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after a tense week for the u.s. in afghanistan, there was another white-knuckle moment that nearly turned into a global crisis today. a truck, on the runway, just as secretary of defense, leon panetta was about to land. and moments later, the driver, an afghan that worked as a translator for american forces, went up in flames. abc's nick schifrin is in kabul to tell us what he has learned about this latest drama today. nick? >> reporter: diane, the u.s. in afghanistan is suffering from a cascade of crises. and the defense secretary came here personally today to reassure the troops th...
reassure the troops the mission is on track. but his own trip was almost derailed, just as he arrived. leon panetta arrived unannounced and under tight security. but almost immediately, a major security breach. as his c-17 approached, an afghan translator wearing a partial marine uniform stole a pickup truck from a british soldier. the truck ran over the soldier, breaking his pelvis, before speeding down the runway toward panetta's plane. but the pickup then fell into a ditch. the driver got out and apparently lit himself on fire. military security rushed to the scene. and the afghan...