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Afghanistan.

The headline in the Washington Post tells a troubled story. Afghanistan has become a

terrorism staging ground again.

Leak reveals.

The first graph tells everything less than two years after President Biden withdrew

US personnel from Afghanistan.

The country has become a significant coordination site for the Islamic State as the terrorist

group plans attacks across Europe and Asia and conducts quote, aspirational plotting and

quote against the United States according to a classified Pentagon assessment that

portrays the threat as a growing security concern.

I welcome Mary Kissel, Executive Vice President Stevenson corporate and former senior advisor

to the Secretary of State.

Mary was at state during the time that the Trump administration negotiated with the Taliban

in Doha Qatar through the offices of the Qataris and led to an agreement at Roy 29, 2020.

But to my understanding was never actually fulfilled by the Taliban.

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