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A dialog with a veteran warfare reporter.
Veteran Australian warfare correspondent Lynne O’Donnell has returned to Afghanistan to cowl the withdrawal of U.S. and allied forces, 20 years after the troubled nation was invaded following the al-Qaida assaults on New York and Washington, D.C.
The Taliban and the federal government of Ashraf Ghani are positioning themselves for renewed battle, and O’Donnell says Afghans are anxious about their future amid a sharply decreased U.S. army presence.
Between 2009 and 2017, O’Donnell was bureau chief in Kabul for The Related Press and the French information company AFP. She now writes for a variety of publications, together with Overseas Coverage, Tortoise Media, and the South China Morning Submit.
She holds an MA in Warfare Research from King’s School London, the place she is a analysis fellow of the warfare research division and a visiting analysis fellow on the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience.
Her first ebook, “Excessive Tea in Mosul: The True Story of Two Englishwomen in Warfare-torn Iraq,” was revealed in 2007, and her subsequent ebook, “From the Frontline: Ladies Reporting Warfare 1899-2020” will likely be revealed in late 2022.
O’Donnell spoke with The Diplomat’s Luke Hunt concerning the U.S. withdrawal, the threats posed by sectarian violence, and the terrorist teams that proceed to undermine peace and safety inside the area.
Luke Hunt might be adopted on Twitter @lukeanthonyhunt