CIA Director William Burns secretly met with the Taliban's deputy leader in Kabul on Monday, two US officials tell CNN
The Biden administration has been in regular contact with Taliban officials throughout the course of the evacuation process, both on the ground in Afghanistan and in Doha, Qatar. But the covert meeting, first reported Tuesday by The Washington Post, between Burns and Taliban co-founder and deputy leader Abdul Ghani Baradar amounts to the highest-level direct exchange of views since the militant group took control of the capital, a US official briefed on the matter told CNN.
"The Taliban has described August 31 as a"red line" and threatened consequences if the White House moves to delay the US withdrawal.Meanwhile, Biden is expected to face pressure from foreign allies to extend the timeline.CNN previously reported that the US military is advising Biden that he must decide by Tuesday whether to push the deadline beyond August 31, according to a defense official directly familiar with the discussions.
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