tonight at ten. out of the shadows afghnistan s new rulers present a public face to the world. the taliban now control the streets, but say they won t harbour terrorists. translation: i reassurel all internationals, the un, all embassies, our neighbours, that we will not be allowing the soil of afghanistan to be used against anybody. there are guarantees girls can go to school, and women will be allowed to work. but many have already lost faith. as an afghan woman, i wouldn t trust them because they don t have a very good track record of keeping their promises or something like that. here, the government is to announce plans for a resettlement scheme for afghan refugees. also tonight. in haiti, a tropical storm hampers relief efforts as the number of dead from saturday s earthquake reaches 1,900. job vacancies hit one million, yet companies struggle to find workers. and a glimpse into deep space, explaining the mysteries, mysteries, of the stars. and coming up in the sport
people climbing onto planes, flooding the tarmac. the u.s. military has managed to secure its half of the airport and flights are taking off, both military and commercial. according to the pentagon, this is happening but the situation is still tense and very, very desperate. chief foreign correspondent richard engle has the latest from kabul. richard, what are you seeing? reporter: the evacuation flights are coming in frequently now. you can sense there s urgency about them. they land, they re only on the ground a few minutes before they take off again. it is clear the u.s. wants to wrap it up as quickly as possible. kabul airport this morning is back up and running, evacuation flights for u.s. embassy personnel and contractors in full swing. flights were stopped yesterday and tens of thousands of afghans stormed onto the runways desperate to leave, clinging onto aircraft, trying not to be left behind as the americans pull out. u.s. troops found themselves overwhelmed, as t
good morning to viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. it is monday, august 16th. we are beginning with our special live coverage of the fall of afghanistan, nearly two decades after 9/11. moments ago the u.s. temporarily suspended all air operations at the airport in kabul. we re seeing can haotic scenes e this. this is part of the reason for the suspension, desperate afghans chasing down u.s. planes that are leaving the tarmac, some clinging to the fuselage as the airplane taxied. the taliban is now in charge as it seized control of the capital without hardly a shot fired yesterday. insurgents overran key provincial capitals in the span of the last week. embassy officials have warned americans still in the city not to travel to the airport because it is unsafe. but as of now, it is the only way out. we heard from a white house official, there s no way to get those folks to the airport. the pentagon is rushing 1,000 more combat troops to secure the perimeter to get a
that as our resources and capabilities in the region dwindled because of the drawdown and we were ordered to draw down by the end of august and we were nothing but honest about the speed with which we had to do that because speed is safety. we wanted to make sure we did this quickly. and it s not just about boots on the ground. the drawdown is about capabilities and resources in the region as we wrapped up our advice and assist in combat missions in afghanistan. which meant we had fewer airplanes, fewer strike capability in the region as we continued to draw down. we were transparent about the fact that we would conduct airstrikes where and when feasible, fully cognisant of the fact that it wasn t always going to be feasible on every day and in every place. but the afghan air force is indigenous and they are in a country, and they did maintain their presence, and there were days where they flew easily twice as many strikes as we did. and they were able to often get on scene q
i m not confident of anything, i m just stating the facts. dana: president biden getting a little testy with the press after his meeting with vladimir putin, the high stakes summit wrapping up a little earlier than predicted. he predictably denied any involvement in the attacks that hit key american infrastructure and claimed that the united states is the biggest cyberbully in the world. president biden said he gave vladimir putin a list of targets that are off-limits. i talked about the proposition in certain critical infrastructure should be off-limits to attack, period. i gave them a list, if i m not mistaken, i don t have it in front of me, 16 specific entities. i pointed out to him, we have significant cyber capability and he knows it. he doesn t know exactly what it is but it is significant and if, in fact, they violate these basic norms we will respond. there were no threats, just a simple assertion made and no if you do that, we will do this with anything i said