deadline. the 31st, no, i don t think we will extend the deadline. the 31st, it no, i don t think we will extend the deadline. the 31st, it is no, idon t think we will extend the deadline. the 31st, it is their- deadline. the 31st, it is their plan, deadline. the 31st, it is their plan, it deadline. the 31st, it is their plan, it is deadline. the 31st, it is their plan, it is the deadline. the 31st, it is their plan, it is the american- deadline. the 31st, it is theirl plan, it is the american plan, deadline. the 31st, it is their- plan, it is the american plan, this is already plan, it is the american plan, this is already not plan, it is the american plan, this is already not according plan, it is the american plan, this is already not according to - plan, it is the american plan, this is already not according to the - is already not according to the agreement is already not according to the agreement. they is already not according to the agreement. they have - is
he will not be able to hold kabul airport by access to public airport for afghans and we would have to cross taliban names so i think it s unwise to give the impression that there is somehow two ways of getting far more people out of kabul and then extending the deadline unless you have some way in which i can t consider what it might be of getting safe passage without either the americans or the taliban and having agreed to that. do americans or the taliban and having agreed to that- agreed to that. do you think unfreezing agreed to that. do you think unfreezing funds agreed to that. do you think unfreezing funds and - agreed to that. do you think unfreezing funds and the - agreed to that. do you think- unfreezing funds and the promise of aid and so on, do you think that is enough of a carrot to convince the taliban that they should be dealing with the rest? with the rest? yes, actually do. i think it requires with the rest? yes, actually do. i think it requires the with the
evacuation mission has ramped up over the last 2a hours and it s extraordinary for just over the last 2a hours and it s extraordinary forjust 21,600 over the last 2a hours and it s extraordinary for just 21,600 people have been from kabul. that s a flight every 45 minutes. nearly 13,000 of them are thrown out by the us military or coalition partners. the pentagon is not confronting exactly how many my people they need to get out. so that s foreign nationals and all the afghans who have been talking about the cultural advisers and the translators who worked with coalition partners in afghanistan but there are military pens here who say if that kind of numbers they think are still remaining in kabul then this is not a mission that can even be achieved by august 31. $5 a mission that can even be achieved by august 3h by august 31. as a result, it s a mission that by august 31. as a result, it s a mission that may by august 31. as a result, it s a mission that may not by august 31.
i may be just a day or two see meaning it is a matter of hours i may bejust a day or two more see meaning it is a matter of hours i may be just a day or two more for some of those evacuation to take place. i think it really significant that this is not what some of those allies wanted out of this meeting. that certainly seems to be the case now. ., ~ that certainly seems to be the case now. ., ~ , ., 0ur afghanistan correspondent secunder kermani has more from kabul on the situation on the ground. i have just i havejust come i have just come out of a pentagon press conference in which i asked them about the possibility of an extension to the 31st of august deadline for the end of the evacuation scheme. some confusion also caused by comments by the taliban spokesman about whether or not they would allow the evacuation of afghan nationals to continue. 0ne spokesman clarifying to me that they will allow those afghans that the correct documentation for me but
lots of challenges along the way, there s potential for al-qaeda and other terrorist groups try to disrupt what s going on at the airport. the taliban are not a unitary organisation so you ll have different groups potentially doing different groups potentially doing different things in different parts of kabul, even. so it s bound to be chaotic and disorderly. boris johnson is chaotic and disorderly. boris johnson is talking chaotic and disorderly. boris johnson is talking about i chaotic and disorderly. boris johnson is talking about engaging meaningfully with the taliban, that the west needs to talk to these people and that s got to be the posture of the g7. if the americans don t want to do that, then it won t happen, will it? all this rest on the shoulders of the united states. i think the americans will do that as well, the head of the cia was an kabul meeting with the taliban, so they are realistic about it, they know they ll have to negotiate with this organisation. they d