Taliban takeover of Afghanistan may be 'morale boost' for terrorists, warns UK spy chief

Britain’s spy chief said that the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan is likely to have “heartened and emboldened” terrorists and warned that risk of attack like 9/11 remains alive.

The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan is likely to have “emboldened” terrorists and means that the threat of a 9/11 style terrorist attack remains alive, warned Britain’s spy chief on Friday. MI5 Director General Ken McCallum told the BBC that there was greater need to be vigilant as there could be a "morale boost" for extremists as a result of developments in Afghanistan as the US-led NATO troops withdrew last month.