United States plans evacuation of Kabul

As Taliban forces close in on the Afghan capital, Kabul, the US prepares to airlift out its diplomatic staff and others. We talk to a journalist with family in Kandahar, one of the Afghan cities that has already fallen to the Islamists.

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss this and other issues are Jacquelin Magnay, the European correspondent of The Australian, and William Jordan, Middle East and North Africa expert and former US State Department official.

(Photo: Taliban militants gather around a provincial government office after taking control of Herat, Afghanistan. Credit: EPA/STRINGER)