Us military operation in afghanistan was a success. It is up to the afghans themselves, the afghan government, said of the taliban to decide the way forward from the country, including kabul. Hello and welcome if you re watching the bbc in the uk or around the world. The taliban are on the verge of taking control of afghanistan 20 years are being removed from power. Reports suggest the militant group have ordered their fighters to enter the capital, kabul after local police deserted their posts. They have seized every other major city in afghanistan after a lightning advance that saw the us equipped government army flee from their path. It s been confirmed in the last hour that the president, ashraf ghani, has left the country. These pictures filmed by the bbc in kabul show people attempting to leave the city. The taliban said they are in talks with senior officials in president ashraf ghani s government on a peaceful transfer of power. And in the last hour, these images have emerged
Around that it is hard to believe what to believe. And i hope that there is at least some responsible entity and party to at least tell us the truth so that we can deal with our life the way we want to but to keep us in this dark, is the most inhumane thing anybody can do on this earth. Us troops, us helicopters have been getting embassy staff out to the airport. The us secretary of state, antony blinken, has said that the mission in afghanistan was a success. What would you say to him if he was there in your hallway now? it was a wonderful game they play for 20 years and i guess, right before the end of 20 years, the game is over. And for us afghans, we are the losers, then, we are going to end up paying the price for whatever anybody, both my country s political leaders as well as the international community leaders did in the past 20 years, and i m now beginning to believe that the disbelief. I m beginning to believe the rumours that people used to believe that all these political l
It s up to the afghans themselves, it s up to the afghan government, it s up to the taliban, to decide the way forward for the country, including kabul. The taliban are on the verge of taking control of afghanistan 20 years after being removed from power. Reports suggest the militant group have ordered their fighters to enter the capital, kabul after local police deserted their posts. They have seized every other major city in afghanistan after a lightning advance that saw the us equipped government army flee from their path. The president, ashraf ghani, has left the country. These pictures filmed by the bbc in kabul show people attempting to leave the city. The taliban said they are in talks with senior officials in president ashraf ghani s government on a peaceful transfer of power. And these images have emerged of us embassy staff being helicoptered to kabul airport. It comes as the secretary of state antony blinken has insisted the situation is patently not saigon in a referenc
With the deaths of 25 people. Hello and welcome. The first major electoral test that borisjohnson has faced since winning the general election in 2019 looks likely to receive an early boost. A parlimentary by election in a traditional labour seat in the north east of england town of hartlepool might well have been won. It s the first significant result from a huge day of elections across the uk. Here s our political correspondentjonathan blake. Democracy delivered in hartlepool. The boats are in and with them, a verdict. For decades, labour has counted on this seat is one of its safest but now after taking so much of the party s territory in the general election two years ago, the conservatives are confident this too could be theirs. Careful counting and socially distanced democracy in action is made for a long night but in the early hours, labour all but conceded defeat. conceded defeat. We haven t got over the line conceded defeat. We haven t got over the line tonight, conceded