Afghanistan’s terrorist resurgence: Al Qaeda, ISIS, and beyond | FDD's Long War Journal

Article recalls the time when the US government was deadset that AQ was sinking and had no more than 100 fighter in Afghanistan....... and it does layout the effects that occur when cherry picking intelligence as did occur at CENTCOM. The WHY aspect of that will long be debated by historians and politicians... But the threat now is very real - and re-surging..