'Al-Qaeda is going to grow back and they are going to attack the West again,' the Florida Republican congressman warned.
Waltz warnings come after an ISIS attack outside the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday that claimed the lives of 13 U.S. troops and at least 169 Afghans, the Associated Press report.that members of Congress in April started demanding the Biden administration to start the evacuations months ago.
"Abandoning Americans will lead to a large mass hostage situation and every time the Taliban have a demand going forward, for access to billions and reserves, for access to economic assistance, for international recognition, if they don't get their way, they go down the street and take a hostage," he said.
Biden has been under scrutiny by a number of lawmakers over failures in the evacuation process in Afghanistan.
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