Taliban Warns US To Stop Evacuating Expert Afghans

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, has warn the United States to stop taking “Afghan experts” such as engineers and doctors out of Afghanistan.

This was disclosed on Tuesday during a press conference in Kabul.

Mujahid said, “We ask them to stop this process, this country needs their expertise

The spokesman laid out a sequence of demands during the live broadcast as US-led troops have ramped up operations to get thousands of people out of Kabul.

He made another statement prior to the last warning for the withdrawal of the United States troop, “They have planes, they have the airport, they should get their citizens and contractors out of here”.

As he warns that it would not accept any extension of the August 31 deadline for evacuations.

Meanwhile, he assured women would be allowed to return to the workforce once there is security in the country.

“We want them to work but we want the security to be right,” he told reporters.

The US President Joe Biden has said he hopes to stick to the August 31 deadline he set to pull out American forces, but he is facing pressure from European allies and Britain to go beyond the date.

About 50,000 foreigners and Afghans have fled the country from Kabul’s airport since the Taliban swept into power nine days ago, according to the US government.

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