On Monday, at Kabul International Airport, a dispute erupted amid a deteriorating security situation, as the Taliban said they would not allow any extension of the U.S.-led operation to evacuate foreigners and allies from the United States. ‘Afghanistan.
President Biden has suggested that the evacuation effort could continue after the Aug. 31 that had established U.S. troops to leave Afghanistan. The UK and other countries have said this does not give enough time to evacuate the tens of thousands of people who want to protect. The topic will be the subject of a meeting of the group of seven advanced economies on Tuesday.
Staying on August 31 would increase the risk of clashes between the Taliban, which controls the area surrounding Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport, and the thousands of U.S. and other international troops ‘park there to maintain safety and perform evacuation operations.
“We will not allow them to be present after this date,” Taliban official Ahmadullah Wasiq, the deputy head of the group’s cultural commission, which is called the Islamic Emirate, told The Wall Street Journal.
On Monday morning, Afghan, American and German soldiers took part in an exchange of fire at the airport that left one Afghan soldier dead and three wounded, German military officials reported. No American or German soldiers were reported injured. Some remnants of the Afghan army are working with international troops to provide security on the perimeter of the U.S.-controlled airport.