On September 8, senior officials of the United States (US) stated that new US intelligence assessments suggest that it is unlikely that Al-Qaeda will revive in Afghanistan and that counterterrorism operations by the Taliban in Afghanistan have degraded the presence of Islamic State-Khorasan Province (IS-KP), reports Tolo News. They further said, "IS-KP has been under increasing pressure from the Taliban, and many of its key leaders have fled the country in recent months," and "the threat from Al-Qaeda, meanwhile, is at its lowest point in decades”. Despite the 2021 US military withdrawal, terrorists' presence in Afghanistan has markedly declined, they added.