[ritchiebaby]

I'd just like to congratulate the UK Armed Forces on getting 15,000 people out of Afghanistan in 2 weeks in what must have been extremely difficult circumstances. I appreciate there will still be thousands left behind, but I can only ask why many of these, if they felt their lives were in danger, didn't leave earlier when exits were easier. Biden had 11 September as the final withdrawal date as far back as April, bringing it forward to 31 August in early July. Given the potential Taliban advances a few months ago, I wouldn't have been leaving it to the last couple of weeks in trying to leave.

And it's not just the "official" Taliban Government we should be concerned about, it's the rag-tag tribal armies allied to the Taliban cause that will be controlling much of their "policy" towards women, human rights, etc. in outlying areas.