In the faulken islands. Strong words for the author now. Good morning to you. So glad youre with us. Im christi paul. Im victor blackwell. 10 00 on the east coast, 7 00 out west during the cnn newsroom and were starting with a strong statement from defense secretary ash carter. He says the Obama Administration still questions its plans to pull out almost all remaining 10,000 u. S. Troops from afghanistan by the end of 2016 as scheduled. Carter arrived in the Afghan Capital kabul this morning. Its his first overseas trip since he was sworn in a few days ago. In a News Conference with the afghan president carter said he will assess the security situation against the taliban. President obama and i discussed in my first meeting in the oval office earlier this week just a few days ago, our priority now is to make sure this progress sticks. That is why president obama is considering a number of options to reinforce our support for president gaineys Security Strategy including possible change
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The sentencing of two Iraqi Kurdish journalists and three activists, with one saying he was threatened into giving a false confession, days after the Kurdish prime minister accused them of being spies, has raised questions about the independence of the region s judiciary.
On 16 February, journalists Sherwan Amin Sherwani and Guhdar Zebari, together with activists Shvan Saeed, Ayaz Karam and Hariwan Issa, were found guilty by Erbil s Second Court of First Instance of endangering the national security of the Kurdistan Region and were each sentenced to six years in prison.
A week prior to the ruling, Masrour Barzani, prime minister of the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), claimed in a press conference that the detainees were neither activists nor journalists. Some of them were spies. They spied for other countries… Some were saboteurs .