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Hollie McKay

Hollie McKay

Hollie McKay is a foreign correspondent, war crimes investigator, and best-selling author. She was an investigative and international affairs/war journalist for Fox News Digital for over 14 years where she focused on warfare, terrorism, and crimes against humanity; in 2021 she founded international geopolitical risk and social responsibility firm McKay Global. Her columns have been featured in publications including the Wall Street Journal and The Spectator Magazine. Her latest book, Only Cry for the Living: Memos From Inside the ISIS Battlefield, is now available.

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
Scenes of the execution of MEK members inside Iranian prisons are re-created in a museum inside the group’s Ashraf 3 compound in Albania. Photo courtesy of Hollie McKay.
Inside the Albanian Compound of an Exiled Iranian Opposition Group
September 20, 2022
Hollie McKay
DISPATCH: Escape From Mariupol: Leaving Family, a Woman Flees Her Hometown
March 12, 2022
Hollie McKay
Nothing prepared Hollie McKay for the helpless feeling of being trapped in – or how to escape – Mazar-i-Sharif as Afghanistan fell to the Taliban. Photo by Jacob Simkin.
Dispatch: A Reporter’s Escape From Mazar-i-Sharif After Afghanistan Fell
December 29, 2021
Hollie McKay
In a photo circulated on social media during American exit from Afghanistan, dogs in crates wait in vain for evacuation. Kabul Small Animal Rescue has not given up on bringing the dogs to safety.
The US Left More Than 100 Dogs in Kabul — And Some Are Now in Taliban Hands
November 29, 2021
Hollie McKay
Abdul Khaliq, the 45-year-old local school principal in the Korengal Valley. Photo by Jake Semkin for Coffee or Die Magazine.
Inside the Korengal, Families Split Between Taliban, Afghan Army, and ISIS
November 9, 2021
Hollie McKay
In Khost, a billboard of US Army soldier Bowe Bergdahl and his captor, Mullah Sangeen Fateh. The billboard reads: “Martyrs of religion, country, and holy path are similar to shining stars of nations and world history whose names and actions can’t be drowned in monthly, annual, and decade oceans.” Photo by Jacob Simkin.
Behind a Billboard of Bowe Bergdahl, Khost Maintains Anti-Taliban Ways
October 21, 2021
Hollie McKay
Akif Muhajer claims he was part of the team that shot down Extortion 17 in the Tangi Valley. He is now the director of information and culture in the Taliban-controlled Logar province. Photo (left) by Jake Simkin for Coffee or Die Magazine; photo (right) by US Army Staff Sgt. Shawn Weismiller.
DISPATCH: Newly Appointed Taliban Official Claims Role in Extortion 17 Shootdown
October 6, 2021
Hollie McKay
An old Soviet tank placed in the middle of the road at the entrance of the Panjshir Valley. Photo by Jacob Simkin.
DISPATCH: With an Arsenal of US-Made Weapons, the Taliban Storm Through Panjshir
September 14, 2021
Hollie McKay
The Afghan commando unit in Mazar-i-Sharif waited for the Taliban and was ready to fight, its commander said. But then the city’s leaders fled. Photo by Jake Simkin.
Exclusive: Embedded With the Last Afghan Special Forces Team in Mazar-i-Sharif
August 23, 2021
Hollie McKay
A balloon seller stands in the middle of a street of Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan on Aug. 12, 2021. Photo by Jacob Simkin.
In Mazar-i-Sharif, Life Goes On as Taliban Circle
August 13, 2021
Hollie McKay
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