the way another journalist, particularly a local journalist, might be treated. when you look at the professionalism or the savvy of the taliban, you have to understand it in its proper context, and it is largely transactional. they hope to get something out of that. the veneer from what we see is pretty thin. people to carry out their jobs as journalists. on the other hand, they are firing at protesters, they re beating journalists, so just because you talk the talk, if you don t walk the walk, we will cover that. help me understand your calculations on these issues. you were part of the first international team in myanmar in february after the military coup there. that would ve only been possible with the military s acquiescence. what are your calculations when deciding to work to some degree with people like the military in myanmar or the taliban?
but crack down on local people who have no other way of protecting and escaping from it. as such, is there a risk that foreign journalists such as yourself are being played by the taliban? look, there s always. it s not so much there is a risk of being played, you have to go into it with your eyes open and know the way i m treated is not the way another journalist, particularly a local journalist, might be treated. when you look at the professionalism or the savvy of the taliban, you have to understand it in its proper context, and it is largely transactional. they hope to get something out of that. the veneer from what we see is pretty thin. people to carry out their jobs as journalists. on the other hand, they are firing at protesters, they re beating journalists, so just because you talk the talk, if you don t walk the walk, we will cover that.
and it can be very difficult no - matter how much you wag that piece of paper in front of someone - on the street to persuade them that you do have a legitimate right to be there and doing yourjob as a reporter. you have to go into it with your eyes open, | and you have to know that the way i m treated is not the way - anotherjournalist, particularly a localjournalist, might be treated. and so when you re looking . at the sort of professionalism or the savvy of the taliban, you have to understand it l in its proper context. and that it is largely. transactional for them. they re hoping to get something out of it. i and the veneer, from what we ve seen, is pretty thin, right? - because on the one hand, it s all about, yeah, - we re protecting the rights - of people to protest and people to carry out theirjobs - asjournalists, and on the other hand, they re firing at protesters, they re beating journalists. - so, just because you talk| the talk, if you don t walk the walk, we re goin