AP reporter on tumultuous year for Afghanistan | Richmond Latest News | richmond.com – Richmond.com
The Associated Press’ Afghanistan-Pakistan news director looks back at a tumultuous year for Afghanistan. Kathy Gannon has covered the country since the 1980s. She is one of a few Western correspondents who were in Kabul the last time the Taliban ruled, in the late 1990s. She reflects on the withdrawal of Western forces, the Taliban takeover, the chaotic evacuation scenes at Kabul airport, and the deepening poverty and hunger that have taken hold of Afghanistan since.
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