On Afghanistan & Nation Building (Why Context Matters)

CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Moderna Using COVID19 Research for HIV Vaccine Trials

• Blavity: Moderna Using Its COVID19 Research To Spearhead Clinical Trials for HIV Vaccine
• Them.: Moderna Is About to Begin Trials for HIV Vaccine Based on COVID19 Research

The Fall of Afghanistan

• NPR: A Mission to Give Afghanistan Democracy Became a Bid to Repair America’s Own
• Blavity: Disturbing Footage Shows Afghans Clinging to Moving Plan to Flee Country
• The Grio: Crises in Afghanistan and Haiti Turn White House Upside Down: Sh*t Show
• NY Times: The War in Afghanistan: How It Started, How It Is Ending
• HuffPost: Taliban Makes Vague Promise On Women’s Rights in First Press Conference

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