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Al Qaeda from Afghanistan and globally is in a much stronger position today than it was prior to 9-11.

Prior to 9-11, Al Qaeda really only had a major base in one area in Afghanistan.

Now it's throughout the Middle East, throughout all of Africa, like the South and West Africa,

not just North Africa as it was in the early 2000s. It has its faults, it has its problems,

but it's been adaptive and I only see them growing stronger as the West seeks to disengage from this fight

and focus on Russian and China, which I totally understand those are key issues,

but we need to be able to walk in Shugam at the same time.

Bill Rajyo is a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the editor of the Foundation's long-word journal,

which provides original reporting and analysis on the global war on terror.

Bill has served in the U.S. Army and the New Jersey National Guard.

He joins me today to talk about Afghanistan and the CT situation there one year after a Taliban takeover.

We'll be right back with that discussion after a word from our sponsor.

I'm Michael Morrell and this is Intelligence Matters.

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