and the prime minister simply talking to other male leaders, either internationally and in afghanistan. 0ne either internationally and in afghanistan. one of the things i think the government should do is to appoint a minister who will be responsible for liaising with women in afghanistan. you need a proper focus on this and making sure that when there is discussions about evacuation, discussions about humanitarian aid for those displaced within afghanistan, that women are there in all of the discussions. as soon as there are discussions with the taliban, which inevitably there will, women should be part of the discussion team. discussion team. forgive me for interrupting. discussion team. forgive me for interrupting. i discussion team. forgive me for interrupting, i want discussion team. forgive me for interrupting, i want to discussion team. forgive me for interrupting, i want to pick- discussion team. forgive me for interrupting, i want to pick up . discussion team. forgive
but that he s been shocked by recent events. the situation that just occurred in afghanistan over the weekend was inexcusable, absolutely inexcusable. what they did was pull out. how they did it was absolutely wrong, absolutely wrong. after this debacle last weekend, i do not feel proud of our leaders. i feel proud about our nation, but not our current leaders. each room has a little piece ofjoe in it. christine feels a huge amount of pride for her husband, joe. he was in the new york police at the time of the 9/11 attacks and was one of those who pulled bodies from the rubble. that day was the reason he re enlisted and went to fight in afghanistan. but it was there that he was killed. they went over there to make america safer after what happened at 9/11. so, how are we safer now, with the taliban taking over?
argument that terms of washington. you accept the argument that the terms of washington. you accept the argument that the prime terms of washington. you accept the argument that the prime minister - terms of washington. you accept the | argument that the prime minister put forward, britain cannot stay if the americans are not there as well? we could americans are not there as well? - could certainly have backfilled for some of the americans if the americans had taken a decision to move theirfront line americans had taken a decision to move their front line troops out. but to leave the enablers there. it seems to have been very hard line decision by president biden that everyone was coming out, irrespective of the consequences. a lot of questions will be asked in washington about that. there will be asked monks, not only us allies in london, but paris, berlin and european capitals. do london, but paris, berlin and european capitals. london, but paris, berlin and european capitals
the defence secretary says more than ten flights a day are bringing people back here. meanwhile, president biden says us troops may have to stay in afghanistan beyond the withdrawal deadline. outside the perimeter of kabul airport, there is chaos as desperate afghans try to flee the country. our defence correspondent jonathan beale reports. still 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 can t get out, their children might. this gives a sense of the scale, 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 talk about evacuating people who worked with them,
alongside 8000 coalition troops and thousands of enablers have left the afghans feeling abandoned. and to add further difficulties at a time thatis add further difficulties at a time that is known as the fighting season in afghanistan, during the summer where fighters tend to come from different regional parts and fight together, it is exactly the wrong time to pull those troops out. for more sensible to have announced their withdrawal and done it if necessary over the winter months when the taliban tend to have dissipated. there are a number of policyjudgments and i reject the accusation it was intelligence led, i think it was policyjudgment. largely because it wasn t about getting the security all the foreign policy right, it was about getting the political timetable right in terms of washington. you the political timetable right in terms of washington. you accept the arc ument terms of washington. you accept the