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NBC and ABC both filed from Afghanistan itself. ABC's Jim Sciutto used exclusive videotape from the NEFA Foundation to show us an ambush in the mountains of Nuristan. In July 2008, a USArmy outpost in the village of Wanat was attacked by Taliban guerrillas led by Maulvi Manibullah, leaving nine American soldiers dead and forcing the army to abandon its defense of the valley on the day after the battle. Last month CBS' David Martin showed us Pentagon footage he obtained from the army's after-action review of its defeat. Now Sciutto airs the Taliban's victorious videotape from NEFA.
NBC's Richard Engel focused on the wear and tear of the Afghan fighting on GIs. He visited the "extremely active" Combat Stress Center at Bagram AFB where as many as 1,500 counseling sessions are held each month. Some soldiers have trouble sleeping or managing their anger; others hurt themselves or others. Engel suggested some warning signs: "If soldiers stop socializing, give away their belongings or make threats, commanders isolate them."
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