‘Chaotic’ Afghanistan withdrawal to blame for Election Day plot: Condoleezza Rice

Published October 9, 2024 5:17pm ET



Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice anticipated that President Joe Biden‘s withdrawal from Afghanistan would “increase the terrorist threat” ahead of Election Day.

Three years after the withdrawal, which Rice categorized as “chaotic,” the FBI arrested an Afghan national over an alleged terrorist plot planned for Nov. 5 in Oklahoma. Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, was accused of planning to “acquire semi-automatic weapons and commit a violent attack in the name of ISIS.”

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