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Baker Atyani
Baker Atyani is a veteran journalist with two decades of covering militant groups in Asia. He was held captive for 18 months by the Abu Sayyaf Group in the southern Philippines.
Twitter: @atyanibaker
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‘Everything will be okay’ with Afghanistan. It still isn’t.
I remember sitting across from the commander of the Kabul front of the Afghan Taliban for an interview in September 2009. His nom de guerre was Saifullah Jalali, and he spoke with the calm assurance of someone who believed time was on his side.
July 03, 2026
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