Good morning. Welcome to Axios today. It's Wednesday, August 25th. I'm Margaret Tallah

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pressure on Afghanistan is today's one big thing.

President Biden yesterday confirmed that the U.S. is on track to get U.S. troops and

allies out of Afghanistan by August 31st. This is, despite calls from other world leaders

like British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron to extend

the timeline. Dave Lawler is Axios' world editor and he joins us now with the latest.

Good morning, Dave. Hi, Margaret. President Biden is getting pressure from the Taliban

to leave. But he's also getting pressure from foreign allies to stay past August 31st.

Why is he deciding to try to stick with this August 31st deadline? Yeah, and it's not

just foreign allies. There's a lot of people on Capitol Hill who are very uncomfortable

with this timeline as well. First of all, he thinks he can get all the Americans out by

the 31st. Second of all, he thinks there are security risks that will only grow worse

if we stay beyond this deadline, which we should remember is Biden's deadline. This is,

you know, he set August 31st, but now it's been set in stone for a while. And the Taliban

say it's a red line for them. And so we do have contingency plans if we have to stay.

But the plan right now is to be out by the 31st. Do you think it's possible that President

Biden thinks that by saying he's going to stick with August 31st, he bakes in more

goodwill from the Taliban? How much is that public messaging part of his calculation

for safe passage and expediting in the in the final days? I think you're exactly right

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