British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Tuesday that leaders of the world’s seven major industrialized democracies had agreed on a "road map" on how to engage with the Taliban.
The Group of Seven met on Tuesday in virtual format for crisis talks on Afghanistan.
The meeting, hosted by Johnson, comes amid widespread unhappiness among some of America's closest allies about Biden’s handling of the Afghanistan withdrawal.
Complaints have come from Britain, France, Germany and others in the G-7, which includes only one non-NATO member, Japan.
"The number one condition we're setting as G-7 is that they've got to guarantee right the way through August 31st and beyond, a safe passage for those who want to come out," Johnson said.
He said he hoped some in the Taliban would "see sense" and cooperate with the G-7 countries in allowing those who wished to leave the country to do so, as the seven powers had "very considerable leverage, economic, diplomatic and political."
In Afghanistan, meanwhile, as desperate evacuees continued to be transported out of the country, CIA Director William Burns visited Kabul on Monday to meet with Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban’s top political leader, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter.
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