her from afghanistan went to iraq. many were murdered in their home districts because of the rise of telephone, i qaeda, during an important moment, i want to raise the question will take it impact with the taliban and negotiations of where that puts us. we can have a strong memory and there are the rising characters and al qaeda face the issue of disposing of the issues in afghanistan and the government would undermine and i would fear the bloodletting of all of those people could see that and that's what i like to ask you. >> i think the biggest issue with caliban which would not have been possible had they had been candid with us about their intentions is that we have empowered them politically. we have given them credibility inside afghanistan and quite frankly outside afghan the nsa that they endure. that worries me as they move into negotiations with the government of afghanistan. it worries me for what we ultimately end up. i understand the dilemma we find ourselves in. i understand the americans went out. obama

in afghanistan. the taliban today is militarily and politically stronger than at any time since 911. and i believe the taliban in its peace negotiations with the united states have told us exactly what we want to hear in order to encourage us to leave the country. i don't believe what they're saying about what their intentions are. in fact, i believe that their intention, which is absolutely achievable, is to overthrow the current afghan government and a dictatorship based on sharia law. i also believe the taliban will provide safe haven to al qaeda and that it will not do what is necessary to prevent al qaeda from again becoming a significant threat to the united states of america. the ties between the two groups are just too close. years and years of fighting side-by-side and years and years of shedding blood together, years and years of inter-marriages of their children. these two groups are not, in my mind, separable. mr. chairman, to sum up, i believe strongly that we need to stay on this watch

officials investigating the behavior of us forces and cia operatives in afghanistan it gives us no joy to punish them but we cannot allow i.c.c. officials and their families to come the united states to shop travel and otherwise or joy american freedoms as these same officials think to prosecute the defender of those very freedoms the united states maintains the sovereign right and obligation to properly investigate and address any of our personnel's allegedly violations of the laws of war the new sanctions follow washington's decision last year to revoke the travel visa of the i.c.c. chief prosecutor found to bensouda she's been pushing for the investigation and possible trial of u.s. forces since 2017 bensouda is also trying to prosecute the former sudanese leader omar al bashir for atrocities committed in darfur and she's investigating alleged israeli war crimes in the occupied west bank and gaza something the u.s. opposes i think it's the culmination of our evolution from a republic to an empire that believes that we live by our standards and are alone i don't think that we should

persons in afghanistan the u.s. reported over 600 different investigations over 250 individuals who were held to account and punished in some way for allegations or for abuse of prisoners that were found to be credible and sustained that the idea that the united states is not willing to hold people to account in the united states is not willing to have investigate these investigations is just pat nonsense the united states has taken a number of different actions here in fact if you look at the the prosecutor's investigation report. all of the evidence that she provides is actually based on u.s. sources it's based on the senate select intelligence committee it's based on. department of defense reports of defense it's based on an inspector general report to spaced on cia inspector general report all the evidence that she has is actually based on u.s. reports and u.s. transparent efforts to actually hold people accountable and to be as cooperative apart as possible in the investigation efforts of these matters the idea

officials investigating the behavior of us forces and cia operatives in afghanistan it gives us no joy to punish them but we cannot allow i.c.c. officials and their families to come the united states to shop travel and otherwise or joy american freedoms as these same officials seek to prosecute the defender of those very freedoms the united states maintains the sovereign right and obligation to properly investigate and address any of our personnel's allegedly violations of the laws of war the new sanctions follow washington's decision last year to revoke the travel vsa of the i.c.c. chief prosecutor found to bensouda she's been pushing for the investigation and possible trial of u.s. forces since 2017 bensouda is also trying to prosecute the former sudanese leader omar al bashir for atrocities committed in darfur and she's investigating alleged israeli war crimes in the occupied west bank and gaza something the u.s. opposes i think it's the culmination of our evolution from a republic to an empire that believes that we live by our standards and our alone i don't think that we should lo

officials investigating the behavior of us forces and cia operatives in afghanistan it gives us no joy to punish them but we cannot allow i.c.c. officials and their families to come the united states to shop travel and otherwise or joy american freedoms as these same officials seek to prosecute the defender of those very freedoms the united states maintains the sovereign right and obligation to properly investigate and address any of our personnel's allegedly violations of the laws of war the new sanctions follow washington's decision last year to revoke the travel vsa of the i.c.c. chief prosecutor found to bensouda she's been pushing for the investigation and possible trial of u.s. forces since 2017 bensouda is also trying to prosecute the former sudanese leader omar al bashir for atrocities committed in darfur and she's investigating alleged israeli war crimes in the occupied west bank and gaza something the u.s. opposes i think it's the culmination of our evolution from the republic to an empire that believes that we live by our standards and are alone i don't think that we should

so was the president briefed on what russia is doing in afghanistan? probably. but we don't know that for sure. we also don't know for sure that the intelligence findings are correct. maybe this is a version of weapons of mass destruction in iraq. maybe the intelligence findings about what russia is up to in afghanistan are not correct. maybe they're not totally correct. but there is no way for donald trump to defang this story. even if the intelligence findings are not correct and even if donald trump was never briefed on the intelligence findings, there is still a deep, dark scandal at the bottom of this story, and speaker nancy pelosi pointed to exactly that today. >> the question is whether the president was briefed. if he was not briefed, why would he not be briefed. were they afraid to approach him on the subject of russia? and were they concerned if they did tell him that he would tell putin? >> that is a question that could never have been asked by a speaker of the house about any previous president. were they concerned that if they did tell him that he

air strikes in afghanistan. this is the doctor yes this is that it was a go one of the cases we looked at together was the case of sharif kloden what he does family go that we started to take a little bit more and we opened up to sort of the general public and open source ex-pats and we started to find out all kinds of information we were able to locate at the house that we believe the doctor lived in. and new satellite imagery to get a step closer to proving in fact that that house was struck and we've also got images of funerals we've got images of bodies we've got when the bureau reached out to the u.s. military about that airstrike bill we said that it was possible there were casualties in that their investigation was closed i think the the word possible. is quite a quite a hollow victory for accountability in terms of what it provides the survivors if it's not a conclusion that can offer them can some closure in my eyes and i think it was the most at. the top. not to. those of. us who are bull market but al

air strikes in afghanistan. this is the doctor yes this is what is the goal one of the cases we looked at together was the case of sharif when he does family we started to take a little bit more and we opened up to sort of the general public and open source experts and we started to find out all kinds of information we were able to locate the house that we believe the doctor lived in. and new satellite imagery to get a step closer to proving in fact that that house was struck and we've also got images of funerals we've got images of bodies we've got when the bureau reached out to the u.s. military about that airstrike bill we said that it was possible there were casualties in that their investigation was closed i think the the word possible. is quite a quite a hollow victory for accountability in terms of what it provides the survivors it's not a conclusion that can offer them can some closure in my eyes and i think what's the most that. those. of us sharif told us he wants to know who told the u.s. and afghan m

today we discuss why the troops are leaving afghanistan. extremism in america and the challenges of owning a small business in the age of the coronavirus. the war. issue i am frizzy to sanchez for our top story today the u.s. has delivered a portion of its feb peace deal with the taliban by cutting troops to 8600 from 12000 previously the trumpet ministrations says it could withdraw all forces from the country by next may if the taliban meets all requirements of the deal including severing ties with al qaeda reducing violence and engaging in power sharing talks with the afghan government jesse it's been nearly 2 decades since the us invaded afghanistan so it's well beyond time for our government to end its occupation there well brigitta let's let's go back in history and look all 'd this came about 1st ok we were allegedly attacked by osama bin laden on $911.00 so therefore we had to go there to give him that was without question we're going to go get bin laden in afghanistan but that turned out to be a front bush and cheney really wanted t

so was the president briefed on what russia is doing in afghanistan? probably. but we don't know that for sure. we also don't know for sure that the intelligence findings are correct. maybe this is a version of weapons of mass destruction in iraq. maybe the intelligence findings about what russia is up to in afghanistan are not correct. maybe they're not totally correct. but there is no way for donald trump to de-fang this story. even if the intelligence findings are not correct and even if donald trump was never briefed on the intelligence findings, there is still a deep, dark scandal at the bottom of this story, and speaker nancy pelosi pointed to exactly that today. >> the question is whether the president was briefed. if he was not briefed, why would he not be briefed. were they afraid to approach him on the subject of russia? and were they concerned if they did tell him that he would tell putin? >> that is a question that could never have been asked by a speaker of the house about any previous president. were they concerned that if they did tell him that he

air strikes in afghanistan. this is the doctor yes this is that it has to go one of the cases we looked at together was the case of sharif close when he does family that we started to take a little bit more and we opened up to sort of the general public and open source ex-pats and we started to find out all kinds of information we were able to locate at the house that we believe the doctor lived in. and new satellite imagery to get a step closer to proving in fact that that house was struck and we've also got images of funerals we've got images of bodies we've got when the bureau reached out to the u.s. military about that airstrike bill we said that it was possible there were casualties in that their investigation was closed i think the the word possible. is quite a quite a hole a victory for accountability in terms of what it provides the survivors it's not a conclusion that can offer them can some closure in my eyes and i think what's the most that. now talk of a. lot of. those of us who are born the last of

air strikes in afghanistan. this is the doctor yes this is i had to go one of the cases we looked at together was the case of sharif kloden what he does family go that we started to take a little bit more and we opened up to sort of the general public and open source ex-pats and we started to find out all kinds of information we were able to locate at the house that we believe the doctor lived in. and new satellite imagery to get a step closer to proving in fact that that house was struck and we've also got images of funerals we've got images of bodies we've got when the bureau reached out to the u.s. military about that airstrike bill we said that it was possible there were casualties in that their investigation was closed i think the the word possible. is quite a quite a hollow victory for accountability in terms of what it provides the survivors it's not a conclusion that can offer them can some closure in my eyes and i think what's the most that. now talk about. those of us who. will allow us sharif told us

today we discuss why the troops are leaving afghanistan. extremism in america and the challenges of owning a small business in the age of the coronavirus. the war. issue i am frizzy to sanchez for our top story today the u.s. has delivered a portion of its feb peace deal with the taliban by cutting troops to 8600 from 12000 previously the trumpet ministrations says it could withdraw all forces from the country by next may if the taliban meets all requirements of the deal including severing ties with al qaeda reducing violence and engaging in power sharing talks with the afghan government jesse it's been nearly 2 decades since the us invaded afghanistan so it's well beyond time for our government to end its occupation there well brigitta let's let's go back in history and look how all 'd this came about 1st ok we were allegedly attacked by osama bin laden on $911.00 so therefore we had to go there to get him that was without question we're going to go get bin laden in afghanistan but that turned out to be a front bush and cheney really wante

air strikes in afghanistan. this is the doctor yes this is that that is the goal one of the cases we looked at together was the case of sharif kloden when he does family that we started to dig a little bit more and we opened up to sort of the general public and open source ex-pats and we started to find out all kinds of information we were able to locate at the house that we believe the doctor lived in. and new satellite imagery to get a step closer to proving in fact that that house was struck and we've also got images of funerals we've got images of bodies we've got when the bureau reached out to the u.s. military about that airstrike bill we said that it was possible there were casualties in that their investigation was closed i think the the word possible. is quite a quite a hollow victory for accountability something in terms of what it provides to survivors it's not a conclusion that can offer them cause some closure in my eyes and i think what's the most that. now talk about. now to. those of us who are b

troops in afghanistan. the white house maintains that president trump was never made aware of those discussions. >> there is not a consensus among the intelligence community. there were dissenting opinions in the community. speaker of the intelligences verified it could jeopardize the administration's ongoing efforts to negotiate a peace deal with taliban to end the war in afghanistan and get u.s. troops out. especially since "the washington post" is reporting that those alleged russian bounties are believed to have resulted in the deaths of several u.s. service members. republican senator lindsey graham says it's imperative congress get to the bottom of it. white house chief of staff mark meadows extended out by pursing protection to eight members of congress to be briefed about the intelligence today but the democratic leadership says that's not good enough. today they asked for all members of congress to be brief. >> this is as bad as it gets. yet the president will not confront the russians on this scor

today we discuss why the troops are leaving afghanistan. extremism in america and the challenges of owning a small business in the age of the coronavirus. the war. issue i am frizzy to sanchez for our top story today the u.s. has delivered a portion of its feb peace deal with the taliban by cutting troops to 8600 from 12000 previously the trumpet ministration says it could withdraw all forces from the country by next may if the taliban meets all requirements of the deal including severing ties with al qaeda reducing violence and engaging in power sharing talks with the afghan government jesse it's been nearly 2 decades since the us invaded afghanistan so it's well beyond time for our government to end its occupation there well brigitta let's let's go back in history and look how all 'd this came about 1st ok we were allegedly attacked by osama bin laden on $911.00 so therefore we had to go there to get him that was without question we're going to go get bin laden in afghanistan but that turned out to be a front bush and cheney really wanted

led war in afghanistan but you were the founder and c.e.o. of blackwater perhaps the world's most notorious private security firm which during the iraq war became a byword for violence corruption lawlessness and yet you've never apologize for any of. i think that's an unfair characterization of the company did exactly what the u.s. government asked us to do which was to protect diplomats reconstruction officials visiting. un or or other congressional delegations we did more than 100000 missions no one under our care was ever killed or injured and people try to characterize the company as overly aggressive less than one half of one percent of all those missions resulted in a discharge of a firearm in an era when you had lots of violence in the capital i mean baghdad really was the center of gravity of the insurgency and so we had you know 41 of our men were lost in action doing that mission so you mentioned that the u.s. government asked you to do a job and you did it you mention that you lost a man on your watch but you didn't mention is that

who's in afghanistan. and this is considered so serious that the cia station chief warned about it in afghanistan. that it was, quote, well known in afghanistan that vladimir putin had put bounties on young americans' heads for islamic militants to kill them and the president is doing nothing. this is considered so serious by our intelligence agencies that they convene a meeting at the end of march, and we notify -- our government notifies the british government to warn them that there are also bounties on the heads of british soldiers from vladimir putin. and yet, this warning, the white house wants you to believe that despite the fact the cia knew it, despite the fact that the president's own national security council knew it, despite the fact that it was so serious they convened a meeting in march to consider a range of options to take against the russian government and vladimir putin for putting bounties on the heads of young american troops, despite the fact it was considered so serious they notified

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bombs, missiles, and they went to afghanistan. they even bought the rifles to kill our soldiers with it in several states in the middle east. and nobody ever brings it up. 97 to the military. they bought all them boats. they bought the missile technology they are working on. even the military that's working on the atom bomb for them, it was financed by obama and biden. and that money was spread for terrorism. we know they are terrorists. host: all right, bruce. frank on the line now from north port, new york. independent caller. caller: good morning. my comment is -- well, the gentleman that just spoke, the republican woman from ohio, they all have these stats on how obama administration was weak on russia. trump strong. she essentially blamed the left wing media. i would love to have asked her, where do you get your source from? where did you get your facts from? my point is this, i love c-span, i loft washington jurem because you get all these varied call-ins, you guys offer lots of different things. the age we are living in is

forces committed war crimes in afghanistan. he was joined by mark esper, robert o'brien, and the attorney general, william barr. from earlier today, this is just under 20 minutes. >> good morning. thank you for joining us. here is a scenario i think about a lot. imagine soldiers or intelligence officers on leave with family, and over the course of two decades or more the soldier honorably defended america. then suddenly that vacation turns into a nightmare. the european countries national police takes the soldier into custody, detaining him or her on politically motivated charges, a prison sentence abroad is a distinct possibility. a spouse behind bars for defending freedom, a son or daughter robbed of their mom or dad, all on the initiative of a prosecutor in the netherlands. making sure this does not happen is the essence of american first foreign policy. sadly, this is not a hypothetical. it could become reality if the international court follows through with their crusade against american service members. many of you might

today we discuss why the troops are leaving afghanistan. extremism in america and the challenges of only no small business in the age of the co-wrote of virus. the war. machine i am busy to santos for our top story today the u.s. has delivered a portion of its feb peace deal with the taliban by cutting troops to 8600 from 12000 previously the trumpet ministration says it could withdraw all forces from the country by next may if the taliban meets all requirements of the deal including .

troops committed war crimes in afghanistan under the executive order u.s. assets of i.c.c. employees involved in the probe can be frozen the let's get more on this from our white house correspondent can we help that he joins us from washington d.c. and kimberly tell us more about this ruling and what it means. now we're standing by we expect that there will be a statement from trump administration officials including potentially the secretary of state and treasury secretary but news of this coming down in just the last half hour or so a statement from the u.s. press secretary kelly mcenaney this is an executive order we understand it authorizes economic sanctions to individuals that have taken part in the international criminal court investigation into whether u.s. forces committed war crimes in afghanistan now per trump administration official this was in their view motivated by an organization the investigation that is that the united states sees as having dubious integrity still as a result of the push for this probe the united states has now decided to take unilateral a

war crimes in afghanistan also coming up criminal charges in the optics largest ever all spill more than 20000 tons of fuel leaked into waterways near the world's most northerly city greenpeace compares the spillage to the exxon valdez disaster 3 decades ago in alaska. plus thailand's elephants at risk of starvation a sharp drop in tourism means hundreds of handlers have no income and no way to feed their animals. until the allotted welcome u.s. president donald trump has authorized sanctions against international criminal court staff investigating possible war u.s. war crimes in afghanistan in retaliation for the probe the administration will block assets of court employees and put visa restrictions on them and their families a count of corruption investigation into the i.c.c. is also in the works secretary of state mike compare has lashed out at the court questioning its credibility. we cannot we will not stand by as our people are threatened by kangaroo court and indeed i have a message to many close allies around the world your people could be next especially those from nato countrie

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troops in afghanistan today that article is getting criticized from all sides a full report straight ahead plus the u.s. now calling for an arms embargo renewal against iran beyond the october deadline this while iran issued an arrest warrant for president trump over the killing of their top general custom solomonic we're going to discuss then back here stateside calls for the removal of unwanted statues continue with some of them literally taking it into their own hands we'll show you all right it's time to use i q. an explosive report in the new york times as receiving responses from the united states all the way to russia with many calling out the publication for quoting alleged intelligence officials but failing to provide any supporting evidence the article quotes anonymous sources claiming russia paid bounties in afghanistan to kill americans for more on this developing story let's turn to our views rachel blevins she's joining me here in studio as rachel what has the official response been from all the various sides while president trump was quick to deny this report and he re

especially those from nato countries who fought terrorism in afghanistan alongside us. there all concerned about threat that this poses to israel. the icc is already threatening israel with an investigation of war crimes committed by its forces on the west bank and in the gaza strip. given israel's robust ability in the military system and a strong track record of investigating wrongdoing by its personnel, it is clear the icc is only putting israel in its crosshairs for nakedly political purposes. it is a mockery of justice. more than 300 numbers of congress my republicans and democrats, sent me letters asking u.s. support israel in the face of this politicized attack. that is what the u.s. is dead set on doing and with good reason, they are a trusted and wonderful partner and a buttress of american security. they rogue court can intimidate our friend or any other ally into giving up its right of self-defense, that puts americans at risk as well. absent corrective action, we expect the icc will continue its present reckless course. i have laid out the courts process law

but since the western military alliance began gradually pulling out of afghanistan, many fear a return of the terror organization. according to a survey by us research consultancy gallup, almost half, 47% of all afghan women would leave the country if they could. however, some women are determined to keep fighting for their r rights at hohome. working out is gaisu yari's way of beating stress. attacks occur on an almost daily basis in kabul, where she lives. it's a city in a constant state of emergency. gaisu yari works for afghanistan™s government. in the muslim country™s male-dominated society, she™s a woman in a position of leadership. she's surrounded by a lot of toxic energy, she says. she comes to the gym to unwind. >> living in a conflict zone, in a country that is struggling so much in different layers, ii think if strong women and women who are leading do notot take care of themselves, mentally and physically, i think theyey will not be capable of leading and managing their work, their life. >> gaisu yari heads up an all-male team, whose job it is to r reform the c

dollars per year a considerable amount in afghanistan. i have no other option than to produce opium the land i own is too small to grow wheat or other crops i cannot live on that there's no support from the government for us farmers so we don't have any other choice. we can fit it. in the afternoon can inspect the field can is the local warlord and has 50 armed men under his command he protects the farmers from attacks by radical islamist taliban fighters and brokers deals for the raw opium to be further processed in the south of the country he works closely with the government and says business is good. civil servants ministers parliamentarians they all profit they transport the opium in their bulletproof cars across the country and they also smuggle the herrin out of afghanistan. afghanistan is a country of rough beauty but its struggles with wide ranging problems along with an economic crisis and coronavirus pandemic people are still waiting for the promised peace talks with the taliban so the fight. against illegal drug production is

dollars per year a considerable amount in afghanistan. i have no other option than to produce opium the land i own is too small to grow wheat or other crops i cannot live on that there's no support from the government for us farmers so we don't have any other choice. we can fit it. in the afternoon can inspect the field is the local warlord and has 50 armed men under his command he protects the farmers from attacks by radical islamist taliban fighters and brokers deals for the raw opium to be further processed in the south of the country he works closely with the government and says business is good. civil servants ministers parliamentarians they all profit they transport the opium in their bulletproof cars across the country and they also smuggle the herrin out of afghanistan. afghanistan is a country of rough beauty but it struggles with wide ranging problems along with an economic crisis and that coronavirus pandemic people are still waiting for the promised peace talks with the taliban so the fight. against illegal drug production is

war crimes in afghanistan also coming up. criminal charges in the optics largest ever oil spill more than 20000 tons of fuel leaked into waterways near the world's most northerly city greenpeace compares the spillage c.b.x. on the valdez disaster 3 decades ago in alaska. a lot of people welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump has authorized sanctions against international criminal court staff investigating possible u.s. war crimes in afghanistan in retaliation for the probe the administration will block assets of court employees and visa restrictions on them and their families a counter corruption investigation into the i.c.c. is also in the works secretary of state mike compare has lashed out at the court questioning its credibility. as our people are threatened by a kangaroo court and indeed i have a message to many close allies around the world your people could be next especially those from nato countries who fought terrorism in afghanistan right alongside of us. rolled through gravely concerned about the threa

you served in afghanistan. we know the ratiussians are bad actors and the gru may have have been doing this, but for the u.s. to not take it more seriously? and for the president not to have read this intelligence. does it raise questions, you know, on your radar? >> well, it raises questions, and i find it, quite frankly, disgusting and reprehensible. look, it wasn't too long ago i was a troop platoon leader in afghanistan and i can tell you this -- it's hard enough, our soldiers have to deal with enough to say nothing of russian bounties. but there's a larger issue here. and that is when our soldiers sign up for the military, we also make a pledge to them that we are going to be there for them. that we're not going to play politics with national security. and right now it appears that either this president ignored this intelligence, his administration ignored it, and now my colleagues across the aisle and those also running for office, many of them, refused to criticize this administration. i had no problem s

also, an exclusive interview with the man leading afghanistan's peace talks, as a you and report claims the taliban are still supporting al qaeda. welcome to the program, thanks for joining us. president trump coming under intense criticism over his response to the biggest wave of protests to angola america for decades. protests have taken place in 75 u.s. cities over the death of an unarmed african-american man, george floyd come in police custody. president trump has thatened to send in the military if protests are not controlled. in the past few hours, joe biden have these strong words for the president. >> the country is crying out for leadership, leadership that can unite us, leadership that can bring us together, leadership that can understand pain and grief in communities that have had a knee on their neck for a long time. donald tru has turned this country into a battlefield driven by old resentments and fear. he thinks division helps him. >> in the last half hour, president trump has tweeted what he believes are his credentials in supporting african-americans. my admin has done

russia has never gotten over the humiliation they suffered in afghanistan. this is totally outrageous. you would think that the minute the president heard of it he would want to know more instead of denying that he knew anything. now if in fact we'll find out he was briefed, if it were not what does that say about the concern that those who have briefed the president of not going anywhere near the russia issue with this president? this is appalling. this is beyond -- the list is a long one in terms of his ignorance of what russia has done. a gift to russia, to diminish our leadership in nato. diminish our troops in germany. all are gifts to putin. something is very wrong here. but this must have an answer. >> you've raised that several times. you don't know what the russians have on the president. do you believe they have something on him? >> how else would you explain his refusal to even -- to ignore again and again the intelligence that puts right at the russian doorstep the involvement into our elections for example. now he's saying this is fake news. why

but since the western military alliance began gradually pulling out of afghanistan, many fear a return of the terror organization. according to a survey by us research consultancy gallup, almost half, 47% of all afghan women would leave the country if they could. however, some women are determined to keep fighting for their r rights at hohome. working out is gaisu yari's way of beating stress. attacks occur on an almost daily basis in kabul, where she lives. it's a city in a constant state of emergency. gaisu yari works for afghanistan™s government. in the muslim country™s male-dominated society, she™s a woman in a position of leadership. she's surrounded by a lot of toxic energy, she says. she comes to the gym to unwind. >> living in a conflict zone, in a country that is struggling so much in different layers, ii think if strong women and women who are leading do notot take care of themselves, mentally and physically, i think theyey will not be capable of leading and managing their work, their life. >> gaisu yari heads up an all-male team, whose job it is toto reform the c

war crimes in afghanistan in retaliation for the probe the administration will block assets of court employees and put visa restrictions on them and their families a count of corruption investigation into the i.c.c. is also in the works secretary of state. the court questioning its credibility. we cannot we will not stand by as our people are threatened by kangaroo court and indeed i have a message to many close allies around the world your people could be next especially those from nato countries who fought terrorism in afghanistan right alongside of us. russell gravely concerned about the threat the court posed to israel i.c.c. is already threatening israel with an investigation of so-called war crimes committed by its forces and personnel in the west bank and in the gaza strip your reporter stevens joins me now with more on this story one of these potential war crimes of the the i.c.c. is planning to investigate well let's take a look back to this all stems from a tear in your probe into possible war crimes in afghanistan ranging from 20032014 the court believes that there is enou

therefore we had to go there to get him that was without question we're going to go get bin laden in afghanistan but that turned out to be a front bush and cheney really wanted to invade iraq that was their ultimate goal afghanistan didn't mean nothing to him they had to do it to satisfy the 911 but then they went after iraq and everybody kind of forgot about afghanistan that's why it's been sitting there now for 20 years of guys have been dying over there for 20 years and we've accomplished nothing over there because the whole focus said went to iraq all the mess we got in invading iraq all the aftermath of that mess of invading iraq and we're still dealing with all of the today so finally trump is looking at pulling out of afghanistan now why did we go in there in the 1st place let's remember something they've had wars going on there for a 1000 years the russians went in there in the late seventy's and early eighty's even they pulled out couldn't do nothing but the u.s. ego isn't that way we believed even though the russians failed we could maybe succeed not true these people were war forever

more than 800,000 united states troops have served in afghanistan. more than 20,000 of them were wounded in combat and regrettably nearly 2,000 americans, brave americans laid down their lives to stop terrorism, to protect u.s. and allied citizens including those in the hague and to give the afghan people a chance at a better life. we will not allow the unjust treatment of these or any other american personnel who have dedicated themselves to the calls of justice, security, and opportunity for all. today our service members remain on the front lines of the fight against terrorists, war criminals and perpetrators of genocide such as isis. i'm proud of the work the united states military conducts every day to protect human rights, safeguard liberty and uphold the international rules based order. that is why the department of defense fully supports the president's executive order and will take every action to defend our service members. rest assured that the men and women of the united states armed forces will never appear before the icc, nor will they

soldiers in afghanistan. in a tweet, president trump said intel had told him they didn't find the information credible. so they didn't report it to him or the vice president. the story was first reported by "the new york times." "the washington post" reporting the bounties are believed to have resulted in the deaths of several u.s. service members. it's unclear how many, and assessments are still ongoing. here's what "the washington post" reporter who broke the story had to say. >> according to forces, they've told us tonight that the -- these russian bounties offered to the taliban linked to the militias resulted to the deaths of several, maybe a handful of u.s. service members in afghanistan. we're not sure exactly what years. we were told that the targeting took place in 2018 and 2019. and they could have had -- there was a total of ten deaths of american service members in 2018 and 16 in 2019. so it could have been in one or both years. >> cnn has confirmed the report through european and u.s. sources. ni

forces in afghanistan? >> i'm sorry? i had a little ringing in my ear. >> did you indus briefing learn of the threat that is a ledge continues can persist for u.s. forces in afghanistan? >> we didn't get information -- let me put it this way. i don't think there's anybody on this podia him who does not believe that the russians remain involved in a negative way in afghanistan. can i say more than that? do you want to make a comment? >> the only thing i would add is that we certainly underscored the need for the administration to get to the bottom of what threat may be posed to our troops, and i think it's fair to say the issued us that would be the case, but that has to be priority number one. >> given what mr. schiff said, there is -- mr. meadows clearly gave the impression he believed this was a very serious matter if, in fact, there was a threat made to our troops and the russians facilitated that action. so that the was assertion of that. i come away from that saying, if that's the case, why was the president not bri

but since the western military alliance began gradually pulling out of afghanistan, many fear a return of the terror organization. according to a survey by us research consultancy gallup, almost half, 47% of all afghan women would leave the country if they could. however, some women are determined to keep fighting for their r rights at hohome. working out is gaisu yari's way of beating stress. attacks occur on an almost daily basis in kabul, where she lives. it's a city in a constant state of emergency. gaisu yari works for afghanistan™s government. in the muslim country™s male-dominated society, she™s a woman in a position of leadership. she's surrounded by a lot of toxic energy, she says. she comes to the gym to unwind. >> living in a conflict zone, in a country that is struggling so much in different layers, ii think if strong women and women who are leading do notot take care of themselves, mentally and physically, i think they will not be capable of leading and managing their work, their life. >> gaisu yari heads up an all-male team, whose job it is to r reform the civ

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region securing these shipments is very costly and risky specially when they go through afghanistan's helmand regional when they come under attack but it sends much of the movement under the guise of trade with afghanistan not as american equipment but as european products via its proxy companies it's quite easier to send these supplies with afghanistan that it's a less dangerous and more secure route. america and iran are cooperating on regional issues albeit indirectly the port is kind of an open door that iranian experts say they hope can someday be opened a little wider and perhaps bring both sides back to the negotiating table as world economies chart a path on the road to recovery iran's experience is perhaps an example of coping with the worst case scenarios of economic policies informed and almost certainly hardened by a government that has for years been trying to come up with ways to circumvent sanctions. iranian leaders have seemed willing to accept a certain level of death an infection from the coronavirus to keep the country from complete economic collapse. they've also b

more than 800,000 united states troops have served in afghanistan over the past 19 years. more than 20,000 of them were wounded in combat and regrettably nearly 2,000 americans, brave americans laid down their lives to stop terrorism, to protect u.s. and allied citizens, including those in the hague and to give the afghan people a chance at a better life. we will not allow the unjust treatment of these or any other american personnel who have dedicated themselves to the calls of justice, security, and opportunity for all. today our service members remain on the front lines of the fight against terrorists, war criminals, and perpetrators of genocide such as isis. i'm proud of the work the united states military conducts every day to protect human rights, safeguard liberty, and uphold the international rules based order. that is why the department of defense fully supports the president's executive order and will take every action to defend our service members. rest assured that the men and women of the united states armed forces will never appear before the icc, nor will th

but since the western military alliance began gradually pulling out of afghanistan, many fear a return of the terror organization. according to a survey by us research consultancy gallup, almost half, 47% of all afghan women would leave the country if they could. however, some women are determined to keep fighting for their r rights at hohome. working out is gaisu yari's way of beating stress. attacks occur on an almost daily basis in kabul, where she lives. it's a city in a constant state of emergency. gaisu yari works for afghanistan™s government. in the muslim country™s male-dominated society, she™s a woman in a position of leadership. she's surrounded by a lot of toxic energy, she says. she comes to the gym to unwind. >> living in a conflict zone, in a country that is struggling so much in different layers, ii think if strong women and women who are leading do not take care of themselves, mentally and physically, i think theyey will not be capable of leading and managing their work, their life. >> gaisu yari heads up an all-male team, whose job it is to r reform the civ

dollars per year a considerable amount in afghanistan. i have no other option than to produce opium the land i own is too small to grow wheat or other crops i cannot live on that there's no support from the government for us farmers so we don't have any other choice. we can fit it. in the afternoon junior can inspect the field can is the local warlord and has 50 armed men under his command he protects the farmers from attacks by radical islamist taliban fighters and brokers deals for the raw opium to be further processed in the south of the country he works closely with the government and says business is good. civil servants ministers parliamentarians they all profit they transport the opium in their bulletproof cars across the country and they also smuggle the herrin out of afghanistan. afghanistan is a country of rough beauty but it struggles with wide ranging problems along with an economic crisis and that coronavirus pandemic people are still waiting for the promised peace talks with the taliban so the fight. against illegal drug pro

congress more on troop levels in the path forward in afghanistan. i don't have any confirmation. any briefing. the substance of the allegations regarding the taliban and russian bounties is disturbing enough, but the way this has been handled is equally disturbing as the administration continues to politicize the intelligence community about holding briefings just for republican members, freedom caucus members and others, and not including everybody in the briefing process. >> why would the white house hold -- if the democrats are going tomorrow and that's still an if because we haven't confirmed the reporting, why would they hold separate briefings for republicans and democrats? >> well, the question kind of begs itself. it's a great question. i think it's telling that they've done this a couple of times. why would a senior member of the freedom caucus who doesn't sit on either the intelligence committee or the armed services committee receive a briefing before key members of both of those committees? and why does the administration continue to get

watch. >> in the last year, flag-draped coffins have returned from afghanist afghanistan. now we know vladimir putin pays a bounty for the murder of american soldiers. donald trump knows too and does nothing. putin pays the taliban cash to slaughter our men and women in uniform, and trump is silent, weak, controlled. instead of condemnation, he insists russia be treated as our equal. instead of retaliation, he invites putin to america. when trump tells you he stands by the troops, he's right -- just not our troops. >> announcer: the lincoln project is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> that ad is from the lincoln project, which is a group of anti-trump republicans, big-name republicans working to defeat president trump in november. and if you think that ad is maybe a little over the top, you think that's like edgy in terms of how tough it's being on president trump, wait till you see this one from the veterans organization vote vets. >> he shakes his hand, an american dies. they pal around. another roadside attack. putin pays bounties to taliban enemies to