Isis-k, a branch of the terrorist organization in Afghanistan, could launch new attacks in the country against international targets. According to the Pentagon, they could be ready to launch attacks on an international scale as early as six months. The Deputy Secretary of Defense Colin KahlSpeaking before the Senate Armed Forces Committee, he painted a gloomy picture based on information gathered by US intelligence following the withdrawal of the last US troops from Kabul.
Although the interim foreign minister of the new Taliban government Amir Khan Muttaqi assured that the Isis-K threat will be addressed and that Afghanistan will not become a base for attacks on other countries, Kahl did not hide how at the moment it is really difficult to determine their real ability to counter and fight the jihadist groups present on the territory Afghan.
“Our assessment is that the Taliban and Isis-K are mortal enemies so they are highly motivated to face them. Their ability to do so, I think, is to be determined,” he said, pointing out how the attempts of the Koranic students so far have been in vain. given the recent attacks, claimed by the Islamic State, against the Shiite minority and the beheading of a member of the Taliban militias in the eastern city of Jalalabad.
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The words of the US Deputy Secretary of Defense highlight a widespread concern in the West. While the debate on the consequences of the dramatic withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan after twenty years of conflict remains alive. “The war as we have known it so far is over but the threat of terrorism remains,” said Kahl.
At the moment for the US services the risk of attacks at home remains at the lowest level since 11 September 2001, “intelligence – said the senior Pentagon official – estimates that both Isis-K and al Qaeda have the ‘intention to conduct external operations, including against the United States, but they do not currently have the capacity. ISIS-K, however, could reach that capacity anytime in six or twelve months, while al Qaeda in one or two years . We are quite certain of this and we must remain absolutely vigilant against this possibility “, underlining the need not to let the terrorist groups in question develop without any restraint or control.
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