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Increasing Dangers For Reporters In Afghanistan

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Increasing Dangers For Reporters In Afghanistan

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Dexter Filkins recently broke the story that top Afghan officials have been receiving bags of cash from Iran. The New York Times foreign correspondent tells Terry Gross that the situation in Afghanistan is becoming increasingly dire for both soldiers and journalists.

Increasing Dangers For Reporters In Afghanistan

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Dexter Filkins: No End In Sight In Afghanistan

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The New York Times foreign correspondent Dexter Filkins reports that the Taliban are waging an increasingly aggressive campaign in Afghanistan — a fact evidenced by a 40 percent increase in Afghan civilian deaths in 2008.

Dexter Filkins: No End In Sight In Afghanistan

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Iraqis' Love-Hate Relationship With Americans

Dexter Filkins, a reporter with The New York Times, has spent nearly four years in Iraq. He often heard Iraqis say one thing to Americans and something different to other Iraqis. He details these stories in his new book,The Forever War. Filkins talks with Steve Inskeep about the fragility of truth in Iraq and what that means for a lasting peace.

'Forever War' author Dexter Filkins talks to NPR's Steve Inskeep on 'Morning Edition'

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Ashley Gilbertson, Shooting Passionately in Iraq

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Award-winning photographer Ashley Gilbertson has spent much of the past five years in Iraq, taking incredible photographs for The New York Times and other publications. Born in 1978, Gilbertson has captured some of the world's most dangerous places on camera. A book of his work, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: A Photographer's Chronicle of the Iraq War, will be published this fall.

Ashley Gilbertson, Shooting Passionately in Iraq

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