Shadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy says 'we need a clear message from the prime minister and a plan in place to make sure' Afghans who have supported the British military 'are evacuated to safety' Read the latest on the situation in Afghanistan:
Live reporting by Alix Culbertson and Emily MeeConservative MP hits out at 'shameful' decision to withdraw
"UK ministers and the prime minister will be very careful about underplaying the impacts this will have in Afghanistan but also on the service community and also on this country," he said.Beauty salons paint over pictures of women Shadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy told Sky News:"It's extremely good news that the prime minister has decided that he is coming to the House of Commons.
Earlier, acting interior minister Abdul Sattar Mirzakwal told the nation in a televised address that a peaceful transition would take place. An unpredictable force with a lethal track record is closing in. Time is running out to get them to safety. He said on Sunday:"We need parliament recalled so the government can update MPs on how it plans to work with allies to avoid a humanitarian crisis and a return to the days of Afghanistan being a base for extremists whose purpose will be to threaten our interests, values and national security."
The Taliban have already opened many of the prisons and thousands of people are flooding out of them. Many of them will be, of course, Taliban prisoners.Bagram was where the firepower that held the Taliban at bay was. When the Americans pulled out, they took some of the helicopters and the planes with them.
He added it wasn't clear whether the group were Taliban militants or simply supporters who live in the city.Analysis by Tim Marshall, foreign affairs expertThe American intelligent reports told him what would happen, the American military said the Taliban would take over - although I didn't think it would be this quick for Kabul.This is a man who has been vice president for eight years and he's a foreign policy expert so naivety is the second of those choices.
"It's been an abject defeat and the UK and the United States has been routed. It's been stunning, frankly. "Every time we've seen Islamic fundamentalist movements with weaponry and territory, we end up seeing foreign terrorism... It looks extremely likely we're going to see it again in Afghanistan."We're hearing this from our deputy political editor Sam Coates, who says the government is not keen to bring back MPs.
He also criticised former president Donald Trump's initial decision to engage with the Taliban in peace talks and then announce a US withdrawal in February. Defending his decision, Mr Biden said:"One more year, or five more years, of US military presence would not have made a difference if the Afghan military cannot or will not hold its own country. And an endless American presence in the middle of another country's civil conflict was not acceptable to me."
Albania will shelter hundreds of Afghans who worked with the Western peacekeeping military forces and are now threatened by the Taliban. They have very strong links to Pakistan and they have strong links to the drugs trade and they are ruthless. Gunshots have been heard in the capital but security forces have the situation under control, the president's office has said in a tweet.By Stuart Ramsay, chief correspondent, in Kabul
We know British nationals are being rung and being offered places on military planes. So far, we know they're filled, there was one yesterday and there'll be another and they're probably going at night. "We don't want a single innocent Afghan civilian to be injured or killed as we take charge but we have not declared a ceasefire," they said.
The US has also instructed other embassies in Kabul to operate with limited staff from a"suitable location".A Taliban leader in Doha has told fighters not to create violent scenes in the capital and allow safe passage to anyone who chooses to exit, according to Reuters news agency.However, women have also been told to move to protected areas - which seems in contradiction with orders to move in peacefully.
The United States and the United Kingdom clearly realise – in contrast to previous, more hopeful predications – the fall of Kabul into the hands of the Taliban is inevitable.
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