It is "very probable" that France's operations to evacuate its citizens and partners from Afghanistan will end on Thursday, French European Affairs Minister Clement Beaune told C News TV.
It came as President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that the United States is on pace to complete the pullout from Afghanistan by August 31 depending on cooperation from the Taliban.
This handout photo taken and released by the French Etat-major des Armees on August 24, 2021 shows French soldiers carrying material as people wait to board a A400M Atlas military transport aircraft at the airport in Kabul. /CFP