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NPR's Noel King speaks with Jon Finer, deputy national security adviser, on what the Biden administration did or did not know about the Taliban's strength and strategy in Afghanistan.

NPR's A Martínez speaks with author and former NPR reporter Sarah Chayes about the Taliban as the Islamic militant group has regained control in Afghanistan.

NPR's Noel King talks to Pashtana Durrani, the executive director of LEARN, a nonprofit focused on education in Afghanistan, about the Taliban takeover and the situation there for women and girls.

NPR's A Martínez talks with former U.S. CENTCOM Commander Gen. Joseph Votel about the military failures that led to the Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan.

Demonstrators converged on Lafayette Park outside the White House on Sunday — one of several places where Afghans living in the U.S. gathered as the Taliban took control of the the capital Kabul.

The Afghan government has fallen and the Taliban are in control. The U.S. races to process special visas for Afghan contractors. The death toll from the earthquake in Haiti continues to rise.

NPR's Noel King talks to former national security adviser John Bolton about what the U.S. can do now that the Afghan government has collapsed, and the Taliban have taken over the capital Kabul.

Pentagon officials have been briefing reporters on Thursday's deadly attacks in Afghanistan. U.S. Marines were among those killed in two explosions outside the Kabul airport.

The U.S. Agency for International Development is delivering aid supplies to Haiti following the earthquake. But foreign aid has a spotty record there and many wonder whether this time will be better.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Al Jazeera English Kabul correspondent Ali Latifi about the scene at the airport and nearby hospitals as victims are transported from Thursday's deadly explosions.