thank you so much for your time today, inger ashing, ceo at - time today, inger ashing, ceo at save theaying that the taliban will not accept an extension of the august 31 deadline for western forces to leave. that is just coming from reuters, one source at the moment. it needs to be checked out but that is very much the topic of the moment as this evacuation process continues at kabul international airport. we have heard that the prime minister borisjohnson is going to ask the us presidentjoe biden to keep us forces at the airport beyond the sist forces at the airport beyond the 31st of august deadline to try to facilitate getting more people out of the country, a huge amount of pressure at the airport already and fears that that window up to the sist fears that that window up to the 31st of august simply isn't enough time to get everybody out. so the taliban, are going to tell sources, quoted on the reuters agency, will not accept the extension of the august deadline for western forces to leave. we will try to find out some more information about that and bring that to you as soon as

inger ashing is chief executive of save the children who have stepped in afghanistan.ers, a bit more than half of them community—based in country, and of course they are really demoralised by the situation, fearing for their country, the children they are there to set for their own safety. what have they been telling you about their ability to carry out their work since the taliban took over? since the situation on the ground is very we as all other ngos and the un have been forced to pause most of our operations in country, having our staff, making sure they are in safe locations. right now we are waiting and seeing what is happening on the ground, but we are as an organisation committed to stay and deliver and most of our staff are determined to go out again to the front line, serving as doctors, teachers, etc, making sure they are supporting children in their communities. the headlines on bbc news... as aerial evacuations continue a member of the afghan security forces is killed in a firefight at the gates of kabul airport. us and german troops were involved. the uk