Four Months Pregnant And Reporting In The Afghan War Zone

Company Man Capt. Dan Kearney (left foreground) with members of his unit at the Korengal Outpost command center in northeastern Afghanistan. Lynsey Addario for The New York Times

Mother Courage: Being Pregnant On The Frontline -- The Guardian

Four months pregnant, a journalist joined US forces in Afghanistan as an embedded correspondent. This is her story

I never thought I'd write a personal story about being a war correspondent. It seemed so beside the point, so much less important than the story I was reporting. Some of my closest friends are photographers and writers who've worked in war zones, and whenever we'd get questions like "What's it like to be a woman and work in Afghanistan or Iraq?" we'd roll our eyes. It was an attitude, for sure, but one we were proud of.

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