G7 crisis on Afghanistan, the Taliban opposed to any postponement of the American withdrawal

The Taliban have strongly opposed any delay in the departure of US forces from Afghanistan, as a virtual G7 summit on Tuesday is due to take stock of evacuations and consider sanctions. The leaders of Germany, Canada, the United States, France, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom, as well as the secretaries general of NATO and the UN are to meet virtually Tuesday afternoon, for a summit convened urgently by London, which currently chairs the G7. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for his part declared Monday in favor of the imposition of "sanctions" against the Taliban.

Pfizer's Covid vaccine fully authorized in the United States

The United States fully authorized on Monday a first vaccine against Covid-19, that of Pfizer / BioNTech, a decision which could help convince some hesitant, but also push more institutions to impose vaccination, in a country where the Delta variant is raging. In the wake of the announcement, the Pentagon thus made it known that all members of the American armed forces should in the future be vaccinated against Covid. The exact timetable for this measure, which concerns 1.4 million soldiers, should be detailed in the coming days. Pfizer's vaccine has had emergency authorization since December, and has already been injected into millions of people in the United States. This full clearance is for people 16 and older, the US Medicines Agency, the FDA, said in a statement. The vaccine continues to be available for children and adolescents aged 12 to 15 under its conditional authorization.

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