by senior national security officials said the u.s. is on track to achieve its goals in afghanistan. >> today, al-qaeda senior leadership in the border region of to afghanistan and pakistan is under more pressure than any point since they fled afghanistan nine years ago. >> this comes a year after mr. obama authorized sending in 30,000 more troops to afghanistan to reverse the taliban momentum. a yee later the official -- year later the officials say the surge reduced the taliban influence. as for what mr. obama called the overarching goal, disrupting, dismantle and defeating al-qaeda. >> al-qaeda is hunkered down. >> there is more focus on al-qaeda than taliban and no mention of hamid karzai who u.s. officials privately describe as weak, ineffective and perhaps unstable. it credits pakistan taking action going after the enemy fighters in the tribal region near the border, it makes clear that islamabad must do