4 a.m .: G7 crisis on Afghanistan
The Taliban have firmly opposed any postponement of the departure of US forces in Afghanistan, while a virtual G7 summit on Tuesday is due to take stock of the evacuations and consider sanctions.
The leaders of Germany, Canada, the United States, France, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom, as well as the secretaries general of NATO and the UN must meet virtually Tuesday afternoon, for a summit called urgently by London, which currently chairs the G7.
"It is essential that we come together as an international community" to "agree on a common long-term approach," Johnson said in a statement as the situation remains critical at Kabul airport, where are always massed thousands of candidates at the start in terrible conditions.
2:03 am: emergency evacuations continue
At Kabul airport, a race against time is underway to urgently evacuate as many foreigners and Afghans as possible who want to flee Afghanistan before August 31, the deadline set by the Taliban for departure American forces.
Several civilians have perished in scenes of panic and despair at the airport, the country's only exit door, since the Taliban returned to power on August 15.
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