Al Jazeera Journalism Review
Zakarya Hassani
Zakarya Hassani is a France-based correspondent, originally from Afghanistan.
Writer’s Articles
![Alireza, left, and Zakarya met on a reporting assignment in Kabul in 2014 [Photo courtesy of Zakarya Hassani]](/sites/default/files/ajr/2021/Alireza3.jpeg)
We were journalists in Afghanistan - I got out; he was killed
Afghan journalist Zakarya Hassani escaped from Kabul to Paris after the Taliban takeover. Later, he watched in anguish as his best friend, Alireza Ahmadi, died trying to do the same.
Published on: 6 Sep, 2021