Taliban say the evacuations must end on August 31. This is probably in response to the Biden administration, the British governmet and numerous EU officials and EU governments saying that the evacuations probably won't by concluded by the end of this month and more time is needed.
Taliban will not extend evacuation deadline
The Taliban will not extend the 31 August deadline for the current evacuation mission, a spokesman has said.
The 31st was a red line, Suhail Shaheen said. He said President Biden had said troops would be out by that date, and extending it meant extending Afghanistan's occupation. He warned of consequences if that were to change.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson had been expected to use an emergency G7 meeting on Tuesday to ask President Biden to delay the US troop withdrawal to allow more time for evacuations from Kabul airport.
Thousands of Afghans and foreign nationals are still scrambling to get on flights out of the country.
Source: BBC
what happens if they say no and stay past the deadline. A possible war?
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