president biden, the head of a superpower, that he set about leaving by the 31st, because of the threat from isis k, is that a humility humiliating position for the west to be in? what does it mean for future military cooperation? the west to be in? what does it mean forfuture military cooperation? fin for future military cooperation? on the one hand, you could say that for future military cooperation? (m the one hand, you could say that it is an embarrassing position, a poor position for the west to be hidden, but i think the reality is that the agreement that the us government had, made with the taliban injohar in february 2020, pledged the american forces and coalition forces would be out of the country within 18 months of that agreement being signed, which takes it to the 31st of august. that is the reality for why the americans are so hung over on the 31st. they seemed to be. them should be some good faith in that, they did not want a prejudiced
it was the right priority for me and the government. so the immediate focus again for the next few days is going to be on how many people on those flights will get out of afghanistan. we also heard from borisjohnson yesterday after he chaired the meeting of g7 leaders. he suggested they had a road map for dealing with the taliban going forward, for trying to exert some sort of influence on the taliban in future months and years. dominic raab again earlier was talking about that suggesting that it could mean that using the levers of the g7, the levers they have, for example foreign aid, if afghanistan wants to receive money in foreign aid, then the taliban will have to stick to some of the international obligations that it has signed up to. borisjohnson said that the top one of those was going to be allowing people safe passage out of the country. and even beyond the 31st of august, so i think there will be some real close attention paid to what is happening on the ground to do with tha
and it s a golden start in tokyo for paralympics gb as cyclist dame sarah storey takes the 15th gold of her career in her eighth games. president biden has rejected british calls to extend the united states airlift from afghanistan beyond the 31st of august, saying it would be too dangerous. in a televised address from the white house last night, president biden said each day of operations brings added risk to our troops of an attack by extremists linked to the islamic state group. some us soldiers have already started to leave as the rescue effort enters its final phase. so far, 70,700 people have been evacuated
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