kabul. tens of thousands of people have been kabul. tens of thousands of people have been airlifted l kabul. tens of thousands of| people have been airlifted to security. today i would like to once again repeat that those who have not been able to leave kabul with the help of the airlift will not be forgotten. we will continue to work to ensure that they can leave their country if they so wish. ms merkel has actually cancelled a trip to israel due to the unfolding crisis in afghanistan. separately, the uk prime minister has also weigheed in. borisjohnson condemned the attack as barbaric , paying tribute to the phenomenal effort of those involved in the evacuation operation. but he added that the uk evacuation effort would continue. (sot we have already extracted the overwhelming majority of those under both the schemes, the uk persons, uk nationals, plus the afghans, the interpreters and others, and it has been a totally phenomenal effort by the uk. there s been nothing like it fo
his wife as a doctor. he has this promise. i will serve this country. this promise. i will serve this count . ., , , country. you will serve this country? country. you will serve this country? my country. you will serve this country? my guess - country. you will serve this | country? my guess because country. you will serve this - country? my guess because they host me and i m very thankful to everyone. the kind people here. way to make this country has opened its doors at the time it took means others who served britain will not be helped. 13 us servicemen have been killed along with dozens of afghans in an attack by the islamic state group on the crowd at kabul airport. president biden promised that the assailants would be made to pay for their actions. the head of the us central command said a gun battle had followed the explosions. and of course you can get much more on that story on the bbc news website and you can reach me on twitter. i will
is staying here in afghanistan. and tonight, that danger all too clear. there had been warnings for a week of an attack like this a last strike against western troops set to leave within days, another blow to many afghans last hope of leaving this chaos behind. lyse doucet, bbc news, kabul. great to have you on the programme today. i understand you spoke to my colleague last night on the bbc and sadly you predicted that such an attack might indeed happen. what is the urgent priority for people on the ground right now at kabul airport? kabul airport? first of all, thank you kabul airport? first of all, thank you so kabul airport? first of all, thank you so much - kabul airport? first of all, thank you so much for- kabul airport? first of all, i thank you so much for having me. that was not a prediction i obviously wanted to be right about however, i was honest. i
moments, reuters news agency have said that of the 60 afghan who were killed, 28 were taliban fighters. what do you make of that? would they have been particularly targeted? was this an attack on the taliban? thanks for having me again. and interesting news if that reuters report is correct and unclear if this particular attack was solely focused on the taliban but make no mistake that isis and the taliban have been bitter rivals for the last seven years in afghanistan with the rise of isis k so that could have been part of the operational design for that attack to kill or injure as many taliban members because they were also at some of these checkpoints and locations but they also targeted innocent afghan civilians and then the
attack, but what for that? was the us and its allies blind to this? was there some kind of strategic failure? thank you for the opportunity to discuss this. ijust want for the opportunity to discuss this. i just want to express for the opportunity to discuss this. ijust want to express my deep sympathies to those that have been lost both afghans and american service members. and it is important, i think, to remember what is happening here. we have innocent families fleeing the taliban regime in trying to get to safety. us service are risking their lives to help them get to safety. and we had the islamic and murder them in cold blood. and attack are a great servicemembers who are a great servicemembers who are trying to help them so i think it is important to be clear about what has happened here and to be clear that these were the are enemies of all civilised nations that we are looking at here and it is a sobering reminder of the atmosphere we can fund. in