Longtime Monitor correspondent Scott Peterson knows Afghanistan better than most. He’s been covering the war-torn country for two decades.
This week, Scott brings to light a story from Kabul that stems from a trip he took two years ago. On the surface, it’s a familiar tale: the assassination of a judge gunned down in the street by Taliban recruits. But to Scott, Judge Qadria Yasini was more than a political target. She was the mother of a teen who had once jostled for Scott’s attention during a reporting trip to a school north of Kabul.
Scott’s visit in 2019 had been brief; he hadn’t wanted to disrupt the school day.