yesterday the us said that that wasn't the case and they said that they were still in control of the gates and of operations but we are hearing but that is a transfer to the taliban could happen quite soon, so it really is coming into the endgame, now.— i'm joined now by professorjane falkingham southampton university, part of the council of at—risk academics — a campaigning organisation originally founded in the 1930s to help people fleeing nazi germany. welcome. thank you forjoining us. how much contact if you had with colleagues on the ground in afghanistan and what is the situation in terms of people having left, people staying behind? thank ou ve left, people staying behind? thank you very much _ left, people staying behind? thank you very much and _ left, people staying behind? thank you very much and first _ left, people staying behind? thank you very much and first can - left, people staying behind? thank you very much and first can i - left, people staying behind? thank you very much and first can ijust i you very much and first can ijust clarify that i am an academic at the university of southampton. i am working with the council for at—risk academics which is an ngo, a charity which has been working since the 19305, which has been working since the 1930s, and they actually work with