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“We’re concerned that ISIS-K can take advantage of a significantly weakened security environment to operate more freely,” Wray added. “We’re also concerned that the events there can serve as a catalyst or an inspiration for terrorists, whether they be members of [foreign terrorist organizations] or homegrown violent extremists, to conduct attacks.”
“Most importantly, we’re concerned that foreign terrorist organizations will have an opportunity to re-constitute, to plot, conspire in a space that’s much harder for us to collect intelligence and operate against than was the case previously,” he said.
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Top GOP officials have argued the permanent withdrawal will leave U.S. officials unable to effectively track threats and allow terrorist groups, such as ISIS-K, to flourish.
President Biden and other top administration officials say a permanent presence in Afghanistan is not necessary to effectively track terrorist threats. They have also warned of consequences for the Taliban if the group harbors bad actors.
