US says working vigilantly to prevent re-emergence of threats from Afghanistan

The United States is working vigilantly to prevent the re-emergence of external threats from Afghanistan, the US State Department said on Thursday.

Vedant Patel, deputy spokesperson of the US State Department, told a press briefing that Daesh is a is a transnational terrorist network that has the ambition and capacity to launch international terrorist attacks.

“And as we consistently say, we’re working to ensure that Afghanistan never serves as a launching pad for terrorist attacks against the United States or our allies. We are taking a whole-of-government approach to our Afghanistan counterterrorism efforts,” he said.

“We are cooperating with partners and allies, including in the immediate region; and we’re working vigilantly to prevent the re-emergence of external threats from Afghanistan, including by working with partners to counteract terrorist recruitment efforts as well,” Patel added.

The Islamic Emirate has repeatedly denied concerns about the use of Afghan territory against countries, saying that no armed groups are currently present in Afghanistan and that Deash has been suppressed and lost its operational capabilities.