Afghanistan’s Fall to Taliban Leaves Its D.C. Diplomats in Limbo

WASHINGTON—When Jawad Raha returned to his diplomatic submit in Washington from his last trip to Afghanistan in early August, the Taliban experienced been capturing provincial capitals throughout the place, but he still considered the U.S.-backed authorities could fend them off.

“People were being anxious for the reason that of the quickly speed of the Taliban advancement,” Mr. Raha, a seasoned Afghan diplomat, explained. “But there was still hope.”