CNN: “President Joe Biden on Wednesday suggested for the first time that he’s willing to keep US forces in Afghanistan until all American citizens who want to leave are out of the country, but stopped short of making the same commitment to the US’s Afghan partners. In an interview with ABC News, Biden said Americans should expect for all US citizens in Afghanistan to be evacuated by August 31, the deadline the administration has set for ending the nation’s longest war.”
“Asked if Americans should understand that US forces may be in Afghanistan past August 31, the President responded ‘No, Americans should understand that we’re going to try and get it done before August 31.’ But, he added, ‘if there’s American citizens left, we’re going to stay until we get them all out.’ The potential commitment to extending American forces’ stay in Afghanistan for evacuations past the end of the month does not necessarily apply to extending US-led evacuations for Afghans who worked with the US during the war.”