UK spy chief warns Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan could fuel terror plots against West

Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan could gibve a "boost" to extremists plotting attacks elsewhere, the chief of Britain`s MI5 domestic spy service said.

LONDON: The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan will provide a "morale boost" to extremists plotting attacks elsewhere, and could again give them a base to operate as they did in the run-up to 9/11, the head of Britain`s MI5 domestic spy service said on Friday. Ken McCallum, director general of the Security Service, best known by the initials for Military Intelligence Section 5, told the BBC the threat to Britain from terrorism was "a real and enduring thing". "We do face a consistent global struggle to defeat extremism and to guard against terrorism," McCallum said in an interview on the eve of the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.