The Lede

Lyse Doucet's Alternative History of Afghanistan


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Veteran BBC correspondent Lyse Doucet joins New Lines’ Faisal Al Yafai on the podcast to discuss her new book on Afghanistan, “The Finest Hotel in Kabul,” the highs and lows of a career in journalism, and why she almost didn’t make the interview due to an Israeli strike on Doha.

Produced by Finbar Anderson

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