Exit Papers News Today

To the bbc news at six. there is a desperate scramble to escape afghanistan, as hundreds of people, fearing for their lives under taliban rule, beg and plead to be allowed to board flights out of the country. some in the crowds at kabul airport are handing over their children to startled us marines guarding the perimeter, their hope that if they cant get out, then their children might. many afghans are trying to get exit papers from western embassies and then head in hope to the airport. in a mo...

Taliban rule, beg and plead, to be allowed to board flights out of the country. the government says the uk will continue to help people leave as long as american troops remain in control of kabul airport. more british personnel are being sent to the afghan capital to help maintain order. the defence secretary ben wallace says more than ten flights a day are bringing people here and that the uk is using "every space possible" on planes to fly people out of kabul. meanwhile, president biden says u...

From the middle east bureau. >> the situation on the ground in afghanistan remains extremely unstable. there are still crowds of people rushing the airport trying to get in and flee despite an extremely limited number of planes taking off. the biggest problem developing is access to this airport. even afghans and foreigners with exit papers and visa arent being allowed to leave. fighters are blocking the entry gate and firing to disperse groups of people. in other cities protests against the tal...

The all womens prison. >> we are waiting for the governor to get here, and he is going to address these inmates, and the ex-inmates and the families and a lot of the smiles in the parking lots behind us. in the next hour or hour and after ha, a half, we should see the women getting the exit papers and meet the family, and eventually, they will gather to meet the governor talk. this is a big day of celebration, the state of oklahoma with the highest incarceration rate in the country and many crim...