Welcome to a bbc news special about afghanistan with me lyse doucet in kabul and philippa thomas in london. flights are still taking off from kabul airport, a day after two devastating bomb attacks there killed as many as 90 people. but for those who want to get out of afghanistan the chances of getting on them are growing slimmer and slimmer. and australia have already ended their evacuations british forces say they will only now evacuate people who are inside the airport. flights are taking off and thousands of afghans hoping to get to the airport. hoping against hope they can get one of the last military evacuation flights out of
Group. an attack intended to strike a blow against the departing us and other nato forces whose final pull out date is august 31, but as every day passes, country after country are sending out their last evacuation flight. in the last few hours we understand sweden has finished its evacuation effort, spain, germany, canada, australia have also said goodbye. but flights are still taking off and thousands of afghans are still trying to get to the airport, still hoping against hope that they can get one of the last military evacuation flights out of afghanistan away from taliban rule that is consolidating with everyday, and were underlined again yesterday with the double suicide
Group. an attack intended to strike a blow against the departing us and other nato forces whose final pull out date is august 31, but as every day passes, country after country are sending out their last evacuation flight. in the last few hours we understand sweden has finished its evacuation effort, spain, germany, canada, australia have also said goodbye. but flights are still taking off and thousands of afghans are still trying to get to the airport, still hoping against hope that they can get one of the last military evacuation flights out of afghanistan away from taliban rule that is consolidating with everyday, and were underlined again yesterday with the double suicide bombing at kabul international airport.
This is bbc world news, i m yalda hakim. our top stories: kabul airport reopens for military evacuation flights after the taliban s takeover of afghanistan. the chaos at the airport on monday has been highlighted by newly released satellite pictures showing people crowding onto the runway. president biden defends his decision to withdraw troops from afghanistan, saying the mission was counter terrorism, not nation building. i stand squarely behind my decisions. after 20 years, i ve learned the hard way that there was never a good time to withdraw us forces. a time to withdraw us forces. major afghan media oi women a major afghan media outlet keeps women presenters on a screen. 0ne
This is bbc world news. i m yalda hakeem. our top stories. kabul airport reopens for military evacuation flights, after the taliban s takeover of afghanistan. the chaos at the airport on monday has been highlighted by newly released satellite pictures showing people crowding onto the runway. president biden defends his decision to withdraw troops from afghanistan, saying the mission was counter terrorism, not nation building. i stand squarely behind my decision. after 20 years, i have learned the hard way that there was never a good time to withdraw us forces. a major afghan media outlet keeps women presenters on screen one of them interviews