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CEP Advisory Board Member Ambassador Nathan Sales interviewed: "Former Coordinator for counterterrorism Nathan. A Sales discusses Biden's speech on events unfolding in Afghanistan and his approach to handling the withdrawal."
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CEP Advisory Board Member Ambassador Nathan Sales quoted: "The world should expect little change in the character of the Taliban after nearly 20 years in exile, said Nathan Sales, a former U.S. ambassador-at-large and coordinator for counterterrorism...
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CEP Advisory Board Member Ambassador Nathan Sales quoted: "'The Biden administration’s withdrawal from Afghanistan is the best news Al Qaeda has had in decades,' he wrote in a briefing paper for the Atlantic Council."
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CEP Advisory Board Member Ambassador Nathan Sales quoted: "With the Taliban back in power, he said, 'it is virtually certain that Al Qaeda will reestablish a safe haven in Afghanistan and use it to plot terrorism against the United States and others...

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Taliban Declares War Over Following U.S. Withdrawal From Afghanistan
Taliban forces seized Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, on Sunday, as the Western-backed government collapsed. That same day, President Ashraf Ghani fled the country. Given the severity of the situation, the Pentagon authorized another 1,000 troops...
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"Sir Ivor Roberts, a former UK counter-terrorism chief and senior adviser to the Counter Extremism Project, a New York-based think tank, said: ‘This is a moment of extreme danger for the West."
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"Sir Ivor Roberts, a former UK counter-terrorism chief and senior adviser to the Counter Extremism Project, a Washington-based think tank, said: ‘This is a moment of extreme danger for the West."

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Terror on a Shopping Street: The Inquest into the Streatham High Road Incident – Week Two
This is the second in a series of briefings on events at the Inquest into the death of convicted terrorist Sudesh Amman. Full details of the circumstances of the Inquest and the highlights of week one are here . This week’s evidence focused on the...
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CEP Senior Advisor Sir Ivor Roberts quoted: "Quite apart from disaster being visited on Afghan people, the West faces a renewal of the same terrorist threat which led to 9/11 and the rise of ISIS. "Some reports have spoken of up to 20 terrorist...
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CEP Advisory Board Member Ambassador Nathan Sales quoted: "U.S. intelligence officials had previously said it would take up to two years for al-Qaeda to reconstitute in Afghanistan. Nathan Sales, who served as a senior counterterrorism official...
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