CBS “60 Minutes” is not widely broadcast inside Afghanistan or Pakistan, but you wouldn’t know it from the reactions from a story over the weekend. In a take down of the famous book, “Three Cups of Tea,” CBS disputed the veracity of Greg Mortenson’s his charity work. CBS also took issue with the finances of his work in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The BBC’s Bilal Sawary reports from Kabul.
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