In the areas where we are. It was an insight, in part at least, into what the war in afghanistan looks like from the other side. The fighter jet is still in the air circling looking for a target. Kabul, Afghanistan Afghan President Hamid karzai is currently refusing to sign a treaty that would leave a small nato force in the country. If nothing changes, all foreign soldiers will leave by the end of this year. In secret, karzai has been negotiating with the taliban, in order to avoid a fullblown civil war. Since 2005, the taliban has clawed back territory. They now dominate large parts of the country. But approximately only one hours drive from here, right over behind the mountain there, is logar. And in logar theres still a war going on. I wanted to see what the war looked like from the other side in the charkh district of Logar Province a region which has seen violent clashes in recent years. Through trusted sources, we contacted the taliban there. I hoped it would offer a rare glimps
The efforts they now face to replace homes to basic infrastructure. [ screaming ] check out this new years tradition as people across the country take the polar plunge. Extreme temperatures in some places nearly brought the activities to a complete halt. Good morning, welcome to Al Jazeera America. This morning the political world mourns the passing of former new york governor mario cuomo. He was 82. He burst on to the political scene in the 1970s, rising to become a three term governor in new york and a shining star in the Democratic Party. He dazzled an office during the Democratic National convention. He became a front runner for the presidency but twice turned down offers to run. Lets go to libby casey in washington. Cuomos influence transcended state politics. He was known nationally for his passion for liberal values and pragmatism in politics. He was first and foremost a new yorker. He was a democratic superstar, a three term new york governor and unabashed liberal. He was pro c
Feel free to come forward if you would like. Good afternoon. Im peter bergen and peter bergen and i run into National Security foundation and its my great pleasure to introduce my colleague and friend Michael Waltz who has this wonderful new book out warrior diplomat a green berets battles from washington to afghanistan which really outlines mikes unusual career both being someone who is creating policy in the white house and the south asia adviser to Vice President cheney and carrying out the policies and the field as a special forces officer. Mike is also running a successful business. Hes a fellow here at the new America Foundation so he is going to outline the big ideas and some of the interesting stories in the book and then we will open up to question after session. Thank you. Mike. Thank you peter and thanks everyone for coming out today. I will just take a brief moment and talk about some of the broader Strategic Issues that i have tried to address in the book and really underl
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Privacy that she needed. One more time, thank you very much. [applause] feel free to come forward if you would like. Good afternoon. Im peter bergen. I run International Security program at the new America Foundation and its my great pleasure to introduce my colleague and friend who has this wonderful new book out. The green berets battles from afghanistan to washington, which outlines makes quite unusual career as these somebody who is creating policy in the white house but also runs a successful business here it is a fellow here at the new America Foundation. So he is going to outline pane of the big ideas and some of the interesting stories in the book and then we will throw it open to a questionandanswer session with everyone here. Thank you. Mike. So thank you, peter. Thanks for coming out today. Lets take a brief moments and talk about it default on the broader Strategic Issues have tried to address in the book and really underlined a lot of what makes the rss feed are mentioned