Tuesday, August 24, 2021

CIA Chief Meets Taliban Leader As Taliban Hold Firm Against Extending Deadline

CIA Director William J. Burns, seen here in his office in Langley, Va., met Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in Kabul on Monday, according to a U.S. official.

The talks between CIA Director William Burns and Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar come as an Aug. 31 deadline looms for the end of the U.S. airlift and withdrawal of U.S. forces.

(Image credit: Ian Morton/NPR)

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