Sami Mahdi, a fellow at the Shorenstein Center and journalist from Afghanistan, discusses the role and strategy that media in his home country should adopt in the aftermath of a political settlement with the Taliban. Sami recently published his Shorenstein paper, The Pen vs the AK-47: the Future of Afghan Media Under the Taliban. 

Part of our Global Journalism Seminars series.

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