although we have to understand that losing that as an exit route severely limits and has severely limited our ability to evacuate people. those left behind don t have much hope to hold onto. many are in fear, others displaced, struggling to find food. tomorrow marks the end of america s longest war. its legacy is uncertain as the future of afghanistan. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news. as we heard in rajini s report, the us launched a drone strike on suspected militants planning a suicide bombing near the airport. earlier, kabul resident ramin yousufi told the bbc his cousin returned from work and went outside with his children when the drone strike happened killing ten of his relatives, including the cousin, and six of the children. a warning that some of what you hear
this whole thing was conducted. gary o donoghue. this whole thing was conducted. gary o donoghue, thank you very much. that is our washington correspondent there. as we ve been hearing, the us launched a drone strike on suspected militants planning a suicide bombing near the airport. well, a resident of kabul resident, ramin yousufi, has been telling us his cousin returned from work and went outside with his children when the drone strike happened, killing ten of his relatives, including the cousin, and six of the children. a warning that some of what you hear may be distressing. he was the head of our family. he had 40 years and he was engineer in a charity organisation. the other one, from the youngest, he was 30 years and he was an officer of international army. and the other was 19 and he was a student.
yesterday the us launched a drone strike on suspected militants planning a suicide bombing near the airport. earlier, kabul resident ramin yousufi told the bbc his cousin returned from work and went outside with his children when the drone strike happened killing ten of his relatives, including the cousin and six of the children. just a warning, some of what you are about to hear you may find distressing. he was the head of our family. he had a0 years and he was. in a charity organisation. the other one, from the youngest, he was. an officer in the army stop and the other was 19 and he was. seven
hundreds of afghans killed or injured as they were waiting on that crush of people. 13 us service personnel who had been working round the clock to process as many people as possible to get on their evacuation flights. this. it underlines againjust evacuation flights. this. it underlines again just how cruel and dirty war is and sadly this is not how the us expected their engagement to end and it is certainly not how afghans and certainly now how the ramin yousufi s family did. they had visas for america, they were waiting to go to the airport to go to america and instead, how can they begin to understand that an american drone strike killed members of their family, including seven children? and the american presence in afghanistan, lyse doucet, just hours left before it finally winds down ahead of the deadline of august to slst ahead of the deadline of august to 31st tomorrow. 20 years on from america s involvement, in your assessment what has been achieved?
through other means. we will not end our repatriation and evacuation effortjust because kabul airport has fallen, although we have to understand that losing that as an exit route severely limits and has severely limited our ability to evacuate people. those left behind don t have much hope to hold onto. many are in fear others displaced, struggling to find food. tomorrow marks the end of america s longest war. its legacy is as uncertain as the future of afghanistan. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news. as we ve been hearing, the us launched a drone strike on suspected militants planning a suicide bombing near the airport. well a resident of kabul resident ramin yousufi has been telling us his cousin returned from work and went outside with his children when the drone strike happened killing 10 of his relatives