US President Joe Biden is expected to make a decision on a potential extension of the Afghanistan withdrawal deadline, which was originally set to expire on August 31, according to media reports citing administration officials.

The official also said that while Biden continues to decide if the deadline should be extended or not, his administration officials and close aides were rallying against the extension citing security risks.

Biden may drop a hint about his plan on Tuesday during a virtual meeting with the G7 countries, according to reports from news agency Reuters.

Meanwhile, United States lawmakers are also giving estimates on the likeliness of the country requiring an extension. Adam Schiff, a member of the United States House of Representatives and a part of the Democratic party, said that he thinks it is very unlikely the evacuation of Afghanistan will be completed by an August 31 deadline, according to reports from Reuters. 

“I think it’s possible but I think it’s very unlikely given the number of Americans who still need to be evacuated”, he said in an interview with reporters on Monday after a briefing by intelligence officials.

In a tweet on Monday, the White House wrote, “Since August 14, the US has evacuated and facilitated the evacuation of approximately 48,000 people. Since the end of July, we have re-located approximately 53,000 people.”

A follow-up tweet said, “Between 3 AM and 3 PM ET today, a total of approximately 10,900 people were evacuated from Kabul. 15 U.S. military flights carried approximately 6,660 evacuees, and 34 coalition flights carried 4,300 people.

The Taliban have warned of “consequences” if Western countries extend the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan beyond the August 31 deadline announced by United States President Joe Biden.

“If they are intent on continuing the occupation it will provoke a reaction,” the Taliban’s spokesman Suhail Shaheen told Sky News from Doha, Qatar.