LONDON: Taliban must “guarantee” safe engagement for those who fled on the deadline for the evacuation of August 31 at this time, G7 approved Tuesday, according to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Johnson, who held an emergency meeting, said that he and his colleagues had agreed “a roadmap for the way we would be involved with the Taliban” in the future.
But he added that “the number one” condition is “to guarantee …
until August 31 and so on, the road is safe for those who want to come out.” England led emergency talks among groups of rich countries on Tuesday, said it would urge Biden to extend the August 31 deadline to attract American forces from Afghanistan.
France also called Washington to push the timeline back.
However, Biden decided after the G7 conversation that he would hold on to the time limit, US media reported.
British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said on Tuesday initially “impossible” the evacuation from Afghanistan would be extended beyond August 31.
A Taliban spokesman on Monday warned that the Islamic group of Hardline would not approve any extension, mentioning the problem of “red lines”, with delays that were seen as “extending work”.
“If the US or Britain wants to find extra time to continue the evacuation – the answer is not.
Or there will be consequences,” Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen told Sky News.
England continued to evacuate Western citizens and some Afghans from the capital, with Wallace warn the security situation increasingly “more dangerous” on August 31 approach.
The Defense Ministry said 8,458 people had been evacuated by the UK since August 13, with nine military flights leaving Kabul in the last 24 hours.
More than half – 5,171 – was an Afghan citizen qualified to move to England under his program to protect those who helped military and civil officials during their two decades involvement in Afghanistan.
An individual on the list of anti-terrorism monitoring No-fly English arrived as part of evacuation, the interior ministry was confirmed.
A spokesman said the individual was identified “as part of a strict inspection process” and after further investigation was considered “not an interesting person for security institutions or law enforcement”.
The leaders of the G7 also agreed that the Taliban would be “responsible for their actions to prevent terrorism, to human rights, especially for women, girls and minorities and continue their inclusive political settlement in Afghanistan”, according to a statement issued by Johnson.
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The UK currently leads the G7, which also consists of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States.