karzai have often been very difficult from the u.s. perspective. how were these talks? can you set the stage for us? >> reporter: well, sheila, they went on for far longer than anyone thought they would. secretary kerry arrived here on friday evening expecting to have a brief meeting with president karzai. that meeting turned into dinner, which turned into a second round of talks all day saturday, and then a third round of talks saturday evening. so really the sense that it was a very, very long negotiation, a lot of things for the two men to discuss, they do have a very cordial relationship. though president karzai can have a reputation for being sometimes a very difficult negotiator, sometimes a very stubborn man, he and john kerry have a long history that goes back to 2001 when president karzai, not even president then, visited washington. secretary kerry has been here a number of times, and most notably their relationship became strong in 2009. it was then senator kerry who helped persuade president karzai to go to a run-off electi

is withdrawing and there's also indications that some of these politicians again close to karzai would not be happy with any of the presidential candidates there about twenty seven of them right now so it's really a very uncertain unclear situation right now ok linda how do you read the tea leaves here because it's the u.s. certainly would like to maintain some kind of military presence there for purposes that could be explained in afghanistan outside of afghanistan iraq iran comes to mind things like this here but this seems like there's a this is not even an amicable divorce between the united states and afghanistan particularly we look at mr karzai well we have to look more closely at what of us is there in the first place and thus for geopolitical reasons. chuck. and iran and . to maintain a footprint in central asia so with that in mind yes was definitely like to stay on beyond two thousand and fourteen the reason why is scaling back its involvement because this kind of stalemate is what the taliban cannot defeat the taliban one hundred thousand troops will not be able to control

may or may not be true what is less talked about is the dire security situation on the ground whether karzai is angling to succeed him self the powerful presence of the taliban and whether the u.s. will ever actually leave afghanistan. to cross like the upcoming election in afghanistan i'm joined by john glaser in washington he's a contributing editor at antiwar dot com and a columnist for the washington times community section also in washington we have michael kugel and he is an associate at the woodrow wilson international center for scholars and in philadelphia we crossed england in he is a political commentator and a writer or gentleman cross-talk rosen a fact that means you can jump in anytime you want john the reason if i go to you first in washington the reason i want to do this program is number one always make the american people and western publics remember what we did in afghanistan that's always a top priority for me i'm number two looking at the headlines democratic transition this is the first democratic transition in afghanistan and i'll give my opinion about that later but d

may or may not be true what is less talked about is the dire security situation on the ground whether karzai is angling to succeed him self the powerful presence of the taliban and whether the u.s. will ever actually leave afghanistan. to cross like the upcoming election in afghanistan i'm joined by john glaser in washington he's a contributing editor at antiwar dot com and a columnist for the washington times community section also in washington we have michael kugel and he is an associate at the woodrow wilson international center for scholars and in philadelphia we crossed england in he is a political commentator and a writer or gentlemen cross-talk rules and a fact that means you can jump in anytime you want john the reason if i go to you first in washington the reason i want to do this program is number one always make the american people and western publics remember what we did in afghanistan that's always a top priority for me and number two looking at the headlines democratic transition this is the first democratic transition in afghanistan and i'll give my opinion about that later b

president karzai extended his trip to islamabad and hoped to restart the peace process. >> between the civilian governments, the relationship has been lukewarm. the center of the problem ties to taliban is the role of pakistan's military. whether that has changed or not remains to be seen. >> karzai will ask for pakistan's help to fight armed groups and keep the taliban from disrupting next year's presidential election. >> karzai can't run in those election he is. he said there can be no peace in afghanistan without pakistan, but it's unclear whether he can persuade pakistan to deliver that peace. >> for more on the try lateral talks between britain, afghanistan and pakistan, let's go to phil ittner in london.

president karzai is opposed to operating on afghan soil. he said it's a violation of a began sovereignty. and the united states has balked as president karzai's request that the u.s. guarantee security in the event it has problems with its neighbors. that puts the u.s. in delicate situation with pakistan. pakistan and afghanistan have had a difficult relationship. they've exchanged words, bombs across the board, and the united states does not want to get involved in that relationship. those are the two main sticking points. >> such a defecate balance in that part of the world. what specifically is on the line for hamid karzai in his country? >> reporter: well, right now president karzai is looking at his legacy. by constitutional mandate he has to step down in april. that's when new presidential elections will be held. even if president karzai and secretary kerry do hammer out the final details of this security deal, president karzai has said he's calling a national assembly of leaders from all over the country in the next few weeks. probab

close to president karzai. call back from canada by karzai to take on this difficult province, logar, which should be prosperous, should be a place where certainly in the past development projects have worked. i used to travel there frequently. now it is very difficult to go there unless the taliban invite you, because they control most of the countryside in logar and the other province to the south of kabul. slightly further south. thosef the countryside in provinces is either disputed or in taliban hands. so, he was somebody who president karzai had put in to try to retake control of that afghanistan takes full security control for the country from international forces in this crucial period before international forces finally leave e,nd their combat operations the end of next year. >> >> loins in kabul 4s. where united states senate leaders say they made tremendous progress in closing in on a deal that would raise the debt ceiling. the u.s. needs to raise the borrowing limit so that the nation, quite simply,

i don't think karzai will back down because he can't give up on american aid. he knows the minute the last american soldier leaves there, it is going to be total chaos. >> listen, money talks. >> absolutely. >> let me make one other p oi nt, isn't there a larger geo -- geo political step in iran? shoo -- should the united states ever have to act against iran, this lily pad is going to be a key strategic base, not only for u.s. forces, but for intelligence and as a refuge for american forces this is key. remember, greg, we are talking about 10,000 soldiers. it is a small footprint and it will be mainly special operating forces and intelligence and probably the maintenance of drones inside of afghanistan. 10,000 may sound like a lot, but for the mission they have it is a small force indeed. >> can't allow al-qaeda and the taliban to reinstitute themselves and take over the country once again. it is good to see you, sir. thanks so much. >> thank you, greg. >> >> one-horned rhinos are being slaughters in dangerous numbers. one horn can fetch tens of thousands of do

what you just heard john kerry said and what you heard hamid karzai say wa, did you hear? >> what i heard is that we made an important step forward but fundamentally there's still a big and important gap. the issues related to jurisdiction over u.s. and international troops after 2014 essentially are a matter of trust. trust between the united states and international forces and the afghanistan and particularly president karzai. and that trust is still lacking. >> omar samad did you hear trust. >> there has been a trust issue for a while but i think that we are not on one step but a couple of steps ahead and forward. and we have made progress. i think the two sides understand what is at stake. before this announcement in what president karzai said about the jurisdiction issue being discussed by the-- and the parliament, the two sticking issues contentious issues had to do with sovereignty and the definition of aggression and how the u.s. might help the afghans post 2014. that seems to have been resolved. those were the hardest items to resolve. those items need-- seem to h

. >>> secretary of state john kerry meets with president karzai regarding how many troops will stay next year. >>> the deal or no deal. out of washington as no end to the shutdown is in sight. john boehner has also stopped speaking with the white house. now with a difficult assignment this morning, figuring out what is the latest? >> reporter: i know, i know. we weren't expecting much to happened i don't think anybody was. but we've had some pretty fine political theater which i would like to tell but. the house convened earlier this morning, and the democrats have been lining up one by one to ask the presiding speaker for permission to have an unanimous vote. rand one by one the speaker turned down on the grounds that they don't have appropriate clearance. you'll note no republicans took part of this, it's a rare tool that the minority has in the house if they wish to stir things up a bit. they also have discharge possession that almost never works. in 1996 and 2002 as well, but the discharge position would allow them to open a clean government. there would be with committee involved an

secretary of state john kerry is in kabul with negotiations with hamed karzai. just ahead of those talks, the u.s. announced that it has a senior taliban officer in custody. afghan and american officials are both claiming responsibility for his capture. it's not certain where he will go next. >> did capture tpt terrorist leader latif mehsud. i don't have further to share with you at this time. >> considered the second in command for the ttp, the groups responsible for many attacks including the attempted bombing of times square back in 2010. ma sud imehsud is believed to bs early 20s, and a trusted commander of the pakistani taliban. just north of the afghan capital of kabul, what are the afghan officials saying about this operation that seized mehsud? >> shereen they are speaking off the record, they said that he had been taken from afghan custody where he was already being held by the afghan authorities. now al jazeera have spoken to afghan intelligence forces that said yes they had him in custody and he was taken but the raid in which he was arrested was a jo

secretary kerry holding a third round of talks with hamid karzai. the two are hoping to hammer out blith ral security deal -- bilateral security deal. but with the news they captured a leader in afghanistan it may be a point of contention. conor powell is following developments from the middle east bureau with the latest. connor? >> they have been doing this for years and talks stalled for weeks and months but kerry hinted he and karzai are making progress so that is why karzai is staying and talking with kerry for a third day there. they will continue to meet and really discuss this long-term agreement. the heart of the dispute is the karzai demand that the u.s. military stop rays across afghanistan. karzai demanded end to unilateral military operations he believes threatens the afghan sovereignty. he is demanding the u.s. promise to protect afghanistan from foreign invaders, specifically, pakistan. the united states believes that both afghanistan and pakistan are valuable allies, even though they are troubled allies. there are roughly 87,000 inter

he and president karzai have a good relationship. it was he that came here in 2009 to have a runoff election when nobody else could. the two are known to have a close relationship. and when secretary kerry was last here, the meetings went on much longer than formally planned. they had an unscheduled dinner together. so kerry is suspecting i'm sure, and hoping. >> the talks have been going on for a year with little success, and what are some of the issues holding up a final agreement? >> one is the ability [ inaudible ] to be arrested by foreign soldiers on afghanistan soil. and the other tipping point is president karzai is demanding that the united states guarantees afghanistan's security if attacked by another nation, and that's a little bit too far for the united states. the agreement that they have with each other. and those two points of the agreement, the bilateral security agreement, it's too much. >> all right, jennifer glass from kabul. >> a lawsuit has been filed to protect graffiti. next on aljazeera, protecting a special

karzai is in pakistan and will meet later in london and hoping it will lead to taliban peace talks. at least two fighters have been killed in the u.s. drone strike in somalia and it was on the outskirts of the town and one killed is believes to be abraham ali and he is an expert in the bomb division and it targeted the car they were traveling in. the pakistan school teacher and children will be the first drone victims to testify before the u.s. congratulator on tuesday. since 2004 there have been over 376 drone strikes on pakistan and they estimate up to 3613 pack -- pakistans and 1500 injured and they were hit by a strike a year ago and they traveled to washington to tell their story and this is kimberly. >> it happened a little more than a year ago but for 12-year-old, 9-year-old and the memories are still vivid. >> translator: and i saw these two bright lights fall from the sky and hit where my grandmother was standing and everything became dark and i didn't know what to do but i just wanted to run away because i was so scared and i looked at my hand and there was blood coming ou

secretary of state john kerry and president hamid karzai are holding talks as you see right there. what is the latest. we had to speculate earlier because we were only getting tiny updates. we're getting a clearer picture of what is going on with this press conference. what do you know? >> reporter: that's right, we know secretary kerry said that he and president karzai had resolved the main issues, the main sticking point in this security agreement that spells out an illegal basis for u.s. troops here and beyond 2014 when the n.a.t.o. mission ends. if they have an agreement president karzai can take to national assembly that is expected to assemble in early november, and it will be that assembly that will give this agreement a final stamp of approval. but still one thing has not been agreed, one thing that is totally u up to is the questionf immunity and jurisdiction. in virtually every agreement the united states has forces overseas the united states keeps jurisdiction over its soldiers. if an american soldier commits a crime, he faces u.s. law, and is not prosecuted in the count

in afghanistan, you have a corrupt leader karzai. would you aseed -- accede that. >> corrupt in the eye of the beholder. no, in afghanistan nearly everybody has got. >> in your eye karzai corrupt? >> in my eye karzai was a guy who was there when we needed him. >> all right. but is he corrupt. i understand you have go to deal with bad guys all the time. >> i don't want to pass judgment and say he is corrupt. >> you are not going to come after me if say that will you. >> no. i will give you as pavment. >> now, it looks to me and correct me if i am wrong, that once the united states pulls most of our people out and we may pull them all out like we did in iraq because karzai is not cooperating on a the love different fronts, taliban with al qaeda's help is going to come in and make that country a press. >> issue of the economists two or three weeks agnew feyes failure. molly my jeer all the way across are now saith havens ngs places where fellow treaferls did grind safe harbor. training facilities and so forth. that be we ever faced in t

president karzai extended his trip, and sharif promised to release prisoners. in london, karzai is expected to ask about the taliban's former second in command. he was reportedly released last month, but apparently still under tight supervision. >> at the center of the problem as the ties to the taliban is the role of pakistan's military. whether that will be changed or not re mains to be seen. >> reporter: karzai can't run in the elections. he said there can be no peace in afghanistan without pakistan, but it's unclear whether he can persuade pakistan to deliver that piece. >>> students are going back to school after that deadly shooting in nevada. they were greated by a staff of grief counselors. police are still trying to find out where the student shot his teacher and two fellow students. reyes ultimately killed himself. >>> in florida the controversial stand your ground law is under review. they are hearing from two women who both share a rather tragic bond. natasha ghoneim reports. >> reporter: these two mothers now share a bond no parent wants. their tee

can we afford and can hamid karzai afford for the u.s. troops to totally pull out as we did in iraq? >> well, let's first talk about what we need. and after a disastrous negotiation between the obama administration and nuri al maliki in iraq and the fact that we no longer have any troop presence in iraq or any base, i think it's very important that we have something in afghanistan. we worked too hard, kelly. we've made too many sacrifices. too many lives have been lost. for the united states to not have a base in the region, you know, in afghanistan. at least at this point we need a base in afghanistan. we have 50,000 troops there, as you said. we're looking to have 10,000 on a base that can conduct some sort of global anti-terrorism activities and operations. that's not too much to ask. frankly, it's going to help president karzai beat back al qaeda and the taliban and other radicals and it's going to make afghanistan move forward. by having u.s. presence in the area not conducting on the ground door-to-door-type operations, but having a

karzai can't run in those elections. throughout his 12 years of power he has said there can be no peace in afghanistan without pakistan. it's unclear if he can go without pakistan to deliver that peace. jennifer glasse. >> simon mcgregor wood, are we expected to hear very much? >> well, i'm not sure that we're going ohear many bold proclamations at the ambitions of this little mini summit. it is the fourth time this trilateral grouping have come together. the last time was at february at the prime minister's country retreat at checkers. a very ambitious six month peace plan was tabled there. once bitten twice shy, they're going to keep expectations low level. as jennifer said in her package just a minute ago, the afghans have grave suspicions of what the pakistanis are up to. controlling the level of taliban violence inside afghanistan cpg undermining to combat that violence. what the president hamid karzai will ask is for the pakistanis to get on board to recruit and develop them into a meaningful peace process. what do

president karzai extended the trip to islamabad and promised to release prisoners to help restart the peace process. in london karzai is expected to ask about the taliban's former second in command and he was reportedly released last month but apparently still under tight pakistan supervision. >> the civilian government and islamabad the relationship is warm if not luke warm and the center of the problem with pakistan is the role of the military. whether that has changed or not remains to be seen. >> reporter: karzai will ask for pakistan's help to fight armed groups and keep the taliban for disrupting next year's presidential election. karzai cannot run in the elections and through the 12 years in power there is no peace in afghanistan without pakistan but unclear if he can persuade pakistan to deliver the peace. >> reporter: and he is a former afghan mp and good to have you with us on the news hour. why has there not been an improvement in the relationship between the two countries as had been hoped with the election of him? >> i think the election of new governments in pakistan has

that is something president karzai has long opposed and this latest news that u.s. forces have captured a pakistani taliban leader is probably inflaming. if any american is probably going to ease situations between the two nations it's secretary kerry. >> jennifer, thank you for joining us this morning. >>> three people are dead after a suicide bombing in jalalibad several officers and civilians were injured in the blast. a senior member of the taliban in pakistan is now in american custody. latif mehsud was captured in eastern afghanistan last week. a commander of the tpp arm of the taliban the part of the organization that claimed responsibility for the times square bombing in 2010. >>> it was an abrupt announcement made late on a friday at the pentagon with few reporters in attendance. in an audio-only press conference it announced michael are carey had been relieved of his command. recent air force investigation concluded careyy showed a lapse in judgment. >> the allegations are not related to operational readiness nor do they involve sexual misconduct. what i w

president karzai would like the approval of the afghan people. it will take the united states and afghanistan beyond 20 when th2014 whenthe nato agreement e. the one question that sticks is the question of immunity. >> if a soldier commits a crime in that country he is subject to be punished under the laws of the united states. that is what the united states would like to happen here in afghanistan. that has not been decided yet. that will be decided next month without that decision secretary kerry says there will be no security agreement and with no security agreement that means no u.s. forces here beyond 2014. >>> ones genera >>> el eythe eye sigh eye of ths over the area. at time of impact pailin was four times the size of hurricane katrina. in 1999 a hurricane struck this area and 10,000 people were killed. the secretary joined us earlier by phone. the six to seven hours the cyclone is on the ground and it is followed with heavy and more intense rain. also the wind speed of you know 200 to 240 kilometres-per-hour. and it's already dark. awe a

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that's something that president karzai opposes. and the united states has balked at president karzai's suggest that it's threatened by its neighbors. there is a question of timing. u.s. officials said they would like to see this agreement concluded by the end of october, and they've gone as far as to say to karzai's government if the agreement wasn't conclude they would consider pulling all u.s. troops out of afghanistan at the end of 2014. that doesn't just jeopardize an u.s. mission but a future n.a.t.o. mission because nato countries are expected to withdraw their commitments if there is no security agreement. the future n.a.t.o. mission designed to help train the afghan security forces and scene rather as critical in afghan security. if all of that goes away, so, too, in jeopardy will be billions of dollars worth of aid. this u.s. afghan security agreement is a very important agreement at a critical time. officials say they need to know what any follow-on mission will look like so they know what kind of commitment they're going

president karzai will be leaving his post. don't expect him to go quietly. the hacking for the program newsnight. >> afghanistan has come a long way. the afghans argue with americans about a bilateral security agreement. continues to be an ally one day and an opponent the next. >> no doubt that the country has come a long way. why do the americans and president obama call you when unreliable partner? because when they want us to go along, we don't go along. when they want us to keep silent when civilians are killed, we cannot. >> was your relationship with president bush better than obama? the strategy. is >> those beginning years, there was not much difference of opinion between us. in 2005, when we saw the first incidents of civilian casualties. saw it was not conducted whe it should have been. rather than that, the u.s. and nato forces were conducting operations. you explain the experience? it was one that caused a lot of suffering. i am not happy to say that there is partial security. what we wanted was absolute security. >> are you talking about yoursel

president carr dy karzai would e agreement beyond 2014 when the nato mission ends. one sticking point that could be a mission when that gurga ends is the question of immunity or jurisdiction. in virtually every country where the u.s. has forces if a soldier commits a crime in that country he is subject to be punished under the laws of the united states. that is what the united states want to happen here in afghanistan. that has not been decided yet. that will be decide he with the gurga and secretary kerry says that will be decide with no security forces and without the security agreement no forces beyond fourteen. >> we want to -- beyond 2014. >> joining me is pr a discussion on the budget battle. there was caution that we would hitter the budget deal. what happened? >> looks like right back to where we started. the house republicans came back, said to their caucus, this president is not willing to negotiate on realistic terms and now we turn to the senate and we look to see if we can get a compromise that is bipartisan. >> the moderate republicans coming up with a

necessarily and an actual voting by the people were democratically elected president president hamid karzai will step down without being assassinated and just about all previous presidents of afghanistan have been killed in one form or another if he can step down without being assassinated and live in peace and another person elected democratically yes then we will see the beginnings of what we call democracy right but that can only be one president right how are the other countries going to take losing as many of them are so powerful that. that's right it's very very complex here and for those people on the outside trying to figure out how in the world can we decipher who should be the best person now ultimately the afghans of course are going to have to decide what the west once to say in this case nato or the united states wants someone who speaks english well one who is present of all one with whom they can work now the number two person before it was second to president karzai in the two thousand and nine election is abdul abdula he has a pashtoon father and a tajik mother posh toons a

president karzai will be leaving his post. don't expect him to go quietly. the hacking for the program newsnight. >> afghanistan has come a long way. the afghans argue with americans about a bilateral security agreement. continues to be an ally one day and an opponent the next. >> no doubt that the country has come a long way. why do the americans and president obama call you when unreliable partner? because when they want us to go along, we don't go along. when they want us to keep silent when civilians are killed, we cannot. >> was your relationship with president bush better than obama? the strategy. is >> those beginning years, there was not much difference of opinion between us. in 2005, when we saw the first incidents of civilian casualties. saw it was not conducted where it should have been. rather than that, the u.s. and nato forces were conducting operations. you explain the experience? it was one that caused a lot of suffering. i am not happy to say that there is partial security. what we wanted was absolute security. >> are you talking about yours

after three rounds of negotiations, secretary of state john kerry and afghan presidential hamid karzai were unable to hammer out an agreement. jennifer glass has more. >> no final security agreements has been signed here in kabul. secretary kerry says the major issues that were blocking a security agreement between the two countries have been bypassed here. the two major sticking points where u.s. forces could carry out operations here independently has apparently been sofd in -- solved in that the u.s. forces will ask for afghan permission before they undertake any operations here. and the other sticking point, president karzai had asked for security agreement with the united states, in the event it had problems with its neighbors. the two gentlemen have come to agreement as to what attack means. agreement that president karzai can take to the national assembly that is scheduled to meet next month to approve the security agreement. president karzai would like the approval of the afghan people in this agreement that would take the relationship beyond 2014, when that durga meets, in vir

. >> security forcethe demonstratt about the coup that upset am hed karzai. karzai -- morsi. >> the white house is getting the head lines they were hoping for across the country. the newspapers are saying the parntiopartial shutdown is integ with the sanctions against eye . this office does the mean the standard. and the white hous white house s secretary was asked to directly doltell us what the impact is. i think the greatest detail is what those people in the office to and why it's por important to return to work. >> we called the treasury department to final out what the impact was and so far they have not gotten back with us urge we'll be back with the weather. lan fill or land mine. a rubbish dump is causing suspicion. >> and why the world cup going to qatar will go to overtime. [[voiceover]] when people need to be heard, stories need to be told, al jazeera is there. >> hello again, i'm fuli batibol with the main stories on al jazeera. since 1996, we've told the human story. from the ground up. >> this is an unsafe place to be. >> with a new point of vi

now, john kerry specifically addressed this as well as karzai. he said that american troops would have to be granted immun immunity from prosecution while in afghanistan. he pointed out that the americans have military bases all over the world from germany to japan, and they have specific procedures that they operate under and they could not make an exception in this case. karzai himself has responded by saying that he cannot approve that. as such that specific sticking point will have to go through what is a large consulted assembly across the country where representatives from tribes and different societies consult on it and either agree or disagree on it. >> what happens when millions of people are cut off from clean water. we'll look at senegal and the crisis effecting there. and video may have killed the radio star. >>> and the shock in shanghai. >> now the deadly mediterranean shipwreck has allowed those fleeing areas like syria to find safe passage to europe. >> reporter: yes, thank you. italian and maltese naval ships and recovered 37 bod

so if anyone has any chance of helping president karzai get these talks kick started again, it would be secretary kerry. >> jennifer when was the u.s. want these negotiations to be done? and what is holding up a final agreement? >> stephanie the united states is likely to reach an agreement by the end of this month. and that spells what u.s. troops can and can't do here in afghanistan if they do stay beyond 2014 when the nato mission ends. there are a couple of sticking points. president karzai has asked for security reassurances, if they have problems from neighbors countries, that's something that the united states has yet to agree to, or has refused to agree to, and the other sticking agreement is what u.s. forces will be allowed to do, whether they will be allowed to carry out raids on afghan homes -- >> okay. it looks like we have lost our correspondent there. oh, she is back -- jennifer, let me ask you one more question, and that is how afghans generally feel about having foreign soldiers past the end of the military mission, past the end of 2014? >> reporter: some believe that

. >>> when afghanistan's hamed karzai came to power, some schools have changed for the better but there's still plenty of room for improvement. jennifer glass reports. >> it's teacher appreciation day and there's a lot to celebrate. education is one of the biggest successes here. in 2001 when the taliban fell there were own about a million afghan children in school mostly boys. this year there are 10.5 million afghan in school. many of them women. >> if you want to make your country better, for that you need to go to college, you need to go to any university, that way he or she wants especially girls because the girls make the half society. >> under the taliban that half society was hidden away and denied an education. for six years the gates of this school were closed to girls. but they came back in big numbers although there weren't number classrooms for 3700 of them. >>> nasreen was one of the first girls through the gate. more than 200 this year, not all schools are as successful. >> in school they don't have any facilities. for example, they don't have any expert teachers, building a

but all the while president hamed karzai has resisted any deadlines. he said they would only sign positive after a very large gathering of various representatives from across the country to see if they agree to it. and of course ironically again the bilateral security agreement and largely incidents around that is what afghan sovereignty, and the afghan government wants to be sure that is not compromised after 2014. the press conference upcoming, it is unsure, unlikely that we will see a definitive announcement about the bilateral security agreement, what is said could only bring back a regress any progress on such talks. >> jane, thank you, jane ferguson there in bagram province. >>> the biggest storm to threaten india in 14 years is headed towards the east coast of the country. all communities are being evacuated, special shelters are being built and all flights to the region are being cancelled. the satellite image shows how big cyclone phailin is. sustained levels of 220 complom terse akilometers an hour. many of these areas are low lying and up to

that is something president karzai has long opposed. and the second point is whether the u.s. will guarantee afghanistan's security if other troops were to attack the country. that's something the united states doesn't want to put itself in a position to do if there were problems with neighboring countries such as pakistan. so those two sticking points holding up this crucial, crucial security agreement. >> okay. jennifer glass reporting to us from kabul. we'll continue to follow that store re. but now we'll return to our breaking us in. a ship cam size -- capsizing off of the coast of lampedusa italy. karl tell us what you know. >> reporter: so far, stephanie it the navy is conducting a major maritime incident. this is the second incident we have had of this sort, where a boat carrying more than 200 men and women has capsized. it is dark and there are many coordinating the search and rescue mission. the seas are not so good at the moment. we must also remember this incident happened just a few days after the migrant tragedy in lampedusa where 320 lost their lives. >> do we kn

hamid karzai is seeking a role as a presidential advisor. hamid karzai is said to be building a european mansion next door to the presidential palace. with six months to go before the april elections, jane ferguson looks at the men who would replace hamid karzai, and the dangers they face. >> when presidential candidates arrived to register a show of force is important. they must prove political and tribal support. ambitious candidates face serious threats from the taliban. most say they know there'll be attacks, but the elections will go ahead. >> i think they cannot do this. they can bother us in the period of the holding election, but they are not able to stop it completely. >> while politicians and ex-warlords can mobilise private security, ordinary voters don't have that luxury. the taliban said it will target the elections, and as usual in afghanistan, it is likely that civilians will suffer the most. just trying to organise the democratic process and vote in it. as voter registrations continue across the country afghan forces stepped

and the blame has largely been placed then on the karzai government. now, i'll also say very bluntly that there have been massive corruption problems within the government as there have been in any government in south asia. there have been challenges with building national security apparatus. there have been corruption problems in the u.s. dealing with contracts in afghanistan. but i would say first and foremost not just to the afghan people, but can we look the american people in the eye and say that we have reached a point in afghanistan where the american homeland is safe for now and in the foreseeable future? and i think the evidence as i have spoken to operators on the ground from the region last month suggests, no, not at all. there are foreign fighters that are continuing to come into camps in the region, there is still some active plotting. and the leader of this organization, ayman al-zawahiri, is still headquartered in this area. so this organization is not dead by any means. >> or decimated. >> or decimated. it is not on the verge of strateg

afghan president karzai continued to demand u.s. forces and unilateral military operations he believes threaten afghan sovereignty. he's insisting if afghanistan is attacked by a neighbor u.s. promises to defend the country while the u.s. wants immunity for american troops. now secretary of state john kerry had extended his trip to kabul which both afghan and american officials say is a positive sign. if a deal isn't reached soon obama administration has threatened to pull all american troops out next year instead of leaving some troops there to help train security force. without u.s. and international support the fragile afghan government likely wouldn't survive long on its own so is a lot is riding on this agreement. >> thank you very much. this is interesting. lottery winners are joining part of the partial shutdown government people can't collect money. one place in particular you can't cash in. no money coming to you. thrusters at 30%! i can't get her to warp. losing thrusters. i need more power. give me more power! [ mainframe

karzai says the afghan court should have jurisdiction and not the u.s. court. >>> there are no survivors after an overcrowded bus crashed when it veered off a cliff into a river. the passengers were on their way to a celebration. some of the bodies were recovered 300 feet away from the crash site. and last year 4000 people were killed in similar accident in the andes. >>> violence in sanit santiago . many were arrested and the pro protestors were marching against columbus day. now like america chile recognizes columbus day as a national holiday. >>> chicago's marathon on sunday is the first mapl major u.s. rae since the boston marathon bombing in april. they are keeping 45,000 runners and 1.7 million spectators safe. >> forty-five thousand people have signed up to run in this years' chicago marathon. police are on heightened alert. >> we are going to have eyes on the ground on every foot of the marathon route. and packages and supicious behavior will be addressed is the best way to put it. >> it comes on the wake of the boston marathon bombing in april w

. >>> at a conference in kabul karzai says they have failed to bring stability to his country and the air strikes violate afghan sovereignty. >> the united states and nato have not respected our sovereignty. whenever they have found it suitable to them, they have acted against it. this has been a serious point of tension between us. >> karzai's term ends next year, and they have been negotiating on a new agreement. >>> north korea has put its military on high alert. it is outraged it says that the u.s. is preparing for naval drills off of the coast of south korea. >> reporter: two developments of note, firstly, north korea's statements really attacking south korea and the united states over the joint military exercises which are going on -- or due to be going on off of the coast of south korea and involving japan. north korea putting its army on alert, saying it had to be ready to respond to any aggressive action. but potentially more interesting is what the national intelligence service in south korea has been saying. we're getting more information coming out of this closed session,

jane, what can we make of the news that kerry and karzai are now extended talks for a third day? are you getting impressions that talks aren't as on going as they hoped? >> these talks seem to be keep be the doors closed very tightly. it's hard not to see this as an indication as the talks being extremely fraught. they said they will go into a third round of negotiation this is evening. they certainly have not come to any agreements at this point. but it's important to remember as well that they've been negotiating these terms for this for a long time now. bakley two sides have not managed to come together. today as you have said there has been a high profile arrest here with pakistani taliban commander, that was fraught with controversy with the afghans accusing the americans of snatching him from their own custody. so that really is an indicator of how both sides seem to be very much so on opposite ends of the negotiations at this point, coming together in the center is going to be unlikely in the coming day. it's really a case of john kerry having to push forward at least some

secretary kerry says they have agreement where president karzai can take to the national simply of the country, people in disagreement that will take the relationship of the united states and afghanistan beyond 2014 when the nato mission ends. one thing that may be a sticking point when that durga meets, if a soldier commits a crime in that country, he is subject to be punished under the laws of the united states. that is what the ughts would like to happen -- united states would like to happen. in afghanistan that has not been decided yet. that will be decided with the durga but without that no security agreement, means no u.s. forces here beyond 2014. >> once again jennifer glasse in kabul. chicago marathon the first major race since the boston marathon bombing, an estimated 45,000 runners and 1.5 million spectators safe. asha kareshi reports. >> 45,000 people have signed up to run in this year's chicago marathon. police here are on high alert. >> we are going to have eyes on the ground just about every foot of the marathon route, packages and suspicious are occurrences. >> three peo