18 Aug 2021

Kabul correspondent on evolving situation

From Morning Report, 7:53 am on 18 August 2021

There are reports some planes are leaving the Kabul airport in Afghanistan with only a handful of passengers.

Yesterday there were desperate scenes, chaos, and deaths on the tarmac as Afghans clung to US planes taking off.

In extraordinary scenes of a different kind today - the Taliban giving their first press conference after taking control of the country.

Kabul correspondent Bilal Sarwary told Corin Dann the event shows how much the militants, and Afghanistan, has changed.