those rural areas. the embassy and the military released statement on karzai s statement but they say they are committed to transitioning from u.s. and international forces to afghan forces. but this dual sort of blow to the current strategy is devastate together overall strategy here in afghanistan because it comes on the heels of weeks of protests and the koran burning incident and the soldier shooting incidents it s a mixed bag of the results here for the u.s. strategy hereby. there isn t a lot of positive news coming out of afghanistan right now, megyn. megyn: moments ago white house spokesman jay carney was asked about the breaking news on afghanistan and here is what he had to say. without getting into the specifics of what you do in certain parts of the country and the nature of different deployments. it s consistent to say as we saw in iraq, that that kind of
this morning on world news now afghanistan s anger. the american army sergeant accused of opening fire on sleeping afghan villagers, killing at least 16 of them. the victims were mostly women and children. and this violent and deadly act could have major consequences for already troubled relations with afghanistan. it s monday march 12th. good morning, everyone. i m paula faris. a new partner in crime, t.j. winick. we like to give rob nelson at least maybe one day off every six months. so today is it. well, i m here. glad to have you. here to pinch hit. thank you very much. i am t.j. winick in for rob nelson. and the taliban may retaliate after this deadly shooting. so close to the koran-burning incident that infuriated so many afghans.
part of the afghanistan government in working with the united states and in some case, mistrust in working with the afghan people. and just one quick point. you know, we heard from the top u.s. military commander there in afghanistan, general john allen who condemned the actions of this one individual soldier as appalling and promised justice. but it does raise a question here on the heels of that koran burning incident. and it s something the u.s. military calls command climate. and there are some questions being raised as to whether as the u.s. forces prepare to withdrawal, whether some forces are not perhaps paying as much attention or not as disciplined in case of the koran burning and maybe in this case, how did that soldier get off the base in the middle of the morning una unaccompanied? that s a question that has to be asked here at the pentagon and there in afghanistan as to
we can see that in the koran burning incident, in which riots broke out all over the country, six soldiers almost immediately murdered by their afghan counterparts. i would be unsurprised if this isn t a significant event. the taliban are saying to themselves, look, these guys already said they are leaving by 2014. secretary panetta said combat forces out by 2013. karzai s government is incompetent and corrupt. he s throwing kerosene on the fire. can we say, general, it didn t seem to help the situation with the statements made after this. absolutely not. he is just throwing kerosene on this whole thing. he s a disaster. so i think the upside, look, what s going to happen now in congress and the administration and among the political candidates, people want to say, if you re coming out in 2014, do you think you re going to make a substantial difference between now and then? if the answer is no, then why
no, not in new york, in d.c. p. in a diner. it improves dramatically but no food. it begins this morning with a massacre in afghanistan apparently by an american soldier and this morning as well. the taliban is vowing revenge. the soldiers from the joint base in washington state here s how it went down. door to door he went yesterday morning in kandahar province opening fire, i ll killing at least 16 people while they slept, many children. president karzai said the dead include 9 children, 3 women. and after the attacks the soldier then returned to his base and surrendered. president obama today offering his condolences. karzai, however, is furious. is calling the killings intentional and, quote, acts of terror and unforgivable. sarah is live for news kabul, afghanistan, this morning. hey, good morning to you. what s the latest on this? good morn, soledad. i just saw pretty gruesome images in western afghanistan where this happened and there were some witnesses also tal