US troops will be well out of Afghanistan by August 31. Joe Biden has in fact decided to maintain this deadline, while evacuations have accelerated for 48 hours, US channels CNN and Fox reported Tuesday, citing US officials. On Monday, the Taliban warned that there would be “consequences” if the withdrawal was postponed as demanded by Paris and London.
Joe Biden made the decision after discussions with his G7 counterparts, according to CNN, still asking his teams to prepare a “back-up plan” if ever an extension was necessary to evacuate tens of thousands of people at risk on the spot. .
After the initial mess at Kabul airport, evacuations have accelerated for 48 hours. More than 16,000 people were evacuated on Sunday, according to the Pentagon. Monday, this figure reached 21,600 people: 12,700 were able to leave Afghanistan on board American military planes, and 8,900 via planes of the international coalition.
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