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Announced regarding a cease-fire in the country but the afghan government has weighed in on the latest peace developments. earlier this week president of afghanistan said in a speech that the world economic forum that 45,000 members of the afghan security forces have died in fighting since 2014. afghan president said today in a national address that the taliban has two options. either stand with the people of afghanistan or they will be used as a tool by other countries. he also reiterated his support of u.s. troop withdrawal at the right time. >> no afghan wants foreign troops in their countr...

The paper reports snowden showed his plane ticket and asked for help. he eventually flew to russia where officials granted him temporary asylum. a new stock exchange could soon replace the nasdaq as the second largest in the u.s. the deal was announced today and if regulators approve it it, it would unite the third and fourth largest equity exchange owners the bats global markets and direct edge. the new exchange would take the bats global market name. the current ceo called it an important milestone for the u.s. equities market. the deal comes almost a week after a technical glitch at the nas...

Thank you so much for joining us, michael, as always. how do you keep this balance? how do you keep the need to achieve a foreign policy objective after this moral setback? >> it's such a sad time, but you come back to first principles. a lot of americans doubt, especially with so many al qaeda leaders now dead, whether we need to be successful in afghanistan. but to the extent, you need some level of stability, or want some level of stability, before you depart. we have the fastest plan to get us there. we have an exit strategy. president obama is pulling out a third of our forces by septembe...

End of 2014. afghan forces are doing more every year. we are executing a plan that has an exit in mind. it has an excite in view. it's still a way's off. the the only reason to give up is not because there's anything better, but only if you fundamentally lost heart that it can be successful. and i think that that kind of a question comes to people today. this kind of tragic day brings that that question to mind. but there's been a substantial amount of progress in the country's south despite the tragedy being there, and in kabul and the north and west. and the afghan army is better than it was...

2014. afghan forces are doing more every year. so we are executing a campaign plan that has an exit in mind. and it has an exit in view. it's still a ways off. the only reason, i think, to give up on that strategy is not because there's anything better that's come along, but only if you fundamentally lost heart that it can in any way be successful. i think that kind of a question comes to people today, this kind of a tragic day brings that kind of question to mind. but there's been a substantial amount of progress in the country's south, despite the tragedy being there, and in kabul and in the...