under the taliban. more recently soccer has returned but after more than 30 years of war and oppression, faiz says kabul is not what it once was. four years ago he went back and found his once palatial residence bombed out, stripped. >> when you first went back and saw what happened, what was that moment like? >> it was a very, very sad moment. >> his house has since been torn down and turned into a wedding hall. throughout the city, countless homes and historical monuments have been destroyed. the minuet of enlightenment. there's a small sign of hope for the future of afghanistan. >> i'm hoping that some day maybe my children, their children would be like all the other minorities who have come to america, like italians or greeks or irish or anybody, that they'll go to the old country just to see their roots. some day i hope that will happen. >> tomorrow night on "outfront" more of my exclusive interview with the defense secretary, leon panetta. we talked about iran. he had some surprising comments on i

brave taliban fighter who carried it out. also here in kabul today, secretary panetta met with afghan president hamid karzai and invited him to washington to meet with president obama next month. now, the key question for these leaders is where do things now stand and what's next? 11 years, 2 months, and 6 days. >> we will not waiver. we will not tire. we will not falter. and we will not fail. peace and freedom will prevail. >> reporter: just one month after 9/11, president george w. bush launched operation enduring freedom, the war against the taliban and al qaeda in afghanistan. the sacrifice has been steep. more than 2,000 americans dead and more than 18,000 wounded. $642 billion spent, and untold number of afghan civilians killed, at least 12,000 in the last five years. with that sacrifice came some progress. the taliban was removed from power and -- >> i can report to the american people and to the world that the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden, the leader of al qaeda. >> reporter: bu

taliban. they warn i should not speak against them. if i stop, it's a surrender to taliban. i will not surrender to taliban. the little girl called me from the hospital last night and she was giving me a lot of strength. she can stand against the taliban, and she's a little girl, 14, 15-year-old girl, i should stand against taliban. the people of pakistan gave me a demand. i should stand with the people of pakistan who face terrorist attacks every day. most of my colleagues in travel areas, they're more vulnerable than me, they are facing more threats than me. from taliban and also the security offensive. i am sitting in the capital, yes? i should not surrender the taliban, i will not. and today just a few hours back, i spoke in my show. and i responded back to the taliban spokesperson, you think that you can terrorize me, i will not stop. and i will keep opposing you. >> are you suggesting hammad that pakistani security services in addition to the taliban may also have played a role in this a

what changed was propaganda from the pot -- the pakistani taliban. bay said the health workers were spies from western agencies and that they would sterilize children. began the program in some areas and workers were beaten out in others. then the militants found another justification for their position. when american -- america try to use a pakistani doctor and a fixed -- fake a vaccination program to get information about the home of bin laden. >> unfortunately, and in advisedly, they employed a health a vaccination campaign as a cover activity. this is really quite surprising that they would have put the entire helping campaign and at risk. -- health campaign at risk. >> the government says it simply cannot give security to the tens of thousands of health workers under threat. the vaccination program has been suspended, and children here are at risk of getting a crippling disease. bbc news, islamabad. the >> for more on these extraordinary attacks, i spoke earlier with a former u.s. ambassador to pakistan, wendy chamberlin. she is now president of

and al qaeda. >> the taliban are behind all of these attacks. it means their presence in security forces is strong. but recently, the afghan police as well as the allen army are preparing some new plans and programs to advise any injection of taliban elements within the afghan security forces but still, it is quite clear -- the afghan security forces and nato security forces who are supposed to fight terrorism and al qaeda and the taliban together. >> in the united states, a gunman set a house on fire and shot two firefighters who went to put out the blaze. two firefighters were killed and two others wounded. the gunman was accused of killing his grandmother with a hammer shot himself. >> gunfire breaks out. two firefighters are dead. two others seriously injured. police say the attack had all the hallmarks of a trap. >> we assume he was shooting from a high-ground advantage at a berm near the home. he had bare indicated or set himself with the weapons to shoot the innocent responders. >> the gunman had a long criminal record, shot himself dead

the taliban claimed responsibility. panetta said in kabul the attack showed desperation. >> this is what they resort to in order to try to ctinuto t to imulate chaos in this country. they will not be successful. >> warner: meanwhile, there are ongoing efforts to find a political solution to the war. karzai and pakistani president asif ali zardari in ankara, >> we should be taking practical steps, in bringing more confidence and trust with reserves to the countries of afghanistan and pakistan. >> warner: and today pakistan announced it would release nine more taliban prisoners, for a total of 18 this month, as requested by the afghan high peace council. for the past two years, the u.s. has been attempting to engage the taliban. in march, talks broke down on a deal to release five taliban militants from the u.s. detention center in guantanamo bay in exchange for the release of a u.s. soldier held by a taliban affiliate. but secretary of state hillary the point man for the u.s. in these negotiations has been marc grossman,

what changed was propaganda from the pot -- the pakistani taliban. bay said the health workers were spies from western agencies and that they would sterilize children. began the program in some areas and workers were beaten out in others. then the militants found another justification for their position. when american -- america try to use a pakistani doctor and a fixed -- fake a vaccination program to get information about the home of bin laden. >> unfortunately, and in advisedly, they employed a health a vaccination campaign as a cover activity. this is really quite surprising that they would have put the entire helping campaign and at risk. -- health campaign at risk. >> the government says it simply cannot give security to the tens of thousands of health workers under threat. the vaccination program has been suspended, and children here are at risk of getting a crippling disease. bbc news, islamabad. the >> for more on these extraordinary attacks, i spoke earlier with a former u.s. ambassador to pakistan, wendy chamberlin. she is now president of

the taliban are still -- humongous amount of freedom of movement in neighboring pakistan. we assumed that the afghan military would stand up and really take charge of security. as we've seen from news reports seemingly everyday, afghan soldiers are now focused on shooting american troops in many cases as opposed to defending their country. and so we have just had a pretty horrible turn of events. as security improved in some areas? yes. i want to be clear on that. when we send our men and women in uniform to places they will do good things, and security has gotten better and pockets of southern afghanistan, but will those gains be sustained? will the afghans be able to take the baton from our troops as they come home? those surge forces have come home this summer, additional troops that will likely come home next year and a year after, will the afghan to do what's necessary to make the blood and treasure that we have expanded their been worth the? i don't believe so. >> rajiv chandrasekeran is our guest. is now an associate editor with the "washington post." this is his se

taliban is the power t now. they see we are leaving and within a year, you know, a year or two, then the taliban is still going to be there. the tall will ban will sit back, wait until we leave. >> bill: so you think that some afghan troopsro are being influenced by that? >> i do. >> bill: usually the ones that attack americans are killed righsot away. they have to be pretty devoted to the taliban to give up their lives. they take out two or three nato forces and they themselves are killed. >> look at suicide bombers. >> it would be more than a calculation that maybe i goal over to the taliban. these are people who really want. now, is it so chaotic that any taliban can get a uniform an afghan army uniform? >> they take their gear down to the market and sell it all the time.e. no accountability problem. >> bill: the police also are different from the afghan army, right? >> i wouldn't trust the police in any way, shape or form. >> bill: why? know, afghans talking aboukit afghans, you know what i mean the afghan n

betwee taliban and gangs. this is a taliban gang member is getting arrested three years ago. the police chief said that this new plan could work. >> we are in this plan together, it is three different cities. but we are all in a coordinated effort. our detectives are readily

the taliban ran the medrossas, those are gone now. currently if you walked into southwest afghanistan you would see many marines but you would also see 25,000 kids in school. you would see close to 3,000 girls. there is a teacher's college that has been renovated in the big city and there are aspiring teachers studying at that college. there are women's centers established in two of those districts and there are afghan parents and educators involved in their local schools. and to just pull a thread on what many of our senior leadership has said throughout the couple of days, indeed the u.s. military is a global force for good and we will always seek opportunities to leave every place better than when we arrived. and i appreciate your time, appreciate your attention. thank you. . (applause). >> thank you, nita, following along we're going to have colonel barry newland. >> thanks, lewis. i'd like to thank nina for doing a great job of setting the stage so i don't have to go through and do the same thing. so great job. i do not in these

secondly if you want to win the hearts and mind of the taliban you decapitate them. reach into the head hole and pull out the mind. you go into the aorta cavity and pull out the heart. mind, heart, we won. second of all, the problem with this is they are not just talking about the taliban. they are talking about regular afghanistan, people. what exactly are we fighting for? i have to wonder if the allies were going to germany were they getting pamphlets that said, don't say anything about the jews. >> that's exactly right. i think patrick is correct that we have to keep our troops safe. but if you made a parallel comparison like bill did, the assume usion is you would turn a blind eye to anti-semitism or worse, killing jews. the only answer is get the hell out of there or do something. but i don't know what to do. >> i go back to the center forearm me lessons learned who wrote this manual out of fort leavenworth. i don't know if you could win a long-term conflict without making friends. different than those on facebook. >> you know what would win over friends? droppi

-- pakistani taliban. >> it is a very contradictory position. he house primarily rejected everything that comprises pakistan, of the constitution, a liberal parties. he does not want to lay down arms and still he has offered to dock with pakistan. this basically means he wants the state of pakistan to submit to his wishes. obviously, the state of pakistan will not do that. the demands the is placing are unacceptable and if we accepted them, that would mean submission of the state to a very small militant group. >> video footage has emerged of the moment the russian airliner crash landed onto a highway outside of moscow. an investigation left four people dead. what's the impact was so strong, it's but the plane into three pieces. the overshot the main runway at the airport and came down on a highway. the cockpit ended up on the road with other parts of the plane spread across the perimeter. it was operated by russian airline. it is not yet known what caused the crash. >> the plane touched down within the landing zone but it was on late -- unable

. >> the taliban said it carried out the attack and will continue to target the party. a former lawyer, he was a senior provincial government minister. his party is the biggest in the kpk province. an anp spokeswoman denounced the taliban and after the attack. >> their killers of humanity and islam. i want to challenge the terrorists to attack me but leave the children alone. >> this bombing follows last week's attack on the airport when a taliban assault with rockets and guns left nine people dead. just four days ago, others were shot dead. government ministers across pakistan have called for the battle with the taliban to be intensified. with the recent upsurge in violence, it is not hard to see why. crocks in large fire has swept through the market in the afghan capital of kabul. the fire caused no casualties. shopkeepers say they have lost millions. >> this would normally be a bustling day in one of the busiest parts of kabul. everything is closed after a devastating fire. hundreds of shops have been burned. the shopkeepers telling us they have tens of thousands of

aided us between the west and the taleban and although that has been the real progress against the taliban insurgency it's not taking place uniformly the east of the country continues to be hotly contested a lot of ethnic tensions are brewing but at the same time of guns are very deeply afraid of the international community abandoning them once again they are very deeply afraid of the united states not demeaning engaged militarily in afghanistan after twenty fourteen and not supporting robustly the afghan national security forces and they are afraid that this ability to the taliban retaking large parts of the country and civil war breaking out elsewhere. yeah i mean going back to mentality that you said a lot of afghans have that they don't want to leave but at the same time of course they don't like the occupation i mean where do you think that the wave of recent insider killings the green on blue killings are coming from is that just. what you think the main causes are is. this one of the big developments of this past year is the number of. attacks by members of the afghan national secur

so the taliban has been pretty effective, local taliban. you're not going to get judges to settle your land dispute. you're going to get something done really quickly. everybody's going to abide by it. [inaudible] the nature the area is, but the people are very conservative. very much want to inhabit history of of wanting to be left alone in kunar. their fundamental right, almost like libertarians in the way. they want to be left alone. so the impression what the americans have done. the average it with the afghan national cicada forces have done, and i have several vignettes that are too. greg mortenson and titled about "three cups of tea." i disagree with them. it's three gallons of tea. you get through a lot of discussion, talking, talking. when you talk, you get to understand what the root causes other problems and the grievances are. file to you, they won't livestock to be healthy, crops to be a bun and the water gets to go to school. you don't do that too much. yes, they want the children to go to school. so that's the definition of p

but afghanistan needs pakistan's influence to negotiate peace with the taliban. in afghan envoy visited pakistan last month to press the issue. pakistan also released nine taliban prisoners believed to have a positive stance toward peace negotiations. wednesday's meeting in ankara appears to be an attempt to keep efforts to reconcile with the taliban on track. >>> bangladesh is one of asia's economic rising stars but not everyone enjoys the benefits. more than 70% of the population lives in rural areas with limited access to education and technology. and now a simple service to connect them is gaining momentum. nhk world reports. >> reporter: ladies cycle into the farming villages of bangladesh. the ladies cycle house to house to villages where electricity are rare. their main tool is a battery powered laptop. it connects to the internet over a mobile phone network. >> translator: a blaze at a textile factory in the capital is making headlines. >> reporter: this lady reads news and important headlines for farmers. many people in these areas are illiterate. the la

. >> was in the idea to go in and 5 al qaeda d now they are fighting the taliban? how lg does this s go on? what is the ratioiona? >> i think the rationale disappeared years ago. obama had anan opportunity when he camen office makthe decision, and he went for a replay of the surge in iraq which succeeded in ira but he did nonotive -- i'm not sure weather it wouould have had any chance but he supplied a numbmber of troops much lower than what commandeders had asked for. suppose to be a sequential opereration -- you do the south and in the east. in the end, he decided he would end the surge before doing the east. i still think g giving -- given how unpopupular the taliban a are in ghanistan, there is no assurance that they will retake the country. i think what will happen is a return to the civil war the no. alliance against taliban when we leave, and i think we cannot leave soon enough. >> what we have seen is the emergence of at least, by our standards, a more civilized and humane society with our encouragement, with our stewardship, with our protection, and with o

officials say the taliban demanded $100,000 random for joseph, money his contain did not have. on saturday night, the navy seales, including petty officer nicolas checque, launched an assault. nicolas checque was killed by a single gunshot to the head. seven taliban members, who were armed with machine guns, grenade launchers and ak-47's were also killed. joseph was rescued unharmed. nicolas checque had served in iraq and afghanistan. >> that was his plan. it wasn't college. it wasn't engineering. it was, i'm interested in being in the military. i'm interested in living that lifestyle of serving my country. that's what he wanted to do. >> reporter: nicolas checque's family is asking for privacy. randall pinkston, cbs news. >>> did you see them, the weird life that were spotted above the bay area? what can and can't be ruled out. >>> a new warning about apple maps and a life threatening wrong turn. >>> the new financial experiment. ,,,,,, [ female announcer ] for those who love sweets, your season is here. let's just call it the baking time of year. you need special ingredients.

the taliban released the two afghans but kept joseph and were heading toward pakistan. the two afghans apparently told the american military joseph was being abused by his captors with slaps to the head. the reported mistreatment and the fact that joseph would soon disappear into pakistan convinced general john allen, the commander in afghanistan, to order the rescue mission. on saturday night, seale -- s.e.a.l. team six conducted the operation 50 miles from the pakistani border. in the resulting fire-fight, checque was killed by a single gunshot to the head. seven of the taliban who were armed with machine guns, rocket-propelled grenade launchers, and ak-47s were also killed. joseph was rescued unharmed. a total of 65 s.e.a.l.e.s have been killed since 9/11, most of them in afghanistan. checque had been a s.e.a.l. for eight years and had served in iraq and in afghanistan. david martin, cbs news, the pentagon. >>> coming up, dangerous wrong turn. a warning about how apple's faulty map program could leave drivers stranded in a remote area of australia. >>> and the wild s

the afghan national security forces and they are afraid that this will lead to the taliban retaking large parts of the country and civil war breaking out elsewhere. yeah i mean going back to mentality that you said a lot of afghans have that they don't want to leave but at the same time of course they don't like the occupation i mean where do you think that the wave of recent insider killings the green on blue killings are coming from is it just. what you think the main cause of that is the that's one of the big developments of this past year is the number of. attacks by members of the afghan national security forces against nato forces i think there are multiple causes perhaps some members of the taliban or the sleepers or people who sympathize with the taleban there is probably personally this. individuals who hold some graduate feel that are being mistreated and they have a type i support says now we have to keep in perspective that the number of times have been about fifty in this past year and that the level of international presence has still been close to one hundred thousand for m

taxpayers bankroll the taliban. he's an award winning independent journalist and as reported widely on the afghan war. how many times have you been there? when was the last time? and what do you make of the process of the end game at this time with the troops? guest: i was in that part of the world before 9/11 and then i imbedded twice with u.s. troops in afghanistan and and headed back in a few days. i will leave on new year's eve. there seems to be a lot of divergence stories going on there. there's a certain discussions between what is said from the podiums in washington and kabul and what the ground reality appears to be, based on my interviews with folks out there. i am hoping to understand it better to the work i will be doing in eastern and southern afghanistan and the research i will be doing in kabul. host: let me remind viewers of our phone numbers. our guest has authored six books total, including "pioneers." i should point out that the afghan leader will be meeting with president obama in washington in e

he was a target of a suicide bomber posing as a taliban peace envoy. karzai indirectly said the assassination plot was drawn up inside pakistan and the attack came from that country. karzai met his pakistani counterpart in the turkish capital on wednesday. they aagrgreed to establish a jt working group to investigate the incident. >> we should be taking practical steps in bringing more confidence and trust with the reserves to the countries on of afghanistan and pakistan. >> i consider all incidents which are meaningful and put them in the fact that we are hurting them. therefore, they're striking us hard back. >> military groups based in pakistan's northwestern tribal areas frequently cross into afghanistan to carry out attacks. the afghan government has accused pakistan's intelligence agency of providing support to insurgents. afghanistan needs pakistan's influence to negotiate peace with the taliban. an afghan envoy visited pakistan last month to press the issue. pakistan also released nine taliban prisoners believed to have a positive stance toward

>>shepard: history tells us protecting people against the taliban is not something the government is willing to do. >>guest: it certainly hasn't. that has been the problem of the afghan people because the taliban enjoy a sanctuary as they strike across the border but here the taliban is using, their, influence inside pakistan itself so it is a crisis. it is a humanitarian crisis. it is also a political crisis, a time real testing for the pakistani government. >>shepard: thank you, professor burns. >> changes are coming at the state department less than an day after an independent report on the benghazi attack became public what revelations. at least three state department staffers are reportedly out of their jobs today. the details from the report are ahead and what has happened since. it is a heavy snow, and now the forecasters warn it could pack some december tornadoes. who is about to get it? where is it going next? ♪ the weather outside is frightful ♪ ♪ but the fire is so delightful ♪ nothing melts away the cold like a hot, delicious bowl of chicken noodle soup from campb

no group claimed responsibility, but investigators believe the taliban carried out the attack. has been vocal against campaign -- vaccinations. >> they think the vaccine was used for identifying -- how this was used in case of locating osama bin laden. i think after that, this kind -- they became more targets of the taliban >> the government suspended at the vaccination campaign in karachi. this is not the first time they have targeted vaccination programs. in july, while local volunteer were shot and two volunteers were wounded. the government, along with un agencies, is on a campaign to immunize 34 million children under the age of 35. with health workers being attacked, eradicating the disease by the end of the year is looking very unlikely. certain communities and pakistan have long been suspicious of vaccination campaigns, particularly those run by foreign agencies over fears the vaccine may cause harm. with the taliban concerned these campaigns are a front for intelligence-gathering, many health experts fear not only more violence against their workers but a sharp increas

the taliban is claiming responsibility. in india's capital, there is water cannons and tear gas at demonstrators protesting a gets a gang rape of a student. suicide bombers in nigeria have attacked the offices of two mobile phone companies. it happened in the northwest city. the happiest day targeted phone operators read a they have often targeted the -- often target on operators. they say they will end violence in the areas they control. this comes days after the african plan to reclaim the north. >> they thought to gain control of cities in northern mali earlier. did they have been enforcing a strong law. they agreed to send troops to help them gain control of the region. they say they will stop fighting and hold peace talks. one of the groups in the area say they will. there are all forms of hostility. there are doing everything necessary. it will allow an african force to use all necessary measures. >> we welcome the adoption of the resolution that affects the resolution suit -- against crime. >> there are strong guidel

troops in that camp face being 400 taliban surrounding them. they fought valiantly, the americans and it was a bloody day but ultimately they beat them back. ultimately the army investigated and said there was no strategic purpose for this camp. >> stephen: now why was it at the bottom of the valley? >> because well, there are a lot of reasons. but two of the biggest ones are ones so they could bond with the local pop las because the district center was down the road and two because they needed to resupplyment and at 2 o 006, during 2006 most of the helicopters were in iraq. and so in order to set up a camp there it needed to be by a road so they could resupply the camp. and they couldn't do it by helicopter because the war at that point was under manned and didn't have enough assets. america has paid attention to afghanistan and then forgotten the war and then paid attention to afghanistan and then forgotten the war again. what made you remember the war as a journalist? what inspired you to go over there. >> two things. one is i was in the hos

it's still a bit of a bust taliban insurgency a very unequal economic progress in some ways guns are much better off they have access to schools they have access to health clinics in a way that didn't exist at all in two thousand and one but jobs are still lacking in the konami is not doing well and profound that the political system is deeply a legitimate is seen as deeply illegitimate that is a great deal of corruption and abuse in the system that afghans deeply resent shouldn't we just focus more on maybe like a marshall plan initiated where we just focus only on education infrastructure really things that help the afghan people because i feel like just killing more people are going to create this perpetual war you know it could be war importunity we're going to galvanize the whole band and the reality is however that insecurity our security of critical impacts on economic development and schools i mean today we are seeing a lot of times on schools that are built by the taliban many schools have been shut down once again even in the taleban doesn't physically blow up the schools t

security is a major concern amid the taliban insurgency. police officials stand guard along the tracks. they transport daily loads of flour and other commodities. rail transport is cheaper and faster than using afghanistan's treacherous roads. >> for the reconstruction of afghanistan, the railway is very important and it's growing the economy of afghanistan. it's important and we needed this in afghanistan. >> for now the freight trains are mostly carrying imports. the carts traveling back across border to uzbekistan are usually empty. afghan government has plans to use railways to boost the country's export capacity. experts estimate afghanistan sits on a trillion dollars worth of natural resources including oil, iron, gold and copper. once mines and oil fields are activated, the government intends to export the resources by rail. afghanistan's expansion receives support from the international community. the age and development bank provides some $165 million for construction of rail link. next year it will fund another $2.7 million for fe

u sing version stopped singing because of threat from the taliban. some have left the country," he tells me. sosan's song has been played on youtube more than 75,000 times. she's won praisebut she's also been warned to stop with threatening text messages and recently an anonymous phone call to her mother. "they told her' 'if your daughter appears on tv again, we will cut off your head' "do you think you've chosen a dangerous profession for women in your country? why do do you it? "how long should we keep this silence? there's a need for people to rise up, and others should follow." despite so many risks, firooz is working on a new song about what it's like to be a young woman in afghanistan. kelly cobiella, cbs news, kabul. >> jarvis: and that is is the cbs evening news. later on cbs, "48 hours." i'm rebecca jarvis, cbs news in new york. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org wave of rain. where the >>> it's here, a third round of heavy reign -- rainfall. when is it going to move out and the su

afghan police believe the officer is a member of the taliban. more than 50 members of the nato-led forces in afghanistan have been killed by afghan soldiers or police officers. these incidents are casting a shadow over afghanistan-u.s. ties ahead of the withdrawal of international combat troops at the end of 2014. >> these are events that we are familiar with. we work very, very closely with our afghan partners. they events that affect both isef and our afghan security force brothers. we continue to work to mitigate them as much as possible. >> the taliban has not claimed responsibility for the shooting in kabul on monday. but the group claims to have placed many infiltrators in the afghan military and police forces to launch attacks on international troops. >>> an archaeological dig in afghanistan unearthed priceless cultural assets. the area is also home to a large copper deposit. researchers are concerned that historic artifacts may be destroyed. nhk world's hideki yui has the story. >> reporter: researchers have found a settlement in mes aya