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Compare them to the thugs running iraq, and you will see a world of difference. abdullah abdullah, a former leader in the anti-taliban alliance and a trained ophthalmologist secured 45% of the vote. ash ashraf ghani secured 32% of the vote. i was struck by how much they agreed on and how different they were from karzai. first let's consider the bilateral security agreement. it would allow forces to remain in afghanistan after 2014. karzai first negotiated it, but ever since he's refused to sign it. here's the front runner abdullah on the bsa. >> it has to be signed and it will be one of the pr...

Bank economist, garnered 32% of the vote. i interviewed them and i was struck by how much they agreed on and how different they were from karzai. first, let's consider the bilateral security agreement. it would allow forces to remain in afghanistan after 2014. karzai first negotiated it, but ever since, he's refused to sign it. here's the front runner, abdullah, on the bsa. >> it has to be signed and it will be one of the priorities of the future government of afghanistan. >> and here is ghani. >> i'm on record that i will sign the agreement within the first week of being elected. i have weigh...

States because of the, quote, complex political situation in afghanistan. the 27-year-old army sergeant has been held captive by the taliban since june of 2009. when he walked off his army base in eastern afghanistan. bergdahl is believed to be held in pakistan and is most likely in the custody of the pakistani taliban, not the afghan taliban, who captured him. the taliban did not explain today's statement, but as talks have progressed, there are a lot of different groups involved, including the pakistani and afghan government and several different taliban factions, which is only complicating ...

Hinged on immunity beyond the security of iraq. >> if the issue of jurisdiction can not be resolve unfortunately there cannot be a bilateral security agreement. >> the issue of jurisdiction is one such issue that is beyond the authority of the afghan government. it is only and entirely up to the afghan people to decide upon. >> reporter: without immunity from afghan laws, president obama has vowed to bring all forces home at the end of 2014. >> karzai can't live without our money and america needs to have a lily pad or station in the middle east in order for our policies there to succeed. >> r...

It is not clear which taliban faction has sergeant birkdale. until recently, the pentagon thought he was being held by the haqani group in pakistan. >> the fact he has been gone so long will be a part of the discussion. as i mention, we anticipate that the taliban will also bring up, as they stated publicly, their own issues with detainees. >> reporter: at the new taliban office in qatar, which opened tuesday, the holes in the wall are where the sign declaring political office of the islamic emirate of afghanistan used to be. that sign angered afghan president karzai, who temporarily halted ta...