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Gaylord News is a reporting project of the University of Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication

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Gaylord News is a reporting project of the University of Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication

Gaylord News

Gaylord News is a reporting project of the University of Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication

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Shabnam Khalilyar during a more pleasant time in Kabul, Afghanistan, inside the presidential compound. Photo provided.

Aug. 15: a day that a generation of Afghanistans grew old overnight

Shabnam Khalilyar August 15, 2022
Shabnam Khalilyar,26, is a University of Oklahoma Gaylord College journalism fellow preparing to enter graduate school this fall to study international diplomacy.  She was on one of the last planes out of Afghanistan in 2021 after the country fell to the Taliban. In Afghanistan she worked as a journalist and recently served as head of public opinion analysis and media monitoring for the office of the presidential chief of staff.
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