Sawyer to Anchor Monday's ‘World News' from Afghanistan

In Kabul to interview Gates and Petraeus

By Andrea Morabito -- Broadcasting & Cable, 6/6/2011 9:49:54 AM

Diane Sawyer will anchor ABC World News from Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday as she interviews outgoing Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and General David Petraeus, outgoing commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan.

It is the pair's first joint interview and the first time Gates has done an interview alongside a commanding general.

Sawyer last reported from Afghanistan in January 2010 and this is her sixth trip to the country.

She also reported from Afghanistan on Sunday for World News with David Muir.