and the pentagon. they're not in charge of any of the gates. of any of the airport operations. that is still under us military control. the global effort to get people to safety is now ending. these german troops have already returned home. spanish troops are back in madrid. british and american forces will be the last to go. the 20—year western mission in afghanistan ends in a chaotic, bloody withdrawl with the taliban ready to take charge. graham satchell, bbc news. the chief of the british armed forces, general sir nick carter, confirmed today that the uk was reaching the end of its evacuation today, and that flights out of kabul would now have to be used to bring troops home. we've done an extraordinaryjob to evacuate as many as we have, but i'm afraid it's absolutely heartbreaking that we can't bring everybody out. we've done an extraoridnaryjob to evacuate as many as we have,