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Haji Zahir, the newly appointed governor of Marjah, is getting a lot of support from civilian and government agencies, which Gen. Stanley McChrystal had dubbed "government in a box." State Department adviser Bay Fang, who is working with the support team, says they are doing everything to ensure the new government is responsive to the people.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Associated Press journalist Derek Gatopoulos about the smuggling boat that capsized off the coast of Greece.

A powerful earthquake has killed more than 2,000 people in western Afghanistan.

In some towns in India, people working for a non profit approach people who appear to have trouble reading small print to get them hooked up with glasses.

Bernie Sanders ran on the idea of lessening inequality. So why did Clinton win the primaries and caucuses in the most unequal states?

Milo Yiannopoulos is having a very bad few days. The 32-year-old conservative provocateur resigned from Breitbart, lost a book contract and a high-profile speaking engagement after past remarks resurfaced showing him seemingly praising pedophilia.

The Peace Corps has decided to ax its China program. Critics of the decision call the program one of the diplomatic success stories in the history of China-U.S. relations.

NPR's David Greene talks with Mayor Christine Hunschofsky of Parkland, Fla., about attending a meeting with President Trump to discuss responses to the school shooting in Parkland.

Britain is caught up in its worst political crisis since the 1950s over how the country will leave the European Union. Some members of the public say they are losing patience.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to John Van de Kamp, an opinion writer at the Capital Gazette, about the paper's role in the community and his colleagues after Thursday's deadly shooting.