[60 Minutes] The Longest War

Air Langhi · Sep 30, 2012

The war in Afghanistan is now the longest war in American history. Eleven years after 9/11, the enemy the U.S. went there to defeat, is coming back, according to the two men who know more about this than anyone: U.S. General John Allen and Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

We interviewed both of them, and they were blunt about where the war stands and about an enemy tactic that's killing more and more Americans.

We arrived in the Afghan capital just after four U.S. soldiers were gunned down by an Afghan policeman who was with them in a firefight. It's what the U.S. military calls an "insider attack" when U.S. forces are killed by the Afghans they're training and fighting with. Last month, these attacks were the leading killer of American troops.

It's a critical problem for Gen. Allen, whose job is to make sure Afghan security forces take over the fight so U.S. soldiers can come home.

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Well apparently terrorism has increased and not decreased. Insider attacks are making the US exit strategy looking troubled because the US want to train the afgans, and afgans turn around and kill the americans. This war is looking like a disaster in every sense.

Invisible Fan · Sep 30, 2012

Our exit strategy looks even more ****ed if Pakistan holds firm on not letting us use their roads, ports and airspace for moving out logistics.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17999603

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