WASHINGTON: US State Department principal deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel has said Washington was working to ensure that Afghanistan never serves as a launching pad for terrorist attacks against his country or Washington’s allies.
Vedant Patel said this while replying to a question by a journalist that banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and ISIS, have over 6,000 fighters attacking on Pakistani forces and pose a threat to regional peace.
He stated that ISIS-K is a transnational terrorist network that has the ambition and capacity to launch global terrorist attacks. He said that they are taking a whole-of-government approach to its Afghanistan counterterrorism efforts.
Vedant Patel said that they are cooperating with partners and allies, including in the immediate region. He added that they are working vigilantly to stop the re-emergence of external threats from Afghanistan, including by working with partners to counteract terrorist recruitment efforts as well.
