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Reacted very poorly to when we did to kill osama bin laden, which of course, america was very grateful that our seals did that. but we have a situation where pakistan is essentially very disenchanted with us? >> well, thats unfortunate. but, you know, they are the ones who, again, are actively supporting and tolerating forces that are attacking and killing americans in afghanistan. and the consequences that they are not going to do anything about it, then the united states does. i think the admi...

Curious, is pakistan a failed state? if so, what is a failed state? what does it mean? >> its a failed state in one sense for sure. it is not controlling the territory to prevent terrorists from attacking american soldiers in afghanistan and elsewhere or is actively abetting them. i think a country like that loses in a way, its legal right to sovereign control of its territory because its allowing the attacks. we do have to think of it as a failed state and if you look politically, the country h...

Curious, is pakistan a failed state? if so, what is a failed state? what does it mean? >> its a failed state in one sense for sure. it is not controlling the territory to prevent terrorists from attacking american soldiers in afghanistan and elsewhere or is actively abetting them. i think a country like that loses in a way, its legal right to sovereign control of its territory because its allowing the attacks. we do have to think of it as a failed state and if you look politically, the country h...

>> greta: the civilian government of pakistan is very weak, seen as very corrupt, people are very unhappy with it and the you have the military side of the government. if we continue to conduct these raids eye am not saying we shpt, but tell make the military look for feckless, if we can bypass and sneak in and they have no power against that. that will create further problems in the country. i am not saying thats not necessary, but are you in agreement that that will cause more problems? >> i a...

Reacted very poorly to when we did to kill osama bin laden, which of course, america was very grateful that our seals did that. but we have a situation where pakistan is essentially very disenchanted with us? >> well, thats unfortunate. but, you know, they are the ones who, again, are actively supporting and tolerating forces that are attacking and killing americans in afghanistan. and the consequences that they are not going to do anything about it, then the united states does. i think the admi...

Starting to do. >> greta: the civilian government of pakistan is very weak, seen as very corrupt, people are very unhappy with it and the you have the military side of the government. if we continue to conduct these raids eye am not saying we shpt, but tell make the military look for feckless, if we can bypass and sneak in and they have no power against that. that will create further problems in the country. i am not saying thats not necessary, but are you in agreement that that will cause more ...

Pakistan. now, a new detailed report alleges that pakistans intelligence service, the isi, train, arms and finances at least -- maybe even partially controls americas enemy in the war, the taliban. first we need to emphasize, the pakistani government strongly denies everything in this report. if its true, however, why? why is pakistan financing the taliban? we well, the author, matt waldman, and numerous others point to the history of deep animosity between pakistan and india. weve made a time l...

Nuclear power. so now youve got two nuclear powers not at peace with each other. from 2001 to now, we have seen the war in pakistan. but as you can see, india still gives -- pakistan still gives a great deal of priority to fighting india, and that is perhaps why this situation is being complicated. i want to bring matt waldman in, an analyst joining us now from kabul. afghanistan. matt, i wanted to give our viewers sort of some sense of context. youve made numerous trips to afghanistan for this ...

Regional influence here. it sees an alliance between new delhi and kabul and it is concerned about the presence and the influence that india has here in afghanistan. and i think it partly explains why pakistan has taken the steps that they have done. and of course, we have to remember that pakistan has very close links with the taliban back in 1990s when they first came to power. >> thats matt waldman, our coverage of afghanistan is going to continue in great detail. this is a story youre not ...