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This week on Babel,\xa0Jon talks with Colin Clarke, a senior research fellow and the director of policy and research at The Soufan Center. They discuss what Iran is set to gain in Afghanistan, Iran's relationship with al Qaeda and the Taliban, and potential areas of cooperation or conflict between Iran and the United States as the U.S. withdraws from the region. Then, Jon, Natasha, and Danny continue the conversation about the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and its implications for great power competition and cooperation in the Middle East.\xa0\n\nColin P. Clarke, \u201cThe U.S. Doesn\u2019t Have to Choose Between Counterterrorism and Great Power Competition,\u201d World Politics Review, August 23, 2021.\xa0\n\nJon Alterman, "Stories of Afghans left behind will hurt America around the world," The Hill, August 18, 2021.\n\nColin P. Clarke and\xa0Asfandyar\xa0Mir, \u201cMaking Sense of Iran and al-Qaeda\u2019s Relationship,\u201d\xa0Lawfare,\xa0March 21, 2021.\xa0\n\nColin P. Clarke and Ariane\xa0Tabatabai, \u201cWhat Iran Wants in Afghanistan,\u201d\xa0Foreign Affairs, July 8, 2020.\xa0\n\nEpisode Transcript, "Iran's Interests in Afghanistan," CSIS, September 7, 2021.