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Wojciech Jagielski

Contributor

Wojciech Jagielski

Wojciech Jagielski recently left Poland's leading independent daily, Gazeta Wyborcza, after twenty-one years and has returned to the Polish Press Agency (PAP) where he began his career as a journalist, with plans to focus on analysis and long-form reportage from international conflict zones. He specializes in Africa, Central Asia, the Trans-Caucasus, and the Caucasus....

He has been witness to some of the most important political events of the end of the twentieth century and is a permanent observer of developments in Afghanistan. He is the recipient of the Dariusz Fikus Award, one of Poland's most prestigious awards for excellence in journalism.

Peshawar

By Wojciech Jagielski

Leaving Peshawar to enter Afghanistan brought anxiety. Leaving Afghanistan brought joy and homesickness.

Translated from Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones

From “Towers of Stone”

By Wojciech Jagielski

I made a habit of visiting the refugees in the train standing in the middle of nowhere, outside the village of Karabulak.

Translated from Polish by Soren Gauger

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Wojciech Jagielski

Wojciech Jagielski

Articles by Wojciech Jagielski

Peshawar

From “Towers of Stone”