in which this attack would have happened earlier. happened earlier. we had to go throu~h happened earlier. we had to go through several happened earlier. we had to go through several check - happened earlier. we had to go through several check their - happened earlier. we had to go through several check their two j through several check their two points, taliban checkpoints, you can start to each one. we were surrounded by 40 taliban i know that because i counted and watched as they all got off their trucks to surround us. and theyjust told us for an hour pointing weapons at us. while they negotiated on the airfield. then we finally made it down to the airfield they were just thousands, thousands of people desperately trying to get into that airport. i stood out as a westerner and a guy came up to me and he said. hello mate. and i said you re from london are you? he said yeah, i m a bus driver. we got to chatting isjust yeah, i m a bus driver. we got to chatting is just out here with
watching. cooperating. for many viewers watching, what cooperating. for many viewers watching, what does cooperating. for many viewers watching, what does state - cooperating. for many viewers| watching, what does state want cooperating. for many viewers - watching, what does state want here? the taliban are islamic militants was that they just seize control of afghanistan. that in the eyes of son might be good news for ijaz. that afghanistan. that in the eyes of son might be good news for ijaz.- might be good news for i az. at the tactical revel might be good news for i az. at the tactical level they h might be good news for i az. at the tactical level they rivals. might be good news for ijaz. at the tactical level they rivals. why - might be good news for ijaz. at the tactical level they rivals. why they l tactical level they rivals. why they both share a desire to rid the country of all foreign forces they ve got different views beyond that. the taliban is focused very muc
that the taliban has been useful to work with. which are remarkable words when we consider these are the last few days of a 20 year mission that began with an effort to get rid of the taliban. it is that began with an effort to get rid of the taliban. of the taliban. it is remarkable. it shows how of the taliban. it is remarkable. it shows how things of the taliban. it is remarkable. it shows how things have of the taliban. it is remarkable. it shows how things have changed . shows how things have changed from the beginning it shows on the right hand,it the beginning it shows on the right hand, it shows that the americans have to respond pragmatically because they have in essence lost the war and they are leaving. in the taliban have won. it also shows that the taliban a change because they are willing to have this kind of accommodating arrangement with the americans. thejoint interest accommodating arrangement with the americans. the joint interest that he talked about was that
announced the government and they just see it as a kind of point where they can move forward without they are going to run the country. it was quite a remarkable statement. it was also interesting that from his point of view as a security man, as a military man that he talked about how the taliban were cooperating on the security level. that they had based on the information provided stop some attacks, he believed. and they were also taking steps like closing out the roads that the us had asked for because they were afraid of vehicle bombs. that sort of detail about how they were working together was quite revealing. working together was quite revealing- working together was quite revealina. . ~ , ., , . revealing. thank you very much indeed for revealing. thank you very much indeed for taking revealing. thank you very much indeed for taking us revealing. thank you very much indeed for taking us through . revealing. thank you very much l indeed for taking us through what we ve
and thorough detail about the danger and how this will of played out. he said that the final step for evacuees to get into the airport was a close up screening that had to be carried out by us military personnel and they had to get very close up. is said you could feel the breath of the other person on them. that was just a danger they couldn t avoid, he said. he said his working assumption was that the attacker had been part of that or at least the attack had happened at that place. but he also said they would have more details about exactly what happened later in the week for that right now they are very focused on making sure that it didn t happen again. and with regards to that he talked about various security measures. he said that they had asked the taliban to close certain roads. he said that they had all kinds of aircraft, eric doctors, unmanned aircraft and other warplane with imaging system helicopters. he said they were trying to push out