U.S. officials and counterterrorism experts say the threats from al-Qaida — and similar jihadi groups — are only likely to grow in the aftermath of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan following the U.S. withdrawal.
“For al-Qaida, this is a dream come true,” said Charles Lister, the director of counterterrorism programs at the Middle East Institute, a Washington-based think tank, about the Taliban victory. “This breathes new life into al-Qaida for the first time in many years — if not since before 9/11.
Asked about those concerns at a White House press briefing Tuesday, national security adviser Jake Sullivan said: “Our position is that we are going to have to deal with the potential threat from Afghanistan going forward — just as we have to deal with the potential threat of terrorism in dozens of countries in multiple continents around the world.”
The wife of the former leader of al-Qaida on the Indian subcontinent was among 5,000 Taliban prisoners freed last year under a peace agreement signed by the Trump administration. Another al-Qaida leader of the Indian affiliate, Mohammad Hanif, who was killed last November, had been previously providing bomb-making training to Taliban insurgents, the U.N. report stated.on Monday, vowed that if the Taliban or al-Qaida resumes attacks on the U.S., they will be met by a forceful response.
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