Surrounded by Taliban: War Correspondent Hollie McKay’s Harrowing Tale From Afghanistan
by Hollie McKay Editor’s note: Journalist Hollie McKay and photographer Jake Simkin were inside Afghanistan in August 2021. They documented the fast-moving events of the day, and were caught inside the country when the Taliban came to power. This is an excerpt from their forthcoming book, Afghanistan: The End of the US Footprint and the Rise …