Afghanistan plunges into chaos

Also, some notes on Russia and Yemen

I am just gutted by what is happening in Afghanistan. If you haven’t been keeping up, Afghan government forces have continued to flee and surrender (and even switch sides). Three additonal major cities have fallen (Kandahar, Herat, and Lashkar Gah), which brings the total to more than a dozen that have fallen.

As one expert on the country, who has 18 ye…