commander in the field on the pakistan and afghanistan border, deciding the strategy and giving out money to the commanders and he was the link between mullah omar and the second-tier leadership. so this is significant and shows a policy shift in pakistan. this shows success of u.s. as well as the karzai government so this is, indeed, important. there are all kinds of stories out there today. speculation, was it a capture, was it a surrender, it was perhaps an arranged surrender? what s your best guesstimate? my calculated guess is it was an arranged surrender or something close to that and the reason is that he s too big in the field. secondly, apparently some of the groups which were close to the pakistani military or segments of the pakistani military and intelligence in that region and now we know the pakistani military is cooperating with the united states. there s this new process for negotiating with taliban. so this was a surrender in the sense that this seems to
tonight, on world focus . a major development in the war in afghanistan. the head of the military for the afghan taliban is said to have been captured. we will tell you what it means. meanwhile, it s day four of the offensive in southern afghanistan, look at america s fight for the region. and tonight s on the headline, south to a village in mexico for how life there depends on good times there. and finally, the attack of the two-ton titans, if raccoons are your biggest nuisance, take a look at what some indians have to deal with. from the different perspectives of reporters and analysts from around the world, this is world focus. major support has been broughted by roslyn p. walter. and the peter g. peterson foundation, dedicated to promoting fiscal responsibility and dedicated to key challenges for america s future. and additional funding is brought to you by the following supporters hello, welcome to world focus. i m dx aljit dhaliwal in new york. it s a m
and multiple firings is what we should see. so it will be interesting to see if someone is held accountable as the president said would be. wouldn t we be in a worse position if you fire the heads of all of the agencies, because then we will be completely hosed if we fire all of the heads of the agencies? well, maybe not all of them, but at least some of them and get a government reorganization. if i may jump in, the last thing that the intelligence community needs right now is more turmoil and more shake-up. they have gone through a lot in the last several years. they have lost a lot of experienced people, and moral is said to be quite low in some of the agencies, and if they get beaten up yet again, who is to say what could happen. about an hour and a half away from the president speaking. i know you are staying put. thank row you so much and i tur over to rick sanchez now. i have video to share with you all that is going to be somewhat surprising, but i guess tha
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