US President Joe Biden within 24 hours will decide on the continuation of evacuation from Afghanistan after August 31, reports Reuters with reference to the official representative of the American administration.
The head of state warned that the process of exportation from the country will be “heavy and painful”, much can go wrong. As the publication writes, some advisors objected to the extension of the established period of safety reasons. A high-ranking official of the State Department noted that the commitment of Washington Afghans in the risk group “does not end on August 31st.”
In the Pentagon, they stated that everything should be done perfectly to evacuate each American citizen to the specified date, taking into account the complexity of moving to the airport and the possibility of terrorist attacks. The official representative of the Taliban (the organization is prohibited in Russia) stated that the United States did not apply for the extension of the term. In Washington, indicated that negotiations on this reason are continuing.
On Monday, more than ten thousand people were evacuated from Kabul. Thus, from August 14, the country left about 48 thousand.
Earlier, August 20, US President Joe Biden expressed the hope that the US military would have completed the evacuation of fellow citizens from Afghanistan by the end of August. He stated that it was not planning to expand the tentences of the US citizen in Afghanistan after August 31. The head of the White House expects that all American citizens who want to leave the country will be able to do it on time.