Double Bomb Attack on Kabul Airport where crowds have been gathering in the hope of boarding an Evacuation Flight to escape afghanistan. The Taliban Herceptin 13 and 20 people have been killed and in the last few minutes, the has confirmed at least four us Service Members were killed in those attacks. Several others were being treated for injuries. The pentagon says there are two blasts, one happened close to the airports Abbey Gate and the other close to nearby baron hotel. The hotel had been used by some western nations as a Staging Point for the evacuation since the airlift began. I have been speaking to the retired army general mcmaster, who retired after serving in america up to 2018, under President Trump. I think we have to recognise this is only the beginning. This is what happens when you surrender to a terrorist organisation. It is worth pointing out that this so called Isis K Attack has all the hallmarks of a Haqqani Network Attack and guess whos in charge of security in kab
To children aged 12 to 15. Nhs trusts in england have been told to prepare. The nhs waiting List Crisis in Northern Ireland most patients who need a first appointment with a consultant have to wait more than a year. A golden day in tokyo for Paralympics Gb a haul of five gold medals on day two of the games. And coming up scientists say Light Pollution may be contributing to declines in local insect populations. Good Afternoon And Welcome to Bbc News. British citizens still in afghanistan are being warned to stay away from Kabul Airport because of fears there could be a lethal Terror Attack there, possibly within hours. The government says intelligence suggesting a very imminent attack is ever more certain. But in the last hour, the Prime Minister has said british troops have now got the overwhelming majority of eligible people out of the Country, with thE Evacuation due to end on tuesday. Our diplomatic correspondent Paul Adams reports. An airlift in its last days, relentless, round th
Highlights and priorities. When providing details through the past 24 hours of snapshots, i will provide them with respect to a few areas today. Further, im prepared to give a cumulative update on the total number of people evacuated from afghanistan so far. First, the u. S. Military for into in kabul is more than 5200 total troops on the ground. The airport remains secure and open for flight operations. There are now multiple gates that have access for entry into the airfield, which will help expedite processing in a safe and orderly manner. In the past 24 hours, 13 c17s arrived with additional troops and equipment. Also, 12 c17s departed. They contained more than 2000 passengers and left kabul and arrived at designated safe havens and staging areas in the centcom operation. Since the start of evacuation operations august 14, we have airlifted approximately 7000 total evacuees. The increase is reflective of both the rampup of Aircraft And Airlift capabilities, faster processing of eva
Thousands are holding out home stuck outside of the walls of Kabul Airport waiting with no Guarantee Theyll be able to be safely evacuated, in a new interview, he is defending his call to pull off troops from afghanistan. You dont think this could have been handled better in any way, no mistakes . No. I dont think it could have been handled in a way that were going to go back in Hindsight And Look and to think that there is a way to get out without chaosen chaosenuing, you dont know how that happens. Even if americans and our afghan allies are still trying to get out, theyre going to leave. Were going to do everything in our power to get all americans and our allies out. Does that means troops will stay beyond August 31st if necessary. If depends on where we are and whether we could ramp the numbers up to 5,000 to 7,000 a day coming out. If that is the case, theyll all be out. Because we have like 10 to 15,000 americans in the country right now, right . And are you committed to making
To expand the perimeter around the airport so there is more Safe Zone for people Waiting in line and if there have been What is the talibans response. So the think the commander on the ground the airfield is secure and every day in Security Operations Commanders are alWays What We call improving the Security Environment. So as the commander on the ground at every level, finds those things that need to be improved to increase the security to alloW mission success, theyre going to do those things that they have those authorities to do on a daily basis. So i think as you saW today, the ability to continue State Departments and the ability to bring more people on and to continue those, that is What Well continue to look at over the next feW days. Do they have the ability to zpand expand the perimeter around the airport. I dont Want to get ahead of Where We are. The mission remains security at the airport and inside of the perimeter of the airport and that is What Were doing. There are as W