AIrport on thursday, whIch kIlled at least 90 people, IncludIng 13 Us MIlItary Personnel. PresIdent bIden has vowed revenge. Im PhIlIppa Thomas In london, as the world prepares for the new realIty of AfghanIstan Under TalIban Rule. The humanItarIan crIsIs In afghanIstan Is deepenIng, say the World Health OrganIsatIon wIth medIcInes In short supply. We hear from afghans across the country facIng severe Food And Water shortages. And Ill be talkIng to the FIrst AmerIcan to fIght the talIban In The FIeld as a commander and then talk to Its leaders In Face To face negotIatIons. How does the rest of the World Deal wIth a new IslamIc EmIrate . Welcome to a Bbc News specIal about afghanIstan wIth me lyse doucet In kabul and PhIlIppa Thomas In london. FlIghts are stIll takIng off from Kabul AIrport, a day after two devastatIng Bomb Attacks there kIlled as many as 90 people. But for those who want to get out of afghanIstan the chances of gettIng on them are growIng slImmer and slImmer. And austr
A stunning turn of events in kabul. Lara a victory forged in the blood of an american betrayal, almost 20 years to the day since 9 11. Here racing to Kabul Airport to flee. Two people who held to the Military Plane that was taking americans to save tie, were so desperate they never let g barely visible as they tumbled through the air to death. In the war against islamic terrorists here. Muslims have long paid the heaviest price, women and children have been targeted by the taliban and other islamic extremists, like the girls at this school, in the afghan capital kabul, three explosions this year, tore through flesh and bones, leaving 85 dead and fear in their wake, afghan families have buried up to 70,000 policemen and soldiers, since 2001. According to a Week Report from brown Cost Cost of war project. Casualty rate so high, Military Convention said though army could sustain it. After heading to Battle Day and night for 20 years, without end, the Scale And Speed of u. S. Withdrawal de
A stunning turn of events in kabul. Lara a victory forged in the blood of an american betrayal, almost 20 years to the day since 9 11. Here racing to Kabul Airport to flee. Two people who held to the Military Plane that was taking americans to save tie, were so desperate they never let g barely visible as they tumbled through the air to death. In the war against islamic terrorists here. Muslims have long paid the heaviest price, women and children have been targeted by the taliban and other islamic extremists, like the girls at this school, in the afghan capital kabul, three explosions this year, tore through flesh and bones, leaving 85 dead and fear in their wake, afghan families have buried up to 70,000 policemen and soldiers, since 2001. According to a Week Report from brown Cost Cost of war project. Casualty rate so high, Military Convention said though army could sustain it. After heading to Battle Day and night for 20 years, without end, the Scale And Speed of u. S. Withdrawal de
As thousands of afghans try to escape the taliban, europe is preapring for many refugees. A State Of Emergency is declared in parts of new York State ahead of the expected arrival of Hurricane Henri. And cambodias last remaining population of critically endangered vultures are on the brink of extinction. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or Around The World. The Uk Ministry of defence says seven people have died in the chaotic crowds outside Kabul Airport where thousands are trying to flee the afghanistan, a week after the taliban took over. People have been trying to get through checkpoints in sweltering heat to reach evacuation flights. The british Defence Secretary, Ben Wallace, said the uk had flown out more than 1,000 people in the last 2a hours. He also said he was exploring ways to maintain a presence in afghanistan after the military had left. Heres our correspondent, simonjones. Desperate to leave. Their goal to get inside Kabul Airport and get out of the country.