To anyone with the right documents. when pressed, the general speaking said that the gate had been closed for short periods of time in the past 40 eight hours but it sounded to me like they were manning the gates and opening quickly and letting people in that they were able to get there. we do know that a number of americans, nearly 200, were airlifted by helicopter from a nearby hotel to the airport recently and they had been planning to walk and they had been planning to walk and then it was decided that on the ground it was too risky so they were airlifted. the pentagon spokesperson said as far as he knew there had been no other operations like that but he did not rule them out because he was describing this fluid situation and he also said we are working against time and space to get everyone out. they painted a bit more of a clearer picture of what was going on at the airport but they also said fights were continuing and 17,000 people had been lifted out since they began operation
Evacuated just under 2,500 people, but time is running out as fears grow for those not here, in hiding, worried for their lives. frankie mccamley, bbc news. 0ur security correspondent frank gardner is here. mullah abdul ghani baradar is in a two, lots of reassurances this is a new taliban and not the old one we all know. i new taliban and not the old one we all know. ~ ., new taliban and not the old one we all know. ~ ., ., all know. i think there are two questions all know. i think there are two questions standing all know. i think there are two questions standing back- all know. i think there are two questions standing back at - all know. i think there are two questions standing back at it, | questions standing back at it, floating to the surface. 0ne questions standing back at it, floating to the surface. one is that there are a number of really chilling, disturbing reports which the un secretary general mentioned about kidnappings or people being coerced, door to door hunting
Interests. we have said from the very beginning of this that we are going to try to do this in a safe and orderly way and that means making sure that nobody gets hurt. what you are seeing is a prudent notification to make sure that whatever movement there is to the jobs from outside the airport is done as safely as possible and that people have the information that need to make the best decisions for themselves going forward. need to make the best decisions for themselves going forward. the us army s major general william taylor gave an operational update on the evacuation of americans and afghanis from the country. the airport remain secure. us military personnel currently oversee flight operations in both us military, contracted aircraft, as well as foreign aircraft continue to operate within kabul airport.
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This is bbc news. i m lukwesa burak with the latest headlines. chaos and panic outside kabul airport, as the us advises its citizens not to travel there until they are asked because of security threats outside the gates. senior taliban figures including the group s co founder, mullah baradar are in kabulfor talks about establishing a new government. up greece has erected a aokm fence on its border with turkey amid wanings of many afghan civillians fleeing their country. there have been clashes between australian police and anti lockdown demonstrators in sydney and melbourne. animal welfare campaigners in the uk have welcomed new government proposals to stop puppy smuggling.