to withdraw its combat troops from afghanistan in four years' time but there are doubts whether kabul will be capable of managing security on its own in an interview with r.t. the afghan foreign minister says it's time for the country to stand on its own two feet. afghan foreign minister so let us all thank you very much for being with us today our pleasure mr foreign minister when soviet forces withdrew from afghanistan you have been publishing a resistance journal for eighteen years what did you and your compatriots expect for your country's future back then was usually afghanistan wanted to be free independent and sovereign country to be friendly with its neighbors the region and have his own destinies that are on her and that something that you wanted and something that the afghans always will how would you describe the state of your nation as of today afghan people have been at war for the last of took two years since nine eleven two cards and one when international community came to afghanistan to liberate afghanistan from different of the taliban. afghanistan is fierce in

fifty thousand coalition troops out of afghanistan within four years but somebody if afghan forces may not be ready to defend the country by then ought to discuss that with afghan foreign minister dr zalmai rassoul and his interview is next. thank you. afghani foreign minister sam let us all thank you very much for being with us today our pleasure mr foreign minister when soviet forces withdrew from afghanistan you have been publishing a resistance journal for eighteen years what did you and your compatriots expect for your country's future back then as usual afghanistan wanted to be free independent and sovereign country to be friendly with its neighbors good region and have his own destinies good on her and that's something that you wanted and that's something that afghans always will how would you describe the state of your nation as of today afghan people have been at war for the last five to two years since nine eleven to call them one when international community came to afghanistan to liberate afghanistan from different of the taliban. afghanistan is facing tremendous challenges

with us today my pleasure this is foreign minister when soviet forces withdrew from afghanistan you have been publishing your resistance journal for eighteen years what did you and your compatriots expect for your country's future back then as usual afghanistan wanted to be free independent and sovereign country to be friendly with its neighbors region and have his own destinies that are on her and that something that you wanted and that's something that afghans always will how would you describe the state of your nation as of today afghan people have been at war for the last of took two years since nine eleven two cards and one when international community came to afghanistan to liberate afghanistan from different of the taliban . afghanistan is fierce internment is challenge is to build that south because for thirty years the foreign country which solidly was a poor country has been completely destroyed so the challenges are rebuilding the country giving the normal life toward people are our children go to school to have a health care target you cation. that is what you're trying

looks like it's linked to the wars in iraq and afghanistan when officers and they're looking for a not exactly fair business in this moral decay and so it depends again pulls these leaks the main thing this leak has done is break delusion that the state department has everything under control they have been exposed mechanisms not secret but quite simple and cynical public news of the us will be more careful now it's another sign that the us is no longer dominating the world for those who remember earlier this year we can mix released thousands of secret documents on u.s. actions in afghanistan and iraq they showed civilians killed by american forces so this was just another huge batch of classified files leaked by the whistle blowing web site the wiki leaks are definitely causing a lot of american and for the obama administration they're trying to sort of play this down in obama's case just just they get more he walked out on a reporter who asked about the we are later today secretary of state hillary clinton is now doing all the damage control work sort of sort of here's what she said

combat troops from afghanistan in four years. will be able to manage security on an. interview with r.t. the afghan foreign minister. says it's time for the country to stand on its own two feet that interview coming up next. the be. very much for being with us today this is. minister won't soviet forces withdrew from afghanistan you have been publishing air resistance journal for eighteen years what did you and your compatriots expect for your country's future back then as usual afghanistan wanted to be free independent and sovereign country to be friendly with its neighbors good region and have his own destinies their own hunt with something that you wanted and that's something that afghans always will how would you describe the state of your nation as of today afghan people have been at war for the last of thirty years since nine eleven two thousand and one when international community came to afghanistan to liberate afghanistan from the who left the taliban. afghanistan is facing tremendous challenges to debug itself. because for thirty years for a country which solidly was a poor co

the scale of the spanish debt may be too big to extend the euro . a un report says afghanistan is little is a leading world producer of heroin much of which was trafficked to russia how was our problem to be solved russia's anti-narcotics chief victor even olive is in the chair and our spotlight interview show next with host al gore and all of stay with us. hello again and welcome to spotlight. on the party. today my guest in the studio is eva now. a u.n. report says fourteen thousand russians die annually from drug that's more than the overall number of soldiers killed during the war in afghanistan but since the russians are out of afghanistan the country has become the leading role producer. much of the drug being sent to russia is the problem going to be solved here is the head of the russian federal drug control service. at the beginning of the year russia shared with the u.s. secret data on the location of several drug labs in afghanistan moscow want to the allies to destroy them but action was a long time coming last month coalition forces together with the russian anti-drug

during the war in afghanistan but since the russians are out of afghanistan the country has become the leading role producer of . much of the drug being sent to russia is the problem going to be so here is the head of the russian federal drug control service. at the beginning of the year russia shared with the u.s. secret data on the location of several drug labs in afghanistan moscow want to the allies to destroy them but action was a long time coming coalition forces together with the russian anti-drug security offices and the afghan police dismantled three harrowing labs and destroyed an opium plantation the successful. joint operation could have taken over two hundred million hits out of the chain with a street value of billions of dollars experts say this counter strike is a clear sign of a successful reload how relations with the u.s. drug in forces and the russian drug control service is ready to reinforce the afghan police will staff to train drug fighting troops. oh mr one of the many thanks for coming to our show. welcome to russia today. recently the u.s. security service an

u.n. report says that afghanistan is leading the world when the production of heroin and much of its traffic to russia but how is the problem solved russia's anti-market victor even all of his the chair is in the chair in the spotlight interview show coming up next with host al gore and stay with us. hello again and welcome to the spotlight. on r.t. . today where i guess gender studio is even. a u.n. report says fourteen thousand russians die from drug addicts that's more than the overall number of servia soldiers killed during the war in afghanistan but since the russians are out of afghanistan the country has become the leading wolf producer. much of the drug being sent to russia is the problem going to be solved here is the head of the russian federal drug control service. at the beginning of the year russia shared with the u.s. secret data on the location of several drug labs in afghanistan moscow want to the allies to destroy them but action was a long time coming last month coalition forces together with the russian anti-drug security offices and the afghan police dismantled th

to all of afghanistan is in full control of the country as soon as possible the afghan our foreign minister is here in moscow where he met his opposite number so to be a lover of to discuss russia's role in the stabilization of afghanistan moscow pledged to continue all the financial and military aid and to provide the tools to stem the flow of drugs artie's alexy unicef he has been following the talks for us. the two foreign ministers meeting today in moscow or c. seem to be pretty happy about the way the corporation is going this cooperation in the fight against drug trafficking has been very strong of late we know that russia has donated twenty thousand kalashnikov rifles to afghanistan to the interior troops in afghanistan to fight the spread of drugs as well as the recent joint us russian operation in afghanistan after which almost one ton of herion was destroyed and several drug labs were shut down in the country so obviously the two ministers said that now the cooperation is going well and it will expand in the future according to mr lavrov so that was just one thing that th

russia is stepping up efforts to help nato struggling campaign in afghanistan it's agreed to allow the alliance's armored vehicles through its territory to afghanistan reducing reliance on volatile pakistan confirmation came from the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov during talks with his afghan counterpart here in moscow the rover also pledged to keep up the battle against the drugs flow as alexia's cesky now reports. the two foreign ministers meeting today in moscow or c. seem to be pretty happy about the way the corporation is going this cooperation in the fight against drug trafficking has been very strong of late we know that russia has donated twenty thousand kalashnikov rifles to afghanistan to the interior troops in afghanistan to fight the spread of drugs as well as the recent joint u. s. russian operation in afghanistan after which almost one ton of herion was destroyed and several drug labs were shut down in the country so obviously the two ministers sad that the cooperation is going well and it will expand in the future according to mr lavrov so that we just learne

>>> tonight, from afghanistan, the deadline. we're here with u.s. troops. as president obama at a nato summit in lisbon maps out the way forward. but what does it really mean for americans in harm's way? we're on the front lines with one of the top commanders of this war. >>> also, the outrage over the new airport security measures back home on this busy weekend for travelers. >>> and, richard engel, tonight in a part of this country few of us have ever seen. not at all what you might us have ever seen. not at all what you might expect. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening from afghanistan. we are here tonight on what may be a major turning point in the war here. today, for the first time, president obama declared he wants the americans here to be done with major combat by the end of 2014. the date was agreed on by the president and nato leaders meeting today in lisbon. as the deadline for afghan troops to take over their country's security. but, like previous goals in this war, this one could still yet become a moving target. given the political climate

in afghanistan that's coming up and i would. be just a few moments. if you can. stand. alone and welcome to cross talk i'm curious about a new and invigorated republican party will soon make itself felt in washington how will this impact u.s. foreign policy in the ongoing war in afghanistan it could go either way obama could stick to his withdrawal dates or see his political opponents demand victory in a country that knows nothing of peace. and can. still. discuss afghanistan after the u.s. midterm elections i'm joined by kelly layoffs in washington she's an analyst with antiwar dot com in philadelphia we go to justin quinn he's an award winning journalist and in dubai we cross the dina hum that a professor at ziad university and another member of our cross talk team you know on the hunger justin if i can go to you first i haven't seen too many people actually talk about the issue we have i triumphantly actually for many tea party candidates closely aligned with the republican party obviously and they didn't talk much about foreign policy during the campaign now they're going to

fighting of terrorism and we were doing drug related crimes in afghanistan with them but it's also said that it gives us an important role in this process should be played by in the neighboring countries and regional structures that's there such as they shine like cooperation organization i'm with to the push to the book in general the policies spoke in favor of will use them to look the of continuing and intensifying the work of the current work force yes you know and afghanistan has good liberal leaning. and i think our contribution to the work of this group has the mechanism of the four it is an informal mechanism that unites russia afghanistan pakistan and such it is time to fill the presidents of the four countries have held two meetings so far and the last time was it's always august in seoul she has words to the mideast who will seek that unlimitedly rift and cooperation is growing in such a droll directions on the level of foreign minister of the ministers of the four states nobody in october there was a meeting among and in the richest if you post this year brings them the part

vividly young girls going to school in afghanistan, and voters waiting purple fingers in the air. we saw that, with clear purpose, and accountable action, we could help aids patients to live, struggling societies to develop, and storm victims to rebuild. through the trials and the saunas, the good days and the bad, the decisions we made together for guided by certain principles. we believe that freedom is a universal and the hope of every soul and the ultimate path to peace. we believe in free markets are the best way to empower individuals at home and to lift people abroad out of poverty. we believe you can spend your money better than the united states government can spend your money. [applause] >> we believe that america's interest and consciously meant engagement in the world, because what happens elsewhere in negatively affects us here. we believe the call to serve and the admonition to whom much is given, much is required. and i believe that the ultimate responsibility of a leader is to not do what is easy or popular, but to do what is necessary and right. [applause] >> the dec

operations in afghanistan should end in 2014. should it happen? can it happen? we'll ask a terrific panel. let's get started. >>> mohammad larijani comes from what is certainly the most powerful political family in iran. one brother, ali larijani is a speaker of the parliament. another heads the judiciary. in the islamic republic, they have a special status on religious issues. their father was a very influential grand ayatollah. mohammad, our guest, is a math me technician, former parliamentarian, former foreign minister, who is now among other things the head of the country's human rights commission. that brought him to new york this week to defend his country's human rights record at the u.n. larijani is a very smart man from a very influential family. a family that is often at odds with president mahmoud ahmadinejad. you'll want to hear what he has to say not just on human rights but democracy in iran, the nuclear issue, and relations with with the united states. welcome, mr. larijani. >> thank you very much. >> let us talk about the reason you're here. there is a u.n. resolution cond