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
Relatives and security officials offer funeral prayers for policemen killed by a roadside bomb in the Lakki Marwat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan.
Relatives and security officials offer funeral prayers for policemen killed by a roadside bomb in the Lakki Marwat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan.

The Taliban Are Throwing Pakistan a Googly

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Lynne O’Donnell
A Taliban security personnel stands guard as Afghan people wait to cross into Pakistan.
A Taliban security personnel stands guard as Afghan people wait to cross into Pakistan.

What Happened to the Taliban’s Pledge to Fight Terrorism?

Analysis
Lynne O’Donnell
Taliban security personnel stand guard along a street in Afghanistan.
Taliban security personnel stand guard along a street in Afghanistan.

The Taliban Are Back in the Hostage Business

Analysis
Lynne O’Donnell
Supporters of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan stand atop a shipping container.
Supporters of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan stand atop a shipping container.

Politics Are Holding Pakistan’s Economy Hostage

Analysis
Lynne O’Donnell
Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.

It’s a New Great Game. Again.

Analysis
Lynne O’Donnell
Afghan women wait to receive food aid.
Afghan women wait to receive food aid.

The Taliban Have Turned Afghanistan Into a Graveyard of Women’s Rights

Analysis
Lynne O’Donnell
The Taliban's former envoy to Saudi Arabia arrives for a meeting with foreign diplomats in Doha, Qatar.
The Taliban's former envoy to Saudi Arabia arrives for a meeting with foreign diplomats in Doha, Qatar.

Why Did Saudi Diplomats Leave Kabul?

Analysis
Lynne O’Donnell
Mahbouba Seraj, a journalist and women's rights activist in Afghanistan.
Mahbouba Seraj, a journalist and women's rights activist in Afghanistan.

A Nobel Nominee’s Controversial Call for Engagement With the Taliban This article has an audio recording

Analysis
Lynne O’Donnell
A Taliban fighter stands guard as women wait in a queue during a World Food Program cash distribution in Kabul.
A Taliban fighter stands guard as women wait in a queue during a World Food Program cash distribution in Kabul.

Taliban ‘Men-Only’ Aid Edict Divides Charity Community

Analysis
Lynne O’Donnell
Afghan boys stand in a queue as they wait to receive food aid from a nongovernmental organization in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Afghan boys stand in a queue as they wait to receive food aid from a nongovernmental organization in Kabul, Afghanistan.

The Taliban Are Losing Some of Their Cash Cows

Analysis
Lynne O’Donnell
Volunteers label a shipment of humanitarian aid to be sent to Afghanistan at Bahrain International Airport on Muharraq Island on Sept. 4, 2021.
Volunteers label a shipment of humanitarian aid to be sent to Afghanistan at Bahrain International Airport on Muharraq Island on Sept. 4, 2021.

The Taliban Are Abusing Western Aid

Analysis
Lynne O’Donnell
Taliban security personnel stands guard at the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.
Taliban security personnel stands guard at the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.

The Taliban Can’t Win Friends or Influence People

Analysis
Lynne O’Donnell
Fiona Frazer speaks next to Markus Potzel in Kabul.
Fiona Frazer speaks next to Markus Potzel in Kabul.

U.N. Calls Ambassadors for Meeting With Taliban in Kandahar

Analysis
Lynne O’Donnell
Security officials place flowers on the coffin of a police officer who was killed in an ambush in Pakistan.
Security officials place flowers on the coffin of a police officer who was killed in an ambush in Pakistan.

Pakistani Taliban Go to War While People March for Peace

Analysis
Lynne O’Donnell
Pakistan's incumbent Army chief, Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa, waves during the Pakistan Super League cricket match between Islamabad United and Multan Sultans at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Pakistan's incumbent Army chief, Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa, waves during the Pakistan Super League cricket match between Islamabad United and Multan Sultans at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

Pakistan’s Real Political Choice Could Come This Week

Analysis
Lynne O’Donnell
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