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Monday, August 23, 2021
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Monday, August 23, 2021
UK to urge extension of Kabul evacuations at G7 talks
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleBritain says it will urge the United States to extend an end-of-the-month deadline for evacuations from Afghanistan.
US President Joe Biden has set an August 31 deadline for the chaotic airlift organized by thousands of temporarily deployed US troops, but has left the door open to an extension if needed.
UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace says that Prime Minister Boris Johnson will “try to raise the prospect of seeing if the United States will extend” the deadline at an online leaders meeting of the G7 group of wealthy nations tomorrow.
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