me the cobble at board sees more chaotic scenes of the us military reportedly uses tear gas to disperse crowd of people desperate to leave the country. thousands remain strong, to be honest on governments around the world of hating criticism for the slow response to the crisis. we hear from one german national, who's begging for rescue for both him and his afghan fiance. let us finally leave this caliphate give me and my fiance permission to enter germany. 10000 to africa and soldiers are reportedly rallying in the east of the country under the leadership of the vice president who insists he's now the country's legitimate, can take a leader. terrorist and syria celebrate the taliban advances with parades

and sweets. we take a look at washington's history with these middle eastern extremist groups. ah, why is it just moments after 8 o'clock on thursday morning here at moscow? this is arte international, a very warm welcome to you. so for days on from the taliban dramatic return to power and i've gone on and chaotic scenes continue and cobble international airport as people try to flee on wednesday. hundreds crowded apple barriers amid sporadic gunfire. the report suggests the us military station to the airport use tear gas to dispose crowds messing at the entrance, dozens of people were seen sitting on the ground waiting for the opportunity to be evacuated with their possessions, lang all around. now this on verified video shows african women at be pleading with

us gods to let them in america and other western countries that prioritize and getting their own nationals out. meanwhile, with crowds about guns queuing, the perimeter is not being confirmed. us troops helping firing warning shot shots, quotes a crowd control measure. well, the crowd held it, an outer perimeter fence surged forward. every time taliban forces opened a gate to the airport, prompting them to rattle up wanting shots to drive people back. a taliban fighters and checkpoints, it's around to be port on, you know, when you say little know, cobble at ford is still overcrowded, with people struggling to flee. and while the list of countries conducting rescue operations seems quite long. the number of those who have actually managed to leave isn't that big, and there is some of the problems people face. for example, of the u. s. doesn't have enough troops to guard the airport and at the same time provide secure routes through the various taliban checkpoints. now some countries have had a serious security doubts about taking refugees in and

a more preoccupied with the return of their own citizens. the u. s. has evacuated the largest number so far and plans to rescue 22000 by the end of august. as for the u. k. d oh forties have so far brought back more than 300 british citizens and over 2000 das guns, a germany which was slammed for only taking 7 people on his 1st plan. out of cobbled has now helped more than $250.00. we heard from a german national who was currently stuck in the country with his afghan fields. and i just not. so i'm a german citizen. throughout the day i stay in constant contact with the german foreign ministry and the german ambassador to couple. and i received an email saying that one can enter germany, only one is a family member of a german. my fiance is such a person, but she's not being recognized in the official status, and she's a citizen of afghanistan. we hoped to leave the country as soon as possible on one of the evacuation charter flights. of course we're very worried about what's going on. we haven't gone out since the day before yesterday since the taliban set up

checkpoints all around the city. were also worried that they could find out that i'm a foreigner or that in the future our situation make it worse. if they find out that my fiance is engaged or married abroad once we arrive safely in germany, will of course have no more reason to fear for our lives. we live in a free and democratic country. that's where i want to return to. that's where i belong. i'm calling on the government and the german foreign ministry to let us finish all the paperwork in germany. we have the originals of all of our documents in our hands. let us finally leave this caliphate. give me and my fiance permission to enter germany. the mounting crisis is opening old wounds in europe. some states are refusing to allow any refugees to cross that borders fearful of what happened in 2015 when more than a 1000000 migrants flooded the e u r. his paula fleer picks up the story, while an increasing number of european nations are refusing to accept refugees from afghanistan. what they most afraid of is a repeat of the 2015 migration crisis and countries. i'm not afraid to admit that

you have, for example, austria saying that it's against immigration, the interior minutes to say that the aim of europe should be to keep the bulk of the gun population in the region. at the same time we heard from hungary saying it's refusing to take in more refugees it, it won't make it, so it isn't pay for the quote floor the decisions of the united states wanting from the french president in manuel crohn has come under fire for using the term irregular migration coming from a gunny son and this has left a lot of people angry micron disorder and france. he mainly wants people to stay there. he doesn't give a damn about anything. it is important for him that no one comes to us. what about the right to silence? what about these children? these women, these men, her weighing the terror of the taliban? france must not stand aside. congress actions are needed now. convenient. wait for

this has agreed to pay. can 5, not 50, not 500, not 5000, but 5 refugees. how many times in the last 3 days have we heard your pin leaders talk about human rights? they seem to be saying all the why things, when it comes to love and compassion and justice. and yet the reality speaks a very different story. these huge qual at the moment between brussels and member states and that quarrel is over quoted. it's over protective measures. and the like, at the same time, we've heard these european leaders practically weeping when it comes to the issue of women's rights. and yet it just remains words. it's almost like it's fancy. p r . the overall sentiment really is one that europe does not want migrant. and they're not going to be offering any kind of helping hand. and just in case you need further proof of it,

germany has come under fire for using military ship to bring some $65000.00 cans of beer to germany instead of bringing hundreds of us guns. and they families who have hoped the german authorities in afghanistan. these people were not going to be and they had not been evacuated in time. the german president had said that the gun turmoil shamed the waste, the images of desperation at campbell airport. shameful for the political west. we are experiencing a human tragedy for which we share responsibility. pearlin must do everything it can to bring our people and all afghans who stood for years by their side to safety . jim is on increasingly worried about an influx of refugees. almost 2 thirds of the population has admitted that they are concerned about a repeat of the 2015 migration crisis. now,

this comes as important election ought to be held next month. a general election in germany and presidential elections that will be held in april next year in france. the issue of migration is likely to be a hot potato. come those elections, which is why you have politicians fighting over the us gun migration potential crisis. the deputy chairman of the left parliamentary group and the british dog under the home co believes that the german government has been masking the reality of what's been happening in afghanistan says a lot of hypotheses at the moment and the situation. we have to fear it is a complete disaster. what we are witnessing even and the beginning of this year, the government created to picture in our parliament that there is a full democratic state enough time there is

lively, civil society and all these nato involvement success . all this is of course, this hypocrisy page. it was for 4 years painted a picture which is not in line with reality, which we can see, you know, i think we should take and bring refugees who are in fear of life. but at the same time, i think it's necessary to really talk to the real power in afghanistan, the tardy benz to go to negotiations to negotiations as well. concerning of the refugees and not to break all diplomatic ties.

protest gathered in london on wednesday condemning the u. k government's response to the events and i've gone on the cold for those still stuck on the country to be brought to the u. k as quickly as possible. now the daughter of a british national stock and i've got most on saturday, but half busy, told us and told us that officials frankly have done little to help them. my mother's a 79 years old, fragile disabled woman was previous history of a stroke. and she is currently going through severe arthritis and which is waiting for a surgery. and so she cannot travel without a wheelchair access. and she has services from the airport and freshman issue is not say the twice at the airport by crowd passengers trying to get into these slides and other civilians who was trying to flee couple so pressure. and she wasn't able to afford the slides because of her medical condition when she attended the office and the couple on stress,

surely she was constantly being dismissed by the guard. i tried literally bombarding their twitter account, the social media current, trying to get their attention to and bear in mind and pay attention to my mother's condition. unfortunately, every time i've contacted them, i was given. the same call continues on. the embassy was interesting and encouraging. all citizens to trying a commercial life which on question may be full, been suspended because of the u. s. groups trying to control the airport the allstate african precedent ashcroft. god has defended his decision to resign and flee. cobble on sunday in the face of the taliban. to advance in his 1st public address and leaving ghani blamed the failure of the peace process for the taliban snatching power. he also rejected rumors he had run away with hundreds of millions of dollars stuffed in the suitcases. there were stories that when he went from the

car to his helicopter, he had so many suitcases of cash. he couldn't even fit them all into the helicopter . to them, you know, before you're welcome to come 1st. if i had stayed there, it would have led to bloodshed in campbell with the telephone and their national and international colleagues. had said clearly that while i'm there, they won't see any peaceful course. if i had stayed there, the president of august on would once again be hanged before the very eyes of the guns and the big shameful and historic disaster will have. and once again, i was forced to leave a dentist on with one set of traditional clothes, a vest and the sand off it was wearing. i didn't have the intention to flee and abandon the country and i will talk to return back to get this done and continue the fight. taliban takeover hasn't led to the widespread bloodshed, many feared public resistance of the groups return has so far been very limited. there have been some protests against changing the national african flag to the taliban. white and black americans,

though killed and injured. several protested earlier on wednesday when they opened fire on a crowd. however, the demonstrations can't necessarily be viewed as anti taliban, as people have been waving the national flag, some of the countries independence day. one man was seen climbing a lamp post flat in front of a carrying crowd further south in the city. of course the people also tore down the taliban banner from the main square and posted the old african flag instead. a taliban fighters open fire, but we understand no casualties were reported. meanwhile, a more serious threat to the taliban power grab is forming in the countries east. it's reported that around $10000.00 african army soldiers, all rallying in pan ship province. it's the only region of canister that still contested. it was an outpost of taliban resistance. back in the ninety's and was never captured during the civil war. it also held out during the soviet invasion upon j. a province is located with a valley of steep mountains that forms a solid, natural defense,

and spearheading the resistance. now is the african 1st vice president and ruler sally. unlike us nato, we haven't lost spirit and see enormous opportunities ahead. useless caveats finished joining the resistance. sallow has declared himself, i've got a legitimate acting president after his former boss fled the country. he has for the islamists before and was also in charge of spying on militants leading. the national security directorate and the key figure is helping him riley the resistance together. my suit is the sun and namesake of a prominent african warlord, who opposed the 1st taliban rule. and law suit spoke back in june about defending his homeland. they're going to fight for the rights of the people. they're going to fight for the rights of women, and they're going to fight for many other values. the church and you look at you from the past to see that you're the 1st line of defense. we are defending europe,

you're defending division, and i've been fighting not just for themselves, but for everyone. must suit that has now urged western countries to provide weapons and ammunition. videos have already started emerging on line of the resistance for safety. you can see some troops of flying, the green light and black flag of the northern line. it was formed after the taliban 1st came to power and mighty 6 and and for the group until the us led invasion. we heard from a number of analysts about whether the lines still poses any real threat to the taliban remains machine. how strong this is going to be. but to, to the moment it sort of symbolic way, because the ton of under one control of the country, pretty much all of it and this is small pockets, resistance could be remaining there. and they could develop, decides to do in the, in the short term, not get very big. i think one big question will be whether any foreign countries don't recognize north and line any other resistance group and to try and ostracize

. and i'd like to try to been given that one sued, valuable contra district, has a history of standing up against any kind of italian rule. let it be the soviet later to the 7 law. i'm the one that is a good chance that all those were pushing the on the one will rally around the literacy of i met some some who at the moment i'm given that vice president stared back and he's making the claim he's going to be very on the mental in terms of goal is things that particular produce and which was in there pretty slowly coming together. well, just by talk about a possible resistance celebrations at the taliban. swift take over quick to reach syria where certain militants praise to groups triumph about what be going down well in washington, which has presented that she hottest as moderate is all corresponding to eager to

stand off. the taliban is back on the offensive, this time on an international scale, but instead of machine guns and bombs, their weapon of choice is payoff. including pledges like this to abandon their barbarous ways. i want to give assurances to all competitors, those on the position side as interpreters involved in military actions or those who health and civilian sectors. we have granted them all amnesty. we don't want to take revenge on anyone and those youths who are talented and from the soil and we don't want them to leave never. they are a valuable asset. they must stay in the country, god willing, and according to sherry law, we will that women work and participate in activities. women are the main symbol of our society. we respect them. women will participate in different sectors of society. although according to this area law, but some sure it's the same old g hard preaching taliban, for example, extremists in the syrian province of ad lib who've been out celebrating what they

see as the victory of their idea logical twin. 20 years ago, george w bush declared the end of the taliban, but the taliban were patients and carried out by jihad. so men of syria trusting god, unify your ranks and hold up the taliban. is your example, sir? and jihad is even handed out suites, as if imagining they themselves had just and to damascus. and in case you forgot who these taliban loving terrorists are, they are the same people, the mainstream media and politicians. hod sold as serious, moderate opposition. ah, ah ah ah ah,

80 to 85 percent of their bombing has been done against the opposition. the moderate opposition, not the extreme, but the moderate opposition in syria. they're a moderate syria and opposition. there is, but right now it doesn't control much territory news for front, which is now kind of feeling and has absorbed as have other smaller groups have absorbed a number of what we would have previously called the modern opposition situation. theory has always been very complex. it was actually back into 2012. i was in a country in the middle east, near syria, speaking to people who were living on the border at the time. you know, nobody really knew anything, especially in the us. americans are generally kept in the dark by our government. we didn't know much, but over there, there were dozens upon dozens of terrorist organizations of care. it's actors that

were being funded by the united states being called these people rebels that us with the 40. while edna is a weston, beacon of hope for regional democracy. cobble is not every terrorist around the world in syria and iraq, and in and in africa are cheering the defeat of the united states military by a terrorist organization. while the west is now busy warning the world that g hardest movements will draw inspiration from america humiliation and i've got to stand, it seems not to have noticed that it's supposed moderates in syria. actually the 1st to have done. so the us president has admitted he knew that would be chaos in afghanistan, but still decided to pull out an interview with a b. c. news. joe biden said the collapse of the war torn country was unavoidable.

i don't think it could have been handled in a way that there we were going to go back and hindsight, look, but the idea that somehow there's a way to have gotten out without chaos and suing. i don't know how that happens. i don't know how that happened. well, the decision seems to have caused by the bit bucket home with approval rating hitting old time lowers. caleb muffin has details. the chaotic scenes and cobble have certainly not been good for the white house. the approval rating of joe biden has now dropped to less than half only 46 percent of americans say they liked the jobs the new president is doing now. the events in afghanistan has certainly been a factor because prior to them he lives it 53 percent. so a 7 percent drop seems you have resulted. some polls are now showing that joe biden handling of afghanistan is less popular than george w bush's handling of afghanistan. and we now have a situation where

a senator bob menendez, representing the u. s. foreign relations committee of the senate. he's coming forward with this statement. the events of recent days have been the combination of a series of mistakes made by republican and democratic administrations over the past 20 years, including the trumpet, ministrations floored negotiations with the taliban, and the biden administration's flawed execution of the u. s. withdraw. the committee will seek a full accounting for these shortcomings. now, republicans are being far less forgiving. they say that jo biden's decision to rapidly pull out of afghanistan is harming the united states, discrediting the country, hurting relations with allies. there's been a fire storm of anger from the republican side of the aisle this biden administration. so they plan for every scenario. they told us to day prior that coble cobble was not eminent. he told us less than a month before that this would never happen yesterday. president biden would accept

responsibility and explain how he would fix the catastrophe in galveston. instead, he blamed his 3 pre disasters and against the ford beside our troops for 20 years thing the pointing wound solve this crisis boaters there should be top to bottom accountability at the pentagon and within the administration for this disaster that this stunning failure has been met with silence from biden cause into serious question, his ability to carry out his duties as commander in chief, the president's failure to acknowledge his disastrous withdrawl provides no comfort to americans or african partners whose lives hang in the balance. now to add insult to injury, there are millions, if not billions of dollars of weapons. we're talking gun ammunition tank helicopters that have simply been abandoned. these were weapons that were given to the u. s. trained afghan forces and they seem to have been left behind. and from what jake sullivan, who is the national security advisor to joe biden,

says it's pretty unlikely that the taliban is simply going to hand them over at the airport now. nancy pelosi stepped up and defended the president on this point. i commend the president for the action that he took. this is what happens when you withdraw you some stuff. some equipment is left there. now joe biden stands by his decision. he says that there were not ever been a good time for the usa to pull out of afghanistan. this would have resulted at any point in which this happened. he says he did the right thing. polls are showing americans are not pleased. there's also some outrage in the international community, not a good day for the white house. well, as far as politicians play the blame game over what really happened in the past few days, we put the issue up for debate. we really began to lose the war in afghanistan in 2003 when he diverted attention to iraq. and instead of focusing on afghanistan as we got deeper, deeper and iraq,

afghanistan became known as the forgotten war. and people were wondering what's going on with that war ended by the way. and that allowed taliban to begin to creep back in. and because all resources, all attention was thereby focused on iraq trying to trying to nation building and regime change. nation building, which were really, really crappy at the, by the way, and we need to get out of that business all together. and we, we failed. we failed in both countries. now we've got nothing but total disasters in both countries and over $60000000.00 worth of expenditure, not to mentioned the treasure of life and limb of countless americans and others that have been lost. and it's just and it's a tragedy. we've seen these heavy handed interventions by the us and nato and european countries like in libyan syria, disastrous consequences. so, one would hope this might situation f canister might be a wake up call. you know,

these military interventions don't work affectively and cause a lot of hardship and suffering for the population of these countries who have to solve their own internal political problems. most international legal scholars believe the war and afghans was illegal because the taliban never directly sent 911 hijackers to bomb the trade center. and there are no legal basis for that war. so the us cannot and should not try to deflect blame for what's happened there. at the end of the day. we are the ones who invaded that country. we're the ones who overthrow the government there and replaced it with, with our own. and so when we suddenly decide to leave and everything goes to crap, we're ultimately responsible for that. you cannot, you cannot chuck of blame in this situation. and ultimately all falls back on the united states of america for the devastation that being wrong in that country. right now, i know the chaos enough, honest on

a chinese media is not predicting the us could just as likely abandon taiwan, claiming local military forces that would quickly collapse if attacked by china. from what happened in afghanistan, they should perceive that once a war breaks out in the streets, the islands defense will collapse in hours and the u. s. military won't come to help. as a result, the d. p. p. authorities will quickly surrender while some high level officials may flee by plain china claims taiwan as his territory. despite the island having been governor independently since 1949 of us, his ty, ones most crucial ally and military alms supplier. despite the speculation about us withdraw from the region, taiwanese premier and says that military can stand on its own. while the white house insists its going nowhere. we believe that our commitments to our allies and partners are sacrosanct and always have been. we believe our commitment to taiwan into israel remains as strong as it's ever been. well,

the studies professor benjamin child believe taiwan should seek an alliance with bay jane and not washington. you. taiwan. officials should see that the us is not as powerful as one part to be able to influence to politics far away from the us. i want the life not only to us, but also china for is national defense. many already believed that to us, we abandoned taiwan in case there was a conflict between china and the us in the taiwan straits because taiwan is not of its core interests. and many also see that china will not allow anyone to invade taiwan. eda, because taiwan is huddled taiwan would do better to formulate their policies based on a more pragmatic attitude. and always open the door of negotiation paging to listen to what jim could offer. or that's just

a sampling of your thursday morning news programs here on the international, nearly a half last 8 here. a most good thanks for joining us. plenty more stories online and on. and your program returns at the top of the the the weather and i make no certain, you know, borders of the blind number t's as emerge. we don't have authority, we go to the back seen the whole world, leads to take action and be ready. people are judge crisis and we can do better, we should be better. everyone is contributing each in their own way. but we also

know that this crisis will not go on forever. the challenge is paid for the response has been massive. so many good people are helping us. it makes us feel very proud that we need together in the the news the events are still continue and told an afghan advance. thousands of us citizens are trying desperately to flee as well as help those nations who aided us in various ways over the last 20 years. this is a child been a tiny.