Matthieu Aikins
A free newsletter with very occasional updates about my work--usually a new longform article.
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The CIA's secret Afghan Army
Last November, an Afghan refugee named Rahmatullah Lakanwal allegedly shot two National Guards in DC, prompting the Trump administration to target asylum seekers from what the president referred to as “hellholes like Afghanistan, Haiti, Som...
Why did the US lose the war in Afghanistan?
Friends,
I’m going to squeeze three bits of news into this update: a Pulitzer, an event for an academic collection and a new book project.
Last Thursday, I accepted the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting alongside my colleagues Azam...
How a lawless war overseas came home to the US
Friends,
During 20 years of war, special operators like the Green Berets became iconic heroes. But there was a dark side to that heroism: a vigilante ethos that came to be embraced by leaders like Pete Hegseth and President Trump.
This mo...
How the US backed kidnapping and murder in Afghanistan
In early 2009, when I was a young freelance journalist newly arrived to the region, I met Abdul Raziq, who would become America’s most important ally in the war in Afghanistan. Today, the New York Times is publishing our two-part series tha...
A new version of my free newsletter
Friends,
I’ve switched to Substack, but this is still a free and very occasional newsletter where I share updates about my work, usually when I publish a longfrom article—and I have a big one coming tomorrow.
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I’m a contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine, and the author of The Naked Don’t Fear the Water: An Underground Journey with Afghan Refugees.
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