To target militants from afar and the terrible consequences ordinary afghans have to pay. the us has said it is assessing and investigating reports of civilian casualties but insists an imminent threat to the airport was disrupted. nobody wants to see innocent life takien. we take it very, very seriously and when we know that we have caused innocent life to be lost in the conduct of our operations we are transparent about it. we are investigating this. i am not going to get ahead of it. the evacuation effort is now complete with us soldiers flown out ahead of tuesday s withdrawal deadline. many afghans remain desperate to leave the country. at this bus stand in kabul, many are headed for the iranian border. nearly all are hoping to be smuggled across. passenger numbers have more than doubled in recent weeks. the previous government only cared about getting rich themselves, says this man.
Charge of the airport surveying the equipment left behind after a frantic few weeks and just stating, and i paraphrase here, no problems, no battle for the airport, they said no blood spilt. the upshot of this is that hundreds of americans and thousands of afghans have been left behind to face an uncertain and dangerous future. general kenneth mckenzie announced that the us withdrawal from afghanistan was over. and in the last couple of hours the us secretary of day give a statement on the situation in the country now and said the evacuation from kabul had been a massive undertaking. he paid tribute to the personnel involved. 18 days a . o the the personnel involved. 18 days ago the united the personnel involved. 18 days ago the united states - the personnel involved. 18 days ago the united states and - the personnel involved. 18 days ago the united states and our. ago the united states and our allies began our evacuation and relocation operation in kabul. she just heard from the pen
Today at 6:00pm, the taliban declare independence, as 20 years of foreign military presence in afghanistan comes to an end. last man out america s longest war, but it leaves behind an uncertain future for the afghan people. american uniforms, american weapons, but now worn by the taliban. the spoils of a war that was the us s longest military mission. now it has ended in the worst of ways, and it will live long in memory, here in afghanistan, in america, and far beyond. from fallen heroes to scarred survivors what do british veterans and theirfamilies make of the afghan campaign? we ll be live in kabul and washington, and asking what this says aboutjoe biden s presidency. also tonight.
Have been surveying the equipment left behind after these frantic few weeks. and these frantic few weeks. and the upshot, of course, is that hundreds of americans and thousands of afghans have been left behind to face an uncertain and, for many, a dangerous future. general kenneth mckenzie of us central command announced that the us withdrawal from afghanistan had been completed. in the last couple of hours the us secretary of state gave a statement on the latest in afghanistan and said the us evacuation from kabul had been a massive undertaking and he paid tribute to the personnel involved. 18 paid tribute to the personnel involved. j~ , paid tribute to the personnel involved. j~ ., ., involved. 18 days ago the united states involved. 18 days ago the united states began - involved. 18 days ago the united states began ourl united states began our evacuation and relocation operation in kabul. as you just heard from the pentagon, a few hours ago, that operation was completed and more
Meaning don t really need know what is the meaning of that. feeling safe is not something meaning of that. feeling safe is not something that i have done in afghanistan for the past 20 years. so i afghanistan for the past 20 years. so i cannot afghanistan for the past 20 years. so i cannot tell you. right now i am neither so i cannot tell you. right now i am neither safe so i cannot tell you. right now i am neither safe nor unsafe. neither safe nor unsafe. thank you so much. neither safe nor unsafe. thank you so much- as neither safe nor unsafe. thank you so much. as you neither safe nor unsafe. thank you so much. as you heard, neither safe nor unsafe. thank you so much. as you heard, the - so much. as you heard, the predominant feeling amongst so many people here is still one of uncertainty. we are hoping we will get some more announcements and more clarity from the taliban in the coming days. some forces telling me we are likely to see an instance of cabinet ministers,