The desperate scenes at Kabul airport after the city fell to the Taliban represent an inglorious end to Australia’s longest war in Afghanistan. Join Allan Behm, director of the Australia Institute's International and Security Affairs program, as he explains the failures of strategy, politics and intelligence that led directly to this moment.

The Australia Institute // @theausinstitute

Host: Ebony Bennett, Deputy Director at the Australia Institute // @ebony_bennett

Allan Behm, International & Security Affairs program director // @mirandaprorsus

Producer: Jennifer Macey // @jennifermacey

Theme Music: Pulse and Thrum; additional music by Blue Dot Sessions