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Afghanistan to be the next ball he would _ afghanistan to be the next ball he would. there are a range of different— would. there are a range of different views on the taliban, and the idea _ different views on the taliban, and the idea that they would simply allow— the idea that they would simply allow the taliban to take over unquestioningly is laughable. there are huge _ unquestioningly is laughable. there are huge complex reasons why this has happened, but i dont think anyone — has hap...

Afghanistan. sadly, this is another shameful chapter in that story. but right now, i had to ask, and i hope our country is asking, what can it do that is right in the moment right now? and i know that veterans will be thinking that means getting interpreters and other key contractors working closely with the british government, particularly in sensitive areas, for which they will be given no quarter by the taliban, we must get them out by any means possible. that includes a lot of cases initiall...

Pulled out they all had to pull out. could they have gone ahead without the us? ., ., ., , .., ., the us? nato leaders could have stum ed the us? nato leaders could have stumped up _ the us? nato leaders could have stumped up 2500 _ the us? nato leaders could have stumped up 2500 troops - the us? nato leaders could have stumped up 2500 troops easily l the us? nato leaders could have| stumped up 2500 troops easily if they are choosing to and have chosen not to so that means this is not just the u...

The internet has been down. phone towers are down. its not an easy process for people to go through this unless somebody from the united states is helping. i was one of the lucky interpreters that adrian helped me from this side of the world when i was in afghanistan, he was taking care of the emails and contacting the u.s. embassy on behalf of my paperwork. so he stepped in for all the documents and paperwork. i did not have access and its really a really difficult process. it took me almost fo...

As secunder said. at the moment, there isjust a small sense of cautious optimism that the bloodbath, the bloody fight for kabul is going to be avoided and there will be a relatively peaceful transition of some sort. and the safe passage of notjust foreign staff and diplomats, but also those who have worked for us, interpreters and others who have loyally served, is going ahead and will be allowed to go ahead. let us hope that is all true. indeed, very much though. as you say, a lot of uncertaint...

Far harder task than anyone imagined. over the years, there have been a series of mistakes made which have led us here. but we accept that what is happening now in afghanistan is inevitable, there are things that we can and must do. inaudible. evacuating britons and the afghans who have supported us over the last 20 years. they will lose their lives if the government doesnt stop dragging its feet. there were people struggling to get out to who i have beenin struggling to get out to who i have be...

Airfield. that should have been the last thing to close in my opinion, but now weve got to send soldiers back in harms way to help evacuate the embassies and these interpreters who fought side by side with us every day. and we left them there, and the world is watching. the world is watching us every move as this thing, this situation compounds hourly. it changes hourly. so i just have a disagreement or a heartburn on how we did it. im not sure i agree on the time line of when we did it. the afg...

Vietnam in 1975, the evacuation of the embassy there, yet we are seeing helicopters evacuate u.s. personnel from the embassy as we speak. thank you so much. lets talk about next steps. president biden is sending another 1,000 troops to afghanistan as the taliban makes major advancements towards the countrys capital. >> u.s. military forces total 5,000 strong. the immediate mission, obviously, helping personnel at the u.s. embassy escape. more on this. what do we know about the increase in troop ...

It is a bit like training somebody for an olympic cycle race with the best kit and cycles and taking them to tokyo and chucking a rusty old tricycle at them and saying i have trained you, go win gold. what should the uk do? we have heard from many that once the us troops pulled out they all had to pull out. could they have gone ahead without the us? nato leaders could have stumped up 2500 troops easily if they are choosing to but have chosen not to so that means this is notjust the us decision i...

Leverage to just do the minimum, which is to save the lives of the internationals left in kabul to save the lives of the afghans who helped us. but, you know, there were 70,000 afghans a couple weeks ago. that means interpreters and others who directly supported the u.s. government and their families, to say nothing of all the afghans who worked with all the media, with all of you guys on the ground there, who were covered by these agreements. so its really going to be rough going because i dont...