Tora Bora revisited
Subtitle: how we failed to get Bin Laden and why it matters today : a report to members of the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, John Kerry, chairman : One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, November 30th, 2009
Contributors: Kerry, John, 1943-
Series: S. prt -- 111-35; S. prt -- 111-35.
Publisher: U.S. G.P.O.; For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 43
ISBN-13: 9780160846878
Subjects: Afghan War, 2001-; War on Terrorism, 2001-2009; Foreign relations; Qaida (Organization); Taliban
Description: This report by the Committee majority staff is part of our continuing examination of the conflict in Afghanistan. When we went to war less than a month after the attacks of September 11, the objective was to destroy Al Qaeda and kill or capture its leader, Osama bin Laden, and other senior figures in the terrorist group and the Taliban, which had hosted them. Today, more than eight years later, we find ourselves fighting an increasingly lethal insurgency in Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan that is led by many of those same extremists. Our inability to finish the job in late 2001 has contributed to a conflict today that endangers not just our troops and those of our allies, but the stability of a volatile and vital region. This report relies on new and existing information to explore the consequences of the failure to eliminate bin Laden and other extremist leaders in the hope that we can learn from the mistakes of the past.
Notes: At head of title: 111th Congress, 1st session. Committee print.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 21-23).