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Vanessa Gezari

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Vanessa Gezari is the National Security Editor at The Intercept. She has reported from four continents, nine countries, and many corners of the United States for outlets such as the Washington Post, Slate, and the New Republic. She is the author of "The Tender Soldier," about an experimental U.S. military program and its use in Afghanistan, and an adjunct professor at Columbia Journalism School.

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Losing Afghanistan

The Evacuation of the CIA’s Afghan Proxies Has Opened One of the War’s Blackest Boxes

Fahim Abed

- Nov. 20, 2022

Former Zero Unit members are facing a reversal of fortune that is humiliating, infuriating, and utterly intractable.

KANDAHAR, KANDAHAR PROVINCE - JUNE 15:  Afghan children stand by the road as seen through the window of a M-ATV vehicle, the heavily-armored successor to the Humvee, June 15, 2010 in Kandahar, Afghanistan.  The M-ATV and other mine-resistant vehicles have almost completely replaced the venerable Humvee for transporting American forces around in Afghanistan, using innovations like thicker, irregularly-shaped windows to help protect troops from deadly roadside bombs and other explosions.  (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

Voices

I Reported on the War in Afghanistan. Was I Complicit in the Harm America Caused?

Vanessa Gezari

- Sep. 2, 2021

Moral injury describes the inner collapse we feel, as civilians on the margins of endless war, when our leaders betray the people who helped us.

The Iran Cables

The Story Behind the Iran Cables

Betsy Reed, Vanessa Gezari, Roger Hodge

- Nov. 18, 2019

A note from the editors and a video discussion hosted by Jeremy Scahill.

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