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will look like, but it is clear many afghans are fearful. my guest is kamila sidiqi, a trail blazing women s activist, entrepreneur, and former government official in kabul. is her cause lost? and where does the blame lie? kamila sidiqi in germany, welcome to hardtalk. hello, thank you so much. you re welcome. it is a great pleasure to have you on the programme. now, if we d been talking to you a week ago, we would have been talking to you in kabul. now you re in safe haven in bonn, germany. tell me exactly what prompted you to flee kabul, and how did you do it? i was in kabul and my trip to london was on 20, my ticket was on 20 next week. suddenly, this. i heard a lot of the news that most of the people left kabul. and in the night, i received a message from my friend, gayle lemmon. and we exchanged a lot of messages and she support me to be in one of the private jets from kabul with another delegation from kabul, and we can manage to leave kabul and come to germany. h ....
welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. taliban leaders in kabul are engaged in careful message management amnesty for all, no safe haven for foreign fighters, and respect for the rights of women and girls, they say. but then the rider under their islamic law. now, it s too early to know what taliban governance 2.0 will look like, but it is clear many afghans are fearful. my guest is kamila sidiqi, a trail blazing women s activist, entrepreneur, and former government official in kabul. is her cause lost? and where does the blame lie? kamila sidiqi in germany, welcome to hardtalk. hello, thank you so much. you re welcome. it is a great pleasure to have you on the programme. now, if we d been talking to you a week ago, we would have been talking to you in kabul. now you re in safe haven in bonn, germany. tell me exactly what prompted you to flee kabul, and how did you do it? i was in kabul and my trip to london was on 20, my ticket was on 20 next week. suddenly, this ....
we begin with afghanistan because the international monetary fund has decided to withhold funds it was scheduled to disperse to the country on monday, saying that it was due to a lack of clarity within the international community as to whether the taliban should be recognised as the government in the country. the us treasury had earlier blocked the taliban from accessing some $9.5 billion in reserves held in the us. all this throwing the future of the country s economy into question as nick marsh explains much of afghanistan s budget comes from overseas sources. when it comes to afghanistan, it is useful to break it down in several ways. foreign cash makes up a massive three quarters of the afghan budget and developed nations have pledged another $12 million to afghanistan but this will likely be slashed now that the taliban have taken over. in fact the german foreign minister said that his country wouldn t be giving another sent to afghanistan now that the taliba ....
kamila sidiqi in germany, welcome to hardtalk. hello, thank you so much. you re welcome. it is a great pleasure to have you on the programme. now, if we d been talking to you a week ago, we would have been talking to you in kabul. now you re in safe haven in bonn, germany. tell me exactly what prompted you to flee kabul and how did you do it? i was in kabul and my trip to london was on 20, my ticket was on 20 next week. suddenly, this. i heard a lot of the news that most of the people left kabul. and in the night, i received a message from my friend, gayle lemmon. and we exchanged a lot of messages and she support me to be in one of the private jets from kabul with another delegation from kabul and we can manage to leave kabul and come to germany. how much fear did you experience during those chaotic hours when the taliban swept into the afghan capital? you clearly felt that it was no longer safe for you. how fearful were you? it was really, really difficult and i was v ....
as western countries ramp up their evacuations from kabul airport, we ll have the latest on president biden s remarks. also on the programme. who will help us? the people of haiti hit by a massive earthquake five days ago say there s still no assistance. five from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. alive. it s newsday. it s 7 in the morning in singapore, and 3.30 in the morning in afghanistan, where the taliban is strengthening its grip on power, as pockets of unrest continue. in the eastern city of jalalabad, they violently put down an anti taliban demonstration, reportedly shooting dead a number of people. there have been more chaotic scenes outside the international airport in kabul, as thousands of afghans try to flee the country. the nation s ousted president has made his first public comments, saying his security team forced him to leave the country for the united arab emirates. our correspondent secunder kermani starts our coverage. outside the airpo ....