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
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
to threaten america and our allies in the future. in pursuit of our core goal we are seeing significant progress. today al-qaeda s senior leadership in afghanistan is under more pressure than at any point since they fled afghanistan nine years ago. senior leaders have been killed. it s harder for them to recruit, it s harder for them to travel, it s harder for them to train, it s harder for them to plot and launch attacks. in short, al-qaeda is hunkered down. it will take time to ultimately defeat and it remains a ruthless enemy bent on attacking our country. but make no mistake, we are going to remain relentless in disrupting and dismantling that terrorist organization. in afghanistan, we remain focused on the three areas of our strategy. our military effort to break the taliban s momentum and train afghan forces so they
president obama s cited progress on his goal of disrupting al-qaeda. let s listen to the president. in pursuit of our core goal, we are seeing significant progress. today, al-qaeda s senior leadership in the border region of afghanistan and pakistan is under more pressure than at any point since they fled afghanistan nine years ago. senior leaders have been killed. it s harder for them to recruit, travel, it s harder for them to plot and launch attacks. in short, al-qaeda is hunkered down. it will take time to ultimately defeat al-qaeda and it remains a ruthless and resilient enemy bent on attacking our country, but make no mistake. we are going to remain relentless in disrupting and dismantling that terrorist organization. senator chris coons, the