or the many hundreds of others drawn across from her majesty s government in the middle east are back here who could have given more in the last two and a half weeks. the effort has been frankly truly humbling to see the worked, the exhaustion painted on people s faces, so we tried our best. ,., on people s faces, so we tried our best. . , on people s faces, so we tried our best. ., ,, , best. government sources insist they are ramping best. government sources insist they are ramping un best. government sources insist they are ramping up efforts best. government sources insist they are ramping up efforts to best. government sources insist they are ramping up efforts to try - best. government sources insist they are ramping up efforts to try and - are ramping up efforts to try and establish safe routes out via border countries such as pakistan, but the journey ahead looks complicated. when i spoke to officials from the pakistani government in the last couple of days, there was a
that as the taliban took over. boris johnson says the government will engage alongside allies with the regime the uk helped topple topple 20 years ago, in a statement released by downing street this morning. if the new regime in kabul wants diplomatic recognition or to unlock the billions that are currently frozen, they will have to ensure safe passage for those who wish to leave the country, to respect the rights of women and girls, to prevent afg ha nista n from again becoming an incubator for global terror. thousands got out, british nationals and afghans who worked with the uk. but hundreds have been left behind, some say many more. i don t think there is a single person deployed forward, whether the thousand or so in kabul or the many hundreds of others drawn across from her majesty s government in the middle east or back here who could have given more in the last two and two and half weeks.
a certain person in kabul or from her majesty s government who could have given more the last two or two and half weeks. the effort has been truly humbling. to see the exhaustion on peoples faces we have tried our best. we have absolutely tried our best. sadly, it has not closed the gap that should not take away from the pride in what we ve achieved. it was 2001 in the aftermath of 9/11 that the first british troops arrived in afghanistan, part of a us led mission. one of the first objectives, to oust the taliban from power. 20 years on, it s the islamist group who are still calling the shots. but in an open letter to troops this weekend, the prime minister said the uk s involvement in afghanistan had kept al-qaeda from our doorfor two decades.
borisjohnson says the government will engage alongside allies with the regime the uk helped topple 20 years ago, in a statement released by downing street this morning. if the new regime in kabul wants diplomatic recognition or to unlock the billions that are currently frozen, they will have to ensure safe passage for those who wish to leave the country, to respect the rights of women and girls, to prevent afghanistan from again becoming an incubator for global terror. thousands got out, british nationals and afghans who worked with the uk. but hundreds have been left behind, some say many more. i don t think there is a single person deployed forward, whether the thousand or so in kabul or the many hundreds of others drawn across from her majesty s government in the middle east or back here who could have given more in the last two and two and half weeks. the effort has been frankly truly humbling to see the hours worked,