Azmat Khan is an investigative reporter and a contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine.

"For me, what matters most is systematic investigation, and I think that’s different than an investigative story that might explore one case. It’s about stepping back and understanding the big picture and getting to the heart of something. It doesn’t have to be a number’s game, but being able to say: Look, I looked at a wide enough sample of whatever this issue is, and here is what this tells us. That is what I crave and love the most."

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Khan on Longform

[00:05] Coin Talk

[01:55] Longform Podcast #125: Anand Gopal

[01:55] "The Uncounted" (Azmat Khan, Anand Gopal • New York Times Magazine • Nov 2017)

[02:35] "Targeting ISIS, and Killing Civilians" (Michael Barbaro • The Daily • Nov 2017)

[02:35] "Counting Civilian Casualties in Iraq" (Michael Barbaro • The Daily • Nov 2017)

[02:35] "The Unpaid Price of Civilian Casualties" (Michael Barbaro • The Daily • Nov 2017)

[03:05] Longform Podcast #265: Michael Barbaro

[26:25] "Ghost Students, Ghost Teachers, Ghost Schools" (BuzzFeed • July 2015)

[31:35] "An Accounting for the Uncounted" (Robert Malley, Stephen Pomper • The Atlantic • Dec 2017)

[34:10] "When War Comes Close to Home" (Zareena Grewal • NYTimes • Oct 2015)

[52:40] "The Bombing of Al-Bara" (Frontline • Nov 2015)

[53:15] No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban, and the War through Afghan Eyes (Anand Gopal • Metropolitan Books • 2014)

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