CIA DIRECTOR IN APRIL: 'BOTH AL-QAIDA AND ISIS IN AFGHANISTAN REMAIN INTENT ON RECOVERING THE ABILITY TO ATTACK U.S. TARGETS..IN HOMELAND

 

CIA Director in April: ‘Both al-Qaida and ISIS in Afghanistan Remain Intent on Recovering the Ability to Attack U.S. Targets…in the Homeland’

By Terence P. Jeffrey | August 27, 2021 | 1:59pm EDT

 

 

 

CIA Director William Burns (Photo by Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images/Pool)

(CNSNews.com) - CIA Director Bill Burns testified in the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on April 14 of this year and was asked a question about Afghanistan by Sen. Susan Collins (R.-Me.): “If, as many experts predict, the Taliban will make significant territorial gains once U.S. forces are gone, what would be the implications for U.S. interests both regionally, here at home, and globally?”

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