Less than 72 hours to be exact.
Makes sense. You must get our forces out. The last few flights will be the most dangerous as the Taliban remains the only force protection at the airport. Thousands of Afghans at the perimeter of the airport may storm the barricades trying to get on the last flights out. Could be massive chaos.
“by August 31st” - does that mean at midnight August 31st??? - or does it mean before August 31st, midnight August 30th. Taliban are by nature a deceitful, dishonest bunch of terrorists. What if they mean the latter, not the former, and anyone and anything remaining at the airport after midnight August 30th is in peril!!