BBCNEWS BBC News August 23, 2021 02:02:00
In less than 36 hours. it is an incredible operation. let me be clear, the evacuation of thousands of people from kabul is going to be hard and painful, no matter when it started, when we began. it would have been true if we had started a month ago or a month from now. there is no way to evacuate this many people without pain and loss, of heartbreaking images you see on television. it is just a fact. my heart aches for those people you see. we are proving that we can move though thousands of people a day out of kabul. we are bringing our citizens, nato allies, afghanis who have helped us in th...