nato partnered with the eu. the military competency, the military command and control structure, the military force structure of nato married with the eu's unique other governmental capabilities reaching into the judiciary policing and other assured functions so that the military competency afloat married to the eu other governmental e competencies have essentially eliminated piracy. clearly the tactics and techniq techniques and procedures of the ships and the merchant lines have also helped. what you saw was a great marriage of what nato can bring to a problem with what the eu can bring to a problem, eliminated piracy off the horn of africa. so we have competencies and capabilities that we can bring to a problem. and just one more quick example. i think it's the ongoing progress slow but measurable progress we're making in kosovo. the mission working with the rule of law, judiciary, policing, coupled being recognized by both capitals as the force keeping and maintaining what we call a safe and secure environme

and russia -- for the nato to ratchet down the nato russia relationship. there have to be political consequences to egregious bad behavior. but i think probably the feeling most of the american participants in the workshop is that it might make sense for nato to relax that and open up the way for a nato/russia military-to-military dialogue, particularly on the thing -- on the issue of how you avoid accident and miscalculation when you have an increased tempo of nato and russian military forces operating in close proximity? now having said that i think in my own mind i'm not sure whether the russians would then say yes we want to have that dialogue but i would argue that it would be worthwhile for nato to do that because neither side should have an interest in an conflict that begins by a miscalculation or accident. . thank you, i saw a question, first this young woman here. >> thank you. i follow this story from the allies perspective, particularly from turkey. so my question had to do with a follow-up on the idea that nato is not prepared to reaffirm its

nato partnered with the eu. the military competency, the military command and control structure, the military force structure of nato married with the eu's unique other governmental capabilities reaching into the judiciary policing and other assured functions so that the military competency afloat married to the eu other governmental e competencies have essentially eliminated piracy. clearly the tactics and techniq techniques and procedures of the ships and the merchant lines have also helped. what you saw was a great marriage of what nato can bring to a problem with what the eu can bring to a problem, eliminated piracy off the horn of africa. so we have competencies and capabilities that we can bring to a problem. and just one more quick example. i think it's the ongoing progress slow but measurable progress we're making in kosovo. the mission working with the rule of law, judiciary, policing, coupled being recognized by both capitals as the force keeping and maintaining what we call a safe and secure environme

we are served to talk with nato, i mean russia becoming a member of nato. ..

action, no nato nuclear alerts. nato begin to take steps really only at the end of march a little after the crisis had reached its key point and russia had already annexed crimea. there are a lot of questions where we don't have good answers. why does mr. putin talk about nuclear weapons so much? i've come up with three or four ideas. a couple are benign and a couple less so. one reason may be that he likes to think of russia as a superpower. and if you look at the measures of superpower status today, really the only area that russia competes is nuclear weapons. another area is that the russians and i think still believe that they have some areas where they lag behind the west and china in terms of conventional forces so, part of the reason to talk about nuclear weapons is to remind the world, look, if we get beat conventionally, we can escalate to nuclear. a third reason may be that he's read his thomas shelling and that he sees some value to appearing a little bit crazy, a little bit unpredictable particularly if

and russia -- for the nato to ratchet down the nato/russia relationship. there have to be political consequences to egregious bad behavior. but the feeling of most of the american participants in the workshop it might make sense for nato to relax that and open up the way for a nato/russia military-to-military dialogue particularly on the issue of how do you avoid accident and miscalculation when you have an increased tempo of nato and russian military forces operating in close proximity? so we say, let's open the door to that. now, having said that, i also think in my own mind i'm not sure whether the russians would say, yes, we want to have that dialogue. but i would argue that it would be worthwhile for nato to try to do that because neither side should have an interest in a conflict that begins by miscalculation or accident. >> thank you. i saw a question. first this young woman here. >> thank you, university of maryland. i follow the story from the allies' perspective, particularly from turkey. so my question had to do with the follow-up on the idea th

nato may not be the right place. i just welcome your thoughts on that. >> one thing that came out of the discussion was that on the nato side my guess is the alliance is going to have to be prepared to talk about questions other than non-strategic nuclear-weapons. that would include questions like missile defense. and include issues like conventional strike and it might include issues like conventional forces because i do believe at least now while the russians are in the process of modernizing their conventional forces their perception that is the reality that nato forces and russian forces that the conventional level nato still has some significant quantitative and in particular qualitative damages of you have to have that broader discussion, where cyber fit into that i don't know. part of that is i am not sure yet that either the united states and russia separately have a fixed enough doctrine on cyber to have that conversation. you could argue maybe it is better to start the conversation before sides get fixed bu

we are served to talk with nato, i mean russia becoming a member of nato. .. lo and behold when i showed up at the university, there is about 150, 250 people there protesting and i couldn't figure it out. so i walk up to this elderly gentleman who had some ribbons on his blast and i said why are you protesting my presence here to talk about great relationship we have with russia this answer was because my pension is too low. that took me a while to figure that out for what he was essentially saying is all the problems internal within russia is not our fault. it is because of you guys. that kind of continued to resonate and i think has resonated and what we see now and what putin plays up to with his audience company still has an 80% or better approval rating by people in russia. as i said, i just want to put that this kind of some interesting anecdotes. i was also at an assistant secretary in august when russia invaded georgia and it was really, really hard to get the ambassadors back from their vacation even within invasion. it's one of the most sacrosanct th

now what nato is doing, nato is doing its mission. it is trying to prevent, deter, to make sure all of the l.a.'s -- allies are sure we are all committed together. all for one and one for all. not more, not less. there could not be any misperception abt the will and capability of nato to do its job. to prevent, to deter, and active cessary. i think itit is well understood. to do thatat, there has been a t of decisions made in t past t in chicago and wales to decide to invest in operation preration and capabilities. that is exactly what we do. we hope to do that anymore coopative way with all the paners and nations around the globe. vago: what are things moscow would have to do? granted, you are trying to respond in the exercises and preparatorory thinkining for a h of challenges, whether it is a migrant issue, a cyberssue, any number of threats the liance faces. when it comes to russia, what are things moscow has to do to reset itss relationship with the alliance so it is not regarded as a pential thrt? k know, thisros: you isis a hig

convention of the sea, but the buildup of the ships are krausing great concern to the nato and nato and the west, introducing more armed forces. this small fleet of russian ships in to an already highly mill ter iced area which could destabilize the middle east and we have just heard in the last half hour that from the feds raise council in moscow that once again, duh mass russ, president assad has requested more military aid from russia. >> okay, peter, thank you very much for that. pete are sharp live for us in moscow. meanwhile, israel's defense minister has ruled out any coordination with russia over its operations in syria. that after at russian president expressed concern over israeli airstrikes in syria and called for discussions over the matter. >> translator: israel a regional power in a sense that's situated in this region. and, of course we should respect the interests of the state of israel. israel is not indifferent to what and "america tonight" happening in this country. and at the same time, there are some questions that cause certain concerns about airstrikes at syrian t

anybody. >> nato right now as i said is invisible. >> the problem in syria isn't a nato problem. the problem in syria is who is the alternate political leadership? if we had that leadership -- and that's not a nato function, then the rest of it would follow. what we could have done perhaps is kault vat that leadership. you know, that's not an easy problem. in world war ii when charles degall emergeds a the leader of the free french, he drove eisenhower crazy. churchill hated him. he was obnoxious and annoying. that's the exact kind of leader syria needs now to impact the conscience and leadership of western nations. >> that leader unfortunately doesn't seem to exist right now. let's see if there's a syrian duh gal but i'm not holding my breath. thanks, general. former nato supreme allied commander. >>> the u.s. upgrading itsz nuclear bombs in europe. russia threatening to make moves of its own. how dangerous is this latest disagreement? and president obama and president putin they're meeting behind closed doors this hour here at the united nations. we're waiting for the first pic

>> nato would have to fulfill its promises to protect the nato member you eve are. >> yes, one for all, all for one, three musketeers principle. what if they come to you? it's a huge difference between attacking a nato country and a nonnato country, precisely because of the treaty obligations, when you think of nato which has been the cornerstone of security since 1959, if nato fails one time, it ceases to exist. >> is this part of a cold war? >> i know this is not a popular thereto, but during the cold war we actually didn't have war. it was a cold war. whereas what we have in ukraine is a hot war. so i think that, i mean, the cold war is a term, should not be the bette noir that is stoims used. the cold war was awful, i grew up in it. i was a cold warrior, it wasn't pleasant. at that time, throughout the cold war we did not have, we did not have a shooting war. and right now we have a shooting war in ukraine. >> you're in new york for the u.n. general assembly. >> yes. >> what's your message to the world? >> well, there are a whole series of messages. one that we have to do something

from a nato perspective we have to take that seriously. laura: even if there is a risk of jihadists coming in with the influx of migrants, europe is trying to settle 160,000 migrants. for america to take 65,000, what do you think? >> i think the united states should take between 50000 and 100,000 refugees. this is not a european problem, it is a transatlantic problem. the essence of the nato alliance and the essence of the transatlantic relationship is that we are partners and allies to help each other in times of need. this is a time for that kind of help from the united states to support our friends and allies in europe. laura: thank you for joining us. >> thank you, laura. laura: greece is one of the countries battling under the strain. more than 20,000 people have flooded on to the island of lesbos. it is on the verge of an implosion. united nations stepped in to help the authorities process the huge amount of people going to athens. our special correspondent sent this report. fairy,ame on the turkish -- the turkish ferry, safe, legal,

so when you look at nato and the claims articulation of nato enlargement and the sense of feeling pushed and what that means should it move to the art tick in the context of russia's utilization of international law to state and make its claims and offense as you pointed out 20% of economic development and a significant amount of forward vision in terms of economics and development in that area might there be a rethink in terms of our policy of how we might want to utilize nato or not utilize nato was not part of the world and might not come a diminishment of that lead to a greater degree of trust on both sides and therefore capacity to communicate with there might not be because why do you want to communicate with somebody pushing in a military sense if you see it that way as a matter of perception. second part of the environmental protection and what comes first. environmental protection or development which has been a question since the industrial revolution. if you've been to north dakota so you could run the holes they every year in terms of what has been flared. in terms of the wii

ukrainians will get to choose if they want to join nato. if they want to draw closer to nato. what mr. putin has done has been to unite the ukrainian people against the russians. it used to be that many people in the eastern part of ukraine were somewhat sympathetic to the russians. now that's changed. mr. putin has -- has united the ukrainian people against him, so the -- if they decide -- if the ukrainian people decide they want to move closer to nato, and -- and they make the argument that mr. putin has not invaded a nato country, and that nato means peace for that part of the world, and not being in nato leaves them vulnerable. so it's a choice that the ukrainians get to make not the russians. >> let's hope this new truce holds. ambassador always good to have you with us, thanks. >>> parades filled with pomp and circumstance are underway on what is already wednesday morning in the vietnamese capitol. they are marking 70 years of independence from france. back then they declared independence where the familiar words of the u.s. declaration saying that all men are created eq

those are not core nato militaries. we need to be able to enable and pair with other organizations like the eu or the u.n. or whatever. i'm not a real -- i don't think that we should be developing specific capabilities outside of what really is nato's remit. we should pair with other organizations that have capabilities and capacities outside of that remit in the south. i hope you understand how i answered that. to the degree of this quote/unquote hybrid warfare or what i call unconventional warfare, this is an interesting issue. and in nato, we are already working on this to a certain degree in many of our nations that are along our eastern periphery. and this is interesting because, again, most of the problems of unconventional warfare are not truly military to begin with. most of the problems are addressed by capabilities inside the moi. the little green men as they begin to show up will first be addressed by policing and legal functions. not necessarily military functions. until we determine what they are and that t

and nato continue their fight for the control of the city of kunduz. and the man accused of he destroying cultural sites in timbuktu is now facing war crimes at the international court. hello, russia has launched it's first airstrikes against targets in syria whic against islamic state in iraq and the levant. president bashar al-assad has asked for help from the russians and has welcomed the decision. the military operation will be limited to airstrikes rather than troops on the ground. we have this report from moscow. >> well, it's got to be said that the russian airstrikes were expected, they've been steadily building up their military arsenal in military for the last 30 days. but it was not the kremlin who announced the raid that was taking place. it was u.s. central command, who had been given an hour's notice of russian intentions, they would hit isil targets including communication bases and fuel areas. and they were quick to say that the support from russia will only come from the air. he had a warning, a political warning for president assad ba

and nato continue their fight for the control of the city of kunduz. the man accused of destroying cultural sites now faces war crime charges at the international criminal court. >> hello, russia has launched it's first airstrikes in syria. it's defense ministry said that 20 missions targeted fighters from the islamic state in iraq and the levant. there are, however, other groups that they would hit, some that may be allied to the u.s. coalition in syria. roslind jordan has details. >> russian fighter jets flying around the city of homs. moscow said it was targeting isil fighters in and around the city. president vladimir putin said he was committed to help his country's long-time ally to defeat the group. >> we'll support the syrian army only in legitimate fights. secondly the support will be from the air without participation in ground operations. and third, such support will be limited in time as long as the syrian army is on offensive. >> the airstrikes started just one day after leaders agreed to hold deconflicts talks. but instead of talks, the u

duty to the world, duty to his nation as head of nato. if you take sentences of eisenhower's correspondence out of context, which i did as a kid, you can find hints that maybe he might run under the right circumstances. but if you let eisenhower and adlai stevenson talk to you through their correspondence as a whole, it is certain that neither one of them wanted to run. but dwight eisenhower changes his mind. we know this because he did it. there is no debating it. in december of 1951, his correspondence gets to the point where -- i might allow myself to be a candidate. in january, 1952, eisenhower says "ok i will accept the nomination." three month later he is campaigning in the united states. he does actively change his mind. what changed his mind is that he did not want taft to win. he did not want the policy of isolationism to compromise what he had built at nato. he was willing, against his will, to run for the presidency. a job that he a poured. -- abhorred. that he has seen literally ruin so many lives of those around him. he would

head of nato. the head of nato until just recently, rasmussen, the former prime minister of denmark, he wanted to be head of nato. he is a reactionary transatlantic -- >> now denmark just packed your connection. -- denmark wanted to become nato. you will see him in the past year trying to increase tension between the united states and russia. that is rasmussen, he wanted to the head of nato. the u.s. and obama also wanted to be 5 of nato. the turks perfectly happy with him being head of nato fought the way nato works is each country has veto power. the turks wanted to destroy the kurdish language tv station, what is denmark going to do with it? denmark is where they were head -- headquartered. it is beamed down into the kurdish region. turkey had been going after it these things in a variety of way is this, tried to allege it displayed too much violence, took those cases domestically within denmark and they all failed, was found to be perfectly normal tv channel with no connections, but in the cabl

i think the real question is why did he bring up nato? nato was not on the agenda. the ukrainian people went out because they wanted to join a trade agreement with the europe union, that is it. he sees membership in a trade association basically as a hostile act in a bipolar world. i think he still has the old images are still haunting him inside his mind. >> ambassador, who got the better of that argument on that stage in front of that audience in that room? >> you know, president obama and president putin were actually speaking to two different audiences. putin doesn't care what you or i or adrian thinks of his speech. he's speaking to the rest of the world. he's trying to create this narrative about how the united states expanded nato and caused all of this turmoil when, of course, there was no discussion of expansion of nato towards ukraine at the time. i was still in the government at the time. and the second theme of his speech was how he export revolution which of course we also weren't doing in ukraine or syria. that's what he wants the rest of the world to

and nato troops pulled out last year. a counter terrorism operation remains this recent move is the boldest in a long campaign by the taliban to take control of the country. a strong message to whoever is watching 14 years after being deposed the taliban can still take control of a major city in less than 24 hours. stefanie dekker, al jazeera. >> and & we'll get an update on the situation in kunduz when we speak to our correspondent who is on the front line with the afghan army later in the program. >>> in other world news being at least 37 people have been killed in gun battled between u.n. peacekeepers and armed groups in the central african republic over the past few days. the u.n. says the latest wave of violence could prove catastrophic for the country. let's take a look back at what started this conflict. in 2012, a coalition of mainly muslim armed groups took over towns in the north and central regions of the c.a.r. in 2013, the president a christian was overthrown by celica rebels continuing clashes between his su

nato says the u.s. has launched airstrikes against afghan -- to support afghan troops trying to retake the city. led the greens bay packers to a win over the kansas city chiefs. green bay is now 3-0. the chiefs are 1-2. tom: some breaking news this morning. if you want to make money in santa fe, started tobacco company that is supposedly organic and does not have the chemicals in it. you call that american spirit cigarettes, from of the time -- from another time and place. then you sell it to a company that keeps north american rights, but unloads for $5 billion, that light blue pack of cigarettes. the american spirit cigarettes, and their international rights to japan tobacco. that is a stunning number for those of us who remember when those cigarettes first came out years ago. reynolds american unload the initial rights and assets to japan tobacco for 5 billion large. that is a long way from santa fe, new mexico. let's get a data check. equities, bonds, currencies, commodities. the euro churns. crude

forces, and to some nato kcountries. so they have become increasingly bold, and nothing ever happens, so it does go back to the old line that people attribute to lenin, probe with the bayonet, and when you encounter mush, continue, and if you hit steel, stop. >> so when you hear secretary of state john kerry speak, he says that maybe there sis an opportunity to fight isis with coordination of russia and maybe iran. what is your reaction? >> despair, because what that means is that our secretary of state is willing to turn over leadership in the world to a coalition of russia and iran to back up syria. it is is very concerning. you know, what it looks like to me is that the administration is willing to just run out the clock, and even though they have gotten a year-plus left, they don't want to engage. they will just sit back and let whatever happens happen, but the problem is that the world is spiraling increasingly out of control, and it does not look like this white house is even wanting the do something and it. >> and

we sent so much information to nato via twitter. we get a phone call from tripoli or benghazi or whatever. we get the coordinates via google earth. >> right. >> we verify that there is a location there that needs to be hit, send a tornado at nato and then it's gone. >> really? >> yeah. >> how does that feel knowing you can call in a tomahawk missile over there? >> it's out of the movies. >> did anyone think it was possible that in their lifetime they were going to see the end of this son of a bitch? most people are telling me they never dreamed. >> i don't know if you call them dreams, hopes, wishes. it was just something in the sky, something i look at every night. >> right. >> but when i hit that point and got into misrata and stood on gadhafi's body, any dream will come true. >> what's the situation now? >> it's fluid. it can swing any direction. >> well, look, what happened in benghazi a few months ago, i mean. what does this mean to the country? >> i think there is a dark, mysterious hand that doesn't like this country to prosp

the turks are happy with him being ahead of nato but the way it works is each country has veto power but the turks want to destroy the kurdish language tv station and though largest for broadcaster. but denmark is where it is headquartered. >> going on in a variety of ways it took the case is domestically in denmark with a perfectly normal tv channel but in the cable with the danish attorney general and going to the u.s. embassy of how they will fuck up the tv and the u.s. embassy says the problem is we cannot find these connections to the pkk on tax grounds to look at the content to see if we come up with a creative solution. but to say the kurdish language broadcaster too much from that kurdish perspective that was happening in those kurdish speaking regions as a result of the conspiracy now the case is before the european court of human rights even though they have taken the danes to court but anyway that brought obama has sealed the deal but with the entire people in the entire language group including what you think is the role to democracies. it is in there but a more sophistic

he wanted to become head of nato. the u.s. and obama also want him to be head of nato. the turks perfectly happy with him being head of nato, but the way nato works is that each country has veto power. the turks wanted to destroy the kurdish language tv station, although j., the largest -- largest language. it beams up, beams down into the kurdish region. turkey have been going after the synsinking of right of way. the cartilage is connected to the pkk. they try to let you display too much violence and foster terrorism. it took thos those cases domesty in denmark and all failed which does be perfectly normal tv channel with no connection to the pkk. but in the cable, the prosecutor, the equivalent to the danish attorney general and a senior member of the danish intelligence service, the equivalent of the cia up dimarco into the us embassy to have a chat about how they're going to mess up roj tv. because of the deal needs it. at the u.s. embassy and the danes are going well. the problem is we haven't been able to find any of these connections to the pkk. so let's go afte

handed total security to them only a small nato force remains here. >> jennifer, thanks very much indeed for that. jennifer glasse reporting live from kabul there. >>> now, the australian prime minister tony abbott is facing a challenge for the leadership of the liberal party. communications minister mall company turnbull resigned from the cabinet and asked abbott to step ad zoo. he says he's losing confidence in his management of the economy. but prime minister abbott has dismissed speculation of a challenge to his leadership as gossip. >>> let's go to andrew thomas who has been watching developments from sydney, bring us up to speed with what's happening. tony abbott being challenged over his handalling of the economy. >> reporter: it was gossip six hours ago but very much on now. the man who has been the challenger from tony abbott clearly seen as the coming man, mall company turnbull who lead the party has announced exactly an hour ago that is to challenge tony abbott for the leadership of the liberal party here in australia. we are expecting tony abbott to come up and speak now, whe

and nato. >>> i.s.i.l. bomb plot disrupted an i.s.i.l. affiliate. te. >> as we mentioned hungary is taking even tougher measures to keep out refugees. the government has been building a 12 foot high 108 mile razor wire fence along its border with serbia and now has enacted new laws to turn back asylum seekers. the message, face arrest and imprisonment. close to 6,000 refugees shattering the record of 4300 set the day before. victor orbin has vowed the country will not back down. orbin vowed to protect hungary border and way of life. >> translator: you have to defend hungary and europe you have to protect our way of life. you are the defenders of our culture our way of life and our sovereignty. our thousand-year-old statehood gives us an unquestionable right to defend our borders. we have a right to determine who can enter our country and who can't. >> 200,000 refugees entering hungary. but not everyone in that country agrees with the prime minister's views. in our incontext segment andrew simmons looks at what both sides say and the prime minister's

and nato trops mulled out last year. a counter terrorism operation remains, but this is in the long campaign by the taliban to take more control of the country. a strong message to whoever is watching, that after 14 years of being deposed, the taliban can still take control of a major city in less than 24 hours. >> saudi authorities are asking for help in identifying those who died in this year's hajj. the police distributed more than 1100 photographs, but those are not just of the 769 people killed in last week's deadly stampede. but all of those who died in the pilgrimage, including those who died in the crane collapse on september h 11th. the italian coast guard today rescued people off of the coast. this year, half a million refugees crossed the mediterranean to reach europe. close to 3,000 have died along the way most of those are coming from syria, where over 175,000 people have fled the war there. many are trying to reach germany, where the government is trying to make sure that the refugees are really who they sa

forces -- nato's trained forces. jeremy gordon makes his first major speech since becoming later. he promises a return to straight talking politics. time for a look at business. marcus joins me in studio. we start with a look at volkswagen. >> as many as 900 thousand vehicles in france may have been dragged into the emissions at volkswagen. we do not have the official word from folks like in itself. remember, volkswagen has said all in all we are talking about 11 million cars worldwide that have been implicated in the scanned all. meanwhile, we're also seeing the w tried to cash in the scandal. scandal.ated in the meanwhile, we are seeing the vw try to deal with at fallout. the new chief executive presented a plan to top it managers on monday. he warned that vw is facing the biggest test in its history. taking the drivers seat to steer volkswagen through the biggest scandal in its history. during a meeting monday night, the new boss revealed a plan that will be presented to regulators. customers will be advised in th

nato and strengthen nato. >> well, they are in nato. >> reporter: no one could argue ben carson, a ped tick neurosurgeon is not bright. donald trump is a smart man. they are what polls show primary voters are looking for, outsiders to bring a new perspective to washington. still, it is critical for voters to feel comfortable that they have a basic understanding of complicated issues, and jake, trump as well as carson say they're smart enough to be quick studies. >>> thank you so much, dana bash. >>> let's bring in the man who asked donald trump these questions, conservative talk radio show host hugh hewitt, who will join necessary for the republican presidential debate on september 16th. good to see you as always. mr. trump told you immediately after you asked him specifically about general suleimani and hezbollah and hamas, that he didn't think the questions were fair. why do you think they are fair? >> gotcha questions, which i don't think are fair, are tricks to attempt to embarrass people. i provided the name of general suleimani, i talked about the other people. i didn't ask him f

. >> translator: they continued their policy of expanding nato. what for? if they were to block the existence of the soviet union, it had collapsed. nevertheless, nato is continuing to expanding as well as their military infrastructure and they offered post soviet countries a false choice, either to be with the west or with the east. sooner or later this logic was bound to spark off a grave geopolitical crisis. >>> the chinese president also addressed the gathering. xi jinping said his country is determined to play a bigger role in the international community. xi was making his first appearance at the general assembly since taking office. he said all nations must work together to shape the future. >> translator: we should abandon cold war mentality in all its manifestation and foster a new vision of common comprehensive cooperative and sustainable security. >> xi said china will play a crucial role in the growth of developing countries, particularly those in africa. >> translator: we firmly support greater representation and voice of developing countries, e

all this damage is from looting or from nato? >> dornstein: rashid's family had abandoned this house just a few weeks before i arrived. the place was ransacked for money and valuables. but i had come looking for evidence of rashid's involvement in lockerbie. so this was said rashid's office? in rashid's desk, i found an arabic translation of the indictment of the libyans for pan am 103, complete with rashid's handwritten notes. but there was no smoking gun. who's that in the white? >> is that said rashid? >> yes, that one. >> ah. >> dornstein: we managed to find someone still working at libyan state television, and he cued up the video of megrahi's release from a scottish prison. i was told that several key suspects in the lockerbie plot had showed up to welcome him home. the first man to greet megrahi was none other than said rashid, the alleged mastermind of the plot. >> dornstein: but even more senior than rashid was the man who megrahi was about to greet in the front seat of this suv. who's this? >> dornstein: i began to feel

mean while nato backing has taking this on and this summer marked the first fighting since u.s. and other nato forces withdrew last year and for the taliban it mostly has been a season of gains and john reports. >> reporter: afghanistan's southern province has been the scene of heavy fighting as afghan troops with air support from nato try to check advances, the area has been a battleground strategic and symbolic since the u.s. invasion in 2001. it's a long-time taliban stronghold and an opium rich drug trafficking hub where u.s. and british troops lost their lives before most foreign forces left and that tug of war forced tens of thousands of people out of their homes. taliban efforts to take control of the region intensified after the withdrawal of u.s. led coalition forces last year, about 10,000 american troops now remain, mostly to train and advice. afghan forces have stood their grand but struggled with disorganize nations, low low moral and drug dependence and they saw the taliban make gains in northern parts of the country and helmar and in july they pushed afghan forces

they are all members of nato. we have solemn obligation to come to their assistance should they be attacked. the question is, could we do that. are we capable of putting together that type of operation if we had to? i think it velda mayor put in is determined while obama is in the white house to take care of that. he sees weakness. he has a desire to undermine nato. i can see him pursuing a strategy, a series of operations basically that would really put a lot of pressure on the united states, remember we are 75% of the nato budget here there isn't nato without the u.s. leadership and u.s. forces could be a part of that. all of that could be tested in the next couple of years by vladimir putin. he can read the newspapers. he knows what's happening to our defense budget. he has a set of beliefs, somebody somebody suggested the other day, more dangerous than the gorbachev predecessors. and doesn't to answer to anyone. there is a lot of concern both on the part of the chinese and the russians. both the chinese and th

a key nato position that straddles lucrative smuggling routes. that victory was short-lived. the afghan government had hoped for a weakening of the taliban, after the announcement of mullah omar is dead his passing kept under wraps for over two years. any hopes that a leadership vacuum would lead to a debilitating fighting so far has been dashed. john terret, lblg al jazeera. >> joining us is doug olivant. good evening doug. >> good evening, antonio. >> they captured some towns that the taliban had taken control of in the past days. some analysts were writing off hellman, do you think they are just taking territory but they can't hold it? >> they can't hold it when the united states sends special air force, control teams the ones we keep talking about that we need in iraq, to put out very precision fires on these taliban fighters. no one's going to stand up against combined air power of the united states that way with no way to shoot back at it. >> they need these strikes to win these battles. is it clear that afghan forces alone cannot provide security in afghanistan? >> it

some nato coalition forces are there as well. overnight they conducted another air strike on the taliban aimed at the kunduz airport. we are with afghan fighters on the ground. >> the latest update from kunduz city, from civilians and taliban are searching house to house and forcing afghan civilian boys to join them on the fight against the government. they're announcing in the last speaker to the people of kunduz, to the residents of kunduz to continue the life and they're asking people to open their shops. they're promising people they're going to stay for long. as far as we know, there is no operation going on in kunduz city. everyone is waiting. waiting for the right decision and waiting for the right time. now here i'm joined with the captain. he will explain to us why they're sfuk in this location for two days and cannot go forward. sir, why are you not going forward and going to kunduz? >> we want to start the fight against the afghan enemies because that locate, because they want to locate to what they promised to. yester

see nato, you could stepping in and helping with the humanitarian side. the united states could easily absorb 100 house and refugees. often to help us understand the middle east. with the responsibility of the gulf states and how can they be urged to meet it? guest: there responsibility is huge and everything we have talked about the star is palliative -- that is dealing with symptoms. we need to go to the source. war and the gulf states have the money, they have the capability, and they can help us tempt down isis, which is a sunni phenomena. they can stand against a baltimore against what iran is doing and their responsibilities are huge. tom: let's switch to the application -- the fletcher school of diplomacy. what is the prescription for what the obama administration iould do on syria? guest: would argue first and foremost that it is an international solution. that means holding out this coalition to include the gulf states. we need to get turkey more engaged with game with ground troops on syrian territory. siden ramp up the bombing of this thing and

while still in a stand-off with nato after annexing crimea last year. and moscow has helped military drills on its arctic islands reviving airfields and open new bases. the new doctrine calls for more cooperation with counties such as india and china. for the u.s. russia's military moves are seen as provocative and potentially destabilizing. >> we have seen that russia is investing more in their defense in general, but new capabilities in particular. >> but this could stretch russia's budgets thin, the kremlin is making clear it won't cut corners on defense. roxana saberi, al jazeera. >> joining us now to take a deeper look, retired army major and al jazeera's national military contributor. we need both of you tonight. mike, what could vladimir putin's motivation be? >> it's keeping a toehold in the middle east. something that the united states has tried to keep them out of since the second world war. now syria has been a long-time russian ally. that has not changed. they always bought military equipment from them. but this is a way for him to get legit

nato special forces have joined a counterattack against the taliban, but afghan security forces have told al jazeera the fight has been tougher than originally planned. mohammed jamjoom reports. >> reporter: as reinforcements arrive and heavy fighting continues, afghan security forces struggle to regain control of kunduz from the taliban. >> government problem is first that civil people, and the second one is that mining -- mines, they put the mines in the road, and a big [ inaudible ] on the road that is full of mine and the explosive equipment. >> reporter: captain and his fellow fighters haven't been able reach their target yet, insisting that because taliban fighters are hiding among civilians, the fight so far has been much harder than anticipated. here south of kunduz, these forces have repeatedly been ambushed and hit by improvised bombs. >>> afghan government forces now backed by u.s. air strikes and nato special forces are desperate to regain control of the northern city from taliban fighters. the loss of kunduz has been seen as one of the biggest military victories achieved

they're all members of nato. questions is can we do that. i think putin is determined while obama is in the white house to take advantage of that. he knows weakness when he sees one. ite is provocative and i thinke also has as an objective and desire to under mine nato. i can see him pursuing a strategy, a series of operations based -- we are the only ones with nato. he watches, he can read the newspapers. he has set up a lease, somebody suggested the other day and more dangerous predecessors. so there's a lot of concern both on the part of the chinese, on our part about the chinese and the russians, and both the chinese and russians are working very hard to try to fill those gaps, places where we have military capability that they haven't been able to advantage previously like ballistic missile in aircraft carrier and threat that poses to us the weakness that we've imposed on ourselves and missile capability we were going to built in poland and czech republic that obama through away. but it's a multiplier you see one problem, one weakness,

military planes have hit taliban fighters on the outskirts of afghanistan's northern city of kunduz, and a nato spokesperson said the strike was to eliminate a threat to coalition troops and afghan forces. taliban fighters seized the city after an early morning raid on monday, afghan special forces are still advancing towards the city despite having been ambushed by the taliban, local hospitals have received 16 dead bodies and treated 172 injured and afghan soldiers are set to have retaken the city's main jail and the police headquarters. let's get an update from the story from bagland in afghanistan south of the city of kunduz and what is happening in the city of kunduz right now? >> the latest update we are getting is reenforcement security forces and special forces they were trying to advance kunduz city and turned back because simply they said there were too many ambushed on the road and suffered one dead and one injured and they turned back now it seems like it will be very difficult for them to advance to kunduz city and we are also hearing from kunduz city the forces there are in one sid

we are going overseas again. >> we are headed to nato and brussels belgium and talk to navy commander scott cregan. go ahead with your question for the president. >> thank you for your time mr. president. i was honored to march in your inaugural parade in 2009 and we met when i worked a halloween event at the white house. i was a storm trooper. we all kind of looked alike. on a serious note, we are seeing more and more refuges coming to europe by land and by sea, do you think there should be a nato response to this crisis? >> i think that we have work where your european partners on this issue. you know, the refuge crisis is not just a european problem. it is a world problem. we have obligations. i made certain to send through every agency that we have to do our part, first of all in taking our share of refuges. those who saw the heart breaking images of the small boy who drowned and anybody who is a parent understands that that stirs all of our conscious'. not just folks on the other side of the atlantic. so, i have been in discussions with people like the prime minister of italy, th

nato says 15,000 afghan security forces died or were injured in the first eight months of 2015. a 30% increase over last year. >> on the security side, the afghan security forces are struggling, a high number of casualty whicies which is not sustainable in the long-term and the government is not fictioning. >> reporter: it took the government nearly six months to agree on cabinet members a midst rumors of political in fighting between the president and his chief executive. can in one of the most important positions defense minister remains unfilled. with an acting minister making security decisions. the afghan press has repeatly asked of afghan people to be patient. change takes time that things will get worse before they get better. this time last year, he had two things he lacks now, momentum and the people's support. jennifer glasse, al jazeera, kabul. >> following afghanistan politics now closely, joins me now from kabul. good to have you with us, it's one year since the president took over, do you think most afghans are satisfied with the performance of his government? >> u