TERRORISM
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Nearly twenty-five years after the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history, the country faces a much different landscape of threats and counterterrorism challenges. The U.S. military handily defeated al-Qaeda and Taliban forces and supported the battlefield victory over forces of the so-called Islamic State—also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)—but it has largely abandoned soft power efforts that could counter their enduring appeal.
