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You have to read the series from book 1 on chronological order and dont miss book 3. Whiskey tango foxtrot author tells of life in afghan war. After the soviets were driven from afghanistan in 1989, the warlords fought for control of the country. Kim barker was the south asia bureau chief for the chicago tribune from 2004 to 2009, based in new delhi and islamabad. The movie version, whiskey tango foxtrot, will be released in march 2016, starring tina fey, martin. In the taliban shuffle, barker offers an insiders account of the forgotten war in afghanistan and pakistan, chronicling the years after americas initial routing of the taliban, when we failed to finish the job. Strange days in afghanistan and pakistan offers an on the spot journalists perspective of afghanistan and pakistan. Kim barker, the former south asia bureau chief for the chicago tribune, talked about her book the taliban shuffle in conversation with colin mcmahon.
At the beginning of the taliban shuffle, the dedication reads. A memoir of the five years the writer spent reporting from afghanistan and pakistan after the overthrow of the taliban in 2001. She later joined the new york times as a reporter, specializing in narrative writing and reporting. When kim barker first arrived in kabul as a journalist in 2002, she barely owned a passport, spoke only english and had little idea how to do the taliban shuffle between.
Kim barker chronicles her exciting career as a foreign correspondent doing the taliban shuffle between afghanistan and pakistan in a new book published this week. Whiskey tango foxtrot, the renamed, reissued taliban shuffle, will launch its. Kim barker on the taliban shuffle her candid and witty. Video journalist waldo cabrera kim barker talks about her book the taliban shuffle which was made into the movie whiskey tango foxtrot starring tina fey. Her presentation, the taliban shuffle, was a special presentation of the life global issues series and took place in the pegasus ballroom. The taliban shuffle ebook by kim barker 9780385533324. Strange days in afghanistan and pakistan by kimberly barker, kim barker isbn. In one afghan village barker visited, the us army was about to withdraw, having trained the local people. Covering her adventures in pakistan and afghanistan as a foreign reporter for the chicago tribune, the taliban shuffle is a sardonic, satirical piece of longform journalism, tinged. Praise for the taliban shuffle whats remarkable about the taliban shuffle is that its author, kim barker, has written an account of her experiences covering afghanistan and pakistan that manages to be hilarious and harrowing, witty and illuminating, all at the same time. To the people of afghanistan and pakistan, who are still waiting for the punchline. Kim barker, the former south asia bureau chief for the chicago tribune, talked about her book the taliban shuffle in. In fact, to hear this charismatic debut author tell of life in wartorn kabul during these years, youd think it was a moreorless nonstop party.
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