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SO AMAZED to see my book "EAGLE DOWN" listed among the Financial Times Best Books of 2021! Thank you to all the soldiers and families who shared their stories ft.com/content/13e77e… @FinancialTimes
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West & Central Africa, Reuters. Previously AP, WSJ. Author of EAGLE DOWN - a FT Book of the Year (2021). Pulitzer finalist Afghanistan (2022), Libya (2012).
- Italian PM Conte expels a woman from room after she gives Secretary #Pompeo a big hunk of Parmesan cheese to protest tariffs
- Replying to @jessdonatiTo answer q's: #Pompeo was forced to give up the cheese in order to proceed with the meeting, unclear if he got it back afterwards. He looked pretty happy to have received it
- US official: "Majority" of Afghan visa applicants have been left behind. US staff in Kabul "haunted" by decisions they had to make at the gates
- Remember #Afghanistan's last finance minister, who gave the WaPo an interview about being an Uber driver? Turns out he owns $1 million worth in real estate near Washington DC
- Massive explosion just shattered all the windows and glass in our bureau #Kabul
- What happened to #Afghanistan's president Ghani after #Kabul fell? He spent months in the five-star St Regis hotel in the UAE while his wife selected a villa for them to live in
- Let's not forget the Afghans: 3,500+ Afghan forces and 1,200+ Afghan civilians killed in the first six months of 2020. Afghanistan is still the deadliest conflict in the worldNo U.S. servicemen have been killed in Afghanistan in almost a year, and Afghans are finally discussing peace and reconciliation among themselves. Such incredible progress. #DiplomacyStrong #AmericaFirst
- Brave WaPo colleague, Sharif Walid, already back at work a day after being injured by broken glass in #Kabul attack
- US denies visa to 13-yr old Afghan girl invited to play guitar w/ Beach Boys rockstar. Mursal took up music after a bomb killed her sisters
- Replying to @jessdonatiAnd here's the WSJ story that ran w the photo: wsj.com/articles/offic… with @DionNissenbaum and @euamiri
- I interviewed a senior #Trump official (older, white, male) w/ @WSJ colleague @mgordonwsj. Official sits down. "Well of course, Michael, you're the best in the business, and your UNDERSTUDY over there" pointing at me (the only woman in the room) #UNGA #swagger
