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Justin covered afghanistan for almost four years as the bbc s south asia correspondent and was in a mortar attack by the taliban. So he is well placed to talk to us about the events of this week. Welcome to you all. Let s start with that ben, shelley? let s start with that, then, shall we? on thursday, a suicide bomb attack at kabul airport targeted people desperate to flee the country after the taliban takeover. Ninety were killed, mostly afghan civilians and 13 us military personnel. A local branch of islamic state called isk said they carried out the attack. Throughout the week, 100. 000 people were evacuated throughout the week, 100,000 people were evacuated but thousands left behind. There s a huge refugee crisis in the making and a possible humanitarian disaster in afghanistan as money runs out and food disappears. It couldn t be much worse or could it? justin, let s start with you. You know afghanistan well. You were in contact regularly with the taliban. They are highly h
Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are jasmine cameron chileshe of the financial times and broadcaster john stapleton. Tomorrow s front pages, starting with. Afghanistan is still dominating the front pages. The guardian leads with. The mirror leads with the news that two of those killed in the bomb attack at kabul ariport were british citizens, and that the child of another british citizen was also killed. thousands abandoned to the taliban . That s on the front page of the i, after the uk leaves behind over a thousand afghans who were eligible for evacuation from the country. The mail leads with a similar story, and says leaving people behind could cause the biggest hostage crisis in britain s history, if they re captured by the taliban or isis k. The times reports on us presidentjoe biden s promise to avenge the deaths of the 13 us marines killed in the bomb attack at kabul airport. Away from afghanistan, the financial ti
Of covid 19, but the results are inconclusive. Hello and welcome. Thank you forjoining us. Senior taliban officials say they have taken up positions inside kabul airport and are ready to take control as soon as the americans leave. The us insists it will keep evacuating afghans until the last moment and that its forces are still in charge of the site. But it s thought they may be out in a matter of hours. Reports now suggest as many as 170 people died in thursday s suicide bomb and gun attack on dense crowds at the airport gates. Our correspondent in kabul, secunder kermani, has the latest, and a warning, his report contains distressing images. Distraught relatives search kabul s morgues, looking for their loved ones. This baby you managed to save? but there s another baby? amongst those killed, mohammed niazi, a taxi driver from london who had travelled to kabul to try and help his family get inside the airport. His eldest daughter and youngest child are still missing. His wife was al
Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are kate proctor, who s the editor of politics home, and the businessjournalist, john crowley. Tomorrow s front pages. The financial times leads with the pledge from presidentjoe biden, who vows to get americans out of afghanistan. But the admission from president biden that not everyone will get out of afghanistan who wants to leave leads the telegraph. The i says the uk is considering sending british forces and diplomats into the crowds outside kabul airport to search for evacuees. According to the times, thousands of uk allies face being left behind in afghanistan. And the anguish at kabul airport is captured on the guardian, as a baby is passed into the hands of soldiers to escape the taliban rule. The possible threat to the uk from the taliban takeover leads the mirror, with security experts warning of a clear and present danger. And a different story on the express, which leads on the ne