{"id":135756,"date":"2021-08-16T18:44:38","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T18:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=135756"},"modified":"2021-08-16T18:44:38","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T18:44:38","slug":"west-facing-major-hit-like-9-11-after-afghanistan-falls-to-taliban-mp-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/west-facing-major-hit-like-9-11-after-afghanistan-falls-to-taliban-mp-warns\/","title":{"rendered":"West facing ‘major hit like 9\/11’ after Afghanistan falls to Taliban, MP warns"},"content":{"rendered":"

Militant organisations are regrouping in the freshly fallen "terrorist haven" of Afghanistan and we should fear another massive attack, similar to 9\/11, according to a top Tory MP.<\/p>\n

Both US and British troops have withdrawn from Afghanistan after 20 years of battling the Taliban and other fundamentalist groups.<\/p>\n

Afghans are now at the mercy of the Taliban and families of British soldiers who served there are demanding answers from the government as to what their dead and injured relatives' efforts were for.<\/p>\n

Now, Tobias Ellwood, the chairman of the defence select committee, said the UK and its allies would come to "regret" pulling troops out of the country because it creates an environment for terrorist groups to thrive, and even plan another attack on the West.<\/p>\n

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"We\u2019re not just gifting this country to the very adversary [there] when we entered Afghanistan to defeat in the first place, but we\u2019re actually seeing terrorist organisations now regroup and return back to their havens," Mr Ellwood told Sky News on Monday.<\/p>\n

The MP added: "Really sadly, I predict another major hit on the West, the likes of 9\/11. Because the terrorist groups will want to bookend our time in Afghanistan to show how futile the last two decades have been."<\/p>\n

John Bolton, a former national security adviser to Donald Trump, also branded the withdrawal of troops a "big mistake".<\/p>\n

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