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Behind enemy lines. yes, those that assisted america. those interpreters. those people that we promised, god forbid, if it ever comes to this, we would protect them, i dont see any military option because every american then would become a human shield and i dont even want to describe what we both know would happen. there is no military option, senator. were at the mercy of the taliban now. >> well, change it. you dont have to be at the mercy of the taliban. my god, you dont think we can beat th...

Army did not fight well and with courage. tens of thousands of afghan soldiers did perish and lose their lives in the fight against the taliban, so politics is one thing, but the collapse of the afghan army is also to be placed partly at president bidens door in terms of the rapid retraction of military contractors, over 7000 of them. those of us watching who have seen the war unfold note that since 201a the war unfold note that since 201a the afghan army did try, with us and uk support, to stan...

Interpreters out. this is not how this was supposed to go, right? this is not the might of the u.s. government. this is not the promise we made to the people like zak. it is not how we were supposed to be bringing him home. getting this wrong doesnt mean, you know, oh, theyll hop the next flight out. the window is closing. getting this wrong means these people will get killed. and so you just keep doing whatever you can. and so today back at it. major schueman started this text chain with zak an...

Heading in and out of kabul. most of those on those plain two are interpreters and others who have worked for british forces over the last 20 years. here is the defence secretary reflecting on the potential for having more time to get people out of kabul. the timetable of august 31 of the existing — the timetable of august 31 of the existing timetable done during may of this_ existing timetable done during may of this year when the americans... the key— of this year when the americans... the...

Are struggling to get through, with checkpoints guarded by heavily armed militants. officials say 12 people have been killed in and around kabul airport since sunday. the taliban are urging people without the legal right to travel, to go home. the first civilian charter flight carrying refugees from afghanistan has landed in a uk airport. president biden says us troops could remain in afghanistan beyond the end of august, passing his deadline for withdrawal. labour has accused the foreign secret...

Of a dereliction of duty over his handling of the crisis. its after a report that he declined to phone his afghan counterpart to seek help airlifting interpreters out of afghanistan. were joined now by our political correspondent chris mason. this is the latest question facing the prime minister and now also his foreign secretary. this the prime minister and now also his foreign secretary.— foreign secretary. this is the front .a . e foreign secretary. this is the front -a~e of foreign secreta...

To be closed was because we lost control of the airport. the people that you saw running towards the airplane were likely not the people that were being processed through a more formal process. you have this horrible -- everyone is very upset and i recognize that. part of whats happening is, stabilize the airport, get a process moving. its chaotic, it looks horrible, its tragic, but this is what happens when we lose a war. >> i want to bring in craig, we did make a commitment to people who helpe...

Signs of people showing defiance in other parts of the country as well. we will have to see how the taliban reacts to that. there are already, days into this new regime, reports of lives being lost in kabul and elsewhere in afghanistan. dan johnson elsewhere in afghanistan. dan johnson in _ elsewhere in afghanistan. dan johnson in delhi. _ a spanish air force plane has arrived from kabul carrying a first group of people evacuated from afghanistan in the early hours this morning. five spanish cit...

Good morning. morning. really i interesting, seeing how refugees good morning. morning. really interesting, seeing how refugees can settle in, and adapt and build a life here in this country. how many are you in a position to accept, or is lancaster city council in a position to accept?- is lancaster city council in a position to accept? when we first heard that we _ position to accept? when we first heard that we would _ position to accept? when we first heard that we would possibly - position ...

Here at the foreign office advised him to make one such caller urgently, to the afghan foreign minister, for help in evacuating interpreters. but its understood the job was delegated to a junior minister. and labour argues that a resigning matter. the idea that the foreign secretary wouldnt pick up the phone as the taliban were advancing and standing at the gates of kabul to see what we could do to help and prevent afghanistan descending into a basis for terror again seems to me to be extraordin...