers and sisters and we lived as if we lived in our own homes in afghanistan and that will continue very bad as well making for the v.a. back. yes no to that area that carried the welcomed us tremendously as as refugees but then as backers of the afghan resistance against the the former soviet union them and their americans also. did the most horrible. activity of trying to weaken the afghan traditional system of to weaken our moderation to weaken to weaken our tolerant society and to turn our nation into an extreme tool in their hands against the soviet union for the americans and for their own purposes for pakistan which we resisted which we denounced but which would lead to the eleven which would lead to all other things nine eleven included and the destruction of afghanistan and the bot

reporter: you talk about the trust deficit between the united states and pakistan. how concerned are you about the possibility of economic sanctions being leveled against pakistan? >> we do not get any economic assistance in our states. -- from the united states. just a trickle. nothing more than that. we don't get any military hardware from them, not at all. but having said that, there is a willingness on both sides to bridge this deficit, bridge this gap. laura: pakistan's foreign minister there. you are watching "bbc world news merica." still to come on tonight's program, a portrait of the artist. londonbuster show in features the work of french postimpressionist paul cÉzanne. the british former assistant of harvey weinstein says she was paid over $160,000 to keep quiet after accusing the film producer of sexual harassment. company: fired by the he cofounded, condemned by hollywood, and now a former assistant has said that after she was sexually harassed by harvey weinstein, she was paid more than $165,000 to stay silent. now a zelda perkins says she has decided

pakistan has also played a role in u.s. led efforts to mediate between the taliban and government and the state department has reiterated that the only solution is a political one focused on not just afghanistan but also india and also incorporating pakistan that is sort of a regional approach. the key element of that is eventually getting afghan afghans to talk to afghans and that would it would certainly include the taliban getting them to talk to one another. and is against india's increasing role in of oneness than the foreign minister is in washington to try to remind the administration about pakistan's sacrifices during the last sixteen years the government says its economy lost billions of dollars in addition to the debts of more than eighty thousand people pakistan's ties with china are strengthening as the relationship with the us deteriorates i can't say the top administration is taking a radically harsh more vigorous approach to pakistan but i think they want to give the pakistani. the impression that they might.

pakistan has also played a role in u.s. led efforts to mediate between the taliban and the of government and the state department has reiterated that the only solution is a political one focused on not just afghanistan but also india and also incorporating pakistan and that is sort of a regional approach. the key element of that is eventually getting afghan afghans to talk to afghans and that would it would certainly include the taliban getting them to talk to one another. as against india's increasing role in of one a son the foreign minister is in washington to try to remind the administration about pakistan's sacrifices during the last sixteen years the government says its economy lost billions of dollars in addition to the debts of more than eighty thousand people back in. with china strengthening as the relationship with the us to do the roots i can't say yet that the trumpet administration is taking a radically harsh more vigorous approach of pakistan but i think they want to give the pakistanis the impression that th

pakistan to fight. here in pakistan, the narrative is very different. they believe militants are using bases in afghanistan to launch attacks in pakistan, and they hope this fence will help stop those attacks. in the western balochistan province, bordering afghanistan, the local commander is emphatic there are no safe havens for afghanjihadis. officials, though, do say they have seized thousands of kilograms of explosives intended for attacks in pakistan. 25% of equipment is being donated. and once the fence will be installed, the border will be no more porous, and people will be moving on. this is one of the country's two official border posts. between 16,000 and 20,000 people cross here each day. translation: i am coming to pakistan to buy medicine. i go home to afghanistan by the evening. militants don't use this official crossing, but neither do many of the hundreds of families living in villages straddling both sides of the border. i asked the local commander about comparisons to the proposed us me

cricket returns to pakistan. nine yea rs cricket returns to pakistan. nine years after the national team was forced to play abroad. years after the national team was forced tc make—up ad. dancing, make—up and the first marriage. - reality for raqqa marriage. a new reality for raqqa after islamic state. welcome to the programme. the sacked leader of the spanish region of catalonia, carles puigdemont, has made a televised address for peaceful resistance to madrid imposing direct rule on the region. spain's government has dissolved the regional parliament and installed a new police chief after mr puigdemont declared independence. in madrid, several thousand people held a rally, waving spanish flags and calling for national unity. our correspondent james reynolds reports from barcelona. this is the first full day of direct rule from madrid. and no—one‘s yet sure quite what to make of it. catalan organisations have told people here to carry on as normal. right here, it's hard to tell that anything has changed one way or another. the catalan political

pakistan need not feel like this is an anti-pakistan strategy, nor is our relationship or afghanistan with india and the collaboration. so it's not nonexclusive. as far as cooperation on the border, we know the pakistan army has taken some pretty severe losses in those attacks. let me ask the chairman to say a few words about the cross-border counterterrorism campaign. >> senator, and they have done a lot in the border area and secretary mattis has mentioned it suffered significant casualties. in my judgment, what we need is an effective bilateral relationship between afghanistan and pakistan to manage the border area. we have a broad framework on that for three to four years and i don't than satisfactory progress has been made. we were encouraged just this week boswell's visit to afghanistan to quibble the day before yesterday appeared very good meetings with afghan leadership. our leadership was engaged in those meetings as well as a commitment to address those issues and do better coordination on the border area appeared when we were doing that, we had a better degree of cooperatio

pakistan's advice. here in pakistan, the narrative is very different. they believe militants are using basesin they believe militants are using bases in afghanistan to launch attacks in pakistan and the hope this fence will help stop those attacks. in this western province, bordering afghanistan, the local commander is emphatic there are no safe havens for afg ha n commander is emphatic there are no safe havens for afghan jihad commander is emphatic there are no safe havens for afghanjihad is. 0fficials, though, do say they have seized thousands of kilograms of explosives intended for attacks in pakistan. 3596 of equipment is being donated. and the fence will be installed , donated. and the fence will be installed, the border will be no more porous, and £171: installed, the border will be no moving on. this is one of the country's two hard?" moving on. this is one of the country's two - bard? posts. country's two official border posts. between 16000 and 20,000 people crossed here each day. translation:

for a long time, there's been no cricket in pakistan. translation: we will be supporting both teams, but particularly the sri lankans. whoever wins, it's a victory for cricket. this is what happened last time the sri lankan team came to lahore. eight people were killed, a number of players injured. following the attack, pakistan have held their home games in the united arab emirates. even the top domestic cricket championship is played there, all at a huge cost to the cricket board. playing our home series away from home crowds, in foreign lands like dubai, means our expenses are literally, like, 100% increased. net profits of pcb are all ploughed back into development, stadium maintenance player fees, the grounds, and so on and so forth. all of that has suffered. at the gaddafi stadium, they are preparing for sunday's match. sunday this atch. sunday this year, the final of the domestic league featuring international players was held here. a world 11 team visited, too. but cricket won't be back to normal until everyone feels comfortable

thank pakistan. they worked very hard on this. i believe they are starting to respect the united states again. it's very important. i think a lot of countries are starting to respect the united states of america once again. >> let's be clear. the trump administration is pressuring them to take more personality for maintaining security and going after the terror networks. i will tell you a lot of u.s. officials say show me. they want to see more evidence that pakistan is committed to this. this mission is very unique. they noticed something. intelligence had monitoring and surveillance in this border region between afghanistan and pakistan. they noticed cars and vehicles on the move and called up the pakastanis. the u.s. by all accounts was thinking about how to mount a rescue operation of its own, believing at that time that this was the family they had been looking for for five years. by the time that passed and they were talking about it, the pakastanis said we have them. all five of them. not clear at this hour when the pakasta

but pakistan as a neighbor. there are two two. strong contrasts they had in our views with regard to parks. when we became refugees after the soviet invasion of afghanistan the pakistani people who welcomed us tremendously and believably like brothers and sisters and we lived as if we lived in our own homes in afghanistan and that will continue a very bags they're making for the. yes no to that area that carried the day will come to us tremendously as as refugees but then as backers of the afghan resistance against the the former soviet union them and they're americans also. did the most horrible. activity of trying to weaken the afghan traditional system of weaken our moderation to weaken to weaken our tolerant society and to turn our attention into an extreme tool in their hands against the soviet union for the americans and for their own purposes for pakistan which we resisted which we denounced but which would lead to the eleven which would lead to all other things nine eleven included and the destruction of afghanistan and th

pakistan relationships. so we see it as not just one issue, but a means of the entire region and we intend to work closely and with pakistan to, we hope, ease tensions along well. border, as pakistan has two very troubled borders, two very troubled borders. we'd like to help them take the ension down on both those and secure future stable pakistan government, which we think improves relations in the region, as well. >> secretary, i know i'm running given byo the deadline ask, holders, but let me several questions were dealing with development. to question i'd like to pose you is, we've got a capable new usaid, you or for have been involved in aid and issues.ent what to you see is the relationship between the state usaid going nd forward? it?are you thinking about secretary: the roles of the two rganizations are no different, state department foreign policy develops strategys and tactics nd important element of our execution of foreign policy is development aid and assistance, be in direct umanitarian assista

pakistan's foreign minister khwaja asif has been speaking exclusively to our pakistan correspondent secunder kermani who began by asking him for a response to those american demands. they do not need or territory any more, because almost 40% of the territory is now under the direct control of the taliban. this has been admitted internationally. there is basically one key factor which is missing in our relationship and that is the trust. we have a huge trust deficit and we are desperately trying, both parties, the us and pakistan, to breach this trust deficit. we don't have safe havens. the us doesn't seem to buy that? you are right, they are not buying our narrative and we're not buying their narrative. there is a trust deficit. they must do some self accountability. why have they lost 45% of territory in the last few yea rs. 45% of territory in the last few years. why has there not cut trade gone up by 3700%. they said years. why has there not cut trade gone up by 370096. they said the war is going bad for the afghan government is because... it is the ineptitude of the forces which are pres

pakistan has also played a role in u.s. led efforts to mediate between the taliban and the of government and the state department has reiterated that the only solution is a political one focused on not just afghanistan but also india and also incorporating pakistan and that is sort of a regional approach. the key element of that is eventually getting afghan afghans to talk to afghans and that would it would certainly include the taliban getting them to talk to one another. is against india's increasing role in of one a son the foreign minister is in washington to try to remind the administration about pakistan's sacrifices during the last sixteen years the government says its economy lost billions of dollars in addition to the deaths of more than eighty thousand people pakistan's ties with china are strengthening as the relationship with the us deteriorates i can't say yet that the trumpet ministration has taken a radically harsh more vigorous approach to pakistan but i think they want to give the pakistanis the impression

in attacks in pakistan it is the pakistanis that are bearing the brunt of this it is pakistan's military and security services that are bearing the brunt of the war on so-called war on terror and so they don't quite buy into this idea that they're not doing enough to help america but certainly donald trump and some of those very close to him of believed for a long time that the pakistani military haven't done enough that sometimes the protective groups that they are close to so this according to donald trump and also to jim mattis who is the defense secretary has been speaking just in the last hour is a positive sign for u.s. and pakistani relations and i'm with nations that in washington. still ahead on the program the canadian prime minister arrives in mexico to talk not so free trade agreements with the u.s. that is facing. plus. i'm christine so let me and many more the chinese artist ai wei wei has created one of his latest cultures coming up i'll tell you which famous new yorker are you trying to reach. welcome back as we take a look at weather across the strait the main features t

the president is to be commended when he and his mission speech, talked about pakistan and how pakistan needs to be more consistent in promoting stability in the region. secretary mattis, you address that strongly in your comments earlier. i would like to follow up on that. if pakistan does not follow through and be a better promoter of promoting stability? >> sir, we have an enormously powerful number of options there. right now, i would like to think we would be successful, but you ask a good question because we don't want a transient or temporary change, and things go back to a bad way. i think that right now, with the growing consensus against terrorism, they will find themselves diplomatically isolated, economically in countries trouble as that are damaged by this terrorism coming out of their say enough is enough and take steps, there is an awful lot of advantage to pakistan to coming online with the international immunity. we have to state focused their, -- we have to stay focused but if they choose to go a different direction. we need to try one more time to make a strategy work

groups an accusation that pakistan denies the sullivan job and reports. these are some of the taliban fighters the thirty nine member alliance has been trying to defeat since two thousand and one donald trump is the third president who's come up with another new strategy to win the war and of learning stand his defense secretary and joint chiefs chairman have bearden public hearings before the senate and house armed services committees to explain this strategy shift and once again u.s. officials say pakistan is among the reasons the a failed it's clear to me that the i.s.i. has connections with with terrorist groups and if i could just follow up on something secretary mabus i think over the last several years we've had a bilateral approach to trying to effect the change in pakistan's behavior. it's not about says the latest round of accusations are absurd the cia paid back son millions of dollars to set up the fight to the end of the understand in the one nine hundred seventy s. by his son has also played a role in u.s. led efforts to mediate between the

that would bring to pakistan. we are trying to make this an inclusive strategy and we don't want them to get a sense that they are vulnerable to any indian army people from their western flank. it's not necessary. >> thank you. >> thank you mr. chairman and secretary mattis i wanted to specifically ask you about the state department of the usaid programs and anna stands now and how deep funding cuts to the department as proposed by the administration affect the overall mission there? i know in the past you have been very outspoken about diplomacy and the programs to support the mission. right now what we are trying to do is get a lot more development aid from the international community. this is separate and distinct from what we are doing to lower the come -- demand on the american taxpayer. we are paying a awful lot of the military piece of this and we are trying to raise money by the way from our allies to carry more of a commitment on the military side. i can get back to you. i will go to the state department

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 message to the taliban and other elements that we're not going anywhere. so we'll be here as long as it takes for