US To Soon Complete Evacuation If Taliban Cooperates: Joe Biden
Referring to the murder of an Afghan guard at the Kabul airport, US President Joe Biden said on August 24 "we are making every effort to complete our evacuation mission in Afghanistan by August 31". Speaking at the White House, he also added, ''The completion by August 31 depends upon the Taliban continuing to cooperate.'' Biden informed that the US managed to evacuate 70,700 people since August 14.