Terrorist threat after the capture of Kabul: "We will have to redouble our vigilance"
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Shots ring out as the Taliban control the Afghan crowd outside Kabul airport.
Afghanistan, August 16, 2021 © REUTERS TV / via REUTERS
By: Florence Thomazeau
8 mins
The withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan symbolizes the end of a streak that began twenty years ago.
The rise to power of the Taliban raises fears of a resurgence of terrorism in the country.
Can Afghanistan become an al-Qaeda rear base again?
Should the West and more particularly France fear for their security?
Analysis by Marc Hecker, research director at IFRI.
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Marc Hecker is co-author of the book
The War twenty years against jihadism and terrorism in the twenty
th
century
by Editions
Robert Laffont.
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