Since 2007, an experimental Pentagon program has been sending teams of civilian anthropologists and other social scientists into the hardest-fought regions of Iraq and Afghanistan to pursue a mission that's both deeply controversial and increasingly important to U.S. military strategy.
Afghanistan: Virtual Tour
Published February 18, 2010
Mark Stanley, Pulitzer Center
The Pulitzer Center is presenting five panel discussions February 22-26, featuring Pulitzer Center journalists who have reported from Afghanistan. Entitled "Afghanistan: The Human Factor," the panels will be held at George Washington University, Columbia, Yale, Harvard and Wellesley.
The video below presents a virtual tour through Afghanistan, taking you to the areas from which the journalists reported.
Pulitzer Center-sponsored journalist Vanessa Gezari will speak about Afghanistan and her human terrain reporting project and the role of anthropologists at 1 p.m.
The Afghan army commander motioned the American lieutenant into his office. Lt. Col. Attaullah was 48, with gelled hair, blue-framed eyeglasses and the rigid bearing of a communist general. A...
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Mark Stanley worked with the Pulitzer Center as new media strategist December 2009 through 2010. Mark has worked on the communication teams for Investigative Reporters and Editors and Newsy.com. He...