were ringing was when donald trump allowed or gave permission for thousands of taliban prisoners to be released, and then made the commitment to return troops home before the deal had been confirmed. right. that was the beginning of the end. do you think that the government, the borisjohnson government, has the bandwidth to understand that there now, in the very near future, could be a very real surge in the terror threat coming from afghanistan? we know that thousands of prisoners have been newly released from bagram, some of them very, as we understand it, very dangerous militants. we ve got generaljohn allen, former commander of us forces in afghanistan, saying that al-qaeda could be operating openly from the hindu kush region with us forces gone. as you said at the beginning of this interview, you know all too well personally the dangers that come with islamist terrorism because you lost your brother in the bali bomb attack. do you think the british government has any clear idea
come with islamist terrorism because you lost your brother in the bali bomb attack. do you think your government has any idea how dangerous the situation could become now? i think we are slowly waking up to that and i completely agree with generaljohn allen, a close friend of mine, and what they believe will happen now, very sadly, as the terrorists will take full advantage of the vacuum that will be left to return to afghanistan to plot another attack on the scale of 9/11 in order to bookend, if you like, ourtime 9/11 in order to bookend, if you like, our time in the country, to make the very blunt port, of how futile the last two decades have been. you really believe two decades have been. you really believe that? - two decades have been. you really believe that? that what you believe will happen next is that the al-qaeda and other militant islamist groups will
as we understand it, very dangerous militants. we ve got generaljohn allen, former commander of us forces in afghanistan, saying that al-qaeda could be operating openly from the hindu kush region with us forces gone. as you said at the beginning of this interview, you know all too well personally the dangers that come with islamist terrorism because you lost your brother in the bali bomb attack. do you think the british government has any clear idea ofjust how dangerous the situation could become now? i think we re slowly waking up to that, and you re absolutely right, i totally agree with generaljohn allen, a close friend of mine. i worked with him in afghanistan. and what i believe will happen now, very sadly, is the terrorists will take full advantage of the vacuum that will be left to return to afghanistan to plot another attack on the scale of 9/11 in order to bookend, if you like, our time
for thousands of taliban prisoners to be released, and then made the commitment to return troops home before the deal had been confirmed. that was the beginning of the end. do you think that the government, the borisjohnson government, has the bandwidth to understand that there now, in the very near future, could be a very real surge in the terror threat coming from afghanistan? we know that thousands of prisoners have been newly released from bagram, some of them very, as we understand it, very dangerous militants. we ve got generaljohn allen, former commander of us forces in afghanistan, saying that al-qaeda could be operating openly from the hindu kush region with us forces gone. as you said at the beginning of this interview, you know all too well personally the dangers that come with islamist terrorism because you lost your brother in the bali bomb attack. do you think the british government has any clear idea