Joe Biden’s Frenetic First Year Gets the Fly-on-the-Wall Treatment in New HBO Documentary

As Kabul fell last year, the Biden administration found itself in the midst of a full-blown crisis. “We were in intense conversations with the Afghan government throughout this period—in August and into the middle of the month—to help organize a peaceful transfer of power,” says Secretary of State Antony Blinken. “President [Ashraf] Ghani said to me on the phone that Saturday, ‘If the Taliban doesn’t agree and engage in good faith, then I will stay and fight to the death.’ That was Saturday. He fled the country the next day, on Sunday.” “No notice?” someone behind the camera asks Blinken…. Read Full Article