that is still under us military control. the global effort to get people to safety is now ending. these german troops have already returned home. spanish troops are back in madrid. british and american forces will be the last to go. the 20—year western mission in afghanistan ends in a chaotic, bloody withdrawl with the taliban ready to take charge. graham satchell, bbc news. the chief of the british armed forces, general sir nick carter confirmed that after today, flights out of kabul would only be used to bring troops home. we've done an extraoridnaryjob to evacuate as many as we have, but i'm afraid it's absolutely heartbreaking that we can't bring everybody out, and i think that point�*s been made very strongly, certainly by the defence secretary and others in the last ten days or so.