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President harmid karzai to discuss the attacks and he reaffirmed that the united states is playing a key role in the transition towards afghan led security. >> we are in much closer contact, our troops are in much closer contact with afghan troops on and ongoing basis. and part of what we have got to do is make sure this model works but doesnt make our guys more vulnerable. >> numbers are striking. 32 insider attacks so far this year. which have killed 40 coalition troops. compared to 16 attacks...

General dempseys meetings in kabul today? >> reporter: it was the top of his agenda, shep. what he told he was for the first time the afghans, his afghan counterpart seemed as concerned about this as he was and vowed to stop these insider attacks. >> they are looking at literature. they are looking at the music that these young men are listening to. its a holistic kind of approach to this. im not suggesting we can eliminate it but i think we can reduce it. >> is some of it cultural fight? >> sur...

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President holding talks over increased insider attacks on u.s. troops. their telephone conversation came hours before a man in an afghan police uniform shot and killed a nato soldier. this is the 10th such incident in less than two weeks. two passenger plane made an emergency landing on highway 16 in kentucky. police say the plane ran out of fuel. no one was injured. >> the texas woman is suing the dallas cowboys over burns she says she sustained after sitting on a bench outside the stadium in 1...

The two finished sharing a meal together. and the ruthless thing catching the attention, and karzai talking about these kinds of attacks. and our jennifer griffin with the latest. >> and since we just lappeded here at bagram air base in afghanistan, and we got word there had been another attack by an afghan wearing a police uniform, killing a service member. the 40th attack of this nature, of u.s. and n.a.t.o. soldiers serving here, killed, trying to help train the afghan security forces since j...

In the stock market when it crashed in 2008, so these basic questions, about who do you trust? thats where it will come, despite distortions on both sides. >> we have to leave it right the there. a pleasure, thaw, both. >> stay up to date on all of the latest political developments go to first read @nbc does news.com. a rising death toll in afghanistan. ied attack. growing concern in washington on how to stop the rise of insider attacks. afghan forces attacking american troops trying to train ...

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On the u.s. and coalition forces that they are supposed to fight alongside of. among these guidelines, the pentagon says all u.s. service members must carry a fully loaded magazine inside their weapons at all times. these guidelines came following the death of two more americans in western afghanistan yesterday as the u.s. special forces went to farah province to train afghan local police. villages trained to protect their hometowns as the special forces were handing out weapons, one of the afgh...

People that are related to the insurgency and 90% are because of personal reasons, whether personal grievances, stress situations, or battle fatigue. nonetheless, it is the highest amount of insider attacks weve seen since the start of the war, 2007-2008. weve only seen four types of incidents such as these with four fatalities. this year we are more than 30 green-on-blue or insider attacks and 39 fatalities. tamron? >> all right. thank you so much. as atia mentioned there have been six so-calle...

I also think that the romney campaign can take a slice of those young voters away if they do the same. >> heather smith, thank you so much from rock the boat. >> thank you very much, richard. >> sure. making news this morning, a disturbing trend in afghanistan this morning. a member of the afghan local police shot and killed two u.s. service membs. nbcs atia abawi is live. >> reporter: richard, two more americans died in these insider attacks, known as green on blue. they turn on their coaliti...