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al-Qaeda: poor, diminished, dissipated non-enemy (so why is the US still in Afghanistan?)

al-Qaeda: poor, diminished, dissipated non-enemy (so why is the US still in Afghanistan?)

Upon assessing the remaining terrorist threat from Afghanistan, the US president’s national security adviser former Marine Gen. James Jones said, “The al-Qaida presence is very diminished. The maximum estimate is less than 100 operating in the country, no bases, no ability to launch attacks on either us or our allies.” If the US were to go by [...]