hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are james rampton, feature writer at the i paper, and rachel watson, deputy political editor at the scottish daily mail. tomorrow's front pages, starting with: the metro calls it the fall of kabul — as the taliban take control of afghanistan's capital — with a dramatic picture of helicopters air—lifting us embassy staff to safety. the financial times writes that washington's two—decade military project ended in chaos as adghanistan�*s president fled the country. the daily telegraph says thousands of britons and americans are scrambling to flee the country after islamist forces walked into kabul virtually unopposed. the sun also leads with the escape from kabul, adding that the taliban's �*lightning offensive�* surprised the uk and the us. the i writes that the taliban

is back in power twenty years after being overthrown by us and british forces. the guardian adds that the militant group started the day so confident of victory that its fighters surrounded the capital, then ordered them to stay outside the city and wait. the mirror says it's a race against time as troops are brought in to help six—thousand brits flee kabul. and the daily mail has a stark picture of british soldiers who fought in afghanistan, carrying the coffin of their friend — with a headline asking, �*what the hell did they all die for?�* so, let�*s begin. afghanistan unsurprisingly dominating all of the front pages and the speed of events is really been astonishing. i think all of the papers reflect that. starting with the front page of the times which has a great picture on the front of fighters in the streets in the

province and triumphant taliban is the headline. all of them have striking ictures, headline. all of them have striking pictures, doesn't _ headline. all of them have striking pictures, doesn't matter _ headline. all of them have striking pictures, doesn't matter which - headline. all of them have striking l pictures, doesn't matter which paper pictures, doesn�*t matter which paper you are looking at, every single one of them has one. the times isjust picked one of those images that really tells the story and to be honest about it, but the pictures are telling the story today. from the front pages, they�*ve really got into a lot of detail if opposed to what has happening today. things of imported so quickly, we find and on television constantly throughout the day, wearing a very different position than this morning when we looked at today�*s papers and things have changed almost as soon as you open them. all the papers reflect that but the times listed for the well. it�*s very comprehensive take on it. " it�*s quite higher

well. it�*s very comprehensive take on it. "it�*s quite higherfor well. it�*s very comprehensive take on it. " it�*s quite higherfor boris johnson on the conceding that the taliban are likely to rule in afghanistan, calling on western allies not to recognise them. but also this quote around not letting afghanistan become a good greeting —— breeding ground for terror. an immediate action needs to be taken and those who are sphere and for their lives, their futures, there are ramifications for this globally and what we see play out in the coming months and years as well from this.— out in the coming months and years as well from this. james, one of the uuotes as well from this. james, one of the quotes from — as well from this. james, one of the quotes from boris _ as well from this. james, one of the quotes from boris johnson - as well from this. james, one of the quotes from boris johnson on - as well from this. james, one of the quotes from boris johnson on the i quotes from borisjohnson on the front page of the times is, this is beenin front page of the times is, this is been in many ways, a chronicle of an event for tort. suggesting the regimes collapse was inevitable for years. as that would even

suggesting?— years. as that would even suggesting? years. as that would even su~estin~? ., suggesting? no, he said it was hiuhl suggesting? no, he said it was highly unlikely _ suggesting? no, he said it was highly unlikely that _ suggesting? no, he said it was highly unlikely that there - suggesting? no, he said it was| highly unlikely that there would be this lightning offensive. he said there _ this lightning offensive. he said there was no path, no military path to victory, — there was no path, no military path to victory, he said for the taliban. he has_ to victory, he said for the taliban. he has been— to victory, he said for the taliban. he has been contradicted by evidence now and _ he has been contradicted by evidence now and there's no other way of reading — now and there's no other way of reading this. this is a humiliation for us _ reading this. this is a humiliation for us and — reading this. this is a humiliation for us and more particularly for the us, which— for us and more particularly for the us, which let the invasion and the secrelary— us, which let the invasion and the secretary of state saying that the mission _ secretary of state saying that the mission had been a success today. that seems— mission had been a success today. that seems quite bizarre. completely contradictory to what has happened today _ contradictory to what has happened today. highly regarded tory backbenchers saying that this is the worst _ backbenchers saying that this is the worst uk_ backbenchers saying that this is the worst uk foreign policy crisis since suez canal— worst uk foreign policy crisis since suez canal which was 65 years ago and the _ suez canal which was 65 years ago and the former ambassador to afghanistan saying i hang my head in shame _ afghanistan saying i hang my head in shame. and that's us at all. we are ashamed _ shame. and that's us at all. we are ashamed hy— shame. and that's us at all. we are ashamed by the speed of the taliban

take over_ ashamed by the speed of the taliban take over the overnight departure from _ take over the overnight departure from that— take over the overnight departure from that country facilitated the return _ from that country facilitated the return of— from that country facilitated the return of this quite appalling regime _ to commute to the front page of the daily mail which is this very start headline. in this photograph of soldiers carrying the coffin of sergeant michael, who was killed. what do you think of this treatment? they are not holding back from the paper tomorrow and how they feel about this. they are calling it a catastrophe. and what the been accused of. and we send hundreds of soldiers there who lost their lives and many were injured and there is there to help people improve their lives and stabilise the country look at how we are leaving it. all these lives were lost were pulled out in

the country is in a terrible position where people are fearing for their lives and their futures and the safety of their families. and i think how do these families feel tonight who have lost loved ones and soldiers have gone there in suffered life—changing injuries. because they were out in afghanistan and seeing these pictures of the taliban running into kabul and hutchison people trying to flee the country via airport, —— all of these people trying to flee the country. this is not what they went there to do and i think it must be horrific to be on the other side of that and i think this front page of does tell that story and also, in the front page they talk about interpreters who work in the uk and other allies in afghanistan and the need to ensure their safety in this. we cannotjust pull out mixtures of uk

nationals, of course, we have to, but it�*s the interpreters who are promised safety. the daily mail has campaigned on this for years now, interpreters who work for the uk are two of the could come to the united kingdom and they are not here yet. and if there was ever attempt the government to step up and ensure that�*s happening, it�*s now. and that's happening, it's now. and there is uncertainty surrounding that. �* .,. there is uncertainty surrounding that. . .. ., , there is uncertainty surrounding that. ~ .. ., , ., that. and rachel was right to mention. _ that. and rachel was right to mention. it _ that. and rachel was right to mention, it has _ that. and rachel was right to mention, it has been - that. and rachel was right to mention, it has been a - that. and rachel was right to | mention, it has been a superb campaign _ mention, it has been a superb campaign by the daily mail. it can be campaign by the daily mail. it can he as— campaign by the daily mail. it can be as many as a thousand interpreters who have been left and scrambled — interpreters who have been left and scrambled to leave the country and some _ scrambled to leave the country and some of— scrambled to leave the country and some of the groups, it is quite disturbing. hundreds of people storming military transporter plans which _ storming military transporter plans which are _ storming military transporter plans which are gigantic vessels, but they are being _ which are gigantic vessels, but they are being overrun and some pilots are being overrun and some pilots are saying. — are being overrun and some pilots are saying, we cannot take off because — are saying, we cannot take off because they're too many people standing — because they're too many people standing on it but it'sjust too

heavy — standing on it but it'sjust too heavy 50. _ standing on it but it'sjust too heavy. so, it's a completely chaotic situation _ heavy. so, it's a completely chaotic situation at — heavy. so, it's a completely chaotic situation at the airport and i do fear— situation at the airport and i do fear for— situation at the airport and i do fear for the afghanistan nationals who really put their lives on the line to — who really put their lives on the line to help us. if they are left behind, — line to help us. if they are left behind, the caliban are not going to behind, the caliban are not going to be kind _ behind, the caliban are not going to be kind to _ behind, the caliban are not going to be kind to them —— taliban article to he _ be kind to them —— taliban article to be kind — be kind to them —— taliban article to be kind to— be kind to them —— taliban article to be kind to them and they will say that they— to be kind to them and they will say that they want to take revenge but all evidence points the opposite direction — all evidence points the opposite direction. there been brutal in taking — direction. there been brutal in taking revenge on anyone they see as going _ taking revenge on anyone they see as going against them in the past. soldiers — going against them in the past. soldiers from the afghan army have already— soldiers from the afghan army have already been murdered, police, they're — already been murdered, police, they're taking women prisoner, they are inflicting a vicious revenge on anyone _ are inflicting a vicious revenge on anyone who has crossed them. i don't believe _ anyone who has crossed them. i don't believe a _ anyone who has crossed them. i don't believe a word they say about that. looking at the front page of the mirror and is not the only paper to talk about this, but trying to save 6000 brits, as you were alluding to

further earlier. it 6000 brits, as you were alluding to further earlier.— further earlier. it shows up quickly eve hinr further earlier. it shows up quickly everything changed, _ further earlier. it shows up quickly everything changed, this - further earlier. it shows up quickly everything changed, this morning| everything changed, this morning we�*re talking about how they could fall to the taliban within days and so we were thinking, this is something we�*re going to see play out of the week and now, there is this huge rush to try to get uk nationals and others out of the country and we had to bring in paratroopers for securing the airport according to the story to ensure the safety of people who are trying to get out of the country and again, bringing up the scenes that you can see online, images and videos online of people trying to get onto and on the tarmac and just this desperate need to get people out of the country and we�*re just going to keep seeing images like this for days now is the trying evacuate as many people as possible

the area. taking you to the front page of the guardian which tackles a subject which is worrying a great many people about what happens to girls and women under the taliban. aha, people about what happens to girls and women under the taliban. a very aood oint and women under the taliban. a very good point and _ and women under the taliban. a very good point and it— and women under the taliban. a very good point and it really _ and women under the taliban. a very good point and it really disturbs - good point and it really disturbs me, good point and it really disturbs me this — good point and it really disturbs me this i_ good point and it really disturbs me, this. i have three daughters myself— me, this. i have three daughters myself and — me, this. i have three daughters myself and some of the stories we are already— myself and some of the stories we are already hearing from afghanistan are already hearing from afghanistan are making my blood turned cold. i 'ust are making my blood turned cold. i just touched on itjust now, 12—year—old girls are being sold as sex slaves — 12—year—old girls are being sold as sex slaves to the taliban warriors. giris— sex slaves to the taliban warriors. girls being — sex slaves to the taliban warriors. girls being turned away from schools and universities, there being beaten if they're _ and universities, there being beaten if they're not wearing burqas, also being _ if they're not wearing burqas, also being beaten up for wearing white shoes— being beaten up for wearing white shoes because the taliban taliban fla- shoes because the taliban taliban flag is _ shoes because the taliban taliban flag is white and if you wear a white — flag is white and if you wear a white shoe, that is perceived to be disrespectful towards them. it is a completely insane idea that the shoes— completely insane idea that the shoes you're wearing could be in

some _ shoes you're wearing could be in some ways — shoes you're wearing could be in some ways deemed disrespectful, but that seems to be the case and i'm very worried about the prospect of girls. _ very worried about the prospect of girls. we _ very worried about the prospect of girls, we turned the clock back 20 years _ girls, we turned the clock back 20 years and — girls, we turned the clock back 20 years and people who have been great campaigners from female education in afghanistan and pakistan, there is a great _ afghanistan and pakistan, there is a great fear— afghanistan and pakistan, there is a great fear tonight that those schools _ great fear tonight that those schools will all be closed and will be schools will all be closed and will he going — schools will all be closed and will be going right back to the worst period _ be going right back to the worst period of— be going right back to the worst period of the taliban in the 19905. is period of the taliban in the 19905. i5 a period of the taliban in the 19905. is a very— period of the taliban in the 19905. i5 a very young population in is a very young population in afghanistan and many people will not have known life under the taliban. there is only a small part of this in the guardian but my friend online, just before we came on there, this is a 24—year—old woman who has studied at the universities and she does not remember life before this, she has no memory of living under the taliban before. this completely new to her and she

talks of a simple things to you and i about going to the beauty salon which had been washed, they�*ve been painted over, she won�*t go back there, she has hidden her ad, her certificates and diplomas from universities because she is that scared and this is just a horrendous situation where women are scared for their safety, their lives, what means for them and also, their education, can they continue to learn, whether be accepted because they have gone to university to get that degree, to work in politics whatever industry they want to work in and i think as they said, just a huge amount of fear across afghanistan we listen to some of the testimony that is been heard on the bbc today, the women who have experience of living there, it is really quite horrific and again, the flashing back to the taliban

spokesman who said they wont people to continue their education and that is someone who is incredibly media savvy and it doesn�*t ring true to what we�*re hearing on the ground at moment. b. what we're hearing on the ground at moment. �* ., ,. ,, moment. a huge mud to discuss in afghanistan _ moment. a huge mud to discuss in afghanistan. one _ moment. a huge mud to discuss in afghanistan. one or— moment. a huge mud to discuss in afghanistan. one or two _ moment. a huge mud to discuss in afghanistan. one or two other - afghanistan. one or two other stories making it to the front pages and one of them is a consequence of the terrible plymouth shooting that happened earlier this week and about gun owners facing social media checks. yes, the fact that this is the second _ yes, the fact that this is the second lead on the front pages is really— second lead on the front pages is really underlining the magnitude of the afghanistan stories, clearing the afghanistan stories, clearing the front— the afghanistan stories, clearing the front pages to do a foreign story— the front pages to do a foreign story that is very unusual, but this is really— story that is very unusual, but this is really interesting angle of the herd booth atrocities that happened in plymouth this week. the police to be in plymouth this week. the police to he ordered _ in plymouth this week. the police to be ordered to check the social media accounts _ be ordered to check the social media accounts of— be ordered to check the social media accounts of people who want to renew

their gun _ accounts of people who want to renew their gun licenses. there is 720,000 lui'i their gun licenses. there is 720,000 gun licenses — their gun licenses. there is 720,000 gun licenses in this country. that figure _ gun licenses in this country. that figure astounds me, i don't know anyone _ figure astounds me, i don't know anyone who has a gun and all of these _ anyone who has a gun and all of these people who do have guns enough want to— these people who do have guns enough want to renew it, and your social media _ want to renew it, and your social media accounts would be open for checking _ media accounts would be open for checking and i wish they had checked his because _ checking and i wish they had checked his because he had lots of appalling stuff, _ his because he had lots of appalling stuff, liking loads of material about — stuff, liking loads of material about the massacre in 1987, loads of file massage and a stuff about the in cell— file massage and a stuff about the in cell movement. if police at the power— in cell movement. if police at the power to— in cell movement. if police at the power to check his accounts, there's no way— power to check his accounts, there's no way they— power to check his accounts, there's no way they would've renewed his licence _ no way they would've renewed his licence as — no way they would've renewed his licence as they did just a couple weeks _ licence as they did just a couple weeks ago. we licence as they did 'ust a couple weeks ago-h licence as they did 'ust a couple weeks «eh licence as they did 'ust a couple weeksaro.~ .,�* . , . weeks ago. we don't have very much time left and — weeks ago. we don't have very much time left and i _ weeks ago. we don't have very much time left and i want _ weeks ago. we don't have very much time left and i want to _ weeks ago. we don't have very much time left and i want to introduce - time left and i want to introduce one story that is a little bit later, if you like. it is a small bit at the bottom in the front page of the telegraph, the unstoppable rise of the vegan menu. i love your

vegetable man, how does that strike you? i vegetable man, how does that strike ou? ., ., ., ., you? i do not have the willpower to become a vegan. _