BBCNEWS BBC News at 9 August 11, 2021 08:03:00
The united states insist we continue to keep the commitments we made in providing close air support, making sure that their air force functions and is operable. resupplying their forces with food and equipment and paying all their salaries. but they've got to want to fight. they have outnumbered the taliban and i am getting daily briefings. i think there is still a possibility of a significant new of our equivalent of a secretary of defence, bismillah khan, who is a serious fighter. i think they are beginning to realise they've got to come together politically at the top and we are going to co...