Emily Tamkin in Washington, DC and Ido Vock in Berlin are joined by political analyst and New Statesman contributing writer Bruno Maçães to discuss the political fallout from the withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Then in You Ask Us, they answer a listener’s question on what the US handling of Afghanistan will mean for the future of the EU.
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Further reading
How Olaf Scholz and the SPD could lead Germany’s next government
Afghanistan Diary: The fall of Kabul was predictable – if you were there
Why Joe Biden got everything wrong in Afghanistan
Why the Biden administration should not sanction the Taliban