the ah, this is all t breaking news this sunday, chaos and panic and the gun capital as the taliban procedures cobble with residents now fleeting. the city on last saw it is tried to secure a peace deal with the taliban leadership. the medicine group holders. it's 5 does not to enter the capital just yet with the countries president reportedly resigning and fleeing the country. yes, mister surgeons escalated immediately off the april, set down some by the us precedent that american troops would withdraw. meaning the 2 decades off the washington post the country and to was the pentagon quits leaving desperate citizens face to face with the militants. once again, the

hello live for moscow. this is artie international. my name is colleen brice sunday, the 15th of august 6 pm here in the russian capital its 730 and gone down night is falling, and fear was in gulf the capital. as the taliban surrounds the city following rapid national games throughout the week, the group sold its forces to enter the capital to quote, prevent looting and violence where gun law enforcement leads the scene. the islamists claim that they are in talks with the government right now about a peaceful surrender. the city that also reports yet to be confirmed, the president asked ref, connie was fled, the country may officially resign soon. this is verified. video circulating online right now purported to show inmates released by the taliban from the country's largest jail earlier. they also seized the bag from military prison, which is located just 25 kilometers north of the capital. ports claim that about $5000.00 convicts was set free. some of them isis militant,

but mostly taliban fighters, ready to join the assault. ah, mrs. cobble. earlier this sunday afternoon, residents fleeing the city in huge numbers, or at least trying to hundreds of cars, stuck in gridlock and traffic jams. some locals, even abandoning their vehicles to try and run away on foot as we've been hearing. and as we can now see the repair massive cues at bank machines, as people try and take out as much cashes they can before they attempt to leave the city. i spoke to africa journalists short time ago, he told me about the deteriorating situation inside cobbler. good morning, when i went to the city, i saw the people appointed. everyone is rushing from one side of call to other side of call. both people are rushing with mushrooms that you're going to. the fact of course, that the face of the call will be changed at the public. told me that we face

in the morning. you want to look a fresh but no one hour before we went out and i started, you know, quite a lot of military troops are going around. the city we are hearing, the military cooked us are trying to tie off the call was to be according to information that we got from different sources in the district. people are people that are present in this area thought of on how's the plays in the district they are speaking with the people of the big god experience that i would like to face that cannot run a country are big enough governance on the people. but according to the people that they are living under control of the telephone and the province, i spoke with them. they are happy from the behavior. it's all on the things that don't, don't, don't done. and the problem for the people the lead. if you just go to school,

the lead people to go to war, they are not as much safe, aggressive has their head about. so we got some significant key moments on the way in the coming. i was just quickly recap how things have been rolling out throughout the week. the areas it reads are controlled by the taliban. and while that map hasn't particularly changed over the past few days, significantly it has here. but the key point was on thursday when the taliban intensified its operation in the south and took the 2nd largest city kandahar by the end of friday, the militants had taken harris over in the west, the 3rd largest city. and then by the time we got to the weekend from saturday to sunday, another area in the north, missouri issue, reef up that. but the key thing about this area is that the to it was anti taliban, not anymore. then early on sunday, and the 1st news about the town about entering another key city to the east of the capital in july. the bad was followed by reports, of course, that it was surrounding the capital where they have been waiting for the past few hours to make their way. and now this now means that effectively the taliban controls pretty much every province of the country following what's been an

astonishingly rapid and extremely decisive offensive this. and he goes back to april the course following jo biden's announcement that he was pulling american troops out. but at the time, the tell about only had betty a 5th of the country's territory. now though, this is, let's face it, a bit of a conservative estimate. it controls almost the whole country. we can get some more life thoughts now and talk live to dr. high was who's president of the governor's assembly, a group of past and present african provincial leaders. welcome to the program. i want to ask you 1st about the possibility of what's happened to president county post on line from an official saying that he's left the country 24 hours ago. he said he wasn't going to resign and he was putting up both for the military. what's your initial reaction to this? i was surprised to hear the president and he has left afghanistan. i heard of de la de la said statement that he said the former president. so i've got one talker. i

should have been years left. i'm going to sun through his rule as president kindness long, his being a stubborn person. he never give to any, any situation. and also he tried to control the whole country by himself. he did not give authority to get paula to his ministers, defense ministers, minister, minister of interior, or any other ministers in all. he was trying to control everything and he thought he knows everything and he can do. he can both. i've got a song like he co authored a book calling fixing the field state. unfortunately, he failed the fig fixed date and now and he has gone everyone and i've got songs in chalk, everybody. everyone is surprised on how and, and the disco circumstances, the son says he lived, i've got

a song that i've got. this one is in the room. and we don't know where he is gone. or of course, that he is going to project on and took in different places, but we still don't know where. where did you go? i'm sure. will there be the coming hours? how much of this do you think would you put that? so this being president got these personal salia and how much of it might have been the united states alliance calling the shots? well, to be honest, you know, united states has never been to any of its allies. let's have a look at iraq. what happened to be entered it off the top of the government, which was, which was working at lisa was working for the iraqi people. if saddam was dictated, he was the kid for his own people. we have dictators. and in western countries, i'm not not dictated the creator, but we are more or less, you know, the ruling, the countries more or less similar to saddam hussein. but again, you know, the entered and the top of the government did destroy everything. and then the just

left them to the isis did the same to the see and the into the into see, try to build that is this and forces against the seat in government and then off, sometimes the oven and them do, went to libya. i mean, there are endless examples of american friendship is never a friendship. i mean, they looked into their own interest up to the time when the interest is fulfilled and once they're interested, we'll just walk away and you don't know you. so it's a good experience. it's a good listen to the people of the world to the leaders of other countries and to, to understand, you know, how the american mentality, politician in politicians mentality work. just a few days ago, people were talking about it's time for the afghan people to be able to choose their own future. and yet now we've seen regional leaders disappear military units,

abandoned, their posts, and potentially the president has left the country. what you put that down to the speed of it, people might just say they've just abandoned the people for their own devices, or was it a move to be able to reduce the level of violence and protect civilians by giving up quickly? well, it's not about you know, about protecting the civilians. if you look at, for example, harold or kandahar, i mean most of the provinces, you know, the detroit to fight and detroit to resist, but the couldn't resist the, couldn't fight the tolerable and finally, to give up provinces like, or was gone or law or some other provinces, you know, do you also fault up to the extent that they were able to fight before default and there was kind of casualties and everyone knows about the casualties. but when they failed, they couldn't control it. you know, it was like a domino effect. you know, a kept on falling provence off the proven so at 1st the district started, you know,

falling and then the province has started falling. i mean, do you will, in couple of governing the country to be honest, you know, there is 11, there was one big problem. doctor chef. when he, he always try to bring young people into the administration. and the young and inexperienced people would not argue with them. and so he will, he will run the he will drunk from behind, you know, he would run the whole administration and he was not a perfect soldier. he was not the perfect administrator. he will, i mean, he will, he will just a human being who could do at least one thing is a time, but he was trying to govern the whole country. but in every department he was try you. he was interfering. i mean in one week he has changed so many different different ministers and ministers, and he never give them paul what he just kept kept on changing them. but he held the pole in his own hand and he didn't know how to, how to, how to, for example,

fight a war. for example, you how to resist against the progress of tolerable. so this is what is happening. but now that power is come to naught. pace talks such as they are, but it's taking place, a government with no power against the taliban, but really holds all the cards. what kind of government do you expect the taliban to be this time round? well, from what i have seen and from what i am seeing, you know, taller ones, they are not all the ones of the yesterday is the more polite. they are more easy going on people and perhaps, you know, the might all, for that kind of all inclusive government, you know, they might bring in some politicians who in the past did not have not been involved in, in, in, in different activities against all of one and also, you know, they are not kind of, you know, you have not been actively involved in government and doing things against the

taliban. a movement. so you might bring those kind of people. but, but did is know nicolas ation, i mean the piece, the top one says we bring your piece, but water, we bring your piece of guns because we try to convince the government of afghanistan on the hifi counsel you know, to, to negotiate with us and give you give us something, we give you something and then all of us will happy and we will, we will stay side by side. unfortunately, this blue was not accepted by dr. chef when you the 1st time. i mean, when i taught him and try to negotiate a deal, i will make, i was there and thought leaders was there and government officials were there and pipe is, comes from members. were also there. do you negotiated that? well, we will, we will, we will allow you to, we will allow the chef when he to, to resign. and once he designs you choose an administrator and then we make 2

committee of 2. sure. and those 2 shadows, one will be for internal left here to help the entire government president and, and other sure will decide on election issue and other issues. this was rejected by the correction of winnie and then the 2nd time again, the approach and this. okay, this thing you send us a, a committee to discuss the piece issue with us. he tried to buy times and he wanted to do his terms for that's why, you know, every time a kind of offer came from the top one side. he, he tried to hijack the process and by himself, time and rule of kindness on the way he wanted. and this is the result. i mean, not, it's not the top one who didn't want a piece. it was the african government and it was not so much of any who did not want a lot of people that came to know what this kind of taliban is going to be in the 20 twenty's, not least of all the afghan people really appreciate you taking this on dr. how,

thanks for joining us on our team. now let's show you some mix. the video that we've got from the city of gyla by just to the east of a capital cobble. it was the last major stronghold taken by the taliban before they reached the capital in the early hours. the medicines claimed that the city was taken without a fight. pretty much like all the other cities and provinces of this video circulating on line shows was held on setting up a roadblock between gyla bad and the capital cobble people driving through, reportedly having their documents checks and men who without a beard of being asked if they're mostly more exclusive video for you this time from the 2nd largest city kind of high in the south, which came on the taliban control on friday, of course, and rapidly escalated developments. the group said that it's also seized hundreds of weapons and vehicles as well as large amounts of ammunition in the city, despite the escalating violence over the year, 2 months for the un security council to admit just how critical the situation to

become. even a country that has tragically known generations of conflicts, afghanistan is in the throes of yet another chaotic and desperate chapter. an incredible treasure, the for its long suffering. people have forgotten. he's done his spinning out of control. i talked at length a bit earlier with the former african deputy minister of border and tribal affairs . and he told me that the authorities on the people must now unite for peace, but helped by the international community. situation is changing our by our, in the start when the, their totally want to talk the district of gun on the or was some sort of what is this difference or nationally distance against them. but when the truck here are kind of hard, big cities and also right now, stay strong for the north of guns done. now it seems the idea is that some sort of peaceful transition when i've done this on what the people are probably going to

sun once it's clear because the public hoping enough people have done it's done is clear for everybody and the, the legitimate to me to the of that under of power and the plea inferior china i'm going to done about what happened now is the tuition that is not in control of our guns. actually the war was not going to war. it was a proxy worry and i've done is done, and i hold that gun to come together in the 1st time in 40 years and said together in high enough of that y day for rush, united states and other countries and also the region. they must come to a consensus to establish solar in neutral, inclusive government enough to understand because they've gotten this done as a heart official, will be to wait for the region in the international community. right now. what's important that the blood of the young blood of guns must be stopped in the

transition must go smoothly. and it is, i think the responsibility of what sites in the people understand themselves to stay home. so also to prevent looting, gravity and destruction, of faction of done is done which one of the conduct, the son to another is after. and i hope that the leaders have started one in the beat us off. the government will understand the situation and will think about that people are going on, especially the display people of a gun and son in enough is in, in to stop the blood. she don't have a gun on people which are waiting for for years. all despite everything we've been saying for the past few hours, you are a secretary of state antony blank and said this off the day that it's not in the national interest to stay in afghanistan for years to come. i think that the taliban would continue regardless of whether the pentagon was present. meanwhile, us forces are in cobble right now to help evacuate the embassy stuff through a total of 5000 troops. expected that and the mid the swirl of helicopters of the

facility diplomats have reportedly been ordered to burn sensitive documents before they leave. observe as a comparing the same to vietnam's aside gone in 1975. when pentagon helicopters evacuated, stop marking the end of the vietnam war, a republican lawmakers, which mcconnell says it looks like america is ready for the fall of cobble. well, they're just a month ago, president biden dismissed any vietnam power back in 2001. then president george w bush insisted that the taliban regime was on its last legs. well, recently of course, joe biden said it was highly unlikely that the taliban, whatever run the country. he drank it next to us how america's leaders could have got it so wrong. just pictured the timeframes really have a proper think about it. i was 12 when americans sent its soldiers to again stand for the taliban to be dealt with for 20 years. for 2 decades. washington was

splashing exorbitant amounts of cash on this grand attempt to give the troubled central asian country a failure. coalition servicemen were dying even more way more local lives were lost. so what do we got now? 20 years versus what a couple or a few months in which the taliban respected as a force, a step away from taking over the whole country pretty much use the mother myself and some people of the town car, condos, and baghlan province's came here to the park we have all fled to fighting. there is

no food and no water. the families have very worried because they have no idea what to do. i have been displaced from telecom, sushi. the telephone killed my son. they took all the belongings from my house and set fire to demons transferred me. but if you think all this is a huge surprise, which came out of nowhere. sorry, that's not really the case. right after the u. s. pull out announcement in april. the taliban instantly proved it's not just ready to but they want full control. and now the very big news they have entered the capital capital. but even at this point, again, a stance besieged government isn't able to rely on a helping hand from washington. african leaders have to come together. we lost

thousands at last death in injury. thousands of american personnel got a fight for themselves. uncle sam is pulling out, but some of the troops have to stay or even be sent back to secure the likes of fleeing us. diplomats but watch out for the wording because according to washington, this is not an evacuation. this is not abandonment. this is not an evacuation. this is not the wholesale. busy withdrawl, what this is, is a reduction in the size of our civilian footprint. this is a draw down of civilian americans 46 years after one of the most humiliating episode in the history of us overseas operations. the falling of south vietnam and the capital saigon. joe biden already had to answer questions about the vietnam defeat. flashbacks,

you see any parallels between withdraw and what happened to vietnam with some people feeling what 0 the tale. vaughn is not this out in the north vietnamese army, they're not, they're not remotely comparable in terms of capability. there's going to be no circumstance for you to see people being lifted off the roof of a embassy in the of the united states from afghanistan. this kind of confidence by the president has done little to convince those who have come up with lines that you can see right here. the journalists can smell a replay of saigon, the growing numbers of politicians turned critics of the gonna send for bob can't help drawing the unfortunate parallels either the latest news of a further drop down into the embassy and a hasty deployment of military forces seem like preparations for the full of couple president, biden's decisions have hurtling toward and even was equal to the humiliating full

of saigon and $975.00 who basically gave up on the african government not just now, but all the way back to the start of these talks. what president biden did was to embrace it, he owns it, it was a huge foreign policy failure with general m, if occasions just show up 7 month into this administration, everything points to complete collapse. anyway, the whole pull out may end up as an immense reputational issue for the biden administration, for the u. s. as a whole, it's very likely to tarnish the entire 20 years of coalition present. and again, it's dan, but take a moment to think of the price which the afghans are paying and are to pay. and the foreseeable future, the number of locals displaced is set to reach 3500000 this year. war is war. the decimal will only keep on rising. the whole crisis puts neighboring countries in jeopardy. you just can't help asking the same question. what was all

of it for these long and controversial 20 years? total failure? i think i think there's any other way you can possibly measure this. i mean the capacity when the soviet stuff that's going to sound and 9 tension i need the pro service did not collapsing in this way. in fact, it took from 2 years before any major cities out to my job was here is saying, major cities falling one off the other 2 to the taliban before the americans. and even for the last, which gives quite good compact things, it shows how, how much less successful impact americans have been in building a stable governance. and i've kind of, i'm going to say we didn't do a good job. so therefore, clearly the new americans of failed did think that got less to do with the of the daughter of miss underestimation of the taliban shying as it is to do with underestimation of the will to fight the government forces. i mean, simply put

a gun forces collapse and very little will to, to, to fight. and so it's really a moral problem when the government forces more than the strength of the taliban anti war campaign. it's a long line bastard, the us for occupying afghanistan, wasting billions of dollars and costing countless lives. but ken stone from the hamilton coalition to stop the war says there are also bolting the withdrawal washington. this did miscalculate. and that scrambled to increase troop levels to compensate for that, the u. s. should never have been, and nato should never have been in afghanistan in the 1st place. this was a unilateral and illegal invasion and occupation that took place without the approval of the un security council. now today, the united states and staging a withdrawal, a retreat from afghanistan. and they're doing it in a unilateral fashion. again,

they didn't use the help that they could have called upon from russia, china, india, iran, and pakistan. and those regional and, and asian powers to organize an orderly withdrawal. and the creation of a stable government in kabul, that one that might have been a government of national unity or a power sharing arrangement or coalition government. instead, the u. s. deliberately left mass well as the us and others ship out. what about the afghan nationals who helped foreign troops while they now fear reprisals from the taliban? one group of afghans who assisted british forces rallied on the streets of cobble on friday, a very different city when they were demanding protection from the british government. popsicles have been heard to 600 british troops have been deployed, that the safeguard u. k. nationals as they evacuate from the capitol, but also supporting the relocation of former gun staff. we spoke to an interpreter

who worked for both the british and american forces. who else to remain anonymous out of 5th his life? my family has received it. in the past sometime my friend be home was attacked twice. my father has been given warnings and threats many, many times my. my dad's name was called that his lights will be really at risk because he offered not one but 2 of the sons against the italian. recently, one of the interpreter, his father was caught in bacteria a province. he was beaten very badly. and he was asked to ask his son, who is an interpreter, to come and change the city a cause of the taliban in the past year. and so a number of interpreters have been appealed or targeted by the taliban.

recently, one of the interpreter who used to be an interpreter for the american special forces was assassinated by the telephone. of course they will be coming off to them . they will be coming off to their families and those interpreters. so there will be but should they won't be the americans have gone away versus going away. everybody is running away. who are they leaving behind the interpreters who have served for years and years old enough kinda some tracing risk and benches . however, the, you can government instead of saving the lives, bringing them to live in peace and safety with their kids. they are making excuses and new conditions put in place on the to reject the case. it's all i'm hearing from my colleagues is that their cases have been rejected, rejected. there was a number of cases which were told that they weren't good to go. there were even

given there was sent an email confirming that when they weren't ready for their flights, they are told now that the can really take to the u. k. i and my brother, both of us would interpreter for the coalition forces. my brother is still enough kind of the british government is making swells accumulations and excuses to withhold. not only my brothers, but many of the interpreters who genuinely need deeper governments help and are very high risk. it's frustrating for the people who have served the british forces and currently are a priest. and i think it's a huge is a moral and moral big asian to, to protect those who have worked alongside them enough canister. i strongly believe that the telephone will hunt down and agree are going to interpreter who is so if

the british and american forces it will be the african interpreters who will pay the intimate person suddenly unsettling and uncertain time for the interpreters. we also got analysis earlier from a former senior british police officer and reserve his army officer work and i've kind of done as the security advisor. kevin hurley told us it was clear that this situation was coming. is 11 problem with a group of government employees that will not all wary, all telling truth to power. and of course, because the politicians had no real plan and they got blocked about a number of generals like chain, the mentor of we are doing this. they wouldn't listen to the majors left and colonels become armed as on the ground or blue collar worker, lisa by slightly high. what do i know? i may have been in the houses.