nations high commissioner for refugees. thank you forjoining us. evacuation flights have stopped, we are waiting to find out when the airport in kabul will reopen for international flights. airport in kabul will reopen for internationalflights. for airport in kabul will reopen for international flights. for those afghans are looking for a way to leave orforeign afghans are looking for a way to leave or foreign nationals looking to leave the country, what is the situation as far as you are aware? are lots of people hunkering down in hiding? that's certainly what i have heard from people that i have spoken to over the last couple of days in week. ~ ., ., , to over the last couple of days in week. ~ . . , ., to over the last couple of days in week. . . . , ., , week. what we are seeing at this oint is week. what we are seeing at this point is that _ week. what we are seeing at this point is that for _ week. what we are seeing at this point is that for foreigners - week. what we are seeing at this point is that for foreigners and i point is that for foreigners and afghanistan —— mike afghans, it's extremely difficult to leave the country in a sense that it the airport is closed. in terms of the airlifts and evacuations ongoing programmes, we very much welcome those expressions of solidarity and certainly they save tens of thousands of lives so far. but we need to make sure that doesn't distract from other efforts that are