{"id":1117089,"date":"2021-12-14T07:59:06","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T12:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1117089"},"modified":"2021-12-14T07:59:09","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T12:59:09","slug":"general-on-bidens-afghanistan-disaster-u-s-lost-98-99-of-its-capability-to-track-terrorists-in-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/general-on-bidens-afghanistan-disaster-u-s-lost-98-99-of-its-capability-to-track-terrorists-in-area\/","title":{"rendered":"General On Biden\u2019s Afghanistan Disaster: U.S. Lost 98-99% Of Its Capability To Track Terrorists In Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgeneral-on-bidens-afghanistan-disaster-u-s-lost-98-99-of-its-capability-to-track-terrorists-in-area%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1117089&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie said in an interview late last week that the U.S. had lost virtually all of its capability to track Islamic terrorists in al-Qaeda and other organizations inside Afghanistan after Democrat President Joe Biden\u2019s chaotic and disastrous pullout from the country earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/us-commander-al-qaeda-numbers-afghanistan-up\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><em>Speaking at the Pentagon, McKenzie said it\u2019s clear that al-Qaeda is attempting to rebuild its presence inside Afghanistan, which was the base from which it planned the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks against the United States. He said some militants are coming into the country through its porous borders, but it is hard for the U.S. to track numbers. \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>McKenzie and other senior U.S. military and national security officials had said before the U.S. withdrawal that it would complicate efforts to keep a lid on the al-Qaeda threat, in part because of the loss of on-the-ground intelligence information and the absence of a U.S.-friendly government in Kabul. The U.S. says it will rely on airstrikes from drones and other aircraft based beyond Afghanistan\u2019s borders to respond to any extremist threats against the U.S. homeland.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re probably at about 1 or 2% of the capabilities we once had to look into Afghanistan,\u201d he said. The AP said that McKenzie warned that this meant that it was \u201cvery hard\u201d to make sure that major terrorist groups like al-Qaeda and ISIS cannot use Afghanistan to launch attacks against the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>McKenzie said that ISIS was \u201creinvigorated\u201d after the Taliban released numerous ISIS terrorists from Afghan prisons that were abandoned under Biden\u2019s leadership. The ISIS terrorist who murdered 13 U.S. service members during a suicide attack at the airport in Kabul was reportedly&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/isis-suicide-bomber-who-murdered-13-u-s-troops-was-freed-from-bagram-prison-after-biden-withdrawal-indian-media-claims\">released<\/a> from prison.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSenior Indian intelligence sources familiar with the case have told Firstpost that he was handed over to the United States\u2019 Central Intelligence Agency by the Research and Analysis Wing in September 2017,\u201d Firstpost&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/india\/kabul-airport-suicide-attacker-was-freed-by-taliban-after-four-years-in-cia-custody-for-new-delhi-terror-plot-9976961.html\">reported<\/a>. \u201cHowever, the jihadist walked free on 15 August along with thousands of other dangerous terrorists held in the high-security prison, taking advantage of the chaos that ensued in the aftermath of the United State\u2019s hurried exit and the Taliban\u2019s swift takeover of the entire country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo certainly we should expect a resurgent ISIS. It would be very surprising if that weren\u2019t the case,\u201d McKenzie said, adding, \u201cIt remains to be seen that the Taliban are going to be able to take effective action against them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McKenzie said during a different interview last week that the U.S. Military was still trying to \u201clook in Afghanistan for particularly ISIS-K targets and al-Qaida targets,\u201d but that it was \u201cdifficult\u201d to see the targets because of the loss of intelligence capabilities that Biden\u2019s disaster caused.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Related:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie said in an interview late last week that the U.S. had lost virtually all of its capability to track Islamic terrorists in al-Qaeda and other organizations inside Afghanistan after Democrat President Joe Biden\u2019s chaotic and disastrous pullout from the country earlier this year.The Associated Press reported:Speaking at the Pentagon, McKenzie said it\u2019s clear that al-Qaeda is attempting to rebuild its presence inside Afghanistan, which was the base from which it planned the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks against the United States. He said some militants are coming into the country through its porous borders, but it is hard for the U.S. to track numbers. \u2026McKenzie and other senior U.S. military and national security officials had said before the U.S. withdrawal that it would complicate efforts to keep a lid on the al-Qaeda threat, in part because of the loss of on-the-ground intelligence information and the absence of a U.S.-friendly government in Kabul. The U.S. says it will rely on airstrikes from drones and other aircraft based beyond Afghanistan\u2019s borders to respond to any extremist threats against the U.S. homeland.\u201cWe\u2019re probably at about 1 or 2% of the capabilities we once had to look into Afghanistan,\u201d he said. The AP said that McKenzie warned that this meant that it was \u201cvery hard\u201d to make sure that major terrorist groups like al-Qaeda and ISIS cannot use Afghanistan to launch attacks against the U.S.McKenzie said that ISIS was \u201creinvigorated\u201d after the Taliban released numerous ISIS terrorists from Afghan prisons that were abandoned under Biden\u2019s leadership. The ISIS terrorist who murdered 13 U.S. service members during a suicide attack at the airport in Kabul was reportedly\u00a0released from prison.\u201cSenior Indian intelligence sources familiar with the case have told Firstpost that he was handed over to the United States\u2019 Central Intelligence Agency by the Research and Analysis Wing in September 2017,\u201d Firstpost\u00a0reported. \u201cHowever, the jihadist walked free on 15 August along with thousands of other dangerous terrorists held in the high-security prison, taking advantage of the chaos that ensued in the aftermath of the United State\u2019s hurried exit and the Taliban\u2019s swift takeover of the entire country.\u201d\u201cSo certainly we should expect a resurgent ISIS. It would be very surprising if that weren\u2019t the case,\u201d McKenzie said, adding, \u201cIt remains to be seen that the Taliban are going to be able to take effective action against them.\u201dMcKenzie said during a different interview last week that the U.S. Military was still trying to \u201clook in Afghanistan for particularly ISIS-K targets and al-Qaida targets,\u201d but that it was \u201cdifficult\u201d to see the targets because of the loss of intelligence capabilities that Biden\u2019s disaster caused.Related:The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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