CEP Advisory Board Member Ambassador Nathan Sales interviewed: 'It’s simply unacceptable that the US or any civilised nation would trust the Taliban to provide security,' Ambassador Nathan Sales, former special envoy to the global coalition to defeat...

CEP Research Analyst Riza Kumar interviewed: "They are definitely trying to push an ideology, but they're also promoting an alternative Islamist state. So they're compromising the Taliban's monopoly."

CEP Research Analyst Riza Kumar on Global News (Canada)

CEP Research Analyst Riza Kumar was interviewed for Global News' Global National report about ISIS-Khorasan Province in Afghanistan.

"Senior adviser at Counter Extremism Project, Ivor Roberts, said Al-Qaeda is 'deeply embedded' with the Taliban. 'I don’t think they will ever cut ties with Al-Qaeda,' Roberts, a retired British diplomat, noted."

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed on the Taliban and inability to secure the perimeter around the airport in Kabul.

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed on Swiss national broadcaster SRF 1 “10 vor 10” to discuss ISIS-Khorasan Province and the situation in Afghanistan.

CEP Advisory Board Member Ambassador Nathan Sales interviewed: "Our goal has to be to protect the Afghans who put their lives on the line for the U.S. military during the war. These are people who believe in America, who believe in America's values."

CEP Advisory Board Member Ambassador Nathan Sales quoted: "'ISIS-Khorasan and the Taliban are ... sworn enemies ... but that doesn’t mean that the Taliban has the wherewithal to keep ISIS under control,' says Nathan Sales, former State Department...

CEP Advisory Board Member Ambassador Nathan Sales quoted: "Sales said that, although it is premature to draw any firm conclusions, one possibility about how ISIS-K was able to quickly pull off such a sophisticated attack is that ISIS capability in...

CEP Advisory Board Member Ambassador Nathan Sales interviewed: "Former ambassador-at-large and former State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism Nathan A. Sales on America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan and recent violence in the country."