Logan was hired in 2000 by GMTV Breakfast Television ( in the UK ) as a correspondent ; she also worked with CBS News Radio as a freelance correspondent . Days after the September 11 attacks , she asked a clerk at the Russian Embassy in London to give her a visa to travel to Afghanistan . In November 2001 , while in Afghanistan working for GMTV , she infiltrated the American-British-backed Northern Alliance and interviewed their commander , General Babajan , at the Bagram Air Base
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Lara Logan