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MI5 chief: Taliban Afghan victory has boosted extremists

Ken McCallum says his agency has helped stop six ‘late-stage’ terrorist attacks during pandemic

MI5’s chief said the Taliban’s recapture of Afghanistan had given Islamist extremists “a psychological boost” in an interview where he also said the spy agency had helped foil six “late-stage” terrorist attacks during the pandemic.

Ken McCallum, giving his first interview since last month’s fall of Kabul, said Islamist extremists had been “hardened and emboldened” – and would require special vigilance from the domestic spy agency.

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