What next for Afghanistan after Joe Biden rejects evacuation extension?

UK rushing to airlift more than 4,000 people out of the country

British troops involved in the evacuation at Kabul airport
British troops involved in the evacuation at Kabul airport
(Image credit: MoD Crown Copyright via Getty Images)

The UK’s evacuation flights out of Kabul may have to stop this week after Joe Biden decided against extending the deadline for Western forces to leave Afghanistan.

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