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Concerns over US terror threats rising as Taliban hold grows

by Michael BalsamoNomaan Merchant
| August 18, 2021 12:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s top general said Sunday that the United States could now face a rise in terrorist threats from a Taliban-run Afghanistan. That warning comes as intelligence agencies charged with anticipating those threats face new questions after the U.S.-backed Afghan military collapsed with shocking speed.

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