Amerikanske sikkerhetskilder sier til Kongressen at al-Qaida kan være tilbake og utgjøre en trussel mot USA innen ett til to år.

Al Qaeda could rebuild in Afghanistan and again become a threat to the U.S. homeland in one to two years.

«The current assessment probably conservatively is one to two years for al Qaeda to build some capability to at least threaten the homeland,» said Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency Lt. Gen. Scott D. Berrier during Tuesday’s National Security Summit.

Officials say that members of the terrorist group have already started to return to the country amid the Taliban takeover, speeding the timeline for which the group could begin to pose a renewed threat.

Top Intelligence officials say al Qaeda could rebuild in Afghanistan in one to two years