Secondo il Washington Post la CIA avrebbe iniziato a ridurre la propria presenza in Afghanistan come previsto dalle nuove linee strategiche dell’Agenzia che prevedono un ritorno allo spionaggio classico ed una riduzione delle attività paramilitari di contro-terrorismo, in particolare in Asia Centrale:

 
[…] The pullback represents a turning point for the CIA as it shifts resources to other trouble spots. The closures were described by U.S officials as preliminary steps in a plan to reduce the number of CIA installations in Afghanistan from a dozen to as few as six over the next two years — a consolidation to coincide with the withdrawal of most U.S. military forces from the country by the end of 2014.
Senior U.S. intelligence and administration officials said the reductions are overdue in a region where U.S. espionage efforts are now seen as out of proportion to the threat posed by al-Qaeda’s diminished core leadership in Pakistan.
The CIA faces an array of new challenges beyond al-Qaeda, such as monitoring developments in the Middle East and delivering weapons to rebels in Syria. John O. Brennan, the recently installed CIA director, has also signaled a desire to restore the agency’s focus on traditional espionage. […]