{"id":2520175,"date":"2025-12-11T14:21:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T19:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-admitted-18000-known-and-suspected-terrorists-from-afghanistan-in-2021-official\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T14:22:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T19:22:50","slug":"us-admitted-18000-known-and-suspected-terrorists-from-afghanistan-in-2021-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-admitted-18000-known-and-suspected-terrorists-from-afghanistan-in-2021-official\/","title":{"rendered":"US admitted 18,000 known and suspected terrorists from Afghanistan in 2021: Official"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fus-admitted-18000-known-and-suspected-terrorists-from-afghanistan-in-2021-official%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=2520175&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>In 2021, during the U.S.withdrawal from Afghanistan, approximately 18,000 known or suspected terrorists where admitted into the United States, according to National Counterterrorism Center Director Joseph Kent. Of these,about 2,000 individuals had links to terrorist organizations,posing a important threat to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-got-it-newsmax-reporter-emerald-robinson-national-security-source-confirms-a-piece-of-hardware-has-been-secured-in-germany\/\" title=\"We Got It! ... Newsmax Reporter Emerald Robinson: National Security Source Confirms &quot;A Piece of Hardware Has Been Secured&quot; in Germany\">national security<\/a>. This figure does not include those who entered illegally through the southern border, a number that remains unknown but is considered a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leader-of-u-s-air-force-to-be-appointed-chairman-of-joint-chiefs\/\" title=\"US Air Force leader to become Joint Chiefs Chairman.\">top security concern<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >chaotic evacuation airlift brought<\/a> over 80,000 people from Kabul without thorough vetting, including individuals later implicated in violent incidents, such as the shooting of two National Guard members. The issue was highlighted during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on worldwide threats, emphasizing the risks associated with border security lapses during the Biden administration.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">US admitted 18,000 known and suspected terrorists from Afghanistan in 2021: Official<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2412797\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The top U.S. counterterrorism official testified on Thursday that the federal government is aware of 18,000 people on the FBI <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/terrorism\/\">terrorism<\/a> watch list who were brought into the country during the Biden administration&rsquo;s botched 2021 withdrawal from <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/afghanistan\">Afghanistan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>National Counterterrorism Center Director Joseph Kent told lawmakers on the House Homeland Security Committee that the center recently arrived at an &ldquo;alarming&rdquo; conclusion about who the United States let into the country four years ago.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3914901\/noem-faces-impeachment-resignation-calls-trump-defends-her\/\">Noem faces impeachment and resignation calls after Trump defends her<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3914852\/noem-rebuts-democrat-called-national-guard-shooting-unfortunate-accident\/\">Noem rebuts Democrat who called National Guard shooting &#8216;unfortunate accident&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3914713\/david-trone-eyes-house-after-failed-maryland-senate-campaign\/\">David Trone eyes his old House seat after failed Maryland Senate run<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;NCTC has identified around 18,000 known and suspected terrorists that the Biden administration let come into our country,&rdquo; Kent said. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve identified 2,000 of that group &hellip; who have ties to terrorist organizations,&rdquo; Kent said. &ldquo;That is probably the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-bidens-afghanistan-withdrawal-could-leave-americans-vulnerable-to-terrorist-attack-in-next-12-to-18-months\/\" title=\"Report: Biden\u2019s ... ... Could Leave Americans Vulnerable To Terrorist Attack In \u2018Next 12 To 18 Months\u2019\">top terrorist threat<\/a> that we face right now. And that doesn&rsquo;t include the individuals who came here illegally through the open border. That number alarmingly remains unknown at this time.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>During the Biden administration, more than 10 million non-U.S. citizens attempted to enter the country illegally or were denied admission at a port of entry along the southern border. Roughly half of those who attempted to walk across the border illegally were ultimately released into the U.S. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The No. 1 threat that we have right now, in my view, is the fact that we don&rsquo;t know who came into our country in the last four years of Biden&rsquo;s open borders,&rdquo; Kent said.<\/p>\n<p>The House Homeland Security Committee held its annual hearing on worldwide threats Thursday, though much of the questioning focused on domestic threats rather than foreign concerns.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3914852\/noem-rebuts-democrat-called-national-guard-shooting-unfortunate-accident\/\">NOEM REBUTS HOUSE DEMOCRAT WHO CALLED NATIONAL GUARD SHOOTING &lsquo;UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENT&rsquo;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 2021 airlift resulted in more than 80,000 people being flown out of Kabul and brought into the U.S. without being vetted. In one instance that has gained attention, the suspect behind the shooting of two National Guard members on Nov. 26 was identified as one of the Afghan evacuees.<\/p>\n<p>The federal government has made several arrests since Thanksgiving of Afghan nationals who were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/james-bovard-30-years-ago-the-fbi-might-have-had-its-biggest-bomb-the-world-trade-center-attack\/\" title=\"James Bovard: 30 Years Ago, the FBI Might Have Had Its Biggest Bomb: The World Trade Center Attack\">plotting terrorist attacks<\/a> in the U.S.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US admitted 18,000 suspected terrorists from Afghanistan in 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2655,"featured_media":2520176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ap22229064409824-scaled-e1765475931478.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[5161,7228,3813,6039,50822],"class_list":["post-2520175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-5161","tag-afghanistan","tag-immigration","tag-terrorism","tag-us-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ap22229064409824-scaled-e1765475931478.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2520175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2520175"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2520175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2520179,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2520175\/revisions\/2520179"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2520176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2520175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2520175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2520175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}