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US Troops Are Leaving Afghanistan, But Al Qaeda Remains


US Troops Are Leaving Afghanistan, But Al Qaeda Remains
In this Sept. 11, 2011 file photo, U.S. soldiers sit beneath an American flag just raised to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks at Forward Operating Base Bostick in Kunar province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
25 May 2021
The Los Angeles Times
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Nabih Bulos, David S. Cloud
In a hidden corner of Hamid Karzai International Airport, half a dozen military officers sat at their desks, staring glassily at monitors showing high-resolution video feeds and surveillance footage beamed from drones, warplanes and helicopters across the country.
It was a tableau often seen in years past, but on this recent afternoon there was a crucial difference: The Afghans were alone, without the American forces that have backed them in a 20-year war. ....

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US troops are leaving Afghanistan, but al-Qaida remains


By NABIH BULOS AND DAVID S. CLOUD | Los Angeles Times | Published: April 30, 2021
KABUL, Afghanistan (Tribune News Service) In a hidden corner of Hamid Karzai International Airport, half a dozen military officers sat at their desks, staring glassily at monitors showing high-resolution video feeds and surveillance footage beamed from drones, warplanes and helicopters across the country.
It was a tableau often seen in years past, but on this recent afternoon there was a crucial difference: The Afghans were alone, without the American forces that have backed them in a 20-year war.
That absence, amid a shift that puts al-Qaida rather than the Taliban in the U.S. and NATO s crosshairs, has forced an evolution in how Afghan forces operate. After years focused on roving combat with the Taliban on the battlefield, the Afghan military now must take full charge of the air support it relied on the U.S. to provide, integrating surveillance and airpower into its own Operat ....

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U.S. troops are leaving Afghanistan, but Al Qaeda remains


U.S. troops are leaving Afghanistan, but Al Qaeda remains
Nabih Bulos, David S. Cloud
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Members of Afghanistan s 777 Special Mission Wing fly Gen. Yasin Zia, the army chief of staff and acting defense minister, to a base near Kabul. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)
In a hidden corner of Hamid Karzai International Airport, half a dozen military officers sat at their desks, staring glassily at monitors showing high-resolution video feeds and surveillance footage beamed from drones, warplanes and helicopters across the country.
It was a tableau often seen in years past, but on this recent afternoon there was a crucial difference: The Afghans were alone, without the American forces that have backed them in a 20-year war. ....

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