report is as we analysed bin laden and al-qaeda he was given and undisturbed for five years in afghanistan even although he bombed embassies, he was pretty much left alone. if he had not had those for years he would not have been able to the attack. terrorists gravitate to areas of trouble and for your governance is not real and they have a chance to do what they want to do. my a chance to do what they want to do. my worry is that is afghanistan again now. if again a copycat terrorist of some sort decides to attack london, new york, washington, whatever, he can t be allowed to have that amount of time so if it is
overnight and as far as its concern, this country overnight. do you detect a sense there is shifting slightly in what the white house is saying in defence of its decision to pull out of afghanistan? i saying in defence of its decision to pull out of afghanistan? saying in defence of its decision to pull out of afghanistan? i think the resident pull out of afghanistan? i think the president and pull out of afghanistan? i think the president and his pull out of afghanistan? i think the president and his top pull out of afghanistan? i think the president and his top national i president and his top national security advisers are adamant they have made the right decision. while some things move more quickly than expected, particularly how kabul fell quickly to the taliban, they feel they have made the right decision. even in the last few weeks, how quickly the taliban took over the country validated their decision, no matter how much money and time was spent training afghan military
last friday, the afghan government was melting away quicker than ice and a phone call to an afghan minister at that moment in time would not have made a difference. what we were absolutely worried about and determined. were unsure about was whether the airport would remain open. that was at the front of everyone s minds. without a functioning airport, we were going to get nobody out, no matter how many phone calls you made, do a disappearing government. in a packed commons record for an emergency city yesterday, the government was accused of complacency. this phone call adds to the general impression in westminster that perhaps dominic raab has not entirely been on top of events in afghanistan. publicly, largely his colleagues have been supported but some conservatives have been grumbling about the foreign secretary s adding up the crisis. after what has been described as the biggest foreign policy failure in modern times, it is perhaps unsurprising that the
days as the taliban took control. we have heard some criticisms from leading republicans, like mitch mcconnell, saying perhaps americans need to provide air support and could have done in those dying days of the afghan government, conceivably to hold off the taliban may be until the winter, when it would be much harderfor them to achieve this military success. is that going to have any impact on the president, will it affect public opinion in any measurable way? there is a wide range opinion in any measurable way? there is a wide range of opinion in any measurable way? there is a wide range of criticism opinion in any measurable way? there is a wide range of criticism in - is a wide range of criticism in washington and around the country about how the last few weeks unfolded. there was initial criticism of the president s decision to withdraw troops and a lot of criticism about how it all went down with those chaotic scenes. we have seen from the airport in kabul, people trying to
secretary is going nowhere. are you going to resign, mr raab? no. but did he miss an opportunity to get people out of afghanistan sooner? while the taliban were advancing, dominic raab was on holiday here in crete. rather than lounging on the beach, we re told he was working and making regular phone calls. last friday, officials here at the foreign office advised him to make one such call urgently, to the afghan foreign minister, for help in evacuating interpreters. but it s understood the job was delegated to a junior minister. and labour argues that a resigning matter. the idea that the foreign secretary wouldn t pick up the phone as the taliban were advancing and standing at the gates of kabul to see what we could do to help and prevent afghanistan descending into a basis for terror again, seems to me to be extraordinary. and we believe that he should resign and be replaced with somebody who is actually up to doing thatjob. 0ther opposition parties believe dominic raab s time is up.