Never fight a land war in Asia

But if you do, the media better figure out how to report on it.

Journalism is too opaque and misunderstood. Chills gives a behind-the-scenes look at how dangerous investigative journalism gets made. 

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Afghan National Army soldiers train at the Kabul Military Training Center in May 2017. (Shah Marai/AFP via Getty Images)

My Afghan friend Josh Shahryar called me the other day, super upset. Josh (who uses they/them pronouns) wanted to talk about how the U.S. media covers Afghanistan and how that has affected American policy toward the country. As a former editor in Kabul who is now in graduate school in the U.S., Josh has been shouting for years about the public perception of the invasion — and how the media has shaped it. But I think that right now, in particular, Josh’s thoughts deserve a megaphone.