Pakistan and Afghanistan bureau chief at @Reuters. Former @washingtonpost Kabul bureau chief and Paris correspondent.

Joined October 2008
Today is my first day as @Reuters bureau chief for Pakistan and Afghanistan, the two countries I most recently covered for The Washington Post. You can reach me at [email protected]
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So proud of this team. They stuck with this important, challenging story even after they were laid-off.
Very honored that my last story for @washingtonpost, which published after I was laid off, won Le @PrixBayeux. It detailed the terrifying journey of a soldier trapped in the kill zone for 177 days. Was so glad to accept it in person with Anastacia Galouchka and Serhii Korolchuk.
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"Pakistan has deployed between 30,000 and 40,000 troops to Saudi Arabia to help defend the kingdom's land borders". This is perhaps the biggest Pakistani land forces foreign deployment since 1971. Though not sure such huge numbers are only deployed in a defensive role.
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Saudi Arabia is planning an offensive against the Houthis, with multiple options on the table It would be led by Yemeni forces, with more than 100k possibly mobilized Story explores options & range of support the kingdom is getting from allies: reuters.com/world/asia-pacif…
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Watching @Lescarpenter cover the Paris Olympics up close was one of the privileges of my time at The Post. The paper was lucky to have him.
Today is my last at The Washington Post. My job was eliminated in February along with the rest of the sports department, but my layoff was extended through September. The Post had one of the greatest collections of sports journalists ever. Working with each of them was an honor.
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Today is my last at The Washington Post. My job was eliminated in February along with the rest of the sports department, but my layoff was extended through September. The Post had one of the greatest collections of sports journalists ever. Working with each of them was an honor.
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My video debut for @Reuters 💁‍♀️
Pakistani pilots Zeeshan Ali and Khurram Daud are training in China, hoping one will become the country's first astronaut aboard China's Tiangong space station. Ariba Shahid explains reut.rs/4rxRkCi
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🔊 Reuters @rick_n explains what Saudi Arabia is looking for from its defense partners on the Reuters World News podcast reut.rs/4jr3jQ1
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Pakistan said it struck 10 sites in Afghanistan this week as border tensions flared again. Here’s what’s driving the escalation.
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رویټرز راپور ورکړی چې په ایران کې د جګړې له امله رامنځته شوي اقتصادي بحران، د پیسو د ارزښت کمېدو، لوړې انفلاسیون او د کاري فرصتونو نشتوالي زرګونه افغان کډوال اړ کړي چې بېرته افغانستان ته ستانه شي. رویټرز د ملګرو ملتونو د کډوالو ادارې (IOM) د معلوماتو له مخې ویلي، په تېرو دوو کلونو کې له دوو میلیونو ډېر افغانان له ایران څخه وتلي دي. #طلوع‌نیوز
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As US-Iran tensions escalated this year and inflation surged, food became so scarce that Jami said she struggled to source the ingredients needed for the business, including milk. dawn.com/news/2030609
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Abdul Jabbar, an Afghan returnee, said 'it would be better to die in a war than from hunger,' after fleeing Iran's economic crisis amid a war with the US and Israel. While women who have returned face stringent rules barring them from education and work reut.rs/4xVyaZt
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Powerus, a U.S. drone firm backed by two of Trump's sons, told Reuters in an interview that it has signed a deal with Pakistan's Army for an initial order of unmanned aerial systems, though its value remains undisclosed. reuters.com/world/asia-pacif…
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