it is not just in afghanistan. you can see it in other countries around the world where there's been narcotics trafficking. many of the traffickers in other countries, we have evidence in afghanistan work with terrorist groups. the provide protection and to pay taxes. again, we would be so naÏve if we think we sign a peace agreement and miraculously narcotics trafficking would disappear. recklessly those terrorist who are collecting money and developed a relationship with the narcotics traffickers who all of a sudden say i don't have to do that anymore. we have to make certain that we do without problem and more portly the afghans have to deal with the narcotics problem. so that could be a real stumbling block for lasting peace in afghanistan unless the afghan government can handle that. there were a bunch of others we have any. i think human rights is a big issue in afghanistan. not just human rights, look at what taliban used for recruiting purposes. otherwise you will recruit more people who were upset with the

as special inspector general for afghanistan reconstruction on afghanistan he has more than 30 years of experience in oversight and investigation as a prosecutor. he has served as congressional counsel and senior government advisor and prior to his appointment he was a partner at a law firm. his previous experience includes over 20 years on capitol hill. we are also delighted to be joined by james cunningham, the sigar project leader and afghanistan, he has supported there in his current role as a lead analyst for lessons learned and best practices for the u.s. security sector assistance in afghanistan and was the project lead for the report we are going to be discussing here today, lessons from security sector defense in afghanistan. and he was the project lead for the report sigar divided responsibility. lessons from the security sector in afghanistan. the security forces have served as a proverbial long pole in the tent for u.s. strategy in afghanistan over the last 18 years. so certainly many lessons in best practices to be unpacked not only here today, but but we encourage you t

i have plans on afghanistan that if i wanted to win the war afghanistan would be wiped off the face of the earth it would be god it would be over in literally in 10 days and i don't want to do that i don't want to go that route so we're working with pakistan and others to extricate ourselves nor do we want to be a policeman because basically we're policemen right now and we're not supposed to be policemen we've been there through we've been there for 90 years in afghanistan khan who has called for mutually beneficial ties with the us since he won pakistan's general election last year sounded optimistic. so there is only one solution. i feel that i think we will discuss this is the closest we have been to a peace deal. and we hope that. in the coming days we will be able to. speak to the upon them to come to a settlement a political solution. this bridge building is a far cry from relations last year when trump attacked pakistan on twitter accusing the country of supporting islamist militants and cutting security aid now trump has held out the carrot of possibly restoring aid if this me

we have been there for 19 years and afghanistan. it is ridiculous. -- in afghanistan. it is ridiculous. we don't want to say has policemen. i have a plan that would win that war in a very short period of time. to buildeen fighting gas stations, rebuilding schools, that is for them to do, the u.s. shouldn't be doing that. what our leadership got his into his ridiculous. i think we will have some very good answers on afghanistan very quickly. reporter: [indistinct] pres. trump: you go ahead. reporter: [indistinct] are you going to restore any package for a afghanistan -- for afghanistan? paying $3.2 we are billion for afghanistan is a. -- as a. the problem is -- as aid. the problem is afghanistan was not doing anything for us. i ended that about a year and a half ago. the $1.3 billion. i think we have a better relationship with pakistan right now than we did when we were paying that money. but all of that can come back depending on what we work out. where working out things that are very important. i consider this very important. things thatering are very very important,

security sector in afghanistan. a lot to take forward and they just, not only in the afghan context, but for how the united states and its allies might approach center prime in other situations. i have read the report, of course, but hearing it in your own words, talking about the fact that there was no single entity assigned for the responsibility and oversight of the u.s. security sector in afghanistan is pretty remarkable , 17 years in. pinning arose on someone for multifaceted enterprises that involve not only the united oftes and the array coalition efforts. couldwondering if you invite james as well to talk a intle more to contribute terms of how central and building the capacity has been to the u.s. strategy for the last 17 years instead of being the long pole in the tent, proverbially. single entity driving it to the policy outcome in afghanistan, how does that impact our ability to know if we are on track to achieving our overall outcomes and objectives for afghanistan? let me respond briefly and i will tur

on afghanistan where if i wanted to win that war afghanistan would be wiped off the face of the earth and it would be gone and over in literally in 10 days. i don't want to go that route. we are working with pakistan and others to extricate ourselves. nor do we want to be policeman. we have been there for 19 years in afghanistan, it is ridiculous. i think pakistan helps us with that. if we wanted to we can win that war. we can win that war in a short time. they are rebuilding schools, the united states -- that should be we did and-- what what our leadership got into is ridiculous. [indiscernible] >> go ahead. [indiscernible] pres. trump: we were paying $1.3 billion to pakistan's aid for many years but the problem was before you pakistan was not doing anything for us. they were subversive and going against us. i ended that about 1.5 years think weto be honest i have a better relationship with pakistan right now than we did when we were paying that money. all of that can come back. we are working out things that are very important. we are working out things that are very important. time

i have plans on afghanistan, that if i wanted to win that war, afghanistan would be wiped off the face of the earth, it would be gone. it would be over in literally in ten days, and i don't want to do that, i don't want to go that route. so we're working with pakistan and others to extricate ourselves. nor do we want to be policemen. because basically we're policemen right now. we're not supposed to be police me mepolicemen. we've been there 19 years in afghanistan, , it's ridiculous. i have a plan that would win that war in a short period of time, you understand that better than anybody. we've been in there not fighting to win just fighting to building gas stations, they're rebuilding schools, the united states, we shouldn't be doing that. that's for them to do. but what we did and what our leadership got us into is ridiculous, but we will, i think we'll have some very good answers on afghanistan very quickly. >> mr. president-- >> the mueller report high crimes and misdemeanors-- >> go ahead. does that concern you about wednesday? >> pakistani army has-- [inaudible question] are you

there is a military solution in afghanistan. -- there is no military solution in afghanistan. there is no military solution. as mr. president says if you go , all-out military, they would be millions of people who would die. there is only one solution, i feel, and i think we would discuss this, it is the closest way of getting to a peace treaty. we hope that in the coming days, we will be able to urge the taliban to come to a settlement, a political solution. pres. trump: what the prime minister just said is a very big story. 100% sure. we have made a lot of progress over the last couple of weeks. pakistan has helped us with that progress. a lot of great things are happening. a lot of things are happening for the united states and i , think a lot of great things are going to be happening for pakistan, too, under your leadership. i really feel that. prime minister khan: thank you. reporter: [indistinct] -- when it comes to negotiation, what about conflict? pres. trump: i think iran does not know where they are. i have been watching and reading a lot of reports, and right now, t

i have plans on afghanistan but if i wanted to win the war afghanistan would be wiped off the face of the earth it would be gone it would be over in literally in 10 days and i don't want to do that i don't want to go that route so we're working with pakistan and others to extricate ourselves nor do we want to be a policeman because basically we're policeman right now and we're not supposed to be a policeman we've been there we've been there for 9 years in afghanistan khan who has called for mutually beneficial ties with the us since he won pakistan's general election last year sounded optimistic. so there is only one solution. i feel that i think we will discuss this is the closest we have. in the coming. we will be able to. speak to. the step of the political situation. this bridge building is a far cry from relations last year when trump attacked pakistan on twitter accusing the country of supporting islamist militants and cutting security aid now trump has held out the carrot of possibly restoring aid if this meeting yields results offering the prospect of better relations between

but it's not kabul of 1000 years ago it's not afghanistan of 1000 years ago afghanistan and an old country for the young nation or a noble nation made of young people they need to. learn about each other the taliban say they have to change that afghans need to know this new taliban have to see what this change and the taliban need to know what this new afghanistan is like and reach some broader understanding mutual acceptance and the terms of an agreement about the future will be negotiated in the interest and negotiations but i believe this is a necessary for a step so i'm delighted that taking place secretary of state might pompei or has said that he wants to see a deal done by september the 1st good elections in afghanistan on september the 28th i you feeling the crunch time wise we understand that election or scheduled for the $28.00 but for us. peace and the peace agreement is more important that's the number one policy agenda and what comes out of the peace process will dominate. well the talks come the mids an upsurge in violence in afghanistan this past week chance been the deadlie

well the talks come amid an upsurge in violence in afghanistan this past week has been the deadliest in 2019 according to the new york times at least 264 members of the security forces were killed between june 28th and july 4th while the military were mostly targeted 58 civilians were also killed these fatalities results from some 49 darvocet raids that took place throughout it's afghanistan the taliban have claimed responsibility for 37 of those attacks. well omar saad is the former afghan ambassador to france and canada and joins us now from washington d.c. thank you so much for speaking to us here on out to syria just referring to see that interview with. given the rest so much ongoing violence do you think it's premature at this point to talk of progress or even a breakthrough. what is a comparative issue progress compared to 3 months ago or 6 months or one month ago definitely there seems to be some progress on the issues that certainly is not mentioned. obviously the 2 of those issues have sort of taken up most of the time between the americans and the taliban would have found

i have plans on afghanistan that if i wanted to win that war, afghanistan would be wiped off the face of the earth. it would be gone. it would be over in -- literally in ten days. and i don't want to do -- i don't want to go that route. so we're working with pakistan and others to extricate ourselves. nor do we want to be policemen, because basically we're policemen right now. we are not supposed to be policemen. we've been there for 19 years in afghanistan. it's ridiculous. and i think pakistan helps us with that because we don't want to stay as policemen. but if we wanted to, we could win that war. i have a plan that would win that war in a very short period of time. you understand that better than anybody. we've been in there not fighting to win, just fighting to -- they're building gas stations. they're rebuilding schools. the united states, we shouldn't be doing that. that's for them to do. but what we did and what our leadership got us into is ridiculous. but we will -- i think we'll have some very good answers on afghanistan very quickly. >> mr. president -- >> go ahead. you go

pakistan will save millions of lives in afghanistan. they e i really believe can -- they have a power that nations don't have with respect to afghanistan, and i will say as of this moment, they hard and very y nicely. >> -- hong kong, ongoing protest, being beaten by gangs and essentially the hong kong h and chinese government is sort way and g the other allowing these people to protest. have you seen any of that footage? president trump: i have. you know, i know the president, deals.working on trade we'll see what happens. in the meantime they are paying us billions and billions of which is fineiffs with me. but i know that they are -- i a very important situation for the president, say you know, you could what you said but you could also say he's allowed that to go on long time and it's been relatively -- i think it's been nonviolent. >> do you believe the president should be allowed to protest on kong?treets of hong president trump: they are. i don't think china could stop them. if they ld stop them wanted. again, i'm not involved in

woman of afghanistan have. experience that. in terms of listening woman i think when it comes to negotiation and talking with them well men have to be enter negotiations that's why i was the 1st to meet out of actually be part of the. taliban starting from moscow and with him and my understanding is that. that that the taliban we have to be careful with them they pretend they have changed the perspective in many issues including a huge occasion and go as you creation and woman working woman politically and socially engaged meant in afghanistan how without their blood and raise with rights and being a muslim woman living in afghanistan and. a constitution including now it's always the go to see different interpreters interpretation of the slop and do how when i was part of. the agreement drafting committee we had this kind of stuff discussion i told them that we're i don't see an islamic country how much more you want to oppress one i think we have to be careful really. just fell about the trend that they have changed but that t

i have plans on afghanistan that if i wanted to win the war afghanistan would be wiped off the face of the year it would be gone it would be over in literally in 10 days and i don't want to do that i don't want to go that route so we're working with pakistan and others to extricate ourselves nor do we want to be a policeman because basically we're policeman right now and we're not supposed to be policeman we've been there we've been there for 90 years in afghanistan khan who has called for mutually beneficial ties with the us since he won pakistan's general election last year sounded optimistic. so there's only one solution. i feel that i think we will discuss this is the closest we've been to a peace deal. in the coming days we will be able to. speak to them complicit with the political situation. this bridge building is a far cry from relations last year when trump attacked pakistan on twitter accusing the country of supporting islamist militants and cutting security aid now trump has held out the carrot of possibly restoring aid if this meeting yields results offering the prospect o

franks controls a massive area from africa to asia and leads the war in afghanistan but rumsfeld has something else in mind iraq. he orders general franks to prepare a plan of attack. since his invasion of kuwait in the gulf war and 991 large parts of iraq had been under an international no fly zone. despite iraq's defeat and the terrible sanctions that were decimating his people saddam remained in power. in 1998 he drove u.n. inspectors sent to disarm him saddam was a dangerous man dangerous 1st to his own citizens and dangerous to the rest of the world. joe wilson knows iraq well in 1991 in baghdad he was the last american diplomat to meet with saddam hussein saddam was hemmed in . he was not a threat he had been turned from a major regional power into a 3rd rate dictator. just over $100.00 days after the attacks of $911.00 still fighting. in afghanistan america looks for another war richard powell publishes what is essentially a declaration of war. the same day franks visits bush at his ranch in texas in front of journalists the 2 men speak of the successes against the taliban in

i think the americans understand they cannot win in afghanistan by beating and bombing the country. so they want peace and they're convinced of that. country if it isn't for sizing on the ceasefire 1st of all cease fire or. reduction of. civilian. killings and also it's not a small community at the front of the discussion talk of a cease fire but on the ground in afghanistan there was no sign a fit of these are scenes from the does the city in center of the on sunday the taliban detonated a car bomb at a government office during sunday's rush. 13 adults and a child were killed. at least 27 other children also injured. and this on the same day that taliban representatives were meeting in gun leaders in doha for peace talks and one person who's following these talks closed the is the son of a husband who was reported extensively from of summer welcome to the studio how serious is the taliban about peace in afghanistan i think they do want to talk about peace but they do want to talk about peace from a position of strength and i think that is why we also see the continuation of pump la

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i have plans on afghanistan that if i wanted to win that war afghanistan would be wiped off the face of the earth it would be god it would be over in literally in 10 days and i don't want to do that i don't want to go that route so we're working with pakistan and others to extricate ourselves nor do we want to be a policeman because basically we're policemen right now and we're not supposed to be police but we've been there we've been there for 19 years in afghanistan khan who has called for mutually beneficial ties with the us since he won pakistan's general election last year sounded optimistic so there's only one solution. i feel that i think we will discuss this is the closest we've been to a peace deal. and we hope that. in the coming. we will be able to urge the thought about to speak to the. compass of what the political situation. this bridge building is a far cry from relations last year when trump attacked pakistan on twitter accusing the country of supporting islamist militants and cutting security aid now trump has held up the carrot of possibly restoring aid if this meet

i think the americans understand they cannot win in afghanistan by beating and bombing the country. so they want peace and they're convinced of that. country even if it is imprecise england. ceasefire 1st of all cease fire or. reduction of. civilian. killings and also it's not a small committee at the front of the discussion talk of a cease fire but on the ground in afghanistan there was no sign a fit of these are scenes from the city center of on sunday the taliban detonated a car bomb a government office during sunday's rush. 13 adults and a child what killed. at least $27.00 of the children was also injured. and this on the same day that taliban representatives were meeting in gun leaders in doha for peace talks and one person who's following these talks closed the is the underpaid as one who has reported extensively from of summer welcome to the studio how serious is the taliban about peace in afghanistan i think they do want to talk about peace but they do want to talk about peace from a position of strength and i think that is why we also see the continuation of last the conti

military involvement in afghanistan. i have no plans on afghanistan that if i wanted to win that war afghanistan would be wiped off the face of the earth it would be god it would be over in literally in 10 days and i don't want to do that i don't want to go that route so we're working with pakistan and others to extricate ourselves nor do we want to be a policeman because basically we're policeman right now and we're not supposed to be a policeman we've been there through we've been there for 19 years in afghanistan khan who has called for mutually beneficial ties with the us since he won pakistan's general election last year sounded optimistic. so there is only one solution. i feel that i think we will discuss this is the closest we have been to obesity. in the coming days we will be able to. speak to. the settlement a political solution. this bridge building is a far cry from relations last year when trump attacked pakistan on twitter accusing the country of supporting islamist militants and cutting security aid now tr

i have plans on afghanistan, if i wanted to win that war, afghanistan would be wiped off the face of the earth, we would be gone and it would be literally over in ten days and i don't want to go that route. so we are working with pakistan and others to extricate ourselves. we are not supposed to be a policeman, we've been there for 19 years in afghanistan. i think pakistan helps us with that because we don't want to stay as policeman. but if we wanted to, i have a plan that would win that war in a very short period of time and you understand that better than anybody. we are in there not just to win but they are building gas stations, rebuilding schools and, we shouldn't be doing that, that's for them to do. but what we did and what our leadership got us into is ridiculous. i think we will have some very good answers on afghanistan very quickly. go ahead. >> an [indiscernible] >> president trump: so we are going to -- we were paying 1.3 billion to pakistan, and the problem was pakistan. this was before you, pakistan was not doing anything for us. i think they were going against us, an

drjones, i know you specialise in afghanistan. what do you make of this announcement from the us secretary of state 7 announcement from the us secretary of state? well, two things. one is i think it does indicate an interest by the us president to downsize the number of forces. however, iwould just cautioned people in noting that, just as we saw with any presidential announcement with the removal of us forces in the area, this one is likely to be contested by officials in the us department of defence and the intelligence community, who are not going to want to completely walk away and withdraw all to completely walk away and withdraw a ll forces. to completely walk away and withdraw all forces. do you think it is largely aimed at a domestic audience, and specifically 2020 voters, in the us? well, i do think it reflects the views of president trump. i mean, he has said repeatedly, both privately and publicly over the last several yea rs, publicly over the last several years, that he does not understand why us forces have to be ther

i have plans on afghanistan that if i wanted to win that war, afghanistan would be wiped off the face of the earth. it would be gone. it would be over literally in ten days and i don't want to go that route. the one were you surprised by that kind of formulation? >> i guess what the president meant was if he had a scorched-earth policy where a military machine went from one side of afghanistan to the other with airplanes -- the u.s. has the greatest firepower in the history of mankind, but clearly that would be devastating and already people in afghanistan have suffered for decades of conflict. the number of people who died in these four decades. the last thing afghanistan needs is more violence. it needs peace. the taliban should become a part of the political process, so then you will have a government which can represent the people of afghanistan. >> bret: have negotiations with the taliban been productive, sufficiently productive, in your mind? >> i think they've been the most productive so far. up-to-date they have gone the furthest for the two sides coming together. >> bret: for

i think the americans understand they cannot win in afghanistan by beating and bombing the country. so they want peace and they're convinced of that. country and everybody is in for sizing. ceasefire 1st of a cease fire or. reduction or for civilian. killings and also establishment of a small community at the front of the discussion talk of a ceasefire but on the ground in afghanistan there was no sign of it of these are scenes from the city in central of on sunday but taliban detonated a. government office during sunday's rush. 13 adults and a child were killed. at least $27.00 of the children also injured. and this on the same day that taliban representatives are meeting in gun leaders in doha for peace talks and one person who's following these talks closed a is did have to stand up a husband who was reported extensively from of summer welcome to the studio how serious is the fall of about peace in afghanistan i think they don't want to talk about peace but they do want to talk about peace from a position of strength and i think that is why we also see the continuation of pump la

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women of afghanistan have. experience of. in terms of oppressing woman i think when it comes to negotiation and talking with them all men have to be enter negotiations that's why i was the 1st to meet out of usually be part of the. taliban starting from moscow and indeed with him and my understanding is that. that that the taleban we have to be careful with them deployed 10 and they have to change the perspective in many issues including. education and go as you creation and woman working woman politically and socially engaged meant in afghanistan how without the input and praise when it's not being rights and being a muslim woman living in afghanistan under islamic comes a constitution including now it's always the think how do you see different interpreters interpretation of islam up in do how when i was part of. the agreement drafting committee we have this kind of stuff discussion i told them that we are already an islamic country how much more you want to up this one i think we have to be careful really. just follow the

comment sent shock waves through afghanistan. i'll talk to the afghan ambassador to the united states about what her government has called trump's unacceptable remark. also from the opium wars of the 1800s to the protests that have been rocking hong kong for weeks. how did we get here and what makes hong kong such a flash point? i'll explain. first here's my take. >> brittain has a new prime minister and donald trump approves. >> he's tough and he's smart. they're saying brittain trump and people are saying that's a good thing. they like me over there. >> in fact, only 28% of brittains have konch dense in trump compared to 79% who had confidence in obama. the biggest issue is that boris johnson's rise to 10 downing street is bad for brittain and europe and the united states. >> johnson has assured the house of commons that brittain will be out of the union in less than 100 days. how he can manage this without sharp divisions to the economy is a mystery. it would accelerate the decline of europe as global actor on the world stage.

troops from afghanistan even only enough to deliver what he dubbed stronger intelligence. i would like to just get up the problem is it just seems to be a lab for terrorists it seems like or at the harvard of terrorists i would believe very strong intelligence there you have to watch there are currently around $9000.00 u.s. troops in afghanistan over the last 18 years that the us has lost thousands of personnel and nearly a trillion dollars or less course lives now to our guest again until this down veteran of iraq welcome to the program it's great to have you with us now donald trump said he would like to withdraw all troops from afghanistan what's stopping him from doing so. i you don't it's good to be here well the 1st thing i think it's very important is to realize the people who are surrounding him so the president is obviously surrounded by a lot of hawks as we call him here so the reasons obviously for staying in ghana stand are very important specifically geopolitically and i think those hawks are not going to allow to lose any grip on any part of the world i mean

all over afghanistan but i do believe that they are there are a representative of the leadership they make the point that they are quite united and what the leadership decides everyone follows and we will have to see what kind of guarantees can you give to the afghan people that a lot of the achievements that they have seen with with freedom of press and women's rights over the last 20 years will be retained and a new political system that involves the taliban. they need to. learn about each other the taliban say they have changed that afghans need to know this new taliban have to see what has changed and the taliban need to know what this new afghanistan is like and reach some broader understanding mutual acceptance and the terms of an agreement about the future will be negotiated in the interest and negotiation but i believe this is a necessary for a step so i'm delighted that taking place who are barking of course on the violence goes all in for the past week also has been the deadliest this year according to the new york times at least 264 members of the security forces were kille

sent shock waves through afghanistan. i'll talk to the afghan ambassador to the united states about what her government has called trump's unacceptable remark. >>> also, from the opium wars of the 1800s to the roiling protests that have been rocking hong kong for weeks, how did we get here? what makes hong kong such a flash point? i'll explain. but first, here's my take. britain has a new prime minister. and donald trump approves. >> he's tough and he's smart. they call him print trump and people are saying that's a good thing. they like me over there. >> in fact, only 28% of britons have confidence in trump. but the bigger issue is that boris johnson's rise to 10 downing street is bad for britain, for europe and even for the united states. johnson has assured the house of commons that britain will be out of the european union in fewer than 100 days. how he can manage this sweeping withdrawal without sharp dislocations to the british economy remains a mystery. but it's clear that were brexit to happen, it would accelerate

i have plans on afghanistan that if i wanted to win that war, afghanistan would be wiped off the face of the earth. it would be gone. it would be over in ten days. and i don't want to do that. >> wow. just wow. casually mentioning that you don't want to kill 10 million people. i guess we should grateful the president doesn't want to kill 10 million people with a plan he's that would wipe an entire country off the face of the earth. it's easy to see what the president is really worried about. if you open your eyes and your mind. it's easy to see. it's easy to see why he's distracting you with a attacks on the congresswomen of color. this is purposeful. he's doing everything that he can to keep the news of the squad to keep on that news. to keep it in the headline. what he's really worried about is robert mueller testimony on wednesday. you can tell from what he said. >> i'm not going to be watching. probably. maybe i'll see a bit of it. >> no i'm not watching, i'm not going to watch mueller. maybe a little bit. a little bit. let's face this this president watches tv for hours every day

but they all formed in afghanistan. and it's probably because it's at the base of so many countries. it's probably because it's rough, mountains and a lot of good hiding places. i would leave very strong intelligence there. you have to watch because they do -- you know, okay, i'll give you a tough one. if you were in my position and a great looking central casting -- we have great generals. but a great central casting general walks up to your office and i say we're getting out. "yes, sir. we'll get out. yes, sir." what do you think? "sir, i'd rather attack them over there than attack them on our land." that is a very tough decision, with what happened with the world trade center, et cetera, et cetera. when they say that, you know, no matter how you feel -- and you and i feel very similar. when you are standing there and you have talented military people saying you'd rather attack them over there, then have them hit us over here and fight them on our land, it's something you always have to think about. now i would leave

it could only be seen asa afghanistan. it could only be seen as a positive for the president, or indeed, as mr pompeo put, it isjob enhancing. yes, very complicated. the more negotiations taking place this week with us envoys, these are very delicate negotiations. so the timing of this is interesting. much to discuss, and of course, it could be seen as a potential weakness if the us is, if you like, showing its hand by indicating it wants to pull troops out of afghanistan by the end of next year. perhaps this could open the door to the taliban to reach an agreement with that knowledge that perhaps they will have things a little bit easier in the future. so delicate times all around. let's get some of the day's other news: a pakistani military aircraft on a training flight crashed in a built—up area in the city of rawalpindi, killing all five crew members and 12 civilians, according to a statement from the army's communications wing. rawalpindi is in pakistan's punjab province, adjacent to the capital city, islamabad. off

so peace in afghanistan my next guest spent 5 years as the u.s. state department special representative for afghanistan and pakistan she's now director of the asia program at the international crisis group i am happy to welcome a real miller to the program she joins me tonight from washington ms miller it's good to have you on the day this resolution or this roadmap for peace it sounds like a major breakthrough for afghanistan and your opinion is it. it's a step forward there's no question about that it was a positive spirit and in town by all accounts and they were able to produce a joint statement that set out some basic principles and ideas that they agree on participants but i put hesitate to call it a major breakthrough because it was not negotiation of a peace deal it was just what is often referred to as talks about talks to limit here in talks that might evolve into an actual negotiation some kind of peace deal but it wasn't a negotiation as yet it was bill or have you had a chance to read the the unofficial english version of that resolut

. >> i have plans on afghanistan that if i wanted to win that war, afghanistan would be wiped off the face of the earth. it would be gone. it would be over in -- literally in ten days. >> during his meeting with pakistan's prime minister, president trump said the u.s. has made a lot of progress in their talks to end the 18-year war with the taliban without offering any specifics. jane harmon is the director of the wilson center, a former congresswoman and former head of the house, ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee. the afghan government is an ally of the u.s. >> right. >> but the president raised this specter of wiping them off the map, of killing millions of people. what was your reaction to hearing that? >> stunned. i can't imagine how that fits into any u.s. strategy that we are currently pursuing. we have a special envoy to afghanistan named kahlil zaad, aftgha afghan-born american who has been working his heart out to broker a peace between the taliban and afghan government. there are some issues around who's in the peace talks and all the rest of it, but nonet

i have plans on afghanistan that if i wanted to win that war, afghanistan would be wiped off the face of the earth. it would be gone. it will be over in literally ten days. i don't want to do that. i don't want to go that route. we are facing with policemen right now. >> we have been there for 19 years in afghanistan. it is ridiculous. >> pakistan helps us with that. we don't want to stay with policemen. i have a plan that would win that war for a short period of time. what we did and what our leadership got us into is ridiculous. we'll have good answers on afghanistan very quick. [ inaudible question ] >> so we are paying 1.3 billion to pakistan, working for many years. the problem was pakistan. this is before you. pakistan was not doing anything for us. they were really i think subversi subversive. i ended that about a year and a half ago. all of that can come back depending on what we'll work out. this i consider very important. we are working out things that are very important. at the end of this, we'll have a great relationship with pakistan. we should. it is a great country and

but it's not the kabul of 1000 years ago it's not afghanistan of 19 years ago afghanistan an old country with a young nation or a noble nation made of young people they need to. learn about each other the taliban say they have changed that afghans need to know this new taliban have to see what has changed and the taliban need to know what this new afghanistan is like and reach some broader understanding mutual acceptance and the terms of an agreement about the future will be negotiated in the interest and negotiations but i believe this is a necessary for a step so i'm delighted that taking place secretary of state might pompei or has said that he wants to see a deal done by september the 1st good elections in afghanistan on september the 20 i feeling the crunch time wise we understand that election or scheduled for the 28 but for us. peace and the peace agreement is more important that's the number one policy agenda and what comes out of the peace process will dominate. with the news out live from london and much more still ahead on the program they may be defeated on the battlefield bu

special envoy for afghanistan says the current round of negotiations with the taliban have been the most productive so far he made the comments in qatar where afghan political figures and the taliban are due to hold talks aimed at ending the civil war. also the french president has failed to keep the 2050 nuclear deal alive during a phone call with his a rainy and counterpart iran is poised to announce further reductions of its commitments to the deal. voting is beginning in greece's general election the 1st incident from financial bailouts opinion polls are predicting defeat for the left wing prime minister alexis tsipras but he says he can still beat the resurgent center right opposition. now the head of sudan's military says that he will protect and implement a power sharing deal with the opposition general abdel fattah says time has come to rebuild the nation after months of violence and upheaval. the 5th of july agreement with freedom and change and other powers is considered a win win situation and we are now late inning the way of the revolution because we will be seeing different

i have plans on afghanistan th i wanted to win that war, afghanistan would be wiped off the face of the earth, it would be over in literally 10 days. i don't want to do -- i don't want to go that route. laura: for more on th' president'comments come i spoke earlier with a former afghan ambassador who is now at the atlantic council south asia center. what do you make of the president saying he could win a war with afghanistan within a week, he just doesn' 1t want to kimillion people? >> well, obviously, this can b very controversial, they can be , stylistics, -- theatrics, stylistics, his style of speaking off-the-cuff and saying something that he thinks makes sense in that moment. i think r most afghans, viously, they look back at their history and what is happening now and they see that they have already lost millions people over the last 40 years. we have lost more or less 2 million people in the war against communism and the soviet occupation, th the war within afghanistan, the regional meddling, and the war on terrorism. since then, going on since 9/11, many afghans have lost their

troops in afghanistan. but there is not much mention about all the carnage and the deaths that have resulted from this disastrouous, long-term u.. occupation. mehdi: indeed. to go back to my earlrlier poin, john hickenlooperr -- why do we care what john hickenlooper, the foformer governor of colorado, thinks about afghanistan? what d does he know about afghanistan? pete buttigieg is s talking rirightly about people serving n afghanistan who were not born on 9/11, and we will have the first casualties, which will be deeply frustrating. amy: alsoo the number of afghan children who died there, born after 9/11. mehdi: very good point, and we never talk about the victims, because those people are u npeople, who do not get covered by the united states media. that is part of the problem. there was not a discussion about endless war. we dipped in and out of subjects. we did not get a big picture of u.s. foreign policy, what it is for. what will the ex-president use it for? under what circucumstanceses? -- what will

opium production unfair and production in afghanistan. and i've heard you say that it's very important to engage the local population in fighting drop production in mafia crime groups are usually behind this business can we expect ordinary folks to get in confrontation with this dangerous people while their families may get killed and their homes may end up burnt. you know i'm traveling to a lot i'm visiting calder's countries including can let in america ever again and. can tell you that speech into local farmers i made a conclusion that moral is. dope. they're going to have to put up or adoption. ration but they need more support from local authorities they need stable markets for their leases products they need. better infrastructure and there's a need support from big companies. markets if it is done as it is being done and sometimes there are some let america. hope was to be successful operation and we will continue to shrink from illegal legal. so even if you bomb all the poppy and cannabis fields people are using more and more sinc

first is to afghanistan. the hearts and minds of the afghan people are critical to our success in what has been our longest war. tens of thousands of americans have worked to get the hearts and minds of the afghan people on our side, building schools and hospitals under very dangerous conditions, and now the president takes this high-profile opportunity as an opportunity to say you that, well, he might kill 10 million afghans or was thinking about it. or raises the possibility that would use nuclear weapons to destroy afghanistan. this does untold harm to our efforts in afghanistan to win the hearts and minds of the afghan people. what the president should have duran talk about the line and how afghanistan should accept this border between afghanistan and pakistan, a border afghanistan disputes and the whole world accepts. as to kashmir, it's not surprising that the prime minister of pakistan wants america to arbitrate or mediate. that has been the position of pakistan for decades. but then, the president say

changing the way they have a presence in afghanistan. maybe they decide that there will be futureun terterrorism/intelligence presence. ybere is also advancement on the issue of the taliban giving assurances that they will continue fighting terrorist organizations, whi is something that came up today in the statement byhe white house, they asked pakistan to do everything possible to mgae sure those zations are shut down. laura: but do you think the taliban is serious about giving up terror for mainstream politics, no matter what they're saying to the u.s. envoy? omar: taliban see this as a jihad, a holy war on their part. they have their own explanation. but to the afghan people who suffer, and afghans in general who suffer on all sides, this has become unbearable. we need to find a solution. the solution has to involve the rest of the afghan people, afghan political elites,rnhe govement included. the question for mr. khalilzad is how do you move that part of the equation forward and a mofine solutions ast afghans, the so-called intra-af