‘Al Qaeda Will Be Bigger Threat Under Osama’s Son Hamza Bin Laden’: Former UK Force Commander

New Delhi: As intelligence reports hinted that Osama bin Laden’s son Hamza bin Laden, who was supposedly dead in a US airstrike in 2019, is alive and is reportedly regrouping Al-Qaeda to plan a bigger terror attack on the Western nations, a former commander of the United Kingdom (UK) Forces has issued a terrifying warning. While responding to the intelligence report, the former UK Forces, reportedly stated that the terror outfit, Al-Qaeda will be even bigger and more terrifying under Osama’s son Hamza Bin Laden.

The chilling claims of a former commander of the UK Forces, as reported by foreign media, have come up amidst reports that Hamza has completely adopted the terror network’s command.

“Al Qaeda will be an even bigger threat than they were in 2001 under Osama Bin Laden's son," Colonel Richard Kemp, the former commander of UK forces in Afghanistan said, while issuing a warning about AI-Qaeda.

Notably, the coalition forces succeeded in their mission in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2021. Now this fresh statement may come as a surprise to some, but several experts and intelligence authorities have expressed similar suspicion.

“Our primary purpose was to prevent another 9/11 — the worst terrorist attack in history — emerging from Afghanistan, and during that period nothing like it was ever launched from there,” the former commander added.

The security agencies also have stated that at present, the picture is different from what was back in 2011. A leaked intelligence report showed Al Qaeda dramatically regaining strength in a country now under Taliban rule beyond it was on 9/11.

Not just Al-Qaeda, the Islamic State is also on the rise in Afghanistan, which carried out a horrific attack at the Crocus Hall in Moscow in March killing 145 people.

As per the foreign media reports, the former UK commander further said, “I was Commander of British Forces in Afghanistan in 2003. Back then, the Taliban and Al-Qaeda were pretty much at bay, following the successful US-led operation to drive them out that began in 2001. Later they became resurgent again but were being held back by the Afghan National Security Forces and Coalition troops, including the British.”

“That all ended when President Joe Biden ordered his disastrous withdrawal in 2021. It led directly to the collapse of the Afghan forces and the Kabul government. As a result jihadist terror came full circle,” he said. ;

Afghanistan, despite Biden’s boast in 2021 that US “over the horizon capabilities” would be sufficient to deal with the threat. In reality the intelligence and combat vacuum that he created means Al Qaida and the Islamic State will become an even greater danger to us all even than they were in 2001. And Hamza Bin Laden will be intent not only on jihadist conquest but also on vengeance for his father.