I'm thrilled to reveal the cover of my first book, August in Kabul: America's last days in Afghanistan, published by Melb. Uni Publishing (@mupublishing). The book will be available in bookstores & online on 2 August 2022 & is now available to pre-order:

An age-old conundrum for journalists confronted by the injured in an event of public interest – help or do your job? Although, as a ⁦@NSWRFS member⁩ @nampix⁩ was obligated to assist, v interesting to hear abt his real-time judgement calls here.

A rare instance, particularly on X, & particularly in this era of mis/disinformation, where valid criticism of a journalist is met with a prompt admission - that they got it wrong. Respect to @clarissaward for that. Context here:

Revisiting this extraordinary piece from 2014 by @Raniaab / @politico, which begins with al-Golani’s 2011 crossing into Syria under orders from al-Baghdadi. His mission… “nothing less than to bring down the Assad regime & establish an Islamic state. ”.

‘Absolutely gutted’: Cases dropped against soldiers over notorious war crimes allegations - The Sydney Morning Herald . By Nick McKenzie - ⁦@Ageinvestigates⁩

Taliban flag spotted at today’s pro-Palestine/Lebanon protest in Sydney. The NSW State govt and police issued warnings that displaying Hezbollah flags or images of the Lebanese group’s assassinated leader Hassan Nasrullah may amount to a criminal offence.

Winter in Western Sydney, where a grassfire destroyed what used to be an amusement park near the corner of Cowpasture Rd and Camden Valley Way. @NSWRFS

1-2-3-4, United States Marine Corps. Photos from the Haditha (Iraq) massacre revealed for the first time, nearly 20 years on. By @madeleinebaran and @NewYorker .

RT @ObaidullaBaheer: Everyone should listen to @andrewquilty’s book titled “August in Kabul”. It is currently free for subscribers on audib….

“More senior officers have to take some level of responsibility for what goes wrong in their organisation or at least for any circumstances or policies that permitted or facilitated it,” the panel report said. - ⁦⁦@GuardianAus⁩

The first Australian sentenced to prison in relation to war crimes in Afghanistan is not a soldier convicted of a war crime, nor an officer commanding one, but one who (wittingly or not) helped expose them. @MurdochCadell .

RT @WahidWaissi: Received copy of #ThisIsAfghanistan by ⁦@andrewquilty⁩, extraordinary visual journey of 🇦🇫 Offers a rare glimpse of comple….

Apparently Tb Spring offensives are still a thing too: ."Spring is when the Taliban deploy heavily-armed gunmen, brainwashed by years of re-education at Taliban-controlled madrassahs or religious schools, to kill opponents, torture innocent civilians and bully women and girls.".

"There is another way to [stop] illegal immigration [to the UK] from [Afghanistan. back the opposition and resistance movements of Afg which are growing. throughout the country." . You heard it here first, c/o. @MahmoudSaikal & @spectator.

The most uncomfortable part of this ep of Uncomfortable Conversations is the number of false equivalences and straw man arguments offered by ⁦@DouglasKMurray⁩ & left unchallenged by ⁦@joshzepps⁩.

RT @TheAfgPod: 🎙️@andrewquilty on how he felt leaving Kabul for the last time. 🎧 Listen on all platforms:. Apple: .

Last night’s ⁦@4corners⁩ did not focus on Ukrainian perspectives or regurgitate Ukrainian propaganda & pro-NATO narratives (as 99% of reporting since 2022 has). That does not mean it was pro-Russian ⁦@AmbVasyl⁩. Give viewers some credit.

RT @RohYakobi: Just like his photos, @andrewquilty gives such a vivid sense of the atmosphere in the city on that awful day. It feels as if….

Little by little. Afghanistan: Media landscape suffocated by repressive Taliban directives that target women in particular

RT @RohYakobi: It was such a blast interviewing @andrewquilty for @TheAfgPod. What a great man! . Shocked to learn the Aussies don’t drink….

RT @UncommonSense3R: 📻Tuesday 9am til noon: Photojournalist @andrewquilty speaks in-depth about his latest book, This Is Afghanistan. Richa….