KABUL, Aug 22 — The United States and allies were yesterday racing against “time and space” in the increasingly chaotic and dangerous bid to evacuate people from Taliban-held Afghanistan, with the EU warning it may be “impossible” to get everyone out in time. Six days after the Taliban...
KABUL, Aug 22 — The United States and allies were yesterday racing against “time and space” in the increasingly chaotic and dangerous bid to evacuate people from Taliban-held Afghanistan, with the EU warning it may be “impossible” to get everyone out in time.
Sky reporter Stuart Ramsay, who was at the airport, called the deaths “inevitable” and said that people at the front of one part of the crowd were being “crushed”, while others were “dehydrated and terrified”. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby conveyed a sense of urgency as the military aims to complete the evacuations by August 31.Others saw it as another losing battle.
A White House official later confirmed that aides had briefed President Joe Biden on “counterterrorism operations” in Afghanistan, including against the Islamic State group, which remains active in Kabul. A senior Taliban official told AFP that Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar — who co-founded the group — would meet jihadi leaders, elders and politicians in coming days.
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