Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda become afterthought in Afghan war

War tends to take on a life of its own – the causes of a war often get lost in the fog.

 

“Although U.S. officials have often said that al-Qaeda is a marginal player on the Afghan battlefield, an analysis of 76,000 classified U.S. military reports posted by the Web site WikiLeaks underscores the extent to which Osama bin Laden and his network have become invisible figures in the war.”

 

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