Bill,

There also a critique of the current US strategy on Politico and the opening sentence is:
The troops waging America's 17-year-old war in Afghanistan are confronting a puzzle: What has become of the enemy who drew them there?
Link:https://www.politico.com/story/2018/...rrorism-777511

The author's Twitter has a long, penetrating expose of SOF operations targeting AQ which IMHO is worth a read. See @wesleysmorgan