Hello. Despite the international criticism There Has been of the us withdrawal from afghanistan, no one should question the professionalism or the resolve of the troops staging the evacuation. Amid all the obvious dangers and chaos that surrounds the kabul airfield, they have evacuated over 40,000 people so far, 16,000 in the last 2a hours. That is impressive. But the Uk Defence secretary said today the operation will last only as long, as The Americans stick with it. And ahead of Tomorrows G7 virtual summit, borisjohnson has signalled loudly that he would like President Biden to extend the August 31st deadline so they can bring more people out. The taliban said today if there was such a delay there would be consequences. This morning, unidentified gunmen opened fire on the security cordon. Us, german and afghan soldiers responded. 0ne Afghan Guard was killed. From kabul, here is secunder kermani. Its crowded, filthy and baking hot. But desperate afghans keep coming to kabul airport. S
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