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Canada evacuates Afghans despite August 31

by Edie Jenkins

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REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, TRENTON – Canada will remain in Afghanistan although he did not meet the deadline set by the United States of August 31.

“As much as possible, we will continue to work every day to evacuate as many people as possible with our allies,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday.

“Commitment to each other” G7 “Obviously, we will all work together to save as many people as possible,” he said.

This statement emerged even though the president LIKE Joe Biden has refused to keep US troops in the besieged area beyond the end of this month. America has by far the most military personnel in Afghanistan, while other countries depend on the American presence.

Since last week, chaos has erupted at Kabul airport as people rushed to flee Afghanistan. Several G7 countries including France and UK push US to extend deadline due to rapid progress Taliban by taking power in the country. However, the US president insisted on sticking to his deal with the Taliban that the US would be out of Afghanistan by August 31 at the latest.

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Trudeau says Taliban takeover means assessing aid Canada in Afghanistan.

“With the Taliban controlling the country, our regular aid, our investments and our institutions must be reviewed to ensure that we are not supporting the Taliban,”

So far, thousands of people have been evacuated from Afghanistan. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey has transported around 550 Afghans since last week.

As of August 23, the United States had evacuated 48,000 people. “Canada airlifted 500 people on Monday,” said Canadian Defense Minister Harjit Sajjan.

source: https://www.aa.com.tr/id/dunia/kanada-terus-evakuasi-warga-afghanistan-meski-via-dari-31-agustus/2345761

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