borisjohnson will make the request at an emergency meeting of leaders from the g7 countries tomorrow. us troops are due to leave kabul airport in just over week. a taliban spokesman, suhail shaheen, told the bbc that it would be a clear violation if foreign forces did not withdraw on august 31st. but several thousand people remain at the airport, desperate to flee the country. 16,000 people have left kabul as part of us evacuation efforts in the past 2a hours. about 1,800 people have been flown out by the british military on eight flights in the past 2a hours. nine more flights are expected in the next 2a hours. this morning the german military said a member of the afghan security forces has been killed in an exchange of fire with unidentified gunmen at the north gate of kabul airport. 0ur diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. this is a vast, multinational operation. kabul airport full of military planes ferrying foreigners and afghans to safety all around the clock.