War Journalism: Meeting a Warlord on the Pakistani Border

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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Dexter Filkins recalls his meeting with a tribal warlord on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
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The New Yorker Festival presents: Reporting from the Edge: Covering Conflict. This program was recorded on October 1, 2011.
With Lynsey Addario, Jon Lee Anderson, Dexter Filkins, and Wendell Steavenson. Moderated by Dorothy Wickenden.
Dexter Filkins joined The New Yorker in January and has reported from Yemen and Afghanistan. Previously, he was at the Times, where he won a Pulitzer Prize as part of a team covering Afghanistan and Pakistan. He has received two George Polk Awards and three Overseas Press Club Awards. His book, The Forever War, won a National Book Critics Circle Award.

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New York Times should watch this.

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@Ruthieal Perhaps, but what seems like reasonable criticism of a Pakistani offensive shouldn't be taken to be a huge bias, dogmatic anti-Pakistani point.

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@Andybaby It doesn't help that in Africa 'Sovereign Leader' = US propaganda speak for 'Warlord'

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dude Pakistan looses almost 10-15 soldiers in this fight daily... i hope u visited FATA in 80's... now u cant take your ass out of Islamabad...