We will hunt you down and make you pay. An affiliate of the islamic state says they carried out the attacks. What now for the us led evacuation from afghanistan . Live from our studio in singapore, this is Bbc News. Its newsday. Its 7am in the morning in singapore and 7pm in washington, where President Biden has vowed to continue airlifts out of afghanistan despite the deadly bombings at Kabul Airport on thursday. At least 60 people died in the attacks, including 12 us military personnel. The first explosion took place just before dusk outside the Abbey Gate at Kabul Airport, leaving bodies strewn all over a sewage ditch. The second blast happened near the baron hotel, which has been used by some western nations as a Staging Point for evacuations since the airlift began. There had been warnings in recent days that an off shoot of the islamic State Group in the region was planning an attack. Speaking at the white house, president Joe Biden called the servicemen who lost their lives hero
Welcome to our vIewers In the uk and around the world. In the next few mInutes we wIll look at what the papers here In the uk are sayIng about afghanIstan but fIrst lets remInd ourselves of what us presIdent Joe BIden had to say. We wIll respond wIth Force And PosItIon at our tIme at the place we choose and a moment of our choosIng. Heres what you need to know. These IsIs terrorIsts wIll not wIn. We wIll rescue The AmerIcans there. We wIll rescue The AmerIcans there. We wIll get our afghan allIes out and our mIssIon wIll go on. AmerIca wIll not be IntImIdated and I have the utmost confIdence In our BrIef ServIce members wIll contInue to execute thIs mIssIon wIth Courage And Honour to save lIves and amerIcans are afghan allIes out of afghanIstan. Well, we can speak now to Adam WeInsteIn who served wIth us forces In afghanIstan and Is now at the quIncy InstItute, where he specIalIses In securIty, and Rule Of Law In afghanIstan and pakIstan. Thank you forjoInIng us and It Is a dark day fo
Forces in afghanistan and is now at the quincy institute, where he specialises in security, and rule of law in afghanistan and pakistan. thank you forjoining us and it is a dark day for us troops and this will give greater pressure on president biden and his strategy. it is give greater pressure on president biden and his strategy. biden and his strategy. it is true that it is a biden and his strategy. it is true that it is a dark biden and his strategy. it is true that it is a dark day biden and his strategy. it is true that it is a dark day but - that it is a dark day but also reinforces those to the right decision not to continue a failed military strategy in afghanistan. and look, we can talk about what went wrong with evacuation. and that could be discussed explored and there should be those held accountable if decisions that were made that should not of been made. but the reality is that we stayed in afghanistan does maintain the status quo, we have also seen us troops targ
Economic front. ., ~ , ., , . economic front. thank you very much. the former economic front. thank you very much. the former afghan economic front. thank you very much. the former afghan ambassador - economic front. thank you very much. the former afghan ambassador to - the former afghan ambassador to france and canada. thank you. in the uk, the prime minister boris johnson chaired a meeting of the government s cobra emergency committee this evening. he said the attacks would not stop flights from leaving kabul. i m joined now by major chip chapman, who is former head of counter terrorism at the ministry of defence. there has been warnings about an imminent attack at the airport from the uk government, from other governments yesterday. was this attack at all preventable, do you think? ., , ., , think? nothing is inevitable until it ha ens think? nothing is inevitable until it happens and think? nothing is inevitable until it happens and so, think? nothing is inevitable until it
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