It is coming to a close at the hat he had for the first half. i ll have more in the next hour. the head of the armed forces has said the uk s operation to evacuate civilians from kabul airport will end today. general sir nick carter said it had been heartbreaking that troops had not been able to rescue everybody, but insisted some very challenging judgments had to be made on the ground. well, there are of course many different types of people who haven t been able to get out of afghanistan and will now have real concerns about both their own safety and that of their families. among them are academics. professorjane falkingham is from southampton university and works with a campaigning organisation the council of at risk academics. earlier, she explained to me what she and the organisation has been doing. u nfortu nately, we unfortunately, we cannot bring you that at the moment. but she was telling me earlier that there are 12
Yesterday the us said that that wasn t the case and they said that they were still in control of the gates and of operations but we are hearing but that is a transfer to the taliban could happen quite soon, so it really is coming into the endgame, now. i m joined now by professorjane falkingham southampton university, part of the council of at risk academics a campaigning organisation originally founded in the 1930s to help people fleeing nazi germany. welcome. thank you forjoining us. how much contact if you had with colleagues on the ground in afghanistan and what is the situation in terms of people having left, people staying behind? thank ou ve left, people staying behind? thank you very much left, people staying behind? thank you very much and left, people staying behind? thank you very much and first left, people staying behind? thank you very much and first can - left, people staying behind? thank you very much and first can i - left, people staying behind? thank you ve