it will be announced in the coming days, but without any women in senior positions. in an interview with bbc pashto, the deputy head of the taliban political office in qatar said women could continue working for government, but a cabinet position was highly unlikely. we start our coverage tonight with this report from our correspondent secunder kermani in kabul. if they are not on the top, maybe in this new government which is been announced, i mean to say in the cabinet, there may not be a woman. so, we are getting a clear understanding of what afghanistan will look like. here are the latest is our correspondence occur under the taliban are in firm control of the country. this, a huge military parade in the southern city of kandahar, along with a captured helicopter. but the group still hasn t
accommodation of decrease in intelligence and in limited number of options going forward. of options going forward. douglas london, of options going forward. douglas london. great of options going forward. douglas london, great to of options going forward. douglas london, great to get of options going forward. douglas london, great to get your - of options going forward. douglasj london, great to get your insight. thank you for coming on. so what about those who remained stranded in afghanistan? among those who were left behind are a number of school children and their parents from el cajon in california. on august 18, joe biden said he would extend the deadline in order to get all american citizens out. but these people were left behind. there are efforts under way to get them out, but, as we discussed, not easy when the airport and the borders are closed. and the taliban are sending their mixed signals. we can speak to the superintendent of the school district involved in the
but we need to see how they do actually govern the country. we do have considerable influence over them. the financial influence that we have is enormous. the taliban are broke. the dog that caught the car after chasing it for 20 years is in the driver s seat and finds that it s a heck of a lot to govern than it is to foment violence against the governing party at a particular time. heck of a lot tougher. there is an opposition, and it s in the pangaea valley. the vice president, who, under the afghan constitution, i suppose, is the interim president at the moment. the chief of the army is in the pangaea valley. how should the west approach that opposition? unclear whether the objective here is to truly hold out militarily this is going to be much more difficult, and it s unclear whether the objective here is to truly hold out militarily or if it is to try to have some kind of negotiated resolution.
but is this the time to be asking for more health? hello and welcome. i m christian fraser in london. the british foreign secretary told a committee of mps today that his government had ordered british embassy staff to destroy anything that would hand the taliban a propaganda coup. yet we now know, in the haste to evacuate, they left behind the contact details of afghans who d worked for the embassy and the cvs of people who applied. fortunately, they were found by a british reporter, not the taliban gunmen scouring the building. as for the propaganda coup, well, they don t come much bigger than the celebration in kandahar today, at which the taliban paraded the humvees, a helicopter, and an arsenal of weapons they have captured. to the victor goes the spoils of war and the keys to the presidential palace. the taliban are working to form their new government.
in february and how it looked in august this is an overhead from planet labs of the base. take a look at the right hand side the compound there. just above the structure, you will see one of the buildings has gone, they have taken the entire building down. why would they do that? ., , building down. why would they do that? .,, .,. , ., ., that? those facilities would, one, be of assistance that? those facilities would, one, be of assistance to that? those facilities would, one, be of assistance to the that? those facilities would, one, be of assistance to the taliban - that? those facilities would, one, l be of assistance to the taliban were they to take over. there were no documents left, but there was no reason to leave some of the facilities prepared for training and guidance for units that would give the taliban and advantage, to use against their own people, should they return to the oppression that we saw them employee during 1996-2001. we saw them employee during 1996-20