Journalism
Faith and Vengeance: The Islamic State’s War in Afghanistan
Investigation, New Lines Magazine, August 1, 2022. Read here
It was Aug. 15, 2021, and the last U.S. troops were still sheltering at Kabul airport, waiting for the war to end, when the purge began. For 20 years the Taliban had been waging an insurgency in the name of jihad against foreign occupation. But with success now assured and their greatest enemy in retreat, they were already switching focus to another, more insidious, threat: their fellow Muslims in the Islamic State group. This time they would do their killing in the shadows. …..
One Year After the Fall of Kabul
Podcast interview, The Lede, August 15, 2022. Listen here
One year after the fall of Kabul, this special anniversary episode of The Lede looks back on the momentous events of Aug. 15, 2021, and explores how Afghanistan has fared in the aftermath…