United States / A secret meeting with Taliban leader Baradar was held by CIA Director

The leader of American secret agent corporation CIA William J Burns held a secret meeting with the Taliban chief Abdul Ghani Baradar in Kabul on Monday, in line with the Washington Post which quoted unnamed US officers. This changed into the highest-degree face-to-face come upon among the 2 facets and is derived greater than every week after the rebel organization seized strength in Afghanistan, the Post document said.

US President Joe Biden's selection to dispatch his pinnacle secret agent, a veteran of the overseas service, comes amid a frantic attempt to evacuate humans from Kabul worldwide airport in what the president has called "one of the largest, most difficult airlifts in history," the paper said.

Though the CIA has now no longer formally commented at the assembly, the Post quoted officers to document that the discussions probable worried about the upcoming August 31 closing date for the American navy to finish its airlift of US residents and Afghan allies.

The Biden management is below strain from a few allies to preserve US forces withinside the united states of America past August 31 closing date on the way to help the evacuation of tens of lots of residents of America and Western international locations in addition to Afghan allies determined to break out Taliban rule. 

An assembly of G7 international locations - Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States - will take region truly on Tuesday, and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is anticipated to push for a closing date extension.

Baradar, who spent 8 years in Pakistani jail earlier than his launch in 2018, has served because the Taliban's lead negotiator in peace talks with America in Qatar that ended in a settlement with the Trump management at the withdrawal of US forces.