The CIA Is Shutting Down It's Afghan Operations

CIA Closing Bases In Afghanistan As It Shifts Focus Amid Military Drawdown -- Washington Post

The CIA has begun closing clandestine bases in Afghanistan, marking the start of a drawdown from a region that transformed the agency from an intelligence service struggling to emerge from the Cold War to a counter­terrorism force with its own prisons, paramilitary teams and armed Predator drones.

The pullback represents a turning point for the CIA as it shifts resources to other trouble spots. The closures were described by U.S officials as preliminary steps in a plan to reduce the number of CIA installations in Afghanistan from a dozen to as few as six over the next two years — a consolidation to coincide with the withdrawal of most U.S. military forces from the country by the end of 2014.

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My Comment: They say that the CIA will still maintain a large footprint in Afghanistan long after the withdrawal .... but they said the same thing about Iraq when US forces left that country in 2011 .... and today the CIA has a minimal presence in that country. Bottom line .... when the military is out so will the CIA .... and what will be left behind will be a shadow of it's former self.