taken people here, the government and its international partners by surprise. those who have the means are trying to get out of this country, flights from kabul are completely booked. but for a majority of the population, they re waiting to see how things will unfold with a mixture of fear, anger and resignation. many believe the government has let them down. i have had to flee from my hometown because the taliban captured it. they killed three of my brothers. afg han forces are not fighting, they are just handing over control, this man said. the fighting is less than an hourfrom kabul now, in the neighbouring logar province. many of the war wounded from there have been coming to this kabul hospital. this 14 year old boy was injured in an explosion, he s lost an eye and had his arm amputated. one of my brothers was also
she will have a stroke, he says. more than 1000 have been killed in the past month in a country engulfed by suffering. yogita limaye, bbc news, kabul. in 2001, it was a us led military coalition that ousted the taliban from power for providing refuge to al-qaeda. with the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks approaching, there are fears that the taliban may soon be back in charge, thus completing a vicious historical circle. general david petraeus served as commander of us and nato forces in afghanistan. he told the bbc there is no good outcome now, unless foreign troops go back into afghanistan. i would say that we should literally reverse the decision. i think when the decision was announced months ago, i said that i feared we would come to regret this decision, and we already are. this again is a nightmare,
what s happened here injust the span ofjust a week has taken people here, the government and its international partners by surprise. those who have the means are trying to get out of this country, flights from kabul are completely booked. but for a majority of the population, they re waiting to see how things will unfold with a mixture of fear, anger and resignation. many believe the government has let them down. i have had to flee from my hometown because the taliban captured it. they killed three of my brothers. afg han forces are not fighting, they are just handing over control, this man said. the fighting is less than an hourfrom kabul now, in the neighbouring logar province. many of the war wounded from there have been coming to this kabul hospital. this 14 year old boy was injured in an explosion, he s lost an eye and had his arm amputated.
troops fought some of their fiercest battles, is also under taliban control. 15 provinces falling in seven days have raised questions about the future of the afghan capital, kabul. what s happened here injust the span ofjust a week has taken people here, the government and its international partners by surprise. those who have the means are trying to get out of this country, and flights from kabul are completely booked. but for a majority of the population, they re waiting to see how things will unfold with a mixture of fear, anger and resignation. many believe the government has let them down. i have had to flee from my hometown because the taliban captured it. they killed three of my brothers. afghan forces are not fighting, they are just handing over control, this man said. the fighting is less than an hourfrom kabul now,