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Downing Street was reportedly furious after US President Johnson and the rest of the G7 leaders assured in June that the US would “retain enough security presence in Afghanistan to keep Kabul safe”. The memo said that this presence of US forces would allow the UK to keep its embassy open in the Afghan capital.

But Playbook’s Politico reports that when this did not happen, many world leaders felt Biden had failed to keep his commitment and instead pulled the rug from under his allies.

A government insider told the website that the Biden administration told them one thing about the pace and scale of the withdrawal, and then did something else.

News of the row emerged as the prime minister prepared to pressure his US counterpart to extend his September deadline for withdrawing all US troops from the war-torn country.

Mr Johnson will use the UK’s presidency of tomorrow’s virtual summit to pressure the leader of the free world on the issue.

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“We’ll see what we can do,” he said.

Shortly after Mr Johnson’s tweet, President Jen Psaki’s press secretary said: “Leaders will discuss continuing our close coordination of Afghanistan policy and the evacuation of our citizens, the brave Afghans who have stood with us over the past two decades, and other vulnerable Afghans.

They will also discuss plans to provide humanitarian assistance and support to Afghan refugees,” he said.

But for any extension to succeed – the Taliban must agree.

So far they have not wanted to discuss this issue.

“It’s a red line,” Taliban spokesman Dr. Sohail Shaheen told Sky News. “President Biden has announced that they will withdraw all their military forces on August 31.”

“So if they extend it, it means that they are expanding the occupation when there is no need for that.”

He added: “If the US or the UK ask for more time to continue the evacuations – the answer is no. Or there will be consequences.”

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