Al-Qaeda could strike U.S.from Afghan base- Report

US intelligence agencies rport has said that terror group al-Qaeda may be able to reconstitute itself in Afghanistan and attack the US in one or two years. A Bloomberg report quoting two senior US intelligence officials, has claimed that the group has already started activities in Afghanistan after the Taliban captured the country and if this is any indication, then the terrorist group will be on their feet by a year or two. Speaking at an intelligence conference on Tuesday, Lieutenant General Scott Berrier said they were looking for ways to gain access back into Afghanistan with "all kinds of sources and accesses". “We are prioritising that effort. We’ll continue to prioritise it. But we have to be careful to balance these very scarce resources,” he said.

While completing the withdrawal of the troops, Pentagon maintained that it will have "over-the-horizon" capabilities to defend the country. In fact, following the blast at Kabul airport on August 26, the US carried out two strikes in Afghanistan. We’re thinking about ways to gain access back into Afghanistan with all kinds of sources and accesses, Berrier said. CIA deputy director David Cohen agreed with the timeline of one to two years and said that al Qaeda has already started its activities.