The G7 group of nations has agreed a "roadmap" for future engagement with the Taliban and will insist on the "safe passage" of people who want to leave Afghanistan beyond 31 August, Boris Johnson has said, APA reports.
Speaking after a virtual G7 summit about the evacuation of people from Afghanistan, the prime minister said: "The number one condition we're setting as G7 is that they have got to guarantee, right the way through, through 31 August and beyond, safe passage for those who want to come out.
"Some will say that they don't accept that and some, I hope, will see the sense of that, because the G7 has very considerable leverage - economic, diplomatic and political."
Mr Johnson was expected to use the talks to press US President Joe Biden to extend the deadline for pulling out his remaining troops from Afghanistan to allow evacuations to continue.
But US media reports say the president has decided not to extend the deadline.
The PM, who did not directly reference his extension call in a broadcast pool clip after the summit, said there had been "harrowing scenes" in Kabul in recent days and "the situation at the airport is not getting any better".
He said the UK had managed to evacuate 9,000 people so far and "we're confident we can get thousands more out".
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