iain watson, our olitical does not exist.ion is due to end in afghanistan by tuesday and tonight president biden has said that another terror attack at kabul airport is "highly likely", in the next 2a to 36 hours. around 170 people were killed on thursday in a suicide bomb attack carried out by the islamic state group. 0ur correspondent secunder kermani reports from kabul, where fear and tension remain. gunfire. 0utside kabul airport, warning shots ring out. since thursday's awful suicide bombing by the local branch of the islamic state group, the crowds here have grown smaller, but some still remain. tens of thousands have been evacuated, these afghans escorted by the taliban. others, however, are being left behind. like this pizza shop ownerfrom essex. he travelled to kabul to help try and take his afghan national wife and young children home. they said, stay away from the airport and stay in a safe place. and from today, i kept calling and sending e—mails and nobody answered. the is attack on the airport has left many fear

iain watson, thank you very much.hile, us military officials say one of their drone strikes today in the afghan capital kabul prevented another deadly suicide attack at the airport. thursday's bomb killed at least 170 people, including 13 us troops. the us will continue evacuation operations until tuesday. from kabul, our chief international correspondent lyse doucet reports. a house on fire in a fast burning crisis, said to be a rocket attack streets away from kabul airport. it may have been the target. the us says it unleashed a drone strike, too, hitting a vehicle of suicide bombers heading to the airport. gunfire. and next to the airfield, gunfire. this, a likely salvo from taliban guards struggling to control the crowds. machine gun fires. today, military flights are still taking off, but britain's airlift has ended. not long now before america packs up, too. in a fleeting twilight, afghans hold fast to documents, to hope. my life is in danger injalalabad. but the flights are almost over. what are you going to do

jonathan beale, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent iain watson is in westminster.promising borisjohnson is promising to shift heaven and earth he says to get people out who were left behind, how is he proposing to do that without an airlift? ~ , ., an airlift? well, live, it is old claim to _ an airlift? well, live, it is old claim to move _ an airlift? well, live, it is old claim to move heaven - an airlift? well, live, it is old i claim to move heaven and earth. borisjohnson is using that language partly to reassure those who have left behind but also to reassure his own mps so for example the conservative mp who has served in afghanistan says it fills him with anger and shame so many people have been left behind, many of his colleagues feel the same, the lib dems calling for an urgent inquiry and sir keir starmer pressing for evidence that there is a plan to get people to the borders. how will he do it? planning is in the early stage and officials in whitehall and elsewhere are still grappling with the practicalities. for example where and to what extent should

the bbc�*s political correspondent iain watson reports.ts from kabul, landing in the uk this morning. the prime minister said we would not have wished to leave in this way. 20 years of military involvement in afghanistan, concluded with a frantic evacuation. but in a government—issued video, he also pledged not to abandon those left behind. if the new regime in kabul wants diplomatic recognition or to unlock the billions that are currently frozen, they will have to ensure safe passage for those who wish to leave the country, to respect the rights of women and girls, to prevent afghanistan from again becoming an incubator for global terror. in a literally heroic effort, 15,000 people, the majority of them afghan citizens, have been airlifted from kabul. while these people got out, hundreds more who are eligible for relocation to the uk are still in the country. this former british army officer told me that refugee camps and processing centres need to be set up urgently. i'm not aware of any of these camps, of any of these processes, of any

caroline hawley, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent iain watson is in downing street, and says manydeep regrets that the uk wasn't able to get out all of those who wanted to leave. emotional things being said by conservative politicians who have served in afghanistan, one talked about his anger and shame that people had been left behind and today, the chief of the defence forces, sir nick carter, said it's brought a tear to his eyes that some of the friends he had worked late in afghanistan had not cut out either. over the coming days, it is going to be time for reflection and time to look back on achievements and challenges that uk and western forces have had in the last 20 years. the immediate focus now will be on how the people who have been left behind can be helped to be processed. there are many, many questions unanswered at this stage for example, where will the processes be set up? what kind of documentation will they need? they cannot definitively answer those questions. us presidentjoe biden has issued a fresh warning that another attack on kabul airport is "highly likely"

here's our political correspondent iain watson.sh flights from kabul landing in the uk this morning. the prime minister said we would not have wished to leave in this way. 20 years of military involvement in afghanistan concluded with a frantic evacuation. the first uk ground forces arrived in afghanistan in 2001, in the wake of 9/11. few would have predicted that the campaign would become so protracted. a57 british service personnel lost their lives. borisjohnson said their sacrifice hadn't been in vain, but in a government—issued video, he also pledged not to abandon those left behind. if the new regime in kabul wants diplomatic recognition, or to unlock the billions that are currently frozen, they will have to ensure safe passage for those who wish to leave the country, to respect the rights of women and girls, to prevent afghanistan from again becoming an incubator for global terror. in a literally heroic effort, 15,000 people, the majority of them afghan citizens, have been airlifted from kabul. but hundreds more who are eligi

caroline hawley, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent, iain watson, is at westminster.m afghanistan, with some of those who could leave being left behind, that'll be controversial. that's ri . ht. 20 that'll be controversial. that's right- 20 years _ that'll be controversial. that's right. 20 years of— that'll be controversial. that's right. 20 years of uk - that'll be controversial. that's right. 20 years of uk military | right. 20 years of uk military involvement in afghanistan is expected to end this weekend but borisjohnson has been severely criticised notjust by opposition parties but by some of his own mps for leaving civilians behind. 0ne mp who served in afghanistan expressed his anger and shame so the prime minister has said he will shift heaven and earth to try to get more people out and tonight cabinet ministers have written to mps to try to reassure them that the resettlement programme will enter a new phase. quite frankly, i have to say, the planning seems to be at an early stage so the decision has been taken over where or what extent there will be process