, the urban afghanistan and the outlying areas. >> any time we try to divide up afghanistan this or that, we go wrong. it's not taliban black, the government white. everyone is shades of gray. it's not like the rural-urban divide totally explains that but there's a lot to that as well. >> reuben on that point the two afghanistans notion, is this anything other than a new round of tribal warfare of war lords in charge of their own areas? >> i think that we tend to focus too much on the military aspects. the military is only one can aspect of this -- one aspect of this. as you saw in the film the taliban's main grievance as they targeted is the presence of the foreign forces in the country and the lack of governance by the authorities in kabul, their inability to reach out and the key question: how willpower be exercised in afghanistan and how will it be distributed amongst the groups that make up this quite divided country. >> we will continue our conversation with najib, doug and barnett. as we return, stepping in, embedded with the afghan army special forces next. are they ready to take

correction you have had an attack of good news coming out of afghanistan. people really braved all kinds of danger, physical danger for themselves and their families, to go to the ballot box. for all the people who said afghan share some any similar values, to watch people wait in line for four hours to vote on a rainy day was remarkable. tavis: really surprised? >> no, saturday they got to speak up for themselves. think about this. they had almost 60%, roughly 60% voter turnout. like 7 million voters. the last time we had 60% turnout was like the nixon years when gas was $.55 a gallon. people does had this pent-up desire to speak for themselves and argue for something that was peaceful and stable. tavis: how do you think this moment is being viewed around the world? how do you think it will be interpreted? >> i think a lot of people who have long argued for international engagement in afghanistan feel vindicated, like this was just a down payment on what is possible coming out of cap -- out of afghanistan, if given half a chance. for those who say only the

many were not even born when an american journalist arrived to afghanistan. >> when i got to afghanistan in 1988, the soviet army had already killed a million people. that's a lot of violence to throw down on people in less than ten years. the new delhi bureau for time magazine became open in 1987. it has all of the things that a journalist would want in their territory. a civil war had started in sri lanka, afghanistan had the soviet army, and the cashmerian insurgency was about to kick off. it's the news value of a region like that. in the early days the fighters, civilians, took a liking to the camera. their only exposure had been through government-controlled media. the government radio and television station. they rarely would meet people. there was a strict government party line. it was well scripted and people tended not to believe it. they didn't understand the cycle of taking a picture and seeing it printed. this person shot in 1990 is still alive today, and he is known as the don coreleon of afghanistan, he is essentially the first person to start looking for funding for global

someone back from afghanistan. her account of what is happening on the ground next. >> scared as hell... >> as american troops prepare to leave afghanistan get a first hand look at what life is really like under the taliban. >> we're going to be taken to a place, where they're going to make plans for an attack. >> the only thing i know is, that they say they're not going to withdraw. >> then, immediately after, an america tonight special edition for more inside and analysis. >> why did you decide to go... >> it's extremly important for the western audience to know why these people keep on fighting... ...it's so seldom you get that access to the other side. >> faultlines: on the front lines with the taliban then an america tonight: special edition only on al jazeera america >>. >> thanks to our military, our allies, and the brave fighters of afghanistan, the taliban regime is coming to an end. >> welcome back. president bush made the statement in 2001, before signing the afghan relief act. they are still active in a

someone back from afghanistan. her account of what is happening on the ground next. . >>. >> thanks to our military, our allies, and the brave fighters of afghanistan, the taliban regime is coming to an end. >> welcome back. president bush made the statement in 2001, before signing the afghan relief act. they are still active in afghanistan, and many believe are focussing on derailing the election, carrying out attacks by a suicide bomb. the explosion killed six members of the afghan police force. joining us now is an activist and cofounder of the alliance for support of afghan people. welcome to the show. >> governments outside of afghanistan are focussing on the worst case scenario. the taliban getting on opening. what is the overall sentiment to the elections. >> i had the is it the privilege of witnessing and being part of every election since 2002. the elections since 2004. what i witnessed when i went back is a tremendous level of excitement about the elections and more than what i have seen since the beginni

why afghanistan? guest: there have been a lot of conflicts in afghanistan and in the 19th century, we talked about the great game with the british and russian empires colliding in afghanistan, and standing up for their own country and pushing out these foreign powers. but in terms of the modern era it does begin with the soviet invasion. ae soviets tried to install true communist government, in the late 1970's, so the outside world again intervened in afghanistan. we decided we had to oppose that hartley for the good of the afghan people, but also for our own interests. we wanted to stop the soviets before they moved farther south into iran. we gave a lot of arms to the afghan resistance fighters, and once the soviets were driven out, we said, we are done. we left afghanistan to our own -- to their own devices. there is no government in power, and we did not care. this was the end of the cold war, the first bush administration, and we kept our hands off. this was a bit of a mistake on our part, as wel

we traveled to afghanistan in the midst of this transition. but on the base we found a story that isn't being told. the people doing the day-to-day work here are mostly civilian contract workers - men from india and nepal, who traveled to a war zone just for the promise of a good job. for many of them, that promise turned out to be a lie. they ended up deceived and indebted, victims of human traffickers who thrive on military contracts. fault lines examines the lives of these workers - and investigates how the american military has come to rely on an indentured workforce. camp marmal is the largest base in northern afghanistan. nato's mission here centers on training the afghan national army. >> the complexity, when we first got here i started thinking about it. it almost becomes overwhelming. >> this is the us regional garrison commander, responsible for daily operations in the north. >> there's a lot of great contractors that come up here. local nationals, third country nationals, us expats. they're really good, they work together. >> what a

that wasn't the picture the afghanistan saw. they saw the picture of obama with karzai's peters opponent. and that had important results. it was the start of karzai's thinking that obama was out to get him and that continued through the election in 2009. it was an unintended consequence and may not be understood today even. i think similary these issues of local politics in afghanistan are then interpreted as having something to do with the war on terror which they maybe connected but often they are not. i will not go into more details, but being in government as an advisor in the u.n. i would try, through my imperfecting understanding and many of the afghanistans have expressed that, i tried to bridge that gap. but i concluded it isn't really bridgeable because there is just an a symmetry of power in the world and we have more money at our disposal and we are able to implement our ideas our con exceptions and protect our interests more forcefully than those with less money and power at their disposal. and that means that there

now, business in afghanistan, the economy overall in afghanistan has relied to quite an extent on foreign aid money. and a large amount of assistance that has come into the country over the last 13 years. that is going to shrink. we all know that. the afghans are ready to adjust. hopefully, they will be able to come up with new ideas. but they are looking forward to enough stability and security in the country to be able to implement all of these big projects that the country relies on so much. whether it is in the mining sector, which we all know is very promising, whether it is agriculture and business, whether it is turning afghanistan into a transit hub in that region of the world, building infrastructure, so on and so forth. the prospects can be bright. it all depends on political stability and security. >> thank you. another question from the audience here. what sort of bipartisan coalition is there in congress to support a unified front backing afghanistan? is anyone here aware of a congressional effort to support this? on the congressional side? takers? is there anyone in the audi

a day that i you can depart afghanistan but you can never leave afghanistan. there is not a day that goes by that i do not think about the wonderful afghans with whom i served and with whom i felt such great affection. of reflection today for me, i see a german uniform and audience. probably many folks from diplomatic missions here to represent many of the 50 countries that served in that coalition. i just want to remind his audience as i remind every troops have0,000 served at the height of this war. they performed magnificently. seldom have we seen so large and so capable a field force do so much for the good of the country when it has such capacity for destruction. it is a great example of how one countries to come together with a common set of values, they can make a contribution in a difficult environment. for the u.s. and the coalition, we are exceptionally fortunate to have a fellow by the name of joe dunford commanding in afghanistan. it has been -- beyond his many personal and professional characteristics which recommend him for this very difficult jo

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inside of afghanistan. with that that's a bit of acrimony and also the broader picture going for today in the false to get the baby. the scramble for afghanistan was to talk about afghanistan's ambassador to france. some are welcome at the show welcome as well to pakistan's ambassador to paris. the depot meant to speed again. she was in york times bureau chief in kabul now lisa johnson drove in hangs her hat in the french capital. in icu and from delhi. our correspondent vikram singh who is just back from kabul. nice to see the crown as well the postman pat today we can join the conversation on facebook and twitter are passionate and two for debates. forty eight hours to go a lot of uncertainty so it's always a heavy lift organizing an election in afghanistan a few days ahead of the presidential vote thousands of ballot boxes were transported to polling stations across afghanistan the mormon by the way is on offer. i wanted to deliver without a hitch. and i do think oh four got it from after thirteen years

. >> just an hours drive from kabul, is charkh district, afghanistan. as the us and nato prepares to pull out most of their forces later this year, i travelled here to try to see what life is like in areas of afghanistan under the rule of the taliban. after days of negotiations, through intermediaries - i was told i would be allowed in, with a camera. >> i'm actually quite nervous and the reason is that five years ago when i tried to embed with a group of insurgents in helmand i was kidnapped and i was held for a week. i was lucky and managed to escape from them but still i don't hope that i will end up in the same situation. >> this sort of access is incredibly rare... its also risky - this is taliban country. >> charkh is a cluster of dusty settlements surrounding a small, central town. the taliban of charkh were burying their dead. >> one of the two taliban fighters killed in an attack on a local afghan army base. a lot of inhabitants from this village in charkh have gathered today. >> they're here to pay their respects. they're here also to mourn, a

why afghanistan? guest: there have been a lot of conflicts in afghanistan and in the 19th century, we talked about the great game with the british and russian empires colliding in afghanistan, and standing up for their own country and pushing out these foreign powers. but in terms of the modern era it does begin with the soviet invasion. ae soviets tried to install true communist government, in the late 1970's, so the outside world again intervened in afghanistan. we decided we had to oppose that hartley for the good of the afghan people, but also for our own interests. we wanted to stop the soviets before they moved farther south into iran. we gave a lot of arms to the afghan resistance fighters, and once the soviets were driven out, we said, we are done. we left afghanistan to our own -- to their own devices. there is no government in power, and we did not care. this was the end of the cold war, the first bush administration, and we kept our hands off. this was a bit of a mistake on our part, as wel

it is great that the war in afghanistan saved afghanistan. >> yes. for which we have to thank your people and your government. it was a good war. >> and the brave men and women who went there. thank you. >> thank you. >> back in a moment, stay with us. >> riggleman is here. it he step down after 10 years of is here.k levin he stepped down after 10 years as president of yale. -- the citation said you stand among the great presidents of yells history. history. of kucera.the ceo massive online open classes, or moocs. of your to be proud service. >> we made a lot of progress. >> is what you are proud of different than what i cited? the global expansion? >> if i had to pick two things those are the ones. we made a big difference working to make the city much stronger, and we opened yale to the world. >> you didn't have a lot of management experience. >> i was chairman of the economics club. [laughter] omannio had none. said he meeting you could be president of yale. what made him say that? >> i don't know. i had a number of mentors who saw potential. >> w

. >> the votesar cast in afghanistan. -- votes are cast in afghanistan. we'll watch it in the weeks ahead. >> two decades ago humanity showed its worst - nearly a million people were butchered in rwanda. cut down by machetes as a country turned on itself. >> vigils and memories to honour all that was lost. a frame of remembrance is travelling over the country. >> 20 years ago today a plane with the president in it was shot down. >> i'm here to ask god to keep me well, thank him and to ask that the genocide never happens again. >> there has been services across the country. people gatored at a church. members of the ruling hutu group, tutsis and moderates. >> people have been divided after belgium colonized rwanda in 1916. it introduced identity carts. the minority tutees being an elight over tutsis. 20,000 tutsis were killed in riots. in 1994 the president's plane was shot down, setting off the 100 days of violence. many girls were raped and some made painful choices whether to keep the children. they are still trying to make sense of what happened. >> te

be election day in afghanistan. with thee seeing impressions we have and the news out of afghanistan is that there is mounting enthusiasm in the population, across the board, not just in one area or another. even in the south and eastern parts of the country. much more enthusiasm than fear or trepidation. the election process overall, by attacking soft targets mostly. the reaction of the afghan people overall through afghanistan, there are many of those these days, is one of the science which to me is a very positive sign to see the afghan people give a very strong message to the taliban. in what peoplepe are saying about the election process. they are forward to change. they are looking forward to better governance. they're looking forward to more rule of law. they're looking forward to a more unified government that couldn't deal with the challenges that afghanistan is facing. this is a country that has had a very troubled history and a country still facing many challenges on many run. improvementamazing that we s

jane ferguson, al jazeera, afghanistan. >>> scott smith is the afghanistan director for the united states institute of peace. he joins us live. when discussing afghanistan corruption always comes to mind. so will these elections be free and fair? >> i think everybody is expecting there will be a certain amount of fraud. it's an extremely difficult environment to hold elections in. but in 2009, which was marred by -- by a significant amount of fraud. the first thing is, indications are of a fairly high turnout. and the more legitimate votes there are, the harder it is to change the election with fraudulent votes. so if there is a high turnout, the effect of fraud will be minimized. in 2009 the fraud was largely on the side of president karzai. but is it enough to change the outcome of the election. in 2009 the fraud was enough to change president karzai from above 50% to below 50%. but here it may be more evenly distributed. >> but what about the people who are already saying we will be looking at karzai 2.0 tomorrow? >> i actually don't think that's really true. i think if there's one thi

entirely different from afghanistan. you can't put americans in the villages in afghanistan. too many people would be trey you one way or the other. it was more solid in vietnam. either they were with the viet cong or they weren't but you didn't have this phenomenon you have of zina phobia in afghanistan where as an outsider you are just rejected. that wasn't the case in vietnam. the fighting was hard though. the fine was hard. >> host: was the name of the village? >> guest: beniya. the marines stayed for 385 days and move don and i kept going back to see how things were going in the village and when the north vietnamese came in in 1975, the first thing they did was take the plaque that had been dedicated to us by the villagers saying thank-you for all your good work and they were going to throw it in the river. some of the villagers -- they kept it. when i went back to my village to visit in 2000 they showed me they still have the black. that i was visiting with the village chief who had been a boy of 10 when i was there and he said older brother, i have 10,000 in my village

this was part -- afghanistan, this was a convoy escorting election workers to safety. two female journalists were sitting in the back. a policeman stepped up, drew his gun and opened fire. anja niedringhaus, an award winning photographer died instantly. her colleague, veteran reporter kathy goneon was badly wounded. two seasoned journalists from the "associated press" who knew afghanistan so well. >> anja niedringhaus and kathy gannon were the two journalists in the world that spent more time than any others covering afghanistan. for years they have gone in and out of the country telling the story of the people and the heartbreak and the combat of that country, so it is with bitter irony that we learn they were attacked there. >> friends and colleagues remember anja's love, but it's her photographs that broad her claim. this was a german photographer exhibiting her work in berlin. >> sometimes i feel bad because i have the chance to get back to my family where there is no war. it already happened to me when i was in sayer yarrow. after four weeks, i was sent home. afte

in afghanistan, in kabul. and then when the soviet union came to the united states as a political -- [inaudible] to release the political prisoners, and then i was released. then few months later i escape the pakistan and became refugee with my family. and from there on i applied political refugee to different countries, but i decided to come to the united states. then i came to united states in 1981 as a pretty call refugee -- political refugee, and 35 years later i become a citizen, which i'm proud of it. >> host: thank you, sir, for calling in from salem, oregon. bing west responds for that caller. >> guest: well, abdul is right. pakistan is behind this, and we don't know what to do about pakistan. pakistan has 50 nuclear weapons. they did, they continue to give sanctuary, 1500 miles of sanctuary to the taliban. if the taliban did not have that sanctuary, this war would have ended quite some time ago. finish we -- we have no national policy for persuading pakistan to change who they are, and they're determi

pakistan instead of afghanistan. she says that the afghans have paid a heavy price for pakistan's treachery. willem marx talks about the border region between pakistan and afghanistan and iran, an area called balochistan, and the civil conflict that is happening there. this is about whatever. >> -- one hour. >> you're going to look, good evening and thank you for coming. you will look at a beautiful picture but that's willem. part of the place i know well and i recorded from as well. make a sign if you can't hear me. i'm going to tell you about "the wrong enemy" which is my book. "the wrong enemy: america in afghanistan, 2001-2014". it's the story of the war. i reported that for over 10 years from afghanistan. also in pakistan. i wanted to write a book for two reasons. the title tells part of it. it's a quote from richard holbrooke who was america's special envoy to afghanistan and pakistan as you know before he died in the last two years. he once said to the british foreign secretary in fact, maybe we are fighting t

asked thing to look at is afghanistan. he has not said much about not,nistan, modi has but it is sensible that he would maintain as close relations a s as possible with afghanistan. if the country next to you is a problem, the country next to them is a friend. he is unlikely to be interested indian rolet of security in afghanistan. he has not, i think left us many clues and a lot will depend on what happens in afghanistan. accident i put on continuity in afghanistan will show up in other places as well, if modi is successful in forming a government. indian foreign policy tends not to turn on a dime. in the party manifesto, there was a delphic statement about the need to re-examine and nuclear policy's which is now centered on no first use. after a certain amount of press commentary, modi himself made a statement that i did not say we were going to can do no first use policy. i think you've will see some policy changes to my that it will not be like flicking a switch. you are of the changes likely to see is in that directio

next thing to look at, afghanistan. he hasn't said much about afghanistan, but i think it is reasonable to assume that he would continue india's long history of maintaining its close relations as possible with afghanistan. this is based on the principle well known by machiavelli quote to you and everybody in between that of the country next year is a problem, the country next to them is their friend. he is unlikely to be interested in the security role in afghanistan. don't expect to see him in troops are placed in. but beyond that, he hasn't left us very many clues and a lot of us will depend on afghanistan. the accents i put on continuity in afghanistan will actually show up in places as well. india tends not to turn on a dime. and the party manifesto, there is a kind of dull fix statement about the need to re-examine and modernize india's nuclear policy, which currently is centered on no first use. after a certain amount of reckless press commentary, bodie himself made a statement to the effect glucan and no first us

. >> the national remains committee to serve the people of afghanistan. please join us in praying for the families of the victims and those affected by the shooting, as well as the peace in afghanistan. >> reporter: it's understood the attacker was a policeman, employed by the hospital as a security guard. but he opened fire on the very people he was supposed to be protecting. three american doctors were killed, officials say, and an american was wounded. >> investigate to find out. >> reporter: this is part of a warring new trend in afghanistan, that's targeting foreign civilians working in the country. in january w, a taliban suicide bomber and gunman attacked a restaurant in kabul, in a diplomat area, and in march there was an attack on a luxury hotel. it comes as the u.s. military coalition prepares to withdraw most of its troops by the end of the year. so far, there has been no claim of responsibility for this attack. the gunman is being treated in hospital after being wounded. the american nurse is also being treated. duncan golestani, nbc news, lon

so what does the second show for afghanistan. we achieved our central goal. we choose war have come very close to achieving a central role which is two the contest. all the time. to dismantle the us has the capacity it's on and on the starters. afghanistan is yet again becoming a magnet for extremist forces from across central asia when the groups to pull a parade rather than diminished since the us presence there and sold in a much more active that much more in pool one till today they've they've actually been created in the period the united states was actually there and so we actually created that that that more extremism if you will the gospel says the deal is concluded that the taliban led insurgency in afghanistan will intensify following the drawdown of u s and allied troops there at the end of twenty fourteen the taliban have grown so strong that after years of fighting the group washington now finds itself in a position where it says there have to be talks with the taliban. since the us invasion during production in afgh

that we should continue supporting the afghanistan people. we have a panel to discuss saturday's events in the implications of the elections. even though we don't know the results yet, i think it was an exciting day and exceeded many of our expectations. i think a lot of us were especially concerned about some kind of spectacular attack, and we saw, while there were incidents overall, it seemed to go off well, and the turnout was great, especially in the cities. i know many of us have received e-mails from afghans who were so excited. it was really inspiring to see that unfold. i am going to quickly introduce the panelists here today. i'm not going to get to all the details about their bios, but let me tell you a little bit about them. to my right is the ambassador who is the founder and president of the consulting company based in virginia. he was previously with the u.s.i.p. and before that was the afghan ambassador to canada and france. he is a prolific writer and is often commenting on politics in afghanistan and regional implications, so

>> just an hours drive from kabul, is charkh district, afghanistan. as the us and nato prepares to pull out most of their forces later this year, i travelled here to try to see what life is like in areas of afghanistan under the rule of the taliban. after days of negotiations, through intermediaries - i was told i would be allowed in, with a camera. >> i'm actually quite nervous and the reason is that five years ago when i tried to embed with a group of insurgents in helmand i was kidnapped and i was held for a week. i was lucky and managed to escape from them but still i don't hope that i will end up in the same situation. >> this sort of access is incredibly rare... its also risky - this is taliban country. >> charkh is a cluster of dusty settlements surrounding a small, central town. the taliban of charkh were burying their dead. >> one of the two taliban fighters killed in an attack on a local afghan army base. a lot of inhabitants from this village in charkh have gathered today. >> they're here to pay their respects. they're here also to mourn, a

this is eastern afghanistan. the two journalists had been traveling with a convoy of election workers. it's reported that anja died instantly when a man in an afghan police uniform opened fire on their fire. cathy gannon was hit twice but is stable in afghanistan. both women had spent many years covering the various conflicts in afghanistan. well, let's go to bbc's correspondent david loin. firstly, your reflections on this incident given that you as a bbc correspondent have to travel quite often to areas where you're not sure about security. >> reporter: yes, indeed, nik. on the list of stories one doesn't want to cover is the story about close friends who are killed. i saw anja only a few days ago. always full of life as she was. we were planning to meet up for a drink after the election. i've known cathy 20 years or so. she has been traveling in this region 30 years, in pakistan, probably the most experienced journalists traveling in pakistan. jn anja came here a lot. it is a difficult and dangerous country to

it turned afghanistan into their vietnam. and then we washed our hands of the whole thing and we did not care. between the superpowers have their confrontation during the cold war, and what followed, the country was ripped apart. the larger extent -- the outside world owes the afghans, even on moral grounds. this was also done on strategic grounds. al qaeda had a sanctuary in this country from which they planned the 9/11 attacks and from which they would continue to operate. and they could come back if the afghan government is not able to hold onto power. is a graduate of new york and princeton university, and the author of "bending history." neither is our wars or sanctuary on the crimean peninsula -- guest: close enough. i had the great honor of doing one of these with an afghan woman, i have been about one dozen books but on this i did one of them. she was one of the great reformers who moved back to afghanistan after 9/11. she started to go back before. and those pockets of the country that were not held by the taliban --

has achieved in afghanistan, afghanistan is not iraq. >> rose: we continue this evening with a conversation about online education with the former president of yale university, rick levin. >> we have a woman in bangladesh, she was a product of -- she was involved in abusive relationship with her husband. she escaped from her situation and a friend of hers and herself decided to start a bakery. she went online and took an accounting course, a marketing course, how to run a small business course, and this woman in bangladesh is now running a successful bakery enterprise and from coursera. >> she, it gave her a life. >> rose: and we conclude this evening with a conversation about confidence, claire ship man and katty kay wrote a new book called "the confidence code", the science and art of self-assurance. >> we started writing this book because we would interview women all across america, women in incredible positions of important and came across this self-doubt, people you think would be brimming with confidence would talk to us how they were just lucky to be in the right place in the right t

we went there in afghanistan to keep afghanistan from the coming a safe haven for al qaeda and international terrorism. ladies and gentlemen, over the past decade, our presence in afghanistan and the extraordinary efforts of the coalition forces and the 15 nation orders has made a turned -- a tremendous difference in the world. regardless of the global landscape, the marine corps must be ready and vigilant. after a decade at war in the most morally and bruising environment known to man, the arena of human combat, we are resetting the marine corps mentally, physically, and more relief. as we prepare for future battles, your marines are rededicating themselves to those attributes that have carried us to victory for the past 238 years. those same attributes that have carried marines through the wheat fields, against the german machine guns in march of 1918 during world war i. those same character traits that emboldened america's first offense in the pacific, the attack on a canal by the first marine division on august 7, 1942. that same sense of who we are and what we do and what we stand was w

you lived in pakistan and afghanistan. how important was that palestinian issue in their perception of the united states? >> it was in the background. that's why i think as a background thing, it's really important because it was part of every sense of grievance, every sense of we must fight, every reason for al qaeda starting. it was a palestinian who started al qaeda. i'm now in north africa and all the countries, it's an underlying theme. it's not -- i agree, today's immediate issue perhaps. but it would create an enormous change in general atmosphere in the air ab world, i believe and the muslim world if there was a way forward. because it feeds and fuels the youth and you can feel the resentment when you talk to people on the street. it's always there. >> i know we could talk about this the whole time. but richard, could the administration do much more than it has done on ukraine? it feels like we're in a situation where putin has taken crimea, but he's paying a price with the reaction of the ukrainians, other neighbo

up in afghanistan's presidential election was reported to go. despite increasing tell about the terror attacks leading up to the poll. he tells its mobile phone giant is taught at the top on squeezing travelers were high. everyone now. it's what we're taught as a quad. update to tell the customers than expected the bill to go up visited and put on the lake to the program it was like by country but you can join us in our continuing exploration of southern siberia tonight as we lead the spiritual side of the ancient natural one our. with this he's opted to match with eleven pm the most committed and thirty in the evening in afghanistan domestic diva be stopped the salad tonight the countries of the way in afghanistan after a tense day event in the shadow of the time about terror threats it's set to take several weeks before the success of the present time the cause was named the dc temple of staging the latest developments in kabul. we did hear from the independent election commission. earlier the official tally is for civilians killed forty three

troops in afghanistan. two years ago, the obama administration began to scale back these troop levels while announcing plans for withdrawal, and today the number of u.s. forces in afghanistan is approximately 38,000. according to account by the associated press, the total number of american troop casualties in the afghan war standings at 2,316. there's blood and then there is also treasure. the total financial cost of the war in afghanistan, all of the military operations now is over $707 billion and counting. for the afghanistan elections this weekend, 12 million registered voters are expected to take part, and 200,000 people are expected to work as election observers. richelle. >> we have the vice president and editor and chief at global post, charles was one of the first journalists on the ground in the aftermath of september 11th, and has covered the region for the last decade. charles let's go back to the 2009 presidential election. so much violence and today an ap photographer was killed. how dangerou

this green on blue-type violence that we continue to see happening in afghanistan. a surge over the past few years. this is the second attack so far this year. last year, 13 green on blue attacks in 2012, there were some 44 attacks. in 2012, 15% of all coalition deaths were a result of these green-on-blue attacks. for folks that might not be familiar with this green-on-blue term, what is it and why have we seen a rise in these numbers? >> the green-on-blue attacks are the green who are afghan security forces whether soldiers or police officers and the blue, an attack on the coalition forces led, of course, by the united states and if you look at those numbers, the overall numbers have decreased significantly overall because so many of the foreign forces have already withdrawn from afghanistan and continue to be withdrawn. and i think there is a better working relationship with many of the u.s. afghan security forces, but the enemy there in afghanistan has changed their tactics to attack green-on-blue in some respects, foreign journalists. in this case, three doctors

why afghanistan? guest: there have been a lot of conflicts in afghanistan and in the 19th century, we talked about the great game with the british and russian empires colliding in afghanistan and standing up for their own country and pushing out these foreign powers. but in terms of the modern era it does begin with the soviet invasion. the soviets tried to install a true communist government, in the late 1970's, so the outside world again intervened in afghanistan. we decided we had to oppose that hartley for the good of the afghan people, but also for our own interests. we wanted to stop the soviets before they moved farther south into iran. we gave a lot of arms to the afghan resistance fighters, and once the soviets were driven out, we said, we are done. we left afghanistan to our own -- to their own devices. there is no government in power, and we did not care. this was the end of the cold war, the first bush administration and we kept our hands off. this was a bit of a mistake on our part, as we

the in afghanistan violence and motor just hours before voters go to the poll. a police commander opened fire on two journalists covering the election in khost province prize winning jonathan tobin five in the seychelles and was shot to death and corresponding kathy gannon is still playing full of life and that only bond is denying responsibility know if that is the case this would mark the first insider attack on journalists i need you to the house and her canadian colleague kathy gannon were in his car when they were shot. they were traveling in the province of khost a mountainous region in the east of the country the convoy they were with was just riveting ballot papers to polling stations and had a police escort. but the armed officers had little chance to react. one of the policeman manning a checkpoint opened fire on the women. our new new to the house died at the scene kathy gannon was taken to a nearby hospital. i did it with the generalist is about sixty years old and is in critical condition. ah surgical team is providing her with magical and they live

saying afghanistan is not going to work. but we have a vibrant and huge community of young adults and civil society workers who are helping theged in process and ensuring that the process is clean and transparent. for example, one of the colleagues my started last week was to prepare a resolution and get the signature of every single candidate. the mostution says -- common article is that if the independent international and national election monitoring organizations endorses the , i knowledge i will not challenge or dispute the outcome of the elections. politicaln's stability is very fragile. if any candidate disputes the result of the elections, it will obviously create problems. further instability. in general, what i would like to is, people in afghanistan under there is huge instability. it is a country that lacks strong political institutions. the analogy i usually make is the country is a plane is being flown while it is being constructed. have strong political institutions. we do not have enough experience with regar

one is killed, the other seriously injured -- to journalist are shot in afghanistan. getting down to business, france's new government holds his new cabinet meeting. the pressure is on as the fed government rose increasingly disappointed in president hollande and his team. the hunt for the black boxes of the missing malaysia and plan intensifies, as the flight recorder will soon run out of batteries. >> we begin this edition in afghanistan where there has been a deadly attack. two western journalists have been shot in the east of the country. news agencyed press has confirmed its photographer was killed while its reporter, kathy gannon, was wounded in the shooting. claim there has been no of responsibility, but the attack comes on the eve of afghanistan's presidential elections. the country's taliban has vowed poll which will see president hamid karzai step down after over a decade in power. >> it's the talk of the town am a behind the opec windows of the black diamond beauty parlor, saturday's election is on everyone's lips. >> it's everyone's responsibility to cast

not in afghanistan. i mean, there occasionally are people in the military who are related or who find themselves in the same location, deployed to the same location. there are military couples. i mean, actually, quite a few of them. but, no, they could not bring their families there. and that was another thing. it just, it was an unusual opportunity for him to show drive to increase their comfort level with him. so it actually made us safer because of what it showed to them about how much we trusted them apart from the fact that i could communicate with their women and establish some relationships that a wouldn't ordinarily have existed. >> there seems to be a very high risk factor for doing something like that. and i -- what was the motivation for really presenting yourself to that level of risk? i mean, there's patriotism, but concern and there's opportunity -- and there's opportunity to do something that you think might work, but to risk 12 guys, to risk a loved one that is with you is quite a large l