UPDATE: just after this podcast was recorded, a terror attack took place outside Kabul's airport. For more information on this, click here to read our post.

Welcome to The Daily Aus - join Sam and Zara every weekday for a five-minute entree to your news diet. They'll cover the news of the day in your language and take a deep dive into the biggest story of the day so that you’re armed with talking points when you meet your blind date, get caught chatting in the coffee line or have to face the in-laws. The Daily Aus is one of the most popular news pages in Australia on Instagram, and now they're hitting your headphones.

In the news today: COVID numbers across the country, freedoms for vaxxed individuals and some good news about free sanitary items at schools. For today's deep dive, we take a look at the evolving situation on the ground in Kabul.

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