19 Jul 2021
British spy chiefs fear Taliban triumph in Afghanistan will create a “victory narrative” for radical Islam and inspire terrorist attacks in the West.
“It must surely be likely that extremist groups of various sorts, including UK-based groupings who have no meaningful connection themselves to Afghanistan, will seek to portray this to potential people they are trying to recruit or radicalise, as a victory for extremist Islam,” complained Security Service (MI5) director-general Ken McCallum, in comments reported by
The Sunday Times.
“That’s not me saying that that is the case, but extremists will seek to take propaganda advantage from the situation in Afghanistan,” he added.
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