Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid

Taliban demand that all foreign troops should be out of Afghanistan by August 31

By Edward Era Barbacena

Kabul - Taliban is now demanding that all foreign troops especially the Americans should be completely out of the country by August 31. In addition,  Afghans are now banned from entering the Kabul International Airporta to board evacuation flights.

The Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid reiterated in a press conference on Tuesday that only foreign troops will be allowed to have access to the Airport from now on as the United States and its allies bolster the evacuation.

" The road to Kabul Airport is close for locals but open to foreigners," he said

" We are not in favor of allowing Afghans to leave," he added 

Mujahid said that the Taliban will not provide extension beyond August 31 as deadline which was set by the U.S. President Joe Biden despite many Americans and Afghans are still grappling to flee the country.

" It was the American plan," he said  "They have the opportunity. They have all the resources. They can take all the people that belong to them." 

The taliban warn that they will take over the kabul Airport security, which the U.S. has currently control after the said deadline.

Mujahid also claim that they have no list of Afghans that they were targeting who helped the Americans during the war.

" We have forgotten everything in the past," he said.

It all comes as President Joe Biden weighed whether to extend the deadline to withdraw from Afghanistan amid the mismanaged evacuation.

President Biden who is set to discuss the situation in Afghanistan with G-7 leaders on tuesday, has repeatedly vowed that no one will be left behind, including the U.S. citizens and the tens of thousands Afghans who helped the Americans during the war.

The Taliban strong stance come after when President Biden announced the deadline of the evacuation of the American troops out of the country and they warned that there will be 'consequences' if the United States' troops would stay longer.

It follows reports CIA director William Burns held a secret meeting with the Taliban's de facto leader Abdul Ghani Baradar, in Afghanistan on Monday.

The Taliban spokesperson however did not deny that the meeting took place.

More than 17,000 U.S. citizens and Afghans have already been evacuated out of the country in 36 hours. White house official said on Monday - however, the deadly Taliban violence that has blocked many from entering the Kabul Airport still in effect.

Biden administration has repeatedly refuse to confirmed how many U.S citizens still remain in Afghanistan.