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When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade back in 2022, it indicated that abortion was an issue to be relegated to the states. Instead, it has blown up American politics, firing up voters and leading to conflicting lower court rulings. Post columnists Ruth Marcus, Alexandra P ... Show More

“Impromptu” from Washington Post Opinions invites listeners to eavesdrop on our columnists as they have frank, thoughtful conversations on the news and cultural debates they can’t stop thinking about. Washington Post Opinions columnists want to bring you inside their conversation ... Show More

Every 19th of October, Grenadians mark a somber anniversary: the 1983 execution of the country’s former prime minister and revolutionary leader, Maurice Bishop, and others who died alongside him. The people of this Caribbean nation still have no closure 40 years later. The remain ... Show More

Stephen Sackur speaks with Moeed Yusuf, National Security Adviser of Pakistan. The Taliban is back in power in neighbouring Afghanistan. US and Nato forces are gone. Pakistan sees opportunities in this new reality but are there grave dangers too?(Photo: Moeed Yusuf appears via vi ... Show More

There's tension at the border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan as forces exchanged gunfires. So, what's behind this recent flare-up?  Join host Tom McRae. Guests: Faiz Zaland - Professor of political science at Kabul University. Orzala Nemat - Director of Development Res ... Show More

John Bolton, the national security adviser, was ousted after fundamental disputes with President Trump over how to handle foreign policy challenges like Afghanistan, Iran and North Korea. But the two men disagreed about how they parted ways. Guest: Peter Baker, the chief White Ho ... Show More

Militants with ties to Pakistani Taliban have claimed responsibility for the suicide attack at an army base in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa that claimed 23 lives Tuesday. In Episode 1012 of Cut The Clutter, first published on 31 May 2022, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta delves into the compl ... Show More

Every Monday this August, we're looking back at some of the stories from the past year that have stuck with us.With the Taliban now in control of Afghanistan, we return to the agreement between the US and the Taliban last February that sowed the seeds for what followed. Today we  ... Show More

Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary General, says NATO is committed to making sure Afghanistan doesn't become a safe haven for international terrorism. John Bolton, Former U.S. National Security Advisor to President Trump, says now is the time for the U.S. to get tough on the govern ... Show More

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/76ae831e-7a74-4429-8bbb-2b947a04cb44 Biden made his first comments on Afghanistan and blamed the chaos in Kabul on the country’s deposed leaders, and desperate Afghans overran the airport trying to flee. Pakist ... Show More