could go up. don t know what s behind this attack, what led to the attack. we re working on it now and will bring you more information as soon as we get it. taking you over to washington, d.c., we ve been telling you about this rally that s taking place in our nation s capital today. there are a number of war vets that have gathered there. they started at walter reed medical center and working their way down to the capital. these are iraqi and afghan war vets that are urging the pentagon to stop sending wounded troops back into the war zones. they say it s taking a tremendous toll on vets. one of those vets leading this rally, chantal bateman. tell me how you came together and organized this and what exactly you are trying to get
sexual trauma. tell me about this and how many vets are dealing with this and what exactly does this mean, and you, as a female, did you deal with this when you were overseas. military sexual trauma, kyra, encompasses several things including sexual harassment, assault and rape, and virtually all women in the military are dealing with some form of military sexual trauma. i have not meat woman who has not been sexually harassed repeatedly, self-included. i have been harassed and assaulted as a woman in the military. this is an issue that s pretty rampant. 20% of the women using the va report instances of military sexual trauma. chantal, before i let you go, we have encovering live a funeral procession of a young man who died just last week in
the threat that s still alive, still out there and lethal. also, the war s toll on the military and their families. heroes coming home like this. for nine years now. and this morning, the fighting doesn t stop. neither do the attempts at peace talks. president hamid karzai meeting with a group of prominent afghans to discuss ways to talk to the taliban. however, a taliban spokesperson says that peace talks won t happen until u.s. and nato troops withdraw. militants keep targeting nato convoys. there have been at least six attacks in pakistan in a week. at least six people killed. dozens of trucks destroyed. let s get one more attempt to talk about this peace initiative that s on the table. ivan watson live in kabul. what do you think, ivan? can it happen? reporter: well, hi there, kyra. what we have seen from the karzai government for years is aa an atempt to try to convince taliban commanders to put down the weapons and those efforts largely failed an enwhat we saw here