afghanistan.— members who are there in afghanistan. members who are there in afuhanistan. ., ,, , . ., afghanistan. thank you very much for “oininu us. caroline kennedy—pipe is a professor of international security at loughborough university specialising in military affairs and afghanistan. thank you forjoining us. i want to start with the situation at the airport. we were bringing viewers those really distressing images of a baby being handed over to soldiers at the airport as people seek to get their loved ones out. america has said it will stay beyond the 31st of august if necessary, to keep running that airport to get american troops out. what are the logistics around keeping an airport open in the context like this? it’s context like this? it's understandably i context like this? it�*s understandably chaotic. the taliban are ringing the perimeter of the airport. my understanding is, at this moment, those with american