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About offering islamic state a target that isjust unimaginable. but what about those who wont make it out in time? all around the airport, despite the heat and squalor, they queue, they wait and they hope. but many of these people will be left behind. this morning, the prime minister visited the crisis centre at northwood where britains evacuation effort is being run staff here still in touch with former afghan interpreters and others waiting to get out. borisjohnson says the overwhelming majori...

Day after day, for more than a week now, distressing pictures of afghans at kabul airport desperate to leave. now a new warning from the british and american governments, who say there is a high threat of a terrorist attack here. the advice — do not travel to the airport. it means a hugely difficult operation to get people out has just got worse. latest figures from the ministry of defence show more than 12,000 people have so far been evacuated to the uk. of those, almost 7,000 are afghans and...

Hes just watching the window and telling me, "when quarantine is finished, ill walk the street, i walk and see that car." happiness is in his face. it was a hellish journey. bohan filmed part of it — the crush outside the airport, close to todays explosion. it was dangerous for me and everyone. everyone was worried about this situation. finally, their last steps on afghan soil, their first towards a new future. so how was the feeling when you made it onto that raf plane? it was the happiest mo...

Ashley: ryan, from the standpoint of interpreters, and helping america in this fight over the past 20 years, is it wrong for me to say -- i should correct that, is it okay to say that we could probably never rely on them to help us again because, honestly it, just feels like we have just left them high and dry. >> i think thats what a lot of service members are feeling right now. we are engrained -- its engrained into our brains from the very beginning of training that we dont leave anybody behi...

Desperate people, thousands and thousands of them are still there, still trying to get in. there are multiple reports of interpreters who worked with british forces desperate to get in, unable to get into the airport. so far we know yesterday members of parliament, around 200 people had a briefing with the defence secretary here and they were to tell you jing him with cases that have been brought to them of desperate people. academics and others inside kabul. so there are many, many who have not...

Minister visited the _ civilians. this morning the prime minister visited the crisis - civilians. this morning the prime minister visited the crisis centre | minister visited the crisis centre at northwood where britains evacuation effort is being run. stati are still in touch with former afghan interpreters and others waiting to get out. borisjohnson says the overwhelming majority have now left and for those who havent. .. now left and for those who havent- - -_ now left and for those who haven...

Of those, almost 7,000 are afghans and their families. but an estimated 1,000 interpreters and other staff who worked for britain still need to be evacuated. the bbc has spoken to one former interpreter — now in hiding in kabul, terrified of being discovered by the taliban. if im left here, i will be killed by them as soon as they find me. so it will be very important for me to get as soon as possible to the uk because i worked for three years with the british forces and so the taliban will ne...

The evacuation operation. but he added that the uk evacuation effort would continue. we have already extracted the overwhelming majority of those under both the schemes, the uk persons, uk nationals, plus the afghans, the interpreters and others, and it has been a totally phenomenal effort by the uk. theres been nothing like it for decades and decades. but clearly what this attack shows is the importance of continuing that work, in as fast and as efficient a manner as possible, in the hours that...

Held theres an emergency meeting of his security counsel and after that he came out and made the statement. this threat of a terrorist attack is one of the constraints that weve been operating under in operation pitting and the big extraction thats been going on. weve been ready for it, weve prepared for it and i want to stress that were going to continue with that operation was a and we are now coming towards the end of it, to the very end of it. in any event. and weve already extracted the ove...

We, like they, wanted to make sure that the taliban wouldnt allow afghanistan to become a safe haven for al qaeda, al qaeda affiliates. there are reports that say isis and the taliban dont like each other, thats not true, but a lot of them like the idea of creating safe spaces for which they can plot attacks on a global reach. >> we have a slight delay here, i thought you stopped. i want to follow-up with what you said there. why would our troops be turning away afghans that have the proper pape...