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Foreign media: the West withdraws from Afghanistan at the “war speed” and draws the “red line” of the Taliban | Taliban | Afghanistan | Diplomat_Sina Technology

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Original title: Foreign media: The West withdrew from Afghanistan at a “wartime speed” and draws a “red line” for the withdrawal of the Taliban. Source: Reference News Network

Reference News Network reported on August 25 According to a Reuters Kabul/Washington report on August 24, a NATO diplomat said that the Western countries were withdrawing personnel from Afghanistan at “wartime speed” on Tuesday. At the same time, U.S. President Biden seems to be facing pressure from leaders of other members of the Group of Seven (G7) countries to ask for more time to evacuate.

A NATO diplomat told a Reuters reporter that the countries that are evacuation are working hard to complete the evacuation before the August 31 deadline. This deadline was previously reached with the Taliban on the withdrawal of foreign troops.

The diplomat, who did not want to be named, said: “In order to meet the deadline, every member of the foreign military is working at wartime speed.”

According to reports, G7 leaders will hold a video conference on Tuesday to discuss the crisis. Biden previously warned that the evacuation of personnel will be “difficult and painful” and many things may still go wrong.

Adam Schiff, chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee, said after hearing reports from intelligence officials on the Afghanistan issue that he did not believe that the evacuation could be completed in the remaining eight days. He said: “Considering the number of Americans who need to be evacuated, I think this is unlikely.”

A Taliban official said on Monday that the deadline will not be postponed, although he said that foreign troops have not yet made a request.

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Washington said that negotiations are continuing.

In addition, according to a report by Agence France-Presse on August 24 in Kabul, a Taliban spokesperson said on Tuesday that the United States must stop the withdrawal of skilled Afghans and warned Western troops not to postpone the August 31 withdrawal deadline.

The Taliban said the Americans are taking “Afghan professionals” such as engineers out of Afghanistan.

Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said at a press conference in Kabul: “We ask them to stop this process.”

He reiterated the Taliban’s previous statement that the organization would not allow the United States to postpone the deadline for withdrawal. He said: “They have airplanes, they have airports, and they should evacuate their citizens and contractors from here.”

In addition, according to a report by Agence France-Presse on August 24 in London, British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said on Tuesday that the evacuation from Afghanistan is “unlikely” to be postponed beyond August 31. G7 leaders will hold a video conference on Tuesday to discuss the crisis.

According to reports, Britain will host this emergency meeting later on Tuesday. The British side has indicated that it will urge the United States to postpone the deadline originally set at the end of the month to complete the withdrawal of personnel in Afghanistan.

In addition, France also called on Washington to extend this timetable.

However, Wallace admitted a few hours before the leaders’ meeting that both US President Biden and Taliban leaders were seriously skeptical about extending the evacuation work to September.

He told the British Sky News Channel: “I think it is unlikely. This is not only because the Taliban has already given a statement, if you look at President Biden’s public statement, I think this possibility is also very small. But this matter. It’s definitely worth trying for all of us, and we will do it too.”

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A Taliban spokesperson warned on Monday that the organization would not agree to any delay in the deadline.

According to reports, Britain is still evacuating Western citizens and some Afghans from the Afghan capital. Wallace warned that as August 31 approaches, the area is becoming “increasingly dangerous.”

He said that about 2,000 people were transported by air on Monday, 700 more than the previous 24 hours, and the total number of evacuated in the past two weeks has reached nearly 9,000.


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