Taliban insists on August 31st deadline for evacuations

Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban spokesman

Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban spokesman Source: Getty

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The Taliban is maintaining foreign evacuations must be completed from Afghanistan by the end of the month, after a G7 meeting overnight.

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