Loving is not Sin
As a consequence, the information obtained was limited or selected. A small number of journalists had the guts to take other paths to get different stories, sometimes risking their lives.
Afghan woman with children, hoping to leave Afghanistan, walk through the main entrance gate of Kabul airport in Kabul on August 28, 2021, following the Taliban stunning military takeover of Afghanistan.
A number of journalists used to go to Afghanistan to cover the war. When the joint forces or the International Security Assistance Force were still operating, participating in the convoys of armored vehicles, entering "secure" areas and eating soldier rations was the safest option.
As a consequence, the information obtained was limited or selected. A small number of journalists had the guts to take other paths to get different stories, sometimes risking their lives. An American journalist and poet, Eliza Griswold, carried out a no less dangerous mission, though far from direct combat. She was looking for poetry.