Biden Fumbles Afghanistan Withdrawal

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President Joe Biden said Sunday that "a number of changes" had been made in Kabul to ease the ability of Americans and Afghan allies to flee the country amid emerging threats, and admitted there are discussions about extending the August 31 deadline for US troops to leave Afghanistan.

"We have made a number of changes, including extending access around the airport and the safe zone," Biden said, speaking from the White House. While he said he didn't "want to get into the details," he said, more of the people who need to get out are getting out.

But an administration official told CNN later Sunday that the US military operations at the airport in Kabul have not changed or expanded.

The Taliban will set up some additional entry points along the outer perimeter that they control as part of an effort to thin out the crowds in certain areas, the official said. This comes as the US and the Taliban have been in regular and daily contact about what is happening on the ground.

Biden's comments came after national security adviser Jake Sullivan said earlier in the day that the threat of ISIS against the large mass of Americans and Afghans at the Kabul airport trying to evacuate Afghanistan is "real," adding that the US is placing "paramount priority" on preventing any terrorist attack.

"The threat is real. It's acute. It is persistent. And it is something we're focused on with every tool in our arsenal," Sullivan told CNN's Brianna Keilar on "State of the Union."

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