Women. malala yousafzai, for example, one of the foremost female advocates who was shot by the taliban at one point, she said. jacinda adern, when she came out here to talk about evacuating that nationals, she also brought up the plight of women and children who are of course going to suffer under taliban rule and she said she wants human rights upheld in afghanistan for women and children. ., ~ , ., , afghanistan for women and children. ., ~ , . children. thank you very much indeed. let s children. thank you very much indeed. let s continue - children. thank you very much indeed. let s continue this - indeed. let s continue this conversation now. william maley is an emeritus professor at the australian national university and author of the afghanistan wars. hejoins me live from canberra. a warm welcome to the programme. i do not know if you
This is bbc news. i m sally bundock with the latest headlines the desperate scramble to leave afghanistan hundreds flood kabul airport after the taliban take the afghan capital, 20 years after being forced from power. i cannot believe the world abandoned afghanistan. ourfans abandoned afghanistan. our fans are abandoned afghanistan. ourfans are going to get killed. they are going to get killed. they are going to kill us. our women are going to kill us. our women are not going to have any more rights. the taliban s arrival has sparked the closure of western embassies and the us sends in more toops to help with the evacuation effort. more than 60 western countries issue a joint statement, saying all those who want to leave afghanistan must be allowed to depart.
And in haiti, the search for survivors in collapsed buildings, as the death toll from a huge earthquake rises to nearly 1300. hello and welcome to the programme. as the taliban move into kabul, western countries are moving out, commandeering the airport to evacuate embassy staff and others desperate to leave. the pentagon is sending a further 1,000 american troops to assist with the us evacuation effort. british troops are supporting the evacuation of british and afghan civilians. more than 60 countries have signed a statement saying all afghans and other citizens who want to leave afghanistan must be allowed to depart. they say those in power are responsible for the protection
Are saying and agree world. a very dark day and many are saying and agree with - world. a very dark day and many are saying and agree with you i are saying and agree with you on that point but many are scratching their heads to say, it was obvious to many that this would happen, maybe not as quickly, maybe in a matter of months as opposed to a few days, but this was a predicted outcome so why the withdrawal? several reasons but resident biden had long committed himself to the view that it was a war that could not be one and he also had an interest and covering his tracks with the progressive wing of the democratic party because he had been such an ardent supporter of the theatre of operation in iraq. i suspect he seriously miscalculated about the risks of an unravelling of the sort we have witnessed although we listen to some of the specialist who really knew about afghanistan, he would
Were able to hear the conversation we were having just now. what is your reaction to what has happened in afghanistan in the last few days? i afghanistan in the last few da s? ~ , ., days? i think it is a catastrophic - days? i think it is a catastrophic defeat days? i think it is a . catastrophic defeat for days? i think it is a - catastrophic defeat for the united states. but more seriously than that, it opens the door to a humanitarian disaster for afghans who had the door to a humanitarian disasterfor afghans who had in good faith accepted the promises of western leaders that they would not be abandoned. the blame, of course, lies across the political spectrum in the united states. president trump and his clumsy envoy were responsible for an incompetent deal with the taliban in february last year but president biden took the conscious decision he would run with that agreement and the predictable consequences essentially a cascade unravelling in afghanistan have now come to pass and