and the pentagon. they re not in charge of any of the gates. of any of the airport operations. that is still under us military control. the global effort to get people to safety is now ending. these german troops have already returned home. spanish troops are back in madrid. british and american forces will be the last to go. the 20 year western mission in afghanistan ends in a chaotic, bloody withdrawl with the taliban ready to take charge. graham satchell, bbc news. the chief of the british armed forces, general sir nick carter, confirmed today that the uk was reaching the end of its evacuation today, and that flights out of kabul would now have to be used to bring troops home. we ve done an extraordinaryjob to evacuate as many as we have, but i m afraid it s absolutely heartbreaking that we can t bring everybody out. we ve done an extraoridnaryjob to evacuate as many as we have,
that is still under us military control. the global effort to get people to safety is now ending. these german troops have already returned home. spanish troops are back in madrid. british and american forces will be the last to go. the 20 year western mission in afghanistan ends in a chaotic, bloody withdrawl with the taliban ready to take charge. graham satchell, bbc news. the chief of the british armed forces, general sir nick carter confirmed that after today, flights out of kabul would only be used to bring troops home. we ve done an extraoridnaryjob to evacuate as many as we have, but i m afraid it s absolutely heartbreaking that we can t bring everybody out, and i think that point s been made very strongly, certainly by the defence secretary and others in the last ten days or so.
confirmed that after today, flights out of kabul would only be used to bring troops home. we ve done an extraoridnaryjob to evacuate as many as we have, but i m afraid it s absolutely heartbreaking that we can t bring everybody out, and i think that point s been made very strongly, certainly by the defence secretary and others in the last ten days or so. personally, i ve probably had over 100 messages from different afghans who i know in my long association with the country, and many of those friends of mine won t make it out. and, for me, not a day passes without me having a bit of a tear in my eye about all of that. i mean, you know, he uk will continue to welcome those sorts of people we should be pretty clear of that, and i think our government has made that very clear. if they are able to get out post this evacuation, if you like, the second phase of it, they will always be welcome if they need to come. and i m afraid it is an awfulfact of life that difficult decisions have had