evacuation which they had refreshed on several occasions a month earlier but the foreign office didn t know who would be entitled people, who had stood by us, who were those who had stood by us, who were those who had risked their lives serving alongside people like me in kabul and the end. when i was working in the national security council in kabul i worked many afghans who risked their lives, they knew the dangers they were taking and many people were encouraged to work with us on the promise that this was a huge risk but if it went wrong we would stand by them. in the same is true in helmand. sadly in the days after that august disaster, what we saw instead was death squads looking for them and murdering them and theirfamilies in places like lashkar gah and kabul and theirfamilies in places like lashkar gah and kabuland i m theirfamilies in places like lashkar gah and kabul and i m afraid thatis lashkar gah and kabul and i m afraid that is a very, very serious failing. that is a ve
on the bbc this morning and he said the prime minister absolutely was involved and he s been saying that for months, hasn t he? ..and he even said, i wish he would just say it, because i am really proud of what we did! he should be proud about helping to achieve this thing of getting these animals and the staff from the charity out of kabul. but it is the timing of it, it is awkward for number 10, even if you think it isjust a bit of a weird story or, asjacob rees mogg said in the chamber today, where he suggested it was a bit of fuss about some animals, well, not everybody sees it that way. mmm, quite. remember how desperate things were in kabuland how many people who were trying to get out could not get out, but it just comes at a time when lots of conservatives and members of the public are thinking about the prime minister s integrity, and then you get into this he said, she said, is he telling the truth? it isjust uncomfortable timing. which is the overlapping issue around all of
satisfaction that clockmakerjohn vernon swung the pendulum to set the clock going again. big ben bongs. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: president biden has praised the us evacuation president biden has praised the us evacuation flight president biden has praised the us evacuation flight out - president biden has praised the us evacuation flight out of- us evacuation flight out of kabul us evacuation flight out of kabul and us evacuation flight out of kabuland said us evacuation flight out of kabul and said they- us evacuation flight out of kabul and said they can i us evacuation flight out ofj kabul and said they can be accelerated. kabul and said they can be accelerated. he kabul and said they can be accelerated. kabul and said they can be accelerated. ., ., .. , accelerated. he also accepted the process accelerated. he also accepted the process would accelerated. he also accepted the process would be - accelerated. he also accepted the process would be hard -
being made or discussions with the taliban beyond the next few days are? looking to that sort of short to medium term, you know, contacts, trying to build contacts, trying to build some sort of working relationship? i build some sort of working relationship? build some sort of working relationship? build some sort of working relationshi - ? ~ , , relationship? i think this will be one of the relationship? i think this will be one of the big relationship? i think this will be one of the big questions - relationship? i think this will be one of the big questions for - relationship? i think this will be one of the big questions for g7 | one of the big questions for g7 leaders tomorrow because in the conversations that the prime minister has been having with his counterparts around the world, one thing downing st keeps telling us is that he is pressing for countries to work together to decide when they want to recognise any new government in kabul and want to recognise any new governm