hope that with engagement comes influence, allowing aid agencies into afghanistan to avoid a humanitarian crisis. and also, taking the taliban to task over their commitment to human rights and their commitment to human rights and the role they will allow women and girls to play in society under them. back here, the recriminations continue over the rapid rise of the taliban and the uk's withdrawal. the defence secretary ben wallace has said to an interview with the spectator magazine that the game was up spectator magazine that the game was up back injuly in terms of keeping the taliban at bay. we are told he didn't want to criticise or contradict anything the foreign secretary has said. sources close to dominic raab says he doesn't want to be drawn into a blame game. the result is a bit of an unsightly scrap over who may or may not have seen this coming, but the practice collectively, the government didn't and it is now dealing with the consequences.— and it is now dealing with the consequences. and it is now dealing with the conseuences. ., ., «mm ., ~ consequences. jonathan blake, thank ou. it is now two weeks since the taliban captured kabul, and while the group is still to announce the make—up of a government for afghanistan, the country's economy is on the verge of collapse. prices are rising and it is