Lynne O’Donnell


Lynne O’Donnell is a columnist at Foreign Policy and an Australian journalist and author. She was the Afghanistan bureau chief for Agence France-Presse and the Associated Press between 2009 and 2017.

Articles by Lynne O’Donnell
Afghan men consume drugs on a street in Kabul.
Afghan men consume drugs on a street in Kabul.
Protesters denounce the arrest of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan outside the Lahore High Court.
Protesters denounce the arrest of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan outside the Lahore High Court.
A child sits with her face in her hands between two women in full burqas at an orphanage in Afghanistan.
A child sits with her face in her hands between two women in full burqas at an orphanage in Afghanistan.
Two Uzbek soldiers, both wearing camouflage and helmets and holding rifles, stand on either side of a metal gate with a stop sign at its center. Behind the fence is a flat field, and farther in the distance are trees and a blue sky.
Two Uzbek soldiers, both wearing camouflage and helmets and holding rifles, stand on either side of a metal gate with a stop sign at its center. Behind the fence is a flat field, and farther in the distance are trees and a blue sky.
An Afghan laborer arranges food aid bags provided by an NGO for distribution at a gymnasium in Kabul.
An Afghan laborer arranges food aid bags provided by an NGO for distribution at a gymnasium in Kabul.
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