With the situation in Afghanistan showing no sign of improvement, NATO and the US are increasingly seeking the help of Russia. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksey Borodavkin spoke with RT on the issue.

The US maintains that drone attacks are necessary to take out militants in the tribal areas of Northwest Pakistan, but antiwar activists say the vast majority of those killed are innocent civilians.

Wayne Madsen discusses the multiple groups claiming responsibility for the Dec. 30 bombing in Afghanistan that killed seven CIA agents.First he was thought to be an Afghan army officer, then a Pakistani CIA informant, then an army officer from Jordan and still no one is sure.

Thirty years ago the Soviet Union started its military campaign in Afghanistan. It ended in failure. Peter Lavelle asks his guests if the same fate is awaits the US and its allies.