Al-Qaeda's regional affiliate in Afghanistan maintains “close ties” to the Taliban and has an "enduring interest" in attacking US troops, the Pentagon said in a new report released on Wednesday.

Al-Qaeda poses a "limited threat to US personnel and our partners in Afghanistan," the report said, adding that the Al-Qaeda affiliate in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS)—"poses the greatest threat to those elements.”

In this program, host Yaser Abrar discusses the topic with Kabul University lecturer Nasrullah Stanekzai and former Afghan ambassador to Australia Omar Samad.