Remembering Afghanistan’s narrator of hope and war

While the Taliban and the Afghan government discuss peace in Doha, the violence back in Afghanistan seems unending. Afghanistan has been hit by a wave of targeted killings aimed at activists, civilians, and journalists. Today we have the story of one such journalist — reporter Mohammad Ilyas Dayee, who brought the rest of the world countless stories of his home country.

In this episode:

Abubakar Siddique, editor of Gandhara.

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Negin Owliaei produced this episode with Dina Kesbeh, Priyanka Tilve, Ney Alvarez, Alexandra Locke, Amy Walters, Abigail Ony Nwaohuocha, and Malika Bilal.

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