Hello, welcome to the programme. There was a grim, inevitability, aboUt the attack in kabUl today. The intelligence was specific, the threat was well known, bUt amid the Fear And Desperation of those trying to get oUt, no conceivable way to stop it. The first Ust'>Explosion CamejUst before dUsk, close to the Abbey Gate of the kabUl airport. It is on the Uth-side'>SoUth Side of the perimeter, where dense crowds of people had been waiting, some of them knee deep in a sewage drain, for a vanishingly slim chance of escape. There are deeply Upsetting Images of the dead lying in the water and the woUnded being ferried to hospital sometimes on the back of wheelbarrows. Not long after there was a second explosion this Ut'>Time OUtside the baron hotel, fUrther along the airport perimeter, where terrified afghans woUld sUrely have been rUnning from the first blast. A senior afghan Health Officials says at least 60 people have been killed and 140 injUred. In the last hoUr The Pentagon has confirmed that 12 Us service seven members were killed and 15 woUnded in the attack. Us officials say a Uicide-bomber'>SUicide Bomber approached the gate and was being checked by Us soldiers when he exploded his vest. General kenneth mckenzie, commander of Us central command, said there are real specific threats ongoing bUt that the evacUation we are continUing to bring people into the airfield. We continUe to process and flow people oUt. The plan is designed to operate well Under stress. And Under attack. If we can find who is associated with this we will go after them. We have been clear all along that i want to retain the right to operate against isis in afghanistan and we are working hard right now to determine attribUtion and who is associated with this cowardly attack and prepared to take action against them. I want to get some immediate reaction to that. Im joined by retired Army Brigadier general Mark Kimmitt in Washington Dc It Isa it is a particUlarly sad day for everyone in kabUl and for the Us military. I2 everyone in kabUl and for the Us military. 12 Us service personnel. 15 woUnded. I wonder if we coUld get yoUr thoUghts first of all. It is 15 woUnded. I wonder if we coUld get yoUr thoUghts first of all. YoUr thoUghts first of all. It is a particUlarly yoUr thoUghts first of all. It is a particUlarly toUgh yoUr thoUghts first of all. It is a particUlarly toUgh day yoUr thoUghts first of all. It is a particUlarly toUgh day and yoUr thoUghts first of all. It is a particUlarly toUgh Day And Will. YoUr thoUghts first of all. It is a i particUlarly toUgh Day And Will be yoUr thoUghts first of all. It is a particUlarly toUgh Day And Will be a toUgh few weeks for the families that are getting the worst Telephone Call and worse is that of their life. I hope in all of this we do not forget that these are toUgh marines doing theirjob who gave their last fUll measUre to get and evacUate needed personnel oUt of afghanistan. The evacUate needed personnel oUt of afghanistan afghanistan. The obvioUs risk is that if yoU afghanistan. The obvioUs risk is that if yoU are afghanistan. The obvioUs risk is that if yoU are doing afghanistan. The obvioUs risk is that if yoU are doing something| afghanistan. The obvioUs risk is that if yoU are doing something like this and yoU are manning the gates in fairly this and yoU are manning the Gates Infairly tight this and yoU are manning the gates in fairly tight confines, yoU have to get Up close and personal to those people that yoU are checking and is there any way to prevent something like this from happening . The one thing aboUt the Amp Enemy is the only figUre oUt another way. We saw this tactic Used in iraq for years and years where they woUld drive cars into Checkpoints to try to get as many people as possible. YoU can try to prevent this and 99 times oUt of 100 zero prevent it. 999 times oUt of Usand'>A ThoUsand yoU will prevent it bUt that one event is the identity on that one Ut'>Time OUt of Usand'>A ThoUsand and many will get throUgh and bake them to this horrific carnage. And bake them to this horrific carnaUe. ~. ,. ,. , carnage. We did learn some detail from The Press carnage. We did learn some detail from the Press Briefing carnage. We did learn some detail from the Press Briefing with carnage. We did learn some detail. From the Press Briefing with General Mckenzie and they said they will review their Ure'>Standoff ProcedUre is, what does that mean . The review their Ure'>Standoff ProcedUre is, what does that mean . What does that mean . The most Im Ortant what does that mean . The most important thing what does that mean . The most important thing thats what does that mean . The most important thing thats been what does that mean . The most| important thing thats been going what does that mean . The most important thing thats been going on is we have had gUards. I important thing thats been going on is we have had gUards. Is we have had gUards. I think we have lost the is we have had gUards. I think we have lost the general. Is we have had gUards. I think we have lost the general. His is we have had gUards. I think we have lost the general. His Ure-l'>PictUre L have lost the general. His pictUre is frozen which is a shame becaUse he want to hear more from him. He will see if we can get back to him bUt let me bring yoU Up to date with what is happening. There have been some Uploading pictUres that have come in today. And tonight that are crowds of afghans waiting at hospitals, where the injUred were taken. The Death Toll has been continUally revised over the last few hoUr. With an Update from kabUl, heres oUr chief international correspondent, lyse doUcet. And warning her report does of coUrse contain then scared at top, a bombing for warren. CasUalties rUshed yet again into the emergency hospital. They wait for more injUred to arrive. For victims of a doUble Uicide-bombing-close'>SUicide Bombing Close to kabUl airport. This man was there. I saw at least foUr or 500 people there. There. I saw at least foUr or 500 peeple there there. I saw at least foUr or 500 people there. The explosion was really powerfUl. People there. The explosion was really powerfUl. Half people there. The explosion was really powerfUl. Half were people there. The explosion was really powerfUl. Half were held l people there. The explosion was i really powerfUl. Half were held into the water and others in the groUnd oUtside. We carried the woUnded on stretchers and michaels are completely bratty. The woUnded shelved into completely bratty. The woUnded shelved into wheelbarrows. Completely bratty. The woUnded shelved into wheelbarrows. The | shelved into wheelbarrows. The afghans who were hoping to be on an Aeroplane Today flying oUt to a safer place. These coUntries and less wire shattered that dream. The islamic Uip'>State QUip is believed to have done it. Earlier today, in this gathering storm, an ever growing clamoUr to board a flight. This is the centre of kabUl, the people desperate to find ways to get to that airport. I desperate to find ways to get to that airport desperate to find ways to get to that airort. ,. ,. ,. That airport. I was a Urity-gUard'>SecUrity GUard with the british that airport. I was a Urity-gUard'>SecUrity GUard with the british people. That airport. I was a Urity-gUard'>SecUrity GUard with the british people. How that airport. I was a Urity-gUard'>SecUrity GUardj with the british people. How many ears . With the british people. How many years . Maybe with the british people. How many years . Maybe one with the british people. 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He does not have a Visa Or Passport so he created his Ownl Or Passport so he created his own docUments. What is best . We worked for years, we are in danger now. What will be oUr fUtUre . BUt now the british are saying its too dangeroUs To Go to the airport. I Cannot Go in the airport. I Cannot Go. Cannot go in the airport. I cannot co. Cannot go in the airport. I cannot io, Cannot Go in the airport. I cannot co. ,. ,. , go. Even this threeyearold is worried, go. Even this threeyearold is worried. JUst go. Even this threeyearold is worried, jUst listening go. Even this threeyearold is worried, jUst listening To Go. Even this threeyearold is worried, jUst listening to his i worried, jUst listening to his mother. She tells Us they got to the airport and were sent from gate to gate both Up she says the taliban asked why do yoU want to leave . And threatened to shoot her. Now it has been two days on this street for her exhaUsted children. The taliban are now stopping afghans from even travelling to the airports. BUt its they try. They are bringing certificates, they are bringing flight details, they are bringing whatever letter they have ever had from any government anywhere in the world. Whatever the risks there are going to be airports, whatever the risks there are at the airport today, for all of them, jUst look at base. Forthem today, for all of them, jUst look at base. For them the imminent danger is staying here in afghanistan. Tonight, that danger is all too clear. There have been warnings for a week of an attack like this. They strike against western troops accepted deep within days and another prelate in any afghans last hope of leaving this chaos behind. We managed to reestablish contact with the retired general. Thank yoU for coming back to Us. Before the last year yoU were explaining some of the procedUres that will be reviewed. They were talking aboUt standoff and i was asking yoU what that means and how the way they operate At The Gates will change. Standoff means what yoU will probably do is pUt a first parameter aboUt 25 metres oUt in front of the gate so that yoU will be checking people as they come in the oUter perimeter. 0nce people as they come in the oUter perimeter. Once they are checked, they will go to the inner perimeter which is the actUal station itself way to get checked again. The idea is that if something happens, if the Uicide-bomber'>SUicide Bomber realises hes going to get caUght and he will be the oUter perimeter, he will detonate himself and redUce the nUmber of casUalties that woUld have otherwise have been if he had gone all the way to the Checkpoint. Have been if he had gone all the way to the Checkpoint. There arent many aood to the Checkpoint. There arent many good options to the Checkpoint. There arent many good options from to the Checkpoint. There arent many good options from this to the Checkpoint. There arent many good options from this point. To the Checkpoint. There arent many good options from this point. If to the Checkpoint. There arent many good options from this point. If yoU i good options from this point. If yoU are trying to increase secUrity at that Checkpoint, do yoU extend the perimeter or do yoU shrink it . Shrinking its redUces the amoUnt of space between the definition and the people that are checking cell i think what We Saw today was becaUse the Uicide-bomber'>SUicide Bomber seems to have gone into the Checkpoint itself withoUt a prescreening done by the Us soldiers that is why they were able to cUre so many now. I woUld also note that the prescreening was the responsibility of the taliban and i dont think theyll let been in intentionality bUt the fact is that had the taliban impact oUter screen checked and foUnd that Uicide-bomber'>SUicide Bomber, the nUmber of Coalition Deaths woUld have been redUced tremendoUsly. RedUced tremendoUsly. General mckenzie was redUced tremendoUsly. General mckenzie was asked redUced tremendoUsly. General mckenzie was asked in redUced tremendoUsly. General mckenzie was asked in that redUced tremendoUsly. General I Mckenzie was asked in that Press Conference at The Pentagon whether he now has concerns aboUt the C 17 which are taking off from the airfield. There has been intelligence that isis may try to bring one of these Down. The intelligence he had a this attack was good. I woUld be if neither intelligence aboUt the threat to the plains . 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BUt it as he said the nation continUes and the risk is something that soldiers and marines Undertake everyday. Taste something that soldiers and marines Undertake everyday. Something that soldiers and marines Undertake everyday. We have had an U-date'>U Date Undertake everyday. We have had an Update from Undertake everyday. We have had an Update from a Undertake everyday. We have had an Update from a taliban Undertake everyday. We have had an Update from a taliban spokesman i Update from a taliban spokesman aboUt one of the explosions heard a knock by one. They are seeing the blast was a controlled explosion by Us military destroying ammUnition. So we will try and confirm that will be some relief after the events we witness today. Their president is promising a swift and forcefUl response if anything got in the way of the withdrawal. Do yoU expect that there may not be in operation to call off their isis in afghanistan . I to call off their isis in afghanistan . To call off their isis in afghanistan . To call off their isis in afrhanistan . ,. , afghanistan . I think we have continUoUs afghanistan . I think we have continUoUs operations afghanistan . I think we have | continUoUs operations against afghanistan . I think we have i continUoUs operations against isis in afghanistan. Remember, oUr agreement is not lit isis, its with the taliban. I am not aware of any reason that the United states woUld have stopped attacking isis primarily throUgh the Use of air assets. ,. ,. ,. ,. , assets. The former national Urity-adviser'>SecUrity Adviser said assets. The former national Urity-adviser'>SecUrity Adviser said today assets. The former national Urity-adviser'>SecUrity Adviser said today that assets. The former national Urity-adviser'>SecUrity Adviser said today that his assets. The former national Urity-adviser'>SecUrity Adviser said today that his former i adviser said today that his former boss, Ump'>President TrUmp had been dUped by the taliban and he said may be america will wake Up to the reality that all of these groUps are intertwined and aboUt to become a mUch, mUch bigger threat. Intertwined and aboUt to become a mUch, mUch biggerthreat. Is intertwined and aboUt to become a mUch, mUch bigger threat. Is he right . I mUch, mUch bigger threat. Is he rirht . , mUch, mUch bigger threat. Is he rirht . ~ ,. , right . I think he is half right. NUmber one, right . I think he is half right. NUmber one, ever right . I think he is half right. NUmber one, ever since i right . I think he is half right. NUmber one, ever since the L Right . I think he is half right. NUmber one, ever since the beginning of the talks, its been proven time after time that any agreement made by the taliban negotiators was not Upheld by the taliban Military Commanders on the groUnd. So, this notion that somehow we trUst being negotiators to live Up to the obligations that they promise, one of them being to keep terrorists oUt of them being to keep terrorists oUt of them being to keep terrorists oUt of the coUntry has fallen short. BrUte of the coUntry has fallen short. We are gratefUl for yoUr thoUghts. Thank yoU for being with Us this evening. We will take a look at what President Biden might do next in a second. What aboUt the british response to what happened today. Prime Minister Borisjohnson went straight into a Cobra Briefing this afternoon. The bbc� s Urity-correspondent'>SecUrity Correspondent Frank Gardnerjoins me 110w. We have had an Update on the Us casUalties from a british perspective we are very lUcky today becaUse they were at the same date as the Us marines. The becaUse they were at the same date as the Us marines. As the Us marines. The americans have six times as the Us marines. The americans have six times as as the Us marines. The americans have six times as many as the Us marines. The americans have six times as many troops i as the Us marines. The americans have six times as many troops as | have six times as many troops as britain does. It varies bUt they coUld jUst as easily have been breaks that have been hit. A tragic day for The Americans. A lUcky day for the brits. Borisjohnson went into a covid 19 meeting and the Emergency Crisis and they had decided that they are going to continUe with the airlift bUt of they want to get this done as qUickly as possible becaUse the air into a new paradigm now and its clear that the taliban who have been largely compliance with the operation, they didnt like it bUt they have been complaints and they cannot gUarantee secUrity. They have been oUtside the tent for the last 20 years and now theyre inside the tank in charge of secUrity and they cannot stop the Uicide-bomber'>SUicide Bombers from infiltrating into the capital. To be fair, nor coUld be americans when they were in charge. Im sUre yoUve been to a kabUl in the last few years, they were blast wires, Checkpoints, Up'>Back Up barricades, tank traps to make the Fortress City in some places and very vibrant city in some places and very vibrant city in other ways bUt i safety that is qUite Used to the bees blasts and isis. AlthoUgh they did not nUmber that many people they are mUch weaker than alqaeda than the taliban generally and nevertheless they had been able to get attackers into the capital. Last year for example it may be 2a attacks a kabUl. Most of which were deadly. He attacked things like Maternity Wards and shot dead pregnant women and nUrses and babies, that is a different level of extremism than what most people are Used to. And they have recrUited from disaffected taliban and afghan members who dont feel that the teledyne are extreme enoUgh. I feel that the teledyne are extreme U-h.'>EnoU H. , enoUgh. I mentioned in the introdUction enoUgh. I mentioned in the introdUction that enoUgh. I mentioned in the introdUction that to enoUgh. I mentioned in the introdUction that to blasts i enoUgh. I mentioned in the Uction'>I IntrodUction that to blasts are the Us-operandi'>ModUs Operandi of a lot of terrorist groUps. YoU have presUmably the second attacker was waiting for the Unfolding chaos. This second attacker was waiting for the Unfolding chaos. Unfolding chaos. This is what is known as a Unfolding chaos. This is what is known as a complex Unfolding chaos. This is what is known as a complex attack i Unfolding chaos. This is what is known as a complex attack in l known as a complex attack in military terms. It is not new. Way backin military terms. It is not new. Way back in the irish troUbles in 1979 there was an Ira Member Attack near there was an Ira Member Attack near the border between Uth'>North And SoUth and where the ira correctly predicted where the Assembly Point woUld be for the woUnded and be planted a second device after the first one went off and something like 18 servicemen mostly paratroopers lost their lives. So, these complex attacks have cUt a historical precedents. BUt, this woUldve taken a bit of planning. There is boUnd to be some people specUlating. Did the taliban that been throUgh . To be nil aboUt it . The be in any way facilitate this . Did somebody like a Unior-commander'>JUnior Commander tUrned a Blind Eye and meet somebody three with a nod saying do what yoU have to do and we see nothing. There is nothing to prove that. And i think for now The Americans seem to be taking the taliban at their word. It is embarrassing for the taliban. They are in charge. They rUn the coUntry. And if these attacks are happening, this is not good for the taliban Image. The happening, this is not good for the taliban Image. Happening, this is not good for the taliban Image. The interesting thing aboUt the way taliban Image. The interesting thing aboUt the Urity-taliban'>Way SecUrity Taliban Image. The interesting thing aboUt the Urity'>Way SecUrity is taliban Image. The interesting thing aboUt the Urity'>Way SecUrity is set taliban Image. The interesting thing aboUt the Urity'>Way SecUrity is set Up i aboUt the Urity'>Way SecUrity is set Up todayis aboUt the Urity'>Way SecUrity is set Up today is that it is the next way which yoU talk to Us aboUt over the last few years and then sells being involved in some horrendoUs atrocities in and aroUnd afghanistan. Do yoU think they are now in conversation with The Americans becaUse the intelligence that we had this morning before it is happened was incredibly reliable. It was incredibly specific. Yes. Is happened was incredibly reliable. It was incredibly specific. It was incredibly specific. Yes, it is very UnUsUal it was incredibly specific. Yes, it is very UnUsUal for it was incredibly specific. Yes, it is very UnUsUal for a it was incredibly specific. Yes, it is very UnUsUal for a pUblicised i is very UnUsUal for a pUblicised M Ms Terrorist threats of a Terror Attack to be followed immediately by attack to be followed immediately by a Terror Attack. It almost never happens. Either becaUse it is wrong or it is exaggerated or more often becaUse the attackers think they are forewarned we will go and do it another day when theyre not expecting it. BUt, iwas qUite sUrprised that it followed so qUickly. There were plenty of people in Social Media and radio programmes saying this is the Us and british government trying to cover Up and this is a Smoke Screen for the fact that they made a mix of the whole Military Withdrawal bUt it was genUine and and that that was oUt there. There is already limited cooperation between Us intelligence and the taliban. Its extraordinary when yoU think aboUt it. Two weeks ago they were trying to kill each other. The Us went laUnching a Shot Air Strike other. The Us went laUnching a Shot Airstrike other. The Us went laUnching a Shot Air Strike there strikes to hold that teledyne forces. I feel advanced on cities and yet now in the last days, yoU have had their Cia Chief flying into afghanistan for a secret meeting with the taliban political chief. I am certain Ust'>David NotjUst discUss the evacUation. YoU dont risk yoUr top Intelligence Officer on a mission right back tojUst Intelligence Officer on a mission right back to jUst talk aboUt a short time to planning. They mUst have discUssed ongoing efforts to stop Afghanistan Regretting to become a terrorist base. And i expect there were some pretty toUgh words exchanged. He has been leading the negotiations by the taliban team for the last two years. Hes a very sophisticated and experienced negotiator. BecaUse the taliban know that if they allow afghanistan to become a base, they expect missiles and the ones get accepted by most of the international commUnity. Thank oU. I the international commUnity. Thank yoU. I mentioned the international commUnity. Thank yoU. I mentioned that. The former national Urity-adviser'>SecUrity Adviser, hr mcmaster, has today condemned the Us withdrawal from afghanistan and warned the attack on the airport was jUst the beginning. General mcmaster who served Under Ump'>Donald TrUmp said his former boss had been dUped by the taliban. We prioritise the withdrawal over any kind of effort to secUre that withdrawal and get people oUt of harms way. How is it possible that we gave Up all these airfields . Before and we evacUated the military before civilians . This jUst shows that we prioritise getting the hell oUt of there. That we prioritise getting the hell oUt of there oUt of there. There are many veterans oUt of there. There are many veterans that oUt of there. There are many veterans that share oUt of there. There are many veterans that share that i oUt of there. There are many i veterans that share that view, and The View that thoUsands of their fellow afghan soldiers, who they trained, were, In The End abandonned. Both by their own leaders and by The Americans who withdrew the air cover. 10 days agojoe biden said the afghan military gave Up, sometimes withoUt trying to fight. That comment is very difficUlt to sqUare, with the Images we will see tonight in a new report from vice news. It is an extraordinary accoUnt of the final few days of the battle in kandahar in the soUth. The reporter Ben Solomon and Cameraman Adam Desi derio were embedded with elite Afghan Forces. Heres a short clip. So so the enemy is sUrroUnding Us from three sides. We are keeping oUrfingers we are keeping oUr fingers crossed. The name here are tired, UndersUpplied, and low on food. With jUst a few commandos among a groUp of ill trained police and soldiers, they are barely holding on. It is a brilliant piece. What Brave Reporting. We did not see mUch of that dUring the final days bUt when i watched this, he needs 200 of the most elite Afghan Forces and when i watch it i do not see them rUnning. I do not see hiding from the fight. Does it frUstrate yoU when yoU hear the words of the president that they gave Up . I the words of the president that they ave U . , the words of the president that they ave U . ~ ,. , the words of the president that they ave U . ~ ,. , the words of the president that they raveU . ~ ,. , gave Up . I think the report is that this kind of gave Up . I think the report is that this kind of evidence gave Up . I think the report is that this kind of evidence against i gave Up . I think the report is that this kind of evidence against whatj this kind of evidence against what the president said that the soldiers were not willing to fight. What We Saw were soldiers that were exhaUsted from months of fighting. This villages even the most elite of them had no food to sUpport their troops and not enoUgh people to rotate in and oUt so they have been there for months. JUst on one rotation. When the president made that statement as The American government continUes to say that the blast was the faUlt of the Afghan Forces, what We Saw stands against that and in the real and tragic ways. That and in the real and tragic Wa S. ~ ,. , that and in the real and tragic was. R ~ , ways. Why do yoU think they lost . The taliban ways. Why do yoU think they lost . The taliban have ways. Why do yoU think they lost . The taliban have 78,000 ways. Why do yoU think they lost . The taliban have 78,000 men, i the taliban have 78,000 men, expanding force of 78,000 men. The americans say they trained marionette A Million afghans to fight and yet, watching yoU report it seems sUch an UneqUal fight becaUse they are sUrroUnded on three sides. I becaUse they are sUrroUnded on three sides. , becaUse they are sUrroUnded on three sides. ~ ,. ,. , becaUse they are sUrroUnded on three sides. ~ ,. , ,. , sides. I think there is a coUple of reasons why sides. I think there is a coUple of reasons why this sides. I think there is a coUple of reasons why this site sides. I think there is a coUple of reasons why this site was sides. I think there is a coUple of reasons why this site was so i reasons why this site was so sweeping against the afghans. The first and probably the biggest is a lot of high level commanders and they told Us that The Americans bUilt the wrong military and spend 20 years and billions of dollars in terms of effort to bUild this military in the Image of The Americans and the military fUnctions like The Americans bUt when they left immediately a lot of the infrastrUctUre crUmbled and most is their sUpport. InfrastrUctUre crUmbled and most is theirsUpport. So infrastrUctUre crUmbled and most is their sUpport. So the soldiers were left withoUt the centre of operations or organised UctUre'>Leadership StrUctUre and withoUt Upport'>Air SUpport to bring food, sUpplies, all aroUnd the coUntry and also jUst to reaffirm the fight that was going on. That is the fight that was going on. That is the bigger problem. The smaller problem on the groUnd is the soldiers have been told to be sUrroUnded so fast. The american withdrawal happened at sUch a hUge and fast and rapid speed and it was not aboUt how to be get ready for this ongoing walk Up and glided at yoUr own, it was a clearing oUt of everything jUst a coUple of months. So becaUse that happened i left a vacUUm for the taliban to fail and the afghan secUrity forces were Unprepared for that. We the afghan secUrity forces were Unprepared for that. Unprepared for that. We shoUld remember Unprepared for that. We shoUld remember that Unprepared for that. We shoUld remember that jUst Unprepared for that. We shoUld remember that jUst weeks i Unprepared for that. We shoUld l remember that jUst weeks before aUgUst 15 The Americans had withdrawn from the airbase in afghanistan almost overnight and the afghanistan almost overnight and the Afghan Forces were on the rUnway wondering where they went and they did not have the keys to the shed. There is an interview with his commander and he says he tells yoU the importance of the battle for kandahar. This was a few days before kabUl fell and kandahar. This was a few days before kabUlfell and he kandahar. This was a few days before kabUl fell and he says kandahar. This was a few days before kabUlfell and he says if kandahar. This was a few days before kabUl fell and he says if we lose this fight, kabUl will be gone in a bank and an event that terror will retUrn. And that seems remarkably prescient when yoU consider what happened today. Prescient when yoU consider what happened today prescient when yoU consider what haUenedtoda. , happened today. Kandahar has always been a spiritUal happened today. Kandahar has always been a spiritUal capital. Happened today. Kandahar has always been a spiritUal capital. It happened today. Kandahar has always been a spiritUal capital. It is happened today. Kandahar has always been a spiritUal capital. It is with i been a spiritUal capital. It is with Ed Teledyne was established and where it was foUnded and he spent most of his time controlling in the 90s and 2008 is based symbolically important place. Thats why we went Down there to see how it was going and how the forces were instrUcted. We were expecting it to last a coUple of weeks at least and he got caUght their becaUse it lasted jUst a few days. By the time we were on the front lines We Saw how weak these fronts were and it was clear that soon this woUld be over and jUst in the next 2a hoUrs after we fled from Ul'>Kandahar KabUl fell as well. , fled from Ul'>Kandahar KabUl fell as well. ,. , fled from Ul'>Kandahar KabUl fell as well. Fled from Ul'>Kandahar KabUl fell as well. ,. ,. , well. That yoU are trapped in the airbase in kandahar well. That yoU are trapped in the airbase in kandahar with well. That yoU are trapped in the airbase in kandahar with the i well. That yoU are trapped in the I Airbase in kandahar with the taliban sUrroUnding yoU and is in negotiation for the Military Withdrawal in exchange for all the hardware, all that keeps it that The Americans have pUt in there. So presUmably in kandahar that taliban are better off than they have ever been . 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In a coUple of hoUrs that was hUndreds of sUvs and armoUred cars and artillery Units and all of these heavy weapons were left behind and i think In The End, 20, 30 years that we legacy of this wire will be those moments when all of these weapons that we invested in them so mUch money and time developing this military are now in the hands of the taliban. ,. Military are now in the hands of the taliban. , military are now in the hands of the taliban. ,. ,. ,. , taliban. SUch an important story that oU taliban. SUch an important story that yoU tell taliban. SUch an important story that yoU tell. CongratUlations i taliban. SUch an important storyl that yoU tell. CongratUlations and very Brave Reporting as well. Thank yoU for coming Up. So what does President Biden do next. There arent many good options from this point. ThroUghoUt the day he has been locked with his advisors in the Uation-room'>SitUation Room at the white hoUse. The word is that he is sticking to the UgUst-31st'>AUgUst 31st deadline, bUt it woUld seem from what we have jUst heard and with specific threats ongoing thigs will have to change. The president had warned there woUld be a swift and forcefUl response to any attempts to get in the way of the withdrawal. Barbara Usher'>Plett Usher is in washington. Itisa. It is a difficUlt day becaUse of the high nUmber of military casUalties and of coUrse this is the first military casUalty in afghanistan in 18 months at least since former Ump'>President TrUmp made that deal with the taliban which reqUired them to stop attacks and bees casUalties are not becaUse of taliban attacks, they are becaUse of the islamic State Grip which is the assessment of the military here. BUt President Biden will have to speak to the families, the nations aboUt Wire Loss and that is something that he really hoped he woUld not do and have to do after having drawn Down the troops and ended the war. And ee will also have to get some indication of what he is going to do going forward. He has all along made pretty clear he was worried aboUt the Urity-sitUation'>SecUrity SitUation aroUnd the evacUation last week already he was talking pUblicly aboUt potential threats from islamic state groUps and this is one of the reasons why he did not want to extend the deadline. What he now decided he has to cUt short the deadline and to move oUt faster than before . 0r to cUt short the deadline and to move oUt faster than before . Or not. What we heard in a Pentagon Briefing sUggested not. He said the evacUations were continUing and he gave every indication that they woUld Until the aUgUst 31 deadline that that is something President Biden will have to address. Ellen; biden will have to address. Very difficUlt Conversations Biden will have to address. Very difficUlt conversations with family tonight. When he looks at this politically, he has got two options. He can continUe this with the ongoing threats that there are and perhaps a smart casUalties or comedy can pack Up and rUn from a political perspective, given that chaos that sUrroUnded the withdrawal, i dare say they are trained to work oUt which is the better option . Ida say they are trained to work oUt which is the better option . No doUbt that is the issUe. Which is the better option . No doUbt that is the issUe. In which is the better option . No doUbt that is the issUe. In a which is the better option . No doUbt that is the issUe. In a way which is the better option . No doUbt that is the issUe. In a way it which is the better option . No doUbt that is the issUe. In a way it is that is the issUe. In a way it is theissUe that is the issUe. In a way it is the issUe all along. We have been told by officials that they are always balancing between the secUrity needs and they need to get people oUt. So, there is going to be a political element in determining where yoU fall on that balance. I think one of the factors will be they want to feel completely sUre they want to feel completely sUre they have been everything they coUld to get american citizens oUt and we know that they think theyre aroUnd a or so contexts that coUld be american citizens were maybe american citizens were maybe american citizens were maybe american citizens who want to leave and so on were not want to leave actUally bUt they have been working really hard to contact these people and find oUt what they want and how they can help them. They have airlift at 5000 so i think the focUs is going to be very mUch on making sUre all of those stones have been tUrned over before they leave and also of coUrse secUring the airport and that was something General Mckenzie said as well. We are expecting other attacks and so they are doing everything possible to try and make sUre they are prepared for any fUrther attacks. BUt it is not clear weather and being the missionary is going to be the Way Thatjoe Biden decides to approach this. He can probably argUe that the attack backs Up his claim that it was important to leave by The End of aUgUst and his concerns were certainly valid bUt elated that means the parking early we will find oUt. ,. , ~ , means the parking early we will find oUt. ,. , ~ ,. ,. , oUt. JUst on The Americans who are left behind oUt. JUst on The Americans who are left behind that oUt. JUst on The Americans who are left behind that yoU oUt. JUst on The Americans who are left behind that yoU are oUt. JUst on The Americans who are left behind that yoU are talking i left behind that yoU are talking aboUt. Yesterday the Secretary Of State said there were 1500 americans. They dont know if all of them want to come oUt bUt certainly they will try to reach 1500. We got an Update-today'>Update Today that a total of 104,000 have come oUt. Do we presUme or think that most of those americans have now been reached or are they still trying to get some of those . . ,. , are they still trying to get some of those . i i . , i i i i those . The 1500, of those 1500, 500 where in the those . The 1500, of those 1500, 500 where in the process. Those . The 1500, of those 1500, 500 where in the process. They those . The 1500, of those 1500, 500 where in the process. They had i where in the process. They had reached them, they were working with them to leave the coUntry so those people i think we can assUme are either oUt of the coUntry or on their way oUt. It is the thoUsand other contexts at Secretary Lincoln was UnsUre aboUt and he said these were names and they had sometimes they followed them Up and it tUrns oUt they did not have Us passports. Sometimes they follow them Up and it tUrns oUt they did not want to leave the coUntry said there is a . AboUt how many of that thoUsand woUld want to leave or were in fact americans and he said to Us yesterday that he thoUght the nUmber woUld be significantly lower than Usand'>A ThoUsand and the nUmber that actUally laUghed. BUt theres also the qUestion aboUt the others. Afghan allies, the vUlnerable afghans, how many of those may be able to get oUt on the airlift or whether the focUs of them trying to get an oUtlet have to be post military airlift, once they packed Up or whether they woUld have to start looking at trying to get oUt to Land Borders. Have to start looking at trying to get oUt to Land Borders. Which of killed at least 60 people. A nUmber of explosions in and aroUnd afghanistan. 0ne a nUmber of explosions in and aroUnd afghanistan. One of those explosions took place oUtside the Abbey Gate where Us and british forces have been stationed. The other at the nearby barrett hotel. They have specific intelligence, remarkably accUrate intelligence aboUt the threat. The british had issUed new gUidance this morning telling everyone near the airport to move to a safe location and wait and weight advice. This was the Uk administer for Armed Forces and attack was likely. I Cant Stress the desperation of the sitUation enoUgh. There is. This threat is credible, it is imminent, it is lethal. We shoUld pay tribUte as The Pentagon did tonight to the remarkable professionalism of tho Us and coalition forces manning the Airport Gates working aroUnd the clock to get people oUt, knowning this attack coUld come at any moment. At the last coUnt they have managed to evacUate 104,000 people. And while The Pentagon has vowed to carry on, Up Until the deadline, this will of coUrse complicates things fUrther. What aboUt the thoUsands still stUck in afghanistan . We are going to speak to one of those Us veterans who has been working Unofficially, chartering flights, coordinating with contacts on the groUnd, helping as many as they can navigate the chaos At The Gates. He is jake cUsack, a retired marine, and hejoins Us from doha. Jay, thank yoU for coming on the programme this evening. Tell me what yoUve picked Up to the coUrse of the day. Im sUre yoUre in contact with a lot of the gUys on the groUnd, what are yoU hearing . I want to start by talking groUnd, what are yoU hearing . I want to start by talking aboUt the to start by talking aboUt the incredible heroes of oUr military, the State Department diplomats, the allied forces on the groUnd right now. Even placing an insanely difficUlt sitUation and they are showing i think fortitUde and compassion, Empathy Everyone knew as yoU are talking aboUt earlier in the programme there was sUbstantial risk. Even before the explosion of talkative to people on the Und-thatis'>GroUnd Thatis talkative to people on the groUnd that is been Up for 72 hoUrs straight. When we think aboUt the 12 americans who died today, i was a marine, ifeel like yoUng marines americans who died today, i was a marine, i feel like yoUng marines do what they did today its what they always do they ran towards the soUnd of the gUn. They ran towards the crisis they were oUt there working with women and children try to figUre oUt who become come inside if yoU can get oUt. Its a really sad sitUation. Its basically a Ue-mission'>RescUe Mission and were trying to get oUt oUrfriends and oUr mission and were trying to get oUt oUr friends and oUr allies who foUght with Us for the last two decades. 50 foUght with Us for the last two decades. ,. , foUght with Us for the last two decades. ,. , decades. So flUid, it changes oUr by oUr. We fUrther decades. So flUid, it changes oUr by oUr. We fUrther from decades. So flUid, it changes oUr by oUr. We fUrther from the decades. So flUid, it changes oUr by oUr. We fUrther from The Pentagon | oUr. We fUrther from the Pentagon Tonight there are real specific threat still ongoing. How does that change what yoU are trying to do . 0bvioUsly change what yoU are trying to do . ObvioUsly it makes it more difficUlt. Ithink obvioUsly it makes it more difficUlt. I think me and many other Format Military and others will come together to try and help, we are really jUst a small together to try and help, we are reallyjUst a small part of this compUter to the people on the groUnd. Ithink compUter to the people on the groUnd. I think what we sort of bUilt is this team of teams, this network of networks. Everyone has really come together and by everyone i mean ngo workers, military, cUrrent military, intelligence, bUsinesses to try and share Information And Help gUide people throUgh the process of getting oUt. Im not sUre if it comes across fUlly for those back home bUt the sitUation on the groUnd is jUst incredibly chaotic. YoU have a one Unway-airport'>RUnway Airport in the middle of the city of 5 Million people. Many of them trying to get oUt. There is gates at the airport bUt they are essentially overrUn. Being able to provide people on the groUnd primarily with Information Zahn rose to the airport, where the taliban Checkpoints are, which Checkpoints are more dangeroUs than others, what gates are open other simple things like having yoUr paperwork in order, all of these are really important and been facilitated by this sort of network thats been bUilt Unofficially. Network thats been bUilt Unofficially. Network thats been bUilt Unofficiall. ,. , Unofficially. That soUnds to me very ordinary and Unofficially. That soUnds to me very ordinary and very Unofficially. That soUnds to me very ordinary and very day Unofficially. That soUnds to me very ordinary and very Day Today Unofficially. That soUnds to me very ordinary and very Day Today when i Unofficially. That soUnds to me very i ordinary and very Day Today when yoU talk aboUt the network. BUt getting they need to be at a specific time, avoiding taliban Checkpoints, is it more like a special Ops Operation on the groUnd . Do yoU have gUys with Military Knowledge that are there that are actUally gUiding people to a spot where they can be picked Up . Yes. I think every techniqUe is being Used to try and help people get oUt. Both from those of Us working at it remotely and those on the groUnd. Its a sUper challenging sitUation and a chaotic environment. YoU can have a centralised solUtion. I dont think it woUld even work if yoU said everyone come to this gate at this time. If yoU have this type of diesel becaUse we are to shorten time and were short on space. Literally physical space, people are pressed Up against the edges of the airport on all sides. And from the time perspective we know we have a Ticking Clock and not mUch time left to get people oUt. Ticking clock and not mUch time left to get people oUt to get people oUt. Remarkable U'>Ob OU do. To get people oUt. Remarkable ob yoU do. Rhankfi to get people oUt. Remarkable ob yoU do. Thank yoU i to get people oUt. Remarkable ob yoU do. Thank yoU for i to get people oUt. Remarkable ob yoU do. Thank yoU for coming i to get people oUt. Remarkable job yoU do. Thank yoU for coming on i to get people oUt. Remarkable job i yoU do. Thank yoU for coming on the programme. Todays events occUred all while thoUsands of afghans are still trying to leave the coUntry. ThoUgh the exact nUmber of aghans fleeing is Unclear, airlift operations has been stepped Up in recent days thoUgh its become more difficUly as the taliban has said it doesnt want citizens to leave. The Un refUgee agency, Unhcr has said that 3. 5 Million people have been internally displaced in afghanistan, and the majority of those leaving the coUntry are going to neighboUring coUntries like india and pakistan, and others going to coUntries like the Uk, Us, and germany bUt what happens to these refUgees when they arrive . Lets bring in the United nations High Commissioner who isnt london for Us. Can i talk aboUt the advice refUgees and internally have been given to try and get now to Land Borders . We see pictUres on the borders . We see pictUres on the border with pakistan today. Its very crowded, its difficUlt to get throUgh. It soUnds like things are going to change for the refUgees once they get into pakistan. Do we need clearer information now from government as to what happens when they made contact with yoU, these refUgees . They made contact with yoU, these refU ees . ,. ,. , � ,. , refUgees . Good evening. Its an incredibly chaotic refUgees . Good evening. Its an incredibly chaotic and refUgees . Good evening. Its an incredibly chaotic and fast i refUgees . Good evening. Its an i incredibly chaotic and fast changing sitUation. Theres been a hUge amoUnt of displacement within the coUntry in the recent days and weeks. In terms of movements across borders, Up Until now that has been relatively limited. As yoU mentioned, the borders for the most part have been closed. Primarily Used now for trade and for people with docUmentation. BUt refUgees have been for the most part Unable to cross those borders. Of coUrse there are other options. YoUre talking aboUt a very big borders, very remote areas. There is the possibility of getting across. That might involve smUgglers and that might involve smUgglers and that might involve smUgglers and that might involve a very dangeroUs joUrney within afghanistan. It is an incredibly periloUs sitUation for those inside the coUntry who are wanting to get oUt now given that the evacUation flights as we know are now winding Down. The evacUation flights as we know are now winding Down. Which mUst concern the are now winding Down. Which mUst concern the Un. Are now winding Down. Which mUst concern the Un. We are now winding Down. Which mUst concern the Un. We spoke are now winding Down. Which mUst concern the Un. We spoke to are now winding Down. Which mUst| concern the Un. We spoke to Unicef earlier this week and one of their frUstrations was that the flights are coming in empty was Up as yoU said, there are three and half million people displaced internally who are going to be feeding and looking after, the kennedy tarps, all sorts of things jUst to get them throUgh the next few weeks. Thats ri. Ht. ThroUgh the next few weeks. Thats riUht. OUr throUgh the next few weeks. Thats right. OUr focUs throUgh the next few weeks. Thats right. OUr focUs right throUgh the next few weeks. Thats right. OUr focUs right now throUgh the next few weeks. Thats right. OUr focUs right now is throUgh the next few weeks. Thats right. OUr focUs right now is very i right. OUr focUs right now is very mUch on the internal sitUation. There is a hUge nUmber who have been internally displaced. HUmanitarian aid is getting throUgh that wood has been significantly disrUpted. There are major concerns aboUt bringing in food, medical eqUipment, setting Up water and sanitation. And jUst being able to accommodate those people who are on the move. NotjUst into and oUt of kabUl bUt across the different profit since in the coUntries with oUrselves and the other Evening Agency partners are they are in most of the coUntry throUghoUt the different provinces. And recently some aid has been getting throUgh. And recently some aid has been getting throUgh and recently some aid has been caettin throUUh. , getting throUgh. There were Reports Today despite getting throUgh. There were Reports Today despite the getting throUgh. There were Reports Today despite the fine getting throUgh. There were Reports Today despite the fine words getting throUgh. There were Reports Today despite the fine words from. Today despite the fine words from the taliban that some Un staff, perhaps local partners have been intimidated and brUtalised. What sort of conversations are yoU having day to day with the taliban . The sort of conversations are yoU having daytoday with the taliban . The Un a. Encies daytoday with the taliban . The Un agencies and daytoday with the taliban . The Un agencies and coUntry, daytoday with the taliban . The Un agencies and coUntry, the daytoday with the taliban . The Un agencies and coUntry, the sort daytoday with the taliban . The Un agencies and coUntry, the sort of agencies and coUntry, the sort of Umbrella-organisation'>Umbrella Organisation has had assUrances from the taliban that secUrity will prove to be provided and that we can continUe to work in coUntry. We take them at their word, we continUe to work, we continUe to sUpport those who need hUmanitarian aid. Most of all in the coUntry and we hope that that will continUe. Thank yoU. Here in the Uk prime Minister Boris Johnson condemned the operation for that we added the Uk-effort'>Uk Effort woUld continUe. Lets bring in oUr political correspondent damian grammaticas. We are talking a little earlier in the programme that there woUld have been concerns that there woUld be british casUalties becaUse they were manning this gate where the explosion took place today. What has the Prime Minister had to say aboUt that as to why there werent british casUalties and were they doing going forward . He casUalties and were they doing going forward . ,. , ,. , forward . He did not address that specifically forward . He did not address that specifically. He forward . He did not address that specifically. He condemned forward . He did not address that specifically. He condemned the l specifically. He condemned the attack. There were actUally two explosions. One was at the gate where the Us casUalties we believe happened. The other explosion was not very far away at this fortified hotel location. The hotel where british forces have been Using that as a point at which to Marshall People and process them to get them oUt. BUt the Ministry Of Defence here confirmed this afternoon that no britons have been injUred in that. In the Prime Minister then held theres an Emergency Meeting of his Urity-coUnsel'>SecUrity CoUnsel and after that he came oUt and made the statement. This threat of a Terrorist Attack is one of the constraints that weve been operating Under in Operation Pitting and the big extraction thats been going on. Weve been ready for it, weve prepared for it and i want to stress that were going to continUe with that operation was a and we are now coming towards The End of it, to the very end of it. In any event. And weve already extracted the overwhelming majority of those Under both the schemes, the eligible persons, the Uk persons, the Uk-nationals'>Uk Nationals plUs the afghans, the interpreters and others. And its been a totally phenomenal effort by the Uk. Theres been nothing like it for decades and decades. BUt clearly, what this Attack Shows is the importance of continUing that work in as fast and inefficient manner as possible in the hoUrs that remain to Us and thats what were going to do. Those extractions continUe althoUgh we do know the Prime Minister says that most of the eligible people have been broUght oUt. There are dozens and dozens of people Urgently appealing for help. There british servicemen who are appealing saying that translators, interpreters they worked with are still stUck and we are stUck oUtside those gates and hiding in kabUl trying to get oUt. We know mps, members of parliament have been inUndated with calls for help. They have been passing bells onto the minister of defence. So there are still despite with the Prime Minister says, many, there are still despite with the Prime Ministersays, many, many people appealing to the british to try to get them oUt on those last flights. Try to get them oUt on those last fliUhts. � flights. And while he says the Uk will ress flights. And while he says the Uk Will Press on. Flights. And while he says the Uk Will Press on, of flights. And while he says the Uk Will Press on, of coUrse flights. And while he says the Uk Will Press on, of coUrse the Will Press on, of coUrse The Americans are starting to what they call retrograde. They are starting to pUll in resoUrces to get ready for withdrawal on the 31st. We are told that will take three or foUr days. Avery told the dUtch, the canadians are pUlling oUt how long realistically can yoU please Uk to see there . Realistically can yoU please Uk to see there . J , see there . Theyve been telling Us is that all along see there . Theyve been telling Us is that all along theyve see there . Theyve been telling Us is that all along theyve been is that all along theyve been saying the british troops will have to leave jUst before The Americans had pUlled oUt. The british timetable is even tighter and even shorter. We know there was aboUt 11 flights meant to come oUt today. We think they are meant to be keeping to that schedUle despite the bomb attacks. BUt what we dont know is how mUch longer that will Go On. Will that Go On tomorrow or beyond that . We will that Go On tomorrow or beyond that . ~. ,. , will that Go On tomorrow or beyond that . ~ g, c,. , ~ , will that Go On tomorrow or beyond that . ~ g, c,. , ~ c, that . We are not sUre. Thank yoU for that . We are not sUre. Thank yoU for that Undate as afghan refUgees continUe to arrive in the Uk, one interpreter who worked with british forces, has been speaking to oUr special correspondent, lUcy manning. Hes cUrrently in qUarantine with his family. This is what freedom looks like. When yoU leave yoUr homeland and have to bUild a home again. This is refUge. How are yoU and all the Family Doing . RefUge. How are yoU and all the Family Doing . Everyone is ok and that we are Family Doing . Everyone is ok and that we are in Family Doing . Everyone is ok and that we are in Safety Family doing . Everyone is ok and that we are in Safety And Family doing . Everyone is ok and that we are in safety and we Family Doing . Everyone is ok and that we are in safety and we are l that we are in safety and we are very thankfUl. We that we are in safety and we are very thankfUl that we are in safety and we are ve thankfUl. ~ ,. ,. ,. , very thankfUl. We spoke to a former interreter very thankfUl. We spoke to a former interpreter and very thankfUl. We spoke to a former interpreter and his very thankfUl. We spoke to a former interpreter and his family very thankfUl. We spoke to a former interpreter and his family last very thankfUl. We spoke to a former interpreter and his family last week| interpreter and his family last Week Hiding in kabUl. Uk please do not leave Us, they pleaded. This coUntry didnt leave them. Today they are in qUarantine in a hotel in england. How is yoUr son coping with all the big changes . He how is yoUr son coping with all the big changes . How is yoUr son coping with all the bi chances . ,. ,. Big changes . He is Ust watching the window and will big changes . He isjUst watching the window and will will big changes . He isjUst watching the window and will will work. Big changes . He isjUst watching the| window and will will work. Happiness is in his face. It window and will will work. Happiness is in his face is in his face. It was a hellish joUrney is in his face. It was a hellish joUrney he is in his face. It was a hellish joUrney. He filmed is in his face. It was a hellish joUrney. He filmed part is in his face. It was a hellish joUrney. He filmed part of. Is in his face. It was a hellish joUrney. He filmed part of it| is in his face. It was a hellish i joUrney. He filmed part of it pUt is in his face. It was a hellish joUrney. He filmed part of it pUt Up the crash oUtside the Airport Close to todays explosion. It the crash oUtside the Airport Close to todays explosion. To todays explosion. It was dangeroUs to todays explosion. It was dangeroUs for to todays explosion. It was dangeroUs for me to todays explosion. It was dangeroUs for me and to todays explosion. It was dangeroUs for me and everyone. Everyone was worried aboUt the sitUation. , , everyone was worried aboUt the sitUation. ,. , everyone was worried aboUt the sitUation. , , sitUation. Finally, they last steps on aft han sitUation. Finally, they last steps on afghan soil. SitUation. Finally, they last steps on afghan soil. Their sitUation. Finally, they last steps on afghan soil. Their first sitUation. Finally, they last steps| on afghan soil. Their first towards a new fUtUre. So how was the feeling when yoU made it onto that Raf Plan . It was the happiest moment of my life. F it was the happiest moment of my life. J. ,. , life. Theyve left the taliban behind. BUt life. Theyve left the taliban behind. BUt also life. Theyve left the taliban behind. BUt also family life. Theyve left the taliban behind. BUt also family and | life. Theyve left the taliban behind. BUt also family and friends and other interpreters who almost certainly now cant escape. Watch yoUr message to this government aboUt yoUr colleagUes who still cant get oUt . I aboUt yoUr colleagUes who still cant get oUt . AboUt yoUr colleagUes who still Cant Aet oUt . ,. , cant get oUt . I demand from them kindly demand cant get oUt . I demand from them kindly demand from cant get oUt . I demand from them kindly demand from them cant get oUt . I demand from them kindly demand from them to cant get oUt . I demand from them kindly demand from them to do cant get oUt . I demand from them i kindly demand from them to do their best to those that are left behind. ActUally, they have to do becaUse they served British Army and they are in real danger. That they served British Army and they are in real danger. Are in real danger. At Heathrow Today hUndreds are in real danger. At Heathrow Today hUndreds more are in real danger. At Heathrow Today hUndreds more of are in real danger. At Heathrow Today hUndreds more of the are in real danger. At Heathrow Today hUndreds more of the fortUnate girls who woUld have had little fUtUre Under the taliban. Who can say what the children will make of this time. We say what the children will make of this time. ~. ,. , this time. We are happy where here becaUse they this time. We are happy where here becaUse they help this time. We are happy where here becaUse they help Us, this time. We are happy where here becaUse they help Us, oUr this time. We are happy where here becaUse they help Us, oUr people i this time. We are happy where here becaUse they help Us, oUr people in afghanistan come Here And Now me and My Family afghanistan come Here And Now me and My Family safe here. Thank yoU a lot in Uk My Family safe here. Thank yoU a lot in Uk. My family safe here. Thank yoU a lot in Uk. , My Family safe here. Thank yoU a lot inUk. ,. In Uk. His son has his pencils and cars. His in Uk. His son has his pencils and cars his wife in Uk. His son has his pencils and cars. His wife is in Uk. His son has his pencils and cars. His wife is a in Uk. His son has his pencils and cars. His wife is a doctor in Uk. His son has his pencils and cars. His wife is a doctor pUt in Uk. His son has his pencils and cars. His wife is a doctor pUt Up i cars. His wife is a doctor pUt Up he has this promise. I cars. His wife is a doctor pUt Up he has this promise. Has this promise. I will serve this coUnt. Has this promise. I will serve this coUntry yoU has this promise. I will serve this coUntry. YoU will has this promise. I will serve this coUntry. YoU will serve has this promise. I will serve this coUntry. YoU will serve this coUntry. YoU will serve this coUntry . Yes. BecaUse they host me. And im very thankfUl from coUntry . Yes. BecaUse they host me. And im very thankfUlfrom everyone, the kind people here. This and im very thankfUl from everyone, the kind people here. The kind people here. This coUntry has opened the kind people here. This coUntry has opened its the kind people here. This coUntry has opened its doors the kind people here. This coUntry has opened its doors bUt the kind people here. This coUntry has opened its doors bUt the the kind people here. This coUntry has opened its doors bUt the time | the kind people here. This coUntry. Has opened its doors bUt the time it took means others who served Britain Wont be helped. Lets tUrn to the sitUation in kabUl. The final casUalty figUres after Todays Blast may not be known for some days bUt a senior afghan Health Official has told the bbc that at least 140 people have been injUred. There are other reports that hospitals in kabUl, already near capacity before the blasts are being overwhelmed with new patients. Lets speak to rossella miccio, president of Emergency Ngo Hospital in kabUl. Of coUrse yoU are in constant contact with all yoUr stUff on the groUnd. What are they been able to tell yoU aboUt what theyre facing this evening . Tell yoU aboUt what theyre facing this evening . Tell yoU aboUt what theyre facing this evenina . ,. ,. , this evening . Good evening. Yes, the staff is been this evening . Good evening. Yes, the staff is been pretty this evening . Good evening. Yes, the staff is been pretty bUsy this evening . Good evening. Yes, the staff is been pretty bUsy this staff is been pretty bUsy this afternoon. The first patient started to arrive aroUnd 630. Or kabUl time jUst a few minUtes after the first blast. And it has been a continUoUs inflUx of patients. Women, children, men for approximately two hoUrs. We received more than 63 patients and among them UnfortUnately i6 arrived too late, they were already dead. Tell me aboUt the hospital. ObvioUsly a lot of the talent has been flown oUt of the coUntry in recent days. Do yoU still have the doctors and the nUrses to deal with the medical emergency like this . Yes fortUnately we the medical emergency like this . Iezs fortUnately we can the medical emergency like this . Ils fortUnately we can coUnt on very committed staff for the nUrses, doctors that have been working with Us for years in the hospital in kabUl. The hospital in kabUl has approximately 350 afghan staff and a team of 12 international staff and they have been working Side By side all day and night. They are still working, all the sUrgeons are afghan and have been trained in the past years by oUr international staff. Dave worked on thoUsands of civilians woUnded by war. They will be bUsy All Night Long and the three theatres of the hospital. I do remember theatres of the hospital. I do remember reporting theatres of the hospital. I do remember reporting years ago back from gaza and yoU find hospitals in these War Zones of fUll of very, very talented sUrgeons. Lets hope that many of them remain in kabUl. JUst going back to those figUres, did yoU say there were 50, aroUnd 50 people and yoU lost 16 of them. Does that tally with the nUmbers yoU are hearing of the injUred from Todays Incident . Me hearing of the inUred from Todays Incident . ~ ~ , incident . We received 62 patients totall. 16 incident . We received 62 patients totally. 16 died. Incident . We received 62 patients totally. 16 died. 36 incident . We received 62 patients totally. 16 died. 36 were incident . We received 62 patientsj totally. 16 died. 36 were admitted for sUrgery and ten fortUnately had only minor woUnds, minor injUries so we coUld discharge them. We dont know exactly how big, how large is the nUmber of casUalties. Im afraid its going to be mUch higher becaUse we know there were thoUsands of people at the airport to enter. And im sUre that it will take time Until we will have clear figUres. The hospital was already pretty fUll. We have 103 beds. An 80 of them were already hosting patients. 50 we had to add extra beds and so we had to add extra beds and other areas of the hospital, in the physical therapy room. So its arm. All the facilities are overstretched at the moment. I can well imagine overstretched at the moment. I can well imagine. We overstretched at the moment. I can well imagine. We was overstretched at the moment. I can well imagine. We was speaking to the Unhcr aboUt their problems and of coUrse the difficUlty at the moment is getting sUpplies into the coUntry. What is it looking like at the hospital, do they have everything that they need . Yes, for the Moment Everything that they need . Yes, for the moment they everything that they need . Yes, for the moment they do. Everything that they need . Yes, for the moment they do. BUt everything that they need . Yes, for the moment they do. BUt becaUse L Everything that they need . Yes, for i the moment they do. BUt becaUse we had sent extra sUpplies in the past months knowing, fearing actUally, that the sitUation might deteriorate so fast. Nevertheless, this is a big issUe becaUse hospital needs many things. DrUgs, consUmables food, cleaning materials, these are all things that will be very difficUlt to be foUnd in kabUl in the coming days. To be foUnd in kabUl in the coming Da S. , , , � ,. , days. ObvioUsly, weve been hearing from The Pentagon days. ObvioUsly, weve been hearing from the Pentagon Tonight days. ObvioUsly, weve been hearing from the Pentagon Tonight that days. ObvioUsly, weve been hearing| from the Pentagon Tonight that there are specific ongoing threats in and aroUnd Ul-and-weve'>KabUl And Weve seen these big crowds oUtside hospitals like yoUrs. Are yoUr staff wary of that in is there anything yoU can do to improve the Urity-sitUation'>SecUrity SitUation for the staff . We improve the Urity-sitUation'>SecUrity SitUation for the staff . ~ ,. , improve the Urity-sitUation'>SecUrity SitUation for the staff . ~ ,. ,. , the staff . We hope that Utrality'>Hospital NeUtrality will the staff . We hope that Utrality'>Hospital NeUtrality will be the staff . We hope that Utrality'>Hospital NeUtrality will be respected the staff . We hope that Utrality'>Hospital NeUtrality will be respected by Utrality'>L NeUtrality will be respected by everybody. JUst always been like this in the past 22 years since we started in afghanistan. And we hope that also in these very volatile Uation-neUtrality'>SitUation NeUtrality of the facility and the facility and the staff that is working with will be respected. These facilities are the only premises that can help citizens right now. Premises that can help citizens riaht now. , , premises that can help citizens right now premises that can help citizens riaht now. , ,. , , right now. For those who are oining Us toniUht, right now. For those who are oining Us tonight, what i right now. For those who are oining Us tonight, what sort right now. For those who are oining Us tonight, what Sort Ofh right now. For those who are joining Us tonight, what sort of things right now. For those who are joining Us tonight, what sort of things can l Us tonight, what sort of things can people do if they want to help those of been injUred, if they want to help ngos like yoU, what can they do . ~ help ngos like yoU, what can they do . , , , help ngos like yoU, what can they do . ~ , , help ngos like yoU, what can they do . , do . Well, sUpport Us. Make donations. Do . Well, sUpport Us. Make donations. YoU do . Well, sUpport Us. Make donations. YoU can do . Well, sUpport Us. Make donations. YoU can go do . Well, sUpport Us. Make donations. YoU can Go On i do . Well, sUpport Us. Make| donations. YoU can Go On oUr website tried to do as mUch as possible to spread the words do not forget afghanistan. Its very important to help afghans to flee. Those who are in danger that cannot leave behind, Unattended, 30 Millions of afghan people. Unattended, 30 Millions of afghan eole. ~ Unattended, 30 Millions of afghan neale, . , ~ Unattended, 30 Millions of afghan neale, . ,. Unattended, 30 Millions of afghan neole. , ~. , people. Well said. Thank yoU for cominU people. Well said. Thank yoU for coming on people. Well said. Thank yoU for coming on the people. Well said. Thank yoU for coming on the programme. People. Well said. Thank yoU forj coming on the programme. Best people. Well said. Thank yoU for i coming on the programme. Best of lUck to yoUr staff in the days ahead. Do more coming Up here on Bbc News here aboUt afghanistan. If yoUre watching in the Uk the News At Ten is right aroUnd the corner. Those views on World News World news is coming right Up. Hello there. High pressUres broUght fine Unsettled weather for the Uk for the week. It was warm of the next few days bUt the News Clip my next few days bUt the News Clip my next few days i can for a while. I think that cannot remain as we head throUgh the weekend and into next week. The oUtlook for The End of aUgUst and to the start of september is for high pressUre to pressUre to continUe to dominate. A lot of dry weather aroUnd him some areas in a qUite a bit of capital also be some good smells of sUnshine. Friday we had this area of cloUd across central and eastern areas which also play eastern parts dUring thUrsday. HopefUl to see more sUnshine develop across eastern and soUth east of the coUntry later in the afternoon. The best of the sUbject will be fUrther North And West of the pier the lightest wins again the wins will be qUite fresh across the eastern side of the coUntry bUt UndoUbtable the North And Northeast will certainly peg temperatUres back along the North Sea Coast inland high teens in the low 20s. As we had throUgh Friday Night most places will be dry. Again variable amoUnts of cloUd throUgh central and eastern areas will hold onto the priest across the soUtheast. Leiterwins will hold onto the priest across the soUtheast. Leiter wins fUrther North And West. YoU can see why weve got the breeze across the soUtheast as we head on into the start of the weekend more affecting the Utheast-qUadrant'>SoUtheast QUadrant of the coUntry. OUr area of high pressUre the centre of it pUshing towards the northwest of the Uk. For most of Us is going to be a dry one on satUrday. A chance of the showers of the near continent coUld cross the channel, perhaps affect the far sUbtleties later in the day. Its a slim chance i think most places will stay dry for the variable amoUnts of cloUds, some sUnshine again temperatUres reaching the 20 and the warmer spots for the qUite cool feel along the North Seacoast a sUnday, an area of high pressUre to the northwest of the Uk, we still maintain that breeze across the east and the soUtheast was Up that will tend to feed in more cloUt, perhaps the start across Northern Iraq of the scholar bUt certainly dont know seacoast. FUrther west here is what will have the latest wins. The best of the sUnshine. TemperatUres were a response. A little bit warm on sUnday maybe 23 degrees, mid to high teens along North Seacoast. For many of Us monday is a bank holiday. We will have high pressUre dominating looks like it will be mostly dry. Variable amoUnts of cloUd, some sUnshine to start the day. I think there is indication that monday coUld be a bit cloUdy across the board particUlarly i think for england and wales, perhaps central, soUthern scotland seen the best of the sUbject. Winds coming Down from the sUbject. Winds coming Down from the north to the royalties. Cooler along northern and eastern coast was the best of the temperatUres for the soUthwest was Up more cloUt aroUnd it coUld feel a little bit fresher. Into tUesday oUr area of high pressUre dominates the scene. Its a very strong area of high. A lot of dry weather aroUnd, best of the sUnshine northern and western areas a bit of shelter from the north, Northeast Breeze which will once again feed into some cloUd, so missed and merck into eastern coastal areas. Mid to high teens here, for the Uth-and-west'>SoUth And West we coUld be looking at 20, maybe 21 celsiUs was as we head on into the start of september oUr area of high pressUre dominates for a while bUt it looks like it starts to shift towards the near continent. That will allow perhaps a Weather System to start hUrtling towards oUr shores. It does look like for The End of UgUst-evening'>AUgUst Evening start of september we maintain high pressUre which will bring a lot of fine, dry, settled weather. Variable variable cloUd, some sUnshine for so its not Until we reach the following weekend is where things coUld tUrn a little more Unsettled. We have to stay tUned to the forecast. Im Ura-trevelyan'>LaUra Trevelyan in washington, and this is bbc World News america. Two explosions near the airport in kabUl Leave Devastation in their wake. One blast happened at a Us Checkpoint for afghans, the other at a hotel. Eyewitnesses describe a chaotic scene. Translation people started rUnning awa and we translation people started rUnning away and we got translation people started rUnning away and we got oUt. Translation people started rUnning away and we got oUt. I translation people started rUnning away and we got oUt. I saw translation people started rUnning away and we got oUt. I saw at translation people started rUnning away and we got oUt. I saw at least. Away and we got oUt. I saw at least 400 500 people there. The explosion was really powerfUl. Half were hUrled into the water, others Under the groUnd oUtside. We carried the woUnded on stretchers here and my clothes are completely bloodied. Among the dead were 12 Us service members