personnel and a senior health official in kabul says at least 60 people in total had died. in washington pay pentagon briefing says it s not working with the taliban and that they share a common purpose between now and the end of the month. it also says we continue the month. it also says we continue the mission. christian fraser will be with you in a moment to continue our coverage. bear in mind we have a number of reports from kabul that another explosion has been heard. you can also follow the story through the bbc s live page which you can find it bbc .com/ news. we call a friend spread southward right across the uk that introduce fresher air. right across the uk that introduce fresherair. quite right across the uk that introduce fresher air. quite a bit of cloud in central and eastern sums on the best of the sunshine out west. for friday it s a similar story. a lot of dry
before it s not what they say, it s what they do. they have a practical reason for wanting us to get out of here by the 31st of august and they want to be cleaned the airfield. we want to be cleaned the airfield. we want to be cleaned the airfield. we want to get out by that date if it would be possible to do so. we share a common purpose and as long as you keep that common purpose aligned, they have been useful to work with. they have cut some of our security concerns down and they have been useful to work with going forward. now long term i don t know what that s going to be. i will tell you anytime you did an evacuation plan a base you expect to be attacked so we expect you thought this would happen sooner or later. and we are prepared to continue the mission. we had that bash dialogue with our chain of command and i will not be able to share what my advice has been and we can continue to conduct that mission. even while receiving attacks like this.
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
telegram channel. the americans also talking about trying to improve procedures but emphasise the point of being a kabul airport is to get people out of the air fields say the mission continues. i m also seeing the bbc correspondent has tweeted within the last couple of minutes and big blast in kabul with her at the moment we have no further details on that. he has her that in kabul. an awful lot to take it. let s bring in our security correspondent. we haven t heard from the islamic states, that s now changed. the islamic states, that s now chanced. ~ ., ., ., the islamic states, that s now chan.ed ., ., ., , , , , changed. we have no great surprises was u- i changed. we have no great surprises was up i don t changed. we have no great surprises was up i don t like changed. we have no great surprises was up i don t like using changed. we have no great surprises was up i don t like using the - changed. we have no great surprises was up i don t like using the word - was up i don t
140 injured. their loss weighs heavily on us all and able to talk about that as you go on. we continue to focus on the protection of our voices and the evacuees. as the evacuation continues. let me be clear. while we are saddened by the loss of life, both us and afghan, we will continue to execute the mission. 0ur both us and afghan, we will continue to execute the mission. our mission is to evacuate us citizens and special immigrant visa holders and the us embassy staff and afghans at risk. despite this attack, we are continuing the mission. the evacuation and as of today approximately 5000 evacuees a reading airlift. since august the 14th, we have a factory for more than 104,000 civilians. 0ver 14th, we have a factory for more than 104,000 civilians. over 66,005 united states and over 37,000 by our allies and partners. that includes bringing out about 5000 americans.