Senator of South Carolina Lindsey Graham It warned on Sunday that the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan “created the conditions for another 9/11 incident.”
Republican Graham says CBS information’ Face the country Not withdrawing troops at all would be the best way to avoid an increase in the terrorist threat, adding that working with indigenous troops is “the best insurance policy to prevent the recurrence of 9/11.”
He also suggested that the president Joe Biden Created the conditions Islamic State “Booming” in Afghanistan.
“The terrible parade is about to unfold,” Graham said. “The chance of 9/11 happening again has just been dashed.”
The senator stated that drone strikes will not weaken ISIS—just a few days after the Biden administration authorized airstrikes to kill two important members of ISIS-K. The military action was in retaliation for the attack on the Kabul airport on Thursday, which killed 13 American soldiers and more than 160 Afghans.
Graham criticized Biden, saying that the future president must now deal with the consequences of Afghanistan’s withdrawal. He also stated that it is a negligence to allow Americans to “hide behind enemy lines.”
“This war is not over. We have entered a new deadly chapter. Terrorists are now in charge of Afghanistan,” Graham said.
He also warned that the Biden administration must never admit Taliban As the representative of Afghanistan.
“I would recommend the Biden administration not to legalize the Taliban and not to recognize them. Because if you do, you will put Americans all over the world at risk,” Graham said.
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Sunday, the American armies It was confirmed that the air attack hit a vehicle full of explosives bound for Kabul Airport.
Security experts worry that the Taliban-which has left behind many of the highest technological weapons provided to the Afghan army by the United States-may Efforts to defeat ISIS.
“It is surprising that ISIS-K frequently launches attacks in Kabul. Kabul is the center of the Haqqani cyber operations area. This is the Salafy-oriented network within the Taliban that has the closest ties to these organizations. Al-Qaeda Hans-Jacob Schindler, senior director of the anti-extremism project, told all the Taliban factions Weekly newspaper“After these attacks, the Haqqani Network did not retaliate against the Haqqani Network. The Haqqani Network used to’defend’ its area of operations against other Taliban factions. The Haqqani Network is noteworthy. The lack of response is now even more worrying because the network is responsible for the security of Kabul.”
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