How Will the Taliban Take Over in Afghanistan Impact International Relations for the US, China and New Zealand w/ Leon Goldsmith: August 17, 2021

On Sunday, Taliban fighters took control of Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, and brought a very quick and abrupt end to the Afghan Government and the United State's 20 year relationship with the country. 

News and Editorial Director Jemima Huston talked to Leon Goldsmith, University of Otago Professor in Comparative Middle Eastern Politics, about the latest news on the Taliban take over in Afghanistan. They discuss, why the take over happened so much faster than anticipated, how the New Zealand government is working to get its residents out of Afghanistan and how the situation may impact international relations for New Zealand and power states such as the US and China.