and they could be promoting violence because of government restrictions and also public health safety restrictions as well. so that s on one side here. then on the other side, we have these foreign groups, actors, who might be motivated by foreign terrorism groups. interestingly, dhs is pointing out we re weeks away from the 20th anniversary of 9/11. to that end, they say al-qaeda has put out its first english language version of inspire magazine in four years, so they re watching that very closely. so all of these threats as we move into the fall season when there is 9/11, schools are reopening and to that end, dhs is saying the reopening of institutions including schools as well as several dates of religious significance over the next few months could also provide increased targets of opportunity for violence. though there are no credible or imminent threats identified to these locations.
the loss of terrain and the repetitivity of the loss of terrain has to be concerning. one, because it is a war that is physical but it is also has a psyc to it and hope matters and moral actually matters. reporter: the biden administration has made it clear that this is the afghan military s fight, this is a fight for the country of afghanistan. the u.s. mission is complete at this point and the fundamental assistance to the military is in the form of finance. jim. oren liebermann, there is a lot of concern on the ground there. thanks very much. although the troop withdrawal is almost complete, the white house has yet to finalize the policy for pursuing terrorism groups which continue to be active in afghanistan. katie bowe williams joins me now. does this mean they haven t worked out the strategy for drone strikes, special forces
links to known or suspected terrorists. so that is where some of the difficulty is here, figuring out whether he has links to terrorism groups. so far, there is no indication of that. back to you. thank you. as we learn more about the three sailors who lost their lives, the details are heartbreaking. the family of joshua watson is remembering the 23-year-old as a hero. his parents say he was recently accepted to flight school and arrived at the base in pensacola two weeks ago to continue his training to become a pilot. they say he loved being in the military. he was so excited to do it. all he ever wanted to do. he called and talked to us that night before and told us he had he told us he loved us. he wasn t exactly excited about
is in itself an act of terror, another act of terror in paris. he did it at almost the exact same time that the charlie hebdo incident started. exact. i you can be sick and evil, sick and a terrorist. yes. the action is an act of terror. something else we re hearing here from parisians, authorities, investigators, they say don t look at paris as if it is unique with what s going on. paris is what all big cities will become at some point in the future as you have more muslim immigration, as you have more terrorism groups popping up. do you see it that way, that this is something of the new normal, well beyond france s borders? taims any living and vibrant
different operating bases. when you do that, you spread your force so thin that you spend almost all your resources on force protection and intelligence gathering, rather than on the core mission. what does this tell you, lieutenant, you know, that taliban or other, you know, forces, you know, terrorism groups, et cetera, that they are growing, and they re formidable. or does this also tell you something about, is it that some afghan the afghan people are not trainable or, perhaps, you know, they re not able to have the same kind of dedication, i guess, to the police forcing or military forcing that the u.s. wants to see. what is it at stake here? what s at the root of the problem? well, i agree with what richard said completely, and the numbers will be difficult. let me answer your question two parts first. yeah. the reason i believe we re at nearly the right number right now is because as long as they re able to do the aggressive mission assigned to them as rick said, if th