Top general in fight against the Taliban says Afghanistan has once again become a ‘crucible of terrorism’

Following the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, Iran has expanded its ties with both the Taliban and al Qaeda in a move to united Islamic terrorist groups across the Arab world in a direct threat to the US.

Caitlin McFall is a Reporter at Fox News Digital covering Politics, U.S. and World news.

Despite the more than $2.3 trillion spent on the war in Afghanistan and President Biden’s pronouncement that al Qaeda was "gone," the terrorist group is stronger than it was before the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, argued Sadat, author of "The Last Commander: The Once and Future Battle for Afghanistan."

"There is 50,000 al Qaeda members and al Qaeda associates in Afghanistan – most of them have trained for overseas operations in the last three years," Sadat, who served in the Afghan military and security apparatus for nearly two decades, told Fox News Digital in an interview.