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 hear a conversation between young people living in Afghanistan about how their view of the future has changed since The Taliban took control.

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: Smoke billows from the airport area after a blast outside the Hamid Karzai International Airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan, 26 August 2021. At least 13 people including children were killed in a blast outside the airport on 26 August. The blast occurred outside the Abbey Gate and follows recent security warnings of attacks ahead of the 31 August deadline for US troops withdrawal. Credit: AKHTER GULFAM/EPA)