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Coverage of Terrorism an anthropologist’s field notes that collectively provides a three-dimensional picture of life in a time of war and of war as a way of life. The AMRC archive is valuable as well for what it tells us of the politicization of journalism and the role of news in a time of partisan struggle. It was created by the U.S. government to ensure that the story of the Soviet Union’s difficulties in Afghanistan would be seen by the world. But that was only one part of the political equation. In the highly charged environment of Peshawar, the AMRC was able to operate only if it recruited its trainees directly from the Afghan resistance parties. As a result, while the professors from Boston University were intent upon teaching their students the principles and practices of “objective” news gathering, the “journalists” at AMRC were deeply implicated in the political struggles and agendas of their political leaders and parties. At the same time, there was also pressure brought to bear by the media outlets themselves for the AMRC cameramen to come up with combat footage that they could broadcast to the world, and this also produced a sometimes corrosive effect on the truth. Though many journalists associated with the center took their obligation to objective journalism seriously and endeavored at great risk to report on the conflict in Afghanistan as honestly as they could, some in the West came to view the news coming out of the center as compromised. However, what made for problematic journalism makes for great history. Aside from the record it provides of the two decades-long struggle in Afghanistan, the AMRC is itself one piece of the story of the war, and the events of this fall have made understanding that story more important than ever. ■ Old man on a donkey, Kandahar Province. June 1987. Photo by Mohammad Karim. Mujahed with unexploded Soviet bomb, Logar Province. November 1987. Photo by Hafiz Ashna. David B. Edwards is a professor of anthropology at Williams College and the author of “Before Taliban: Genealogies of the Afghan Jihad” (University of California Press, Spring 2002). dedwards@williams.edu Commander Aliadin being interviewed by AMRC cameraman, Mazar-i- Sharif Province. January 1988. Photo by Baz Mohammad. 50 Nieman Reports / Winter 2001
Coverage of Terrorism Little girl on a hillside, Kunduz Province. December 1990. Photo by Fazil Haq. Ahmed Shah Massoud in Takhar Province. 1990. Photo by Ahmad Shah. Mulla teaching students, Kandahar Province. November 1990. Photo by Mohammad Muqim. An old refugee selling sugar cane with a child in his lap. Peshawar, Pakistan. October 1990. Photo by Mohammad Hashim. Nieman Reports / Winter 2001 51
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