Pentagon Officials Say Al Qaeda Not A Growing Threat In Afghanistan But Other Reports Show Otherwise

CNN reports on new US intelligence assessments suggest that is “unlikely” al Qaeda will revive in Afghanistan and Pakistan and that counterterrorism operations by the Taliban in Afghanistan have degraded. However, separate studies and reports show that Al Qaeda are rebuilding in Afghanistan, as i show independent commentary from the Critical Threats Project and also a past warning from Bruce Riedel in 2014 on the insistence of keeping Al Qaeda under close watch in the war torn country.