270 - HOLLIE MCKAY | Living Under Taliban Control in Afghanistan

In this episode, we welcome Hollie McKay back to the show. Hollie is a journalist, war correspondent, humanitarian, and bestselling author of the book Only Cry for the Living: Memos from Inside the ISIS Battlefield. She just returned home to the United States after spending the last several months in Afghanistan living under Taliban control. In this interview, we discuss what it was like on the ground when the Taliban took over Afghanistan, how she stayed under the radar during the takeover, why she fled the country only to come back quickly thereafter, how close she felt like she was to being killed by the Taliban, misconceptions about what is going on in Afghanistan, the deep-seated corruption inside the country, and much more. Let’s get into it…

Episode notes and links: https://www.undaunted.life/podcast/holliemckay3

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