airport. desperate to leave at any price. they burst through security. climbed over walls. and spilled onto the tarmac. searching for any airplane that would take them far away from afghanistan. away from the taliban. so many managed to cram into one plane, the pilot refused to take off. people on board refused to disembark. but it was across the barb wire divide where it turned really ugly. on the military side of the airport, american troops trying to evacuate u.s. embassy staff found themselves overwhelmed, suddenly battling crowds, firing warning shots. this was not the mission they came for. the pentagon says u.s. troops shot dead two armed afghans. but still, the crowds didn t disperse. instead, they ran along and clung to the undercarriage of a military transport plane as it
further commitment we might make. ~ , ., , make. the prime minister, boris johnson make. the prime minister, boris johnson says make. the prime minister, boris johnson says he make. the prime minister, boris johnson says he was make. the prime minister, boris johnson says he was the - make. the prime minister, boris johnson says he was the un - johnson says he was the un security council to urgently meet to discuss the international community s next steps, but china has already said it once friendly relations with afghanistan s new rulers, while russia has said it believes the taliban will restore order. let s bring you an extraordinary image now from onboard a us military transport plane. it s estimated that around 640 people were on board as the c 17 craft took off from kabul bound for qatar on sunday that s believed to be among the most people ever flown in such an aircraft. you can see the passengers are mostly afghans, seated on the floor of the hold, who were safely eva
disperse. instead they ran along and clung to the undercarriage of military transport plane, as it taxied for takeoff. when u.s. military official told, me it was 100 times worse, than the humiliating american pull out from saigon. afghans are running from the taliban, now in full control. today setting up checkpoints, with the very weapons american taxpayers bought for the afghan army, which collapsed instead of fighting. after the u.s. pulled out basis, and left them without air support. in the u.s. did not see this coming? we reported on the tremendous security vacuum, created when the u.s. left the airbase two months ago, leaving it so undefeated and and the, i was able to break down the runway. the warning signs were there. in this weekend, kabul was taken without resistance. in the afghan president fled.
not be given the blacklisting it so much deserves, because a blacklisting would mean that it would be cut off from imf funding. so we are in this really strange place where the united states, particularly the united states, has been waging this war in afghanistan, we have been treating pakistan like an ally, even though, while it was taking our money with one hand, it was shifting it to the other hand to give the taliban, and everyone has known this. a military transport plane has crashed in the southern philippines as it tried to land on the island of holo. 47 people were killed in the crash and 49 were injured. most of those aboard the hercules plane were soldiers who d just finished their basic training. they were being deployed to fight militants who operate in the southern philippines. david campa nale reports. a large ball of black smoke was seen above the wreckage of the transport plane,
this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the partially collapsed apartment block near miami is demolished. before tropical storm elsa slips in and endangers the lives of rescuers. any foreign troops left in afghanistan after nato s september withdrawal deadline will be at risk as occupiers, the taliban tells the bbc. a military transport plane has crashed in the southern philippines as it tried to land on the island of holo. 47 people were killed in the crash. most of those aboard the hercules plane were soldiers who d just finished their basic training. they were being deployed to fight militants who operate in the southern philippines. david campa nale reports. a large ball of black smoke was seen above the wreckage