'We might not get everyone out of Afghanistan' admits Joe Biden
Telegraph, 21 Aug 2021
Joe Biden admitted on Friday night that the US may not be able to rescue everyone it wants to from Afghanistan and said he could not guarantee the outcome of the "most difficult and dangerous airlift in history".
The US president said there was "risk of loss" in the evacuation amid warnings that 100,000 Afghans who had helped the Americans could be left to face Taliban reprisals.
Nato officials begged the US to extend the Aug 31 deadline for getting people out of Kabul, the Afghan capital, as women were trampled in a crush outside the airport and it emerged that some evacuation flights were leaving part empty.
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The US president said there was "risk of loss" in the evacuation amid warnings that 100,000 Afghans who had helped the Americans could be left to face Taliban reprisals.
Nato officials begged the US to extend the Aug 31 deadline for getting people out of Kabul, the Afghan capital, as women were trampled in a crush outside the airport and it emerged that some evacuation flights were leaving part empty.
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