Kirby: US reserves the right to conduct anti-terrorist operations in Afghanistan

“There are still al-Qaeda fighters in Afghanistan*.

In order not to spread classified information, I would say that this number is not very large, ”TASS quotes Kirby.

According to him, if Washington sees a threat to the United States from militants, President Joe Biden will reserve the right to further conduct anti-terrorist operations in Afghanistan.

Earlier it became known that the United States conducted a successful counter-terrorist operation against al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, during which they eliminated the leader of the group, Ayman al-Zawahiri.

Biden said the United States would never allow Afghanistan to become a terrorist haven again.

* "Al-Qaeda" - the organization was recognized as a terrorist organization by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of February 14, 2003.