On eve of 9/11 Anniversary, U.S. officials continue to downp

After nearly two decades of abysmal assessments from U.S. intelligence officials and policy makers on Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan, the latest claims that the terror group is "at its historical nadir" should be taken with more than a grain of salt.

Related Keywords

Nangarhar , Afghanistan , Kabul , Kabol , Nuristan , Nurestan , Iran , Ghazni , Washington , United States , Badghis , Herat , Helmand , Panjshir , Pakistan , Bagram , Parvan , South Waziristan , Federally Administered Tribal Areas , New York , Zabul , Zabol , Americans , Pakistani , Afghan , American , Yazid Mebrak , Abu Ikhlas Al Masri , Osama Mahmood , Saif Al Adel , Ahmed Diriye , Abu Ihklas Al Masri , Tora Bora , Al Qaeda , Ayman Al Zawahiri , Amin Al Haq , Abdul Haq Al Turkistani , Mohammad Hanif , Nasir Al Wuhayshi , Bill Roggio , Abdal Rahman Al Maghrebi , Foundation For Defense Of Democracies , Un Monitoring Team , Cnn , National Directorate Of Security , Monitoring Team , Movement Of The Taliban , Turkistan Islamic Party , National Resistance Front , United Nations Analytical Support , Sanctions Monitoring Team , War Journal , Taliban Al Qaeda , Abu Ikhlas , Hafiz Muhammad Agha Hakeem , National Directorate , Indian Subcontinent , Islamic Emirate , Islamic State , Afghan Taliban , Kunar Province , Abu Ihklas , Islamic Maghreb , Arabian Peninsula , Ikhlas Al Masri , Islamic Revolutionary Guards , Senior Fellow , Taliban ,