Afghanistan does not currently pose the biggest terrorist threat to the United States and is further down the priority list following the U.S. withdrawal and subsequent Taliban takeover, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said on Monday. The top intelligence official’s comments came on the same day that President Joe Biden defended his decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan but also acknowledged that the terrorist group al-Qaeda may attempt to reconstruct itself in the country. Speaking at an intelligence and national security conference in Washington, Haines noted that while U.S. intelligence officials are keeping a close eye on potential terrorist groups reassembling in the country, they are more concerned with a number of other countries that could be harboring terrorists and pose a threat to national security. “In terms of the homeland, the threat right now from terrorist groups, we don’t prioritize at the top of the list Afghanistan,” Haines said, adding, “what we look at …
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