The comments were made during a Senate Armed Services Committee testimony with undersecretary of defense for policy Colin Kahl who declared that ISIS-K would be ready to attack in 6 months to a year while al-Qaeda will be ready to attack in one to two years.
“We could see ISIS-K generate that capability in somewhere between six or 12 months, according to current assessments [from the intelligence community],” Kahl said. “And for al Qaeda, it would take a year or two to reconstitute that capability. We have to remain vigilant against that possibility.”
Kahl also noted that the United States didn’t know if the Taliban would be able to counter the threat of ISIS-K.
“It is our assessment that the Taliban and ISIS-K are mortal enemies. So, the Taliban is highly motivated to go after ISIS-K. Their ability to do so, I think, is to be determined,” Kahl said.
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