BBCNEWS BBC News August 24, 2021 01:13:00
For more time in afghanistan, though the chances seem slim if the taliban don't consent. someone warner staying without that could mean attempts to get people out turn violent. we would have to be prepared to leave the airport and fight the taliban to go and get these people. i just don't see that as a credible proposition. secondly, if the taliban don't want our aeroplanes to use the airport, one mortar round, one missile, one burst of machine—gun fire, and the evacuation is over. after the scramble to respond to events in afghanistan, ministers say the evacuation effort has stepped up, wit...