SHOP EXCLUSIVE SUBSCRIBE When CNN's Clarissa Ward approached a Taliban fighter on the streets of Kabul on Wednesday, a gunshot rang out behind her. If you saw this on Anderson Cooper's nightly show, you might have missed her flinch. It was brief. Subtle. Her focus remained squarely on the group of Taliban fighters in front of her, including a man who shoved his hand forward to cover her cameraman's lens and waved a whip made of heavy chain and a padlock. The chaotic scene, he told her, is America's fault. As he spoke, Ward noticed his eyes. They look dazed, she told Esquire. Was he high, whether from a narcotic or pure adrenaline? She wondered.
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Friday, August 20, 2021
Inside a Tense Standoff With the Taliban
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