continues. what we ve learned is that afghan security forces are being led by afghan national police. this is significant because nato and part of the transition made it clear that they re intent on positions more and more authority towards afghan forces. today was actually the first day of the transition period to be extended over the next two years. the taliban is claiming responsibility for the attack. the murdoch phone hacking scandal in britain has claimed its first public official. just hours ago, britain s top cop suddenly resigned. his resignation comes on the same day police arrested a top murdoch executive. let s bring in cnn s atika shubert. atika, is there a connection between the resignation and the arrest of that top murdoch executive? well, there are basically two different strands of the same scandal. in the place of sir paul stevenson, the topmost senior police officer here in britain, he basically resigned because of increasing intense scrutiny over th