dave watson, former british soldier, served in the i very much. dave watson, former. a norm while serving in afghanistan in 2010. we've also been getting reaction to the events in afghanistan from the bbc�*s chief international correpsondent lyse doucet who is in dubai. i think at this moment, everyone is focused on what is happening in afghanistan, what is happening in kabul, what is happening street by street, what is happening at the airport, which is now closed. we, like otherjournalists, are trying to get in. it is closed because it is a scene of chaos and panic. the us marines are struggling to maintain control. the images which came in last night and this morning are of thousands of people on the tarmac, no immigration, people desperate to escape, images of people clinging to the doors of aircraft on the tarmac, desperate to find a way out. i was on a plane yesterday, a commercialflight from dubai. we circled over this chaos for about an hour. the airliner decided it was not safe to land. as a consequence, the more than 400 people who had tickets on this flight