ahmad and his family live in california.ut just tep dan days ago they living in kabul, the only home they've ever known. >> i just miss what's happening in afghanistan. this week i came here and then next friday it was under the taliban control. >> reporter: for years ahmad worked in logistics, supplying aircraft equipment for u.s. and afghan forces in kabul. but his association with the west made him a target for the taliban. despite their assurances that those who worked with the u.s. would not be harmed. >> we don't believe that they will not do it again. they did it before and they are going to do it again and again. >> reporter: ahmad spent more than a year and a half processing his application for a special immigrant visa, or s.i.v., which was finally approved. >> for me, for my family, for my children there were no future. we couldn't make it. so that's why i decided to move. >> what was the situation today in kabul? >> reporter: still most of their family is trapped back home. their lives at risk. >> so what do you t

this is mr massoud — son of the legendary anti—soviet resistance fighter ahmad shah massoud. to an inclusive, decentralised government, but would fight any regime imposed by the taliban. the bbc�*s yalda hakim has just tweeted, "update "from the anti—taliban resistance — they tell me, "taliban ambushed "in andarab of baghlan province." "they say at least 300 taliban fighters were killed." she said this is the group of resistance fighters led by ahmad massoud and amrullah saleh, and posted these stills with her tweet. clearly a situation unfolding there, north of kabul. barbara plett usher is in washington. barbara, first we are expecting... about afghanistan and the extreme weather that you are having there. on afghanistan, is he really on the 0n afghanistan, is he really on the defence now, do you think? weill. on afghanistan, is he really on the defence now, do you think? well, his administration _ defence now, do you think? well, his administration is _ defence now, do you think? well, his administration is on _ defence now, do you think? well, his administration is on the

mr massoud, son of the famed anti—soviet resistance fighter ahmad shah massoud, said his forces woulde imposed by the taliban. until a week ago, amrullah saleh was the first vice president of afghanistan. he now considers himself the legitimate caretaker president of afghanistan, and is allied with ahmad massoud. he told the bbc while he was open to dialogue with the taliban, he would not accept their vision of the future of afghanistan. as long as they reject extremism, acknowledge the pluralistic fabric of afghanistan and they should understand we will not — let me be very clear — we will not accept clerical dictatorship in my country. we make peace but the peace should not mean surrender to a group with massive record of human rights violation, massacre of people, you name it — that will not happen. earlier i spoke to 0mar samad. he is former afghan ambassador to france and canada and up until two weeks ago before the taliban takeover he was senior advisor to dr abdullah abdullah, the chief executive of afghanistan. i asked him whether amrullah saleh would have a central role. he w

ahmad died at highland hospital, the same hospital. her daughter was released from tuesday after being injured my legs they're they're they're numb. sometimes i feel like i don't know. i'm just grateful that i can i'm still walking. the siblings say the driver never attempted to remain at the scene, so they consider the case of fatal hit and run. berkeley. police say the unidentified driver left under mitigating circumstances and called police minutes later, officers made contact with the driver some distance from the scene, the siblings say officers contacted the driver before showing up to the accident scene and they brought up race as a factor interfering with the justice they seek. make her black make us white. put it like that. and then that there you go. i want that justice. that's what i want. the siblings say police did not impound the vehicle that hit their mother, and when they say they asked police why the driver had not been arrested. they tell us they were told so far, there's not enough evidence, but that's not how they s

here with reaction, two individuals from afghanistan now in the united states, ahmad worked with the u.s. for two years as a translator and his wife is currently trapped in kabul. we are disguising his name and identity for her safety. will you tell us your story? >> yeah, actually, my wife, she just made her way to the airport last wednesday. she couldn't make it inside there because the taliban don't let the afghans get into the airport. they don't even let u.s. citizens enter the airport, but she made it to the airport and she was -- there and after three days she couldn't manage to get on board to the plane, so she had to come back home, but i am still worrying about her, that after the deadline, 31st of august -- >> sean: i didn't hear you correctly, let me ask you, did she leave the airport? did i hear you correctly? >> yeah, she had to return home, back, because she couldn't make it to the airplane. >> sean: you do know now, ahmad, you do now know the taliban is saying they won't let any afghanis go to the airport. are you aware of that? >> yes, they just block everybody inclu

and they must have and that they need dr. ahmad, what would you say to a parent like her who is trying to do the best for her kids? obviously, kids being in school is good for their mental health or is any number of reasons the kids need to be in school that say you do have children that are immunocompromised and then you're in a state like florida that the governor won't let you mandate math i'm not trying to pull you into politics, but this issue has been politicized. what would you say to parents like her? i have a i you could tell how much pain she's and trying to figure out what to do. yeah, absolutely. because some of the families that i see, they say we're doing everything right. but once the kids go to school, it's out of control. you know, we, we are, we've always pushed it for the, for, for people to get vaccinated. the masking hand washing, you know, just general common sense things. and, you know, ultimately i heard immunity me come into play, but oper takes its toll isn't the only things we have at this point to, to fight the virus. but, you know, did the things, as it wer

he is allied to ahmad massoud, the son of the famous guerrilla commander, ahmad shah massoud, who wasd two days before the 9/11 attacks 20 years ago. ahmad massoud spoke to the bbc a short time ago. i am in my sanctuary, i am in my stronghold, panjshir valley. the people of panjshir valley are very much united and they want to defend and they want to fight and they want to resist against any totalitarian regime, against any belief that wants to enforce their own belief and ideology upon the people. the people here are just a small portion of the people of afghanistan. and the geography of panjshir is the smallest province in the whole of afghanistan. but what we are standing for right now is for the whole country. joining us is former bbc correspondent david loyn who interviewed the taliban in 2006. he also spent time with the northern alliance during their fight with the taliban before the american invasion. his new book is titled the long war. welcome back to the programme. tell us a little bit about the history of! . , , . . , of! valley. it is a remarkable geographical— of! valley

i'm reged ahmad.gas in kabul, to try to push back thousands attempting to flee the taliban. translation: we have a legal visa. translation: we have a legal visa- many _ translation: we have a legal visa. many people _ translation: we have a legal visa. many people coming - translation: we have a legal visa. many people coming here| visa. many people coming here do not have the right documents but we have the right visa and they will not let a three. senior taliban figures, including the group's co—founder mullah baradar are in the afghan capital for talks about establishing a new government. the former britiah prime minister tony blair has launched a scathing attack on the us decision to pull out of afghanistan.

. >> sean: you do know now, ahmad, you do now know the taliban is saying they won't let any afghan's go to the airport. are you aware of that? >> yes, they just block everybody including the citizens. i have heard many times from the news that the taliban won't let anyone to get into the airport because whatever they have, we are just worrying about our own families, about our own americans and those who are trapped in afghanistan now. >> sean: last question. does the taliban, have they identified to you? do they know that you work with the united states? did they know your wife was married to you and you helped the u.s.? >> yes, they actually know each and every one of us that are trapped in afghanistan. many that i worked with, they served to the county, the u.s. army, but now we are all left behind in afghanistan and they know each and every one of us and they are now trying to go door by door and look for those people and they are trying to kill them and leave them behind, so that would be -- >> sean: as of today, the taliban says afghans can't get to the airport. our prayers are

. >> reporter: that's ahmad thomas, ceo of the leadership rule. that organization threw its support behind vaccine mandates. >> 400 companies came out and endorsed a position that vaccine mandates meaning you work on-site or you are an employee that show up at the office that our companies want to see employees back. >> san francisco restaurants and bars and gyms are ready for the new vaccine mandate. it goes into effect at the end of next week. at least -- pete sicknick is all for the mandate but has some concerns. we were there as he shares his concerns with supervisor matt haney. >> this verification, check in is going to add one more or a couple more people in the process. >> no restaurants are not going to be punished. >> those who work in these places, restaurants and bars and gyms until october 13th to prove if they have been vaccinated. >> this is as of september 17, law enforcement and firefighters and emts and care facilities will have to be vaccinated. those workers will have to show proof of vaccinations or get tested every week. nursi

and resistance leader, ahmad m asd has said his forces are ready to take on the taliban. >> the peopleey want to defend. they wan t to fight and they want to resist against any totalitarian regime. >> under the leadership of a renowned guerilla commander, the valley resisted the soviet invasion of the 1980's in the previous taliban take in the 1990's. while the opposition is vowing to fight, it is also calling on the taliban to negotiate. the taliban have said it is open to talks. but, with the stage set for a possible armed conflict, few analysts believe they can withstand a full taliban offensive without international support. >> let's bring in, ali nasari head of foreign relations for the national resistance front of afghanistan, joining us from washington, d.c. what is the current situation on the ground there in the pansh valley? >> thank you very much for having me. right now the situation in pan there have not been any attacks yet. the people are ready for any full preparedness and they will answer in any way they can to any aggression, any invasion that happens. >> are you prep

second time and hit albania to ahmad died at highland hospital. the same hospital. her daughter was released from tuesday after being injured my legs they're they're they're numb. sometimes i feel like i don't know. i'm just grateful that i can. i'm still walking. the siblings say the driver never attempted to remain at the scene, so they consider the case of fatal hit and run. berkeley. police say the unidentified driver left under mitigating circumstances and called police minutes later, officers made contact with the driver some distance from the scene, the siblings say officers contacted the driver before showing up to the accident scene and they brought up race as a factor interfering with the justice they seek. make her black make us white. put it like that. and then that day you go. i want that justice. that's what i want. the siblings say police did not impound the vehicle that hit their mother, and when they say they asked police why the driver had not been arrested. they tell us they were told so far, there's not enough evidence, but that's not how they se

ahmad died at highland hospital, the same hospital.daughter was released from tuesday after being injured my legs they're they're they're numb. sometimes i feel like i don't know. i'm just grateful that i can i'm still walking. the siblings say the driver never attempted to remain at the scene, so they consider the case of fatal hit and run. berkeley police say the unidentified driver left under mitigating circumstances and call police minutes later, officers made contact with the driver, some distance from the seen the siblings say officers contacted the driver before showing up to the accident scene and they brought up race as a factor interfering with the justice they seek or make her black make us white put it like that. and then there you go. i want that justice. that's what i want. the siblings say police did not impound the vehicle that hit their mother. and when they say they asked police why the driver had not been arrested. they tell us they were told so far, there's not enough evidence, but that's not how they see it. that's

qais ahmad hit consecutive boundaries to see his side home. and that's all the sport for now.ek — kind of stuck in a rut of grayness and lingering cloud. it's not in a great hurry to get out of that position through today, either. we did see some sunshine on wednesday across central and eastern england, and i'm hopeful we will see some for at least a time today — this break in the clouds ahead of a weak weather front coming in from the northwest. —— from the west. so through the morning, some sunnier skies working their way eastwards, perhaps something a bit brighter behind that band of shower re—rain for the rest for the afternoon. —— further west. but still, a lot of cloud for many of us, and temperatures a little down on where they should be for the time of year. a few heavier showers roaming around through the evening, but overnight, guess what — it's all pretty quiet and light winds, a lot of cloud, quite misty and murky around the coast and for the hills. friday daytime, you look at that chart, you think, oh, things might start to get moving. well, not in any great hurry

doctor fari ahmad, - self. it doesn't define you in any way. doctor fari ahmad, good l self.or fari ahmad, good luck, i know you have had _ way. doctor fari ahmad, good luck, i know you have had results _ way. doctor fari ahmad, good luck, i know you have had results as - way. doctor fari ahmad, good luck, i know you have had results as well i know you have had results as well this week, now you have gcses. enjoy your day after day, hopefully you will be celebrating later.- will be celebrating later. thank ou. we've been enjoying the post—0lympics buzz on breakfast this week, and speaking to many of the team gb athletes as they return from tokyo with their medals. we can hear from another now. ben maher won gold in the individual showjumping, on his horse explosion w. james burridge went to meet both of them. elsenham stud in essex, the home of a double olympic champion. ben maher has spent his life preparing the best horses for the biggest occasions. team gold at london 2012, now individual gold at tokyo 2020. i'm not an emotional person, but i was a little bit then, i have

welcome to bbc news — i'm reged ahmad. our top stories... translation: we've got a legal visa. - many people who are coming here don't have the right documents, but we've got the visa and they won't let us through. senior taliban figures — including the group's co—founder, mullah baradar — are in the afghan capital for talks about establishing a new government. the former britiah prime minister, tony blair, has launched a scathing attack on the us decision to pull out of afghanistan. the greek government builds a a0 kilometre fence on its border with turkey over concerns there'll be a surge in afghans seeking asylum. and a state of emergency is declared in parts of new york state ahead of the forecast arrival of hurricane henri.

he now considers himself the legitimate caretaker president of afghanistan, and is allied with ahmadall while waiting for the child and to advance. they should understand _ child and to advance. they should understand we _ child and to advance. they should understand we will _ child and to advance. they should understand we will not, _ child and to advance. they should understand we will not, let - child and to advance. they should understand we will not, let me i child and to advance. they shouldj understand we will not, let me be very clear, we will not accept clerical dictatorship in my country. we make peace, but the piece should not mean surrender to a group with massive records of human rights violation, massacres of people, you name it, that will not happen. lets speak to frank gardner who is live with us on this story. frank, how do you assess the seriousness of this challenge to the taliban? i this challenge to the taliban? i would collect a fairly major fall, it's the only part of afghanistan that they do not have control. they say they've surrounded it, but they will proba

i'm reged ahmad.push back thousands attempting to flee the taliban. translation: we have a legal visa. many people coming here do not have the right documents but we have the right visa and they will not let us through. senior taliban figures, including the group's co—founder, mullah baradar, are in the afghan capital for talks about establishing a new government. the former british prime minister tony blair has launched a scathing attack on the us decision to pull out of afghanistan. in other news, a state of emergency is declared in parts of new york state ahead of the forecast arrival of hurricane henri.

this is bbc news — i'm reged ahmad with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the worldear gas in kabul, to try to push back thousands attempting to flee the taliban. translation: we've got a legal visa. - many people who are coming here don't have the right documents, but we've got the visa and they won't let us through. a state of emergency is declared in parts of new york state ahead of the forecast arrival of hurricane henri. hello and welcome. "don't go to kabul airport". that's what americans hoping to leave afghanistan

mr massoud, son of the legendary anti—soviet resistance fighter ahmad shah massoud, said his forces wouldby the taliban. until a week ago, the first vice president now considering himself the legitimate caretaker president of afghanistan and an ally, he told the bbc he would not accept the vision of afghanistan.- accept the vision of afghanistan. accept the vision of afuhanistan. a ., , afghanistan. as long as they re'ect afghanistan. as long as they reject extremism, _ afghanistan. as long as they i reject extremism, acknowledge the pluralistic fabric of afghanistan and they should understand we will not — let me be very clear — we will not accept clerical dictatorship in my country. we make peace but the piece must not mean surrounded to a group with massive record of human rights violation, massacre of people, you name it — that will not happen. you name it - that will not happen-— you name it - that will not ha en. ~ . ., you name it - that will not ha en. ~ ., ., ., happen. we will have more from afghanistan _ happen. we will have more from afghanistan later _ happen. we will have mo

i'm reged ahmad. our top stories: desperate to escape — us troops fire tear gas in kabul, to try to push back thousands attempting to flee the taliban. translation: we have a legal visa. translation: we have a legal visa- many _ translation: we have a legal visa. many people _ translation: we have a legal visa. many people coming - translation: we have a legal visa. many people coming here| visa. many people coming here do not have the right documents but we have the right visa and they will not let a three. senior taliban figures, including the group's co—founder mullah baradar are in the afghan capital for talks about establishing a new government. the former britiah prime minister tony blair has launched a scathing attack on the us decision to pull out of afghanistan. state of emergency have been declared in new york state a head the arrival of hurricane henri. don't go to kabul airport — that's what americans hoping to leave afghanistan are being told unless they're instructed to do so. the state

is real, i mean when people come in with their sick children, are you still dealing with people dr. ahmad, who still does seem to not be living in reality? oh yeah, we do see it. you know, we get challenged on, on the, you know, the, the reality of it, but it's not as common. but there are definitely people the folks that don't believe vaccinations and in general are going to say that i can tell you that in my practice over the years that you normally see one or 2 people that are not facts and kids a year that are not vaccinated now it's literally every shipped. so there's definitely been a, maybe a global shift in that direction of not back sitting. and this just views the misconceptions that we see with the coven vaccine. but once they start to see it in their child is sick, i think it may be just too late at that point. wow. but i have to, i think i'm after. i mean, i'm going to have to wrap and i'm gonna have to wrap their doctor my, my apologies for putting you in that position. but thank you all for, for your, your time, your expertise on the work that you're doing in this time. we

this is bbc news — i'm reged ahmad with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the worldation: we've got a legal visa. - many people who are coming here don't have the right documents, but we've got the visa and they won't let us through. senior taliban figures — including the group's co—founder, mullah baradar — are in the afghan capital for talks about establishing a new government. britain's former prime minister, tony blair, who sent troops into afghanistan 20 years ago, says the uk has a moral obligation to stay until those who wish to leave — have escaped. the greek government builds a a0 kilometre fence on its border with turkey over concerns there'll be a surge in afghans seeking asylum. and a state of emergency is declared in parts

ahmad-- not his real name-- said he's hiding from the taliban after they kidnapped two of his colleaguesn employee of the now-former afghan government, he said the biden administration is leaving behind tens of thousands of afgans like him who helped america. >> the afghan people have done-- fought terrorism, al qaeda. >> reporter: what do you think they would do to you if they found you? >> if they take us, the imminent is, you know, death. >> reporter: right now, the u.s. military controls this part of the kabul airport. it's one way out of afghanistan, and only for a few. most afghans across the country realize they won't be able to leave, and are resigned to an uncertain future. norah. >> o'donnell: roxana saberi, thank you. well, back here in washington, president biden has been saying for weeks that it was unlikely the afghan government would fall to the taliban. but we're now learning, there was some intelligence to the contrary. cbs' weijia jiang is at the white house. so, weijia, that's the question: were they caught off-guard or did they ignore the warnings? >> reporter: well,

with no electricity and therefore no lights, ahmad has to improvise to do hisjob.sis is affecting everyday life. translation: the living conditions are difficult. because of the power outage. sometimes we are forced to turn on a phone light so we can continue our work. there is no electricity, no petrol and no diesel. 78% of the population is now living below the poverty line, according to the united nations, and violence and protests have become a common occurrence. adding even more pressure, the country's central bank announced it was ending imported fuel subsidies last week. the decision has led lebanon's already troubled economy to collapse. restaurants and shops have been forced to close, and as fuel supplies dwindled, endless queues formed at petrol stations with drivers hoping to fill up before any price hikes. translation: my car has been parked in a queue _ outside the filling station for two days but i still have no petrol. is there anything more degrading and humiliating than this? despite months of this crisis, lebanon's divided political factions have

this is bbc news — i'm reged ahmad with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the worlddesperate to escape — us troops fire tear gas in kabul, to try to push back thousands attempting to flee the taliban. translation: we've got a legal visa. - many people who are coming here don't have the right documents, but we've got the visa and they won't let us through. a state of emergency is declared in parts of new york state ahead of the forecast arrival of hurricane henri. hello and welcome. "don't go to kabul airport". that's what americans hoping to leave afghanistan have been advised — unless instructed to do so. the state department said it wanted to avoid creating large crowds — and us defence officials have expressed concern about the possibility of attacks by islamic state militants. a week after the taliban seized power, their co—founder, mullah abdul ghani baradar, is in the capital for talks on forming a new government. our security correspondent, frank gardner reports. crowds, chaos, confusion. the scene at kabul airport grows ever more volatile as thousands of afgh

. >> reporter: today i met with mansoor ahmad khan, pakistan's ambassador to afghanistan. to discuss the state of affairs in kabul. how would you describe the situation in kabul? >> the most immediate challenge is the humanitarian one. many people want to go, want to leave this place. if this process was done in a more orderly manner, we could have maybe saved those precious lives, but having said that, it's never too late. it is important that we should bring our action together once again and try to work out the remaining part of the evacuation or humanitarian effort in a more coordinated and a more orderly manner, and this goes for all the sides. >> reporter: and for those afghans who have managed to leave the country, another challenge now awaits, adjusting to a new life in a foreign land. hundreds now seeking temporary shelter here in northern virginia. this young father, whose identity is concealed, saying he's grateful to america for keeping his family safe. >> now we are safe. now here, appreciated for your help, appreciated for your kindnesses, for everything. >>

this is a memorial to 54 year old leticia ahmad, a chef and cater who lived in valeo with roots in oakland and berkeley. it sits in berkeley between shaddock and newbury on ashby avenue, which she was crossing on foot monday night after visiting a relative with her son, daughter and another woman. i don't know where car just comes out, and just here's mama and i see her. i'll see you fly in the air. i see her hit the ground, and i'm just i'm in shock. del bania says she darted into the street to tend to her mom, sharif says the driver appeared to be preparing to leave, so he tried to stop her. so i go reach further willing to steer and the keys and she she hit the gas. it was she hit the gas. i grabbed. i tried to grab a whole of pretty much the car her, the siblings say while leaving the driver hit their mother a second time and hit del bania, too. maude died at highland hospital, the same hospital. her daughter was released from tuesday after being injured my legs they're they're they're numb. sometimes i f i don't know. i'm just grateful that i can i'm still walking. the siblings say th

welcome to bbc news — i'm reged ahmad. our top stories...esperate to escape — us troops fire tear gas in kabul, to try to push back thousands attempting to flee the taliban. translation: we've got a legal visa. - many people who are coming here don't have the right documents, but we've got the visa and they won't let us through. senior taliban figures — including the group's co—founder, mullah baradar — are in the afghan capital for talks about establishing a new government. the former britiah prime minister, tony blair, has launched a scathing attack on the us decision to pull out of afghanistan. the greek government builds a a0 kilometre fence on its border with turkey over concerns there'll be a surge in afghans seeking asylum. and a state of emergency is declared in parts of new york state ahead of the forecast arrival of hurricane henri. don't go to kabul airport. that's what americans hoping to leave afghanistan have been advised — unless instructed to do so. the state department said it wanted to avoid creating large crowds — and us d

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qais ahmad hit consecutive boundaries to see his side home. and that's all the sport for now.ful we will see some for at least a time today — this break in the clouds ahead of a weak weather front coming in from the west. so through the morning, some sunnier skies working their way eastwards, perhaps something a bit brighter behind that band of shower re—rain further west for the afternoon. but still, a lot of cloud for many of us, and temperatures a little down on where they should be for the time of year. a few heavier showers roaming around through the evening, but overnight, guess what — it's all pretty quiet and light winds, a lot of cloud, quite misty and murky around the coast and for the hills. friday daytime, you look at that chart, you think, oh, things might start to get moving. well, not in any great hurry, i'm afraid of. this weather front will push some rain into northern ireland through the day, throwing some showers towards wales, as well. potentially, though, with a little bit of a strengthening southerly breeze, we could break the cloud up a little bit more a

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an hour later ahmad entered the capital --capitol to interrupt the vote.e president pence and speaker pelosi were evacuated to safe locations. minutes later security officials assured congressional leadership off the house floor. with tension rising in the building the house and senate abruptly recessed. >> without objection the house is going to go back into recess. announcer: there were a few dozen members of congress and the house chamber at the time including representative jim mcgovern and representative susan wild. jim mcgovern is the rules committee chair and took over for speaker house policy -- pelosi. he tells us about the days events from the front of the house chamber. rep. mcgovern: i was there, and i received -- nancy pelosi, one of her aides came up to me and said would you be willing to step in for the speaker? i have done that a one million times before. i am sitting there and my daughter is texting me like where are you? i said to her i am in the chamber. she said they closed it the cannon building. i said they do that all of the time for

some of their some of their children, like ahmad shah massoud's son is ready to lead and fight, but pakistanwithout whom there would be no taliban, they invited some of our allies who fought and lost family in 2001 and 2002 before they defeated the taliban, they were invited to pakistan for discussions right before the taliban made their move on kabul. i don't know if they are there of their own choice still or if they are being held against their will, but somebody in this administration needs to check on our former allies. they are still our allies, but they are in pakistan somewhere. as i understand it, that is a different country. but this administration has done an abysmal job. the intel telling me, people that are being brought in here, there is a significant percentage that our future boston marathon bombers because they are not doing adequate vetting. this administration not only has blood on its hands already. it is going to cost a lot of american lives before we have a chance to get it straight again. and so i am hoping that by bringing these things out, as we all are here, that en

going to compare that to what we watched in front of our own eyes this summer with george floyd and ahmad are very and so forth. so the reason i say that the in king's term was moderate. i think in baldwinsville was liberal and today we say progressive. i actually think we do the most daily harm. and i don't want to speak for you, you can correct me or anybody if i misspeak. but odds are on a daily basis you're not interacting with white nationalists. and if you are interacting with white nationalists you're aware that that's who you're interacting with and to some way you know how to protectyourself . on a daily basis, especially in academia. you are most likely interacting with colleagues just like me. and we are the ones that send you home often exhausted. those thousand daily cuts, that maddening insidious, i can't get my fingers on this but yet again, we've reproduced racism in our outcomes, in our hiring and in our policies . so it's a more subtle, is the smileon the face . it's the tgas lighting. it's thedenying . >> you invoke guilt and inthe book you make a distinction between sh

some of the people you were trying to help, ahmad, were there at the airport when the suicide blast happenedout this a few moments ago before going to this interview. do you have any kind of update on what happened to some of the people there and what can you tell us about that? >> as of right now, one is missing. helping, called me, one of them this morning. one of the babies are inside the base, the sisters and the mom are wounded in the hospital. so i've been working with other marines and texting the information to be able to rejoin the families. but working with the back channels, former and active servicewoman and man trying to help government get inside. the priority with u.s. citizens and green card holleders. last night, a big group of people with p2s and green card holders but that gate, i have had people sending me pictures that we are here until the people inside to let us in. but i'm happy that made it outside but one is missing and calling me, if there's any way you can find information. it's really hard at the moment. i called one officer who i was calling at the same time. se

17.73 seconds — and managed to hold off a late charge to the line by kuwait“s defending champion, ahmadly, fantastic. absolutely thrilled? absolutely, fantastic. tell us a bit about his achievement, in life, really, not just in these games, because i think he was born... when he was born he only had a 5% chance of survival, is that right? only had a 596 chance of survival, is that ridht? ., “ , only had a 5% chance of survival, is that ridht? ., h '::f that right? that's right, 5-10% chance of survival. _ that right? that's right, 5-10% chance of survival. he - that right? that's right, 5-10% chance of survival. he was - that right? that's right, 5-10%| chance of survival. he was born that right? that's right, 5-10% . chance of survival. he was born at 1.6 ounces, a surviving twin, and he has always been a fighter, since when he first arrived. so it gives you a kind of line mark when you look back at that, defining moments in your life, and think about that and then think about what he has achieved in the early hours of this morning. achieved in the early hours of this mornind. �* g , .

. ♪♪ [music break] amy: music by ahmad zahir. this is democracy now!ocracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. as we continue our coverage of the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan, the desperate by many to flee taliban rule. we are joined by author and for npr reporter sarah chayes. she ran a soap factory. she also worked for commanders two of the international forces in kabul. she served as special advisor for chair of the joint chiefs of staff mike mullen from 2009 through 2011 under the obama administration. her most recent book, "on corruption in america -- and what is at stake." thank you for joining us. can you respond to what is unfolding in afghanistan right now, what you think is most important for people to understand? >> well, the shock and shame of it i don't think i need to really elaborate on. when i hear people saying, oh, it was going to be messy -- i think, wow, messy. hmm. then as they add matters not just what you decide, but how you do what you decided to do. and that goes both berhow united states

he and the son of famed militia leader ahmad shah masoud are apparently trying to organize armed resistancen the panjshir valley, north of kabul. in washington, u.s. military officials say order at the airport has been restored, at least for the moment. >> we are confident we have taken the right steps to resume safe and orderly operations at the airport. jane: at the white house this afternoon, national security adviser jake sullivan again defended the president's withdrawal decision. he also said a deal was struck with the taliban to ensure safe passage to the airport, but he expressed fear for the future of the country's women. >> truly, deeply, my heart goes out to afghan women and girls. we have seen what the have done before. and that's a very hard thing for any of us to face. but this wasn't a choice just between saving those women and girls and not saving those women and girls. the alternative choice had its own set of human costs and consequences. and that would have involved is substantial ramp up of american participation in a civil war with more loss-of-life and more bloodshed.