The US president confirmed on Tuesday at a G7 summit the deadline of August 31 to complete the US military’s “mission” in Afghanistan, despite pressure from his allies. The withdrawal of the troops will be done on condition that the Taliban regime does not obstruct the evacuation of Kabul.
Faced with an ultimatum from the Taliban, Joe Biden confirmed, Tuesday, August 24, the deadline of August 31 to complete the “mission” of the American army in Afghanistan, provided that the new Afghan regime does not obstruct the evacuation of those who want to flee Kabul.
During a virtual summit with his G7 counterparts, the President of the United States therefore opposed an end to Washington’s allies who insisted on an extension of the American military presence, in order to allow more time to the exfiltrations of Afghans deemed at risk in their own country since the seizure of power by the Taliban.
“We are currently on track to complete by August 31” the “mission” to “evacuate people as efficiently and safely as possible,” he said in a repeatedly delayed address.
But the respect of this deadline “depends” on the cooperation of the Taliban to “allow access to the airport” of the candidates for departure, he warned, warning them against any “hindrance” to these difficult operations. . Joe Biden said he “asked the Pentagon and the State Department for contingency plans to adjust the schedule if it were to be necessary.”
“Serious risk”
The 46th President of the United States had himself set this date of August 31 for the total withdrawal of foreign forces, after having first mentioned the highly symbolic deadline of September 11, the twentieth anniversary of the 2001 attacks in New York. and Washington.
To justify his maintenance after being caught off guard by the flash victory of the Taliban over the government army in favor of this American withdrawal, he invoked on Tuesday the “serious and growing risk of an attack” by the jihadist group Islamic State.
“Each day of operations brings an additional risk for our troops” on behalf of this organization which “seeks to target the airport and attack the American and allied forces as well as the innocent civilians”, he insisted.
The Democratic leader argued that Washington had already helped evacuate 70,700 people – including 4,000 US nationals – since the airlift was set up on August 14, the day before the Taliban entered Kabul and their seizure of power.
We have helped to evacuate 70,700 people since August 14. This is a testament to the efforts of our brave service women and men, to our diplomats on the ground in Kabul, and to the Allies still standing with us.
– President Biden (@POTUS) August 24, 2021
“Red line”
Thousands of Afghans have been massing for days at the airport in the capital, some with their entire families, in the hope of being able to enter and board one of the planes chartered by the West which follow one another on the tarmac.
Before the announcement of the US president, the Taliban had energetically reiterated their “firm” opposition to any extension of evacuations beyond August 31 – presented the day before as a “red line”.
At a press conference, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid lectured Westerners, accused of emptying the country of its life force by evacuating the Afghans who worked with them, often among the most qualified.
Westerners “have planes, they have the airport, they should take their nationals (…) out of here,” he said. But “they should not encourage Afghans to flee Afghanistan” nor take with them qualified Afghans, engineers or others.
“We ask them to stop this (…) This country needs its expertise,” he insisted.
During the G7 meeting with the leaders of Germany, Canada, France, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom, the European Union had asked Joe Biden to secure the Kabul airport “as long as necessary” to “complete” the evacuations.
“Prevent terrorism”
But in its final communiqué, the G7 turned to the Talban, asking them to “guarantee safe passage” to those who want to leave Afghanistan, including beyond August 31.
The group of the great Western powers also warns the Taliban that they will have to “account for their actions to prevent terrorism and on human rights, in particular those of women”, and that their country, which was a refuge of Al- Qaeda before the attacks of September 11, was “never to become again a haven for terrorism and a source of terrorist attacks against other” countries.
According to the Washington Post, CIA Director William Burns had a confidential interview Monday in Kabul with Taliban co-founder Abdul Ghani Baradar – the highest meeting at this level between the United States and the fundamentalist regime since its inception. return to power.
And Joe Biden estimated that the ex-rebels had so far “taken measures” to facilitate the evacuations, even if “the situation is fragile”.
Afghans determined to leave the country at all costs, many of whom worked for the former government or with foreigners, fear that the Taliban will seek revenge and establish the same kind of fundamentalist and brutal regime as when they were in power. , between 1996 and 2001.
Female civil servants
“The Taliban have not changed,” Nilofar Bayat, captain of the Afghan wheelchair basketball team, who managed to leave her country to take refuge in Spain, said on Monday.
Outside Kabul, in the countryside and some towns, many are relieved to see decades of war come to an end. But women and ethnic minorities worry about their plight.
The Taliban try to present themselves in a more moderate light to the people and the international community, but without convincing.
During his press conference, the Taliban spokesman assured that Afghan women employed in the administration could return to work “when security is assured”, adding that they should stay at home until then.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said on Tuesday that the Taliban’s respect for the human rights of women and girls would be a “fundamental red line”.
With AFP
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