To get into Afghanistan, I bribed my way into a camel caravan of smugglers.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I looked into corruption in Afghanistan through a work called 'Payback' and impersonated a police officer, set up a fake checkpoint on the street in Kabul and stopped cars, but instead of asking them for a bribe, offered them money and apologized on behalf of the Kabul Police Department.
What I've said from the beginning is that I am going to try to help all the vulnerable populations in Afghanistan - and to a certain extent, that's the majority of Afghanistan.
Last year I traveled to the Middle East to visit with troops in Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
Whenever my mom goes to Afghanistan, I'm just like, 'Bring me jewelry.'
When I go to Afghanistan, I realize I've been spared, due to a random genetic lottery, by being born to people who had the means to get out. Every time I go to Afghanistan I am haunted by that.
Anyone who's traveled with me to Afghanistan knows why I love this book: 'War,' by Sebastian Junger.
The first time I visited Afghanistan in May 2000, I was 26 years old, and the country was under Taliban rule. I went there to document Afghan women and landmine victims.
Now, I know there are many Americans who say, 'Get out of Afghanistan. Bring 'em all home.' And there are others who say, 'Put in hundreds of thousands of more.'
I'm not good at explaining why I walked across Afghanistan.
We were in the Arabian Desert for nine months. And I was having the time of my life. It could have been an archeological expedition, a military expedition.