U.S. Struggles to Count Its Citizens in Afghanistan as Biden Weighs Withdrawal Delay

With logistics and conditions at the Kabul worldwide airport rising far more dire, the Biden administration on Tuesday is scheduled to examine with allies a withdrawal from Afghanistan past an Aug. 31 deadline that left just 8 times to evacuate 1000’s of folks.

Compounding the dilemma are the challenges borne of the far more swift than predicted Taliban takeover. The Point out Division does not know exactly how several People in america are left on the ground, although some have approximated that between 10,000 and fifteen,000 have been there when the evacuations started, many U.S. officers reported.

President Biden on Tuesday will meet pretty much with the leaders of the Team of Seven leading nations to examine coordination and evacuation options, as well as the want for humanitarian guidance for Afghan refugees. On Sunday, Mr. Biden reported he and his navy advisers have been speaking about extending the Aug. 31 withdrawal deadline.

In reaction, the Taliban, as a result of immediate talks with the U.S. in Kabul, reported it wouldn’t understand any extension, nor would it guarantee that forces that stay in Afghanistan past Aug. 31 wouldn’t be topic to attack.

Mr. Biden’s countrywide safety adviser, Jake Sullivan, reported Monday that the number of People in america on the ground is really hard to assess because several People in america did not register with the embassy when they arrived in Afghanistan, and several did not deregister when they left. “Now, it’s our accountability to locate them,” Mr. Sullivan reported.