Tora Bora revisited : 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.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Kerry, John, 1943-

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations

Series:

S. prt. ; 111-35.

S. prt. ; 111-35

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bin Laden, Osama, 1957-2011.

Bin Laden, Osama.

Qaida (Organization).

Taliban.

Afghan War, 2001-2021.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.

United States--Foreign relations--Afghanistan.

United States.

Diplomatic relations.

Afghanistan.

Genre:

legislative records.

Legislative materials

Legislative materials.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (v, 43 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : U.S. Government Printing Office, 2009.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Global war on terrorism: operation Enduring Freedom Afghanistan.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed Dec. 28, 2009).

At head of title: 111th Congress, 1st session. Committee print.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 21-23).

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011.

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Print version: Tora Bora revisited : how we failed to get Bin Laden and why it matters today

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OCLC:

471462768

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