The secretary general of Amnesty International, Agnès Callamard, calls on the international community not to give up its "reponsibility towards the people who have been fighting (...) in the name of democratic values," as the scramble to evacuate thousands of people from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan becomes increasingly urgent. "Creating an international space at the airport could be part of what can be negotiated," she says, but warns "it will probably be too late" in a week or two. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES