Taliban took over in Afghanistan only days after the U.S. military left Afghanistan. Since then, news on Afghanistan surged in the mass media. Pictures of Afghan toddles handed over to American soldiers in the Kabul airport went viral on the internet. But what will happen when this news cycle fades away? What does this humanitarian crisis mean to the people of Afghanistan and to the western alliance? Though the definite answers will not be given in this episode, our guest, Christiane, will offer an overview of Germany's participation in the Afghanistan development process since 2001, an analysis of why Afghan police forces and troops surrendered so quickly, and lastly a forecast of China's political prospects with Afghanistan.

Guest: Christiane Heidbrink, Research Fellow of the Center of Global Studies of the University of Bonn