Well have much more analysIs on the sItuatIon In afghanIstan, IncludIng effectIveness of the aIrlIft from a former Commander OfjoInt forces. Researchers say protectIon agaInst covId from two doses of the vaccIne starts to wane wIthIn sIx months. Im Ina Im In a very noIsy 0xford, where the women have been blockIng the roads are the last three hours. A golden start In tokyo for ParalympIcs Gb, as CyclIst Dame Sarah storey takes the 15th gold of her career. The government says It wIll use every hour thats left to evacuate as many people as It can from afghanIstan. So far, the raf has flown more than 10,000 people out of kabul IncludIng 6,300 afghans. But more than 2,000 people who are elIgIble for relocatIon are stIll waItIng. 0ur chIef InternatIonal Correspondent Lyse Doucet Is In Kabul. Its a race agaInst the cloth here. Its a race agaInst the cloth here. It Is a racer fraught wIth rIsk and fear. In brItaIn and the us, there are reassurances that all of the foreIgn natIonals who want to
Help, but as the international force things out, it becomes less capable to do many things concurrently. the very worst outcome in this evacuation would be that a wave of people breaches the security and gets into the airport. that will be obviously very difficult to unpick. you served in afghanistan. what are your thoughts about the way all of this has been handled by the americans, in particular, president biden? t americans, in particular, president biden? ~ , americans, in particular, president biden? ,, , ., , biden? i think this outcome is deel biden? i think this outcome is deeply regrettable. biden? i think this outcome is deeply regrettable. as - biden? i think this outcome is deeply regrettable. as your i deeply regrettable. as your correspondent described, the united states have gone for a calendar based exit rather than a conditions based exit rather than a conditions based exit, and that meant they would go. and it dropped the opportunity to leverage in. and i
During the last administration of president trump, but it was thought that over the last year, there would be expedited procedures for some of those trying to get out. a lot of those trying to get out. a lot of those who worked with the coalition forces who felt they had been promised safe passage to the us are still waiting, and now as we know, in the airport. president biden very much sticking to the timeline, and so too is the department of defence. we heard from them this morning. they said they feel they are on track, but there are concerns about security, that those thousands of us troops on the ground, there are threats towards them. we heard about islamic state threats that appeared to be manifesting there. so, they
Say they will complete the task by next week, but they do also need to get out there troops and some equipment, although we heard from the pentagon that lives will be the priority. if they have to leave equipment behind, they will. jae equipment behind, they will. joe biden equipment behind, they will. joe biden has been under lots of criticism, notjust in the states, but in around the world. what has been the political fallout in the us? ., , been the political fallout in the us? . , us? certainly, republicans have been heavily critical us? certainly, republicans have been heavily critical of us? certainly, republicans have been heavily critical of the us? certainly, republicans have been heavily critical of the way us? certainly, republicans have been heavily critical of the way this - us? certainly, republicans have been heavily critical of the way this has - heavily critical of the way this has all been done. holes in the two parties appear to show that the majority of the
Secondly, it is now the case that many afghans who we would want to take out are too afraid to go to the airport, even if they have the right documents. 0ne airport, even if they have the right documents. one way or another, we can safely assume that in this evacuation concludes, there will be maybe 1000 or 2000 entitled personnel who will still be in kabul. th personnel who will still be in kabul. , personnel who will still be in kabul ,. personnel who will still be in kabul. , . , kabul. in terms of the security situation around kabul. in terms of the security situation around the kabul. in terms of the security situation around the airport, i situation around the airport, president biden has been talking about that. i suppose as the troops start to the road to all, does that situation become more dangerous start to withdrawal? taste situation become more dangerous start to withdrawal? start to withdrawal? we can take some confidence start to withdrawal? we can take some