WASHINGTON - As the White House increases its efforts against the Islamic State (IS) and the Taliban, in Afghanistan reappear the training camps of Al Qaeda, The New York Times said.

Most of these centers are not as large as those built by Osama bin Laden before the attacks of September 11, 2001, which is why there are not yet on the most urgent priorities of the Department of Defense, the Times added.

In this context, the Pentagon and the USA intelligence agencies assess whether that old enemy that seems to emerge in this Asian country can lead once again the arrangements of terrorist attacks on American soil, added the newspaper.

But the strengthening of Al Qaeda in Afghanistan seems to take off guard the officials in Kabul and Washington, because until this fall, the actions of the military forces from both countries focused on the search and destruction of the leaders of the group hiding in the mountains of the border with Pakistan.

According to the Times, at least in public, the administration of President Barack Obama says very little about the new challenge of his strategy to address the threat from Al Qaeda.

It is added that this happens at a time when the White House is ready to assist the Afghan Government to tackle an even more immediate danger: the increase of actions by the Taliban and the IS on Afghan soil.

The newspaper also revealed yesterday that Washington plans to establish a permanent base in Afghanistan for the US Forces for Special Operations (FSO), which will remain there after the withdrawal of US troops in the first three months of 2017.

Such enclave will be used to direct the growing missions of such elite units from the Pentagon and the activities of the intelligence services in central and southern Asia.

The FSO are elite units composed of the Green Berets of the US Army, the Seals groups from the Navy and others in the Marines, and the Air Force, subordinated to the Joint Special Operations Command of the Pentagon, which main seat is in MacDill, Florida. (Monitoring Desk)