Biden under pressure to stay in Kabul past Aug 31 Taliban ‘red line’, France arrests evacuee

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Biden under pressure to stay in Kabul past Aug 31 Taliban ‘red line’, France arrests evacuee

Global and domestic pressure building on Prez Biden, Sen Lindsey Graham had called for Biden impeachment if any Afghans allied with US were left behind.

Biden under pressure to stay in Kabul past Aug. 31 deadline, the Taliban’s ‘red line’

Global pressure mounts on Biden to delay withdrawal
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As the Taliban holds transition talks, part of efforts to form a new government for Afghanistan, the Biden administration is under increasing pressure to remain in Kabul past its declared Aug. 31 deadline.
With tens of thousands of Afghans waiting to evacuate amid ongoing scenes of chaos at the Kabul airport, U.S. allies have begun to voice concerns that the departures will require

washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/23/afghanistan-kabul-taliban-live-updates/

politico.eu/article/afghan-refugee-with-suspected-links-to-the-taliban-in-custody-in-france/

Afghan refugee with suspected links to the Taliban in custody in France
By Liv Klingert
August 24, 2021
An Afghan refugee who was recently flown out of Kabul and is suspected to have current or past ties with the Taliban has been placed in custody in Paris, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin confirmed on Tuesday to franceinfo.
On Monday, Darmanin initially announced that the man, who was taken on a French flight after he helped the French Embassy to evacuate, was placed under house arrest and surveillance because authorities “suspected this person to have or to have had ties with the Afghan Taliban government.” He was placed in custody after breaking the terms of his house arrest “for a few minutes,” Darmanin said.

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Lindsey Graham threatens Biden with impeachment
independent.co.uk
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