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G Parthasarathy Chancellor, Jammu Central University & former High Commissioner to Pakistan Global attention on developments in Afghanistan is now focused on the uncertainties and confusion surrounding the ongoing American withdrawal. But the suffering inflicted on the people of Afghanistan by the ambitions of its neighbours, like Pakistan, and by the rivalries between external powers, notably the Soviet Union and the US, should not be forgotten. About 4.3 million Afghan refugees fled to Pakistan and Iran during the Soviet intervention. Soviet casualties included 13,310 killed. The Soviets de...

Thanksgiving that i never had anything called turkey. but that's okay. >> all right, cecilia vega joins us now from the white house. and cecilia, this was a highly secretive mission, as you said, only a handful of top aides knew in advance. and you're learning tonight more about that extra security that was taken? >> reporter: yeah, tom, they had to keep this mission top secret for the president's safety on a high stakes trip like this one. when air force one took off from joint base andrews, it did so in complete darkness, the lights inside the plane were off, the window shades were drawn. wh...

Wanted to do. we knew what he would try to do. we think about that ba to be getting handed to the next person we have no idea among the democratic candidates and republican candidates i have no idea what we'll do with the bagram base, and the ja lalabad base. they start with 5,500 americans in the country for what at that point the 15th or 16th year we've had them there. it's deep. >> rachel maddow, thanks for your time here. >> thanks, reverend. congratulations on this wonderful show. >> thank you. be sure you watch every weeknight at 9:00 p.m. eastern for "the rachel maddow show" here on msn...

who he says need to grow a spine, and the story that took him down. the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden, the leader of al qaeda. >> why they charge the president with putting politics ahead of their safety. and only in america. the real bin laden battle. why it's not about politics. this is "piers morgan tonight." good evening. our big story tonight breaking news. president obama's surprise trip to afghanistan and his speech to americans on the one year anniversary of the mission to take out osama bin laden. >> my fellow americans, we've tra...

the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden, the leader of al qaeda. >> why they charge the president with putting politics ahead of their safety. and only in america. the real bin laden battle. why it's not about politics. this is "piers morgan tonight." good evening. our big story tonight breaking news. president obama's surprise trip to afghanistan and his speech to americans on the one year anniversary of the mission to take out osama bin laden. >> my fellow americans, we've traveled through more than a decade under the dark cloud of war. yet here...