Joe Biden Aide Guarantees Safe Passage For Americans From Afghanistan: Report

"The Taliban have both communicated privately and publicly that they will allow for safe passage," said Jake Sullivan, U.S. President Joe Biden's national security adviser.

The Biden administration expects the Taliban to continue allowing safe passage for Americans and others to leave Afghanistan after the U.S. military withdrawal is completed next week, according to a top official. "The Taliban have both communicated privately and publicly that they will allow for safe passage," said Jake Sullivan, U.S. President Joe Biden's national security adviser, in a CBS TV interview set to be broadcast Sunday. U.S. forces are set to wind up their evacuation mission in Kabul before a Tuesday deadline set by Biden after the Taliban took control of much of the country. That effort has been complicated by the threat of more attacks like Thursday's blast that killed scores of Afghans and 13 American troops. "After August 31st, we will make sure there is safe passage for any American citizen, any legal permanent resident," Sullivan said, according to a transcript of CBS' "Face the Nation."