Afghanistan: UN sounds alarm over threat posed by emboldened Taliban, still closely tied to al Qaeda

With the last remaining US troops due to leave Afghanistan in the coming months, the report compiled by the UN Monitoring Team, which is charged with tracking security threats in Afghanistan, paints a bleak picture of the security outlook. It will be uncomfortable reading for the Biden administration as it works to end the US military presence in the country.

Biden has pledged to withdraw all remaining US forces by September 11 — the twentieth anniversary of 9/11.