most of them afghan refugees, before the taliban deadline for foreign troops to withdraw by the end of august. but hundreds more remain stranded, both uk citizens and eligible refugees. the taliban has said they will be allowed to leave. but with fear and tensions increasing, it remains to be seen if the islamist group will honour that pledge. and potential danger is not limited to the taliban. a local branch of the so called islamic state group killed more than 170 people in thursday s bomb attack, including mohammad niazi, a taxi driverfrom hampshire who travelled to kabul to bring his family back. his wife, samina, and their baby daughter also died. mohammad was one of the best men we have in the community, working hard to give the best life for his kids. yesterday the us launched a drone strike against a car which it said was carrying more is suicide bombers. and this morning, five
the government this morning, when asked, would not put a number on how many people who were eligible to come to the uk had been left in afghanistan, who had not managed to get out as part of that air left. last week ministers were talking about it being up to 1000. labour think it is far more. the question, as you say, is what happens now? we had the taliban say to various foreign governments yesterday, around 90 of them releasing a letter, saying they had been given assurances by the taliban that safe passage for either foreign nationals are people with the right documentation from afghanistan would be allowed safe passage out of the country. the question is how the international community can enforce that? at what leverage the uk and its allies have to make sure that that promises caps and we heard from the uk government minister this morning that he was sceptical that
this is bbc news. the headlines at 11: rockets have been fired towards kabul airport where the us evacuation operation is drawing to a close they were intercepted by an american anti missile system. the uk government seeks international support to ensure the taliban allow people to leave afghanistan as british troops from kabul arrive back on uk soil. hurricane ida has now weakened to a tropical storm after president biden declared a major disaster in louisiana as powerful winds and rain wiped out all power in new orleans. the danger is not weakening at all. we are hearing reports of floodwaters rising in many communities, there are downed trees that are bringing down power lines, roofs collapsing.
this is bbc news these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. rockets have been fired towards kabul airport where the us evacuation operation is drawing to a close they were intercepted by an american anti missile system. the uk government seeks international support to ensure the taliban allow people to leave afghanistan as british troops from kabul arrive back on uk soil. president biden declares a major disaster in louisiana as powerful hurricane ida makes landfall wiping out all power in new orleans. the danger is not weakening at all. we are hearing reports of that water is rising in many communities. there that are bringing down power lines. roofs collapsing.
the health ministry said a woman suffered a rare side effect leading to inflammation of her heart muscle. pfizer said such side effects were extremely rare. the news of the death comes as the country battles an outbreak of the delta variant after nearly six months of being virus free. a lockdown in auckland has been extended by two weeks. the azores, switzerland, and canada are among seven destinations on the uk government s green travel list today. denmark, finland, liechtenstein and lithuania also move to the list, which means travellers arriving in the uk won t have to quarantine. but thailand and montenegro are being added to the red travel list, meaning arrivals must enter a quarantine hotel. as week two of the paralympics gets underway in tokyo, more than 10,000 people with covid 19 are waiting for treatment in the city. hospitals say they can t deal with the current numbers let alone if there were an outbreak in the paralympic village. our tokyo correspondent rupert wingfield