Left, Right & Center
The Chaos in Afghanistan
Josh Barro, Liz Bruenig, Megan McArdle and Paul D. Miller discuss the twenty-year war in Afghanistan and the ongoing evacuation. A look back at how we got here, what went wrong and where we go from here.
By Elizabeth Bruenig • • 52m ListenKabul has fallen. While this was expected to happen, the U.S. government has been surprised by how quickly the Taliban took over.
At the start of this week, there were as many as 15,000 Americans in Afghanistan. Now, Americans, along with thousands of Afghans, are trying to flee the country. The result? Mass chaos.
Elizabeth Bruenig
Staff writer, The Atlantic
Josh Barro
Former host of Left, Right & Center
Megan McArdle
Washington Post
Jenna Kagel
Radio producer
Sara Fay
Former producer of Left, Right and Center
Nisha Venkat
2022 KCRW Radio Race winner
Paul D. Miller
Professor of the Practice and Co-Chair, Global Politics and Security, Georgetown University