little as six months. for more, let s get right to raf sanchez. this is really concerning. reporter: absolutely. this has long been the concern, that when the u.s. withdrew from afghanistan, terror groups like al qaeda and isis would regroup and use afghan territory to plot new attacks. and of specific concern is isis-k. the group that carried out that suicide bombing at kabul airport, which killed 13 american service members and dozens and dozens of afghan civilians. the intelligence community now believes that isis-k could use afghanistan as a launch pad for attacks on the u.s. in as little as six months. take a listen to what the undersecretary of defense had to say yesterday. the current intelligence community s assessment is that isis-k could potentially develop a capability within 6 to 12 months and that al qaeda could potentially develop that capability within 1 to 2 years.
targeted a lot notjust by the us but by the. government as well as the forces of the taliban but, you know, this group has proven that it can adapt, it is resilient, it is resolved in its fight, so i think there is a chance that this group, all the leaders of this group, try to help the us once again at the airport. we are not going to our 0ur correspondent rajni vaidyanathan has been in afghanistan she s now in delhi and we can speak to her now. , q: welljust days before the operation ends and clearly isis k a real threat what the security concerns? as things are drawing to a close there is a heightened sense of security around cannibal airport. we have heard from the us embassy in afghanistan who issued a warning earlier where they said that any us citizen should avoid going to the airport and he also said that any us
in their respective cycling events. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the us military says it s carried out a drone strike in western afghanistan, targeting what it said was a planner for the islamic state group known as isis k. the group is thought to have carried out the attack on thursday at kabul airport, in which 170 people were killed, inluding 13 american service personnel. in a statement, us central command said that.
coronavirus infections. britain s lorry driver shortage the business secretary has rejected a temporary loosening of immigration rules and told companies to employ uk based staff. hurricane ida is approaching louisiana forcing the evacuation of high risk areas. and at the paralympics it s two gold medals and two world records for the british cycling couple husband and wife lora and neil fachie. hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the us military says it s carried out a drone strike in western afghanistan, targeting what it said was a planner for the islamic state group known as isis k. the group is thought to have
and british husband and wife not only win gold but break the world record in their respective cycling events. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the us military says it s carried out a drone strike in western afghanistan, targeting what it said was a planner for the islamic state group known as isis k. the group is thought to have carried out the attack on thursday at kabul airport, in which 170 people were killed, inluding 13 american service personnel. in a statement, us central command said. meanwhile, the last british flights carrying civilian refugees