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a senior taliban official. and what s happened to afghanistan s president ghani? we speak to a former mp who gives fresh detail into the president s final moments in the country. hello and welcome to bbc news. in afghanistan, military flights have resumed at kabul airport a day after the scenes of chaos on monday, as people tried to cling on to a departing us air force plane. india was among those evacuating its personnel from afghanistan early on tuesday. a french military plane also departed. it s now two days since the taliban entered kabul without resistance, meaning they now effectively control the entire country. president biden has strongly defended his decision to withdraw us troops, saying the goals of the us mission in afghanistan had been counter terrorism, not nation building. 0ur diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. at kabul airport, the exodus of foreigners continues, civilians boarding an indian military flight this morning. after yesterday s chaos, pla ....
in. however difficult this vote may be, some of us, must urge the use of restraint. plus, as kids head back to school, and covid deaths or in texas, meet the superintendent myth defying the republican governor s ban and mask mandates. when all in starts right now. e good evening from washington d.c.. i m in for chris hayes. just ahead of the 18th anniversary of september the 11th, and nearly 18 years after start of the war in afghanistan, then president donald j trump was working on a secret plan. to bring leaders of the taliban, to camp david, for peace talks. it was a wild and grossly offensive idea. as the new york times described a quote, the leaders of a rugged military organization, deemed terrorist by the united states, would be hosted in that mountain getaway, used for presidents, prime ministers and kings. just three days before the anniversary of the september 11, 2001 attacks, that led to the afghan war. donald trump was determined to hold this dramatic s ....
been quite vocal about the humanitarian, humanitarian concern. you have humanitarian, humanitarian concern. you have heard about the 160,000 people that have been pushed because of the conflict. we have also reported on the number of children killed since the beginning of the year. that number is unacceptable, standing at more than 500. at the same time, we have been having discussion and meetings with the taliban leadership in the various town that are now under control and is the latest engagement that we had with them was actually this morning, where we discussed how humanitarian, especially unicef in this case, will be able to resume their activity and those activities are really life saving at this stage. fix, those activities are really life-saving at this stage. a short while auo life-saving at this stage. a short while ago i life-saving at this stage. a short while ago i spoke life-saving at this stage. a short while ago i spoke to life-saving at this stage. ....
hello and welcome to bbc news. taliban fighters have reached the outskirts of the afghan capital, kabul, after a lightning advance across the country. the militant group now controls all the other major cities in afghanistan, and look to be on the verge of toppling the afghan government. the arrival of the taliban has sparked panic in the city with a populuation of more than four million, as well as tens of thousands of internally displaced afghans. people have been rushing to embassies for visas and stockpiling food. these pictures filmed by the bbc in kabul show people attempting to leave the city. the taliban says negotiations are taking place to ensure a peaceful transition of power. us and british troops have been arriving in afghanistan to evacuate diplomatic staff from their embassies. earlier, thousands of afghans in the capital were seen trying to withdraw their savings from atms as fear gripped the capital. beyond the capital, overnight, the insurgents seized ....
and please don t stress the seals a plea for holiday makers on the north east coast of england to be more kind and respectful to the bathing mammals. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. within the past hour, the afghan president, ashraf ghani, has made a televised address to the nation his first public comments since the taliban intensified their latest offensive. mr ghani said that the remobilization of armed forces was his top priority. he also said he was consulting with international partners to prevent further violence. heavy fighting has broken out in the afghan city of mazar i sharif, as taliban militants tighten their stranglehold around kabul. american troops have flown into the afghan capital to help evacuate embassy personnel and other civilians stranded in kabul. britain and several other western nations are also sending troops as resistance from afghan government forces crumbles. the taliban also claims to have captur ....