. >> john nicholson: it's a country at war. and it's a capital that is under attack by a determined enemy. >> logan: no u.s. general has spent more time here than john nicholson, the commander of american forces in afghanistan. >> nicholson: we do everything possible to protect our forces. so-- >> logan: you're not using the roads. >> nicholson: protecting the lives of our troops is our number-one priority. if we can fly instead of drive and that offers them a greater degree of safety, then it's the prudent and the right thing to do. >> logan: in military terms, that's called surrendering the terrain. >> nicholson: i disagree. i think it's answering our moral imperative to protect the lives of our soldiers and civilians. so that's what we do. >> logan: but this isn't some remote outpost. it's the capital. when the u.s. first came here, the population was 500,000. now it's more than five million. refugees, people desperate for work, and terrorists have flooded kabul. general nicholson showed us how vulnerable the city has become

and nato forces in afghanistan john nicholson. said washington would spare no effort to defeat the insurgents and bring peace to the region but taliban also responded threatening more attacks in retaliation to what it called a policy of aggression the us has considerably stepped up its air campaign in the country over the past year in two thousand and seventeen washington dropped more than four thousand bombs on afghanistan since august last year the us has carried out twice as many as strikes as it did in the previous two years combined. former pakistani air force captain sultan mehmood wholly believes that washington's new strategy in afghanistan is doomed to failure. of the president trump has no realisation of the intensity of the situation in afghanistan he has not been able to read the picture clearly nor has he been able to get a reality check of what is the real problem in afghanistan i don't think. they're physically through their bombs through the. threats overcome this situation and more threats are only going to create

and nato forces in afghanistan john nicholson say washington will spare no efforts to defeat the insurgents and bring peace to the region the taliban has responded by strengthening more attacks in retaliation to what it calls a policy of aggression. well the u.s. has considerably stepped up its air campaign in the country over the past year in twenty seventeen washington dropped more than four thousand bombs on afghanistan between august and december the u.s. carried out as many airstrikes as it had in the previous two years security and political analyst. thinks military action alone won't bring bring won't bring peace but a military offensive is always needed because you have to keep the militant groups from the main cities and from or from taking over the country in different provinces in different parts of the country but considering it as a sole response to the current situation or only way to resolve the of one conflict will be a wrong understanding because at the end of the day any conflict needs a political settlement and dialogue and that is where the of one government has tried to

and nato forces in afghanistan john nicholson said that washington would spare no effort to defeat the insurgents and to bring peace to the region the taliban responded threatening more attacks in retaliation to what it called a policy of aggression. the us has considerably stepped up its air campaign in the country over the past year in twenty seventeen washington dropped more than four thousand bombs on afghanistan between august and december of last year the u.s. carried out as many airstrikes as it did in the previous two years combined security and political analysts much stuff that i haint believe even though military action is important in the fight against extremists this alone will not bring peace to afghanistan. a military offensive is always needed because you have to keep the militant groups be from the main cities and from or from taking over the country and different provinces in different parts of the country but considering it as the sole response to the current situation or the only way to resolve the one conflict will be wrong understanding because at the end of that

and nato forces in afghanistan john nicholson say washington will spare no efforts to defeat the insurgents and bring peace to the region the taliban has responded by strengthening more attacks in retaliation to what it calls a policy of aggression well u.s. has considerably stepped up its air campaign in the country over the past year in twenty seventeen washington dropped more than four thousand bombs on afghanistan between august and december the u.s. carried out as many as strikes as it had in the previous two years security and political analyst mushtaq he thinks military action alone won't bring peace but a military offensive is always needed because you have to keep the militant groups from the main cities and from or from taking over the country and different provinces in different parts of the country but considering it is the sole response to the current situation or the only way to resolve the of one conflict we are on our understanding because at the end of the conflict needs a political settlement and dialogue and that is where the of one government has tried to complement the

and nato forces in afghanistan john nicholson said washington would spare no effort to defeat the insurgents and bring peace to the region the taliban responded threatening more attacks in retaliation to what it called a policy of aggression the us is considerably stepped up its campaign in the country over the past year twenty seventeen washington dropped more than four thousand bombs on afghanistan in august and december last year the u.s. carried out as many airstrikes as it did in the previous two years combined security and political analysts most after him believe that even though military action is important in the fight against extremists this alone will not bring peace to afghanistan. a military offensive is always needed because you have to keep the militant groups at bay from the main cities and from or from taking over the country and different provinces in different parts of the country but considering it as the sole response to the current situation or the only way to resolve the one conflict will be a wrong understanding because at the end of the day any conflict needs a polit

and nato forces in afghanistan john nicholson said washington would spare no effort to defeat the insurgents and bring peace to the region but taliban responded threatening more attacks in retaliation for what it called a policy of aggression the us has considerably stepped up its campaign in the country over the past year in twenty seventeen washington dropped more than four thousand bombs on afghanistan between august and december last year the u.s. carried out as many as strikes as it did in the previous two years combined for a pakistani air force captain salter moved khalid believes washington's new strategy in afghanistan is doomed to failure. of the president trump has no realisation of the intensity of the situation in afghanistan he has not been able to read the picture clearly nor has he been able to get a reality check of what is the real problem in afghanistan i don't think. physically through the bombs through the. threats overcome this situation and more threats are only going to create more than mayhem but it is not going to bring peace into the region so president. will have

and nato forces in afghanistan john nicholson say washington will spend no effort to defeat the insurgency and bring peace to the region the taliban has responded by threatening more attacks in retaliation to what it calls a policy of aggression well the u.s. has considerably stepped up its a campaign in the country over the past year in twenty seventeen washington dropped more than four thousand bombs on afghanistan well between august and december the u.s. carried out as many as strikes as it had in the previous two years security and political analysts. thinks military action alone won't bring peace but a military offensive is always needed because you have to keep the militant groups at bay from the main cities and from or from taking over the country and different provinces in different parts of the country but considering it as a sole response to the current situation or only way to resolve the of one conflict will be a wrong understanding because at the end of the day any conflict needs a political settlement and dialogue and that is where the of one government has tried to compleme

and nato forces in afghanistan john nicholson said washington would spare no effort to defeat the insurgents and bring peace to the region the taliban responded threatening more attacks in retaliation for what it called a policy of aggression the us has considerably stepped up its act campaign in the country over the past year in two thousand and seventeen washington dropped more than four thousand bombs on afghanistan between august and december last year the u.s. carried out as many as strikes as it did in the previous two years combined. to discuss this further let's bring in security and political analyst now mushtaq rare hey mr brahimi welcome to the program it's good to see you now what is this string of deadly terror attacks in afghanistan since symptomatic of and how's the situation likely to develop do you think. well of course the terror attacks always terrorize the society and the general public and the kabul city itself has very been terrorized after the two attacks or two today three attacks within a week or so and all of them have been very deadly. attacks which have been under

and nato forces in afghanistan john nicholson said the washington would spare no effort to defeat the insurgents and to bring peace to the region the taliban responded threatening more attacks in retaliation to what it called a policy of aggression the us has considerably stepped up its air campaign in the country over the last year twenty seventeen washington dropped more than four thousand bombs in afghanistan between august and december last year the u.s. carried out as many airstrikes as it did in the previous two years combined security and political analyst mushfiqur rahim believes that even though military action is important in the fight against extremists this alone will not bring peace to afghanistan. a military offensive is always needed because you have to keep the militant groups at bay from the main cities and from from taking over the country and different provinces in different parts of the country but considering it as the sole response to the current situation or the only way to resolve the one conflict will be a wrong understanding because at the end of the day any

and nato forces in afghanistan john nicholson said washington would spare no effort to defeat the insurgents and to bring peace to the region the taliban the responded threatening more attacks in retaliation to what it called a policy of aggression. the u.s. has considerably stepped up its campaign in the country over the past year and twenty seventy washington dropped more than four thousand bombs on afghanistan between august and december of last year the u.s. carried out as many as strikes as it did in the previous two years combined security and political analysts believes even though military action is important in the fight against extremists this alone will not bring peace to afghanistan. a military offensive is always needed because you have to keep the militant groups from the main cities and from or from taking over the country in different provinces in different parts of the country but considering it as the sole response to the current situation or the only way to resolve the one conflict will be wrong understanding because at the end of that the end of conflict needs a political

and nato forces in afghanistan john nicholson said washington would spend no effort to defeat the insurgents and bring peace to the region the taliban responded threatening more attacks in retaliation to what it calls a policy of aggression the us has considerably stepped up its campaign in the country over the past year in two thousand and seventeen washington dropped more than four thousand bombs on afghanistan between august in december last year the u.s. carried out as many as strikes as it did in the previous two years combined. former pakistani air force captain salt in the mood harley believes washington's new strategy and afghanistan is doomed to failure i'm afraid the president has no realisation of the intensity of the situation in afghanistan he has not been able to read the picture clearly not has been able to get a reality check of what is the real problem in afghanistan i don't think. they're physically through their bombs through the. threats overcome this situation and more threats are only going to create more than mayhem but it is not going to bring peace to be brought into

and nato forces in afghanistan john nicholson said washington will spare no effort to defeat the insurgents and bring peace to the region the taliban responded threatening more attacks retaliation to what it called a policy of aggression. the us has considerably stepped up its campaign in the country over the past year twenty seventeen washington dropped more than four thousand bombs on afghanistan between august and december last year the u.s. carried out as many airstrikes as it did in the previous two years combined security and political analyst mushtaq are again believes that even though military action is important in the fight against extremists this alone will not bring peace to afghanistan. a military offensive is always needed because you have to keep the militant groups at bay from the main cities and from or from taking over the country and different provinces in different parts of the country but considering it as the sole response to the current situation or the only way to resolve the one conflict will be a wrong understanding because at the end of that the end of conflict ne

and nato forces in afghanistan john nicholson said the washington will spare no effort to defeat the insurgents and to bring peace to the region the taliban knows responded threatening more attacks in retaliation to what it's called a policy of aggression. the u.s. has considerably stepped up its air campaign in the country over the past year in twenty seventeen washington dropped more than four thousand bombs on afghanistan between august and december last year the u.s. carried out as many airstrikes as it did in the previous two years combined security and political analyst mushtaq are again believes that even though military action is important in the fight against extremists this alone will not bring peace to the region. a military offensive is always needed because you have to keep the militant groups from the main cities and from or from taking over the country and different provinces in different parts of the country but considering it as the sole response to the current situation or the only way to resolve the of one conflict will be wrong understanding because at the end of

and nato forces in afghanistan john nicholson say washington will spare no effort to defeat the insurgents and bring peace to the region the taliban has responded by threatening more attacks in retaliation to what it calls a policy of aggression well the us has considerably stepped up its air campaign in the country over the past year in twenty seventeen washington dropped more than four thousand bombs on afghanistan between august and december the u.s. carried out as many airstrikes as it had in the previous two years security and political analyst. things military action alone won't bring peace. a military offensive is always needed because you have to keep the militant groups at bay from the main cities and from or from taking over the country and different provinces in different parts of the country but considering it as a sole response to the current situation or only way to resolve the one conflict will be a wrong understanding because at the end of the day any conflict needs a political settlement and dialogue and that is where the of one government has tried to complement the ameri

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general has spent more time here than john nicholson, the commander of american forces in afghanistan. >> we do everything possible to protect our forces. so, protecting. >> not using the roads? >> protecting the lives of the troops. itch we can fly instead of drive, that offers a greater degree of safety it is true dent and right thing. off awe that's called surrendering the terrain? >> i disagree. answering a moral imperative to protect the lives of soldiers and civilians that's what we do. >> reporter: but this isn't some remote outpost, it its the capital. when the u.s. first came here, the population was 500,000. now, it is more than 5 million. refugees, people desperate for work, and terrorists, have flooded kabul. general nicholson showed us how vulnerable the city has become. >> suicide bomber is going to go in here. kill himself. he doesnt care about his future. vastly easier than what the afghan security forces have to do. >> he does not have an exit strategy. >> exactly. >> how easy to in till trait the city. one this big. >> right now. easier than we would like. >> general

general has spent more time here then john nicholson, the commander of american forces in afghanistan. speak it we do everything possible to protect our forces. protecting the lives of our that's her number one priority. if we can fly instead of drive, that offers them a greater degree of security, then it's the right thing to do. >> in military terms, that's called surrendering the terrain. >> i disagree. it's answering our moral imperative to put protect the lives of our soldiers and civilians. >> sean: "60 minutes" correspondent lara logan joins us. you are like sara carter. you spent 20 years, more than two decades in war zones. you were cbs's chief foreign correspondent in 2006, chief foreigner affairs correspondent 2008. you u are so going back to these zones. advice is such a a passion of yours? >>pa buys it such a passion? because i believe in it. i believe that it's important that we go out to the places that some people might not want to go and we hold our leaders and ourselves accountable for the decisions we make. >> sean: but you do put yourself at risk when you do this.

general has spent more time here than john nicholson, the commander of american forces in afghanistan. >> we do everything possible to protect our forces. so, protecting. >> not using the roads? >> protecting the lives of the troops. itch we can fly instead of drive, that offers a greater degree of safety it is true dent and right thing. off awe that's called surrendering the terrain? >> i case greechlt answering a moral imperative to protect the lives of soldiers and civilians that's what we do. >> reporter: bumt this isn't some remote outpost, it its the capital. when the u.s. first came here, the population was 500,000. now, it is more than 5 million. refugees, people desperate for work, and terrorists, have flooded kabul. general nicholson showed us how vulnerable the city has become. >> suicide bomber is going to go in here. kill himself. he doesn't care about his future. vastly easier than what the afghan security forces have to do. >> he does not have an exit strategy. >> exactly. >> how easy to in till trait the city. one this big. >> right now. easier than we would like. >> g

. >> reporter: general john nicholson, the top american commander in afghanistan, told lara logan of "60 minutes" the new u.s. strategy relies on afghan troops to do the fighting, backed up by american air strikes. there are 13,000 u.s. troops in afghanistan. nicholson said there are no plans for any major increases. >> this is it, right? there's no more, this is the end game? >> yes, this is the end game. this is a policy that can deliver a win. >> reporter: a win means forcing the taliban to negotiate an end to the fighting. and nicholson estimates it will take two years for the new strategy to produce results. in the meantime, kabul will remain a target for high profile attacks not just by the taliban but by any of the 21 terrorist groups that operate in afghanistan. >> david, thank you. >>> the ncaa is opening an investigation into how michigan state handled sexual abuse allegations against former u.s. olympic director larry nassar. nass areas employ nassar was employed by the university at the time he sexually assaulted girls. more than 150 victims have given impact statements i

nicholson, commander of american forces in afghanistan as well as afghan's president gandhi. while i do not hav time to go into details, this segment made it very clear and i think anyone watching would agree that afghanistan continues to be a failed policy. at one time, laura logan stated to nicholson, and i quote, a lot of people at home just don't buy that terrorists are coming from afghanistan to attack them at home. i further quote, they're worrying about the guy going to rent a home from home depot and driving into a crowd of civilians, and -- rent a car from home depot and driving into a crowd of civilians. he said, we need to defeat the ideology. i was amazed and astonished by his response. it has been said that you cannot kill ideology -- i can't say that word today -- with a bullet or a bomb, so why are we still trying? . this this is why i'm you calling on speaker ryan once again to permit the house of representatives to have a policy debate on afghanistan. mr. speaker, i have beside me a poster of a young woman whose husband was killed in afghanistan. it's so prop