The Week in Review: August 14-20, 2021

The Taliban completes its takeover, Malaysia and Zambia get new leaders, and more

This week, the Taliban took over Afghanistan while Western governments scrambled to evacuate citizens and allies through Kabul’s airport. Haiti faced a couple of natural disasters, compounding that country’s political crisis. Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin resigned after losing the support of parliament and was replaced by his former deputy, …