Ross McDonnell

Sep 6, 2023 | newyorker.com | Victor J. Blue |Ross McDonnell |Anand Gopal

This film was supported by the Pulitzer Center. Much of the press saw U.S. troops as defending a pro-Western populace against a deeply unpopular Taliban insurgency. But Blue quickly realized that, in the insurgent heartlands, which lie in rural areas, the story was much more nuanced.