Kabul airport was the target of a new rocket attack on Monday, August 30, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.

On the eve of the planned departure of the American army in Afghanistan, she assured that the evacuations continue, however, "without interruption".  

"The president has been informed that operations are continuing without interruption" and "he reconfirmed to the commanders the order to redouble their efforts in order to do as a priority whatever is necessary to protect our forces on the ground," he said. -she adds.

There are no more than 300 Americans to be evacuated from the country, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Sunday.

About 114,400 people including nearly 5,500 American citizens have been evacuated from Afghanistan by a gigantic airlift since August 14, on the eve of the capture of Kabul by the Taliban.

The last phase of the evacuation operations was weighed down by an attack on Thursday near the airport of the Afghan capital, claimed by the Islamic State in Khorasan (EI-K), which killed around 100 people, including 13 American soldiers and two British.

Towards the creation of a protected area in Kabul?

What will happen after the deadline of Tuesday, August 31?

Washington brings together its "key partners" (France, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, Turkey, Qatar, European Union and Nato) on Monday for a videoconference, in order to discuss "an aligned approach" for the future. , the State Department said in a statement on Sunday.

Antony Blinken will speak after the meeting to provide an update on recent US actions in Afghanistan.

Also on Monday will be held at the UN a meeting of the permanent members of the Security Council on the situation in Afghanistan. France and the United Kingdom will advocate for the creation in Kabul of a "protected zone" to carry out humanitarian operations, French President Emmanuel Macron told the weekly Le Journal du Dimanche.

Western countries have ended their evacuations in recent days, but there are still people in Afghanistan who can still claim it. In this regard, a hundred countries, including the United States, France and the United Kingdom, announced in a statement Sunday that they had received a commitment from the Taliban that they would let all foreigners and Afghan nationals leave. with a permit to settle elsewhere, even after the withdrawal of American troops scheduled for Tuesday.

While the last repatriation plane arrived in France on Sunday, Emmanuel Macron, who said on Saturday that his country was conducting "discussions" with the Taliban and Qatar to continue the evacuation of threatened Afghans, noted that this did not happen. did not imply subsequent recognition of their government.

"Those who have control of Kabul and the (Afghan) territory are the Taliban, so operationally, (...) we must have these discussions", but "this does not prejudge recognition, because we have set conditions, "he said on Sunday evening on the TFI channel from Iraq.

With AFP

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