Nato supreme commander on what the us administration could have done differently. And: the us military says it now has the capability to move up to nine thousand people a day out of kabul but how do those people get to the airport? we will speak to a former us interpreter who is in hiding in fear for his life. Hello, is this taliban 2. 0 a kinder, more inclusive alternative to the group that for years had terrorised afghanistan? to listen to the group s first press conference today in kabul, that is certainly the impression you were given. The man who appeared before the press, zabihullah mujahid told reporters there would be an amnesty for everyone who d served the coalition. There were promises to honour women s rights to allow them to work, albeit within the group s interpretation of islamic law, and private media he said would be permitted to remain independent. The group say they want the international community to accept the change of government and invest in the country. We wi
Hello and welcome. First afghanistan, now iraq. In the past few hours presidentjoe biden has announced that the us s armed forces will leave iraq by the end of the year. The move was announced during a meeting with iraqi prime minister mustafa al kadhimi at the white house. He has been urging president biden to withdraw troops who have been a presence in the region since 2003. Roughly 2,500 us troops remain in the region but their presence has been harder to justify since the killing of qassim suleimani, iran s top security and intelligence commander, by american drone strike in 2020. After the strike iraq s parliament demanded the government expel us forces, a powerful message for the country s prime minister, who s been in power for just two years. But many of the us troops still in iraq, won t actually be leaving. They ll be reclassified as advisers, a non combat role. White house press secretary jenn psaki explained how the us saw their new role in iraq. The real announcement today