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 […]
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. […]