From a Times Insider column by Emmett Lindner headlined “Reflecting on a Deep Investigation”:
In early 2016, Azmat Khan, a journalist for The New York Times Magazine, began an investigation that lasted more than five years and was part of a group of Times articles that won the Pulitzer Prize this year for international reporting. In the series, Ms. Khan uncovered systemic flaws behind the air wars conducted by the United States in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria and the lack of transparency surrounding more than 1,300 reports of civilian casualties. In a recent interview, Ms. Khan reflected on the reporting challenges and what the experience taught her.