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Understand that we have a clear and focused goal, to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al qaeda in pakistan and afghanistan and to prevent their return to either country in the future. that is a cause that could not be more just. >> a just cause, complete with a new strategy and a new commander, general stanley mcchrystal. >> he didn't talk in that mission statement much about if afghanistan is unstable and ungovernable but al qaeda is gone, is that good enough? is that success? so it became an implied requirement that says you've got to create a sovereign afghanistan which can defend its own bor...

Al-qaeda and afghanistan and prevent their return to either country in the future. that's a cause that could not be more just. >> a just cause complete with a new strategy and a new commander. general stanley mccrystal. >> he didn't talk in that mission statement much about if afghanistan is unstable and ungovernmentable and all. al-qaeda is not good enough of that success. so it became an implied requirement that says you got to create a sovereign afghanistan which could defend its own border and prevent the reemergence of al-qaeda safe haven inside. >> we have a new strategy, a new

Those attacks, i think they're supported by the pakistanis. they have a safe haven inside of pakistan, the united states policy is trying to push back on the pakistani. this is likely something of a reaction to that before the spending offensive begins. in other words, it puts you back on u.s. policy. lea: i recently spoke with a source at centcom who told me that a lot of the air assets that were working on syria have moved over to take the same strategy in afghanistan. in syria they were going after the oil, and in afghanistan now they'll go after the drugs that's creating revenue. what do y...

State department. >> good morning, jon, the strategy in afghanistan is such a key part of this trip for rex tillerson as he traveled to the middle east and asia. arriving at the airbase this morning, an unannounced visit, there he met with afghan president ashraf ghani. in afghanistan, the taliban has killed more than 200 innotech stressed over the past week. much of the meetings and discussions were about stabilizing the country in the region. the secretary has pressured afghanistan's neighbor pakistan to address terrorist organizations within its borders. >> pakistan needs to take a clear ey...

To how they're dealing with the numerous terrorist organizations that find safe haven inside of pakistan. it's in pakistan's interest to take those actions when we say no preconditions on the talks. we're saying, the government of afghanistan and the taliban representatives need to sit down and sort this out. it's not for the u.s. to tell them, it must be this particular model, it must be under these condition conditions i think that's what the president means when he says we're no longer nation building. we've taken certain principles and forms around the world. we're going to be there to enc...