Kabul Airport explosion

We get the latest on an explosion near Kabul Airport as countries continue to try and evacuate people ahead of the Taliban deadline. The explosion has occurred at the Abbey gate entrance where British troops have been stationed in recent days. It was one of three gates that had been closed followings warnings of a terrorist threat.

We’ll also continue to hear the experiences of people in Afghanistan under the new Taliban leadership.

BBC Urdu will give us information on the situation on the Afghan-Pakistan border as people try to leave the country there.

And we will be join by Dr Emma Hodcroft, molecular epidemiologist at the University of Bern in Switzerland who will answer audience questions about the coronavirus pandemic.

(Photo: Paratroopers assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division conduct a security patrol during evacuations from Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan August 24, 2021. Credit: U.S. Army/Sgt. Jillian G. Hix/Handout via REUTERS)