those kind of stories coming out of afghanistan, goes through your mind as a soldier, somebody who was there on the tarmac 12 months ago today? they are really hard stories to hear and so many stories come out of afghanistan now that are really heart wrenching in terms of what people there are still going through. the flip side for us is we have to focus on the positives in that we were able to get so many people out of afghanistan when we did and in the background, although the operation might have been 12 months ago and might have faded from a lot of memories, there is still a huge amount of work being done by a whole range of organisations, by governmental organisations, charities, etc, who are continuing to try to get people to safety. very hard to see, but also makes us really proud we are able to get so may people out when we did just over
and missed school. sorry. it s ok. sorry. it s hard here, too, far away in the central highlands. this is one of afghanistan s poorest provinces. since the taliban took over, even poorer. and there s still no aid to their government. for the destitute and desperate, agonising choices. this woman gave her daughter in marriage for about £1000. she s only 6 years old. so is her husband to be. translation: she s too young. but i give her away because we have no food. so my other children don t die of hunger. it s still very hard but now she can eat with her in laws. i had no other option but to give her away.
i do have that hope. i can t let go of that hope that s something that helped me survive conflict, displacement and as a humanitarian, i believe in humanity always. and i hope that that day will come, that there will be peace in afghanistan, we will be able to sit around the table or on the floor and to be able to just breathe that peace that people are so desperate for. doctor waheed speaking year after. captainjamie robson from the 2 para battle group was part of the operation to evacuate british nationals and eligible afghans from afghanistan last year. he joins us now from newcastle. good morning. thank you forjoining us. a year on, i am wondering, what are the key images, moments in your mind of that evacuation was good
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as salamu alaykum. my parents especially my father was the one who was giving us hope. but now the roles have reversed in a way that i m trying to give him hope because he s run out of that. he s run out of the energy to fight, to run. every phone call i have with him, he cries. and his cry is actually notjust about his own family, but it s a lot about what he sees now people not having food, some people resolving to going to selling their kidneys, other people going to even sell their children. he s also hoping that the world shouldn t desert afghanistan, and should start helping, and that s the only hope he has. earlier this year, waheed was reunited with his sister and her family. he travelled to meet them in sweden, where they re trying to rebuild their lives. it was absolutely magical to be able to hug my sister, my nephews and nieces