House Republican warns Bagram prisoners released by Taliban could try US entry via 'porous' southern border
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A top House Republican is warning of an “urgent" terrorist threat to the United States after the Taliban's release of thousands of prisoners from Bagram Air Base.
"I write with grave concern over the security risks posed by the release of 7,000 terrorists, including members of the Taliban, ISIS-K, and Al-Qaeda from Bagram Air Base combined with the porous southern border," McClintock wrote. "Shortly after the president ordered the unconditional surrender of Bagram Air Base to the Taliban, Taliban forces took control and released the terrorists that had been in U.S. custody. Days later, 13 U.S. service members were murdered by a suicide bomber at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul."
Citing Fox News reporting, McClintock wrote that Biden administration officials "have confirmed that the suicide bomber ‘was a prisoner released from Bagram Air Base on August 15 after the Taliban seized control of the facility.’"