CEP Advisory Board Member Ambassador Nathan Sales interviewed: "Our goal has to be to protect the Afghans who put their lives on the line for the U.S. military during the war. These are people who believe in America, who believe in America's values."

CEP Advisory Board Member Ambassador Nathan Sales quoted: "'ISIS-Khorasan and the Taliban are ... sworn enemies ... but that doesn’t mean that the Taliban has the wherewithal to keep ISIS under control,' says Nathan Sales, former State Department...

CEP Advisory Board Member Ambassador Nathan Sales quoted: "Sales said that, although it is premature to draw any firm conclusions, one possibility about how ISIS-K was able to quickly pull off such a sophisticated attack is that ISIS capability in...

CEP Advisory Board Member Ambassador Nathan Sales interviewed: "Former ambassador-at-large and former State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism Nathan A. Sales on America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan and recent violence in the country."

"Roberts, a senior adviser at the Counter Extremism Project, a non-profit network that researches extremist groups, said he was surprised at the move. ‘I thought from the PR point of view, the Taliban was being a bit smarter than that,’ he said."

"Dr Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director at Counter Extremist Project, said the Taliban had gained the ability to 'tap into any economic activity in the country'."

"Dr Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director at Counter Extremist Project, said the Taliban had gained the ability to 'tap into any economic activity in the country'."

CEP Advisory Board Member Ambassador Nathan Sales quoted: "A former top Trump administration counterterrorism official said the Biden White House made a few critical missteps during evacuation efforts leading up to the deadly bombings near the Kabul...

CEP Advisory Board Member Ambassador Nathan Sales interviewed: "The former State Department coordinator for counter-terrorism discusses the impact of the bloody day in Afghanistan on 'Fox Business Tonight.'"

"It has presumably been in Afghanistan since at least November 2014, when jihadists in Afghanistan and Pakistan pledged allegiance to the core ISIS group, said Riza Kumar, a research analyst at the Counter Extremism Project, a New York-based...