Reporter's Notebook: The US is out of Afghanistan, but Kabul isn't out of DC

You saw the pictures. The swarm of humanity, jostled against fences at Hamid Karzai International Airport. Take Abbey Gate. That’s where the Americans were. Then the Taliban shut off access to Abbey Gate. Then the suicide bomber came.

Take Abbey Gate. That’s where the Americans were. Then the Taliban shut off access to Abbey Gate. Then the suicide bomber came.   You could anticipate a flurry behind the walls of the Pentagon. The CIA in Langley, Virginia. The State Department in Foggy Bottom. The West Wing. On Capitol Hill. Afghanistan consumed official Washington.