years military presence in the country, to leave. that is, if you like, the immediate, pressing objective but beyond that, there are other objectives, other areas where a relationship, engagement between the uk and the taliban and if it goes on to form a former government formal government in afghanistan, could potentially benefit both sides from the uk was my point of view as well, but is the need to avoid humanitarian disaster, as dominic raab mentioned, there is the need for regional stability as a whole. but also, to try to bring to pressure to the taliban to stick to their commitments that they have made to this point in time of having an inclusive government and respecting human rights and allowing women and girls to play the full role in society that they have begun to play over the last couple of decades, during the military presence there. so that is, if you
in no small part from the cooperation of our qatari friends. if you are they responsible a team to make sure that the remaining british nationals and afghan workers can come to the uk, that is why we watched with great interest what may be possible at kabul airport, but we are here, i m here, notjust in qatar, but moving on us was to talk to regional countries about how we can ensure safe passage through third countries. we will not be recognising the taliban, but we do see the need to be able to have direct engagement, otherwise we cannot provide messages, listen to the response, and i think as my friend sheikh mohammed said, there were some early tests of the taliban, one was their approach to the airport during the evacuation, now we are into a different space, can we see safe passage provided out of afghanistan? that will be quite an important first test, we need to be able to discuss that, engage on that, and of the other issues, we all want to avoid humanitarian
this is bbc news. i m a i m a joanna gosling. the headlines at 11: the uk says it won t recognise taliban rule in afghanistan as it pushes for kabul airport to re open to allow the exit of british nationals and afghans. we don t recognise governments, we will not be recognising the taliban, but we do see the need to be able to have direct engagement. at least eight people have died as a result of flash floods in new york city and the state of newjersey. new york declares a state of emergency. as schools start a new academic year, the eduction secretary urges the government s advisers to make a decision on covid vaccinations for 12 to 15 year olds. i think parents will find it deeply reassuring to have a choice of whether their children should have a vaccination or not.
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hello. the foreign secretary dominic raab has told a news conference in doha that the uk government does not recognise the taliban but that it is time to adjust to the new reality. he said his immediate priority was securing safe passage for british nationals, and for afghans who worked with the uk possibly through other countries and it s hoped the taliban can be persuaded to reopen kabul airport to commercial airliners. i m a i m a commitment on the part of the uk, to afghanistan remains. on our commitments. we need to adjust to reality, and i think we need to have good conversations on what that will involve. it is worth saying that in the airlift between the 15th of august and the ends of the month, we secured the safe passage of over 15,000 people out of afghanistan. airlift. the biggest operation of our kind in our living memory, and