Category: terrorist threat

Top Terrorism Threats Not From Afghanistan: Director of National Intelligence

Afghanistan does not currently pose the biggest terrorist threat to the United States and is further down the priority list following the U.S. withdrawal and subsequent Taliban takeover, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said on Monday. The top intelligence official’s comments came on the same day that President Joe Biden defended his decision to withdraw U.S. troops…


Top Terrorism Threats Not From Afghanistan: DNI

Afghanistan does not currently pose the biggest terrorist threat to the United States and is further down the priority list following the U.S. withdrawal and subsequent Taliban takeover, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said on Monday. The top intelligence official’s comments came on the same day that President Joe Biden defended his decision to withdraw U.S. troops…


Biden Says al-Qaeda Bigger Threat Than Taliban, Claims Group in ‘Existential Crisis’

President Joe Biden says there is a “significantly greater” threat from al-Qaeda and its affiliated groups in other countries than the Taliban in Afghanistan as he defended his administration’s turbulent withdrawal. In an interview with ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Biden stressed that the United States should shift its focus on places where terrorist threats are considered…


‘We Must Unite’ and Fight Global Terrorist Threat in Afghanistan: UN Chief

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres called on the world for unity and to fight the “global terrorist threat” in Afghanistan as Taliban insurgents took control of the nation’s capital over the weekend. Guterres appealed for the UN Security Council and the international community to work together and ensure that human rights are upheld in…


Texas Police Arrests Man Accused of Plotting Mass Shooting at Walmart

A Texas man suspected of plotting a mass casualty shooting at a Walmart has been arrested and charged with making a terroristic threat.