scheme by foreign nations in the da sto come. . ~ , . days to come. thank you very much for that, days to come. thank you very much for that. lone days to come. thank you very much for that, ione wells days to come. thank you very much for that, ione wells in days to come. thank you very much | for that, ione wells in westminster. i can speak now to dr wali aslam, associate professor in asian security studies at the university of bath. thank you for your time. let s begin with what the us is saying, what presidentjoe biden as saying, placing a lot of blame for those on the afghan government and afghan forces as well. the manner in which he has spoken, what does this mean for what will happen next with afghanistan, given the us is pulling out and so are other western forces, can they bring any influence to bear on the situation unfolding viral is that opportunity completely gone? joe biden is partly correct, the afghan political and military leadership has a lot to answer, for exa
of smaller villages up in the mountains, the main highway is totally blocked, landslides over landslides, this rainstorm, this tropical depression has jumped immense quantities of rain during the night and yesterday afternoon, the night and yesterday afternoon, the landslides are just getting worse. rivers are flooding, the bridges are unstable, as you can see, it is a dire situation, as your correspondent mentioned. tit see, it is a dire situation, as your correspondent mentioned. in terms of basic needs. correspondent mentioned. in terms of basic needs. we correspondent mentioned. in terms of basic needs, we clearly correspondent mentioned. in terms of basic needs, we clearly cannot - correspondent mentioned. in terms of basic needs, we clearly cannot say - basic needs, we clearly cannot say at this stage that everyone affected has had their basic needs covered, because clearly a lot of areas have not even been reached yet? correct. we are trying not even been reached yet? co
the foreign office and home office who do the processing need more people and more resources to make that happen, then i hope they do that. what i think they must also do is look at what other leavers they have available to them. dominic raab talked about withholding humanitarian aid and has been criticised for that. the other place we could put more pressure is through pakistan. the taliban have not sprung from nowhere. they are inherently part of the afghanistan society but they have been harboured and supported by the pakistanis over and supported by the pakistanis over a number of years. it is a strange dynamic we have had with pakistan and that is a point of pressure and and that is a point of pressure and a point of contact which needs to be utilised to try and make sure we have the best humanitarian outcome we can. ,, ., ., ~ i. have the best humanitarian outcome wecan. ,, ., ., . have the best humanitarian outcome we can. ,, ., ., ~ . ., we can. simon, thank you so much for tal
approach to afghan refugees and details should be announced in the coming days. what we know so far is it is likely to be quite similar to the 2014 syrian refugee resettlement programme, also likely to have an emphasis on women and girls and those considered most at risk by the taliban. we are not completely clear on the timescale for any scheme like this, downing street has said more detail will be announced in the coming days and we will expect the prime minister will want some kind of update because he is likely to face questions tomorrow when mps return to parliament to debate the situation, that here is what foreign secretary dominic raab said earlier about the timescale for any possible refugee scheme. the details will be set out by the prime minister and home secretary in due course and shortly. but we will secure the evacuation of as many british nationals, including dual nationals, as we can. we saw 150 come back on flights on sunday, believe it or not that is exactly what i w
shops, medicine shops, there was more traffic than the previous few days and people are getting used to the new reality. the prominent news channel assumed april cursed with a female anchor and she interviewed a taliban representative, which was history in the making, they would not have allowed this 20 years ago, so the situation is improving inside kabul with more taliban militants having checkpoints and patrolling the streets, and evacuations have resumed at the airport. with regards to what the taliban hope to do in the coming hours is to assert their authority within kabul and the country. for example i spoke to a member of the taliban yesterday at one of the things he spoke about was the formation of a government, he said they wanted an inclusive