Met had had to make awful decisions about whether to go, whether to stay, and who they were leaving. that presumably will affect, as well, long term, what people themselves choose to do, whether they choose to remain here or eventually return home if they have confidence in what has been left behind. as you say, most of them have left without anything apart from the clothes on the back and maybe one suitcase, so presumably you have to help meet some of the kind of immediate practical needs. what about support that is available in the community. because the afghan community in this country is very well established, going back actually decades and decades, never mind those who came 20 years ago after the taliban first occupied. what sort of role they played? that what sort of role they played? git the moment the response has been quite an urgent, and emergency response. those flights are becoming very quickly and in vast quantities. those flights have come in very
Our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan reports. heading into a new and uncertain era. taliban militia now in control of kabul airport and afghanistan. just weeks ago, this tarmac was packed with afghans desperate to flee. today, taliban fighters lined the runway, their spokesman congratulating them on what he described as a moment of joy and celebration. translation: the islamic emirate | of afghanistan wants to have good | relations with the whole world on behalf of the nation. we want to have strong diplomatic relations with all including the united states. last night, the last us soldier to leave major general chris donahue boarded a cargo plane out of afghanistan. the end of america s longest war. but many who wanted to leave too have been left behind. crowds at the airport prevented several families eligible
But many who wanted to leave too have been left behind. crowds at the airport prevented several families eligible for resettlement in the uk to board their planes. this week, i ve been talking to one man who couldn t get his flight. he says he s now being hunted by the taliban. we ve changed his voice. i m currently in hell right now. the last two weeks i ve moved to 15 safe houses with my family because the taliban are trying to find me. if i can t get out in the next few days, i m fearful i ll die. today he once again begged the uk government to honour their promise to get him out. i think right now, for me as foreign secretary, i m focused on the immediate priorities. continuing safe passage for those. the minority the small minority, but nonetheless a significant number who haven t yet been able to get out. we re working with the third countries in the region. we ve held the taliban through this un security council resolution to their undertaking to allow safe passage. today in
Problems of its own, and apparently not so worried about pakistan which seems to have a slightly ambiguous relationship with some of these groups and is supposed to be an ally of countries like the uk and the united states. of countries like the uk and the united states. this boils down to somethin: united states. this boils down to something called united states. this boils down to something called the united states. this boils down to something called the isi, - united states. this boils down to something called the 151, the - something called the isi, the interservice intelligence, which is incredibly powerful, almost a force within the country itself. it is unlike in western countries where intelligence agencies have to answer to political leaders who are democratically elected. the isi is immensely powerful, some would say they run the country s foreign policy. the isi has been supportive of a number of military groups in the region because they view their number one problem
Please let this is bbc news. the headlines: the taliban declares victory after the final american soldier leaves afghanistan. the militants take control of the country once secured by nato forces but insist they want good relations with the rest of the world. translation: we managed today to regain our independence - and make us forces leave. after hurricane ida, more than 1 million people are left without power in the us state of louisiana. geronimo the alpaca has been put down by government vets over fears of bovine tuberculosis his owner calls the action barbaric. research on professional rugby players shows that after just one season, they suffer a loss of blood flow to the brain and cognitive function.