Sir Laurie Bristow was the last British Ambassador to Afghanistan and one of the last civilians to leave Kabul in August 2021. Everyone watched the events unfold in Afghanistan with horror as western military forces withdrew and the Taliban recaptured political power. In conversation with military specialist Brigadier Ben Barry, Laurie Bristow explains the events leading up to those last days and the emergency evacuation of 15,000 vulnerable Afghans to safety. Kabul – Final Call analyses the causes, meaning and human cost of the disaster in Afghanistan.
Brigadier Ben Barry OBE works at the International Institute for Strategic Studies and has written extensively on military actions in Iraq, Afghanistan and Sarajevo.
