Welcome to hardtalk, im 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, its 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 womens 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. Youre welcome. It is a great pleasure to have you on the programme. Now, if wed been talking to you a week ago, we would have been talking to you In Kabul. Now youre 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
Hello and welcome. Us officials say theyre looking to fly 6,000 people out of afghanistan over the coming hours, as their much criticised withdrawal gains pace. In total, according to nato, more than 18,000 people have been evacuated from Kabul Airport since the taliban took over the capital. Meanwhile, the taliban insists there will be no retribution against those who worked with us forces. But an Intelligence Briefing for the un says militants are stepping up their search for so called collaborators. 0urfirst report comes from our Correspondent Secunder kermani, in kabul. This is crowd control, taliban style. Outside the airport, thousands of people desperate to leave. This is the Road Anyone being evacuated has to travel along. The taliban repeatedly stopped us filming. They dont like the images of so many afghans fleeing their rule. They have denied claims they are at times preventing some afghans with valid documents from entering the airport. But many of those here dont have a vi