Afghanistan

We were joined by Mary Beth Long, who was a US Assistant Secretary of Defence under George W Bush.

America says its anti missile system intercepted one of five rockets as they were being fired towards Kabul airport.

We were joined by Fadi Hakura – who runs the Turkey Project at the foreign affairs think tank, Chatham House.

The United Nations has warned up to half a million Afghans could flee the country by the end of the year – appealing to neighbouring countries to keep their borders open.

We spoke to Sam Mort, who’s the communications chief at Unicef Afghanistan – and is still based in Kabul.

We were joined from Hamburg by Abdul Ghafoor, who is director of the Afghanistan Migrants Advice and Support organisation.

The US claims it’s averted another “imminent threat” to Kabul airport

Hundreds of British based Afghans – many of whom escaped Taliban rule more than twenty years ago – joined a rally in central London

The final UK flight taking civilian evacuees out of Afghanistan has now left Kabul airport.

We hear from one Afghan man, now living in the Midlands.

We are joined now by the former CIA chief Leon Panetta, who also served as US defence secretary under President Obama.

President Biden has been meeting his national security team in the White House situation room following twin bomb attacks on Kabul airport – the centre of ongoing evacuation efforts of US citizens and Afghan civilians.

Boris Johnson has said British evacuations would continue despite what he called the “barbaric” airport attack.

One of the many thousands of people who’ve fled the country is Nargis Nehan, a former minister with the Afghan government and a women’s rights activist. 

We spoke to the journalist Suddaf Chaudry, who is in Kabul, and began by asking her about the group thought to be behind today’s terrorist attacks.