1. By what time had most al-Qaeda followers left Afghanistan and fled to Pakistan, iran, and other countries?
(a) 2002.
(b) 2003.
(c) 2005.
(d) 2004.

2. How many interviews was The Afghanistan Papers based on?
(a) 800.
(b) 900.
(c) About 1,200.
(d) More than 1,000.

3. When Ryan Crocker came to help reopen the U.S. embassy in Kabul, where was the closet functioning airport?
(a) 20 miles.
(b) 30 miles.
(c) 50 miles.
(d) 45 miles.

4. In December 2001, where did bin Laden and al-Qaeda fighters take refuge?
(a) Tora Bora.
(b) Khaldan.
(c) Nangarhar.
(d) Abbottabad.

5. On Mayt 1, 2003, in what aircraft carrier did Bush fly to and give a speech?
(a) USS Abraham Lincoln.
(b) USS Theodore Roosevelt.
(c) USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(d) USS George Washington.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long at then-Capt. Gregory Trahan been at Firebase Shkiin when there was a report of a dozen heavily armed men dressed in black who crossed the border from Pakistan to Afghanistan?

2. How long after Trahan was injured at Shkin, was he sent to Iraq?

3. When did the first U.S. Special Operations forces enter Afghanistan?

4. According to Pentagon statistics in Chapter 7, how many times had more than 28,000 troops deployed to Afghanistan?

5. When did Zalmay Khalilzad believe the U.S. should have sat down and talked with the Taliban?

(see the answer key)

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