
Top Pentagon official confirms ISIS-K could have capability to attack US in '6 to 12 months'
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U.S. intelligence shows that ISIS-K, the Islamic State group's Afghanistan affiliate, could potentially have the ability to strike American targets in as little as six months, while al Qaeda can also increase its capabilities, a top Pentagon official said.
"I think the intelligence community currently assesses that both ISIS-K and al Qaeda have the intent to conduct external operations, including against the United States. But neither currently has the capability to do so," Kahl said. "We could see ISIS-K generate that capability in somewhere between six or 12 months. I think the current assessments by the intelligence community is that al Qaeda would take a year or two to reconstitute that capability."
Kahl warned the U.S. must "remain vigilant against that possibility.