with the taliban s last stint in power in the 90s. things are returning to normal, but still deep uncertainty. many people worried that despite taliban assurances, they may be targeted. it is hard to overstate how much of a presence the taliban have in this city. everywhere you go you see heavily armed fighters patrolling in vehicles seized from the security forces or wandering the streets. a very surreal. but this seems to be the new normal in afghanistan, at least for now. as we were saying earlier, the foreign secretary dominc raab is facing criticism over the issue of the government s handling of the evacuation of afghan interpreters. let s speak to our political correspondent chris mason. we correspondent chris mason. will pick up on the issl dominic we will pick up on the issue around dominic raab in a second. but first, what is happening at the airport.
hello and welcome to bbc news. the uk is to deploy another company of soldiers to afghanistan to try to deal with the situation at kabul airport, where people are desperately trying to flee the country. twelve people have been killed around the airport since sunday. the taliban are urging people without the legal right to travel to go home. defence secretary ben wallace said the aim is to get about 6,000 people out, but the uk will remain only for as long as us forces are running the airport . here, the foreign secterary, dominc raab, is accused by labour of shamefully putting interpreters lives at risk, by not seeking help from an afghan minister. mr raab s colleagues argue that, as the afghan government was melting away , such a telephone call would have made no difference. 0ne interpreter who worked for uk forces in afghanistan has begged borisjohnson for help, fearing fatal reprisals from the taliban. president biden has said us troops
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