14th Anniversary of Afghanistan War, Medical Charity Asks Obama for International Investigation of Air Strike
WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: And, Nic, this is taking place on the exact 14th anniversary, and today is the 14th year exactly to the day when the U.S. launched those air strikes from the USS Enterprise and the war started on 9/11. But the U.S. started the war against the Taliban and al Qaeda. Is anybody in Kabul paying attention to the fact that this is the 14th anniversary of the start of the war?</s>NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC EDITOR: You know, Wolf, it has gone, by and large, by the vast majority of the people here completely unnoticed. I remember that we had a team in Kandahar when those strikes were coming in, and the first around Kandahar Airport, and we were getting some of the first reports in that as it was happening. It was a huge momentous occasion, and such an important beginning to driving out the Taliban, and driving out al Qaeda. And for people here, they have lived with 14 years of what they have seen as another foreign force in the country. But the Afghans that I spoke to yesterday still believe that the government needs the help now of the U.S. forces, because, despite the fact that over a period of time there the Taliban were pushed out, and al Qaeda were pushed back, and they are back, and back in serious number. And people here recognize that this government, this army is not up to the job to defending them, and they need help. But the date of, 14 years on, I think it has really largely passed the Afghans by -- Wolf?</s>BLITZER: Thank you, Nic Robertson, at the Afghan capital for us. Nic, thanks very much. And coming up, Bernie Sanders is attracting huge crowds, but they are not translating to huge poll numbers in the key battleground states. We will talk campaign strategy with one of the Sanders' senior campaign advisers, Tad Devine, standing by live.