Deadlines

This week, as the deadline for U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan looms nearer, we look at the challenges the Biden Administration faces as the Taliban warns of potential "consequences." 

As floods have ravaged parts of the Southeast in recent days, hurricane season heats up as northeastern states were recently slammed, breaking annual records for rainfall in New York. Meanwhile, the FDA has now fully authorized Pfizer's COVID vaccine, but will this encourage more people to receive the vaccine who have held out for fear of side effects?

Then turning our attention toward the crisis in Afghanistan, as the Biden Administration has now said the U.S. will be out of the country by August 31, the Taliban has warned of potential "consequences" if evacuation efforts were to be drawn out beyond the stated deadline. In addition to the Taliban's increasing resistance to cooperating during the withdrawal, reports of ISIL and Al Qaeda returning to Afghanistan have national security and terrorism experts concerned. We examine the quickly developing situation on this week's episode of Middle Theory.

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SHOW NOTES

• RAINY DAZE: 22 dead, many missing after 17 inches of rain in Tennessee
• Tropical Storm Henri drenches Northeast
• Record hour of rainfall in NYC
• FDA APPROVAL: PFIZER shot granted full approval; Clears path to more mandates
• WHO chief calling for two-month halt on boosters
• BOO WHO: Donald Trump tells Alabama rally to get COVID vaccine, gets booed 
• DEADLINE: Deadlines burn Biden
• EXTENDED STAY: Pentagon hints at expanded operations in Kabul
• TALIBAN: Evacuations ramp up; Aug. 31 deadline in spotlight 
• Taliban warn of 'consequences' if USA extends military presence
• Taliban appear to mock Iwo Jima flag raising in latest propaganda push
• AL QAEDA: Most wanted Al Qaeda terrorist reappears
• ISIS: U.S. Warns of Islamic State Threat to Americans in Afghanistan 
• WILLIAMS WEIGHS IN: Juan Williams: Biden is right on Afghanistan 

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