victory and says there will be no surrender. in kabul, these women are refusing to surrender their rights. protesting is a brave move in uncertain times. reports taliban used tasers against them may be a hint of what they face in the new old afghanistan. dan johnson, bbc news. our correspondent secunder kermani is in the afghan capital kabul, and has the latest on that visit by the pakistani intelligence chief. turning first to this visit of the head of the pakistani intelligence services, the isi, certainly pakistan has been requesting to help with the evacuation of remaining foreign nationals and those afghans who are eligible to leave the country that haven t yet been able to do so. so, that is likely to have formed part of his discussions with the taliban, but pakistan also has a long history with the taliban. it s often been accused of secretly supporting their insurgency. pakistan has always denied that, but it acknowledges having some leverage. so, there s a lot of speculation t
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with the taliban. pakistan has always denied that, but it acknowledges having some leverage. there s a lot of stuff speculation that this is about the creation of a new government in afghanistan. it s been nearly three weeks since the taliban took over kabul. whatever the cause, it s prolonging this period of deep uncertainty about the future that many afghans are facing. this is the one place yet to be fully captured by the taliban. we ve got conflicting reports coming out from there, but the taliban seem to be saying they made some advances. fighters call themselves the resistance are yet to be defeated. they ve issued a statement warning of a potential humanitarian crisis developing in the region. secunder kermani. let s go back to that visit to kabul
speak. so, pakistan really holds the key and i think pakistan s generals are confident that they can can vent members of the international community that the taliban run afghanistan and the best way forward is to engage them and support them, to help them stabilise afghanistan, partly because the threat of terrorism from groups like isis k. pakistan thinks it s in a very advantageous position to shape how the world engages afghanistan and how afghanistan s government is shaped and how stable afghanistan is. i think they re quite confident that they have the leverage over the taliban to leave them direction that might be more compatible with
of cancellations of blood tests and now flu jabs. the taliban continues to send fighters to crush the last remaining organised resistance in afghanistan. two divers are presumed to have died after they failed to return to the surface while exploring a wreck off the cornwall coast. and following on from britain s success at the tokyo olympics the uk s longest mountain bike trails opens in the hope of finding the next generation of riders. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. labour says there s a strong case to vaccinate children aged between 12 and 15 against covid