Fears, uncertainty torment west with Taliban in charge of Afghan security

Taliban fighters travel on a vehicle mounted with the Taliban flag in the Karte Mamorin area of Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 22, 2021. (Photo: AFP)

WASHINGTON: A year after the last U.S. troops left Kabul, there appears to be little consensus on whether the world, and the West in particular, is any safer from the terrorist groups that call Afghanistan home.