Critical crossroads in Afghanistan

In a special report on MSNBC.com, NBC Pentagon Correspondent Jim Miklaszewski reviews the five years since U.S. and international forces drove the Taliban out of power in Afghanistan. Today, as the strength of the Taliban and al-Qaida grows again, total victory appears "as distant and remote as the long-embattled nation itself," Jim writes.

As the war on terror struggles on, the question remains: Did the U.S. and its allies do enough?

Read Jim's full report