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Jessica Purkiss

Investigations Editor

Jessica Purkiss is co-editor of the Afghanistan War Winners Newsroom. Before joining Lighthouse, Jessica was a reporter for Liberty Investigates where she focused on asylum deaths in the UK. She was previously Security Correspondent for The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, leading their work investigating civilian harm from US military operations in Afghanistan and beyond.

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Hunted by the Taliban

Hunted by the Taliban

While the US and others roll back protections for Afghans, new evidence shows the scale of ongoing reprisal killings, belying the Taliban’s claim of an amnesty for former soldiers.