out of kabul. meanwhile, president biden has said he stands squarely behind his decision to withdraw american troops from afghanistan, in a defiant speech a day after the taliban seized control of the country. joe biden said that the afghan government s collapse had happened a lot faster than expected, and placed the blame on the country s leaders and security forces. here, the foreign secretary says details of a new resettlement scheme for afghan refugees will be announced soon. the scheme will be aimed at helping those most in need, including women and girls. the home office says it will be guided by the capacity of local authorities when deciding how many afghan refugees will be allowed to settle in the uk. our first report this hour is from our correspondentjohn mcmanus. breaking short his summer holiday, president biden flew into washington dc on monday, to answer the charge that he had overseen a majorforeign policy disaster for afghanistan,
likely to have an emphasis on women and girls and those most at risk from the taliban. what we don t know, though, is exactly the sort of timescale we might expect to see this scheme. downing street said we can expect a bit more detail in the coming days. it is quite likely the prime minister will want to give some kind of update about this when he faces questions from mps tomorrow in parliament. i know it is something a number of cross party mps including his own conservative mps including his own conservative mps are planning to raise with him tomorrow. here is what the foreign secretary dominic rob said earlier about the timescale for this scheme. the details will be set out by the for this scheme. the details will be set out by the home for this scheme. the details will be set out by the home secretary - for this scheme. the details will be set out by the home secretary and | set out by the home secretary and then prime set out by the home secretary and then prime minister in
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
the criticism has absolutely been coming from within the conservative party as well for the government s handling all of this, former deputy prime minister damian green saying there are times and places we should be strict with applications and afghanistan is the opposite today. we have also heard from the chair of the defence select committee tobias ellwood. that s right. the criticism that has been coming from conservative mps falls into a number of camps. firstly there has been the initial criticism of the decision to withdraw troops, we have seen fierce criticism of that from people like the former defence ministerjohnny mercer. . , the former defence ministerjohnny mercer. ., , , ., ., ., mercer. then as you say, we have had eole like mercer. then as you say, we have had people like damian mercer. then as you say, we have had people like damian green mercer. then as you say, we have had people like damian green come - mercer. then as you say, we have had people like damian
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