Christina Goldbaum
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Afghanistan & Pakistan bureau chief for @nytimes | previously in Mogadishu, Nairobi, NYC | tips? [email protected]
Joined December 2012
More than 70,000 undocumented Afghans have returned home in recent weeks to meet a Wednesday eviction deadline ordered by the Pakistani government. "I’m starting again from zero," said one man who fled Afghanistan four decades ago. https://t.co/kRbb19tLKU
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More than 70,000 undocumented Afghans have been forced across the border in recent weeks to meet a Wednesday deadline ordered by the Pakistani government.
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“…the unease of making a life on borrowed land, seemingly on borrowed time.” More than 70,000 undocumented Afghans have returned home in recent weeks to meet a Wednesday deadline ordered by the Pakistani gov. @cegoldbaum @SAFIPADSHAH @eliseblchrd
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More than 70,000 undocumented Afghans have been forced across the border in recent weeks to meet a Wednesday deadline ordered by the Pakistani government.
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"Soon, the Titan slinked into the water and dropped into the deep, descending toward a dream." Powerful report by @JohnBranchNYT and @cegoldbaum on the last hours of the Titan.
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Five voyagers climbed into the Titan submersible in hopes of joining the select few who have seen the wreck of the Titanic up close. But within hours, their text messages stopped coming.
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Five voyagers climbed into the Titan submersible in hopes of joining the select few who have seen the wreck of the Titanic up close. Their planned 12-hour voyage most likely ended in less than two.
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Five voyagers climbed into the Titan submersible in hopes of joining the select few who have seen the wreck of the Titanic up close. But within hours, their text messages stopped coming.
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Walking down the streets, locals can hear the moans and sobs of heartbroken mothers. Echoing out of the mosque is the near constant recitation of the Quran, as fathers plead with God to somehow keep their lost sons alive. @cegoldbaum
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About two dozen of those on the fishing vessel that capsized off Greece came from Bandli, a community in northeastern Pakistan with a long history of young men chasing a brighter future abroad.
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They had names. They had families. Timely and heartbreaking reporting by @cegoldbaum & Zia ur-Rehman about the Pakistani village that saw its sons drown in the Mediterranean off Greece last week. https://t.co/sMNAfY1K0y
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About two dozen of those on the fishing vessel that capsized off Greece came from Bandli, a community in northeastern Pakistan with a long history of young men chasing a brighter future abroad.
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Once unthinkable, the scenes of violent protest that broke out across Pakistan after Imran Khan was arrested on Tuesday, seemed to cross a line against defying the army that has rarely been breached in Pakistan’s turbulent history https://t.co/BDN7cj9AYt
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Regarded historically as a moderating force in the country’s politics, the generals’ reputation has withered under attacks from the ousted prime minister, Imran Khan.
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Some professional news... excited to officially take on this role alongside our stellar team across Afghanistan & Pakistan:
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During her first stint in Afghanistan as a new international correspondent for The Times, Christina Goldbaum was in Kabul the day it fell to the Taliban in August 2021. Ever since…
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The economic desperation among Pakistanis has played out in stark scenes during Ramadan. At least 22 people killed, dozens injured in stampedes/long queues as people struggle to get some of the food being distributed by charities and govt. With @cegoldbaum
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Rampant inflation, damaged crops and the war in Ukraine have sent food prices soaring during the Muslim holy month of daytime fasting and nighttime feasting.
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Many hoped former PM Imran Khan’s court appearance on Saturday would defuse political tensions that boiled over this week. Instead, fresh clashes between the police and his supporters outside the courtroom only added to the chaos. w/ @salmanmasood
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Supporters of the former prime minister of Pakistan have repeatedly clashed this week with the security forces, keeping the country on edge. “Show you can fight,” he told supporters.
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What a tribute, on such a melancholic day. Perfect tone struck by @cegoldbaum (with Kiana's always arresting portraits). Putting Afghan women starkly front and center. https://t.co/qHS8AYPE7v
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The Taliban’s takeover ended decades of war. But their restrictions, and the economic fallout, threw many women into a new era of diminished hopes.
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The Taliban’s takeover ended decades of war. But their restrictions, and the economic fallout, threw many women into a new era of diminished hopes. w/ @jacoob1994 @safipadshah @NajimRah Kiana Hayeri
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The Taliban’s takeover ended decades of war. But their restrictions, and the economic fallout, threw many women into a new era of diminished hopes.
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"'Some people in the world are scared of the things they have to lose,' she said, 'But Afghan women have lost everything, they have nothing left to lose.'" These @cegoldbaum interviews are wrenching
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The Taliban’s takeover ended decades of war. But their restrictions, and the economic fallout, threw many women into a new era of diminished hopes.
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“Walk around the capital, Kabul, and it often feels as if women have been airbrushed out of the city.” — @cegoldbaum
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The Taliban’s takeover ended decades of war. But their restrictions, and the economic fallout, threw many women into a new era of diminished hopes.
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Nearly two decades after the rise of Al Shabab, Somalia is the most active front in the “forever wars” that the United States has been waging against Islamist extremists since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks https://t.co/MImvQabjRM
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A campaign in the Horn of Africa is now the most active element in the “forever wars” the United States has waged since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
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Soon the infant fell silent in his arms. His tears turned to ice that clung to his face. By daybreak, he was gone. “The cold took him.” An unbearably heartbreaking report by @cegoldbaum and @jacoob1994 in Qadis, Afghanistan https://t.co/ngOhLITFLz
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Hundreds have died in plunging temperatures, and malnutrition has been rampant as the Taliban government’s ban on female workers has hampered international aid.
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Hundreds in Afghanistan have died in plunging temperatures, and malnutrition has been rampant as the Taliban government’s ban on female workers has hampered international aid. via @cegoldbaum, @jacoob1994, Kiana Hayeri, @NYTimes
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Hundreds have died in plunging temperatures, and malnutrition has been rampant as the Taliban government’s ban on female workers has hampered international aid.
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When winter truck Niaz’s village in Aghanistan, the cold was merciless. One night ice covered the windows, then the walls, then the blanket on his wailing son. Soon the infant fell silent in his arms. His tears turned to ice. By daybreak, he was gone. https://t.co/P7356FKBzq
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Hundreds have died in plunging temperatures, and malnutrition has been rampant as the Taliban government’s ban on female workers has hampered international aid.
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📢 Our report on Afghanistan's deepening crisis is out now. Thanks to the media that reached out. Thread to follow on your coverage as it comes in. https://t.co/9xM2HJ7RkU
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The Taliban have barred women from universities and many workplaces, compelling several aid organisations to pause operations in Afghanistan and donors to contemplate cuts to assistance. Yet the...
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