The Taliban is surging across Afghanistan as western forces withdraw.

We'll talk about some troubling developments on the ground in Afghanistan and how the west

is responding.

I'm John Bickley with Georgia Howe, it's Monday, August 9th and this is Morning Wire.

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With Western forces continuing to withdraw from Afghanistan, the situation in the war-torn

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