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Investigative reporter for The Washington Post. Author of "THE AFGHANISTAN PAPERS: A Secret History of the War." (Simon & Schuster, Aug. 31, 2021).

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    Craig Whitlock‏Verified account @CraigMWhitlock 15 Sep 2020

    Craig Whitlock Retweeted Idrees Ali

    2010: Jim Jones estimates 100 Qaeda fighters left in Afg 2011: Petraeus estimates 100 Qaeda fighters left in Afg 2012: John Allen estimates 100 Qaeda fighters left in Afghttps://twitter.com/idreesali114/status/1305872492221935616 …

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    Idrees AliVerified account @idreesali114
    U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo says few than 200 Al Qaeda (fighters) left in Afghanistan today. In 2018, U.S. forces in Afghanistan estimated there to be 200 Al Qaeda fighters in the country.
    7:29 AM - 15 Sep 2020
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      1. Yazeed Salisu‏ @drwai 15 Sep 2020
        Replying to @CraigMWhitlock @LucasFoxNews

        🤣

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      1. Joey (for #DCstatehood)‏ @JoeySchmittPhD 15 Sep 2020
        Replying to @CraigMWhitlock @myhlee

        We're not very good at this, are we?

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      1. Sig Christenson  🏕‏Verified account @saddamscribe 15 Sep 2020
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        I wrote a story out of Iraq in 2008 abt rosy reporting from the field. Officers and NCOs talked about it at a patrol base on the Iranian border. Telling the truth was a ‘career killer,’ they said. Back home, the generals told Congress of progress. What you’re saying is familiar.

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      1. Edith E Horwitz‏ @EEHELI 15 Sep 2020
        Replying to @CraigMWhitlock @jmartNYT

        They think we don’t read, understand, care. They underestimate us. It’s time to show them what Americans are made of; 2020 is all about taking our country back from the liars and hypocrites. #BidenHarris #VoteBlue2020 #FlipTheSenateBlue #VoteBlueDownBallot #vote

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      1. Henri-Jean BARDON‏ @renewableworks 15 Sep 2020
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        100% increase

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      1. Van Firth‏ @Van_Firth 15 Sep 2020
        Replying to @CraigMWhitlock @nixonron

        Remarkably durable aren’t they?

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      1. Tom Bowman‏Verified account @TBowmanNPR 15 Sep 2020
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        When I was in Afghanistan just last year, the SF said there were AQ in the East working with the Taliban. And Afghan forces rolled up AQ in Helmand as well.

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      1. Skooby‏ @Skubzy 15 Sep 2020
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        That’s an endurable 200 people.

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      1. Richard McCue‏ @McCueRC17 15 Sep 2020
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        It's just a magic number. Which leads to the fear that they really have no idea.

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      1. MaskUpAmerica‏ @FranBrand3 15 Sep 2020
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        Trump told hin to double down!🤫

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