{"id":727378,"date":"2021-09-07T15:51:20","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T19:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=727378"},"modified":"2021-09-07T15:51:28","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T19:51:28","slug":"u-s-to-rely-on-over-the-horizon-capabilities-to-identify-threats-with-no-troops-on-the-ground-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-to-rely-on-over-the-horizon-capabilities-to-identify-threats-with-no-troops-on-the-ground-in-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. to rely on over-the-horizon capabilities to identify threats with no troops on the ground in Afghanistan"},"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\">34<\/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%2Fu-s-to-rely-on-over-the-horizon-capabilities-to-identify-threats-with-no-troops-on-the-ground-in-afghanistan%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=727378&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--><div id=\"attachment_2512181\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2512181\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during a joint press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Qatari capital Doha,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 12:48 PM PT \u2013 Tuesday, September 7, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said there was no question identifying terror threats would become more difficult with U.S. troops no longer in Afghanistan. During a press conference in Qatar on Tuesday, Austin said the U.S. would now have to rely more heavily on its technological capabilities to identify and engage threats that develop in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Austin assured Americans and allies the capabilities of the U.S. within the region were robust and continually improved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve come a long way in the last 20 years in terms of the development of our capabilities. I would further say there isn\u2019t a scrap of earth that we can\u2019t reach out and touch when we need to,\u201d he asserted. \u201cWe\u2019ve demonstrated that time and time again, and our job is to make sure we stay vigilant and continue to develop capabilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has acknowledged ISIS-K as a current and ongoing terror threat. Austin said the Pentagon would maintain focus on the terrorist group, while other top officials suggested the possibility of the U.S. working with the Taliban against ISIS-K.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecDef?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SecDef<\/a> and I met today with our Qatari counterparts, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kbmalattiya?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@kbmalattiya<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MBA_AlThani_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MBA_AlThani_<\/a>, to commend Qatar for its leadership facilitating the safe transit of evacuees from Afghanistan. We discussed our important work on Afghanistan and initiatives to promote regional security. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jxfDHIYfFa\">pic.twitter.com\/jxfDHIYfFa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecBlinken\/status\/1435234397087694852?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Austin went on to admit that their were lessons to be learned from an after-action review of the flawed withdrawal operation.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/secy-blinken-all-american-citizens-afghan-citizens-with-valid-travel-documents-will-be-allowed-to-leave\/\">Secy. Blinken: All American Citizens, Afghan Citizens With Valid Travel Documents Will Be Allowed To Leave<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during a joint press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Qatari capital Doha, OAN NewsroomUPDATED 12:48 PM PT \u2013 Tuesday, September &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-727378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727378","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=727378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=727378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=727378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=727378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}