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This is going to be an afghan fight. Weve got to take this on. So theres a balance there i think but they absolutely do understand the sacrifices we provided and theres a difference between of his leadership we have today and a Senior Leadership in afghanistan and we were just a couple of months ago. You talked about the efforts of president ghani to reach out to the taliban and to try and begin some sort of negotiations. Can you give us any insights into how far along that is the . I would rather discuss that in a classified setting. And to what extent are the taliban and do we see signs that...

And pakistan. Do we have any sense how the public and afghanistan and pakistan views isil . I think it depends on where they are and how much they read or hear about it. If youre inside of kabul and you have access to the communications and newspapers, radios a tv, theyre starting to get that media blast of that. In some areas they may not know thats going on. But, again, it has come up quite a bit here in the last 45 to 60 days. President beganny has talked to the Afghan People about it. Hes talked to the Afghan Security forces about it. Ive made it what i socalled a p. R. I. , Party Informat...

Highlight had the need for a conditionsbased approach. Like our National Military strategy written in 2012 president obamas calendarbased troop drawdown plan for afghanistan no longer accurately reflects the facts and conditions on the ground. Like the president s policy against isil, the president s afghanistan policy lacks of strategic disconnect, providing a list of goals or preferences but precluding the means necessary to achieve them. Perhaps it is time for the president to exercise strategic patience, as our witnesses yesterday unanimously agreed. Former u. S. Ambassador to afghanistan,...

Community making most of its money from fish. The island was buffeted by the deadly cyclone a deadly storm bringing winds of 300 k hr eight have died. Kim venel reports. Venturing out of their homes to assess the devastation left by Tropical Cyclone pam. Vancouver a group of islands in the pacific was hit by winds up to 270km an hour on friday. The category 5 storm, the most severe on the scale uprooted trees and tore about stores and homes. Power was cut, and as the storm raged, residents could do little but wait. Im in the bathroom. I have my back against the door. And im listening to the ro...

Island nation of vanuatu. At least eight are killed. And unveiling an indian icon, a new statue of mahatma gandy is revealed in central london. First to libya were getting reports of heavy clashes between isil affiliated fighters and militia backed by the tripoli based government. Its happening 130 kilometers east of the coastal city of sirte. What are the latest clashes youre hearing about. Now reports on the ground from sirte city, that there are clashes that belong to the islamic estate where theyre positioned there to retake where there are now two dead and a number of others soldiers inju...