MI5 Chief Fears Taliban Win in Afghanistan Will Inspire UK Terror Attacks
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...