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Bbc news, kabul. the death toll from thursday s attacks has climbed to 170, and the united states has warned of another credible threat to kabul airport.as we ve heard, the taliban says it has taken up positions on the site and will take control of the security situation as soon as american forces leave. more on that now from our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, in kabul. it seems in the same way the taliban fighters stole a march suddenly on kabul last week, they re doing the same tonight at the airport. for the past few hours, we ve been watching on social media as senior officials among the taliban and their supporters are posting photographs with exclamations like: the foreign occupation has ended. the islamic emirate is entering the airport. pictures of luxury vehicles, their lights blaring, going into the airport ground. of course, we checked with the pentagon. they say, we still control the gates, we still control the operation. the mod in london says the mi ....
A lot of emotions today. shakiba has lived in france for 12 years. in 2019 her brother, who served in the afghan army, was killed by the taliban. so when the group seized control of the capital, the family worried they would soon become targets. for days and nights, they tried to get through the throngs of people crowding around the airport, desperate to leave. ten days is very difficult, sometimes we spend all night beside the gate, and they are very rude and they mostly hit the people with guns, bullets firing and all the things happened, so i don t know how it is here, it is like a dream, like, something like that. the family eventually made it onto a french plane on tuesday with the help of shakiba back in france. translation: i am very happy. i think they will be able ....
Sta rt this is bbc world news, the latest headlines: the us carries out a drone strike against an islamic state planner in afghanistan less than two days after a deadly suicide attack at kabul airport. the us embassy has renewed its appeal for citizens for weeks now we have seen images of people crowding around the airport in kabul desperately trying to leave. but stories of hope are beginning to emerge. courtney bembridge has this story of one family s tearful reunion in paris. a hug from mum like no other. this was the moment shakiba dawod was reunited with herfamily, who fled kabul. translation: as soon - as i saw my mother running to me, all this fearfell away. i took her in my arms and ifelt her warmth. i rediscovered the smell of my mother and it s something i had forgotten. my mother s tears reminded me of the tears she shed when i left afghanistan. it was really moving, ....
Risk of a terrorist attack against the airport, against us personnel,. this group is very hard to deter. it has been targeted a lot notjust by the us but i, as well as the forces of the taliban. this group has proven that it can adapt, it is resilient. it is resolved in its fight. i think there is a chance that this group or the leaders of this group tried to hit the us once again at the airport. hit the us once again at the airort. ., , ., , ,, ,, airport. how strong is isis-k in afghanistan? airport. how strong is isis-k in afghanistan? look, - airport. how strong is isis-k in afghanistan? look, as - airport. how strong is isis-k in afghanistan? look, as i i in afghanistan? look, asi noted, isis-k in afghanistan? look, asi noted, isis-k has - in afghanistan? look, asi noted, isis-k has been i in afghanistan? look, as i - noted, isis-k has been bearing noted, isis k has been bearing the brunt of the us and afghan in the last few years but over the last 12 months the group ....
This baby you managed to save? but there s another baby? amongst those killed, mohammed niazi, a taxi driver from london who had travelled to kabul to try and help his family get inside the airport. his eldest daughter and youngest child are still missing. his wife was also killed. his brother was at the airport alongside him. i saw some small children in the river. it was so bad. it was a dark day for us. many of those we meet say their relatives were not killed in the blast but by firing in the confusion afterwards, they believe by foreign soldiers. somehow, i saw an american soldier. and beside this there were turkish soldiers, so the fire comes from the bridges, the towers. from the soldiers? yes, from the soldiers. america s department of defense didn t reply to our request for comment. ....