Media were to back to 2001 i remember person bush assertion in the senate and he was telling that were going to afghanistan to do 4 fundamental things number one we have to cripple terrorism in the country because that had been have been the sponsor for the day and we have to them 2nd was the Sustainable Economic Development there was the forces improvement in finally the human rights and democracy off to teen years lets judge the whole mission with the result we have right now in haint i think there has been some wrong military started some duty tricks some political or wrong maneuvers both by the afghan go i mean by that is not allies and also the United States i hope that you should have been doing grant just recently you know him and his honesty and its our idea you can go through checking all the boxes you want but nation building for afghanistan is an utter complete failure its cost about a trillion dollars thousands of american troops countless numbers of afghans ok let me go ov
And welcome to cross talk were all things are considered. After almost 2 decades of war and occupation American Military involvement in afghanistan appears to be winding down a deal with the taliban the majority of american troops leave while still allowing a sizable contingent to remain just what exactly is washingtons geo political interests to be in afghanistan will americas longest war ever end. Talking about ganesh then im joined by my guest. In kabul he is the director of center for development and peace studies in lake jackson. And we cross to Daniel Mcadams he is the executive director of the Ron Paul Institute for peace and prosperity and in boston we have max abrams he is a professor of Political Science and Northeastern University as well as author of rules for rebels the science of victory in militant history or a gentleman crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate daniel let me go to you theyre talking about a Peace Proce
Minute world news update from r. T. International sort of with this country malign kremlin influence that so the u. S. Agency for International Development has called a new strategy to help European Countries avoid outside meddling and reduce the dependence on Russian Energy moscows branded it though anti russian propaganda ill see the correspondent takes us through the plan usaid has unveiled a new plan a strategy officially aimed at boosting the resilience of the nations unofficial e it appears to mean giving lots and lots of money to anyone that who could be and demonstrably doesnt like russia politicians businessmen media i mean its in the name countering my lai in kremlin influence. These efforts will include creating tools for reform minded leaders and Civil Society voices to tackle corrupt government practices that kremlin agents often selectively exploit for moscow strategic benefit 1st off and the us apparently wants to cut out russias voice i mean the aims arent exactly veg w
By the way just this monday mosco my name is kevin and he with a half hour world news update thanks for your time 1st on the u. K. S Foreign Office has ordered an inquiry into the recently of those sensitive diplomatic cables penned apparently by britains ambassador to washington and if he was a bombshell remarks president Donald Trumps white house is described as a net and dysfunctional among many other unflattering remarks too by the diplomat lets get across this in more detail for those on the london take a. Big embarrassment for the u. K. Government isnt it. I there kevin yes indeed it is some revelations indeed i mean as you said this is the story of a Foreign Office inquiry into a series of leaks memos that came from the u. K. s ambassador to the us so kim darrick well so kim has a 42 year career in diplomacy but some of these emails ended up in the mail on sunday the british newspaper and in those memos he gave a candid and damning assessment of the trumpet ministration. We dont
No less thats how the u. S. Agency for International Development has called a new strategy to help European Countries avoid outside meddling and reduce their dependence on Russian Energy moscows branded anti russian propaganda for a start our Senior Correspondent of take sister the plan. Usaid has unveiled a new plan a strategy officially aimed at boosting the resilience of the nations unofficial e it appears to mean giving lots and lots of money to anyone that could be and demonstrably doesnt like russia politicians businessmen media i mean its in the name countering my lai in kremlin influence. These efforts will include creating tools for reform minded leaders and Civil Society voices to tackle corrupt government practices that kremlin agents often selectively exploit for moscow strategic benefit 1st off the us apparently wants to cut out russias voice i mean the aims arent exactly vague what could they mean preventing russia others from meddling in elections ok preventing russia fr