Opinion: What the U.S. can do to save the lives of Afghan journalists

In early August, the husband and wife reporting team of Shakib Shams and Storai Karimi were covering the Taliban advance in western Afghanistan when their car was struck by gunfire. Taliban fighters immediately surrounded their vehicle and ordered the two journalists, who were uninjured, to get out. Held at gunpoint and interrogated, the pair were released with orders to interview local Taliban fighters and produce a positive story. A high-ranking commander warned that if they failed to do so, “we will know.”

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