the taliban of charkh were burying their dead. >> one of the two taliban fighters killed in an attack on a local afghan army base. a lot of inhabitants from this village in charkh have gathered today. >> they're here to pay their respects. they're here also to mourn, and also show that they are proud. >> the dead man's father was amongst the mourners. >> many of the dead fighter's comrades were there, including 17-year-old ehsanullah, who also took part in the attack. after the funeral was over, i followed him as he went to meet a friend. i asked him to tell me what motivates young men here to fight for a movement like the taliban >> from what i was told, the taliban in charkh are mostly recruited from the 40,000 people who live in the district. >> the taliban are feared across many parts of afghanistan - and especially outside predominantly pashtun regions. before they were toppled from power in 2001, and like other groups during afghanistan's civil war, they committed horrendous massacres against civilians. when they ruled afghanistan, they imposed an extreme interpretation of shari

taliban is overthrown. you ljenk expo six or steep other people like him, arabs in taliban custody who the taliban believed were spies. but the taliban are gone and the locals didn't know what to do. so they went to the u.s. forces and say we have these six or seven guys and handed them over to the u.s. forces. the u.s. them straight to guantanamo, and so jenko was in guantanamo for six or seven years, and to add insult to injury in 2003, i believe, he -- the u.s. -- maybe 2002 -- the u.s. found a videotape of him being tortured by al qaeda and they found his sort of forced confession. this is played by john ashcroft to reporter is with the audio off as an example of the u.s. making progress on the war on terror. it wasn't until much later that people recognized it's actually the opposite. so, with these sorts of instances happening -- this is taking place again and again and again. two consequences to this. one was that the warlords that we had aye alied with became ultra wealthy and essentially used the u

while the taliban have freedom of movement, the base is well fortified >> the taliban can come in and fire and harass and retreat. >> the afghan national army actually has to be there and actually has to try to create an environment over time that is going to allow the country to function. they are not going to come out of garrison to engage in hand to hand combat with these taliban guys. it would make no sense. >> the ana soldiers have started to fire mortar rounds. and the mortars are landing in the areas where we are. close to some of the other guys behind us and close to us also. >> the battle has been going on for more than an hour, and the ana soldiers under attack inside have received no support from other bases. the taliban had hoped this would be a victory, but it was becoming clear that they were facing far greater resistance than they had expected. >> the taliban soldiers that i'm together with have lost two men. and it looks like they are not as positive as they were before they started attacking the base. and for these fighters, it looks like the situation might be about

whield under the taliban it -- while under the taliban it was less than 7%. third of the kids going to school are girls who the taliban wouldn't even allow to educate. so when you ask the question whether it was a good war, did we win it at all the war or the peace are there things that we did that certainly have been good for that country? >> the removing of the taliban was a good thing. and i think what should have happened in 2001 is that they would have been incorporated in some level into a comprehensive peace settlement. what we did in 2001 was, seclude them, and sow the seeds for discontent, persecuting tribes, and leaders ready to lay down their arms that is our mistake. there is something to build on there as you say, education is a giant -- and the inclusion of girls in school is a giant leap forward. but that gives you an idea of the scale of the changes. it's generational, it's going to take 20, 30 years. because afghanistan is predominantly rural country, 80% live in the country side. in those environments conservative forces prevail. in the citi

this is not the character of an islamic group, which the taliban are. every time they enter a political process that takes away their character of being islamists. >> david, numbers have been pouring out of afghanistan for the last 13 years. electrical generation. miles of telephone lines, cubic acres of water in irrigation, all kinds of ways of measuring our investment and the results that it's getting. we spent about $753 billion in afghanistan. one of the things we spent a lot of money on was opium eradication. it seems like over the last decade the most money we spent the more opium got grown. and a record crop is coming out of afghanistan this year. why? >> i think on the opium side we, the united states, always took second place. we sub credited that out to the united kingdom. we had to lead the efforts in the beginning. it was never the first priorities of the united states. the biggest area of our failure was helping to develop rule of law and governance. afghanistan during the period of the war against the soviets and the civil war produced a c

also coming up the taliban carried out an attack on the afghanistan capitol. we'll go live for the latest. >>> an election and resignation in taiwan raises questions about the island's future relations with china. >>> we're on the road in india where an experiment in education is proving to be a success. >>> egypt's attorney general is looking into whether he can appeal a verdict that saw hasy mubarak cleared of all charges. this was the reaction inside the courts after the verdicts were handed down. it comes after a foreign minister and six aides were also cleared of all charges. the judge said that the president should not have been standing trial in the first place. it also cleared six of his aids on similar charges. corruption charges against mubarak and two sons were also thrown out on a technicality, and mubarak and salam were cleared of selling creep gas to israel. but the reports had been mixed. >> it was called the trial of the century egypt, and it ended with a controversial verdict. one that supporters of the deposed president celebrated. three year

this was after a suicide attack by a taliban fighter. on that guest house they are saying that two of these fighters have been killed, but they believe that a third injured taliban fighter has escaped. and they are searching fo searcr for him. with respect to the attack you are reporting in the south of the province it comes from provincial officials in the area saying the taliban lawned what they described as a coordinated attack, the taliban confirmed this. on what they described as bastion, now it was an adjacent camp to bastion. and it still, is but bastion was hand over to british -- from british forces to the afghan national army last month. so basically the afghan national army now control bastion and the other, and it had been used for training afghan forces. but it's as i say very difficult to get clear information too fast exactly what's going on there. but we have heard nothing since that announcement that there was, indeed, a coordinate ahead tack. and this is the third attack today in afghanistan, and that the taliban have c

that challenge to fight the taliban, to keep them at bay increased. there's fear of the use of air strikes. ashraf ghani said he has difficulty looking in the eyes of afghan military officials, because he said not having an air force, they can't combat or help the soldiers. it causes questions respect to the diplomatic efforts made on the international stage, filed effort to bring in qatar, to get them to mediate talks with the taliban. ashraf ghani has been in pakistan and saudi arabia to bridge on other parties to try to mediate the peace talks, but three attacks in kabul in the last coup of weeks, big attacks by the taliban. obviously the military changes are very still - still there. these announcements by president obama for the expanded guidelines an indication of how great they are. >> thank you for that. >> the last feeses of wreckage from the malaysia airlines jet shot down over ukraine four months ago have been recovered. they are on their way to the netherlands, where most of the 298 victims came from. fighting delayed the recovery operatio

gents the taliban in afghanistan and the islamic state. they stormed a compound killing two and taking seven hostage. the british embassy worker has died. this as the u.s. has launched new air strikes against isis itself. there have been as many as 30 new attacks. what do the increased bombings mean and can we turn back the tide of radical jihad. we have a former united states ambassador to the united nations and fox news contributor. ambassador, what is do you think the significant of the taliban strategy of attacking foreigners there to help? >> i think it demonstrates they have no use for the west, for what these people represent. and i think they're attacking to demonstrate that despite the signing of status of forces agreement, they are not impressed and they still believe that the u.s. and other coalition partners may in fact withdraw. so i think these are not just acts of terrorism, but acts of intim documentation, both against other foreigners. but also against the afghan government to tell them, your days are numbered. >> wasn't t

by the way, what's the taliban going to do? they know if they are going to take over this country, they have to push us out. >> what kind of message does this send to terrorists and taliban and isis and al qaeda that the united states is in then we're out. we're kind of in and doing air strikes but not on the ground. what kind of message is this sending and does it hurt our chances of actually coming up with any kind of resolve in the countries against the terrorists? >> yes and yes. the taliban and isis aren't stupid. they know the united states is still on the clock. that's a political raermg than a military reality. all it does as far as taliban leadership is concerned. convince them to hang on, to continue -- >> we'll eventually pull out again. >> exactly right. they know that. these guys don't even have watches. they have plenty of patience. it's the americans who are ones who have watches and are inpatient about the future. the taliban is going to reset the clock and wait another year and try to kill americans to push us

, not just because they're taliban. they were spoesed to be left alone. but because now if the taliban posed a threat to the u.s., to the coalition, to security interests, the u.s. will change the rules a bit and go ahead and target them. >> we hope you have a happy thanksgiving. this is a clear case of lesson learned. can the u.s. leave a place that is likely to become disstabilized. we have tom fuentes. good to have you. thank you for being with us. tom, something like this obviously isn't random, needs time and planning. what do we know about why this was done? >> it's the same thing the taliban has been doing now, especially stepping up their campaign in the recent week. they kald 60 people in a volleyball game about a week ago. i think there's been four bombings in kabul this week. they're taking their presence known that they're going to be in control or a major nuisance in that country forever. i think that's the message they're sending to us. whether we leave or don't leave, they're going to keep this up and we

they have paid allegiance to the afghan taliban leader. they have very strong ties not only ethnic and tribal, but also from a logistics point of view from sharing the same madrasas as far as training and education is concerned. but taliban in pakistan has fractured into different groups. some are focused on the pakistani government. others on the allied to other taliban. it is a complex situation. this is why there needs to be clarity on the part of taliban. if there is thinking in islamabad, and on the part of the new afghan government to see if there is momentum, and if there is an opportunity to move towards better relations and relations based on trust and on corporation. >> and it would seem that they need to have some sort of strategic corporation in order for them to deal with what is essentially a problem that they share. >> yes, and i think the pakistani side is very eager to have a strategic accord with afghanistan. they're very eager to in their mind sort of limit space for indian contributions in afghanistan, which have taken

we have seen a different strategy used by taliban in resent months and sometimes 400 taliban fighters targets the south and east of the country and three big attacks here in kabul in the last couple of weeks and also draws into question more efforts that are being made in terms of the diplomacy on international level and trying to bring the taliban to peace talks and trying to initiate some sort of truce. we had president ghani in saudi arabia in resent weeks and pakistan after failed efforts to bring countries on board to try and mediate. certainly agreements that have been vote today in parliament and signals coming from washington for expansion of the u.s. troops that will be staying here very significant in terms of the security here in afghanistan. >> reporter: five years after 58 people were murdered in the philippines police are still waiting for their first conviction. nearly 200 people have been charged in connection with the massacre and we report on how the philippine justice system is it self on trial. >> reporter: it was a crime so bold it shocked the whole country. 58 pe

we've seen the taliban continue to grow effectively. they are happy we're leaving and i think they are a little unhappy the president made a change about 9500 troops that are going to stay in terms of what the troops will be allowed to do. that's all the more reason for the taliban to take a lot more shots at us to show of the 9500 troops that remain and new policies which allow u.s. troops to engage them, that they intend to be fully engaged without a doubt. >> this recent change from a static use of u.s. troops, training of the military and we are learning they may take part in some type of special operations role, some type of combat missions, is that enough troops in all of afghanistan, 9500? >> that's such a great question. if we're looking at the small specialized raids that our special ops guys did so well, much like the raid on bin laden. in multiple places in afghanistan and indeed in iraq. president karzai in afghanistan put a stop to those kind of raids. that gave the taliban a lot of freedom of moment that they didn't have.

pakistan's leader tells the new president in afghanistan he will support him in his fight for peace with the taliban. >> you're watching al jazeera live from our headquarters in doha. also ahead. [ explosions ] >> a claim of responsibility for an attack in the sinai that killed 31 egyptian soldiers. >> the transition away from military rule in burkina fasa gains momentum. >>> and as world leaders meet for the g-20 summit protesters meet in brisbane. >>> it's been a difficult and often bitter relationship between afghanistan and pakistan, but now both countries are pledging greater cooperation after years of accusing each other of harboring rebel fighters and undermining instability. ashraf gandhi has been holding attacks in islamabad. >> security and future prosperity remain inter linked. i have consistently emphasized pakistan building a peacefu peacefullade. i have vision of a strong, comprehensive and enduring partnership between pacific and afghanistan. the security and prosperity of the two nations and reinforcing efforts of peace and development in the region. i'm gratified that president gand

one night i was in a hotel with all taliban soldiers. it was ramadan and we invited ourselves to break fast with some of these guys. there was an old guy who is a veteran mujahideen who couldn't stop yammering about the proper way to shoot a stinger missile and how the kids today just you know. [laughter] the hipster jihadis. he was a really interesting character. he was in his late 60s a big white beard and during the day he worked for the karzai government as a deputy minister of irrigation helping to dig canals and irrigation ditches throughout the country. at night he went out with this taliban comrades and blew them up. is the great cycle of life. there's one business against the other. he asked me what do americans think of us? why do they think we are at war with them and they said they think you hate their freedoms. they think you don't like that women are not wearing burkas. they think you don't like pornography. they think you don't like their liberal lifestyle and he just started laughing and laughing and laughing. he said loo

, he said at least 20 taliban fighters had been killed. six of whom died when they detonated their explosive devices, as you report he also said that there had been six afghan soldiers killed and another seven at least wounded. this attack comes amid a massive escalation, if you would like of attacks by the taliban in afghanistan. seems to be daily attacks here in kabul. and when you look at the size of camp bastion, this was this large, still is, is a massive military camp that was handed over by british forces to the afghan national army. when you look at the size of it and the amount of security down there, and then see this kind of taliban attack that's happening there, it just shows you the ability of the taliban, seemingly to strike when and where they like. not only in the capital and the large cities but against these large military targets and they had vowed to do this. certainly in the wake of the security agreement that was approved by the parliament here. that will see foreign forces stay in the country to try afghan forces aft

so the taliban know this. they realize obama has only a certain amount of time left on the clock, and 12 months from now, we'll be looking for new hampshire and iowa, so the focus will be off of foreign policy. so there are weaknesses to be exploited in the time scale and the departing administration. >> that was james boyce. >>> hundreds of people protested in central india today, demanding the ruling bjp party step down. they want the government to take responsibility for at least a dozen women who died during mass sterilization earlier this month. in india 97% of people sterilized between 2012 and 2013 were women. faiz jamil takes a look at why. >> reporter: these are loving parents to their children. but they decided that five children were enough for their family, and samad understanding went specialization. the idea of her husband beingsterrallized was quickly ruled out. >> i thought about it, but i'm a working man. i already have pain in my back, so i decided not to have the procedure. >> reporter: 95%

but the third attack of the taliban in the last 24 hours is seem big a concerted effort by the taliban fighters to really intimidate not only the afghan national army and security here, but foreign forces and foreign nationals across the country. >> all right, thanks so much. charles stratford there. >>> let's get you more on the attack on the -- on the earlier attack i should say on the i she british e embassy attacks. they are all on the heels of the agreement to international force to his stay and train afghan forces let's get more from charles in this report. >> reporter: afghan security forces racing to another suicide attack along a highway that has become one of the most dangerous places in kabul. the suicide car bomber targeted a british embassy vehicle. >> translator: when the explores happened i was standing there. i saw dead bodies in the road. some of them had no arms. it was a land cruiser vehicle and a control a both cars came together and the explosion happened. there were foreign casualties. >> reporter: the force of the blast through the vehicle across four lanes of tr

the taliban claimed responsibility for it. officials say five people were killed, more than 30 injured. in just the last couple of minutes, the british government has confirmed that among those killed was one british national. another was injured in the attack. wahid massoud is in kabul for us. can you tell us what we know about that attack? >> reporter: the attack happened today before noon, kabul time, in the eastern part of kabul on a very busy road that comes into the city. a suicide bomber detonated his explosives, explosive-laden toyota sedan close to the british embassy vehicle. badly damaged the british embassy vehicle. five people were killed, 34 wounded. >> so a significant blast, aimed clearly it would seem on this occasion at the british embassy staff. >> reporter: the taliban have claimed responsibility for the attack and have said that foreigners were killed. they have not named british. other foreign diplomats, united nations, afghan vehicles have been targets in the past. so it seems that the british embassy ve

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 information about the crash of the virgin galactic spacecraft friday. a safety device designed to slow the vessel down on re-entry was activated too early. but they say it's too soon to tell if that is way the craft broke apart. debris has been scatter add cross the mojave desert in california where competentant david willis sent us this report. >> picking their way through the wreckage, in the california desert, an investigation is under way which could determine not only the future of virgin galactic but the space race as a whole. this dusty, desert landscape is now littered with pieces of the spacecraft which fell to earth. this giant part of the tail is just one of those pieces and it came to earth just a few feet from a nearby road. the plan now is to gather all of these pieces in a local

the taliban have claimed responsibility for this attack. they said that they were targeting what they describe as foreign invaders. the ministry of health, as you say, says at least five civilians were killed, 34 injured, a number of children amongst those casualties. >> as you said, char lurk the attacks in kabul are being frequent. we saw the attack on the greenville i think last week. the taliban again claiming responsibilities s there a sense that security did getting worse in the afghan capital as the troops are preparing to bull out in just a few weeks actually? >> reporter: there certainly is that sense. the intelligence agency says they have seen a rise in 60% in attacks across the country. we have seen a number after tacks recently in kabul. there seems to be an attack literally every day. they have also been seem big an increase in attacks since that agreement with nato forces and u.s. forces was signed by president rouhani a few months ago. the taliban said that they will hescalate attacks as a result security agreements. kabul r

the taliban has claimed responsibility. israel is accused of collective punishment also this hour five people are found dead as indian police arrest so-called after a 12-day stand off. >> we'll have all your sports headlines this wednesday, including formula one driver jules ou sbianchi out of his coma. >> so breaking news from afghanistan, first this hour, the taliban says it is responsible for a suicide blast in the center of kabul. a car bomb exploded close to the so-called green village, a heavily guarded complex which houses foreign contractors. the bomb went off in a street off of a secure zone and was followed by a bomb fire. four attackers are dead. you heard the blast. a journalist with "the l.a. times." he joins us on the line with kabul. how big was this explosion? >> reporter: i'm actually pretty far from the center of the explosion, and i heard remnants of it. it was a low baring truck loaded with explosives that caused the blast. and they would check the compound in small arms fired at the guards. >> tell us a

s afghanistan, they'll still be able to target the taliban. and... >> i'm in eastern blifia, the government is -- bolivia, the government is applying economics in the fight against drugs. >>> it's looking increasingly unlikely that a deadline for a deal on iran's nuclear programme will be met. talks in vienna when u.s. secretary of state john kerry met iran's foreign minister zarif and u.n. envoy katherine ashton. there's two days to reach an agreement. talks on an extension could begin on sunday. >> we are working hard. we hope we are making careful progress, but we have big gaps. we still have some gaps. we are working with those. >> the afghan parliament approved two security deals, governing the role of foreign troop in september. a bilateral agreement with washington, and a separate n.a.t.o. agreement has been passed. u.s. troops will be allowed to target fighters, reportedly approved by president obama. the role had been limited to tackling al qaeda, and training troops. welcome to the programme, the afghan parliament approved the two ag

three rounds of explosions and gun fire where taliban fighters staged attacks, this after a taliban suicide bomber rammed a car, packed with explosives into a british embassy vehicle. charles stratford with more from kabul. >> reporter: afghan security forces race into jalalabad road, another suicide attack in a place becoming dangerous. it targeted a british embassy vehicle. >> translation: when the explosion happened, i was standing there. i saw dead bodies on the road. some had no arms. it was a land cruiser vehicle. both cars came together, the explosion happened. there were foreign casualties. the force of the blast threw the vehicles across four lanes of traffic. security forces sealed off the area. >> there were a lot of wounded and dead. i saw a mini van full of passengers. there were so many injured afghans and foreigners. the taliban claimed responsibility, saying they targeted what they describe as foreign invaders. >> the suicide bombing happened behind me. authorities moved the vehicles. they are saying they have seen a massive reez in attacks in -- rise in attacks in kabul. >>

the logic was they may not like the taliban but that one less side that is shooting. people think about their families. so, on the other hand, if you good into the areas where there is no war, which is northern afghanistan, kabul, it's the opposite. people want the u.s. to stay because they view the u.s. as a buffer against the war encoaching upon their territory. so i drove up north and the people are like -- the government should sign this agreement, we want the u.s. to stay in both cases, though, the logic was literally about what will keep us safe it? wasn't about some vision of what afghanistan should look like. it is what will keep us safe. people in the north left through tremendous suffering in the 1990s under at the central been, and before that people in kabul lived in suffering under the civil war. people in the south lived through tremendous suffering now and want to do anything they can to see that stopped. you have two different communities. you don't get that in the news media because most journalists tend to speak to people who are in the cities or who

the taliban launched a similar suicide attack in kabul on tuesday. the bomber struck at an entrance killing two afghan guards. let's go to a journalist over at "the l.a. times" based in can ball. you were there at the time of the attack. what more can you tell us? >> reporter: i wasn't nearby, but i heard the explosion. the attacks began with a low-baring truck full of explosives, and then the attackers basically went in and traded gunfire with the guards at the greenage. and then they updated that there were three suicide-bombers and others were involved in gunfire at the village. >> what is the significance of attacking this place in particular? >> this is the third time in about three years that the green village has been attacked. and clearly as it's always been, i remember that a year or two ago that they had tried to climb the walls of the village. this time it was a car bomb. it's the same sort--you can't get into the community, it's very difficult to get in to the community, so they have to try to get in through a car bomb. there are military

special episode on the front lines with the taliban john seigenthaler is off. this is al jazeera america. world stage. leaders gather at the g-20 summit in ausa as russia and ukraine move closer to war. >>> pipe dreams. it's passed the house and now keystone is headed to the senate. >> my position has not changed. >> but the president suggests he'll issue a veto. >>> why chinese are coming to america to buy products made in china. >> whyot

the taliban made the promise. they said that they would continue, escalate their attacks on foreign targets and the afghan national army in the wake of an agreement made by the afghan parliament. for foreign forces to remain in the country on training afghan forces after the end of this year. it seems as if the taliban are keeping their promise. >> charles stratford in kaboom, thank you for the update >>> the arab league is meeting in cairo to discuss tensions in jerusalem over access to holy sites. mahmoud abbas, palestinian president held discussions ahead of the meeting. joining us from ramallah, naz reem, tell us what is being discussed at the meeting in cairo? >> well, in addition to the issues you mentioned, jerusalem, al-aqsa, and the wave of violence in jerusalem and the occupied west bank, they are expected to discuss the palestinian move to go to the united nations to get a security council resolution to end the israeli occupation within two years, based on the 1967 lines. so we know that they are going

the taliban gets inside kabul's pole headquarters as a bomber targets the chief of police. ♪ ♪ >>> this is al jazerra live from our headquarters in doha. also ahead, back home two americans are freed by north korea after the intervention of a toppin tela top intelligence . >> i want to say thank you all for supporting me and lifting me up and not forgetting me. at the same time, that also not forgetting the people of north korea. >>> they have had enough. an unguarded comment made by mexico's attorney general is fueling protesters' anger after the disappearance of dozens of students. >>> warnings of a new cold war as germany prepares to park 25 years since the fall of the berlin wall. ♪ ♪ >>> but first to afghanistan where there has been an explores inside the police headquarters in the capital kabul. the blast happened outside the office of the police chief. at least one person has been killed. jennifer glasse is joining us from kabul, where the taliban, jennifer has claimed responsibility for that attack. but the question is how they managed to get signed the headquarters. >> repo

of being spies. >>> well the pakistani military's offensive against the taliban has turned thousands of local residents into refugees. many have taken shelter in neighborhoods afghanistan. but finding refuge there is presenting a host of new problems. >> reporter: this man and his cousins stack mud bricks against their tent. they have little else to protect their family against the cold, close to the afghanistan pakistan border. >> translator: we are trying to protect ourselves. aid arrived today, but we were told it is not our turn yet. rfrp this is one of tens of thousands of pakistani refugees who have fled the fighting. they had little choice but to cross the border into neighboring afghanistan. there is a risk of attacks by the afghan taliban here, and as winter comes, basic protection against the elements is also a serious concern. >> translator: some people don't even have tents. we get 200 kilos of wood, but it's not enough for even ten days. this winter lasts at least three months. >> reporter: this is one of the schools in the camp, a corrugated iran roof and a carpet, thes

the taliban are very concerned about it. according to the americans, it's the most effective weapon they have against taliban leadership, hunting them down in their homes at night when they're most vulnerable. it also has led to some really serious accidents and mishaps that have had a lot of blow-back publicly. karzai responded to that and president ghani seems to be more concerned about restoring a tool that's very effective. >> woodruff: and, rod, we reported in the last few days about the decision of the obama administration to have a larger number of u.s. troops in afghanistan into 2015. how much difference is that expected to make? >> there's still pretty small numbers we're talking about. still nobody thinks it's going to be more than 12,500, including european and n.a.t.o. troops. 9,800 americans. even if it bumps up a little bit from that, it's still a small amount compared to two years ago when there were 100,000 nerns and 140,000 total n.a.t.o. >> woodruff: i don't know how often you're able to spend time with tro

it will help the afghan security forces and reduce the strength of the taliban. we believe that even the number of the american securitiy forces may be reviewed because the u.s. forces believe they may need more troops to contain the insurgency in afghanistan, and not allow the insurgency to reach out to big population centers. protecting big population centers, big cities in afghanistan is important. >> in central iraq, air strikes targetting i.s.i.l. fighters killed eight civilians, including women and children. buildings were destroyed. meantime in the nearby city of ramadi, i.s.i.l. fighters reportedly killed 25 members of a sunni-muslim tried. iraqi army found the bodies during a counselled attack on sunday. >> shi'a forces stormed a house. houthis captured sanaa. thi have pushed fight. there has been a push to put an end to the fighting. protesters want shi'a fighters to pull out of the tap tall. four years ago the protesters gathered calling for the government to step aside. now they feel betrayed, their revolution hijacked by militias. >> we were told by

the power lines travel through areas where government forces and the taliban are fighting. this whole valley here is controlled by the taliban, but they are not likely to try to interrupt the progress here, because they want the power too. the taliban takes about half of the power the plant generates. >> they are taking this -- this power, and taking the [ inaudible ] from the people. >> reporter: the plant could generate an additional 18 kilowatts of power. 4,000 nato soldiers moved the components through taliban-held areas in 2008 in a convoy four kilometers long. since then the enormous parts sit rusting. with a project now managed through the afghan government, installation is expected soon. local leaders say the upgrade could improve the security situation in the area. >> translator: [ inaudible ] this turbine would be bad for al-qaeda terrorists, but it would be good for the government and the usa. >> reporter: this turbine shaft was stored improperly and may need to be replaced. but this man is convinced the upgrade will happen, and he will be learning to maintain mo

that is something we'll see down the road. >> two groups linked to the taliban killed 50 people. it happen end at wagah as a crowd gathered to watch a military ceremony >>> rescue workers rushed to take the dead and wounded from a site of a deadly attack in pakistan, in recent months. police here say suicide attackers struck near a busy restaurant, shops and a paramilitary crossing. >> translation: more than 40 are dead, among them women and children. we are transporting the dead. >> the only road crossing between the city, and the pakistani city of lahore. a military flag-lowering ceremony takes place there every evening, and hundreds of people watch the symbolic ritual, between the border guards, especially on weekends. >> the attack took place to an area considered secure. security forces are on high alert. already there is speculation that the attack was a reaction to the ongoing military operation in the tribal areas. at least two splinter groups of the taliban and pakistan took responsibility for the deadly attack. the newly formed group of ptp say they carried out the bomb

and while we will not target taliban for the sake -- merely for the sake of the fact that they are taliban and "belligerents," should members of the taliban decide to threaten american troops or specifically target and threaten our afghan partners in a tactical situation, we reserve the right to take action as needed. >> obviously, the taliban will continue to fight, so is it fair to say we will probably on a pretty regular basis be going after taliban targets. >> no, i think i characterized pretty clearly under what circumstances members of the taliban -- we might be targeting. >> what is the secretary's relationship with susan rice? >> the secretary has a close relationship with susan rice them as you would think he would. they meet more than once a week, i know that, and of course, and other large setting meetings, more than two or three times a week. >> [indiscernible] >> there is this debate about micromanagement. this is a huge institution, the defense department. 3 million people globally deployed all around the world and here in the united states. it is an immense responsibility fo