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To dateline london. i'm martine croxall. this week, we discuss the unfolding tragedy in afghanistan and we ask do extinction rebellion�*s two weeks of disruptive demonstrations here in london help or hinder the response to the climate crisis? our guests, the frenchjournalist and commentator marc roche, the north american broadcaster and writerjeffrey kofman and with me in the studio, still suitably distance, is the bbc�*s chief environment correspondentjustin rowlatt. now, justin covered afghanistan for almost four years of course as the bbc�*s south asia correspondent. he was in a morta...

I'm martine croxall. this week, we discuss the unfolding tragedy in afghanistan and we ask do extinction rebellion�*s two weeks of disruptive demonstrations here in london help or hinder the response to the climate crisis? our guests, the frenchjournalist and commentator mark roche, the north american broadcaster and writerjeffrey kofman and with me in the studio, still suitably distance, is the bbc�*s chief environment correspondentjustin rowlatt. now, justin covered afghanistan for almost four years of course as the bbc�*s south asia correspondent. he was in a mortar attack by the tali...

Hello and welcome to dateline london. i'm martine croxall. this week, we discuss the unfolding tragedy in afghanistan and we ask do extinction rebellion's two weeks of disruptive demonstrations here in london help or hinder the response to the climate crisis? our guests, the frenchjournalist and commentator mark roche, the north american broadcaster and writerjeffrey kofman and with me in the studio, still suitably distance, is the bbc�*s chief environment correspondentjustin rowlatt. now, justin covered afghanistan for almost four years of course as the bbc�*s south asia correspondent. he...

A mortar attack, rocket attack. and as these forces are drawn down, who knows? maybe even a ground assault by a group of isis-k fighters. you have got to be prepared for any and all of that. and, of course, it is dangerous because once we start to draw down troops, we have less response capability. obviously we're going to do everything we can to put overhead assets there to monitor from the air, to be ready to strike back and defend from the air, but it's not the same as having the troops on the ground. >> yeah. they're also worried about a potential shoulder fired or surface air missile that...

Justin covered afghanistan for almost four years as the bbc�*s south asia correspondent and was in a mortar attack by the taliban. so he is well—placed to talk to us about the events of this week. welcome to you all. let's start with that ben, shelley? —— let's start with that, then, shall we? on thursday, a suicide bomb attack at kabul airport targeted people desperate to flee the country after the taliban takeover. ninety were killed, mostly afghan civilians and 13 us military personnel. a local branch of islamic state called isk said they carried out the attack. throughout the week,...