And in haiti, the search for survivors, as the Death Toll from a huge earthquake rises to nearly 1,300. The talibans Extrarodinary Sweep Across Afghanistan has now extended into the capital kabul, which it has seized with precious little resistance. Taliban commanders have been photographed in the president s palace, while president Ashraf Ghani has taken flight to uzbekistan. It is nigh on twenty years since the taliban fled the capital. Today as they reassert their authority they have urged calm, but the city is said to be in chaos. The us State Department says american troops are now taking steps to secure the airport. Our first report is from our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams. Afghanistan has new masters. 20 years after their first experiment in power came to a shattering end, the taliban are back. Hours after arriving in kabul, sitting at the president s desk. Earlier at the same desk, president Ashraf Ghani clinging to the last fragments of power. But the man gazing down o
Guess thats the price that we pay for trying to make this world a little better. And in haiti, the search for survivors, as the Death Toll from a huge earthquake rises to nearly 1,300. The talibans Extrarodinary Sweep Across Afghanistan has now extended into the capital kabul, which it has seized with precious little resistance. Taliban commanders have been photographed in the President S palace, while president Ashraf Ghani has taken flight to uzbekistan. It is nigh on 20 years since the taliban fled the capital. Today as they reassert their authority they have urged calm, but the city is said to be in chaos. The us State Department says american troops are now taking steps to secure the airport. Our first report is from our diplomatic correspondent paul adams. Afghanistan has new masters. 20 years after their first experiment in power came to a shattering end, the taliban are back. Hours after arriving in kabul, sitting at the President S desk. Earlier at the same desk, president Ash
And in haiti, the search for survivors in collapsed buildings, as the Death Toll from a huge earthquake rises to nearly 1300. Hello and welcome to the programme. As the taliban move into kabul, western countries are moving out, Commandeering The Airport to evacuate Embassy Staff and others desperate to leave. The pentagon is sending a further 1,000 american troops to assist with the us evacuation effort. British troops are supporting the evacuation of british and afghan civilians. More than 60 countries have signed a statement saying all afghans and other citizens who want to leave afghanistan must be allowed to depart. They say those in power are responsible for the protection of life and property, and the restoration of order. Graham satchell reports on the latest developments. 0n On Board A Plane Due To Leave Kabul overnight but at the last minute they are told the flight will not be going. Passengers are forced to rejoin the chaos outside. There is Panic And Fear everywhere. For20
That there is going to be, or there is going to be very shortly, a new government in kabul. Parliaments being recalled to discuss the situation, as the United States rejects comparisons with the fall of saigon. Well be live in kabul and washington. Also tonight the search for survivors in haiti, as the Death Toll from a huge earthquake rises above 700. The victims of the plymouth gunman are remembered with tributes at Sunday Services across devon. And in cricket, its all to play for, as england go into the final day of the second test against india. Good evening. Taliban forces entered the heart of the afghan capital, kabul, today, the culmination of a rapid advance and retaking of control almost exactly two decades after they were ousted from power. Fighters were filmed inside the president ial palace after Ashraf Ghani, now the former president , fled the country. Afghans and foreign nationals have been trying to get on planes at Kabul Airport, where international troops have been in
Course they observe the hijab, that is it. Helicopters ferry us diplomats from their embassy but the us Secretary Of State says the two decade long us Military Operation it is up to the afghans themselves, it is up to the afghan government, the taliban, to decide the way forward for the country, including kabul. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. Taliban forces have entered the afghan capital, making their takeover of the country 20 years after being ousted from power all but complete. President Ashraf Ghani has fled reportedly to tajikistan. In a statement on facebook Ashraf Ghani has said he left the country in order to avoid bloodshed. Its his first comments since leaving. Meanwhile this picture has emerged and its believed to be of the taliban inside the president ial palace in kabul. The remaining staff of the us embassy have been operating from Kabul Airport but even there the Security Situation is said to have been deteriorating. Its being reporte