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The paper found that the terrorist group is only mentioned a few dozen times in 75,000 pages related to the Afghan war. Most mentions are vague references to locals with al-Qaida contacts or sympathies, or a shorthand way of describing an ever-changing enemy. The documents -- whose release was criticized by the Pentagon -- cover the escalation of the insurgency from 2004 to 2009, and, says the Post, make clear that al-Qaida is now "a marginal player on the Afghan battlefield."
Osama bin Laden -- thought to be hiding over the border in Pakistan -- is referred to several times. However, those reports merely detail how troops have seen his likeness daubed on walls.
According to analysts interviewed by the paper, al-Qaida is now focused on providing Afghan militants with training, intelligence and propaganda assistance from across the border in Pakistan. "Although the terrorist network still considers the 'liberation' of Afghanistan its primary strategic objective," the paper notes, "it is biding its time until the infidels lose patience and leave."
Read more at The Washington Post.
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