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In fact, kabul was attacked the whole time, but there was this perception that while the taliban manifested themselves in the city with these kind of spectacular attacks that the war was mostly fought in rural areas, and the taliban, you know, were operating out of their mountain hideouts and the afghan forces and, you know, their american backers fighting for rural land but really it was these people in the cities that made a difference. they were a lot more organized and actually a lot more so...

But there was a perception that while they manifested in the city attacks but they were either operating at mountain hideouts or afghan forces under american backers fighting for rural land but really it was these people in the cities that made a difference. they were a lot more organized and, actually, a lot more sophisticated then i think many of us realized. >> this is such great reporting and sheds so much light. thank you very much. >> thank you. and thanks to all of you for being part of...

Vanished. >> reporter: it really is a bit like trying to track down a ghost. other than his public appearance, which is the only time that we have those images from back in july of 2014, there really has been nothing more than rumors flying around, brief satdi sightings and spotty intelligence. question manage to go out to what are known as the iraqi badlands, a massive wallless area that spans across the desert very close to the syrian border. and these aring a be al baghdad historic grounds. a...

Take over. two years ago in the skies over sinai, isis brought down a russian-bound plane using a bomb in a soda can, killing 224. this year they have attacked dozens of christians, including inside a church. attacks egypt security forces seem unable to stop. president trump condemned the horrible and cowardly terrorist attack. egypts presidency assisi. warplanes destroying vehicles sent to have been used in the attack and bombing what the military claim are terrorists in mountain hideouts. in e...

Claim are terrorists in mountain hideouts. in egypt today, deep shock at the massacre of so many civilians at worship. inside of a holy place by islamist gunman. well there has been no formal claim of responsibility but no one here is in any doubt that the group responsible is the sinai affiliate of isis. so a manhunt here today. three days of mourning but a long-term problem for egypts president sisi. he standed for stability and security. there is neither here. dara. >> bill neely reporting li...

Retreat into their complexes, into their mountain hideouts, into the very, very remote areas . it becomes much tougher for u.s. and afghan forces on foot to be able to operate there for long periods of time. it may be the case they looked at it and decided this was the way they wanted to get rid of this target once and for all and it also, again, weve talked about it so much in syria and iraq, it sends a message tch. it sundays a message that the u.s. military will come after them. >> stand by i...

Anaconda designed to squeeze the gathering al qaeda fighters out of their mountain hideouts. [gunfire] >> in the largest ground action of the war, with more than 11,000 u.s. troops and 1500 afghan soldiers. first lt. darryl mcdonough commanded one of the first groups of soldiers to fly into the fight. >> as we were landing, rounds were hitting the helicopter. and the tail gunner on the think nook was returning fire with his 60. so right off the bat it was this is real. >> eight u.s. soldiers los...

>> an operation called anaconda designed to squeeze the gathering al qaeda fighters out of their mountain hideouts. [gunfire] >> in the largest ground action of the war, with more than 11,000 u.s. troops and 1500 afghan soldiers. first lt. darryl mcdonough commanded one of the first groups of soldiers to fly into the fight. >> as we were landing, rounds were hitting the helicopter. and the tail gunner on the think nook was returning fire with his 60. so right off the bat it was this is real. >> ...