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re: =Afghan: UK & Taliban in Talks on Terrorism Prevention & Further Evacuations
Former British Army Commander in Afghanistan Warns Terror Threat Greater Than Before 9/11
Good Morning Britain spoke with former Commander of British Forces in Afghanistan Colonel Richard Kemp who has issues with the current handling of the situation in Kabul
Daily Mirror,31 AUG 2021.
A former commander of British Armed Forces in Afghanistan
On Tuesday morning, Good Morning Britain presenter and newsreader Pip Tomson spoke with Colonel Richard Kemp, the former Commander of British Forces in Afghanistan.
The military veteran spoke out about the current crisis in Afghanistan as the Taliban have come to power and the last of US troops have pulled out of the country.
However, Colonel Kemp had stark words of warning about what the future holds following the Taliban’s seizure of power, dubbing the decision of the US and UK governments to pull out their armed forces as “foolish and catastrophic”.
Colonel Kemp said: “I think the reality is we now face a terrorist threat that is greater than anytime since before 9/11, including at the height of the Islamic State’s control of parts of Syria.
“Jihadists will flood into Afghanistan from around the world, they’ll train and prepare and carry out attacks on our countries.”
He added: “This departure and defeat will inspire jihadists everywhere to attack us, including jihadists here in Britain.”
Pip Tomson questioned Colonel Kemp on what strategy would be pursued to deal with this given that UK forces are unlikely to return to Afghanistan.
“No, we’re not going to do that. The only way we can combat it is by intelligence the ground, intelligence using airborne censors etc., interception of communication which leads us then to target attacks against concentrations of terrorists who are planning to kill us.”
However, he noted that the ability to do this will also be damaged by the lack of a Western presence in Afghanistan.
Colonel Kemp argued that all of this showed how “foolish and catastrophic” the decision to leave the country was.
Pip asked Colonel Kemp whether he foresaw British forces working with the Taliban and he considered this unlikely, considering them more likely to be a target of attack along with the so-called Islamic State and Al-Qaeda.
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