Who only days ago described the situation in afghanistan as grim. So can afghan national forces hold off against the taliban . Hamdullah mohib, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. How did you feel when you heard that the us were pulling their troops out of afghanistan at the Beginning Ofjuly . This had been a long discussion. It didnt come as a total surprise to us. But the timing of when they will do this, the amount of time that it will take to do this was a bit of a shock. That said, it is a decision that was made and we respect that and are trying to make the best of what we now have to do and can. The way it was done, though, according to the times, the electricity was on a timer that was set to go off 20 minutes after the last plane left Bagram Air base. Was that true . Look, the withdrawal from Bagram Air base is not the whole of the story. Maybe the airport itself is one story, but then general miller and general mackenzie had a Handover Ceremony in kabul and it was a proper handov
Welcome to hardtalk. Im sarah montague. Since the United States pulled their troops out of afghanistan at the Beginning Ofjuly, the taliban have retaken huge swathes of the country and reports have emerged that, once again, theyre enforcing the same repressive practices of their past rule. My guest is afghanistans national security adviser, hamdullah mohib. While hes here in london, hes meeting the chief of the Uk Defence staff who only days ago described the situation in afghanistan as grim. So can afghan national forces hold off against the taliban . Hamdullah mohib, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. How did you feel when you heard that the us were pulling their troops out of afghanistan at the Beginning Ofjuly . This had been a long discussion. It didnt come as a total surprise to us. But the timing of when they will do this, the amount of time that it will take to do this was a bit of a shock. That said, it is a decision that was made and we respect that and are trying to make the be
..eddie redmayne! and eddie redmayne wins big at the olivier awards at the royal albert hall in london. welcome to the programme. with most of the votes counted in the first round of the french presidential election, emmanuel macron will face the far right leader marine le pen in a run off in two weeks time. results currently show only a two percentage point difference between them, with mr macron on just over 27% and ms le pen onjust over 25%. our paris correspondent lucy williamson has the latest. it s on, the battle for the future of france. translation: don t make a mistake, this isn t over. l the debate we re going to have for the next 15 days is decisive for our country and for europe. a choice of president macron or president le pen. translation: what will| happen on 24 april is not just a vote about conditions, it s a matter of society, even of civilisation. early projections suggest that emmanuel macron is still the favourite with 28% of voters, more than last time
following the ousting of imran khan. and for the first time the queen talks about the effect having covid had on her. it does leave one very tired and exhausted, doesn t it, this horrible pandemic? hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the french president emmanuel macron and the far right challenger marine le pen will face each other in a run off vote in two weeks time and one will be the next president of france. the second round will be a repeat of the last presidential election in 2017. with almost all of the results in, marine le pen got 23% of the votes yesterday, emmanuel macron who sits in the middle of the political specturm got 27.6% and the far left candidate, jean luc melenchon, got nearly 22% of votes. all that means that it s going to be a straight run off now in a final vote on april the 24th. mr macron remains the favourite, and his team are now planning a series of big rallies and major tv appearances. marine le pen should pick
criminal and wrong and evil and need to be responded to decisively. this monday, the 11th of april, it is 11 am in ukraine. it is 5 pm in south korea. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is about to address south korean lawmakers in just a few minutes time. this as a senior ukrainian official says a renewed russian offense in the eastern ukraine is already underway with russian forces massing in the donbas region. you could see that to the right of your screen. and, we are just learning that another railway station in eastern ukraine was hit by russian shelling. that s according to the chairman of the state railway company. he says that there were no casualties in the attack. but it follows last week s strike on the train station incremental s that left doesn t does. recent satellite images are showing all long of the military convoy, east of kharkiv, that appears to be moving south. ukraine s president said his country is prepared to fight but he says victory won t be