Joe Biden will come under pressure on Tuesday from western allies who want the US-led evacuation from Afghanistan extended beyond August 31, while facing the humiliating prospect that the Taliban may veto the idea.
美国总统乔•拜登(Joe Biden)周二将面临西方盟友的施压，这些盟友希望美国将其领导的阿富汗撤退行动延长至8月31日之后。与此同时，拜登还面临塔利班(Taliban)否决这一想法、令美国颜面尽失的可能性。
At an emergency G7 meeting the US president will hear calls from allies including Boris Johnson, UK prime minister, and Emmanuel Macron, French president, to negotiate with the Taliban for an extension.
在七国集团(G7)紧急会议上，英国首相鲍里斯•约翰逊(Boris Johnson)和法国总统埃马纽埃尔•马克龙(Emmanuel Macron)等一些盟友将会敦促拜登与塔利班就延长撤退时间谈判。
But the move exposes the fragility of the west’s position in Afghanistan, as the world’s leading democracies in effect plead with the Taliban to allow them to carry on with their evacuation for a few more days.
但这一举措暴露出西方在阿富汗处境的脆弱，因为这些世界上主要的民主国家实际上要恳求塔利班允许他们将撤退行动延长几天。
Suhail Shaheen, a Taliban spokesman, told the Financial Times that remaining US and other foreign troops at Kabul airport must withdraw in accord with the timeline set by the Biden administration.
塔利班一名发言人苏海勒•沙欣(Suhail Shaheen)对英国《金融时报》表示，喀布尔机场剩余的美国和其他外国士兵必须按照拜登政府设定的时间表撤离。
“Otherwise, it will be a violation,” Shaheen said. “Our leadership will take a decision [on how] to react to the violation.”
“否则就是违约，”沙欣表示，“我们的领导层会决定（如何）对违约行为作出反应。”
Speaking to reporters on Monday afternoon, Jake Sullivan, the White House national security adviser, said the Biden administration believed “that we have time between now and the 31st to get out any Americans [who] want to get out”.
白宫国家安全顾问杰克•沙利文(Jake Sullivan)周一下午对媒体表示，拜登政府相信“从现在到31日这段时间足够我们撤走所有希望离开的美国人”。