Justin covered afghanistan for almost four years as the bbc s south asia correspondent and 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 you all. Let s start with that ben, shelley? let s 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. Ninety were killed, mostly afghan civilians and 13 us military personnel. A local branch of islamic state called isk said they carried out the attack. Throughout the week, 100. 000 people were evacuated throughout the week, 100,000 people were evacuated but thousands left behind. There s a huge refugee crisis in the making and a possible humanitarian disaster in afghanistan as money runs out and food disappears. It couldn t be much worse or could it? justin, let s start with you. You know afghanistan well. You were in contact regularly with the taliban. They are highly h
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