Bullied by the Taliban: Biden won’t extend Afghanistan pullout deadline despite chaotic withdrawal, as Taliban issues threats

(Fox News, Aug 24, 2021)

Critics slammed President Biden and said he will “have blood on his hands” after it was announced the U.S. will not extend the Aug. 31 deadline of withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan. 

“I can tell you there’s no way we can humanly get all of our American citizens and Afghan partners out of country by that time. I’ve called this consistently an unmitigated disaster of epic proportions. It will be a stain on this presidency, and particularly of the decision made today, and what we heard today. He will have blood on his hands, people are gonna die,” Republican Rep. Michael McCaul said during a press briefing on Tuesday afternoon.

 A U.S. official told Fox News’s Lucas Tomlinson on Tuesday that Biden decided against extending the Aug. 31 deadline to withdraw all American troops from Afghanistan.

The announcement came after Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar and CIA Director William Burns met in Kabul, and a Taliban spokesman said there will be “no extensions” to the deadline.