US forces will stay in Afghanistan until all US citizens are out of the country, even if that means staying beyond the August 31 deadline, President Joe Biden told ABC News in an interview on Wednesday.
The president said he was committed to getting all Americans who want to leave Afghanistan out of the country. His administration had set the end of August as the deadline for all troops to leave.
But he accepted the possible need to stay longer. "If there are American citizens left, we're going to stay until we get them all out," he said.
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Biden: US may stay in Afghanistan beyond August 31 | News | DW | 18.08.2021
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