President Joe Biden is set to be pushed by allies to extend the evacuation operation from Kabul beyond his self-imposed Aug. 31 deadline, amid warnings from the Taliban that doing so would result in “consequences.”

At an emergency virtual G7 meeting of leaders on Afghanistan on Tuesday, the United Kingdom is expected to call on Biden to keep U.S. troops in the country after the end of August to allow evacuation flights out of Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International airport to continue…

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French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian also said on Monday that France was “concerned about the deadline set by the United States” as “additional time is needed to complete ongoing operations.”…

Separately on Monday, House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), told reporters following a briefing on the matter by intelligence officials that he was not confident that the evacuation could be completed before the Aug. 31 deadline.

“I think it’s possible but I think it’s very unlikely given the number of Americans who still need to be evacuated,” Schiff said.

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said the United States was in daily talks with the Taliban and is making “enormous progress” in evacuating Americans and others from Kabul.

Sullivan added that Biden remains confident that all Americans can be evacuated from the country before his self-imposed deadline…

A day earlier, Biden said evacuation efforts have “a long way to go” and that “a lot could still go wrong.”

The United States has evacuated more than 37,000 people from Afghanistan since Aug. 14, Sullivan said during a press briefing on Monday.

“In the last 24 hours alone, 28 U.S. military flights have evacuated approximately 10,400 people from Kabul,” the national security adviser said.

Meanwhile, Suhail Shaheen, a Taliban spokesman, warned on Monday that there would be consequences if Biden fails to withdraw all troops by his self-imposed deadline. The terrorist group, which seized control of Kabul on Aug. 15, has not specified what those consequences would be…

He said he didn’t think there would be an extension “not only because of what the Taliban has said but also if you look at the public statements of President Biden, I think it is unlikely.”

Wallace added, ”It is definitely worth us all trying and we will.”…

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(Excerpted from The Epoch Times. Article by Isabel Van Brugen. Photo Credit: Phil Noble – WPA Pool/Getty Images).