Counterterrorism Capabilities News Today

25 August 2023, Karachi - The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA), and the Ministry of Interior (MOI) organized a two-day workshop on requesting electronic evidence in terrorism-related cases.

Or isis. its a real possibility in a not too distant future. >> that warning came after the generals contradicted president biden saying they supported leaving a small troop presence in afghanistan. joining me now is a veteran who served in afghanistan congressman auchincloss, good to see you, congressman. i want to start with that warning from general milley. i know you think ending the war was rooigt, but how worried are you about that and what can be done about that? >> its good to be on. the...

Few seconds i have left and we can take the second rounder off the record, future counterterrorism operations, we have to reorganize our counterterrorism capabilities and our assets in the reg op, of course, as we move to an over-the-horizon scenario, so second austin and general mckenzie, and well take these in the second round, i would like the teens what is the plan for an enduring counterterrorism strategy thats going to be able to address and counter the influence of the violent extremist o...

0 also a key part of the plan was to maintain an embassy in kabul and maintaining that embassy would allow us to continue to engage the government, to continue to provide resources to support the afghan security forces so it was -- the plan was to leave a diplomatic presence there, and in conjunction with that plan we also were going to leave a small military force there to help secure the embassy, so that was the plan, senator. >> but you didnt address the issue that you made -- if it was your ...

Pentagon and by our state department and by our coalition allies, too. >> i do have to let you go. i just want to ask again, big picture here, maybe put on your old state department hat here as well. as the world looks at this this morning, as the world looks at this morning where there are no u.s. troops in afghanistan for the first time in 20 years, what do you think the lesson is in terms of american power? >> i think -- i dont know that im qualified to answer that question, john. i think the...

About, susan, going back in, he means individual counterterrorist strike teams, whether delta force or navy s.e.a.l.s or whatever. but do you agree that the u.s. will have to go back in, in all likelihood? >> well, you know, jake, even president biden when he announced that he was making the decision to withdrawal the remaining u.s. forces back if april. even biden said we will continue to maintain essentially a counterterrorism-focused mission around afghanistan. he said that the goal was to ne...

Are helping u.s. citizens get to the airport so theres a whole complicated system here. and then, of course, to get isis in line. the taliban and isis are not friends. they were actually enemies. isis is essentially motivated to make the taliban look like its not in control of afghanistan. we want out before that period happens. we dont want to be in the middle of that fight. and, yes, this is i think worth pushing the white house on. what will be our counterterrorism capabilities in the future?...

Getting osama bin laden. they are seeing an influx of groups in other parts of afghanistan. former national security adviser john bolton was on this network earlier and said the withdrawal would risk another 9/11-style attack. from your vantage point does the military have the ability to respond to the threats inside afghanistan without having a presence inside afghanistan? >> the short answer is yes. absolutely. we have counterterrorism capabilities in place right now. a carrier strike group is...

Soldiers trained 90,000 troops according to "the new york times." the emirates have been responsible for every major ground advancement made in yemen, resting battlegrounds. thats because the uae, a tiny country with about a million citizens has the most effective army in the arab world. among gulf countries it has unparalleled counterterrorism capabilities. troops have fought alongside america in kosovo and libya. so why did the uae decide to largely abandon the war? earlier this year the u.s. ...

Paying billions and billions of dollars. so i think thats something well be discussing later and well be discussing that at our meeting and probably long before the meeting. were going to successfully confront the full range of threats and were going to need every member state to honor its obligation. so as weve just said, some do and some dont. today the united states reaffirms our commitment to article 5 and the mutual defense pac. we renew our call for nations to increase defense contribution...