us military operation in afghanistan was a success. it is up to the afghans themselves, the afghan government, said of the taliban to decide the way forward from the country, including kabul. hello and welcome if you re watching the bbc in the uk or around the world. the taliban are on the verge of taking control of afghanistan 20 years are being removed from power. reports suggest the militant group have ordered their fighters to enter the capital, kabul after local police deserted their posts. they have seized every other major city in afghanistan after a lightning advance that saw the us equipped government army flee from their path. it s been confirmed in the last hour that the president, ashraf ghani, has left the country. these pictures filmed by the bbc in kabul show people attempting to leave the city. the taliban said they are in talks with senior officials in president ashraf ghani s government on a peaceful transfer of power. and in the last hour, these images ha
around that it is hard to believe what to believe. and i hope that there is at least some responsible entity and party to at least tell us the truth so that we can deal with our life the way we want to but to keep us in this dark, is the most inhumane thing anybody can do on this earth. us troops, us helicopters have been getting embassy staff out to the airport. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has said that the mission in afghanistan was a success. what would you say to him if he was there in your hallway now? it was a wonderful game they play for 20 years and i guess, right before the end of 20 years, the game is over. and for us afghans, we are the losers, then, we are going to end up paying the price for whatever anybody, both my country s political leaders as well as the international community leaders did in the past 20 years, and i m now beginning to believe that the disbelief. i m beginning to believe the rumours that people used to believe that all these p
it s up to the afghans themselves, it s up to the afghan government, it s up to the taliban, to decide the way forward for the country, including kabul. the taliban are on the verge of taking control of afghanistan 20 years after being removed from power. reports suggest the militant group have ordered their fighters to enter the capital, kabul after local police deserted their posts. they have seized every other major city in afghanistan after a lightning advance that saw the us equipped government army flee from their path. the president, ashraf ghani, has left the country. these pictures filmed by the bbc in kabul show people attempting to leave the city. the taliban said they are in talks with senior officials in president ashraf ghani s government on a peaceful transfer of power. and these images have emerged of us embassy staff being helicoptered to kabul airport. it comes as the secretary of state antony blinken has insisted the situation is patently not saigon i
will start a four day boycott of social media today, an attempt to tackle online abuse. the boss of barclays bank predicts the uk is about to enjoy its biggest economic boom since after the second world war it comes as the bank reveals increased profits this year. and coming up the venues in liverpool gearing up for non socially distanced gigs and clubnights this weekend, as part of a government pilot. it s been described as one of israel s worst disasters. at least 44 people have been killed in a stampede at a religious festival in the north of the country. more than 100 others were injured when up to 80,000 orthodox jews gathered at a festival at mount meron. the prime minister has described it as a heavy disaster who says he is praying for the casualties. courtney bembridge has more. and a warning her report contains distressing images.vt) videos uploaded to social media show the chaotic scenes. tens of thousands of people crushed together at the foot of mount meron. w
band from cinemas, theatres and sports stadiums. more on the drinks and games at the downing street christmas party last year as questions remain about whether regulations were broken. breaking news from the us as america has announced government officials will not be attending next year s winter olympics in beijing. the white house press secretary. the biden white house press secretary. tue: biden administration white house press secretary. tte: biden administration will not send any diplomatic or official representation to the beijing olympics and paralytic games considering the country s ongoing crimes against people in xinjun zhang and other ongoing human rights abuses with our athletes will have our support and we will be behind them from home but we will not to be to the fanfare of the game. the us to diplomatic visitation will treat these games as business as usual in the face of the country s agree atrocities in xinjun zhang and was able he cannot do that. as the pr