i m karishma vaswani in singapore. 0ur headlines: there have been chaotic scenes outside kabul airport as governments rush to bring home their citizens as well as afghan colleagues. president biden has defended his decision to withdraw us troops from afghanistan, insisting there wasn t a way for them to leave without chaos ensuing . well, one of the fears of the taliban s rule in afghanistan is that the militant group will reintroduce punishments in line with its strict interpretation of islam s legal system, sharia law, as they did in the country between 1996 and 2001. a senior taliban member has told reuters there ll be no democracy under taliban rule, and that an islamic council will decide on the future role of women. earlier i spoke to professor corri zoli, from syracuse university s forensics and national security institute in new york to find out what sharia law is.
leave without chaos ensuing. desperation in haiti as hundreds of thousands hit by saturday s powerful earthquake say there s still no assistance. many of the afghans who want to come to the uk worked alongside british forces and diplomatic staff in the 20 years since the invasion following the 9/11 terror attacks. britain s ambassador in afghanistan says the aim now is to fly out about 1,000 people a day, but he admitted that time was limited. our special correspondent lucy manning has been speaking to one afghan interpreter who is desperate to escape with his family to britain. faces hidden to try to protect them, but a message they want this country to see, uk, please do not leave us. ahmed, not his real name, was an interpreterfor british forces, now
president biden has defended his decision to withdraw us troops from afghanistan, insisting there wasn t a way for them to leave without chaos ensuing. there have been chaotic scenes outside kabul airport as governments rush to bring home their citizens as well as afghan colleagues. let s stay with that story now. dr sethjones is director of the international security programme at the center for strategic and international studies, a research organisation. in 2009 he was adviser to the commanding general of us special operations forces, in afghanistan. he s in washington. thank you for coming on the programme. it thank you for coming on the programme- thank you for coming on the programme. it is great to be on, programme. it is great to be on. thank programme. it is great to be on. thank you programme. it is great to be on, thank you for programme. it is great to be on, thank you for having - programme. it is great to be | on, thank you for having me. programme. it is great to
place in this millennium. it began itsjourney off the coast of canada, ending three hours later, when the sun set over the bay of bengal. this is bbc news, the latest headlines . president biden has defended his decision to withdraw us troops from afghanistan, insisting there wasn t a way for them to leave without chaos ensuing. there have been chaotic scenes outside kabul airport as governments rush to bring home their citizens as well as afghan colleagues. let s stay with that now earlier i spoke to dr seth jones who is director of the international security programme at the center for strategic and international studies. i asked him if president biden was right to say the afghanistan government was responsible for the swift taliban takeover.
two billion people around the world have seen the last total eclipse of the sun to take place in this millennium. it began its journey off the coast of canada, ending three hours later, when the sun set over the bay of bengal. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: president biden has defended his decision to withdraw us troops from afghanistan, insisting there wasn t a way for them to leave without chaos ensuing . there have been chaotic scenes outside kabul airport, as governments rush to bring home their citizens