action. let s talk about the airport situation. action. let s talk about the airport situation- he action. let s talk about the airport situation. he will action. let s talk about the airport situation. he will have action. let s talk about the airport situation. he will have heard - action. let s talk about the airport situation. he will have heard whati situation. he will have heard what president biden had to say about us troops potentially staying beyond the withdrawal deadline president had set. ben wallace saying this morning as long as the us are running the airport, uk troops will stay. is there a case for the uk irrespective of what the us timetable is, to still work to build a coalition to stay there for longer at the airport if necessary? i a coalition to stay there for longer at the airport if necessary?- at the airport if necessary? i think it is really important at the airport if necessary? i think it is really important that - at the airport if necessary? i think
on the taliban, allowing people through the streets of kabul to the airport. there are signs that even foreign nationals with permits, with the eligibility to leave the country, aren t necessarily getting through. they are being held up, having their documents checked by the taliban. sometimes they are not able to get through the crowd. there are families of afghans struggling to leave. there are crowds at the airport. some of the those with permits are having their documents checked. that is making others nervous. inevitably, having to come out from your home, your place of safety, exposing yourself essentially to the taliban, with a reason to leave the country, means you are identifying yourself as someone who has probably worked either with the previous government, or with foreign forces. so this is a major sticking point. it will be putting people potentially at risk of taliban retribution, although they have said that won t be the case. we have heard people having a real strugg
headquarters and we have seen a large number of displaced people in kabul and outside, and we are concerned about the humanitarian needs of those people who have been displaced, either in kabul or outside. we are looking at possibilities to work with our team, our colleagues, and within the humanitarian community to provide much needed humanitarian assistance. as you know, people are desperate, and there are 390,000 people displaced, and about 3.5 million existing afghans displaced. there is a large humanitarian need that we need to step in and support, and we are doing everything we can to work with the people on the ground. what with the people on the ground. what exactl can with the people on the ground. what exactly can your with the people on the ground. what exactly can your organisation do? what is it doing right now? and how many are there to carry on doing that work? we many are there to carry on doing that work? many are there to carry on doing that work? ~ ., , ., ~ that
people are staying at home as much as possible. one issue which is drastic is the issue of millions of people gathering at the airport. foreign countries like the uk, the us, they are evacuating people. this has created a kind of situation that the people running from kabul and other parts of the country, they are borrowing money from others. they are trying their luck. that has created a kind of situation that those are eligible for help, they
afghans who help them as far as i understand it, the foreign secretary did not correct this. there has been no dialogue between the uk government and taliban about the situation at the airport and if the us. situation at the airport and if the us. .. situation at the airport and if the us. .. ~ , ., situation at the airport and if the us. i. ., ., situation at the airport and if the us. are you aware based on what ou said us. are you aware based on what you said yesterday us. are you aware based on what you said yesterday if us. are you aware based on what you said yesterday if there - us. are you aware based on what you said yesterday if there are - us. are you aware based on what you said yesterday if there are any| you said yesterday if there are any plans to do that? you said yesterday if there are any plans to do that? absolutely none. we not no plans to do that? absolutely none. we got no answers plans to do that? absolutely none. we got no answers at plans to do that