the evacuation of roughly a8,000 people since an intense airlift started on m august, while the uk evacuation effort continues this morning the defence secretary ben wallace said 8,600, people had been flown out since the 14th of august. the un human rights chief says she has received credible reports of human rights violations in areas under taliban control including summary executions and restrictions on women. helen catt has this report. as thousands continue to try to flee afghanistan, the leaders of the g7 nations, which include the us, france and germany, will hold an emergency virtual meeting to address the crisis. it is likely to be very different in tone from when they met in person in cornwall injune.
last week and his refusal to extend august 31 deadline which is something that you wanted? let august 31 deadline which is something that you wanted? let us be clear. the immediate something that you wanted? let us be clear. the immediate phase something that you wanted? let us be clear. the immediate phase of- something that you wanted? let us be clear. the immediate phase of the - clear. the immediate phase of the evacuation is actually being a very considerable success by the military and i think most people looking at the numbers that we have got out would say it was quite remarkable that since the 14th of august we have got 9000 people coming to this country and helping to make new lives and obviously we are having to check them and to affect them and they re all sites of processes that we have to go through but 9000 is a very considerable number. that is uk nationals plus those who have been in afghanistan but it s also those who have helped us during the last two decades and
keeps the fans away. the taliban say they re stopping afghan nationals from going to kabul airport because of the chaotic situation there and that they don t want to extend the deadline for the evacuation of foreigners. despite pressure on the united states to delay the end of the airlift beyond next tuesday, reuters news agency is reporting that president biden is going to stick to the deadline. borisjohnson has been hosting a virtual meeting of g7 leaders on the situation. this is what he has been feigning the last few minutes. you this is what he has been feigning the last few minutes. this is what he has been feigning the last few minutes. you have got to understand the last few minutes. you have got to understand quite the last few minutes. you have got to understand quite how the last few minutes. you have got to understand quite how much - the last few minutes. you have got to understand quite how much has| to understand quite how much has been achieved already since the 1
world leaders to step up support for refugees fleeing the taliban in afghanistan when he chairs a virtual g7 meeting later. it s expected that france and germany willjoin the uk in pushing president biden to delay the withdrawal of american troops at the moment, us troops depart in a week s time even though evacuations from kabul s main airport may not be completed by then. the us has evacuated and facilitated the evacuation of roughly a8,000 people since an intense airlift started on m august, while the uk evacuation effort continues the defence secretary ben wallace said that 8600 people have been flown out since the 14th of august. helen catt has this report. as thousands continue to try to flee afghanistan, the leaders of the g7 nations, which include the us, france and germany, will hold an emergency virtual meeting
that is with the evacuees coming from afghanistan. the general making the pount there are more than 200 aircraft committed to this operation that we ve been watching unfold for the last week or so. the general also talking about the reality on the ground there. that there are risks. . there are threats that very much aware offen that they have plans in place to be able to manage those risks and threats as fim goes on as they continue this operation. 37,000 people have been lifted out since the 14th of august. we ll, continue to pull information from the pentagon. obviously, learning that there were three birts on three of those flights. pretty surprising as we heard about one birth. joining me now is the former deputy assistant of defense. i ll ask your thoughts yushgs biggest take aways from the briefings we heard a few minutes ago? aaron, thank you for having