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Documenting America’s 20 Years in Afghanistan

The FRONTLINE Dispatch

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How Marty and I Covered Afghanistan for Years

The first time I ever set foot in Afghanistan was in the summer of 2009. It's a country that really gets under your veins, you know? And it was quite quickly an obsession for us. The war was lingering on 20 years, so we had reason to go back again and again. Oftentimes, we would send our very brave cameraman, Tim Gruccio, who would go and embed and film things and send it back to at least to me to cut it. But I can't claim much bravery for a lot of amazing footage that you see over the years.

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