Joshua Partlow
Staff Writer

Joshua Partlow has been the Kabul bureau chief of the Washington Post since the summer of 2009. Before coming to Afghanistan, he worked as the Post’s correspondent in South America, based in Rio de Janeiro, and as a correspondent in Iraq. Partlow joined the Washington Post in 2003 as an intern on the financial desk and later worked for the metro section covering the Maryland suburbs. He grew up in Olympia, Washington

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Afghan folk tales take new role in the classroom

Afghan folk tales take new role in the classroom

Joshua Partlow

Oral stories turned into printed words help students break the bonds of illiteracy

Afghans take hard line on U.S. strike

Afghans take hard line on U.S. strike

Joshua Partlow and Karin Brulliard

Afghanistan has even accused Pakistan of exaggerating deadly U.S. strike’s gravity for its own ends.

Pakistan to boycott key meeting

Pakistan to boycott key meeting

Karin Brulliard, Karen DeYoung and Joshua Partlow

The crisis over a cross-border U.S. airstrike jeopardizes administration’s Afghan exit strategy.

Afghans say Special Operations mission preceded attack

Afghans say Special Operations mission preceded attack

Karen DeYoung and Joshua Partlow

Afghan security officials say the mission that resulted in the killing of 24 Pakistani soldiers on Saturday began when U.S. Special Operations troops and Afghan army commandos launched a nighttime raid against suspected Taliban insurgents.

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