French President Emmanuel Macron told U.S. President Joe Biden during a phone call last week that there is a “collective moral responsibility” to evacuate Afghan allies from Kabul before Biden’s self-imposed Aug. 31 deadline to withdraw the remaining U.S. troops.
“The head of state emphasized our collective moral responsibility toward the Afghan men and women who need our protection and who share our values,” a readout of the Aug. 19 call released by the French government states. “We cannot abandon them.”
