Living between war and peace: Azmat Khan on the personal toll of war reporting

America’s air campaign against terrorism in the Middle East was one of the most precise in history, according to military officials and media reports at the time. But award-winning investigative journalist Azmat Khan did not believe what she read in the papers. So, she decided to find the truth for herself. She put her body on the line and crisscrossed war zones to figure out how America’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were actually going. We discuss tricks of the trade: how Azmat shook off Iraqi officials who were on her tail, how she distinguished between ISIS fighters and civilians, and how she built relationships with her sources. We meet the most important source in her life, Basim Razzo, an Iraqi man who lost his family in a U.S. drone strike. He was labeled, incorrectly, as a member of ISIS. We also go to a place Azmat does not like to visit (at least not in public): her inner life. Living between war and peace takes a real emotional toll.

You can listen to Living between war and peace: Azmat Khan on the personal toll of war reporting online on Radio and Podcast. Open the player on this page to stream the available audio.

Living between war and peace: Azmat Khan on the personal toll of war reporting is an episode from Art of Power by WBEZ.

This episode is 00:48:49 long.

This episode was published on Feb 17, 2022.

Yes. Use the heart button on the episode page to add it to your favorite episodes list.

Yes. This page shows related episodes from Art of Power when more episodes are available from the podcast feed.