the government does not have all the weapons and equipment. western air support has been crucial, both for transporting troops to the battlefield and carrying out air strikes. without it, more districts are expected to fall to the taliban. yet, in the capital kabul, some are happy to see the americans and other western forces depart. translation: this is good news. the americans have reached an agreement with the taliban in doha and these agreements must be implemented, and this is for the good of afghanistan. the taliban are certainly delighted to see the us leaving. they ve even thanked them for going. critics of the withdrawal deal say the afghan government got little in return, that the west is rushing for the exit, and it s leaving afghanistan on the brink of another civil war. frank gardner, bbc news. brazil s prosecutor general has asked the country s top court to investigate president jair
being occupied by fighters. in another incident, the afghan defence minister survived an armed attack on his home in kabul. let s get the latest from our chief international correspondent lyse doucet who is in kabul. a senior military source said to me, the skies are clear tonight, in other words now is the time to unleash an operation to clear the telephone from the capital lashkar gah in a campaign led bya lashkar gah in a campaign led by a ferocious bombing by afghan forces, still backed up by us air power as well as drones and that is why the commanding officer in helmand, the british educated general urged residents to date to leave the city but these are terrifying times for the residents of lashkar gah, in fact all of helmand province where people have been hiding in their homes, nowhere else to 90, in their homes, nowhere else to go, nowhere to hide to escape the gunfire and these are deeply uncertain times right across afghanistan including here in kabul tonight where a powerf
the headlines: belarusian olympic athlete krystsina tsimanouskaya s thought to have boarded a flight to austria at tokyo airport. the 24 year old sprinter says she fears for her safety after she refused to fly home to belarus. she claims she was being forced back after criticising coaches. president biden has said the democratic governor of the state of new york, andrew cuomo, should resign. it s after an investigation found he had sexually harassed women while in office. the five month inquiry described a toxic workplace where people were too scared to complain. the afghan defence minister has survived an attack on his home in the capital kabul. he was away when gunmen exploded a bomb and fired shots as they fought their way into the house.
thought to have boarded a flight to austria at tokyo airport. the 24 year old sprinter says she fears for her safety after she refused to fly home to belarus. she claims she was being forced back after criticising coaches. president biden has said the democratic governor of the state of new york, andrew cuomo, should resign. it s after an investigation found he had sexually harassed women while in office. the five month inquiry described a toxic workplace where people were too scared to complain. the afghan defence minister has survived an attack on his home in the capital kabul. he was away when gunmen exploded a bomb and fired shots as they fought their way into the house.
the headlines: k rystsi na krystsina tsimanouskaya is at tokyo airport about to fly to poland after being offered a humanitarian visa. the 24 year old sprinter says she fears for her safety after refusing to board a flight to belarus. she claims she was forced to go home after criticising coaches. president biden says the democratic govenor of the state of new york andrew cuomo should resign after an investigation found he had sexually harassed women while in office. the five month enquiry described a toxic workplace where people were too scared to complain. the afghan defence minister has survived an attack on his home in the capital kabul. he was away when a man fired shots and fought their way into the house.