Hello and welcome to dateline london. Im martine croxall. This week, we discuss the Unfolding Tragedy in afghanistan and we ask do Extinction Rebellion s two weeks of disruptive demonstrations here in London Help or hinder the response to the Climate Crisis . Our guests, the french Journalist And Commentator marc roche, the north american Broadcaster And Writer Jeffrey Kofman and with me in the studio, still suitably distance, is the bbc s chief environment correspondentjustin rowlatt. Now, justin covered afghanistan for almost four years of course as the bbc s South Asia correspondent. He was in a Mortar Attack by the taliban, so he is well placed to talk to us about the events of this week. Welcome to all of you. And so lets start with that then, shall we . On thursday, a Suicide Bomb Attack at Kabul Airport targeted people desperate to flee the country after the taliban takeover. 90 people were killed, mostly afghan civilians, and 13 us military personnel. A local branch of islamic
Hello and welcome to the programme. The last british Plane Carrying troops and diplomats has now left Kabul Airport. It brings to an end nearly 20 years of operations in afghanistan, culminating in the evacuation of more than 15 Thousand people from the country in the past two weeks. An estimated 11 Hundred eligible afghans and 150 Uk Nationals could not get out. Heres our diplomatic correspondent, caroline hawley. Heading home. 1,000 british troops were sent into kabul to get people out. Us troops provided security for an unprecedented international rescue mission. The last british Plane Carrying civilians flew out of kabul this morning. This evening, news that the last soldiers and british diplomats have now left. In all, there were over 100 raf flights. The end of a 20 Year Campaign that was not supposed to finish like this. Weve done an extraordinaryjob to evacuate as many as we have, but im afraid its absolutely that heartbreaking that we cant bring everybody out, and that point h
The ministry of defence says the last british plane carrying armed forces personnel and diplomats has taken off from kabul airport, ending britain s 20 year military involvement in afghanistan. 400 and fifty seven british service personnel lost their lives during the conflict. - -457 president biden has warned that another attack on kabul airport is highly likely this weekend. as many as 170 people including 13 us service personnel were killed in the islamic state attack on thursday. two is members died in a retaliatory drone strike by the us. the president has also said that hurricane ida which is heading towards the gulf coast of the united states is turning into a very dangerous storm . winds of around 130 miles per hour are expected when it reaches land in lousiana on sunday. the mayor of baton rouge urged residents to protect themselves. now on bbc news dateline london.