Title: French Prime Minister: We Will Halt Evacuations from Afghanistan Starting Friday Evening

French Prime Minister Jean Castex stated today, Thursday, in an interview with RTL radio, that Paris will no longer be able to evacuate people from Afghanistan starting from tomorrow evening, Friday. This announcement follows French Minister of European Affairs Clément Beaune's remarks yesterday that it was "very likely" France would complete its evacuation of citizens and partners from Afghanistan today, Thursday, but Castex confirmed that operations would continue until Friday evening. The United States and its allies urged people to stay away from Kabul airport today due to threats of a potential terrorist attack from ISIS militants, as Western forces hurried to evacuate as many people as possible before the deadline of August 31. The pressure has increased to complete the evacuation of thousands of foreigners and Afghans who assisted Western countries during the 20-year war against the Taliban, as all American and allied forces are scheduled to leave the airport next week.