TERROR WARNING: Al-Qaeda is ‘planning MAJOR ATTACKS against the West from Afghanistan’
INFAMOUS terror group al-Qaeda is planning major attacks against the West from its newly recaptured base in Afghanistan, experts warn.
By PATRICK CHRISTYS
Express.co.uk
Mon, May 23, 2016
The violent extremists had fled the country, taking up residence in rural Pakistan – but they have now reclaimed their stronghold after allied troops left the country in 2014.
Security officials are now claiming the jihadis are using their old stomping ground to plan atrocities against Western nations.
A senior Afghan defence official warned: “al-Qaeda has taken advantage of the withdrawal of Western troops to re-establish its headquarters in southern Afghanistan.
“Now they are back they will be determined to use Afghanistan as a base to prepare new attacks against Western targets.”
The return of al-Qaeda to southern Afghanistan is a major embarrassment for the British and American governments, who have now seen the region they spent a decade fighting for simply handed over to the terrorist group.
In total, 456 British military personnel were killed in Afghanistan and an army colonel has said the Government’s decision to withdraw troops from the region was “a grave misjudgement”.
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