By Rosie Scammell After nearly a decade in the making, Tears of an Afghan Warlord had its UK premiere on Friday night, with director Pascale Bourgaux on hand to tell the story behind the screen.Bourgaux dedicated the evening to Frontline News......more
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Part 2 - Jonathan Steele on 30 years in Afghanistan and the foreign correspondent's craft
By Thomas LoweArriving in the Deep South of the United States in 1964, Jonathan Steele witnessed the appalling treatment of black Americans. Almost five decades on, The Guardian's foreign correspondent says that ‘bearing witness’ to happenings in places as disparate......more
Jonathan Steele on a career that began with 'an enormous dose of luck'
By Olivia HeathAward-winning journalist Jonathan Steele discussed his views on the war in Afghanistan and the changing role of the foreign correspondent on Tuesday night at the Frontline Club. In conversation with freelance journalist Tom Finn, The Guardian correspondent recalled his reportage......more
Shedding light in darkness: Kate Brooks and capturing the Middle East
Last night's Frontline Club event - In the Picture: Kate Brooks: A decade on the front line - shed some light on the motives behind Brooks' incredible life: beautiful photography, capturing every shade of human emotion, from hope and happiness, to despair, and everything in between....more
Afghan lives ten years after the launch of Operation Enduring Freedom
Video streaming by Ustream How have the lives of the Afghan people been affected during the 10 years since the US-led invasion of the country in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States? That was......more
A decade of wrong decisions and damaging policies
By Sara Elizabeth Williams The West’s reaction to 9/11 was excessive and misguided, wrongly influenced by hubris, hysteria and ignorance. Ten years on, we are still mired in a mess largely of our own making. Last night’s First Wednesday Special: Changing......more
Afghanistan: The mistake was not going in, but not knowing why we were there
If you want to take part in further discussion about the impact of the War on Terror on our world today and how it might shape our future, come along to our FIRST WEDNESDAY SPECIAL: Changing world - conflict, culture and......more
Afghanistan: the mistakes began on 12 September 2001
Live video for mobile from Ustream If you want to take part in further discussion about the impact of the War on Terror on our world today and how it might shape our future, come along to our FIRST......more
Frontline volunteer opportunity for summer: FNTV Archive
This summer the Frontline Club Charitable Trust in Paddington is offering part-time volunteer positions on an Oral History project to a small number of bright individuals. If you're interested in journalism, war or the history of the late 20th century perhaps this is the project for you....more
Osama bin Laden's death: What difference will it make?
By Patrick SmithOn the day after al Qaeda's "leader" Osama bin Laden was killed by US forces in a daring raid on a nondescript compound outside Jalalabad, BBC Urdu sent out reporters into four cities across Afghanistan and Pakistan. Not......more
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