BREAKING: Biden 'rejects pleas to extend Afghan evacuation' as Taliban insists on deadline
The president agreed with the Pentagon not to modify the timeline of the evacuation mission, White House sources told theBiden faced pressure from US allies to extend his original deadline for pulling out of Afghanistan.
He met virtually with leaders of the Group of Seven on Tuesday morning on evacuating citizens, Afghan nationals and policy and humanitarian assistance in the country collapsed to theThe US military had advised Biden that he had to decide by Tuesday if he was going to extend the evacuation effort past the deadline, a defense official with knowledge on the talks toldBiden’s message came after aSince August 14, the US has evacuated about 58,700 Americans, Special Immigrant Visa applicants and...
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