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It’s a new week on AMANPOUR. and Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai joins Christiane for a worldwide exclusive television interview following the long-awaited announcement of President Obama’s new military strategy in Afghanistan. Karzai addresses concerns about whether he’ll be tough on corruption, whether Afghan security forces can be strengthened quickly enough to meet the U.S. withdrawal timetable, and whether the time has come to negotiate with the Taliban. You don’t want to miss Christiane’s in-depth interview with Karzai which is already making headlines around the globe. That’s not the only story making news today. Here are some perspectives on some other headlines.
Tom Evans; Sr. Writer, AMANPOUR.
CLIMATE CHANGE – Will the Copenhagen summit simply generate a lot of hot air from world leaders or will it lead to an enduring breakthrough on climate change?
– Denmark hosting biggest climate meeting in history attended by 192 countries
– Danish prime minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen says a deal is within reach in Copenhagen
– Meeting could lay groundwork for reductions of greenhouse gas emissions well into this century
– Optimism growing that an accord will be reached to tackle threat of potentially catastrophic global warming
QUESTION: Will world leaders end finger-pointing and put their narrow national interests to one side in the cause of tackling what some say is the biggest issue of our time?
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Chief Prosecutor of International Criminal Court:
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Chief – Vigilant Injustice:
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Your questions on Afghanistan:
The AMANPOUR. team's Vlad Duthiers took the questions you submitted about the situation in Afghanistan on our blog, Facebook and Twitter and put them to CNN's Senior International Correspondent Nic Robertson:
New Afghanistan strategy: Good, but…
Octavia Nasr
CNN Senior Editor, Mideast Affairs
When President Barack Obama spoke in front of cadets, staff and guests at West Point to lay out his administration’s new strategy for Afghanistan, “an entire Middle East region was paying attention and analyzing his words carefully,” says Asharq Al-Awsat columnist Abdel Rahman al-Rashed.
According to al-Rashed, the biggest threat facing the Middle East today is terrorism. He says Arab governments and ordinary citizens have been waiting for a sign from President Obama since he took office to gauge his level of commitment in fighting terrorism. “Last night we all got our answer and it’s a positive one” said al-Rashed. “We heard a serious U.S. commitment to fight al Qaeda and Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan.” That, he says, is a comforting stance from the U.S. that “will encourage local governments to do their part and fight terrorism in their backyards.”
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