of the day s events. of the main concerns for this evacuation one of the main concerns for this evacuation mission is the level of danger, especially as it wraps up in its final days. what will happen after 31 august? this is the deadline that s been imposed by the taliban. while today, president biden s national security adviser said that 31 august is not a cliff, and that they have received assurances from the taliban that anyone that wants to leave afghanistan us citizens, afghan people with the right documents can do so safely. he said that they have substantial leverage to hold the taliban to its commitment. we aren t sure exactly what leverage they have, but it s worth a membrane that the taliban is desperate to govern, desperate to be taken seriously it s worth remembering. and you have isis k, a real deadly across the country the terrorist group took response ability for the death of more than 100 afghans at kabul airport, as well as 13 us service members killed in t
the us is continuing its final flights out of afghanistan as the deadline for leaving the country grows ever closer. more than 110,000 people have been evacuated from kabul airport ahead of a 31 august deadline agreed between the us and taliban. peter galbraith is a former us ambassador and the former assistant secretary general of the united nations in afghanistan and hejoins me now. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. august the 31st, what is likely to be going on now in terms of the planning to get those final us qualified people to leave afghanistan? us qualified people to leave aft hanistan? , . , afghanistan? there is an extensive military operation afghanistan? there is an extensive military operation also afghanistan? there is an extensive military operation also involving i afghanistan? there is an extensive| military operation also involving us diplomats, which are trying to contact people, get them to the airports. that said, it is quite
isis-k planner is dead? how long before we have no sources on the ground that we start to not have the eyes and ears that we need? i d say 31 august tragically. i think that joe biden is wholly committed to this withdrawal. right now they re blowing up and destroying american equipment in prep for that withdrawal. my fear is because this surrender has been so botched, we ve got allies on the ground, we have thousands of miles per hours still on the ground that are trapped there. my fear is we ve invested 20 years of blood and treasure into that country, sacrifice into that country, gave them a shot at freedom but now we re creating a new generation of enemy that have a reason to really dislike us. he we abandoned them in their host of most desperate need. my heart breaks for those people after 20 years of sacrifice in that country thrown away.
the let s bring in retired four-star general jack keane, chairman of the institute for the study of war. general keane, always great to see you. as i look at it, it looks like here with three days to go, they re really closing down the evacuation to a much lower number, and is that how you see it, and is that the only choice they have given the security risks? yeah. given if security risk and the date certain of 31 august, there s not much choice here but to keep people away if they have actionable intelligence and given they were right about the last intelligence they reacted to, we did have an attack, so i m certain this intelligence is very, very credible and taking precaution their measures to avoid a mass casualty situation like we experienced is certainly in order here. and that will, obviously, deny more people from getting out of afghanistan, american citizens,
isis k planner is dead, if we have no. on the ground or limited sources on the ground we start to not have the eyes and ears we need? tragically 31 august. i think president biden is committed to this withdrawal. right now they re blowing up and destroying american equipment and my fears because this surrender has been so botched we have allies on the ground, thousands of americans who are trapped there and my fear is we invested 20 years of blood and treasure into the country, sacrificed, gave them a shot at friedman creating a new generation of enemy have a reason to really dislike us because we abandoned them in their hour of most desperate need and my heart breaks for those people after 20 years of