But the Biden administration is reviewing the rules there as well, and it remains to be seen if the administration will put Afghanistan on a similar footing or implement specific criteria for terrorists there post-withdrawal. Internally, CIA officials remain uncertain of what the agency's future operations in Afghanistan will look like after the withdrawal, according to people familiar with the matter. What parameters are ultimately imposed may signal how committed the Biden administration is about "ending America's forever war." "That will be a judgment call for the Biden administration. If the reviews put Afghanistan under the same guidelines as non-conventional battlefields, it wouldn't change the CIA's legal authority to conduct strikes in Afghanistan.

Source: CNN July 05, 2021 04:07 UTC