and perhaps the world. he admitted that events over the past week had caught his government by surprise, but he was in no mood to apologise. we gave them every tool they could need. we paid their salaries, provided for the maintenance of their air force. we gave them every chance to determine their own future. mr biden said the buck stopped with him. but. so i am left again to ask of those who argue that we should stay, how many more generations of america s daughters and sons would you have me send to fight afghanistan s civil war? as he spoke, thousands of miles away the taliban, armed and confident, had taken control of the streets of kabul, now able to walk in unopposed to government buildings. they are the government now. for many it s a nightmare. it s worse than what i thought,
how many more generations of america s daughters and sons would you have me send to fight afghanistan s civil war? as he spoke, thousands of miles away the taliban, armed and confident, had taken control of the streets of kabul, now able to walk in unopposed to government buildings. they are the government now. for many it s a nightmare. it s worse than what i thought, because they are searching to our addresses. and it s not only my life, but also my family life right now is in danger. we are facing more and more threats than before, because before our identity was not being clear to the taliban. now they know our name, ourface, ouraddress, our phone numbers, everything. fearing the future, many afghans are trying to leave
out of kabul. meanwhile, president biden has said he stands squarely behind his decision to withdraw american troops from afghanistan, in a defiant speech a day after the taliban seized control of the country. joe biden said that the afghan government s collapse had happened a lot faster than expected, and placed the blame on the country s leaders and security forces. here, the foreign secretary says details of a new resettlement scheme for afghan refugees will be announced soon. the scheme will be aimed at helping those most in need, including women and girls. the home office says it will be guided by the capacity of local authorities when deciding how many afghan refugees will be allowed to settle in the uk. our first report this hour is from our correspondentjohn mcmanus. breaking short his summer holiday, president biden flew into washington dc on monday, to answer the charge that he had overseen a majorforeign policy disaster for afghanistan,
the foreign office and home office who do the processing need more people and more resources to make that happen, then i hope they do that. what i think they must also do is look at what other leavers they have available to them. dominic raab talked about withholding humanitarian aid and has been criticised for that. the other place we could put more pressure is through pakistan. the taliban have not sprung from nowhere. they are inherently part of the afghanistan society but they have been harboured and supported by the pakistanis over and supported by the pakistanis over a number of years. it is a strange dynamic we have had with pakistan and that is a point of pressure and and that is a point of pressure and a point of contact which needs to be utilised to try and make sure we have the best humanitarian outcome we can. ,, ., ., ~ i. have the best humanitarian outcome wecan. ,, ., ., . have the best humanitarian outcome we can. ,, ., ., ~ . ., we can. simon, thank you so much for tal
delivered on, but we also see the british government being ready to do far more to secure safe passage for those people to whom we owe a great of gratitude, and i m afraid our ability to deliver on promises like that has been the chaotic and shambolic scenes coming out of kabul, it is a very dark day for us. big pressure to announce some kind of detail about this and the numbers of detail about this and the numbers of how many refugees the uk government might be willing to accept, one thing we know as the prime minister is engaging with other international leaders including german chancellor angela merkel to try to establish what downing street have called a unified approach to any refugee settlement scheme by foreign nations in the days to come. scheme by foreign nations in the days to come-