many women are not allowed to work. even before the taliban took control, afghans were suffering. now across the country, there are real fears for the future. the world may have left, but afghanistan still the international red cross is on the ground continuing its humanitarian effort. the international red cross is on the ground continuing its humanitarian effort. the international red cross is on the ground continuing its humanitarian effort. is on the ground continuing robert mardini is the director general of the international committee of the red cross and hejoins me now. the international red cross is on the ground continuing what is your main worry now? the main worry what is your main worry now? tie: main worry beyond the horrific blasts we have seen at kabul airport, a stark reminder and of ho afghans stay in and day out continue to suffer from decades of conflict, there are a0 million afghan people
towards compromise and moderation. it wants to discourage radicalism, because the last thing the russians want is for afghanistan under taliban rule to descend into chaos and for afghanistan to become a hotbed of radicalism and for afghanistan to become a staging post for islamist militants that could attack central asia, of. that is russia s priority now. it is to talk with the taliban. it is not that russia has suddenly come to the conclusion that they got it wrong about the taliban. it is pure pragmatism from the part of russia. steve rosenberg, acute analysis as always. robin brant in shanghai. you have been watching china as it becomes more and more involved in
to show us a cuckoo land. when it comes to the reality, i think they are getting more harsh. they are not fulfilling their promises that they made to the people of afghanistan all the agreement internationally. this is the time that afghanistan can understand afghanistan cannot only lead by scholars, but they need a system and they need to provide assistance and services to the people. i think it is better for them to open their eyes as soon as they can, otherwise, if they go blindly the way it is at the moment, i think soon they will fold down. this is what i can say about it. neighbouring countries keep emphasising the need for an inclusive afghan government. we have seen there have been discussions involving political leaders like the former president. do you really
airport, catch one of the last flights although many are trying to assure afghans and we had from british by minister borisjohnson and we had from germany and the united states that even although the military evacuation flights will land that does not mean all the evacuation sand. it has been astounding to see the goodwill of people around the world who have been putting their funds together to hire private charter planes in order to get afghans, especially vulnerable afghans and perhaps most of all women and children out of afghanistan to feel they have no place who feel they have no place left in a country they regard as their own. if you are a young professional women in afghanistan thinking about helping to create a new afghanistan, what are your options now? there are not many
can t emphasise enough, is a time of shattered dreams. just listening to her, afghanistan still hoping against hope that something can be pulled out of this which moves afghanistan forward. back to you in london. while we have been on air, i can see the cameras that are trained on the skies above cobble airport. i would say there has been a flight taking off about every five minutes, and what we have been hearing from washington is that the us ever that and partners have evacuated more than 100,000 people now. there are afghans desperately trying to get to the airport now but we are told the roads have been blocked. it is desperate indeed and all afghans are asking of the world now is don t forget afghanistan. you are focused now on the airport but don t take your focus off the air country as it