(fire engine blaring) - americans are asking, who attacked our country? in afghanistan we see al-qaeda's vision for the world. the united states respects the people of afghanistan, but we condemn the taliban regime. by sponsoring and sheltering and supplying terrorists, the taliban regime is committing murder. they will hand over the terrorists, or they will share in their fate. - [narrator] us troops have been in afghanistan for more than 15 years, making it the longest war in american history. the september 11th attacks prompted washington and nato to send forces to neutralize the al-qaeda terrorist organization and the taliban regime that sheltered them. the architect of those attacks, osama bin laden, is dead, but the taliban has rebounded. as washington and nato pivot away from afghanistan, the ability of the government and security forces to maintain stability will be tested. afghanistan, next on great decisions. - [announcer] great decisions is produced by the foreign policy association, in association with thomson reuters. funding for great decisions is provided by pricew

afghanistan. panelists talked about access to capital, transportation issues and economic opportunities for women entrepreneurs. the center for strategic and international studies host ed this event earlier this week. >> let's get started. i'm dan rundy. we're going to have having a cop ver sags about the private sector in afghanistan. bev w we've been doing a series. we recently hosted abdullah abdullah about two weeks ago. before that -- we couldn't have done this without tony we thing thanks very much, tony, for everything. i think we're going to have an interesting and constructive conversation today. when i think about people who are qualified for their jobs or the right people at the right time, i can't think of a better person than my friend greg. fz who served both in pakistan and afghanistan has served some of the toughest places in the world united states of america. greg es's a friend, a a patriot, a really qualified individual. thank god he has raised his hand and agreed to do public service again. come on up here. give him a round of applause. >> it's very nic

up next, a forum on private sector development in afghanistan, including access to capital, transportation issues, and economic opportunities for women entrepreneurs. the center for strategic and international studies hosted this event last month. >> let's get started. i'm dan runde. i hold the chair here at csis. we're going to have a conversation about the private sector in afghanistan. we have been doing a series of events on afghanistan over the last year. we recently hosted abdullah abdullah about two weeks ago. we couldn't have done this without the partnership of ambassador tony weng, the senior adviser here. thank you for everything. i think we're going to have an interesting and constructive conversation today. when i think about people who are qualified for their jobs or the right people at the right time, i can't think of a better person than my friend greg uygur. fz who served both in pakistan and afghanistan has served some of the toughest places in the world for the united states of america. greg is a friend. greg is a patriot. greg is a really qualified indiv

individual un mission in afghanistan to be to go direct yes he was appointed by the united states there robert gates defense secretary there too not that well he was a decent gentleman but the others you mentioned him better i can bury the late. and watch it all and god read there were the tools of the us administration for this purpose. individually have i don't blame them they were serving their government and any official would do that once instructed to do to take a certain. policy through the united nations office were used very much but there were also individuals within the united nations for example then of the united nations at the time in afghanistan through the present of the seclusion of id who was under a mills pressure but is true up to them and he took. very much under the circumstances a middle ground where you know he is he's retired or he took a middle ground which meant he sided with us. with would rightness. right justice i believe. coming because i'll just stop you there for a quick break more from the former president of afghanistan and bought two of going undergro

eastern on c-span. vice president hence made a surprise visit to u.s. troops in afghanistan. members atth service the airfield. we are joining his remarks in progress. this is 15 minutes. vice president pence: the taliban struck the u.s. on september 11, 2001. we all remember that day. innocent mothers, fathers, sons, and daughters, lose their lives. we understood this for what it was. an act of war. as one nation and one people, we vow to win this war on our terms together withand our allies we came here to afghanistan to liberate its people and prevent the terrorists from ever threatening our homeland again. and we are staying in that fight and will see it through until the end. [applause] this very ace has been --base has been at the heart of this since the beginning. as president trump has said, it is think it's -- it is thanks to you and those who stood here onore you that the horrors the scale of september 11 have not been repeated on our shores. you inspire the world with your courage and unconquerable spirit. you have crushed the enemy in the field and continue to do

to america's largest military base in afghanistan mike pence addressed five hundred troops in. four months after president trump unveiled his strategy for afghanistan pakistan has hit back saying allies don't not put each other on notice that the focus instead be on creating peace and reconciliation but relations between the two countries have deteriorated with the u.s. accusing pakistan of providing safe havens for terrorist groups a charge pakistan strongly denies we'll hear from trump in a moment but first my pants. as the president said america's enemies must never know our plans they must never believe they can wait us out. and we will never ignore the dangers you face even when they emerge from beyond the borders of afghanistan. you know for too long pakistan has provided safe haven to the taliban and many terrorist organizations. but those days are over . in the pakistan that while we desire continued partnership we must see decisive action against terrorist groups operating on their territory and we make massive payments every year to pakistan they have to help. the relation

covers afghanistan and pakistan. he has authored a book called captive, my time as a prisoner of the taliban, and another work in afghanistan. he's also written for such publications as the "new york times," "newsweek" and national geographic. and in 1981 1981 while workinga correspondent for the "new york times," he lived with the mujahedin as they battled the soviet army. from 2006-2000 and he served as a senior fellow for the carnegie garo counsel for ethics and international affairs. while senior fellow in 2008 he went to afghanistan and pakistan to research the taliban for a book, it you substantively capd by the taliban and imprisoned for 45 days. becoming the second american journalist to be captured. his most recent book, "the trade: my journey into the labyrinth of political kidnapping" discusses the political and economic motives of kidnapping and is currently an adjunct senior fellow at the council of foreign relations, and he's joining us here tonight to talk about the trade and the geopolitics of kidnapping and the way which terrorist groups have been using kidnapping. s

take a swipe at pakistan during a visit to afghanistan labeling the country a breeding ground for terrorists to get the reaction to that and more of the day's news after this quick break. as a civilization just a tiny bit more advanced than we are that they can already pick up jerry springer or any other sit coms interview shows the nightly news they see what we're doing to our planet you know it isn't really a very pretty picture and so in addition to sending this chaotic messages that we use to communicate with one another we want to send a clear signal to the extraterrestrial that there's also some rationality on. this manufactured consensus instant to the public will. when the ruling classes protect themselves. with the famous merry go round lifts and be the one percent. we can all middle of the room sick. room in the real news room. again the us vice president remembers it to afghanistan took a swipe at neighboring pakistan echoing donald trump's woods of the country provides a safe haven for terrorists the head of the pakistani senate fired back by saying that his country wo

to u.s. troops in afghanistan. due to technical difficulties, we join his remarks in progress. this is 15 minutes. >> from the safe haven of afghanistan, the terrorists struck the united states on september 11, 2001. we all remember the day. saw 2977hen we innocent men and women, mothers and fathers, sons and daughters lose their livs. the american people understood this for what it was. it was an act of war. and as one nation and one people, we've vowed to win this war. on our terms and on this soil. and together with our allies we came here to liberate the people neverevent the terrorists threatening our homeland again. we are staying in that fight and we will see it through to the end. [applause] this very pence: base, bagram airfield has been at the heart of our campaign from the very beginning. it's a bastion of strength in the beacon of freedom. as president trump has said, it's thanks to you, and those who stood on this ground before you, that in his words. th of horrors on the scale september 11 have not been repeated. you have inspired the world with your courage and your u

getting into fighting shape. on the rocks a pleasure to be with you. we start off in afghanistan where officials now say at least forty one people were killed and dozens more injured in a series of blasts in the capital kabul a suicide bomber is reported to have detonated a device at a gathering in a shiite cultural center witnesses say many of the victims were students in an online statement so-called islamic state is claiming its supporters were behind the attacks. and earlier i spoke with the governors of got a staff specialist florian vigeland i asked him why i asked might have targeted this location well that it's quite obvious that the extremists from i guess the talking cio because they think they're not real muslims the infidels and this is a view which is shared by a lot of other sunni extremists and it brings us to an interesting twist of the story an afghan expert told us that there really target was not the shia community but the polygon because as and taliban they're both fighting over there are legions of this sunni extremists and in the past as conducted a lot of attacks

can get a criticism of the bomber ministrations response to violence in afghanistan in a moment but it's clear that president otranto as a candidate was talking about isolationism some said his response to terror in your country has been a near nuclear attack on your country apparently without even the permission of afghan authorities we don't want our country to be bombed with. huge huge. destruction of weapons and bombs we want peace in afghanistan and the united states can talk to us and to bring peace and stability and to defeat extremism we have more to fear today so we have questions why and that is about who should be discussing how come there is more extremism and how to address it. clearly mornings killings prisons violations of for sovereignty more than it or homes it'll have spent of people has not worked because we have more of it today there was the taliban there was this there was a high that we have. on top of it so how come investor question we have in and we are seeking answers for these questions not more bombs you know the president on job realized some of the ans

war in afghanistan which is why we caught up with the former president of afghanistan hamid karzai at the central london undisclosed location because i. been an atrocity in less vegas that scene making headlines around the world it's always the ads are getting to the fairly five thousand dead or wounded by shootings in the united states far more than military deaths or injuries in afghanistan but immediately after reports came up people suspected isis diaster symptomatic of the fear that extremism is no borders the tragic shooting in in the united states my condolences to the american people and especially sad incident we. feel their pain because we have gone through it a lot and almost every day we can give the criticism of the bomber and ministrations response to violence in afghanistan in a moment but it's clear the president on trump as a candidate was talking about isolationism some said his response to terror in your country has been an in nuclear attack on your country apparently without even the permission of afghan authorities we don't want our country to be bombed with. h

to plague afghanistan recently there has been an uptick in i asked attacks against shia targets in the country. they searched through the rubble for signs of their loved ones. but after the force of the explosion little was left behind inside the shiite social and cultural center. the bomb went off inside this building that is also home to an afghan you say agency. that i love ok when the explosion went off we skipped from the norm we were working and went to the rough. we saw the smoke and flames coming from our basement and went to help and see what was happening there when we got there the situation was very good of us that we felt students had been marking the anniversary of the soviet invasion of sunni majority afghanistan when the blast tore through the building eyewitnesses describe several explosions on the compound. or more. while we were moving the wounded to the hospital a second explosion went off she didn't care if you minutes later the third time the films that you had to do with. the injured were brought to nearby hospitals with several wounded taken in for surgery o

came here to afghanistan to liberate its people and prevent the terrorists from ever threatening our homeland again. we are staying in that fight and will see it through until the end. [applause] [applause] this very base has been at the heart of this since the beginning. as president trump has said, it is thanks to you and those who stood here before you that the horrors on the scale of september 11 have not been repeated on our shores. you inspire the world with your courage and unconquerable spirit. you have crushed the enemy in the field and continue to do so. you have struck fear into their hearts and driven them into hiding. you have given the afghan people the hope of freedom. as we all know, these great achievements have come at a rate cost. more than 3500 members of our allied forces have lost their lives over the past 16 years. the old book says no greater love for a man is this than he should lay down his life for his friends. every day, we honor the memory of the fallen and let their families know that we will never forget their service or sacrifice in afghanistan. [appla

finding out who is cashing in on private military contracts in afghanistan they changed. american guys are this is a cause report the show that brings you more news in twenty six minutes and the entire network of them is what. that's right oh max we're going to talk about strategic scams on this episode of the kaiser report and i think these two stories i have here these two headlines juxtaposed together they tell an important story about empire and it is the shrinking wealth home expanding footprint abroad so first i'm going to look to a story about one of my favorite headlines talked about often and that is the obamacare smart tactic but sad that americans need to be so strategic to afford health care and cornwell considered to drastic strategies in her quest to get affordable health insurance premiums last year for herself and her retired husband one was divorce another was taking thirty percent pay cut she chose the latter the maneuver slashed the premiums for the couple who lived in chattanooga tennessee from exorbitant to economical instead of two thousand one hundred dollars a m

for me. >> in a surprise trip, vice president mike pence addressed airfield ingram afghanistan. he talked about the importance of the united states mission in the middle east. terrord that the 9/11 attacks were hashed out of afghanistan. he also talked about some of the military policy changes that the trump administration has implemented since taking office, including more engagement and leadership on the ground. due to technical difficulties, the beginning portion of his remarks are not included in this video. vice pres. pence: the taliban struck the u.s. on september 11, 2001. we all remember that day. the day we saw innocent mothers, fathers, sons, and daughters, lose their lives. the american people understood this for what it was. it was an act of war. as one nation and one people, we vowed to win this war on our terms on this soil, and together with our allies, we came here to afghanistan to liberate its people and prevent the terrorists from ever threatening our homeland again. we are staying in that fight and will see it through to the end. [applause] vice pres. pence: thi

afghanistan and pakistan. host authored a book called captive my time as a prisoner of the taliban and another work in afghanistan. also written for publication "new york times" "newsweek" and national geographic. and in 1981 while workings a correspondent for "new york times," van dyke lived with the hadine as they battled soviet army from 2006 to 2009, he served as a senior fellow for the carnegie canal for international affair and senior fellow in 2008 he went to afghanistan and pakistan to research the taliban for a book. but he was subsequently captured by the taliban and imprisoned for 45 days. becoming the second american journalist to be captured, his most recent book the trade my journey into the political kidnapping discusses the political and economic motives of kidnapping. and he's currently an adjunct senior fellow on relations joining us here tonight to talk about the trade. and the geopolitics of kidnapping and way in which tourist groups have been used in kid mapping so jerry welcome and thank you so far for joining us. >> thank you. and i think -- to start we probably

similarities in iraq and afghanistan and even bases here on u.s. soil where it's just contaminating the land that it's using there the open burn pits that is having huge effects on military personnel members and just outright consumption of fossil fuels across the pentagon of all four branches having a training center in the middle of a rain forest you should alternately come down to the people who live in or near that rain forest so say take the young forest in northern okinawa where the u.s. marines have been training for decades the people there on the ground who live there and have to suffer from the consequences of that training they don't want it there the u.s. doesn't really cooperate in any investigations of environmental issues because it's a direct threat to their national security goals but the problem is environmental issues are a direct threat to our lives the u.s. gets away with a lot of the environmental issues and it's not just environmental issues that get away with a lot of things that i think if the american public knew what was going on they would demand for it at first a

have been killed and another 80 injured in a suicide bomb attack in afghanistan. it happened at a cultural centre in the west of the capital kabul. an interior ministry spokesman said the main explosion was followed by two other blasts. the islamic state group has said it was behind the attack. helena lee has the latest. the force of the explosion is clear to see. among the rubble, relatives desperately search for their loved ones. but there was little left behind. the bomb went off inside this building, a cultural centre and also home to an afghan news agency. students had been marking the 38th anniversary of the soviet invasion of afghanistan. translation: i saw many dead in the area. i was looking for my cousin but i couldn't find his body. not sure what happened to him. the number of dead people has increased. after the explosion, ambulances took the injured to nearby hospitals. this man, one of dozens badly hurt in the explosion, some of the wounded were taken in for surgery. translation: a total of 35 dead were registered here and 20 others wounded. there are men, women and

afghanistan as well. now, you had never before had people working for you directly who were killed in combat. now, this experience, had people work for you. yeah. yeah. what was that like to have the command of people who were dying? it's-- you know, it's... it's a chilling experience, actually, the first time. i remember the radio call when our first soldier was killed. and it takes the wind out of you. i remember hearing when a sister unit, the 3rd infantry division, which really spearheaded the fight, along with the marine division, up to baghdad on the ground with tanks and bradley fighting vehicles. i remember the radio call. i was monitoring their net because we were all fighting together. and hearing that they'd had a couple of heavy vehicles blown up-- right. --it's a chilling... and then i remember the first suicide bomber report. and this is one where you realize, you know: "how in the world do you deal with an enemy who's willing to blow himself up to take you with him?" it's a very, very difficult problem all right. you were there for how long before you were sent back to

least 41 people dead and 100 more wounded in the heart of afghanistan's capital. good morning, i'm rick leventhal. >> julie: bill and sandra are off today. isis says they detonated three bombs at the entrance to the center before sending a suicide bomber inside. isis is still a threat to be reckoned with even with its heavy losses in iraq and syria. >> rick: greg palkot is tracking the story. what more do we know about the attack? >> we know it is another nasty incident in afghanistan and once again isis there is claiming responsibility. a shiite muslim cultural center was the target this time of the afghanistan isis spin-off. the suicide bomber walked into the center of a gathering leaving a scene of death and destructions. other explosions outside. 41 killed, at least 84 wounded. shiite targets there. isis in afghanistan started in 2015. it has been growing in strength as it has been fading in other parts of the world. between isis and taliban afghanistan still a very dangerous place, rick. >> rick: what has been the u.s. response? >> strong response. we heard from the u.s. embas

dealing with rising energy costs. but first we go to afghanistan to meet an amazing woman who against all odds is tackling the country's massive drug problem. afghanistan has long been the world's largest producer and exporter of opium. the substance from which heroin is derived. and ever more opium poppies are being planted the united nations says the area under cultivation has sought sixty three percent in just one year. and opium production has rocketed this year by eighty seven percent much of the drug trade is now under the control of the taliban for whom it's a huge source of revenue opium and heroin use is spreading fast within afghanistan as well a full ten percent of the population is believed to be addicted. twice a week liner hidari goes down under this bridge in kabul a grim site awaits her this is by far the most horrific spot in the afghan capital the city's drug addicts are holed up here thousands of them just trying to survive this dark hell the stench of excrement urine and vomit is unbearable rats scurry along the walls every morning between five and ten dead

afghanistan it has been seventeen years that they have been enough to run a stand and they don't have anything to say that they did something good for of understand except to bring death and destruction unless the internal situation of understanding governance improves and the people are satisfied you know these problems in afghanistan will continue they will spill over in pakistan and pakistan will continue to remain a scapegoat for america the u.s. has cut its funding to the united nations that story angle after this break. altie we have a great team we need to strengthen before the freefall world cold and you're better than a legend to keep it so it's at the back. in one thousand nine hundred two that must qualify for the european championships at the very last moment no one believed in us but we won and i'm hoping to bring some of that winning spirit to the r.c.t. . recently i've had a lot of practice so i can guarantee you that peter schmeichel will be on the bashful since my last will call on that story for us three. thousand zero zero zero zero he did it here i can't brush. my

one after those targets. we were doing paramilitary operations in iraq, and afghanistan, and i am sure they are doing the same thing. i will tell you probably the height in my experience of watching that relationship work was on the bin laden operation because we put together the intelligence, we did all of the backup work, we looked at the compound, and we knew in order to conduct that information we seals to doilitary that. they didn't based on our intelligence and they did a great job. that is great example of the partnership that is essential for these flashpoints. >> i know you can't get specific but can you explain how the cia is ramping up operations against terrorists? inherited aneo: i operation that has been at this for a long time. 15 plus years after 9/11. in the machine. the counterterrorism machine was well in place, no doubt about that thanks to the good works of my predecessors. but that fight has changed in material waste. syria and iraq held a lot of real estate. different than what we've seen before. worked to continue to build that team to deliver so that partn

did he do it examine that we look at china's expanding footprint in afghanistan this time as a peacemaker between pakistan and the afghan government up for discussion economic and security cooperation we explore these developments with a regional specialist i'm sorry it's an obvious sign your house seat in the philippines presidential family has been playing out on social media so it's us with your thoughts and comments live on facebook throughout the site and the high side as always a.j. . and streaming online through you tube facebook live and at al-jazeera dot com now just a few hours left to vote in liberia's presidential runoff but already there's been an enthusiastic turnout elections are expected to lead to the first democratic transition of power there in seventy three years former football star george weah cost his vote in monrovia he's taking on the current vice president. because i one of them. takeover from ellen johnson sirleaf job creation and fighting corruption have been the major campaign issues in one of the world's poorest countries let's go over to his live

onscreen text] while you were in afghanistan, the effort to capture osama bin laden was going forward. capture or kill. capture or kill. how were you alerted to that? because you weren't directly in the chain of command for that decision. yup. that night no one else in our headquarters knew at all. and i got up myself, no aides, no anything else, went into the-- we had a joint special operations command post at the nato headquarters in kabul where i was located. i went in there, sort of surprised them at about 11 or so at night, said, "what are you doing in here? and i asked everybody to leave except for one officer who i knew very, very well. and we then dialed up so that we could monitor the operation. we had a lot of contingency plans. and the forces that conducted it, some of those at least, the headquarters element at least, was working for me in normal times, but that night they were working for-- actually, for the cia. because it was the cia-- so-- it was a covert action, which means the chain of command runs from the president to the director of the cia, leon panetta then, to

chemicals and even corpses from burned by the u.s. military in iraq and afghanistan and massive craters known as burn pits open burn pits were outlawed in two thousand and ten so why are they still being used in the united states. there was always you look. and everybody that you talked to had some type of wrist which were you shoes with. titanium aluminum. chrome steel. silica. is no word that actually got metals i've never worked in anything that would have exposed me to the. millions of pounds of munitions and other waste or burned by the pentagon in the united states every year there are nearly two hundred open air burn pits in the u.s. an investigation by the news website pro publica has revealed these sites have little to no oversight and residents living near the burn pits report respiratory by roid and other health problems health problems that more than one hundred thousand military veterans have also reported to a burn pits registry set up by the u.s. department of veterans affairs or b a it's not just us better ins and citizens that say they're affected studies have shown a h

afghanistan an interior ministry spokesman there saying that at least forty people have been killed and dozens more wounded in a series of explosions in the capital kabul a suicide bomber is reported to have detonated his device. at the gathering at a shiite cultural center there are reports that many of the victims that were students there has been no immediate claim of responsibility the taliban have issued a statement denying that involvement. on the line now from kabul journalist tom hit cut daytime here do we know who might be behind these attacks. well first of all let me add that today the people resent of the capital kabul they started really a day with such a news while i mean most of the streets and roads are today actually very not crowded it's general and i think it was a pre-planned attack on a cultural and religious place here in kabul on the shia. religious sometimes she had a students so as far as we know the taliban as you say have denied any kind of involvement that recently over the last few weeks whatever happens here in afghanistan especially especially here in the

afghanistan. it was during his second appointment that captain groberg captured a suspicious local men making his way to one of our patrols. four died but many were spared as a result of his swift action but captain groberg spent three years in recovery. in his book "8 seconds of courage" which will be available after lunch, he recounts his early life in france's army ranger training and the courage to take a brave action that saved those many lives. how can we think a man whose sense of responsibility inspired him to take that action x. perhaps president obama had the right idea when in 2015 and on veterans day he awarded our nation's highest military honor the congressional medal of honor prominently displayed at the neckline captain flo groberg the first immigrant to be so recognized since the vietnam war. please join me. [applause] wonderful. many congratulations to you and thank you for being here with us. [applause] >> it's a real honor and privilege to be here with you and one of the things i took away from your book which had a chance to read this week was despite the metal, despite y

fifty seven billion dollars economic corridor all to afghanistan a part of an ambitious belton road plan linking china with asia europe and beyond china's trying to position itself as a helpful party to promote talks between pakistan and afghanistan tensions between the neighbors have been high since pakistan's independence seventy years ago let's hear what chinese foreign minister huang he had to say about the move to. china and pakistan are willing to look at including afghanistan other bases of when neutrally beneficial principles discussing appropriate means to extend china pakistan economic corridor sure afghanistan. now that corridor will become part of what's being called the new silk road a global chinese infrastructure project it takes its name from an ancient trade route beijing is investing hundreds of billions of dollars to revive the route by building key trade infrastructure this week we want to take you want to journey along the new silk road and take a closer look at the most important stations today we stopped in tbilisi the capital of georgia it's the only country in th

intelligence and the spread of faith news. great to have you along. well we start our broadcast in afghanistan where officials now say at least forty one people were killed and dozens more injured in a series of blasts in the capital kabul a suicide bomber is reported to have detonated a device at a gathering in a shiite cultural center witnesses say many of the victims were students and in an online statement so-called islamic state is claiming its supporters were behind these attacks all right in that we can take you to the ob-gyn capital now where the blast took place to journalist hans and marty who is there hans what's the situation on the ground right now where you are. while the situation on the ground where i am it is by far away from the well so this part of town was not at all affected by this huge tragedy. as you said because it's you know miss or sort of like a change. some place a little bit less some little bit more. that take was apparently a sweet side or member and then subsequent explosion by mines that had been placed before hand so it wasn't that protected teg meaning that

and the united kingdom and several countries that receive a lot of u.s. assistance like afghanistan, jordan and egypt. mike: connor, thank you. leah: meantime a federal appeals court ruling against president trump's latest travel ban. the third version of the ban details travel restrictions that vary from country to country ap and they failed to prove that somebody is a security risk just by being from one of those regions. travel ban 3.0 affects citizens of iran, libya, syria, yemen, somalia, chad, north korea and certain people from venezuela. mike: the thomas fire burning in southern california is now the largest in the state's history. how far crews have come and how much still has to be done before it's knocked out >>> plus, a bunch of smiling faces in washington. the republican-less congress passing the tax bill and getting it signed by president trump. what this latest victory means for the gop. >> mitch mcconnell has been fantastic. worked so hard. we would speak at 3:00 in the morning and 2:00 in the morning, we would speak whenever we had to speak. he worked so hard. and t

a shiite center in afghanistan's capital kabul. then, medicaid expansion has come to maine thanks to voters, but maine's governor remains opposed. >> you have to pay for the law. it's going to cost money and i intend to implement it and the legislature has required to fund it. if they do not fund it, it will not be implemented. >> sreenivasan: and, the trump agenda: assessing the administration's foreign policy. all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> carnegie corporation of new york. supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of international peace and security. at carnegie.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and individuals. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> sreenivasan: at least 41 dea

tour in afghan does afghanistan we had a great idea from the civil affairs folks, create -- passed out cards, right? business cards to the local afghans in different villages, and the point was, if you -- came into your division, just call the number on the back of this card and let us know. 75% of them couldn't read so that was a problem. there's in uber-app, but we actually put out translator phone numbers and what happened is the locals figured, oh, if we appear to be helping the americans, then we just call them and tell them there's taliban here and they come, they think we're friends, then they'll give us fuel, build us a retaining wall, build us a mosque. so, -- heck, they're smart. so they called us one night, and said, taliban is here, and they -- so we took off as a unit to that village. make a long story short, the taliban was never there what happened was, instead, it's pitch black dark. i'm over here -- trying to figure out where the enemy is, and the people are -- open the door, mad at us because it's the middle of the night. i fall into the sewage. it's really -- some of

went after those targets. we were doing counterterrorism operations in iraq and afghanistan, elsewhere. they are continuing to do exactly the same thing. i will tell you that the height in my experience of watching that relationship really work was on the bin laden operation because we put together the intelligence. we did all of the backup work. we looked at the compound and we knew that in order to conduct that operation we needed the military particularly the seals to do that. and they did that based on our intelligence and they did a great job. that is a great example of the kind of partnership i think is absolutely going to be essential if we are going to confront these flashpoints we are talking about. >> i know you can't get specific to many places but can you explain how the cia is ramping up operations against terrorism? >> i inherited an organization that had been at this site for an awfully long time added straight on for 15 plus years after 9/11. and the counterterrorism machine was well in place. there's no doubt about that thinks to the good work of lots of my

attacked several shots hard hits in afghanistan recently has claimed responsibility but hasn't provided any evidence that's also a name reports. explosions followed by a rush to assist the injured and count the victims. it's become a familiar ritual especially in kabul where the afghan capital has seen its share of bombings this year this time the target was a shiite muslim cultural center and the neighboring afghan voice news agency. i saw many dead in the area i was looking for my cousin but i couldn't find his body i'm not sure what happened but the number of dead is increasing. the interior ministry says suicide attackers set off an explosion outside the center then stormed it and set off more. loss' in the basement it was midday on thursday and a group had gathered to commemorate the anniversary of the one nine hundred seventy nine soviet invasion of afghanistan the middle of a kind just when the explosion went off we skipped from the room where we were working and went to the rooftop we sold a small in flames coming up from the basement the taliban immediately issued a st

doing good in afghanistan. there was no no no no no he didn't do that had he asked me i would have written to the to the british people and the truth of conveyed my sentiments on the military front and given he's off off nato and the us and allies in afghanistan and also conveyed to britain to the mothers of britain. that. the purpose was to send their sons stuff got a stand. for the mothers of consent we highly appreciate but that's not what's happening on the ground in afghanistan. as their children are dying in afghanistan sort of thousands of for people there for war is not the way forward there for bush and must start as a country deeply involved historically in that part of the word for peace and. for it issues here that would bring parks them closer to afghanistan and us closer to box. and that's it for one of your favorite shows of the season will be back with a whole new episode to going on the ground on wednesday the seventeenth of january till then keep in touch by social media have a happy yuletide. small room good them to come in the studio to eddie and. yowza. east of