see the same situation as a disaster is unfolding so rapidly in front of our eyes which if you re not careful from a humanitarian perspective and peaceful perspective and going that direction. tens of thousands of people have been already in afghanistan and neighbouring countries we need to start providing humanitarian aid to them and they have not seen a proper package in the global package for these people that need support and be need food and any medicine and they re also in the middle of a pandemic. let and any medicine and they re also in the middle of a pandemic. and any medicine and they re also in the middle of a pandemic. let me put to use some the middle of a pandemic. let me put to use some of the middle of a pandemic. let me put to use some of the the middle of a pandemic. let me put to use some of the arguments - the middle of a pandemic. let me put to use some of the arguments that i to use some of the arguments that joe bidenjust in to use some of the arguments th
the airport but clearly they are not yet fully in control. i will show you some satellite images that were taken this morning. you will see how the situation developed. i don t think you can make out at the bottom of the screen the black dots, those are people who were inside according and outside the airport you see more of the chaos as people arrived at the airport desperate to catch any site that was leaving. 0ur the airport desperate to catch any site that was leaving. our next guest was born in afghanistan, as a young boy he fled the country passing through refugee camps and somehow surviving and at the age of 15 he was smuggled into the uk with just $100 in his pocket and threw his determination i should say no shortage of courage he will go on to study medicine at cambridge university. he is now an nhs doctor. that evening and welcome to the programme. i will put on screens and pictures of you as a young boy that left afghanistan in the 19805 during the
repeat the mistakes we ve made in the past. the mistake of staying and fighting indefinitely in a conflict thatis fighting indefinitely in a conflict that is not in the national interest of the united states, of doubling down on a civil war in a foreign country, of attempting to remake a country, of attempting to remake a country through the endless military deployment of us forces, those are the mistakes we cannot continue to repeat. because we have significant vital interests in the world that we cannot afford to ignore. i also want to acknowledge how painful this is to acknowledge how painful this is to so many of us. they scenes we are seeing in afghanistan, they are gut wrenching. particularly for our veterans, our diplomats, humanitarian workers, for anyone who has spent time on the ground working to support the afghan people. for those who have lost loved ones in
legacy of the invasion would be freedom for all. thanks to our military and analyse and brave fighters of afghanistan the taliban regime is coming to an end. yet, our responsibility to the people of afghanistan have not ended. we work for a new era of human rights and human dignity in that country. i human rights and human dignity in that country- that country. i should remind you that country. i should remind you that at that that country. i should remind you that at that time that country. i should remind you that at that time the that country. i should remind you that at that time the taliban - that country. i should remind you that at that time the taliban had | that at that time the taliban had only partial control of the country and today they have over 90% of it. that is talked at a republican correspondent who worked closely with president george w. bush in the white house. thank you for being with us. in his memoirs, he devoted an entire chapter to afghanistan and he wr
maintenance of their air force. something in the taliban doesn t have. the taliban does not have an air force. have. the taliban does not have an airforce. we provided close air support. we gave them every chance to determine their own future. we could not provide them with the will to fight for that future. there are some very brave and capable afghan special forces units and soldiers, and f afghanistan is unable to mount any real resistance to the taliban now there is no chance that one more year, five more years or 20 more years of us military boots on the ground would have made any difference. if afghanistan is unable to mount any real resistance.