The taliban are tightening their grip on afghanistan following their takeover, carrying out house to house hunts for those who collaborated with western forces. a taliban letter seen by the bbc threatens family members of targets, unless they surrender themselves. the us says it s evacuated 7000 people from kabul, in the five days since the taliban took control. as people scramble to leave the country, the un refugee agency is warning of a looming humanitarian crisis. there s mounting anger in haiti as aid agencies struggle to reach some of the areas worst hit by saturday s earthquake. over 2000 people were killed. the authorities in washington dc have arrested a man who threatened to detonate a bomb near the us capitol. police said they don t know the man s motives.
20 years into seemingly conquer afghanistan 20 years ago, and the speech from president 20 years ago, and the speech from president biden where he stood squarely president biden where he stood squarely behind his decision to withdraw squarely behind his decision to withdraw us troops and place the blame withdraw us troops and place the blame entirely to afghans, saying they didn t fight back hard enough, to paraphrase, i don t know to paraphrase, idon t know if that s to paraphrase, i don t know if that s acceptable. is america still a superpower? i supposed it is. certainiy a superpower? i supposed it is. certainly the most the country with the greatest army and forces in the world the greatest army and forces in the world i the greatest army and forces in the world most the greatest army and forces in the world. ijust feel like if you re involved world. ijust feel like if you re involved to this extent 20 years, yotr ve involved to this extent 20 years, you ve commit
Stories out of that chaos. yeah, | we ve seen lots of people asking stories out of that chaos. yeah, - we ve seen lots of people asking the question, have the taliban change? are they somehow better? what we see is afghan citizens, especially those who supported the west, telling us what they believe, which is there is no way in which the taliban has reformed. they know what is coming and they are terrified of what is coming. it is genuinely impossible to imagine how desperate we would have to be to give up your child, your baby to unknown soldiers and hope to keep them safe. and to feel that people are so desperate to get out of the situation, just as desperate of those people yesterday who we saw clinging to the flues lodge, clinging to the wheels the fuselage, and then falling potentially we assume to their deaths. it shows you that for millions of afghan citizens, this question of may be the taliban are
Whether it was part of the original mission or not, of establishing a liberal democracy. none of that has been successful. it has been heartbreaking to hear soldiers, former soldiers who served in afghanistan speaking of their depression over the fact that they saw their fellow soldiers died, buried, injured and maimed, and it feels like it is for nothing. it feels like it is for nothing. it feels like it is for nothing. it feels like the question is what do we need to now? it is important for the government to pay attention to the government to pay attention to the compassionate stance that so many british people are taking in a sense that those who served alongside us, afghan citizens who put themselves at risk, should be brought to safety. we quite rightly