fault lines contacted the us department of defense and the special operations joint task force in afghanistan. they both referred us to natos mission in afghanistan. >> nagieb - resolute support has not received any formal allegation from the governement >> i didn't know exactly what they meant by "no formal allegations." we followed up and asked them if they'd received any reports of civilian casualties from the august 3rd operation. that was over a month ago. we're still waiting for their answer. i couldn't get any information from the us about their involvement in the operation, but i was able to track down an afghan lieutenant, abdul shafiq, who was a commander on the ground on august third. over the phone, i asked him about the us's role in the operation. >> but when i asked him about the other fourteen civilians who had died that day, he told me he didn't know anything about them. >> with some afghan officials denying civilian casualties and others breaking their promise to uncover what happened in charkh, and with the us military stonewalling us, it felt like neither the afghans or the

. >> colonel, what are the qualities that you are using for as a member of the joint special operations task force? >> we want people who are creative problem solvers to work with local populations, and think in teams. >> and socom at macdill air force base headquartered in the florida includes army, navy, air force and marines. task force in the philippines is a typical socom operation. >> i have u.s. marines down here, and navy personnel and both special operations, and naval folks both. >> and the army green berets are deployed in small units called the a-teams. >> it is a 12-man unit commanded by a captain who is assisted by a warrant officer. and there are specialties of the a-team. the weapons sergeant, and the engineer specialist, and communication specialist, and then finally the medic. >> this is a typical a-team compound. they have their own perimeter inside of a filipino complex base where they are immersed. >> it is vitally important to earn the respect and the trust of the people that you are working with. to do that, a good special forces soldier has to have a characteristic of humil

special forces, i knew that i had found a home. >> the people here genuinely like americans. >> colonel dave maxwell is the commanding officer of joint operations task force in the philippines. >> thinking man's game. that is what it is about here. >> his team consists of sailors, soldiers, airmen and marines. the exact number is classified, but the total is under 1,000. >> the philippines and the united states are allies and we have a special relationship and a long history together. >> the philippines, more than 7,000 islands became an american colony in 1898 after the spanish american war. but u.s. authority ended when world war ii began. 8, december, 1941, hours after the attack on pearl harbor, just after the philippine were the relationship was forged in blood. perhaps no place better symbolizes that than this hallowed ground. the american cemetery here in manila is the final resting place for 17,202 u.s. service men and philippine scouts killed in world war ii. general mccarther was one of the few who escaped ordered to australia by president roosevelt it took him three years to fulfill his most famous promise. >> people of the philippines, i

special forces, i knew that i had found a home. >> the people here genuinely like americans. >> colonel dave maxwell is the commanding officer of joint operations task force in the philippines. >> thinking man's game. that is what it is about here. >> his team consists of sailors, soldiers, airmen and marines. the exact number is classified, but the total is under 1,000. >> the philippines and the united states are allies and we have a special relationship and a long history together. >> the philippines, more than 7,000 islands became an american colony in 1898 after the spanish american war. but u.s. authority ended when world war ii began. 8, december, 1941, hours after the attack on pearl harbor, just after the philippine were the relationship was forged in blood. perhaps no place better symbolizes that than this hallowed ground. the american cemetery here in manila is the final resting place for 17,202 u.s. service men and philippine scouts killed in world war ii. general mccarther was one of the few who escaped ordered to australia by president roosevelt it took him three years to fulfill his most famous promise. >> people of the philippines, i