James Hill's photo of Hazrat Ali Mazar in Mazar-i-Sharif was included in The New York Times' 2002 Feature Photography Prize-winning staff entry. According to the mosque's mullah, the doves "are the first to leave when fighting breaks out and the last to return." (James Hill/The New York Times)
Below, find a list of coverage of the war in Afghanistan, its legacy and precursor conflicts that received the Pulitzer Prize or the nominated finalist distinction in various categories.
Winners
Feature Writing (2017)
C. J. Chivers of The New York Times
For showing, through an artful accumulation of fact and detail, that a Marine’s postwar descent into violence reflected neither the actions of a simple criminal nor a stereotypical case of PTSD.
International Reporting (2016)
Alissa J. Rubin of The New York Times
For thoroughly reported and movingly written accounts giving voice to Afghan women who were forced to endure unspeakable cruelties.
Breaking News Photography (2012)
Massoud Hossaini of Agence France-Presse
For his heartbreaking image of a girl crying in fear after a suicide bomber's attack at a crowded shrine in Kabul.
National Reporting (2012)
David Wood of The Huffington Post
For his riveting exploration of the physical and emotional challenges facing American soldiers severely wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan during a decade of war.
International Reporting (2009)
For its masterful, groundbreaking coverage of America's deepening military and political challenges in Afghanistan and Pakistan, reporting frequently done under perilous condition.
General Nonfiction (2005)
"Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001," by Steve Coll (Penguin Press)
International Reporting (2002)
Barry Bearak of The New York Times
For his deeply affecting and illuminating coverage of daily life in war-torn Afghanistan.
Feature Photography (2002)
For its photographs chronicling the pain and the perseverance of people enduring protracted conflict in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
International Reporting (1997)
John F. Burns of The New York Times
For his courageous and insightful coverage of the harrowing regime imposed on Afghanistan by the Taliban.
Finalists
General Nonfiction (2015)
"No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban, and the War through Afghan Eyes," by Anand Gopal (Metropolitan Books)
A remarkable work of nonfiction storytelling that exposes the cascade of blunders that doomed America's misbegotten intervention in Afghanistan.
Feature Writing (2012)
Corinne Reilly of The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk
For her inspiring stories that bring the reader side-by-side with the medical professionals seeking to save the lives of gravely injured American soldiers at a combat hospital in Afghanistan.
Feature Writing (2011)
Michael M. Phillips of The Wall Street Journal
For his portfolio of deftly written stories that provide war-weary readers with fresh perspective on the conflict in Afghanistan.
International Reporting (2010)
David Rohde of The New York Times
For his riveting account of being held prisoner by the Taliban for seven months before his dramatic escape, using his eye for detail to depict memorably his militant captors.
Breaking News Photography (2010)
For its unforgettable images that take viewers to the frontlines of America's war in Afghanistan, recording a range of scenes and emotions, from mirth to pain and sorrow.
International Reporting (2002)
Dexter Filkins of The New York Times
For his gracefully-written and revealing dispatches from the war in Afghanistan.
International Reporting (2002)
For its comprehensive and insightful coverage of the war in Afghanistan and the international al Qaeda terror network.
Breaking News Photography (2002)
Tyler Hicks and James Hill of The New York Times
For their comprehensive portfolio of dramatic yet humane images from the war in Afghanistan.
International Reporting (1981)
Richard Ben Cramer of The Philadelphia Inquirer
For his coverage of the Afghanistan rebellion.