As the U.S. military flies more people out of Kabul, the Taliban launches a charm offensive aimed at showing how it will lead Afghanistan. A Taliban spokesman tells NPR that women will be allowed to work and go to school, and Afghans who worked with Americans are not in danger. Also, the criminal trial of R&B superstar R. Kelly gets underway in Brooklyn.
08/18/21 • 14 min
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