Islamabad — Pakistan launched new airstrikes in Afghanistan overnight, killing at least 10 people, most of them children, the United Nations mission in the country said Thursday. Islamabad claimed the attacks targeted militants with Pakistani insurgent groups who have mounted attacks on the country, but Afghanistan’s Taliban government accused the neighboring nation of aggression, saying […]
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The story of the first CIA officers in Afghanistan after 9/11 – CBS News Watch CBS News Saturday marks exactly 25 years since the first CIA officers entered Afghanistan in the aftermath of 9/11. Olivia Gazis got a rare look inside the mission to shore up the Northern Alliance as America prepared to go to […]
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The story behind the first CIA officers in Afghanistan after 9/11 and the Russian chopper that flew them in
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Twenty-five years ago, a Soviet-designed helicopter crossed the mountains of Afghanistan carrying the first CIA officers sent into the country after the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, marking the opening move in the U.S. response that would soon become America’s longest war. The seven-man CIA team, code-named JAWBREAKER, landed in the Panjshir Valley on Sept. […]
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After terrorists attacked the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, America’s attention turned fully to the group’s leader, Osama bin Laden, and his Al Qaeda network, which had found protection in Afghanistan. Correspondent Allen Pizzey reports on a country already devastated by more than 20 years of continuous warfare, which was anticipating further retaliation by […]
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25 years after Sept. 11 attacks, Taliban rules Afghanistan again, but now with $7 billion in U.S. firepower
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Kabul — As Americans reflect this week on the 25 years that have passed since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, CBS News has returned to Afghanistan, where the war those attacks triggered ended five years ago with the Taliban’s stunning return to power. When the last U.S. and allied soldiers left after a brutal […]
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Examining the Taliban’s control of Afghanistan 25 years after 9/11 – CBS News Watch CBS News Imtiaz Tyab reports on how the Taliban remains in control of Afghanistan 25 years after the 9/11 attacks with the help of American gear and machinery. Examining the Taliban’s control of Afghanistan 25 years after 9/11 #Examining #Talibans #control […]