Publication
The CIA’s Afghan Death Squads: A U.S.-Backed Militia That Kills Children May Be America’s Exit Strategy From Its Longest War. Text and Photographs by Andrew Quilty for The Intercept.
Following the publication of The CIA’s Afghan Death Squads story by The Intercept on December 18, 2020, I spoke with Amy Goodman on Democracy NOW! See the interview, in full, here.
The CIA’s Afghan Death Squads. An interview for The Intercept’s Intercepted podcast with Jeremy Scahill.
Interviewed on Jacobin’s Weekends program about The CIA’s Afghan Death Squads story, published by The Intercept.
The CIA’s Afghan Death Squads. Story featured by Longform.
The Impact of Australian War Crimes on Afghans. Text and photography by Andrew Quilty for The Saturday Paper (Australia).
Le Monde (France) Photo Annual. Including photographs by Andrew Quilty, on assignment for Le Monde during the Australian bushfire crisis of early 2020.
Photography accompanying story by Ghazal Golshiri in M Le Monde Magazine.
Photographs of Aliyas Dayee accompanying BBC obituary to the late Helmandi journalist.
Afghanistan Between Negotiations: How the Doha Agreement Will Affect Intra-Afghan Peace. Published by Lawfare Blog. Text and Photo by Andrew Quilty.
Text and photography on the state of play in the provinces after the February 29 Doha Agreement for Afghanistan Analysts Network.
New podcast launched, founded and operated by Andrew Quilty.
America’s Longest War Takes a Deadly New Turn
Under the Trump administration, the U.S. military has ramped up a reckless air war that is killing Afghan civilians in record numbers. Published on June 6, 2020 by Rolling Stone. Words by JASON MOTLAGH & KAVITHA CHEKURU. Main photo by Andrew Quilty.
Danish in Kabul. Text by Andrew Quilty. Illustration by Janelle Retka. Commissioned by Mekong Review.
‘Ghosts of the Past’: New Special Report on Local Force Mobilisation in Afghanistan by Afghanistan Analysts Network and the Global Public Policy Institute. Photographs by Andrew Quilty.
Static War: Helmand After the Marines’ Return. Text and photographs by Andrew Quilty for Afghanistan Analysts Network.
The Families Paying the Price for the War in Afghanistan. Selected photos by Andrew Quilty published by The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
Emptied Out: The coronavirus’s impact on Kabul’s day laborers foretells a global crisis. Words and photographs by Andrew Quilty. Published on June 12, 2020 by Harper’s Magazine.
One Afghan Family. Words and photographs by Andrew Quilty, published by 6Mois (France).
WITH FAKE HAND SANITIZER AND 12 VENTILATORS, AFGHANISTAN EXPECTS MILLIONS OF CORONAVIRUS CASES. Text and Photography by Andrew Quilty for The Intercept.
Eden, New South Wales. Published in South Coast Style Magazine’s Bushfire photo special.
March 17, 2020 interview on Afghanistan with Australian broadcaster Phillip Adams on his ABC Radio National program Late Night Live.
Photograph by Andrew Quilty published by Amnesty International.
Will a Quiet Week in Afghanistan Lay The Groundwork for Peace? Text and Photography by Andrew Quilty for The Intercept.
United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan 2019 Protection of Civilians Report. Photo by Andrew Quilty.
Photograph by Andrew Quilty. Interview by Dimitri Beck for Polka Magazine
Text by Calla Wahlquist. Portrait of Samantha Kneeshaw by Andrew Quilty for The Guardian’s bushfire special: Counting The Cost of Australia’s Summer of Dread.
Australian Bushfires. For Le Monde (France). Text by Christophe Ayad. Photos by Andrew Quilty for Le Monde.
Photograph by Andrew Quilty published by The Saturday Paper.
"The whole landscape is like a match": story of a week in the hell of Australian fires. Published by Le Monde (France). Text by Christophe Ayad. Photo by Andrew Quilty for Le Monde.
Paradise Lost: Residents Flee Eden as Australia Fires Race Towards Them. Words: Michael McGowan. Photos: Andrew Quilty for The Guardian
A CIA-Backed Militia Targeted Clinics In Afghanistan, Killing Medical Workers and Civilians. For The Intercept. Text by Andrew Quilty.
Profile and Q & A on photographing Afghanistan’s youth in Mission Magazine (USA). Words by Craig McLean. Photographs by Andrew Quilty.
Avaunt Magazine. Photos by Andrew Quilty
Andrew Quilty, awarded third prize in the photo category of the Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Award for War Correspondents for his body of work "When War Comes Home,” published by TIME Magazine in 2018.
‘The Taliban Miscalculated Massively on All Fronts.’ For Der Spiegel. Words by Matthias Gebauer. Photos by Andrew Quilty
The Taliban Made Sure Afghans Were Too Terrified to Vote on Election Day. For Vice News. Words and Photographs by Andrew Quilty
The Taliban Kills a Glimmer of Hope in Helmand. Words and photos by Andrew Quilty.
The U.S. in Afghanistan, Talking Peace and Waging War, Doesn’t Count All The Civilians it Slaughters. Words and Photo by Andrew Quilty.
In Nangarhar, a Militia Wedged Between The IS and The Taliban. Words by Ghazal Golshiri. Photos by Andrew Quilty.
In Kabul, A Climate of Doubt and Violence. Text by Ghazal Golshiri. Photography by Andrew Quilty for Le Monde (France).
Inside Afghanistan’s Desperate Battle to Control a Dam in Taliban Country. Words and photography by Andrew Quilty.
Text and photos by Andrew Quilty on an incident involving U.S. airstrikes in Kunduz that resulted in the deaths of 13 civilians and five Afghan commandos.
THE WOUND LAND: In Afghanistan the violence does not disappear . There are attacks and injuries, dead and bereaved every week, who remain alone with their loss. Australian Andrew Quilty has been living in Kabul for years, capturing in pictures how fragile the normality of everyday life is. Published in Reporters Without Borders’ Germany’s photo annual. Text by Veronika Eschbacher. Photographs by Andrew Quilty.
The Wakhan Corridor, Afghanistan, published by GEO Germany. Text by Anne Chaon. Photographs by Andrew Quilty.
World Press Photo 2019. Nomination for Spot News Series for photographs of Ambulance Bombing in Kabul on January 27, 2018.
Picture of the Year International 2019. Photographer of the Year Category. Award of Excellence.
An Afghan Photographer’s Intimate Look at Everyday Life in His Country. Text by Andrew Quilty for The New York Times. Photos by Farshad Usyan.
The Wakhan, this forgotten valley of Afghanistan where war does not exist. Text by Anne Chaon. Photos by Andrew Quilty.
When War Comes Home: In a remote Afghan village, one explosion changed a family forever. Words and Photographs by Andrew Quilty for TIME Magazine.
Homemade: In The Highlands of Bamiyan, Afghanistan, Young Boys Take Skiing Into Their Own Hands. Published by Powder Magazine. Words and photographs by Andrew Quilty.
When a US strike hits a family home. For The bureau of Investigative Journalism. Photos by Andrew Quilty. Words by Andrew Quilty, Jessica Purkiss and Abigail Fielding-Smith.
The Drought Changing Afghanistan. Words and visuals by Andrew Quilty for The Washington Post.
How U.S. Bombs Tore One Family to Shreds in Afghanistan. For the Daily Beast with The Bureau of Investigative Journalism. Pictures by Andrew Quilty. Words by Andrew Quilty, Jessica Purkiss and Abigail Fielding-Smith.
On July 4, 2018, Germany deported 69 Afghans to Kabul. The day after, one of the group had hung himself in a hotel room provided by the International Organisation for Migration. Stern Magazine. Text by Uli Hauser and Frauke Hunfeld. Photos by Andrew Quilty.
When War Comes Home: In a remote Afghan village, one explosion changed a family forever. Words and Photographs by Andrew Quilty for TIME Magazine.
U.S. Special Forces fighting Islamic State in Achin District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. Published by The New York Times. Words and photographs by Andrew Quilty.
The Hotel in Afghanistan That Refuses to Close Its Doors. For The New York Times Magazine. Text and Photos: Andrew Quilty
The Taliban’s Fight for Hearts and Minds. For Foreign Policy Magazine. Words: Ashley Jackson. Photos: Andrew Quilty.
Ceasefire in Afghanistan. Vice News. Photos and text by Andrew Quilty. 26.6.2018.
Temporary Truce. The first ever dual ceasefire between Afghan government and Taliban forces. TIME Magazine. Published June 22, 2018. Photo: Andrew Quilty.
Human Rights Watch report on civilian casualties caused by non-government armed groups in Afghanistan. Report by Patricia Gossman with Tassal Aziz Ahmad. Photos and video by Andrew Quilty. Published 8.5.2018.
https://media.hrw.org/story/1397/afghanistan-insurgent-attacks-on-civilians-escalate/eng/1
Text by May Jeong. Photo: Andrew Quilty on behalf of AFP. 1.5.2018.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/when-a-suicide-bombing-claims-a-friend
Essay for The Everyday Projects’ Truth Telling essay series. 30.3.2018.
https://medium.com/re-picture/working-around-reductionism-in-afghanistan-92551ab014b6
Profile in Issue #101 of Australia’s oldest photography magazine, Photofile. With collection of smartphones photographs. Interview by Axel Moline. June 2018.
Seven Years of Syria. Vice Australia with World Vision Australia. Text by Maddison Connaughton. Photo by Andrew Quilty. https://www.vice.com/en_au/article/paxxp9/seven-years-of-syria
A victim of a bomb disguised in an ambulance in Kabul. Published by Courrier International. Photograph by Andrew Quilty
Story by Mujib Mashal, with Fahim Abed and Fatima Faizi. Photos by Andrew Quilty. 3.2.2018.
Text by Mujib Mashal, with Fatima Faizi, Fahim Abed and Charles O’Malley. Photos: Andrew Quilty. 27.1.2018.
Kabul’s Middle Class. National Geographic Magazine. January, 2018. Text by Sune Engel Rasmussen. Photos: Andrew Quilty.
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Photos by Andrew Quilty. December 2017.
Onlookers. Monster Children Magazine. Text and photos by Andrew Quilty. 2.2.2018.
http://www.monsterchildren.com/68259/onlookers-andrew-quilty/
On The Edge of Afghanistan. For Foreign Policy Magazine. Text by Sune Engel Rasmussen. Photos by Andrew Quilty. 12.9.2017.
http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/09/12/on-the-edge-of-afghanistan-taliban-iran-war-united-states/
On The Edge of Afghanistan. For Foreign Policy Magazine. Text by Sune Engel Rasmussen. Photos by Andrew Quilty. 12.9.2017.
http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/09/12/on-the-edge-of-afghanistan-taliban-iran-war-united-states/
High Water. For Monster Children Magazine. Text and Photos by Andrew Quilty. 1.8.2017.
http://www.monsterchildren.com/62667/boys-afghanistan-ski-fields/
Afghanistan Enters The Trump Years: One photographer’s inside look at a country still threatening to tear itself apart. Photos by Andrew Quilty. 11.9.2017.
https://www.politico.com/magazine/gallery/2017/11/09/afghanistan-conflict-photos-000757?slide=0
The War America Can't Win: How The Taliban Are Regaining Control In Afghanistan. Text by Sune Engel Rasmussen. Photos by Andrew Quilty. 3.8.2017.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/03/afghanistan-war-helmand-taliban-us-womens-rights-peace
Australian War Photographer Andrew Quilty on Life in Afghanistan. By Maddison Connaughton. 22.8.2017.
In The Light of the Conflict: Photographer Andrew Quilty’s Experience in Afghanistan. Interview by Jelena Bjelica. Photographs by Andrew Quilty. 25.6.2017.
Cover story by Nikhil Kumar. Photos by Andrew Quilty. For TIME Magazine. 1.6.2017.
Cover story by Nikhil Kumar. Photos by Andrew Quilty. For TIME Magazine. 1.6.2017.
Internatzionale Magazine. Photo by Andrew Quilty. 9.6.2017.
Off The Fairway. Caddie Magazine. Text and photos by Andrew Quilty. April 2017.
Death Toll in Kabul Bombing Hits 150, Afghan President Says. The New York Times. Text by Rod Nordland, with Fahim Abed and Jawad Sukhanyar. Photo by Andrew Quilty. 6.6.2017.
Andrew Quilty: My Three Years Photographing Afghanistan’s Forgotten War. The Guardian. Text and Photos by Andrew Quilty. 16.12.2016.
A Patient War. Internatzional Magazine. Text by May Jeong. Photos by Andrew Quilty. March 2017. (Story appeared originally in Harper’s Magazine in February 2017).
First Helmand, Then Afghanistan. Foreign Policy. Text by Sune Engel Rasmussen. Photos by Andrew Quilty. 21.9.2016.
http://features.foreignpolicy.com/first-helmand-then-afghanistan/
Kunduz Déjà Vu. One year after the U.S. attack on the MSF hospital in Kunduz, I returned to the site of the massacre. The facility is still in ruins, and the Taliban are closing in on the city. Again. Foreign Policy. Text and photos by Andrew Quilty. 6.10.2016.
Why Emma Ayres Became Eddie Ayres. The Good Weekend Magazine. Text by Danielle Moylan. Photos by Andrew Quilty. 6.9.2016.
https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/why-emma-ayres-became-eddie-ayres-20160824-gqzrx2.html
Surgical Strike. Television documentary for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Foreign Correspondent. Producer: Mark Corcoran; Production team: Andrew Quilty, Bethany Matta, Geoffrey Lye, Michael Maher, Sam Beattie; Additional vision: Josh Smith, Aleppo Media Centre; Stills Photography: Andrew Quilty; Editor: Matthew Walker. 1.6.2016.
Profile and portfolio of work, including cover photo, from Afghanistan. Monster Children Magazine. By Alistair Klinkenberg. 2.1.2017.
In Afghanistan, Life Continues, The War Too. Pelerin Magazine, France. Photos by Andrew Quilty. September 2016.
http://www.pelerin.com/A-la-une/En-Afghanistan-la-vie-continue-la-guerre-aussi
Spring on the Afghan Front Lines. The New York Times. Text by Danielle Moylan. Photos by Andrew Quilty. 6.5.2016.
Normality Amid War in Afghanistan. The Washington Post. Text by Sudarsan Raghavan. Photos by Andrew Quilty. 4.12.2015.
Amateur Afghan Astronomy is Risky Business. Newsweek U.S. and Japan. Text by Danielle Moylan. Photos by Andrew Quilty. 1.6.2016.
http://www.newsweek.com/2016/01/15/amateur-afghanistan-astronomy-pray-allah-returns-moon-412044.html
MSF Hospital Survivors Recount a Night of Horror. Foreign Policy. Text and Photos by Andrew Quilty. Editing by Rebecca Frankel. 17.10.2015.
These Haunting Photos Reveal Today’s Afghanistan. National Geographic Magazine’s Proof Photography Blog. Interview by Patrick Witty. 11.4.2016.
Internatzionale Magazine, Italy. 15.1.2016.
The Man on The Operating Table. Foreign Policy. Text and Photos by Andrew Quilty. Editing by Rebecca Frankel. 3.12.2015.
Bombed on the Operating Table. BBC Outlook (radio). 19.1.2016.
Inside the MSF Hospital in Kunduz. Foreign Policy. Text and Photos by Andrew Quilty. Editing by Rebecca Frankel. 13.10.2015.
http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/10/13/inside-msf-hospital-kunduz-afghanistan-taliban-us-attack/
George Gittoes and the Art of War. The Good Weekend Magazine. Text by Sune Engel Rasmussen. Photos by Andrew Quilty. 11.4.2015.
https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/george-gittoes-and-the-art-of-war-20150409-1mhay4.html
Once in Guantanamo, Afghan Now Leads War Against Taliban and ISIS. The New York Times. Text by Joseph Goldstein. Photo by Andrew Quilty. 28.11.2015.
Europa Oder Tod. Der Spiegel. Text by Susanne Koelbl. Photos by Andrew Quilty. 25.10.2015.
At Afghan Weddings, His Side, Her Side and 600 Strangers. The New York Times. Text by Joseph Goldstein. Photos by Andrew Quilty. 18.4.2015.
Afghanistan Uprooted. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Text and Photos by Andrew Quilty. 28.9.2015.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-28/afghanistan-uprooted-witness-to-mass-migration/6804284
Dog Fight in Kabul: Q&A With Andrew Quilty. Roads & Kingdoms. Interview by Pauline Eiferman. Photos by Andrew Quilty. 19.2.2015.
http://roadsandkingdoms.com/2015/dog-fight-in-kabul-qa-with-andrew-quilty/
Interview. Lens Culture. By Kyla Woods. August 2015.
https://www.lensculture.com/articles/andrew-quilty-freelance-in-afghanistan-the-blink-interview
Living McKell. The Australian Magazine. Text by Dan Box. Photos by Andrew Quilty. 31.1.2015.
Life on Death Row for Bali Nine Inmates. The Saturday Paper. Text and photo by Andrew Quilty. 31.1.2015.
Bloodsport. Foreign Policy. Text and Photos by Andrew Quilty. Editing by Rebecca Frankel. 19.6.2015.
http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/06/19/bloodsport-afghanistan-taliban-fighting-war/
Love Crimes. Harper’s Magazine. Text by Jen Percy. Photos by Andrew Quilty. January 2015.
The Most Wanted Woman. Marie Claire. Text by Abigail Haworth. Photos by Andrew Quilty. 13.1.2015.
https://www.marieclaire.com/politics/news/a12989/iraqs-most-wanted-woman/
Finding Refuge on a Minefield. Foreign Policy. Text and Photos by Andrew Quilty. 28.11.2014.
http://foreignpolicy.com/2014/11/28/finding-refuge-on-a-mine-field/
Broadsheet, Sydney. Text and Photos by Andrew Quilty. 5.9.2014.
https://www.broadsheet.com.au/sydney/art-and-design/article/untitled-afghanistan
Zero Hour: Fear and Death Squads Rule in Baghdad. Newsweek. Text by Janine Di Giovanni. Photos by Andrew Quilty. 11.7.2014.
The Hunger Game. Mother Jones Magazine. Text by Shane Bauer. Photo by Andrew Quilty. December 2014.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/11/syria-war-assad-starvation-hunger/
Disputes Threaten to Derail Audit of Afghanistan Vote. The New York Times. Text by Carlotta Gall. Photos by Andrew Quilty. 4.8.2014.
In Afghan Election, Signs of Systemic Fraud Cast Doubt on Many Votes. The New York Times. Text by Carlotta Gall. Photos by Andrew Quilty. 23.8.2014.
A Front Seat to War. Foreign Policy. Text and Photos by Andrew Quilty. 9.10.2014.
The Women of Kobani. Foreign Policy. Text and photos by Andrew Quilty. 7.10.2014.
U.S. General Is Killed in Attack at Afghan Base; Others Injured. The New York Times. Text by Matthew Rosenberg and Helene Cooper. Photo by Andrew Quilty. 5.8.2014.
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/06/world/asia/afghanistan-attack.html
Last Tango in Kabul. Rolling Stone. Text by Mattieu Aikins. Photos by Andrew Quilty. 18.8.2014.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/last-tango-in-kabul-20140818
Tricky Wicket. The Good Weekend Magazine. Text by Claire Stewart. Photos by Andrew Quilty. 5.4.2014.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/tricky-wicket-20140331-35sh5.html
Death of a Fringe Dweller: The Last Ripples of Colonisation in Australia. SBS. 8.8.2014.
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/death-of-a-fringe-dweller-the-last-ripples-of-colonisation-in-australia
The Dam is Ours. Foreign Policy. Text and Photos by Andrew Quilty. 21.8.2014.
The Soldiers of Sinjar. Foreign Policy. Text and Photos by Andrew Quilty. 18.8.2014.
TIME Magazine. Text by Krista Mahr. Photos by Andrew Quilty. 3.5.2014.
On a Dusty Hillside, Taliban Dead Buried Without Names. The Sydney Morning Herald. Text and Photos by Andrew Quilty. 9.5.2014.
We Are Australian: The changing Face of the Lucky Country. TIME Magazine. Text by Hannah Beech. Photos by Andrew Quilty. 19.8.2013.
http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2149091,00.html
One Frozen Day. Afghan Scene. Photos by Andrew Quilty. February 2014. (Not available online).
Fire in the Sky. TIME Annual. February 2014. Photo by Andrew Quilty.
The Art of War. The Good Weekend Magazine. Text by Janet Hawley. Photos by Andrew Quilty. 4.2.2012. (Story not available online).
Suffering on two fronts in Qabaait, Lebanon: Part 1. The Guardian. Interviews by Claire Stewart. Photos by Andrew Quilty. 17.3.2014.
Art Inside Out. Art and Australia. Photos by Andrew Quilty. 2011.
Outsmarting The Surge. TIME Magazine. Text by Bryan Walsh. Photo by Andrew Quilty. 13.11.2012.
http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2128304,00.html