Kabul airport attack: Biden vows revenge for Afghanistan explosion that killed dozens as US forces brace for further attacks – live

To be honest, the opportunities for that will be very restricted. We’re in the final days now with the United Kingdom and the United States and their priority will obviously be on their tasking, not only for those they are still bringing out, but the safe evacuation of their own forces and equipment, and that’s what they will be focused on.

We are obviously still engaged with them – I can tell you that even when that last flight left last night, we ensured that it remained on the tarmac until I was confident that everyone we thought we could get on that last plane, we did get on that last plane.

There are individuals who will be on their way to Australia as a result of even those decisions at that time. I can only imagine what it was like for our people who had been on that tarmac for all those days sitting there patiently waiting as we ensured that we could take every last person we possibly could safely at the end of that operation.”

source: theguardian.com