US military intelligence chief: IS may resume attacks from Afghanistan

A militant of the terrorist group «Islamic State»* (IS*, an organization banned in Russia). File photoWASHINGTON, May 10.The United States believes that the terrorist groups IS* and al-Qaeda* (both banned in the Russian Federation) in Afghanistan will be able to build up enough capacity in about a year to resume attacks abroad, US military intelligence director Scott Berrier said on Tuesday. that it will take IS* about a year, al-Qaeda* a little longer to build up sufficient capacity to resume attacks abroad from the territory of Afghanistan,» Berrier said during a hearing in the US Senate Committee on Armed Affairs. He also added, that the ruling Taliban movement in Afghanistan ** (which is under UN sanctions for terrorist activities) generally kept its promise to contain the spread of the terrorist threat in the country. and the next day they announced that the war was over. The last two weeks of August, from the Kabul airport, which was under the protection of the US military, there was a mass evacuation of Western citizens and Afghans who collaborated with them. On the night of August 31, the US military left the Kabul airport, ending nearly 20 years of US military presence in Afghanistan. In early September, the composition of the interim government of Afghanistan was announced, which was headed by Mohammad Hassan Akhund, who held the chair of the Foreign Minister during the first rule of the Taliban ** and has been under UN sanctions since 2001. The National Resistance Front of Afghanistan is countering the Taliban who came to power in a number of Afghan provinces, in particular in Panjshir.* Terrorist organizations banned in Russia** The movement is under UN sanctions for terrorist activities US sees IS attempts to rebuild forces in Afghanistan