National Airbnb Will Give 20,000 Afghan Refugees Temporary Housing Aid groups say there's an urgent need for housing for tens of thousands refugees from Afghanistan as they begin to resettle around the world. Jonathan Franklin
World At-Risk Afghans Who Fear The Taliban Hunker Down And Wait To Leave Those huddled in their homes and in safe houses around Kabul include activists, employees of the collapsed Afghan government and women. The Associated Press
Politics The Focus Must Stay On Evacuations, Not On The Exit From Afghanistan, Harris Says The vice president spoke at a news conference in Singapore alongside Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who offered the use of his country's air force to assist with evacuations. The Associated Press
Asia The Pentagon Is Calling On 6 U.S. Airlines To Help With The Afghan Evacuation Effort The military is asking for 18 airplanes, but says the passenger jets will not fly into or out of Kabul. Instead, they'll be used to ferry passengers from temporary safe havens outside of Afghanistan. Dave Mistich
World Opinion: Numb From Afghanistan's Losses Host Scott Simon shares the reaction of Zalmai Yawar, an Afghan who first served as a translator for NPR 20 years ago, to the country's return to Taliban control. Yawar now lives in the US. Scott Simon
World How Valuable Are The U.S. Weapons The Taliban Just Captured? In a scene repeated across Afghanistan, retreating government forces ditched billions of dollars' worth of U.S.-supplied military hardware, from assault rifles to Black Hawk helicopters. Greg Myre Scott Neuman
Politics Afghan NGO remains dedicated to nation's youth amid uncertain future Tamim says: ‘This is not going to fall. We are not going to stop. We are going to raise these children.’ John O'Brien
Health Afghanistan's Health Care Is In 'Limbo' Following Taliban Takeover, Says MSF Rep Filipe Ribeiro of Doctors Without Borders Afghanistan talks to NPR about the future of the country's health care system under Taliban rule. Mary Louise Kelly
Health The Phone Call That Made An Afghan Woman Doctor Flee She practiced medicine in Mazar-e-Sharif. She wanted to serve her country. Her story offers a window into what the Taliban takeover may hold for Afghanistan's women. Nurith Aizenman
Arts & Life Our Film Critic Explores Why The Harrowing Afghanistan Images May Feel Familiar Bob Mondello reflects on the portrayal and the despair of Afghanistan's story, as shown on film for decades — in The Man Who Would Be King, Rambo III, Charlie Wilson's War, Zero Dark Thirty and more. Bob Mondello
