and hospitals are not running at full capacity because women are not turning up. the taliban s co founder is now in the afghan capital, kabul. mullah abdul ghani baradar is expected to join talks on establishing a new government. so far, britain has evacuated just under 2,500 people, but time is running out as fears grow for those not here, in hiding, worried for their lives. frankie mccamley, bbc news. as you just heard a key figure at the kabul talks is the taliban co founder, mullah abdul ghani baradar, our security correspondent frank gardner told us more about him. this is somebody who co founded the entire movement back in 1994, along with mullah omar, his more famous brother in law, reportedly. so mullah baradar, he was born in afghanistan in 1968 and he co founded a movement of islamic scholars started in the madrasahs.
to work with nato allies to set up? we are asking the government to work with nato allies to make - to work with nato allies to make sure there to work with nato allies to make sure there is a security operation troth sure there is a security operation both at sure there is a security operation both at the sure there is a security operation both at the airport and the barren hotel both at the airport and the barren hotel where britain is processing the applications from eligible people. we are asking them to be more people. we are asking them to be more flexible about documentation, if you more flexible about documentation, if you carry more flexible about documentation, if you carry the documentation showing if you carry the documentation showing you have worked with all four the showing you have worked with all four the united kingdom and makes you a four the united kingdom and makes you a target for the taliban and particularly women are very afraid of doing pa
can caused to cause quite a bit of a disturbance in mexico. the headlines on bbc news. crowds continue to gather outside kabul airport, amid reports of chaotic scenes as the us advises its citizens not to travel there until they are asked, because of security threats outside the gates. senior taliban figures including the group s co founder, mullah baradar arrive in kabulfor talks about establishing a new unity government. let s get more on afghanistan. the taliban takeover of the country has also caused distress for us and uk military veterans, and the families of soldiers who fought and died in afghanistan. christine harrison lost her son corporal darren bonner in afghanistan in 2007. she spoke to my colleague ben boulos earlier and told him how she is feeling watching the chaos unfold. erm, heartbroken. absolutely heartbroken, because i feel that my son died in vain, along with lots
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