You may not realize it, but after more than two decades of America's war on terror, there's

still a major threat out there here in the homeland and around the world from Islamic

jihadists.

Terrorist organizations like Al-Qaeda and ISIS are still operating with impunity in a number

of theaters, and state sponsors of terror like Iran stand committed to acquiring nuclear

weapons.

On the special edition of Hold the Line, we'll dive into the latest in America's fight

against radical Islam around the world, against terrorism on the international side, and

how are we still fighting it?

Welcome to the special edition of Hold the Line, I'm Bukh Sexton, so let's just take a

quick moment of review, shall we?

There are places in the world still where there are major threats from Islamic fundamentalist

terrorists.

There are still countries where terrorist groups are operating, and there are still major

concerns out there about what the future will hold if these groups are able to be resurgent

if they're able to make some kind of comeback.

We want to break down for you right now what those theaters of warfare look like currently

and where they could be going in the future in what was known as the global war on terror

under the Bush administration and has since turned into a series of seemingly disconnected

stability and security operations, but there's certainly a threat that runs between all

of them.

Let's start with Afghanistan.

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