now on bbc news, hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. in the end, it wasn t about fire power or troop numbers. in afghanistan, the taliban had a vital asset, which the us and her allies lacked strategic patience. two decades after they were expelled from kabul, the islamists are back in power. us and british troops are scrambling to complete a humiliating evacuation. my guest is british conservative mp and former soldier tobias ellwood. this looks like an historic defeat for western power. how damaging could the consequences be? tobias ellwood, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. i am sure that you, like the rest of us, have been watching the scenes of chaos, of fear in kabul over the last few hours and days fear particularly seen at kabul airport. when you watch those scenes, what are your feelings? well, personally, i had a journey of discovery with afghanistan. back in 2002, my brother was killed in the bali bombing and i really couldn t understand what happened, th
a humiliating evacuation. my guest is british conservative mp and former soldier tobias ellwood. this looks like an historic defeat for western power. how damaging could the consequences be? tobias ellwood, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. i am sure that you, like the rest of us, have been watching the scenes of chaos, of fear in kabul over the last few hours and days fear particularly seen at kabul airport. when you watch those scenes, what are your feelings? well, personally, i had a journey of discovery with afghanistan. back in 2002, my brother was killed in the bali bombing and i really couldn t understand what happened, that why somebody like my brother, who was a teacher out there, was targeted and killed, and i then tried to understand, go to afghanistan and see what we were doing, following the invasion, to target the terrorists, to deal with those and to rebuild the country. i must have visited afghanistan about a dozen times, and amazed to see the mi
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been a big hearted nation, you ve got a home secretary and foreign secretary who know what that means from our own personal history. new zealand announces a snap lockdown after the country detected its first case of locally transmitted covid 19 since february. haiti suffers further. after the death toll in saturday s earthquake passes 1,400, a tropical storm makes landfall on the island. and bob dylan is being sued by a woman who says he sexually abused her in 1965 when she was 12 years old. he denies the allegations. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the taliban has urged government officials in afghanistan to return to work. it has offered them a general amnesty and, in a statement, said it wanted people to start routine life with full confidence. at kabul s airport, military flights have resumed after yesterday s chaotic scenes, when hundreds of afghans tried to board aircraft. those scenes at the airport have been highlighted by newly rel
tobias ellwood, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. i am sure that you, like the rest of us, have been watching the scenes of chaos, of fear in kabul over the last few hours and days fear particularly seen at kabul airport. when you watch those scenes, what are your feelings? well, personally, i had a journey of discovery with afghanistan. back in 2002, my brother was killed in the bali bombing and i really couldn t understand what happened, that why somebody like my brother, who was a teacher out there, was targeted and killed, and i then tried to understand, go to afghanistan and see what we were doing, following the invasion, to target the terrorists, to deal with those, and to rebuild the country. i must have visited afghanistan about a dozen times, and amazed to see the military engagement, very, very impressive indeed, but always slightly concerned that not enough effort was made to understand the people of afghanistan, understand the history, the tribal s