U.S. Struggles to Count Its Citizens in Afghanistan as Biden Weighs Withdrawal Delay - WSJ

The Taliban are currently screening documents on behalf of the U.S. outside the Kabul airport, and there is concern that the group may raise objections when it comes time to evacuate locally employed Afghan staff in larger numbers.

Wonderful! I bet they’re working with the efficiency and dedication of the East German Border Guards.

The Taliban, through direct talks with the U.S. in Kabul, said in response that it wouldn’t recognize any extension, nor would it assure that forces that stay in Afghanistan beyond Aug. 31 wouldn’t be subject to attack. Some U.S. officials fear that if the U.S. stays beyond Aug. 31, security cooperation with the Taliban would collapse.

Nothing wrong with the contents of that paragraph.

“We are well aware of the stated desire of the Taliban to have this mission completed by the 31st,” Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Monday

Is there anything else we can do for them? Maybe a bedtime story and a glass of warm milk before we tuck them into bed?