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EPISODE · Aug 14, 2026 · 24 MIN

Breakfast Wrap: Five years from the fall of Kabul

from Radio National Breakfast · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation

This weekend marks five years since Afghanistan's capital Kabul fell to Taliban forces.We look back at the chaotic withdrawal of US troops, the end of a devastating war, and the repression that's followed. You'll hear from a former Afghan politician who fled to the US in 2021.Then, why is Tasmania the last state to record a bird flu case.And the count down is on to count Count Binface out of the race for Clacton - we'll get the latest on the by-election consuming British politics. 

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