Now playing Next People The 22-year-old British student who flew to Kabul has been evacuated Miles Routledge is no longer in Afghanistan after he was able to get a space on a British army flight, along with hundreds of others fleeing the country. 17/08/2021
Now playing Next Germany Criticism as German plane leaves Kabul with just seven people on board Just seven people were on board the A-400M aircraft -- which could take up to 150 people -- as it left Kabul on Monday night. 17/08/2021
Now playing Next World News Euroviews. VDL must act now to rescue Afghans working with EU missions | View "At this very moment, the Taliban are walking from door to door in Kabul. The local personnel of the EU missions are in imminent danger in these hours." 17/08/2021
Now playing Next Afghanistan Afghans eligible for evacuation say getting to airport is 'too risky' An Afghan national eligible to go to Holland said foreign missions need to make alternative arrangements as it's impossible to get to Kabul Airport and the US is not allowing flights to land. 17/08/2021
Now playing Next Afghanistan Taliban will 'respect women's rights within Islamic law' At their first news conference in Kabul since taking power, the Taliban sought to give assurances on women's rights, the safety of Afghan workers, and media freedom. 17/08/2021
Now playing Next Afghanistan Afghanistan: Macron demands 'robust' EU plan against illegal migration Macron warned in a televised address on Monday that "the destabilisation of Afghanistan also risks leading to irregular migratory flows towards Europe". 17/08/2021
Now playing Next USA Joe Biden: Decision to leave Afghanistan 'the right one for America' In a defiant address the US President defended the US troops pullout despite the Taliban's takeover, saying that keeping a US presence in Afghanistan was no longer a US national security interest. 16/08/2021
Now playing Next World News Europe's capitals scramble to evacuate nationals from Kabul airport From Madrid to The Hague, via Paris, Bucharest, London... European governments have been trying to rescue their nationals from Kabul, and where possible help Afghans who worked for them. 16/08/2021
Now playing Next Afghanistan Afghanistan in context: What's the background to today's crisis? A look at Afghanistan's tumultuous history. 16/08/2021
Now playing Next People Meet the British student who flew to Afghanistan and is now stuck Miles Routledge has been branded a 'disaster tourist' online for flying into Kabul last Friday, just days before the Taliban captured the city. 16/08/2021
Now playing Next The Cube Fact check: French ambassador did not leave Afghan capital Kabul Misleading rumours falsely suggested that France's Ambassador to Afghanistan had left Kabul, but he had instead moved the embassy's operations to the airport. 16/08/2021
Now playing Next Afghanistan Afghans cling to departing US military plane as desperation grows Hundreds of people could be seen running alongside a U.S. Air Force transport plane before takeoff, in a widely shared video that captured the sense of desperation. 16/08/2021
Now playing Next Uncovering Europe Will the Afghanistan crisis spark a refugee influx to Europe? The question comes as the Taliban completed a rapid takeover of the country. 16/08/2021
Now playing Next No Comment Chaos as thousands flee Afghanistan after Taliban takeover Thousands of people packed into the Afghan capital's airport on Monday, rushing the tarmac and pushing onto planes in desperate attempts to flee the country after the Taliban overthrew the Western-backed government. 16/08/2021
Now playing Next Afghanistan 'NATO's biggest debacle': Afghanistan troop withdrawals slammed On Monday the head of Angela Merkel's conservative party and possible successor to the German chancellor called the pullout NATO's "biggest debacle" since its creation. 16/08/2021
Now playing Next Afghanistan ‘I cry with my heart’: Women journalists fear for future under Taliban "We lost everything we achieved in these 20 years in a blink of an eye," a female journalist in Kabul told Euronews. 16/08/2021
Now playing Next USA US responds to criticism of Afghanistan withdrawal Critics of Joe Biden say his decision to withdraw has undone two decades of work in the country and jeopardised the safety of the Afghan people. 16/08/2021