UNHCR urges Afghanistan’s neighbours to keep borders open

US President Joe Biden has said he will make sure every American is able to leave Afghanistan but admitted the evacuation process does pose risks. We speak to political scientist Francis Fukuyama about the past week’s events.

Also in the programme: we get the latest from Haiti, which was hit by a devastating earthquake a week ago; and we hear from the author of a new book about the German writer W.G. Sebald.

Joining Anna Holligan to discuss these and other issues are author Misha Glenny and Kate Clark, co-director of the research group Afghanistan Analysts Network.

(Photo: Evacuees assemble before boarding a C-17 Globemaster III during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Afghanistan. CREDIT: U.S. Marine Corps/Lance Cpl. Nicholas Guevara/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY./File Photo)