The director of the FBI has voiced concerns that Afghanistan could become a safe-haven for terrorist organisations to launch operations from following the Taliban's takeover.
Christopher Wray, 54, was speaking at a House Homeland Security Committee briefing yesterday when he revealed the concerns.
The final flight bringing US citizens and their allies out of Afghanistan left Kabul airport on August 30.
However, during the mass evacuations, which started on August 14, terror group ISIS-K - a splinter organisation from IS - left 13 Americans dead in a suicide attack.
Christopher Wray, 54, (pictured) was speaking at a House Homeland Security Committee briefing yesterday when he voiced concerns that Afghanistan could become a safe-haven for terrorist organisations to launch operations from following the Taliban's takeover
And now, Wray has raised the possibility that reduced security in the country since the Taliban's takeover may provide the opportunity for other terror groups to use it as a base, according to Fox News.
Speaking at the hearing, he said: 'We are, of course, concerned that there will be an opportunity for a safe haven to be re-created there, which is certainly something we've seen in the past, and allow a foreign terrorist organization to operate more freely in the region.'
Wray also said that American security services are concerned that ISIS-K may take the opportunity that instability in Afghanistan provides, to operate more freely.
He also voiced concerns that the events the unfolded in the country could act as a catalyst for other terrorists.
The final flight bringing US citizens and their allies out of Afghanistan left Kabul airport on August 30. However, during the mass evacuations, which started on August 14, terror group ISIS-K - a splinter organisation from IS - left 13 Americans dead in a suicide attack. Pictured: Smoke rises after the two explosions outside Kabul airport
'Most importantly, we're concerned that foreign terrorist
