The Dire Reality In Afghanistan A Year After The U.S. Withdrawal
The NPR Politics Podcast
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4.4 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 23 August 2022
⏱️ 18 minutes
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This episode: White House correspondent Asma Khalid, White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez, and international correspondent Diaa Hadid.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Jen. |
| 0:01.2 | And this is Nate. |
| 0:02.2 | And we're having a beer at the top of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park. |
| 0:06.2 | This podcast was recorded at 11.15 Eastern Time on Tuesday, August 23rd. |
| 0:11.9 | Things might have changed by the time you hear it. |
| 0:13.9 | Okay, here's the show. |
| 0:15.9 | That's nice, I hope Jen and Nate send some photos. |
| 0:21.7 | Yeah, I haven't been, I was gonna say I felt like this summer should have been the |
| 0:24.8 | big summer going to National Park since we didn't do that, so hopefully next summer. |
| 0:29.5 | All right, hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. |
| 0:31.9 | I'm Asma Khalid, I cover the White House. |
| 0:33.9 | I'm Frank Ordoniaz, I also cover the White House. |
| 0:36.6 | And a year ago, this month, US troops completed their withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban |
| 0:42.4 | quickly took over. |
| 0:43.8 | It was this chaotic and to 20 years of war. |
| 0:47.6 | America's longest war. |
| 0:49.3 | And here at home, it was a turning point in Joe Biden's presidency. |
| 0:53.0 | The moment when Biden's approval ratings fell underwater and they have never fully recovered. |
| 0:58.2 | So today on the show, we are gonna talk about Afghanistan one year after the Taliban |
| 1:02.1 | takeover and to help us make sense of this all, we are joined by a special guest. |
| 1:06.2 | I believe it is here first time on the podcast. |
| 1:08.8 | NPR's Diyah Diyid, who covers the region, it is so nice to have you with us. |
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