the world bank and imf are holding back from continuing support, whilst the us has frozen reserves and most local banks remain closed. no one has any money right now, other savings are stuck on the banks. people are just bringing small amounts of money had to exchange and pay for everyday living. i needed money for groceries, but the exchange rate isn t - good, so i m going home. i pray god brings stability- to the government and these problems can be solved. the afghan economy has been heavily dependent on international aid. whether that continues, at least when it comes to the west, it is likely to be dependent on what kind of government the taliban creates and what kind of laws it enforces. governing afghanistan is going to be more of a problem for the taliban than taking control of it. they ve been holding meetings with senior political figures like former president hamid karzai,
tonight at ten a new afghan government could be in place by tomorrow the taliban claims its approach will be inclusive. in kandahar today, a victory parade, featuring some of the military equipment left behind by us forces. in the capital kabul, the taliban is promising roles for women in the new government, but not at senior levels. we ll have the latest on events in kabul as thousands more afghans wait to see if they ll be allowed to leave. here in the uk, some afghan migrants meet ministers, as more details of a resettlement scheme are announced. in scotland, vaccine passports will be needed later this month to visit
cities collapsing. but then joe cities collapsing. but thenjoe biden, right until the first week of august, was telling us that the afghan army could probably resist the taliban. was there an optimism bias on both sides of the pond? i think there was this alignment, with those hopeful projections, of a change in the taliban s day and the ability of the military forces come up ability of the military forces come up on the metrics the technology they had and compares them to the taliban, but those views did not align with what the intelligence community was reporting to this white house with the previous one, which was in much more pessimistic outlook which was continually reinforced as bases were closed between may and july one this year, during which time the taliban made advances during that interim period. it is unfortunate in narrative
you can see the entire building has been trashed. there is nothing that has been left by the taliban. that was not the case at the british embassy. i suppose as a former cia operative, you would say that would be standard procedure, we don t leave anything behind that would give the taliban a propaganda coup? that is true. and in terms of the president s. the press has affected actually the cia had a programme of capacity building for his liaison partners, and eagle base was repetitive of that, in terms of a special forces unit that was able to conduct covert terrorist missions with ca training. with ca training. have you been on that basically with ca training. have you been on that basically shall with ca training. have you been on that basically shall i with ca training. have you been on that basically shall i am with ca training. have you been on that basically shall i am not - that basically shall i am not really allowed to speak to it, except to say i m a very familiar wi
and i think we truly do have to wait and see here. it s not as if we have an opportunity or a means or something else of really providing significant assistance unless we want to go to war with the taliban again, which, clearly, administration has sought to end. and they do not have the kind of corner from the northern exit from the pangaea valley to an outside country that they had in the past, and that could be very problematic. they could literally be surrounded. in fact, the taliban quite skilfully launched simultaneous offensives all around the country and really set the conditions for this, including in the northeastern part of the country, just north of the exit from the pangaea valley. so, again, this is a heroic, valiant effort by a number of individuals who retreated to the pangaea who know the valley well.