Nightly News
| October 01, 2012
From the Archives: The war in Afghanistan begins
Oct. 7, 2001 The war in Afghanistan began. It was triggered by the terrorist attacks on the United States September 11, 2001. The goal, to dismantle al-Qaeda. NBC’s Tom Brokaw, Jim Miklaszewski, Tom Aspell, Dana Lewis, David Gregory, Jim Maceda report.