War Journalism: Meeting a Warlord on the Pakistani Border

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/conference/new_yorker_festival_2011

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Dexter Filkins recalls his meeting with a tribal warlord on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.

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The New Yorker Festival presents: Reporting from the Edge: Covering Conflict. This program was recorded on October 1, 2011.

With Lynsey Addario, Jon Lee Anderson, Dexter Filkins, and Wendell Steavenson. Moderated by Dorothy Wickenden.

Dexter Filkins joined The New Yorker in January and has reported from Yemen and Afghanistan. Previously, he was at the Times, where he won a Pulitzer Prize as part of a team covering Afghanistan and Pakistan. He has received two George Polk Awards and three Overseas Press Club Awards. His book, The Forever War, won a National Book Critics Circle Award.

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[fslzzz]

dude Pakistan looses almost 10-15 soldiers in this fight daily... i hope u visited FATA in 80's... now u cant take your ass out of Islamabad...

[kshackleton]

@migkillertwo

Of course, the government must be reeled in by a constitution that supports rights for the people, but I think that we agree.

[migkillertwo]

well I wouldn't say that *strong governments are necessary for social peace. We've cut every federal program except medicare since 1970 but crime rates, property and violent crime, have declined precipitously since then. Individuals just need to make the covenant with the state for the latter to do the former's violence.

[kshackleton]

In a world where central governments fail, warlords will reign. It has always been thus and always will be. This is something that the Libertarian dogmatists and anarchists fail to grasp. Freedom is enhanced when the rule of law is enforced by strong governments....it allows the rest of us to get on with our lives in peace.

[Thastorcyclone]

you america haters go to north korea idiots.

[DaDoctaBoom]

@Andybaby It doesn't help that in Africa 'Sovereign Leader' = US propaganda speak for 'Warlord'

[SuperViten]

@Ruthieal Perhaps, but what seems like reasonable criticism of a Pakistani offensive shouldn't be taken to be a huge bias, dogmatic anti-Pakistani point.

[Ruthieal]

@anbruce99 Well, listen to what the guy said at the end. It was sorta anti-Pakistani.

[Andybaby]

'Warlord ' = US propaganda speak for 'Military leader'.

[anbruce99]

@RayKalmNiam thats not anti pakistani. I agree with most americans going to hell but save that comment for a video that warrents it.