The UK will end up being a target for terrorism attacks now that the Taliban guideline Afghanistan, security professionals caution.
Osama bin Laden outlined al Qaeda’s ravaging 9/11 attacks while the terrorist group utilized ‘ungoverned spaces’ in Afghan deserts and mountains to train.
The Taliban, which now has control of Afghanistan’s military devices and weapons, enabled al Qaeda to remain in the nation as visitors prior to and after the 2001 attacks.
Now a number of various intelligence experts fear the nation will end up being a safe house for the fear group when again.
A previous British military leader who served in Afghanistan, Colonel Richard Kemp, informed The Mirror: ‘There is the possibility of a 9/11 design amazing, on federal government structures, sports premises, significant targets.
‘If they cannot get the US, the UK remains a large target. Freedom in Afghanistan, as we have seen with 9/11, will give them time and help to plan such an attack.’
Similar cautions were echoed by Ahmad Masood– a Sandhurst- informed leader for the National Resistance Front ofAfghanistan
.
He stated the Taliban’s current success is not simply an issue for Afghans that the West can overlook.
‘Plots against democracies will be hatched here once again,’ he stated from his hideout in the mountains.
But numerous are likewise fretted about the ‘psychological effect’ the Taliban takeover will have on jihadists currently in the UK.
Colonel Richard Kemp stated: ‘Radicalised individuals are seeing this story unfold and being motivated by it.
‘They are celebrating the rise of al-Qaeda once again and the threat from these people is immediate.’
The United States and its allies drove the Taliban out of Afghanistan in 2001– after it invested its 5 years in power implementing extreme Sharia law.
Since this, al-Qaeda has actually had no base to train and outline from and the West has actually not suffered terrorist attacks on a scale even comparable to that of 9/11
If the Taliban deal Afghanistan to jihadists once again, it will be the very first time extreme Islamic extremists might have a ‘headquarters’ given that prior to 9/11
The Taliban has actually currently launched countless terrorists from Afghan jails who are anticipated to attempt and sign up with jihad motions.
Speaking straight to those in the West, Mr Masood stated: ‘There is still much you can do to aid the cause of freedom – you are our only remaining hope.’
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