Afghanistan, London: “Not everyone will be able to leave”

“Our goal is to get as many people out of Afghanistan as possible, but the scale of the task is such that not everyone will be able to leave the country. We are giving priority to people in a cruel way.” This was admitted by the British Defense Minister, Ben Wallace, in an interview with the BBC in which he specified that two thousand people have been evacuated in the last 24 hours and 10 thousand since April. Within hours of the G7 summit, Wallace said it was “unlikely” to go beyond the August 31 date for troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, even as London is trying to persuade Americans to extend the bridge beyond that date. plane from Kabul. “I think it’s unlikely – he told Sky News – Not only because of what the Taliban said, but also because of President Biden’s public statements”. “It is certainly worth trying all of us – he added – and we will do it”.