Taliban risk military strikes if they host terrorists again, NATO warns

FILE PHOTO: Taliban forces patrol a street in Herat, Afghanistan August 14, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer

(Reuters) -The Taliban must not let Afghanistan become a breeding ground for terrorism again, NATO said on Tuesday, warning that the alliance after its withdrawal still has the military power to strike any terrorist group from a distance.

"Those now taking power have the responsibility to ensure that international terrorists do not regain a foothold," NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters in his first news conference since the fall of Kabul to the Taliban.