Taliban expert Ashley Jackson and former CIA official Robert Grenier say Western countries can't cut off the Taliban at the expense of innocent Afghans
Edi Rama is welcoming refugees who assisted NATO's operation and is calling on his larger, richer European neighbors to do more. "How can we let these people down?" he asked.
Nick Kay, a former UK ambassador to Afghanistan, says the Taliban's hardening rhetoric is concerning and stressed the "urgent need" to facilitate evacuations.