Today is an important day on the Afghan front. The extraordinary G7 summit opens in the afternoon, while pressure is mounting on the White House to take a decision also urged by the Pentagon. Complete the retreat by August 31, as President Biden repeatedly reiterated, or stay in the country as the allies ask? The Taliban: “Get out of Kabul by the end of the month or there will be reactions.” But security in the capital’s airport is still fragile, and the danger of attacks is real. The day live
Kamala Harris “Retirement is the right decision”
“I am fully aware that the eyes of the world are on Afghanistan,” said US Vice President Kamala Harris, who defended the US withdrawal from Afghanistan by speaking of a “courageous and just decision” by President Joe Biden. “We have reached the goal for which we went there”, she reiterated from Singapore where she arrived on Sunday for a journey that continues in these hours in Vietnam
Via da Kabul
Meanwhile, the plan for the evacuation of Afghanistan accelerates. The White House announced that yesterday, from three in the morning to three in the afternoon, 10,900 people were evacuated from the Kabul airport: a number that brings the number of people taken away from the country to about 53,000 since July, 48,000 from when the evacuations were intensified on August 14, the day before the Taliban conquest of Kabul.
Draghi works at the G20
On the day of the G7, Prime Minister Draghi and Foreign Minister Di Maio also work to organize a G20 summit as soon as possible, under Italian leadership, to also involve other countries crucial for the strategy in Afghanistan such as China, Russia and India. Salvini also asks for Pakistan’s participation.