President Biden said his administration may extend an Aug. 31 deadline for withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, as the Pentagon enlisted U.S. airlines to help evacuate Americans and Afghan partners from the country
President Biden said Sunday that his administration may extend an Aug. 31 deadline for withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, as the Pentagon“There’s discussions going on among us and the military about extending” the deadline, Mr. Biden told reporters at the White House. “Our hope is that we will not have to extend. But there are going to be discussions I expect about how far along we are in the process.
The president spoke as U.S. airlines were positioning aircraft to comply with a Pentagon order, announced Sunday morning under a rarely invoked law, that compelled six airlines to contribute 18 planes to help with the evacuation. Officials said the commercial aircraft wouldn’t fly in and out of Kabul, the Afghan capital, but would ferry evacuees to the U.S. from bases in Germany, Qatar and Bahrain to ease transport bottlenecks.
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