G-7 Allies to Press U.S. to Extend Afghanistan Presence

LONDON—Key U.S. allies are predicted to pressure President Biden on Tuesday to prolong U.S. operations in Afghanistan earlier Aug. 31 to evacuate far more Westerners and Afghans, regardless of warnings from the Taliban that they will not acknowledge the continued presence of global forces outside of the end of the thirty day period.

The U.K. has convened an unexpected emergency assembly of the Group of Seven superior economies about the Afghanistan disaster, which will take into consideration irrespective of whether to prolong evacuation operations earlier the Aug. 31 deadline the Biden administration has established to end the U.S. presence in the country.

U.K. Primary Minister Boris Johnson also hopes to hammer out a united method to the country and the Taliban regime in the for a longer time expression, according to British officials. The U.K. currently retains the rotating presidency of the G-7.

Western officials say the Taliban are trying to get global recognition of their takeover as nicely as overseas assist, details of leverage that could be used to extract concessions from the group as the U.S. and many others race to evacuate their very own citizens and Afghan allies amid chaos at Kabul airport, which is currently managed by U.S. troops. The Taliban are also trying to get to keep away from new sanctions that could hit the impoverished country’s finances.

The Taliban say they will not enable global troops to remain earlier the deadline and cannot assurance that any troops who stay will not be subject matter to assault.