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Abdullah abdullah. possibly a vote in support of bilateral agreements with the united states and nato to continue to support afghanistan as it transitions to running its own security at the beginning of next year. out of 102 parliamentarians, 7 voted against it. they will keep bolstering the operation resolute against the afghan security forces next year. the reality is the taliban is trying to match that. two significant attacks in kabul over the weekend and the attack on the british convoy. on...

A new plea from the family of british journalist being held hostage by isis. john cantlies sister urging the group to contact her family. he was captured two years ago, and hes appeared in several propaganda videos. his sister said the channel of communication they had with isis has been lost. >> it is not true to say that there has been no attempt to engage with i.s. it is simply not accurate. this is frustrating for all parties, including those who are trying to assist us. >> the family says e...

Mohammed, what about our diplomats or aide workers? >> are you open to any prisoner exchanges? israel does this routinely. there is precedent for this in the republican and democratic administration. >> i think this would have been a bad idea, even if private bergdahl had been captured heroically on the field of battle. of course, we dont leave any man behind. we continue to search, use intelligence, and if necessary, when we get actual intelligence, we send special operations forced to rescue t...

To go back into battle against us and begin to try to kill our people again out of revenge if nothing else, why do you set this sort of year -- this arbitrary year in which theyre supposedly under detention of some kind or house arrest in qatar? >> well, look, its exactly a year left for the u.s. fors before our withdrawal from afghanistan. even after the withdrawals, that doesnt mean we wont have diplomats there or aide workers, or individual americans. unfortunately the problem is that even if...

People again out of revenge if nothing else, why do you set this sort of year -- this arbitrary year in which theyre supposedly under detention of some kind or house arrest in qatar? >> well, look, its exactly a year left for the u.s. fors before our withdrawal from afghan afghanistan. even after the withdrawals, that doesnt mean we wont have diplomats there or aide workers, or individual americans. unfortunately the problem is that even if u.s. soldiers arent being targeted, i dont think we hav...

Numbers. there is about 50,000 children, 20,000 children of those children that are enrolled in school there. those schools on the camp only have room for 16,000 of them. even though conditions for childrens education are better at the refugee camp and even though unicef and other aide workers are trying to highlight that and ask for more funds, they still need a lot more help. malala inspired these kids yesterday. they spoke to her one-on-one. these kids told me over and over again, they are so...

Dependent on them doing things that you want them to do that they dont want to do, thats a real problem. you have to wonder where the u.s. leverage is. >> gail, i want to show this tweet. i believe it was arwa who tweeted a syrian reverend few je refugee walking in the desert. he was finally reunited with his family. youve talked to aide workers on the ground there. how bad is it? >> its epic. aide workers can come nowhere near meeting the efforts of those needed on the ground. it is just swampi...

Followed. fresh violence shattering a fragile cease fire in syria. officials reporting an attack in the central part of the country breaking a three-day truce in the fighting to evacuate people and bring in food to those trapped. connor powell live in our munich bureau with more. hi, connor. >> reporter: several thousand syrians stuck in the town of homs. its prevented much needed supplies from entering. different groups are being evacuated from that city as well. syrian state tv has said that...

We will continue to fight for exchange or release of captive journalist, aide workers and others to try to improve the climate for negotiations. obviously none of this will be easy. ending a war and stopping a slaughter never is easy. we believe, though, this is the only road that can lead to the place where the civilized world has joined together in an effort to lead the parties to a better outcome. to the syrian people, let me reiterate. the united states and international community will conti...

To celebrate christmas yesterday. men and women celebrated by singing and dancing during the outdoor service at a united nations camp in the capital of juba. aide workers say tens of thousands of people have been affected by the escalating violence in the country. a man accused of the los angeles shooting spree that left a tsa agent dead will be arraigned today. paul ciancia was carrying a note about killing tsa agents and may face the death penalty. hundreds of people turned out for a chris...