Top CIA Official: al-Qaeda Terrorists Returning to Afghanistan

Top CIA Official: al-Qaeda Terrorists Returning to Afghanistan
A military transport plane launches off while Afghans left behind watch in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 23, 2021. Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times/TNS
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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A senior CIA official on Tuesday acknowledged that terrorist network al-Qaeda is starting to return to Afghanistan, just a few weeks after the U.S. military withdrew from the country.

“We are already beginning to see some of the indications of some potential movement of al-Qaeda to Afghanistan,” David Cohen, deputy director of the CIA, said during the Intelligence and National Security Summit. “But it’s early days and we will obviously keep a very close eye on that.”

Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
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