Top Terrorism Threats Not From Afghanistan: DNI
September 14, 2021 | International
Afghanistan does not currently pose the biggest terrorist threat to the United States and is further down the priority list following the U.S. withdrawal and subsequent Taliban takeover, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said on Monday.
The top intelligence official’s comments came on the same day that President Joe Biden acknowledged that the terrorist group al-Qaeda may attempt to reconstruct itself in the country.
Speaking at an intelligence and national security conference in Washington, Haines noted, “In terms of the homeland, the threat right now from terrorist groups, we don’t prioritize at the top of the list Afghanistan,” Haines said, adding, “what we look at is Yemen, Somalia, Syria, and Iraq for ISIS. That’s where we see the greatest threat.”… (Excerpts from the Epoch Times)