NEW YORK, Aug 19 (IPS) – The writer is Features Editor, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) Steven Butler describes it as “mass panic.” As the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan, CPJ’s Asia program coordinator has been fielding “hundreds and hundreds” of daily pleas from journalists asking for help to flee the country.

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