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American soldiers have set up check points. passing out leaflets with the photographs of the two missing, offering a $20,000 reward for the return. >> i know, jim, youve been in the region. the topography, when they talk about how they would have gotten lost in the first place, is it secure? are the roads mapped out? do you see how they might have gotten lost? oh. >> you know, since i dont drive myself in kabul, and i -- i watch as we worked our way through the heavy traffic and then to the outs...

Its msnbc sunday. im alex witt. 32 past the hour. nato check points in eastern afghanistan stopping vehicles today in efforts to find two u.s. service members missing since friday. the taliban claims its missing one of the sailors and holding the other captive. in the waters off of the korean peninsula, warships are taking part of exercises with south korea that north korea calls a provocation. theyre blocking the drills to launch an attack. crews are returning to the job of plugging the oil...

Alongside afghan troops at check points like that one that you can see there. thats how much theyve got before this mission begins to end. we dont know how fast the draw down will go, but we do know that u.s. troops are to start to leave afghanistan in a year, in july 2011. thats the time by which the third lieutenant thinks that afghan police will be able to serve their community well without u.s. help. one of the interesting things about talking with him is as he said there, he used to live in...

>> this is the main road that cuts from southwest kandahar city all the way up to highway 1, dead center of kandahar city. they are two regions where theres been a lot of fighting and insurgency. so whats the mission of this check point and of the other three check points that you lead? >> so, its in my area of operations here in sub district 7, each check point is strategically placed on a main route in and out of the city with a purpose of interdicting or disrupting the freedom of movement of ...

But now we have the best training and every day we have 120 students-plus, more or less 20 women, plus some of them training ongoing, they are coming, and this is a problem. but we go to the afghan side, not a problem to stay in the same line. >> i think he hit on a serious issue here and the readiness of afghan society to accept women in traditional role thats have always been those played by men. but the ministry of interior and defense are pushing this very hard. in the ministry of interior, ...

>> i think in the case of hamas, its basically a proxy, a terror proxy of iran. iran openly calls for our destruction. it denies the holocaust. it sponsors terrorism everywhere. hamas, by the way, does the same thing to the palestinians in gaza. they dont really have a choice. they cant really vote the hamas out. they cant decide their own fate. but look at what is happening in the west bank with our cooperation. you know, we removed -- i removed hundreds of check points. hundreds of road blocks...

Iran openly calls for our destruction. it denies the holocaust. it sponsors terrorism everywhere. hamas, by the way, does the same thing to the palestinians in gaza. they dont really have a choice. they cant really vote the hamas out. they cant decide their own fate. but look at what is happening in the west bank with our cooperation. you know, we removed -- i removed hundreds of check points. hundreds of road blocks. and the palestinian economy on the west bank is just booming. i mean, theres c...

Thanks for your time, appreciate it. >> absolutely. >> this is a nice paved road. this is heading out of kandahar city. >> yes. >> where does it go? >> toward panjaway. >> theres been a lot of fighting there. whats the mission of this check point and of the other three check points you lead? >> its in my area of operations here. each of the check points is placed on the main route of the city. without disrupting the movement into kandahar city or out. we can be the outer gate. if they want to co...

Again. the check point is across the street from a bizarre of little shops. i asked a shopkeeper if they like the check point being there. check out the answer. can you ask him his name and thank him for his time? [ speaking foreign language ] >> are you happy the check point is across the road or not happy? [ speaking foreign language ] >> translator: im happy with the check point. hes saying i have one problem like when ever you make the check point so tanks humvees are coming there. because o...

Is the only one reopened. and the palestinians in the gaza strip are saying this isnt enough, israel, come on. >> yeah. netanyahu says and brought this to washington, a story in the journal by charles levinson, eased the blockade by sea to gaza. but he wants something in return. the israelis say check points are checkpoints and the blockade is there for a reason. arms were shipped in and were worried about our security along the border. we need to resolve these issues and we needed negotiations ...