Joe Biden expected to decide on Afghan evacuation deadline in 24 hours

As thousands of Afghans and foreign nationals scramble to flee the nation, US President Joe Biden is expected to decide within 24 hours whether to extend the August 31 deadline to withdraw troops from Afghanistan.

With thousands of desperate Afghans and foreigners massed at Kabul's airport in the hope of fleeing Afghanistan's new Taliban rulers, U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to decide as soon as Tuesday on whether to extend an Aug. 31 deadline to airlift Americans and their allies to safety. Biden warned on Sunday that the evacuation was going to be "hard and painful" and much could still go wrong. U.S. troops might stay beyond an Aug. 31 deadline to oversee the evacuation, he said.