G7 to meet on Afghan deadline, evacuation put on ‘war footing’

Evacuations were being conducted on a “war footing” as foreign forces try to meet the August 31 deadline, a NATO diplomat told Reuters on Tuesday.

Leaders of the Group of Seven countries were set to discuss on Tuesday whether to seek an extension to an August 31 deadline for the evacuation of thousands of people trying to flee Afghanistan and whether to recognise or sanction a Taliban government.