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US Plans to Complete Evacuation by 31st August Despite Pleas from Allies to Extend Deadline
On August 24, the United States must complete its evacuation of people from Afghanistan by August 31. As per the Taliban spokesperson, there will be no extension for US evacuation in Afghanistan. However, they have to evacuate American troops set by the Biden Administration. Moreover, he said the country is running towards success but chaos at the airport causing disaster.
The Taliban are closing the airport; "Let the women stay at home" VIDEO
He said that "due to the chaotic situation", the Taliban no longer allow Afghan citizens to go to the airport in Kabul.
"We are working to help, but unfortunately, the Americans are still continuing their policy and trying to get the Afghans out of the country and take them to an uncertain future," Mujahid said.
US CIA Chief Secretly Meets Taliban Leader in Kabul
US Central Intelligence Agency chief William Burns has held a secret meeting with Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in Kabul, the Washington Post and Associated Press reported.
This is a sad truth: They will not succeed to save all, they'll be left in the lurch
In a conversation with Russia Today, Jim Laurie said that it was over now and that many Afghans, who were promised to be evacuated because they worked for American troops, would be left in the lurch.
The last Serb in Afghanistan for B92.net: "I'm staying here"
Images from Kabul have been shaking the world for days, and media reports are full of stories about (un)successful evacuations, both of foreigners and Afghans, who are trying in every way to leave that country.
US troops surge evacuations out of Kabul but threats persist
The U.S. military pulled off its biggest day of evacuation flights out of Afghanistan by far on Aug. 23, but deadly violence that has blocked many desperate evacuees from entering Kabul's airport persisted, and the Taliban signaled they might soon seek to shut down the airlifts.
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G7 Leaders Virtual Meeting Today on Afghanistan
Emergency talks by the G7 leadership will be held in a virtual format on August 24 initiated by the UK, who is chairing the club. The summit will focus on Afghanistan where developments are not going according to the way London and Washington anticipated. So far, the Taliban movement (outlawed in Russia) has not formed a coalition government.
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Taliban Capture US Planes and Missiles
The Taliban terrorist movement has seized a small number of US aircraft, military helicopters and anti-tank missiles, sources told Al-Arabiya TV.
As the interlocutors of the channel noted, the seizure of even a small number of weapons is of concern to the leadership of the United States.
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Blair broke a decade of silence naming culprits for Afghanistan: "An imbecile policy"
Tony Blair dramatically broke the silence due to the crisis in Afghanistan and accused US President Joe Biden of an "imbecile" decision to withdraw American troops.
In a brutal attack on the decision to abruptly withdraw Biden's American troops, he claims that it is obvious that the decision to withdraw was not led by a great strategy, but by politics.
EU: No Recognition for Taliban, no Talks with Them - Ursula von der Leyen
The EU has not recognised the Taliban, nor is it holding political talks with them, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Saturday, cited by news agencies. The EC president spoke after visiting a reception centre in Madrid for Afghan employees of EU institutions evacuated from Kabul.