many of them without any kind of visa. they are still hoping, somehow, to be able to leave afghanistan. the taliban, who are in charge of security there, have been firing regularly into the air, beating the crowd back with sticks. and i m told that most foreign nationals are being able to reach the airport safely. but the taliban are, at times, preventing even those afghans who have permission to board the evacuation flights from doing so. 0ne particularly disturbing episode that is being reported is that of a baby being passed over a barbed wire fence by a desperate parent. 0ther afghans who are due to board these evacuation flights are being able to do so after being taken in on convoys arranged by officials. there is also chaotic scenes outside the canadian embassy in the centre of kabul. that was in what used to be known as the green zone, the heavily fortified area that was protected by afghan security forces. it is now sealed off by the taliban, hundreds and hundreds of people
to the bbc news at six. there is a desperate scramble to escape afghanistan, as hundreds of people, fearing for their lives under taliban rule, beg and plead to be allowed to board flights out of the country. some in the crowds at kabul airport are handing over their children to startled us marines guarding the perimeter, their hope that if they can t get out, then their children might. many afghans are trying to get exit papers from western embassies and then head in hope to the airport. in a moment, the latest from our correspondent secunder kermani in the capital but nowjonathan beale report on the despairing efforts are meant to leave their homeland. chaotic scenes outside kabul airport, hundreds desperate to get a flight to freedom. even passing toddlers over barricades to troops guarding the perimeter. their hope that if they cannot get out, their children might. this gives a sense of the scale here is a thin line of
here, a thin line of british soldiers trying to keep order. the heartbreak of having to turn away those without the right papers. and there are still fears for those left behind. i love this country, i want to be in this country. international community, they talk about evacuating people who worked with them, which can be good. but people who are in afghanistan, they are in need, too. first of all due to war from different provinces. some people came to kabul and they don t have a roof over their head and also, they don t have food. there is some semblance of order inside the airport, with military evacuation flights continuing. britain says it s already flown out more than 1000 people. it is aiming to do that every day. but it still depends on the taliban, who control access to the airport. our people are managing to get through, when we call them forward. they are getting to us. the local relationship with
this charity, refuweegee, was born in the wake of the syrian disaster, resettling people here in scotland, who were fleeing war torn countries. now, it supports up to 150 refugees every single week, with things like emergency food parcels. and they re about to get a lot busier. i do think we should be aiming higher. i think that we have capacity, we ve certainly got housing and we ve got the commitment. and now that you re here, what was it like the moment that you touched down in scotland? in here, it was a sense of relief and the life was completely different in here. an afghan refugee in glasgow speaking to our reporter connor gillies. us presidentjoe biden has said us troops may stay in afghanistan beyond his withdrawal deadline, as armed taliban fighters kept desperate evacuees from reaching kabul s airport. mr biden wants us forces out
today at six, the desperate scramble to escape afghanistan, and life, under taliban rule. to escape afghanistan, some in the crowds at kabul airport hand over their children to us marines, to at least get them on flights to freedom. others begged western embassies for travel papers. these people have no real information about what they can do to leave afghanistan, but they are desperate. in fact, they are coming to us, asking us, is it true? will the canadians give me a visa? the fact is, most of these people will never get one. the uk says it will continue to help people escape, as long as the us military controls of the airport. we are the lucky ones, we made it. there are lots of people who really need help. but one young afghan boy who did