On 24 August 2021, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, and Charles Michel, President of the European Council, attended the videoconference of the G7 leaders’ meeting on Afghanistan.

Taliban forces took control of Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul on 15 August 2021 during a military offensive against the Afghan government that had begun in May 2021. The capture took place hours after Ashraf Ghani, President of Afghanistan fled the country. Most of the provincial capitals of Afghanistan had fallen in succession in the midst of a US troop withdrawal under a February 2020 US–Taliban agreement that is projected to be completed by 31 August 2021

This video shows a press conference given by Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel following the G7 videoconference.