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Obama war review: Taliban, al-Qaeda diminished

President Barack Obama's expansion of the war in Afghanistan has eroded the power of the al-Qaeda terrorists who attacked America in 2001 and the resurgent Taliban militants who gave them cover, according to his own government's review.

 

The most promising conclusions are that the senior leadership of al-Qaeda in Pakistan is at it weakest since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and that the Taliban, a constant source of violence and instability in Afghanistan, has seen much of its power halted and reversed over the last 12 months. The report suggests that the gains against the Taliban "remain fragile and reversible." (AP)

 

 

 

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פרסום ראשון: 12.16.10, 13:39