The taliban were about 40 miles away in a very precarious Geographic Area they were barely able to hold them back in. This area of the province it is south of tajikistan. South of the river and geography is very important. The story is how he and his ragtag force was able to maintain any kind of defense. So it turns out he has the only operating mine in the world. Goes back 1000 years. He has two emerald mines. Of course he allowed his men to grow opium because that was the only way they could get cash. That was smuggled across to pakistan but he also knew in may, this is four months away from 9 11 that something was going on in kandahar with bin laden. Something he heard was up through his contacts. Now he is tajik. So he has a very difficult time infiltrating a pashtun mafia for lack of a better word and particularly for the arabs who would be very suspicious of somebody with a different dialect even if they spoke pashtun. So at this point gary sawyer from the cia who had been statio
Because for many people,especially in the district i represent, one of the poorest the North Carolina, one that has high unemployment rates, that this is a godsend for a lot of people who thousands of people as a matter that who have never had coverage, who never had opportunity to go to a doctor. And i think Preventive Care is going to be the key to oppose do the things that we need to do for our population. So im looking forward to this discussion into the dialogue tonight because this is something thats very dear to me. And ill just say that i grew up with a mother who is now 89 in another month she will be 90 but i did note that i didnt have health care. I had assister who is very ill with sickle cell anemia. We got our health care from the emergency room. And so for a lot of people like my family even today, dont have an opportunity to see a doctor and he would need to see a doctor this will help us i think in the long run in terms of making sure that we do have a society that is
The seminoles, the cheats. No one today would call a franchise a the redskins. You have to look into net can be change. It is another speed bump and a long road ahead of us. To watch all of the winning videos and to learn more about the competition, go to cspan. Org. Also, tell us what you think about these issues these students addressed on their documentary on facebook and twitter. Coming up tonight, photojournalist Robert Nichols berg talks about his 25 years documenting the modern history in photos. Later, kentucky senator rand paul announces his candidacy for president. Awardwinning photojournalist Robert Nickelsberg document to 25 years in afghanistan. He spoke about his career and the history of the region told through his pictures. This is just over an hour. Mr. Nickelsberg i am going to give you a brief introduction on how i got to south asia and begin a rather rapid 60 image presentation. Starting from 1988 and going up to 2013. In 1987, i moved from bangkok, thailand when an
This is the moment of impact. You can see the brass casing. He has just been hit. These are all the taliban that were caught, including us, the three journalist. He is going down, down. I had moved from this position. This fellow was about to fire an rpg into the doorway. This man had the look of death. He carries his friend away after firing a rocket and all hell broke loose. 36 hours later, this is what remained. Every single taliban was killed. They have no language in common. They are hated. The most strange think the taliban could have done was to ask the men to turn in their weapons. This treaty collapsed in 1997. These are red cross workers. It is in may, 100 degrees. The bodies did start to smell. In 19 it comes the taliban went back in and killed 2200 locals. Revenge in 2008, the taliban went back in and killed 2200 locals. In 2001 and february, we are getting closer to 9 11 so everything is heating up. The environment is not very pleasant for the taliban. Only three countries
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