The Week in Review: July 31-August 6, 2021

The Taliban continues its advance, South Sudan faces a new political threat, and more

This week, Taliban forces captured a provincial capital for the first time since the United States began its withdrawal from Afghanistan. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s frequent predictions of fraud in next year’s presidential election may have put him on the wrong side of the law. The investigation into the assassination of Haitian president Jove…