President Joe Biden will stick to his August 31 deadline to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan despite pressures from G7 leaders to extend it
* President Joe Biden will stick to his August 31 deadline to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan despite pressures from G7 leaders to extend it
* The Taliban said Tuesday it will not extend the August 31 deadline for the U.S to withdrawal all troops
* 'We will not extend the deadline for the presence of U.S. troops in Afghanistan,' Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Myjahid said Tuesday. 'They are capable of evacuating their citizens and troops by August 31'
* Comes after CIA Director William Burns went to Kabul for a meeting with Taliban leader Abdul Ghani Baradar
* Likely discussed at the Monday meeting was the deadline for troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
* Biden said he won't rule out military staying in Afghanistan past the deadline if needed to get Americans out
* Taliban leaders warned of 'consequences' if the U.S. doesn't keep to the timeline
* President Biden will meet virtually with G7 leaders on Tuesday morning to discuss the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan and will update the nation on the situation late in the afternoon
* World leaders are increasingly pressuring Biden to extend the deadline
President Joe Biden on Tuesday rejected pleas from G7 leaders to extend the Kabul evacuation and has insisted US troops will leave by August 31, after the Taliban issued a chilling warning to western forces who stay.
The move now gives the Biden administration just seven days to evacuate thousands of American citizens and Afghan allies still stranded on the ground and fighting to escape the chaos at the airport.
The US ramped up the airlift by evacuating 21,600 people in the last 24 hours, but they still don't know the exact number that still need to be flown out and are now running out of time.
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WNU Editor: G7 leaders want an extension to the August 31st deadline. The Taliban wants the U.S. out by August 31st. The Taliban have won the argument.
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