‘Afghan the biggest nat’l security threat’

Taliban fighters take part in an exercise in Lashkar Gah. Pic/AP/PTI

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has said that the Taliban's denial to cooperate with the US to contain terror groups like the Al Qaeda is a war announcement against America, the media reported on Tuesday.

Speaking to Fox News, the Senator from South Carolina said, "Afghanistan is like a freefall. Al Qaeda is flourishing there, Islamic State is getting stronger," Khaama Press reported. He also accused the Taliban of policing Al Qaeda.

Graham called Afghanistan the biggest national security threat in the near term and its humanitarian situation as the largest disaster on the planet which is getting worse.

Terming Joe Biden as "the most incompetent President", the Senator said that his plans on Afghanistan did not work and if there is someone to blame for the looming crisis in the war-torn nation, then "Biden should look in the mirror".

Imran, Xi appeal for assistance to Afghan

Pakistan PMr Imran Khan and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday jointly appealed to the international community to provide immediate humanitarian and economic assistance to the Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, which is facing acute shortage of essential supplies ahead of winter. The two leaders discussed the current situation in Afghanistan during a telephonic conversation.

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