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Witnesses tell House panel ISIS‑K, Taliban links and regional instability heighten terror risk in South and Central Asia
Summary
Experts testified to the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee that ISIS‑K’s growth, persistent Taliban–Al Qaeda ties, and instability across South and Central Asia increase the risk of attacks beyond the region and underscore the need for sustained U.S. engagement across security, development and information channels.
Chairman Huizenga convened the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on South and Central Asia to hear testimony on the evolving terrorist threat across South and Central Asia and options for renewed U.S. engagement.
The subcommittee heard from Lisa Curtis, senior fellow and director of the Indo‑Pacific Security Program at the Center for a New American Security and a former National Security Council senior director for South and Central Asia, and Brianna Todd, professor of the practice of Central Asian Studies at the National Defense University.
Curtis told the committee that “the Taliban can never be viewed as a counterterrorism partner,” citing continued links between the Taliban and Al Qaeda and UN reporting that Al Qaeda has new training…
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