Ten years have passed since U.S. Special Forces killed al-Qaeda founder and
9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden in a raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan. A decad


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Al-Qaeda Remains A Global Menace 10 Years After Bin Laden’s Death

 

(New York, N.Y.) – Ten years have passed since U.S. Special Forces killed
al-Qaeda founder and 9/11 mastermindOsama bin Laden
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Abbottabad, Pakistan. A decade after bin Laden’s death, al-Qaeda continues to
pose a major threat to U.S. national security. That threat is rising ahead of
the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Last month, the U.S. Department of State
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American diplomats and staff at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul to evacuate if their
work can be done remotely. Al-Qaeda operatives havepromised
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to “wage war on all fronts” against the United States after it withdraws from
Afghanistan “unless they are expelled from the rest of the Islamic world.”

 

Speaking on Afghanistan in a recent interview with CNS News’ Hollie McKay,
Counter Extremism Project (CEP) senior director Dr. Hans Jakob-Schindlersaid
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, “al-Qaeda as well as [ISIS] are still determined to conduct attacks on the
U.S. homeland and their presence in any of the global conflict zones will
always be of a concern. And Afghanistan continues to be, of course, a very
active conflict zone which is permissible for terrorist organizations.”

 

Last year, CEP published a policy paper, Financing of Terrorism and Social
Media Platforms
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, examining the increased financing of terrorism through al-Qaeda- and
ISIS-affiliated social media platforms. A presentation of the policy paper is
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Additionally, CEP also hosted a webinar last year, “The Prospect For Peace In
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dangerous security situation in Afghanistan due to the growing presence of
terror groups like al-Qaeda and the steps necessary to deter al-Qaeda in the
region.

 

To read CEP’s Osama bin Laden resource, please click here
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To read CEP’s al-Qaeda resource, please click here
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To read CEP’s Afghanistan resource, please click here
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