The Lead Inspector General report on Operation Enduring Sentinel, the mission to counter terrorist threats emanating from Afghanistan, reported that General Kenneth F. McKenzie, Jr., the outgoing Commander of USCENTCOM, admitted U.S. air assets had limited time to conduct operations because of the long distances to arrive over Afghan airspace.
The report stated, “This limitation, combined with the loss of human intelligence on the ground, has significantly reduced the DoD’s capacity to track terrorist targets in Afghanistan.”
Noting that “ISIS-K remained the top terrorist threat in Afghanistan,” the report continued, “The DoD [Department of Defense] assesses that the group retains a desire to attack the U.S. homeland, and ‘absent effective pressure, that threat will only grow and…
