the pakistan group has claimed responsibility for the bomb attack close to lahore. india stepped up security. kamal hyder has more from islamabad. >> reporter: a deadly attack at a border crossing between india and pakistan at wagga, wagah, 30 minutes from lahore and 30 month drive from an indian city. the attacker waited outside the venue because of the presence of heavy security guard at the border crossing, and the attack taking place on the pakistani side. when it comes to eyewitnesss, the suicide bomber waited for the ceremony to end when the flags of both countries were lowered and the crowd moved away from the venue. two groups have taken responsibility for the deadly attack. both groups are breakaway factions of the taliban pakistan, and there was confusion as to who worried out the attack. both said it was a result of ongoing pakistani military operation in north waziristan. now, the pakistan taliban did it would strike anywhere in the county in reprisal to military operations. indeed, a deadly attack, and close to the indian border at a time when tensions

and pakistan. they want to connect south asia to central asia to afghanistan. the president was assured by the country's military leadership that pakistan will cooperate and even train the new army. much improvement between afghanistan and pakistan, however there are security challenges and the most important one will be how effectively the unity government in afghanistan is able to do its business and whether it is able to control an insurgency in many of its provinces. >> a nato soldier has been killed by fighters in morning afghanistan. the shooting happens on friday. 61 soldiers have died so far this year in afghanistan. the majority of them americans. coalition forces plan to withdraw from the country by the end of year. political analysts believe that the afghan forces are ready to provide national security. >> the security forces have shown that they're capable of holding ground against the taliban. the taliban actually last year, big enough last summer they they launched several operations

pakistan fears this. pakistan's relationship with afghanistan has been based on a simple strategic principle. that afghanistan could be the secure rear area which they need to keep out of the hands of india because they fear one way or another that india would move against them. if this conundrum if i could put it this way with india now growing in its influence in afghanistan, and pakistan perhaps receding a little bit, and seeing the afghans a afghans as lie to the taliban, has begun to polarize that situation more than i think is healthy. >> despite that very popular daily waga ceremony that's conducted by the military of both countries at a border crossing the fighting in the region has gotten worse in recent years than it has been in a while. the border between the two countries is far larger than just kashmir. why is that area still so contentious? >> it represents when the two countries became independent, a hindu ruler of a muslim area agreeing at the time of independence to accede to india, just

>> reporter: well, pakistan has assured the afghans that they will be more cooperation from pakistan that, they had a common enemy to deal with and that was extremism. they wanted to build corridors to afghanistan, so importantly the big challenge right now was for afghanistan to get some sort of cooperation from pakistan. the pakistanis are promising for the first time this appears to be a breakthrough visit because as i mentioned to you, he is widely respected in this country, how have, a lot will depend on what transpires inside of afghanistan because you still have the taliban threat, they control a wide stretch of the territory there. so for the first time the pakistanis are saying we are willing to cooperate, the pakistanis are even offering the afghan i'm training in pakistan. and also want to enhance economic cooperation. they have signed mous and the afghan president was very upbeat. he said he want to take the trade between the two country to his $5 billion instead of the 2 billion-dollar mark where it stands right no. >> thanks for that, ca fall in islambad there. >>> now,

that was the meeting with the head of the pakistan army. many people suggests that it is the pakistani army that runs the country along with the intelligence forces. >> you that's correct. the view in afghanistan shared by answer afghans is that afghan's policy is being run and formulated by the military and the isi, the secret service of the military, and that whatever connections exist between the pakistani military, going back to before the 2001 events that took place, they all go through the isi with the taliban and other factions. this is why the afghan government, the new afghan government is trying to verify and to test for itself to see to what extent there is change with thinking in pakistan, and you have to realize that had a mid car guhamid karzai, the former president, had visited pakistan 20 times more or less, but there was really, at the end of the day, nothing to deliver. >> both countries have a taliban problem, if you like. are they separate entities? are the pakistan taliban a complete separate group to that in afghanista

he is visiting berlin to encourage german investment in pakistan. berlin and islamabad do not always see eye to i. chancellor merkel expressed his support for pakistan but did set out some conditions she would like to see fulfilled. >> he has succeeded in his efforts to improve security, and to create a legal system where investors are confident. >> violence continues to plague large areas of pakistan. the taliban is powerful and continues to harass the population. christians and other religious minorities other -- face desiccation. anyone accused of defaming mohammed or islam can face jail time. a christian couple was murdered for blasphemy last week. >> this is a democratic and aggressive country and it is from the committed to promote and protect human rights. >> after the talks, the german government announced it would help pakistan expand vocational training programs and upgrade its energy sector. >> the price of oil is continuing to fall hitting a four-year low. brent crude cost about $32 right now. >> here in germany, the price is way down. t

the second man out, pakistan 21-2. at the crease, scoring a double century in the previous innings and two hundreds in the first test. it's looking ominous for australia. aljazeera. >> qualifying for the formula one u.s. grand prix has begun in austin, texas. meanwhile, 3f.1 teams are contemplating a walkout, claiming too much of the money is going tort bigger teams. they did take part in the practice sessions. only 18 cars are set to be on the starting grid. >> levy a four shot lead in the masters. holing for an eagle at the 16th, starting his round with three consecutive birdies, is in control on 22 under par. >> new zealand about to play a test match in the united states for the first time in more than 30 years. the u.s. team will be at next year's world cup, but ranked in 18th place. the all blacks attracted a 61,000 sellout crowd for the game at soldier field, a record for a rugby match in the u.s. >> for all the latest check out aljazeera.com/sport. >> you can keep up to date and get background on the aljazeera w

pakistan. pakistan for about 20 years had a sort of what i would sometimes call a recessed nuclear weapons capability. in other words, it had the capability in the late 1980's to manufacture nuclear weapons. it didn't. we don't think at that point it did. certainly in the late 1990's when they tested a series of test after the indian series of tests. but things have changed. it is no longer a possibility for the pakistanis to have a minimum deterrent capability to deter the indians. nonsense. that's not where they are now. they have adopted american policies from the 1950's. they have built and are deploying tactical nuclear weapons for war fighting purposes. they have a very, varied set of delivery vehicles that includes aircraft fighter bombers that includes various change ballistic missiles and will eventually include a naval platform after triad, if you will. they right now have the fastest growing fissile material in nuclear weapons program in the whole world. they're probably someplace in

to pakistan has gone very well. they were saying that the 30 years of mistrust have been removed by three days of talks. the pakistani prime minister assured the outgoing president that it was in pakistan's wider strategic interest. something that the president mentioned by saying he wants to connect south ara asia to central asia. the president was assured by the country's built leadership that pakistan will cooperate and even train the new afghan army. so much improvement as far as relationship between kabul and islamabad is concerned. and of course the most important is how will be effectively the unity government is able to do its business and whether it is able to control an insurgency and many of its provinces. >> vladimir putin has come under pressure at the g-20 summit in australia. the russian president was forced to have lunch on his own. we have reports from brisbane. >> the focus of his speech was expected to be the united states' strategic profit towards asia with a nod to the economic talks to come. bu

but really this just shows that pakistan's interm problems are a problem for pakistan, conceivably a problem for india as well. >> if you go to something back to something like bombay attacks, again, implication has been that whilst the pakistanis condemn those attacks, they might say we wouldn't have wanted to go to the border in india, you're playing with fire, aren't you? >> they're playing with fire. you can talk about that or frankenstein's monster. they're doing all of these things at once. these are all group that's have grown up. >> that hasn't changed. have you not seen a shift there? >> on certain groups i don't believe we have seen a shift. the group with the mumbai attack is leader. says he's now leader of another group but it's essentially the same thing is out in public giving speeches. pakistanis have not cracked down on them. yeah, they're going after pakistani taliban. but not some of these other sectarian groups either. >> nutch for coming to explain. >> thank you. >> the ever-complicated relationship between pakistani military and taliban group said there's informa

so he flowed pakistan. and there's already many other former taliban members like him, and they were talking about that would do about this, and they -- through this process the taliban reconstituted itself. and once they reconstituted themselves they had a willing audience in those communities that didn't have access to the u.s. military, to the communes that suffered the most from the warlordism, and that is where taliban insurgency grew at first. and that's -- by 2005 you had a full-blown insurgent general si. once the taliban returned to afghanistan they became just as oppressive as the warlordded but now you have gun men and it's very difficult to get rid of gunmen. so, what ended up happening is you had people who are caught between the sides. either you're living in one area where the side has good ties to the afghan government and the u.s. military and you're being treated extremely poor i by the taliban, accused of being a spy, being summarily executed, or on the other side you're living in a commu

>> several taliban groups claim responsibility for a suicide bombing near a border crossing between pakistan and india. and we have a special report on the struggle to get an education in war-torn countries. >>> burkina faso's military has vowed to install a new unity government days after seizing power. the u.n. is threatening to impose sanctions as the army tightens its control of the land locked country. on sunday soldiers fired shots in to the air in the capital to disperse protesters demanding a return to civilian rule, dominick kane has the latest i'm crowd march on his state tv. they have come to hear an opposition member explain why she was be burkina faso's next leader. but she won't get inside the building. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: this gunfire is directed over the heads of the protesters. fired by a goop of soldiers. in the confusion, state tv is taken off air for several hours. the military action continues as armed jeeps patrol the streets. but burkina faso's new military leaders are at pains to insist their aims are peaceful and democratic. >> translator: we ask to be given som

for that reason we don't want to just allow pakistan to have this in pakistan. what would be ideal is a newish -- negotiated settlement between the various sides. given there are some in the in the cookie jar is going to be difficult for this to happen but at least have something to aspire to. >> at the beginning of your talk you said that the taliban when they were initially defeated put down their arms, surrendered were prepared to declare allegiance to the u.s. because it had become a tradition over the years because of the many conquests. are there other cultural traditions in place today that help people like hela navigate this horrible reality that they are faced with of trying to choose sides that will help them for a while? >> yeah. i think the aspect of switching sides has almost become a tradition just because this is a country that has been a war for 35 years. if you think about it, i'm 34 so it's been going on longer than i have been alive. there are many millions of afghans who lived in a world that only knows war and devastation. this is how cultur

it is one of the scarier things it says you are so worried about pakistan. to be concerned about the vast and growing weapons program. but with respect to transfer like to make the distinction of your into terrorism in the pakistan nikkei's they intended that. the kitsch's what could happen with the transfer of the nuclear weapons but there's so much material of unauthorized access. >> so with egypt and saudi arabia and israel can you see them sharing the technology? so as a understand it if iran gets nuclear weapons would israel share the technology with its arab neighbors? i find that extremely unlikely. there were good stories about israel and south africa. with the possibility that south africans were very colluded so they could test a component of a nuclear weapon. that is the only sharing that i know of and i don't know if it actually happened in the literature. but i find the idea was felt to acquire nuclear weapons in part from me. >> talk about the soviets have a neat idea to have a counter force attack. >> not exactly. the theory the russians belie

he travelled to saudi arabia, then to china, and in pakistan. he wants to convince our partners in the region, that establishing in afghanistan is important. and the chinese understand this, because they have suffered from terrorist attacks. it's a real opportunity that pakistan could play a positive role on to the negotiation table. >> an issue that western leaders are concerned about is poor governance, wasted money and high levels of corruption at senior levels. they threaten stability. can the government deal with that? >> well, the afghan government has started with important decisions. for example, the controversial case has been reopened, a shame for the country and us in general. and, yes, if you open up the file, they want to show in the international communicate, which will start in december, that you are as goodwilled in the afghan government to go and fight after corruption, and improve governors, that is key for us to convince the international community to continue with financial assistance for afghanistan. >> good to speak with yo

more from think pakistan. >> reporter: this is a monday in pakistan's northern region near the border with. [ inaudible ] it's a time of the year when locals bring pine nuts to this market. earn here is busy. this man is filling sacks full of pine nuts. known for the locals as. [ inaudible ]. which are intricately sorted out by hand in what can take several hours each day. but nearby, some are using basic machines to save time and labor. pakistan has one of the largest pine nuts growing forest in the mountain range along the afghan border. although pine nuts are found abundantly in other parts of the country rick the ones from north and south are known for their unique tastes. in good times pine nuts can fetch a lot of money, by because of the conflict in the tribes are complaining that they are losing a lot of money at a time when they need it most. a large military operation against foreign fighters in the area has forced over 800,000 people out. >> translator: we are poor people, transportation costs have risen from 2,000 to 8,000 rubies, that is effecting the economy of the people

funerals are being held after 65 people were killed in an explosion on the pakistan border. two groups linked to the taliban claimed responsibility >>> in iraq, 45 people have been killed in the past two days, in bomb attacks across the capital. most of the victims were shia muslims, as they prepared to ashura. from baghdad, imran khan reports. >> already violence has shocked the capital. tents have been set up here to greet the muslims, who will arrive on monday night. >> two men got out of the mini van and came into the tents. they drank tea and ate biscuits before leaving to say they were shopping. the van exploded minutes later. >> the area is significant for shia muslims. in 2013, visitors to the holy city, the focus for the commemoration reached record levels, with some 15 million visiting, according to local authorities. across baghdad preparations were under way for the thousand on the streets. despite the danger from the attack. many are ready to brave what may come. >> those i.s.i.l. rats are trying to infest us. just like al qaeda did. he is not just for the shia,

. >>> vaccination workers killed in pakistan. four can killed by motorists on bikes. >>> and we look back on the one of the biggest star's lives in the a arab world. she has died at age 87. >>> hello. there's been a second night of angry protest in the suburb of ferguson in missouri following the decision not to prosecute the white police officer who shot dead a black teenager. with hundreds of extra national guard troops on the streets, there was no repeat monday night. we have this update from ferguson. just to warn you, the report has flashing lights. >> protests have been going on a few hours now. police are outside the ferguson police station. a police car has been brought out. police have tear gas to disperse demonstrators telling people to go home, face arrest. you can see the calls are falling on deaf ears. 100 to 200 gathered here outside the police station. the national guard is deployed in huge numbers tonight to keep ferguson a more peaceful place than the night before. they are standing by. so far you'd have to say i

pakistan. pakistan, for about 20 years, had a sort of what i would sometimes call a recessed nuclear weapons capability. in other words, it had the capability in the late 80s to manufacture nuclear weapons. it didn't. we don't think at that point. it did serve in the late 90s when they tested a series of test right after the indian series of tests that things have changed but it is no longer recess. it's no longer possible for the pakistanis to maintain a have a minimum deterrent capability, just enough to deter the indians. nonsense. that's not where they are now. they have adopted american policy from the '50s. they have built, are deploying tactical nuke weapons for war fighting purposes. they have very, very set of delivery vehicles that includes aircraft fighter-bombers, that includes various range ballistic missiles and will eventually include a naval platform, a triad if you will. they right now have the fastest growing fissile material and nuclear weapons program in the whole world. the

this time in the capital of one of pakistan's most violent provinces. these workers started their day reporting for duty to administer the polio vaccine. now they are in body bags. driveromen workers and a were killed on a main road. another three were injured. this one is screaming in agony. this is part of an eight-day campaign that started earlier this month. >> we are hopeful that our law enforcement agency will be able to bring them to justice. >> polio vaccinations are very difficult to conduct an pakistan, especially in the tribal areas because of a violent campaign by islamic militants who allege the vaccine is part of a western plot to sterilize muslims. has been a two-year ban imposed by the book taliban -- by the taliban in the tribal areas. nearly 300,000 children have been without the vaccine. many parents refused to allow polio workers to get near their children, like this father who said he did not trust the team. workersthan 60 polio and the 6 -- or the security personnel protecting and have been killed in the past two years. it is anoth

pakistan, you all know what pakistan is like, don't you? watch homeland or something and you have been watching that situation in pakistan which is at times not as stable as we would like. india. if pakistan had recess returns for 20 years india has had it for 40. then deterrence was their policy. it isn't anymore. this is relatively new for india. it is now also i would say moving into warfighting because they are responding to the pakistani program into the indian program. they want to be able with their ballistic missiles to target indian targets cities and population centers on the east coast of china. they also are deploying a triad ballistic missiles cruise missiles and aircraft for delivery of nuclear weapons. and what had constrained india for decades no longer constrained india because of what we did. we did a deal with india in which we took india off the list of countries other countries couldn't do nuclear business with. the preposition is not the end but you get my point here that we did a deal with india which allows india to

there is also a copy in pakistan and they're in conversation with saudi arabia. you can really make public change starting with private resources and private innovation. >> how long was this period from eight ambulances up to what did you say, a thousand? >> almost eight years. >> this is a really high rate of change. it was doubling every year for a long time. >> oh, yeah. >> and then some. >> but when you look at traditional capital and traditional funds, people want the money in and out in between anywhere from three to seven years and they want high return. >> right. how much, you put in 30%. you bought a 30% share in the eight-ambulance company. how much money was that? >> i can't tell you because we haven't sold the company yet. >> we'll be talking to the department of justice. it was clearly not a huge amount of money but your investors are going to get a big return. >> well, remember, our investors in the first phase of this company were all atlanta floppists so acumen will get a return and that will be used to invest in other innovations for the poor. th

>>> dozens are killed in a bomb attack during a daily flag l lowering ceremony within sight of pakistan's border with indiana. -- with india >> hello from doha. this is the world news frommays. >> gunshot did, protests against the army seizure of power turned violent in burkina faso in the separatist controlled regions of eastern ukraine. >>> as it happens, the window of action is really closing very rapidly. so we have a very short window of opportunity. >> a warning of irreversible consequences if action is not taken to keep climate change in check. ♪ pakistan, this developing story, at least 50 people killed in a bomb attack. a senior pakistani taliban commander has claimed responsibility for it. this was in a parking lot at the wagah border crossing, which is near lahor, in addition to the deaths, more than 100 people have been injured. reporters on both sides of the border. first, kamil hyder, the latest from you? >> yes, indeed. kamal, you were mentioning the claim of responsibility by a group that calls itself jo jon dula. it has carried out attacks in the past. but we have also

we went to pakistan right after 911. we were there for 30 years, that they were going to be some really hard times, as we know there has been. but if you're really focused on building models that are economically sound and other with leaders that will be shifting both the business community and government in pakistan, you are looking at its way to 30 year horizon. when i look at that, i see a whole ecosystem companies and leaders that are interacting for real change. one quick example, in 10 years you can check this out in pakistan, iit is on the website. there is an ecosystem that is being built in pakistan, we have some of our fellows which left google and apple. one is building an alternative to youtube, because the country showed that youtube. another is building a vocational company to train the low_income workers. then there is a regional leader, he is making beautiful cobblers. he was to be the apple of pakistan. his website needs a lot of work. now you have an ecosystem of young innovative leaders. either not eve

pakistan's prime minister has pledge support to hold peace talks with the taliban. ashraf ghani has met with prime minister sharif in islamabad to improve a relationship that has been marked by deep distrust. >>> egyptiarussian continues to deny it's involved in a recent escalation of military movement. >> to burkina faso, the military reached an agreement with opposition parties and civil groups on a transitional government. the army is under the leadership of colonel zida, who is to remain in power until a civilian government is chosen. we have the latest. >> some people hearsay they only believe that the army will lea leave when it actually happens. >> the suspension of the constitution of june 2, 1991, has been lifted from today, november 15th, to allow the process to put in place a civilian transition. this is the original constitution of june 2, 1991. >> people are now talking about what is next. when will a civilian be named leader of a country. some say it could be next week. some say it could take longer than that. >> i want a civilian president but i'm in

leadership that is operating and in the past they have been accusing pakistan of helping the taliban so there will be some hard talk behind the scenes. however, on the surface both countries will be trying their best to show the world that they are able to move forward and that both countries are serious and improving relations between the two countries. >>> pakistan built a trench along nearly 500 kilometers of the border with afghanistan and says it's to stop smuggling and prevent fighters from crossing the two countries and jennifer glasse reports from kandahar afghanistan says it has not approved the projects. >> reporter: at the border crossing, here afghans often don't show visa or passports to travel between the two countries and for centuries used dozens of informing crossings but the new trench follows traffic and people through the main gate here, small time smugglers have been hurt. >> translator: it effects business, before normal people brought cooking oil and flour and could make money now it comes across one road and a few benefit and poor people cannot make money any

they don't deserve to live in this world. >> reporter: a colorful parade between india and pakistan occurs every day. it draws hundreds of people and often on weekends. both nation's plans were lowered. already there was speculation that the attack was a reaction of the attack. security is across pakistan not just because of the bombing but to prevent attacks on minority shia muslims taking part of religious pro sessions. a heavy presence of police and military has not stopped these funerals fromming about ahea from going ahead. it was one of the country's worst attacks in months. al jazeera. >> lots more to come here in al jazeera. conflict turns classes into makeshift camps and forces children to miss out on education. >>> and plans for nuclear plants, but who controls where it's coming from. >> it's a chilling and draconian sentence... it simply cannot stand. >> its disgraceful... the only crime they really committed is journalism... >> they are truth seekers... >> all they really wanna do is find out what's happening, so they can tell people... >> governments around the world all unite

we have more from the area. >> this is pakistan's northern region. near the border, it is the time of the we're when locals bring pine nuts to this market. everyone here is busy. this man is filling sacks full of pine nuts. they are intricately sorted by hand in what can take several hours each day. nearby, some use basic machines to save time and labor. pakistan has one of the largest pine nut growing forests in the mountain range along the border. although they grow abundantly in other parts of the country, the ones from north and south are known for their taste. pine nuts can fetch a lot of money, but because of the conflict, the tribes are losing a lot of money at a time when they need it most. >> a large military operation against foreign fighters in the area has caused over 800,000 people out of waziristan. >> they are poor people. this is affecting the economy of the people and the country. the government should open the routes and help us with our problems. >> in 2012, the price of pine nuts was around $10 a kilo but because of the military o

two groups links to the pakistan taliban claimed responsibility for the explosion. it happened at waga which is near the city of lahor as the crowd was gathering to watch a military ceremony at the border and we report now from islamabad. >> reporter: rescue workers are such to take the dead and wounded from the site of one of the deadliest attacks in pakistan in resent months, a suicide attacker struck by a restaurant and a military check point resulting in a high number of casualties. >> translator: more than 40 are dead and among them women and children, we are transporting the dead to the moring morgue and others to different hospitals. >> reporter: the pakistan city of lahaul, a military flag lowering ceremony takes place there every evening and hundreds of people come to wash the ritual with the border guards especially on weekends, the attack took place close to an area that is secure and forces were already on high alert ahead of processions during the month here. already there was speculation that the attack was a reaction to the pakistani military operatio

david garrett reports. >> pakistan ready to build on their lead. australia trying not to wave the white flag. scoring 4 in the last innings, this time, he didn't need to. 46 forounis, one of the few bright moments for the tourists not just of the dbut of the entire series. the plan was simple, get as many rungs as quickly as possible. boundaries are the most effective way to do that. he hit five 6s in a mag of any sentence inning. the captain broke the record for the fastest test 50, jut 21 balls needed to bring up a half century. he would go on to equal the speed record for a century in a test match. a partnership with ali that produced 141 rungs. eight rungs from two balls to reach his 100. by mitchell stark, consecutive boundary to match the 19 yakes situate accolades of a 56 century. scored a time, a more conventional 100 off 176 balls still quick in a normal match. pakistan leading by 602 when they declared australia's top order didn't hang around to fight. chris rogers made 2 from 27 balls and est less than 100 balls of the second inning, the

obviously, india having a rivalry with pakistan, and china being close with pakistan, could play and make afghanistan ground for regional rivalry. we need to make sure that we avoid that, and i think president gandhi is very aware of that. i think we can use this to pressure islamabad. i was involved in discussion with the taliban two years ago going back to doha. when we sit down, afghan to afghan our conversation is great. we agree on wonderful issues. as soon as i leave, the next time i come in somebody else has changed their mind. the taliban not being independent, makes it very difficult for afghans to enter into reconciliation. china could played an important role with islamabad, and that would serve as economic interests. i think also further americans' interest and china's interest in afghanistan is similar. >> similar, but chinese just didn't spend three-quarters of a trillion dollars on afghanistan the way the united states did. is it galling for former pentagon official to watch the chinese ride in on a whitehorse to look down the road of future profits after the americans

splinter areas of taliban pakistan took responsibility for the attack. security across pakistan, not just because of the bombing, but also to prevent attacks on minority shia muslims. taking part in religious processions. the heavy presence of police and military has not stopped these funerals from going ahead. the final tribute to those in one of the worst attacks in months. >> demeanor straighters say those responsible for killing more than 3,000 people haven't been punished. the violence has followed the assassination o. sikh bodyguards. it's spokesma spokesmen say they want investigations into the case reopened. >> we're here to protest against the massacre. we're here to occasion in these united nations against the indian state for not delivering justice. there is no justice, and it is a far gone conclusion that justice will be given because it was sponsored by the state itself. >> a conservative party is calling for a countrywide strike to begin on wednesday, a day earlier than originally planned. a few hours ago one of its members lost the appeal

i'll only mention one other area of the middle east, what to do about afghanistan and pakistan. i happen to believe that there are opportunities there, that some of them can come out of the potential for india and pakistan to find a way through some of their deep problems that underlie, if not overburden, some of pakistan's preoccupation with afghanistan. the new president of afghanistan has gotten himself off to a good start. he's a very intelligent man, he understands some of the difficulties. he's taken a real swipe at corruption, something that was not in the lexicon of the former president. it will be interesting to see where that goes. in the meantime, pakistan is still a state that has an army or an army that has a state but not at the moment a democracy in which the army is, in fact, part and parcel of political decision making made by the civilians. that, i think, will continue for some time. i'm not sure that the army is ready to move to take back governance in pakistan, but it's always a danger, particularly when the governance gets as weak as the present civilian gov

pakistan has taken it. the benefit at least is there is a line built between afghanistan and pakistan. >> reporter: officials here in kandahar didn't want too commend on the border trench they say it's an issue fought national government and kabul. the people in the city say they haven't felt the impact on trade or security yet. afghanistan's new president won't comment on the trench until he meets with the pakistani leadership. one local afghan leader thinks the trench is trouble. >> translator: it shouldn't be the decision of one country. both countries should sit together and discuss how to control the border. maybe this ditch would bring temporary security benefits, but it also has negative points. >> reporter: he says the biggest downside is that the trench divides families and tribes and disruptses their every day lives and gives the people a reason to dislike it. jennifer glasse, al jazerra, can't there are. >>> do europe now. germany has narrowly avoided a recession. it's just released its quarterly

the polio workers were gunned down as they set out to administer vaccinations in western pakistan. visiting the scene, the regional interior minister described the shooting. >> this morning, terrorists on motorbikes opened fire on the polio workers vehicle. as a result, for workers were killed and three others were wounded. although the attack succeeded, we are hopeful our law enforcement agency will be able to bring the perpetrators to justice. >> this is the latest in a series of attacks on polio workers in afghanistan. there was no immediate claim of responsibility, but taliban militants have claimed in the past that holier teams are spies of the west or the vaccine causes infertility. the attack was the most deadly to be carried out in pakistan for at least two years stop >> polio has not been eradicated, why is this cruelty being inflicted upon us? >> olio is a highly contagious disease that can kill or crippled children in hours. vaccination campaigns have wiped it out in most of the world but in pakistan, the disease continues to spread. >> in hong kong, please almost the na

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pakistan has one of the largest pinenuts forest. although pinenuts are found abundantly in other parts of the country, the ones in waziristan are known for their unique taste. in good times pinenuts can fetch a lot of fun. but because of the conflict of waziristan tribal members are complaining that they're losing a lot of money at a time when they need it most. a large military operation against foreign fighters has forced over 800,000 people out of waziristan. >> we are poor people. transportation costs have risen from 2,000 a piece to 8,000. this is effecting the people in the country. the government should open the routes and help us our problems. >> the price of pinenuts was around $10 a kilo. because of the military operation in the area it is proving difficult to transport the commodity to the market. j. >> a timely delivery is essential. the pinenuts goes bad very quickly. due to military operation the time of transportation and unpredictable weather the pinenuts are rotting. we're losing lots of money locally. >> although t

and a military operation in pakistan's north-west displaces hundreds of thousands of people from their home. >>> welcome back. here is a kick look at the top stories on al jazeera. chinese president xi jinping, and japanese prime minister shinzo abe held the first face to face meeting since taking office. the meeting on the sidelines of the apec summit is seen as being the first step to improving relations between the asian superpowers >>> a memorial service will be held in the netherlands for the plane that crashed over eastern ukraine in july. 298 peppingers aboard mh17 died. more than half were dutch. >> the iraqi army says it reached the center of the northern oil city of baiji, trying to break a siege by the fighters of the biggest oil refinery. i.s.i.l. captured baiji during an advance across northern iraq >>> 90 of ballots have been counted. results show more than 80% of voters favour a split. as claudio lavanga reports, more than 2.75 million went to the polls, a strong show of support for a break away. >> depending independence on the day millions voted for it. on sunday night

. ♪ >>> not so long ago, polio was all be eradicated but in pakistan the disease is on the rise, with 226 new cases there alone and trying to stop it is as deadly as the virus itself. this week health workers were killed by assassins by dispensing polio vaccines. more from ann curry. >> on the streets of pakistan, a brave young woman named houma goes door-to-door determined to vaccinate children against polio. nearly 80% of the worldwide total has been found in pakistan this year and it is spreading across borders. so contagious and the victims so young, this boy is 7 months old. his father tells us he would sacrifice his life if only his son could walk some day. but when houma offers the vaccine, she is often met with suspicion. we don't want you here, said this man as he waves her off. the astonishing truth is that many parents here refuse to allow their children to be vaccinated. >> we have to vaccinate. i warn other mothers to information. >> some pakistanis fear the vaccine, these drops, is part of a western plot to sterilize muslims. another reason that cia has admitted it used

i want to hear a little bit about reporting on the use feeder program in pakistan the theater workshop. tell us about that and what lessons, while practicing feeder is a form of resistance. >> great question. let me start with the hope part. hope is absolutely critical in this story. emmel's name means hope in arabic so hope is the theme throughout the book. i found myself looking for her hope. she somehow managed to maintain hope. one of the places that i found emmel's hope was in a wonderful workshops that you mentioned in pakistan, this is a wonderful cultural arts organization that for decades has promoted pakistani performing artists and has brought performing artists from around the world to play across pakistan. a famous playwright, the company was named by his son's daughters who run after him and in about 2008 they started to receive death threats with the rise of jihadists group, frets that condemns them and music and dance was not islamic. i have a great privilege of meeting one of the siblings who ran the company and he absolutely rejected this characterization of their wor

assistance to pakistan on the basis of security objective. whether its nuclear weapons, terrorism, crime. but then we expect our civilian aid to help us deliver on some of those outcomes, when really we should be conditioning perhaps security aide on to good outcomes, and civilian aid a more civilian outcomes. so if we go to the mat on everything saying this as a security dimension, this has a sacred dimension, one could make the case that the world bank is doing business indicator seven national security dimension, are we at risk maybe of misaligned what want to get out of this and the way in which we talked about these in policy circles? those are just some thoughts and some questions for overall on the corruption front. but thank you so much for this opportunity. >> great. very good questions. would you like to give it a shot, a quick answer about these things? >> i think to look at the unidimensional aspect of corruption on the ground is needed but it's just part of a larger issue that we need to be talking about, which is great with, who