Flights in august but were unable to get into the airport had recently arrived in britain. anotherformer government official i know who had been trying to leave for sometime has said he hasjust been trying to leave for sometime has said he has just recently managed to get into pakistan with his family and he is now desperately trying to find any country, really, that will accept them long term. around 100 afghan journalists are already in that kind of state of limbo in pakistan, again looking for somewhere that they can travel on to. there is a sense of bitterness amongst many of those who were left behind who were not able to board those evacuation flights, who feel they were more deserving than some of those who managed to board them. thank you very much indeed. secunder kermani in kabul. the government has admitted a series of failings in the years leading up to the grenfell tower disaster and apologised to the victims of the fire. at the public inquiry into the tragedy, a barrister
Concern here that although isa as much as powerful than the taliban, they are still able to carry out these deadly attacks. secunder kermani in these deadly attacks. secunder kermani in kabul, these deadly attacks. secunder kermani in kabul, thank you. i and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel: deal done the former chelsea boss antonio conte is confirmed as tottenham s new manager a day after the sacking of nuno espirito sa nto. mps have called for a pause in the rollout of all lane smart motorways, until the government can prove they re safe. they were designed to allow for more
We can speak to our afghanistan correspondent secunder kermani in kabul. yogita s report is so shocking and distressing. the people of afghanistan are desperate for help, but the international community wants to make sure any money goes to the people and not to the taliban. yes, that s right. some humanitarian assistance is arriving in the country, but because of the sheer scale of the crisis, it is simply not enough. back in september, more bomb $1 billion was pledged by the international community but, so far, half of that has materialised 7 make more than. we have been seeing the hunger spread from the more rural areas that you saw in yogita s report to urban areas as well and that is partly because government employees haven t been receiving their salaries, they haven t even paid them in the previous months of the previous government. and
Some suggest it is because of internal rivalries within the group. whatever the cause, it s prolonging this period of deep uncertainty about the future that many afghans are facing. returning to the situation in panjshir, that s the province just to the north of kabul, it s the one place yet to be fully captured by the taliban. we have conflicting reports coming out of there, but the taliban seem to be saying that they have made some advances, fighters calling themselves the resistance are yet to be defeated, however. in the past few minutes they have issues a statement warning of a potential humanitarian crisis developing and panjshir there. secunder kermani in kabul. i asked hadi nili of the bbc s persian service what iran s relationship with the taliban had been historically. when the taliban took power in kabul, it was a quite eventful situation and time for the iranian government. there are reports of iranian diplomats being killed by taliban forces