The Week in Review: May 1-7, 2021

The war in Afghanistan and protests in Colombia intensify, Iran deal talks slow down, and more

Derek here. I realize some of you may be looking for coverage of last night’s events in Jerusalem but we’ll be dealing with that in tomorrow’s news roundup. Thanks!

This week, progress on reviving the Iran nuclear deal ground almost to a halt, partly over the fate of Iran’s advanced centrifuges. The Taliban has reportedly undertaken a major regional offe…