Ten years after the U.S. invaded Afghanistan, determined to root out the terrorists who attacked us on 9/11, Scott Pelley travels to the war zone to see where we stand. He interviews the two men now charged with running the war -- Ambassador Ryan Crocker and General John Allen -- about our gains against the Taliban, our troubled relationship with Pakistan, and why U.S. soldiers will remain in Afghanistan well beyond 2014.
Ten years ago tonight, U.S. Special Forces prepared to land in Afghanistan to answer the attack on America. The Taliban fell in just six weeks. And with that swift victory, America began a war that doesn't seem to end. In the last few months U.S. casualties have reached some of their highest levels while America's relationship with a critical ally, Pakistan, has sunk to new lows. Why are we still in Afghanistan? What's the plan? No one knows the answers better than the two men that President Obama has just charged with running the war. More Read
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